Meanwhile, back at home, Xin sat groggily on the sofa, still half-asleep and ready to doze off again at any moment.
Kushina, seeing how tired Xin was, felt bad for him and quickly brought him a glass of ice water.
"Xin, can't you train during the day? This flipped schedule is bad for your health." "I know."
After taking a big gulp of water, Xin felt more awake. He rubbed his eyes and said: "I just need to keep it up for a little while longer. Once the new recruits graduate, I should be done."
Thanks to Ophis's help, Xin was progressing quickly in his Sage Mode training.
In another half month or so, he figured he'd pass the hardest part-the first stage.
Once he mastered absorbing natural energy and refining Sage chakra, the rest of the training would become much easier.
"By the way, could you order some food from the hotpot restaurant? I don't feel like cooking for Tsunade."
"I already did. The side dishes and soup will be here soon."
Kushina was reliable like that-she didn't need Xin to remind her. She had already arranged everything.
"You're actually making time for romance?"
Tsunade remarked as she walked into Xin's home, seeing him and Kushina laughing together. Whatever Xinhad said, it had Kushina giggling non-stop.
Tsunade couldn't help but feel frustrated.
Here she was, angry and stressed out over his situation, while he was happily flirting with a girl.
"Tsunade, stop teasing me like that."
Kushina's face turned bright red.
Xin just shrugged.
"What did you expect? Should I spend every day looking miserable to make you happy?"
Tsunade's teasing was definitely because of the decision to keep him in the village as a Jonin instructor.
As for Xin's thoughts on the arrangement, he raised a thumbs-up and said:
"Well done! I love the idea of staying in the village as a lazy slacker."
Training on schedule, sleeping in, wandering around the village, relaxing in the hot springs- what could be better?
His attitude toward life was clear from the way his squad handled missions.
Other squads were eager to take on more missions, while Xin wished he could get away with just one mission a month.
"....."
Fine, as long as you're happy, she have nothing to say, Tsunade thought to herself.
If she wanted someone to show real ambition, it would have to be Minato or her brother, Nawaki.
Both of them dreamed of becoming Hokage, after all.
But that brought up another problem: What would she do when Minato and Nawaki both grew up and wanted to become Hokage? Who would she support?
Supporting Minato over her own brother seemed wrong.
But supporting Nawaki... well, he wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.