Chapter 209 - 207: Gifts for the Family

Chapter 209: Chapter 207: Gifts for the Family

After taking back the Telephone Snake from the clown... no, from Sakura’s hand, Kano comforted her for a good while before returning to the car to sit beside Ino.

"Ino, does your family have any secret techniques for erasing or modifying memories?"

"I’m not too sure. You’re talking about a Brainwashing Technique, right? Don’t you already know how to use a Brainwashing Technique?"

"I don’t! How much longer is this rumor going to spread? There’s someone whose past experiences turned him from a good person into a bad one. I want to see if I can use memory modification to turn him back into a good person."

Kano had her own considerations; Obito was still too dangerous, and she couldn’t afford not to be on guard against him.

Although she could take him down instantly by blindsiding him this time, as long as someone was on guard, it would be easy for them to ignore her Genjutsu.

Music-based Genjutsu had many drawbacks. First, it wasn’t instant; the target needed to listen for a while before falling under the spell. People like Obito, who were so experienced that they could fall into a Genjutsu just by hearing the beginning, were in the minority.

Since she had decided not to kill him, she couldn’t let him remain a threat. Kano didn’t have Naruto’s Talk no Jutsu ability, so she could only resort to brainwashing.

"I don’t know it. I’m not sure if my old man does. I’ll ask for you when we get back."

"Then thanks, Ino."

"Don’t be so polite with me; it makes us seem like strangers."

On the way back, everyone chatted and laughed, not in a hurry to travel. It took several days for the group to return to Konoha Village.

Everyone else went to their respective homes, while only Kano and Asuma went to find Tsunade to report on the mission.

As the primary reporter, Asuma truthfully reported the current situation, strength, and status of the Mizukage in the Hidden Mist Village. He also informed Tsunade about Kano returning the kubikiribōchō and the matter of establishing diplomatic relations with the Hidden Mist Village.

"Alright, I’ve noted this. You may leave now, Asuma. I want to have a few words with Kano alone."

"Yes."

Asuma left the Hokage Office, leaving Kano there with a mischievous grin.

"You’re still smiling! How can you find more work for me just by going out to sing? Establishing diplomatic relations with a foreign country is a very troublesome matter. How much of my gambling time is that going to waste!"

Tsunade slammed the table. During the few days Kano was away from Konoha, she had almost finished her work and was planning to head to the casino to relax once she was done with this stretch.

In reality, she wasn’t that angry. Establishing ties with the Hidden Mist Village was a minor matter; at least this time she hadn’t caused a major incident, like infiltrating the Akatsuki Organization.

"Master, don’t be angry. I haven’t even mentioned the thing that’ll actually make you angry yet."

Hearing Kano say this, Tsunade’s heart skipped a beat.

"Kano, you’d better not have caused some major disaster! If you’ve caused another world-shaking event, I’ll... I’ll... I’ll go to your house and tell on you!"

There was no other way; she couldn’t beat her in a fight, and she couldn’t win an argument against her.

Kano summoned Shadow ōnoki and had him apply a Super Lightened Rock Jutsu to her, making her float in mid-air.

Although Tsunade couldn’t recognize whose shadow it was, she knew that a Ninjutsu that allowed flight was not something a simple Ninja could achieve.

"It’s not some world-shaking event. It’s just that I accidentally-on-purpose killed the Third Tsuchikage."

"Ahaha, just this small matter... Like hell! You! You! *Hoo—ha—hoo—ha—*!"

Tsunade took deep breaths. She quickly calmed down and immediately instructed Kano.

"Go and call all the Jonin and Chunin in the village here."

"Why call so many people?"

"What else? To go to war. I can’t just hand you over and then pay reparations and apologize, can I? I could never do something so humiliating."

At this moment, Tsunade’s image in Kano’s heart suddenly became tall and grand. This was a good Hokage!

"Don’t panic, Master. Let me explain the sequence of events. That night, the wind was high and the moon was dark..."

"Just get to the point."

"Fine."

Kano recounted how she was attacked by the Akatsuki Organization and then learned that ōnoki wanted to kill the konoha songstress, so she went straight and took him out. Furthermore, she had cleaned up thoroughly, and the body was even taken to be exchanged for money.

"You’re saying that after acting in self-defense, you just happened to have a urea bag for the body and a specialized chemical for cleaning up bloodstains on hand?"

"It’s good to be prepared."

Tsunade was a bit distressed; she felt like turning back into a child and rolling on the floor. Although the matter was handled cleanly without leaving any evidence, the death of a Kage still required a lot of work.

"Kano, please don’t leave the village again for a while, okay? I’m begging you. The Angel Ninja Academy you planned has been built by Earth Release Ninjas and Tenzo working overtime. Just stay in Konoha as an Idol and teach students. I’m begging you."

"Fine, fine. Then I’ll stay in Konoha Village."

Kano agreed to Tsunade. She indeed had no plans to cause more trouble, so she would stay put for a while.

After returning home, Kano rested for a while, pondering how to fish Obito out of the Kamui Dimension.

