Konoha Great Gate.
Naruto followed behind Jiraiya, looking at the Konoha Great Gate, his eyes filled with memories.
"Hey, Izumo, why are you and Kotetsu so listless?"
They walked to the registration area and saw Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane, noticing anxious expressions on their faces.
Jiraiya was the same.
Experienced as he was, he could tell at a glance that their anxiety wasn't because something had happened in Konoha, but rather the eagerness to watch a spectacle.
Kotetsu sighed, "A woman has come to Konoha. She's the leader of a certain Village, and she's challenging Kakashi and Might Guy, saying she wants them to marry into her Village. We have to guard the gate, it's infuriating!"
"Exactly, it's such a pity. Why is it our turn for duty now? Lady Tsunade is really..." Izumo Kamizuki also complained.
For the two of them to complain about the Hokage, it's clear how captivating this spectacle must be.
It was Kakashi and Might Guy, and if either of them lost, Konoha would be in for a show.
The key was that it was a legitimate challenge.
And it was approved by Hokage-sama.
"Oh? A young lady?"
"Oh? Kakashi-sensei and Bushy Brows-sensei, are they finally looking for partners?"
Naruto's and Jiraiya's points of interest were completely different.
One was focused on the young lady, the other on finding a partner.
"Let's go, Perverted Sage, let's hurry and see."
Naruto was already impatient.
His gossip-loving heart burned brightly, just like when he wanted to see Kakashi-sensei's face beneath his mask back then.
"Alright, I want to see the young lady too." Jiraiya's face broke into a smile.
Then, under the resentful gazes of the two 'gate gods,' they registered and swaggered away... Konoha Plain Training Ground.
A super-large training ground.
At this moment, a crowd of people was enthusiastically watching the spectacle.
"Go, Village Leader Shizuka, you must defeat Kakashi and them!"
Tsunade, like a cheerleader, waved her fists, cheering for Nadeshiko Shizuka.
The smile on her face never faded.
Shizune, standing behind her, wondered if she had been too strict with Lady Tsunade, as she hadn't seen her smile like this in a long time.
At the same time, she also felt that perhaps she should let go and find a partner herself.
She was the same age as Kakashi; they were classmates back then.
But it seemed no one was pursuing her; how rude!
Shizune's gaze fell upon Tsunade's two 'melons,' wondering if that was the reason.
Meanwhile, in the arena, Kakashi and Might Guy both looked speechless.
"That Satoru, he really knows how to cause trouble for us."
Kakashi grumbled.
The sudden duel left them all bewildered.
It was that damned Satoru again, even playing matchmaker for them.
Might Guy: "Woman, do you wish to conquer the strong? But I won't be defeated so easily; I will definitely beat you."
In the distance, Satoru also appeared, with Keigo beside him.
Today, they were here to watch the show.
Keigo's eyes were fixed on the people opposite: "Dad, instead of watching the show, why don't you go back and research more Ninjutsu, or learn other knowledge, rather than wasting time here? And you could have come by yourself; you didn't need to bring me."
"Gaining more experience and accumulating it is also knowledge; it's not only what's in books.
What's in books is also what people have experienced and summarized."
Satoru finally felt a bit like he was educating his child.
"But the knowledge I accumulate from my own experiences
doesn't even amount to one percent of absorbing knowledge from books. From an efficiency standpoint,
I should first learn from books and then use experience to solidify that knowledge,
not experience first and then summarize knowledge myself.
I'm just a three-year-old child; shouldn't learning follow a better method?"
Keigo, however, didn't think so. Instead, he logically and reasonably refuted Satoru's words.
"...Should I send you back?"
A soft bamboo whip appeared in Satoru's hand, and he flicked it in the air.
"No need, since we're already here."
Keigo turned his small face and looked solemnly at the people in the distance... "This is the place."
Naruto and Jiraiya appeared around the training ground, and in the center of the training ground, the battle had already begun.
Upon seeing Nadeshiko Shizuka, Jiraiya immediately pulled out his binoculars and started watching.
"Amazing!"
Naruto watched the two fighting, feeling that Kakashi-sensei and that woman were both very powerful.
However, he soon saw that Kakashi-sensei showed no mercy, directly punching her to the ground.
Face down.
Then, after the woman rested, Bushy Brows-sensei entered the arena.
Naruto could tell that Bushy Brows-sensei was quite eager to fight.
Then the woman looked at Bushy Brows-sensei, seemingly lost in thought.
She mumbled a few words, then left with another woman who had been watching the show.
Leaving Bushy Brows-sensei alone, dumbfounded.
"What's going on? Why did they stop fighting?" Naruto wondered.
"From lip-reading, Might Guy seems to have been rejected by that woman. It looks like I have a chance." Jiraiya drooled.
That woman was very much to his liking.
Only slightly less than Tsunade.
"Perverted Sage, you can read lips? Why didn't you teach me?" Naruto said angrily.
"Lip-reading is taught in spy class. You didn't pay attention." Jiraiya said disdainfully.
"..."
..."Village Leader Shizuka, don't be discouraged. Next time, I'll knock Kakashi out, and then you can defeat him."
Tsunade caught up with Nadeshiko Shizuka and comforted her.
"But don't you consider Might Guy? He's also an excellent man." she asked, changing the subject.
She didn't particularly care for Might Guy's image, but if this beautiful woman could be interested, it would gain Konoha another ally.
After all, Nadeshiko Village was also a Ninja Village, and a Village of all female Ninja at that, making it a very worthwhile Village to ally with.
As Hokage, she had to consider Konoha's future.
"No, I've already decided. After this challenge fails, I will return to the Village and prepare to abolish its old customs.
Actually, after so many years of traveling the Ninja World, I've understood many things.
And thank you, Hokage-sama, for your guidance. I will manage Nadeshiko Village well."
Nadeshiko Shizuka hadn't expected Might Guy's image to be like that, so she adamantly avoided mentioning him.
That guy told her that both of them were excellent and handsome men, second only to him.
If all the men in Konoha were below that watermelon-head in terms of looks, wouldn't they all be ugly?
So now she just wanted to escape from here, to avoid being targeted by that watermelon-head... "Why did she leave? I was looking forward to a youthful duel!"
Might Guy was burning with passion, but he didn't expect that when it was his turn, the woman would run off with her escort.
Really, how was this beast to compose himself?
"With your image, it's indeed quite difficult to find a partner." Kakashi teased from the side.
Might Guy pouted, "Heh heh, you haven't found one either. We're the same, both single dogs teased by Satoru."