"Mokgetsu, why don't we go to a restaurant today?" Namikaze Minato said after glancing around the room.
There were five disciples of Mokgetsu present, plus six others, making a group of eleven. Adding Mokgetsu himself brought the total to twelve.
"No need, I've already bought the ingredients, why go to a restaurant?" Mokgetsu said with a smile, shaking his head.
Cooking for twelve people, especially hungry ninjas, ensuring quality would overwhelm an ordinary person, but he wasn't an ordinary person.
After speaking, Mokgetsu went directly into the kitchen, with Namikaze Minato following alongside.
Tsunade found it a bit strange seeing this scene, "Why is Minato going in? He seems so familiar."
"Because we're neighbors, we often cook and eat together," Kushina, sitting next to Tsunade, said matter-of-factly.
After commencing her cultivation to control the Nine-tails, she wasn't sure about things, but before that, they often dined together.
"What kind of neighbors eat together? You must be relatives," Tsunade quipped.
"Hehe, perhaps, maybe Mokgetsu and Minato are indeed relatives," Kushina said nonchalantly.
When they first met, Kushina was curious if Mokgetsu was Namikaze Minato's long-lost brother, but she stopped caring later.
Even relatives might not have such a good relationship, so why care about it?
"The war has ended again, Orochimaru, are you still holding on to your idea?" Jiraiya asked casually.
At the end of the Second Ninja World War, Orochimaru once said something memorable to Jiraiya.
Orochimaru said he wanted to learn all ninjutsu, overcome the short lifespan of humans, and understand all truths of the world.
"Of course, it's my only dream," Orochimaru replied indifferently.
His experiences led him to understand the fragility of human life, and Orochimaru despised such fragility.
"What about you, still planning to stir up trouble?"
"What do you mean stir up trouble, this concerns the future of the Ninja World!" Jiraiya retorted seriously.
According to the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage, his disciple would bring great change to the Ninja World, and he was the one to guide this change, holding a significant responsibility.
Although Jiraiya speculated Nagato might be the prophesied child, he wasn't completely certain.
Anyway, with nothing better to do, he enjoyed traveling around the Ninja World, so he continued on his travels.
"Haha." Orochimaru let out a mocking laugh, not believing in the so-called prophecy.
If the prophecy had to come true, wouldn't it mean everything in this world was predetermined, making efforts pointless, so why should Jiraiya act?
If the prophecy could change, Orochimaru thought it was more like the Great Toad Sage setting up a plan to lead the future towards its desired outcome.
In either case, Orochimaru thought Jiraiya was foolish to waste so much time over a prophecy.
"Too lazy to argue with someone as dull as you, Tsunade, what are you planning next?" Jiraiya turned to ask Tsunade.
"Travel the world and win in casinos?"
"Maybe later, I just want to relax in Konoha for four more years," Tsunade replied, shaking her head.
She used to dream of exploring casinos around the world, and honestly, still does, but she wants to settle her debts before going, so she won't lose out.
"You...
"Mind your own business!" Jiraiya was about to retort when Tsunade cut him off abruptly.
Seeing Tsunade's fierce gaze, Jiraiya wisely kept his mouth shut. While others might pretend to be fierce, Tsunade truly meant it, and her punches weren't forgiving.
"Still as foolish as before." Seeing this, Orochimaru couldn't help but reminisce about their childhood training days, a faint smile on his lips.
"Why don't we ask Teacher Mokgetsu if we can go to the second floor, it feels like we're disturbing Lord Tsunade here," Nohara Rin suggested.
Kakashi and the others nodded in agreement.
Tsunade and Jiraiya were okay, but Orochimaru's aura was intense, making it hard for them to relax.
After getting Mokgetsu's approval, Nohara Rin and the others went to the second floor.
"Turns out even the stern uncle is like this in private, I thought he was only serious on the battlefield," Obito said, scratching his head.
With examples from Jiraiya and Tsunade, Obito thought Orochimaru, one of the Sannin, was also putting on airs, but it turns out he was genuinely serious, just like in legends.
"You know he's a serious person, yet you still give him a nickname," Kakashi said, somewhat speechless.
"You really should break this habit, otherwise, if you run for Hokage, I'll definitely vote against it because I can't imagine what Konoha would become," Kakashi imagined Obito sitting in the Hokage Office, suddenly calling for the white-haired assistant, it was hard to not burst out laughing.
"Why should I do as you say, I don't need your vote!" Obito stood his ground firmly.
This Kakashi hadn't become Hokage yet and was already bossing him around, if he became Hokage, Obito was determined to win the position of Fifth Hokage from Kakashi.
"Their relationship is still as good as ever." Shizune said with some envy.
She had spent some time furthering her studies under Mokgetsu, so she was familiar with Kakashi and his group.
Shizune envied such relationships; she didn't have companions to play with regularly, only when Nohara Rin came to study with Tsunade did she have a peer companion.
"Yes, so enviably close," Nohara Rin said, covering her mouth as she chuckled lightly.