"Hey, System, do you have any rewards that can store living people?"

[host, I feel like you’re making things difficult for me (?`n′?)]

"I’m asking if any of your predecessors or something had this kind of thing."

[This... I’ll go ask ( ’-’ )ノ)]

This matter would likely take a long time, so Kano went back to her house to do the next thing first.

"I’m back!"

Kano loudly announced her return. Her mother, Yoshino, who was waiting at home, immediately picked her up and gave her a big kiss.

"Welcome back."

Shikaku was nearby playing chess with Shikamaru and made a casual remark.

"You come back every other day, there’s no need to—"

Before he could finish, he was glared back by his wife’s unkind gaze.

"Welcome back, Elder Sister."

Karin also ran over to help Kano change her clothes. Kano took the opportunity to pat her head.

Favorability +1

Karin’s satisfied smile seemed to pop up such a prompt.

Kano didn’t hide much from her family. If there was anything that could help them, she certainly wouldn’t keep it to herself. For example... "Ta-da!"

Kano pulled out a scroll almost as tall as she was from her shadow.

"Have you developed a new Ninjutsu again?"

Mentioning this, Shikaku was no longer sleepy. He immediately overturned the chessboard he was about to lose and made space for Kano to unroll the scroll.

Shikamaru, on the other hand, was very uncomfortable; he was just about to win. Moreover, every Ninjutsu his Younger Sister came up with was incredibly complex and difficult to the point of exploding. He still hadn’t learned the previous Shadow Prison Pool Technique. And his father, Shikaku, would definitely force him to learn it. Recently, he didn’t know what was wrong with Hokage-sama, making him, a Chunin, handle so many classified documents.

It was all troublesome matters.

"This isn’t exactly a Ninjutsu, though it’s similar. This is a contract scroll for a Summoning Beast. Just sign your name and leave a fingerprint on it to form a contract. This is a brand-new scroll I managed to get exclusively, and I plan to only let our family members sign it."

Kano unrolled the scroll, which had only one name on it: Nara Kano.

"Daughter, where did you get this? It’s so impressive. What’s the Summoning Beast?"

"I got it by cheating, of course. The Summoning Beast is a dragon, but I’ve only summoned it once, so I’m not sure what else can be summoned."

Hearing it was a Summoning Jutsu, Shikamaru immediately became interested and crawled over.

"This is the request of a lifetime! Sister, please let me sign the contract too!"

No kidding, that’s a dragon! What man doesn’t want to be a dragon knight! Even his old man’s eyes sparkled when he heard "dragon."

"Oh my~ if Brother is willing to lick my..." Kano originally wanted to tease her brother, but she was afraid he might actually do it. "Forget it, I’m afraid you’ll get a taste for it. It’s not impossible to let you sign, but in your spare time between missions, you have to help me refine the teaching system of the Heavenly Ninja School."

"But I’m already fully booked by Hokage-sama with tasks for processing documents. I really don’t have time."

At the mention of this, Kano was momentarily stunned, feeling a slight pang of guilt, as if it were all her fault.

"Then never mind. Dad, you help me manage the school. I might not be able to handle it alone; I don’t have enough connections or resources yet."

"Sure, sure, sure. I’ve signed my name and pressed my fingerprints. Let’s go try it out quickly."

While talking, Shikaku had already impatiently signed his name and bitten his finger to leave five fingerprints.

"Dad, wait! The fingerprint needs to be done with saliva, not blood!"

After being called back by Kano, he noticed that under Kano’s name, there were only crinkled marks, not a single bit of red.

"Is this Summoning Beast of yours... proper?"

"Who cares if it’s proper or not? Do you want it or not?"

"Yes, yes, of course I want it."

Shikaku spat some saliva, dabbed it, and pressed it onto the scroll.

Shikamaru followed suit, and his mother joined in to be part of the group.

"Elder Sister, can I do it too?"

"Of course. You’re part of our family too."

Even Karin pressed her fingerprint under Kano’s urging. After all, she had obtained this herself and it didn’t involve the clan’s secret techniques; if a good friend wanted it, she could share it.

The family went to the training ground as usual, and Kano gave a reminder to the eager group.

"Let me tell you first, summoning a dragon consumes a lot of Chakra. So if you don’t use a massive amount of Chakra, you probably won’t summon anything good."

"I know, I know. I’m ready to start."

Although Shikaku didn’t have a Summoning Beast, he still knew the Summoning Jutsu. He tossed two soldier pills into his mouth, using the massive amount of replenished Chakra to perform the summon.

He knew that the new things Kano came up with never considered the consumption issue. This time, he was fully prepared, striving to summon a giant dragon like the Fourth Hokage’s giant toad!

"Summoning Jutsu!"

A huge plume of smoke rose to the sky. Shikaku felt all the Chakra in his body being released at once. This time, he would surely summon a super cool giant dragon!

When the smoke cleared, a dragon maid in a black and white maid outfit stood elegantly in front of everyone.

"Greetings, Master."

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