Chapter 237 - 237 (1/2)
Using the Teleportation Barrier, Ryo took Kakashi and Shisui back to Konoha in no time.
As they returned, he left the two to do whatever they wanted, while he delivered the mission report to Minato on his own.
As soon as he disappeared from sight, Shisui, with a strange expression on his face, asked Kakashi: ”Kakashi san, do you think Pakura san likes Sensei?”
Kakashi just sighed and left without answering.
As for Ryo, he teleported directly into the Hokage's office, where he found not only Minato, but Jiraya as well!
”Hello Jiraya san! When have you returned?” Ryo greeted Jiraya very warmly after not seeing him for a good while.
”Oh it's Ryo! How are you doing? Long time no…”
”Jiraya Sensei, please change your attitude! Don't you feel that this is too much? You've returned to the village just yesterday and I'm already having several people reporting that you've been peeping! I'm Hokage now! How can I deal with this?”
”Minato, I'm not peeping; I'm doing research for material! How can you put the mere act of peeping on the same level as an artist's quest for inspiration?!”
”Sensei… You've always been saying that you are a writer; but I haven't seen any book you've ever written! Just give me a book of your writing, and I'll try to find a way around this…”
”Well, if you've just had some patience, I was going to give you this book anyway, haha!” As Jiraya laughed, he took out a book from his pocket.
Minato glimpsed at the book, unconsciously reaching out to take it from Jiraya. He never expected that this writing thing was actually real.
”The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi?”
”Well, this is what I wrote in my early years. I've only shown it to one person, and you are the second! It's good! The book is for you, I'm leaving!” As he said that, Jiraya walked to the door and left.
Minato sighed helplessly, and immediately turned his eyes to Ryo: ”What's the situation?”
Ryo immediately mentioned all the important details surrounding his trip to the Sand Village, including the perfect seal he made for Gaara.
Minato frowned as he heard him: ”Ryo, the Sand getting a perfect Jinchuriki is no trivial matter. Don't you think you've been a little too impulsive when helping them achieve that?”
”Ni san, you can rest assured; what I've done poses no risk to Konoha. Just trust me on this!”
With his mission complete, Ryo returned home, where he actually didn't find Chinse or Lain. The latter had started going to the Ninja academy, so his mother went out to pick her up after school.
Lain was now 6 years old, actually older than many other new students. She had refined her Chakra, and learned the basics of using Ninjutsu by Ryo. Therefore, Minato could 'give his blessing' to get her directly in the elite second grade class.
Outside the academy, Chinse met Lain with a smile; it was a very enjoyable experience for her to pick up her daughter.
In fact, Ryo was too much of a genius when growing up, to a point that made Chinse miss out on a substantial portion of her parenting experience. Now, she was cautious to make the most of parenting Lain.
They returned home, and met Ryo again. In the comfort of his own home, Ryo's time with his family flew quickly, and a week went by before he even knew it.
Shisui started working under Kakashi, and Lain was also in school. With no tasks to perform in Konoha, Ryo just went to Konoha's hospital after a long time of not going there.