After taking Sakumo Hatake home and bandaging his wounds, Tianqi didn't linger and slowly walked home.
Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi's men found nothing but ruins. He realized they hadn't found anything useful.
He personally went to the back mountain and, seeing the battle marks all over the ground, Hiruzen Sarutobi began to look for clues at the scene.
After searching for more than ten minutes, he finally found a piece of cut wood under a pile of wasteland. Looking at the cut wood, he fell into deep thought.
There's nothing else useful, just this piece of cut wood. Judging from the marks, it was clearly caused by a Wind Release energy attack. The only person in Konoha who can use Wind Release and cause such a large-scale attack is Uchiha Tenki. Tenki, what exactly are you trying to do, and who is the person you're fighting?
"Lord Hokage, shall we continue the search?" A ninja interrupted Hiruzen Sarutobi while he was still pondering.
Sarutobi also came to his senses. "No need," he instructed his subordinates, "just tell the village that these are our own people training ninjutsu, so they don't need to panic."
"Yes, Lord Hokage!"
And so, the panic in Konoha ended abruptly with the villagers practicing ninjutsu in their own village.
Tianqi was also taken aback when he heard the news, but then he understood. "He must have guessed it was me, which is why he decided to keep it a secret. I just don't know who I fought. If he knew, he would have spoken to Hatake Sakumo long ago. I'll remember this favor."
A week later, Jiraiya, who was training at Mount Myōboku, and Tsunade and Orochimaru, who were out on missions, returned to the village.
Jiraiya, who had just returned to the village, was summoned for a talk by Hiruzen Sarutobi. During the talk, Hiruzen confirmed what Tenki had said, and Jiraiya was shocked at how much Tenki knew about Mount Myōboku.
That night, Jiraiya and his three companions knocked on the door of the Tenchi family. Why four? Because Tsunade was with her younger brother, Nawaki.
"Brother Tianqi, Brother Tianqi, are you home?" Jiraiya frantically pounded on the front door of Tianqi's house.
"I really don't know why you two insisted on coming to find this guy. He's already been stripped of his ninja status by the village, and we don't even know what he did wrong. Why bother with someone like him?" Nawaki said unhappily. He wouldn't have come if Tsunade hadn't dragged him here.
Bang! "You brat, stop talking nonsense here. Tianqi is not wrong. He must have his reasons for doing what he did." Tsunade punched Nawaki on the head when she saw him slandering Tianqi.
"Tch, that's how it is," Rope Tree muttered under his breath, rubbing his head.
Tsunade was about to teach Nawaki a lesson when the door was opened.
"Who is it?" Tianqi asked sleepily as he opened the door.
"Oh, it's you guys! What brings you here? Come in quickly!" Upon seeing Jiraiya and the others, Tianqi immediately perked up and warmly invited them into the house.
"Brother Tianqi, it's only eight o'clock and you're already asleep?" Jiraiya looked at Tianqi in disbelief. Tianqi used to go to bed very late, but now he was sleeping at eight o'clock. Had he really started to become decadent?
"Oh dear, I haven't had much to do these past few days, so I've been going to bed a little earlier at night, but I still get up pretty early in the morning." Tianqi felt embarrassed; he had indeed been a bit listless these past two days.
The three of them said they simply didn't believe Tianqi would get up early, and Shengshu's eyes were filled with contempt.
Tianqi then led them into the room, where they sat around a table, and Tsunade brought out the roast chicken she had prepared in advance.
"Yes, I also brought roast chicken. What's meat without wine? Just a few days ago, the Grand Elder brought me two jars of good wine. I'm going now. Tonight, we'll drink until we drop!" With that, Tianqi ran out.
"Sigh, I didn't expect Tianqi to have learned to drink. It seems this incident has really affected him. Let's comfort him later," Tsunade said slowly to the others as she watched Tianqi leave.
Jiraiya and the other two nodded, but when Nawaki heard that they were going to drink more, he despised Tenki even more.
"Here comes the fine wine! It was a gift from the clan's elder. I've never tasted it before. Now that you're here, it's a good opportunity to try it." Tianqi opened the wine bottle and filled four bowls with it.
Then he distributed the bowls to everyone. "One bowl for Jiraiya, one bowl for Tsunade, one bowl for Orochimaru, one bowl for me. Hmm, why is there one bowl missing? Hmm? Where did this kid come from?" Tianqi noticed that there was one bowl missing and finally found Nawaki.
"Tianqi, this is my younger brother Nawaki. Nawaki, this is Uchiha Tianqi. Quickly call him Big Brother Tianqi." After Tsunade finished introducing them, she directly told Nawaki to greet them.
"Tch, he's just a drunkard, why bother calling him?" Rope Tree turned his head away, indicating that he would not call him no matter what.
Seeing Nawaki's state, Tsunade was about to discipline him when Tenki stopped her, saying, "Let him be. He's still just a kid. Let's have a drink."
Tianqi remembered Tsunade's younger brother, Nawaki. He had seen him on the way to the Mito family home, but he didn't speak to him. He had absolutely no interest in this arrogant, immature teenager who talked about becoming Hokage every day.
"Alright then," Tsunade said, seeing that Tianqi didn't mind, and didn't press the matter. "Tianqi, when did you start drinking?"
Seeing Tsunade ask this question, Tianqi also looked puzzled. "Why do you ask that? I only started drinking for the first time today because you guys came."
"First time? Brother Tianqi, weren't you dejected because your ninja status was revoked?" Jiraiya covered his mouth immediately after saying that. Damn it! How could he say what was on his mind?
Orochimaru and Tsunade stared at Jiraiya with both eyes wide open.
Seeing their expressions, Tianqi instantly realized they had misunderstood. "Hahaha, who told you I was feeling down? Now that there's no mission, I'm feeling incredibly comfortable. Why would I be feeling down?"
"Really, you don't care about having your ninja title revoked by the village?" Tsunade asked, puzzled.
"I really don't mind. I only brought out my fine wine to treat you because I saw you've been working hard lately. I didn't expect you to think I'm being decadent. That's too much," Tianqi said to the group, pretending to be angry.
"Haha, I knew it, Brother Tianqi, how could we possibly praise you for such a small thing?" Jiraiya had barely finished speaking when Tsunade glared at him and shut him up.
"Brother Tianqi, are you just sitting here doing nothing? Aren't you going to do anything?" Orochimaru asked directly, revealing what he was most concerned about. Jiraiya and the other man were also eager to know what Tianqi was going to do next.
"Free? I just haven't had any missions these past two days. I wanted to take a good rest while I was free. I should start carrying out missions in a few days. Good wine!" Tianqi said, taking a sip of wine.
"A mission? Didn't the village revoke your ninja status and forbid you from leaving the village?" Orochimaru asked, puzzled.
Jiraiya and Tsunade were completely bewildered by what Tianqi said. They wondered to themselves if Tianqi had gone mad and was still fantasizing about being a ninja.
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