Naruto: Minato Namikaze, born evil

Chapter 41 Warming the Table

The next day, Ninja School.

Before class, Umino Ikkaku told the classmates about Kota and the other two taking a leave of absence, but no one paid any attention.

None of the three were very popular. Hu Tai bullied his classmates, Zhe Fu relied on his master's power, and Shi Xiong was full of bad intentions.

Apart from Shinnosuke, the son of the Hokage, everyone else in the class had been harassed by these three guys to some extent. The fact that they didn't clap and celebrate was already a big favor to Umino Ikkaku.

"It's so refreshing not having any annoying people in my way!"

Kushina chuckled, lazily sprawled on the table, and tilted her head to look at Minato: "Minato's true form has also come to school."

"There's nothing we can do, after all, something like that happened..." Minato said with a helpless smile.

Actually, it's because he's currently focusing his main energy on cultivating the nature of change.

The excuse of cultivating Light Escape was just that. The strength of a Devil Fruit is related to one's physique. Although it is his main fighting method, it is not something he should be cultivating at this stage.

Most importantly, if he doesn't come to school, he'll be all alone at home during the day.

Nawaki and Kushina are both at school. Although Tsunade hasn't been on missions lately, she's not exactly idle either.

Besides helping out at the hospital, she would also visit Mito Uzumaki every few days.

Furthermore, as Jonin, even without missions, they must sit in the Jonin standby area every day in case of emergencies. (Official setting: the place where Kakashi and Asuma chatted during the Chunin Exams written test.)

In addition to picking up and dropping off Shuimen and accompanying him to grocery shopping, she hasn't been to a gambling den for a while.

Tsunade seemed to have forgotten about this hobby; Minato hadn't heard her mention it in a long time.

"That's wonderful. I wish every day could be like this..."

Sunlight streamed into the classroom, and Kushina, basking in the sun, said lazily.

"Kushina, repeat what I just said."

Kushina hurriedly stood up when she heard Umino's voice from the corner.

"Huh? Yes..."

Kushina hurriedly stood up and cast a pleading look at Minato.

Minato, with his arm pressing down on the laptop, subtly pushed it towards Kushina.

Kushina subconsciously read aloud the words from her notebook: "During class... please pay attention, okay?"

"Ha ha ha ha…"

Upon hearing Kushina's words, the class burst into laughter.

Realizing what she had said, Kushina blushed and glared at Minato with a puffed-up face.

Umino Ikkaku's lips twitched: "Fine, good to know. Sit down."

"Honestly, Minato is malicious!"

After Kushina sat down, she waved her little fist at Minato.

Minato looked at him with a smile, a sly glint in his eyes. He also thought it would be great if every day could be like this.

And the days that followed were peaceful and warm, just as the two had hoped.

Minato goes to school, cooks, and trains every day.

Kushina was like a shadow, following Minato wherever he was.

However, this unchanging rhythm of life has also made some people in the shadows start to get impatient.

For example, Danzo desperately wanted to make a move on Kushina, but unfortunately, the girl followed Minato around every day, and Tsunade picked her up and dropped her off at school, leaving him no chance whatsoever.

For example, Fugaku has yet to find a suitable opportunity to contact Minato.

In this tranquility, another two months quietly passed in the blink of an eye.

Scattered snowflakes drifted silently down from the sky, then, under the cover of night, blanketed the village in a thick, white snow.

"It's snowing!"

It happened to be the weekend, and early in the morning, Kushina excitedly ran to the yard, scooped up a handful of snow, and threw it into the air.

"It's snowing..."

Minato, holding a teacup, comfortably tucked his legs into a kotatsu (a heated tabletop in anime where a kotatsu is attached to a table, which is actually an electric heater inside).

Tsunade lay face down opposite Minato, with most of her body tucked under the blanket.

Nawaki also tried to squeeze in, but due to the limited space, Tsunade kicked him out, and he could only cover his legs like Minato.

Minato glanced at Nawaki: "I have a kotatsu (heated table) at home, do you want me to bring it over?"

"Need not!"

Before Nawaki could speak, Tsunade spoke up.

The size of this kotatsu is just right, as for why…

Tsunade gently turned over, her soft little feet seemingly unintentionally resting on Minato's crossed legs.

Minato paused in his tea-drinking motion. From his angle, he couldn't see Tsunade's expression and didn't know if she was doing it intentionally, so he didn't move the teacup away.

But deep down, there was a strange, indescribable flutter in my heart…

"We should be drinking tea and enjoying the snow in this weather. If you're cold, go back to your room~" Tsunade said lazily.

Nawaki looked at Minato: "Minato, aren't you cold?"

"It's not cold."

Minato chuckled, "He's the light!"

That's the advantage of the natural system: as long as you don't particularly restrain yourself from your environment, you're basically not affected by it.

Especially those abilities like freezing, snowing, burning, lava, flashing, and thunder, which inherently possess extreme cold or heat characteristics.

Water Gate is not afraid of the cold because light itself has extremely high heat, so there is no need to worry about the cold.

But Nawaki is indeed a mortal being...

"It's snowing, how about we have something hot to eat today? Like a soup or something?"

Minato thought for a moment and then made a suggestion.

"Yay! What should we eat?"

Upon hearing this, Nawaki stopped complaining about being cold and looked at Minato with eager eyes.

"How about... a hot pot that you've probably never tried before?" Minato asked.

"Wait a moment, I'll go get my notes!"

Upon hearing that he hadn't eaten it before, Rope Tree hurriedly ran to get paper and pen: "Go ahead and tell me."

"Mantis shrimp, dried scallops, river crabs, seaweed..."

Watergate explained everything that was needed.

This is a dried seafood base commonly used in northern China in my previous life. It has a delicious flavor and is perfect for hot pot with mutton.

"Wait a minute, can you guys eat sesame paste?" Minato suddenly asked.

The ninja world does have sesame paste, but it's only used for seasoning, and the taste is slightly off, requiring other ingredients to adjust it.

"As long as it's Minato, I can definitely eat it!" Nawaki said, patting his chest.

"Great, I'll buy another three catties of mutton, that should be about it."

"I'm heading out now!"

Rope Tree couldn't wait to rush out of the house.

The pair of soft feet in Minato's arms suddenly moved, their toes curling gently as they rubbed against his stomach.

"Minato, come and build a snowman with me!"

Kushina greeted them from the courtyard.

Just as Minato was about to speak, Tsunade suddenly grabbed his pajamas with her toes and gently tugged them down.

"I'll pass, I'll just have a cup of tea to warm up. I need to prepare hot pot for lunch, so how about having my clone keep you company?"

Minato put down his teacup, and with his left hand subtly reaching under the kotatsu, he gently patted the little rascal stuck to his clothes, at which point the other obediently let go.

"All right…"

Kushina didn't press the matter too much, since Minato still had to cook, so she turned around and went to play with her clone.

Under the kotatsu, Tsunade turned slightly to the side and glanced in the direction Kushina had left.

For some reason, she felt a strange thrill at that moment…

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