After a while, Tsunade's emotions gradually calmed down.
Miki pulled Tsunade down to sit.
"Eat."
Grilled frogs were skewered next to the dying bonfire.
"Frogs?" Tsunade wiped her tears, saying pitifully, "I don't want to eat them."
"Then, let's go eat in the Village," Miki said, standing up and asking Tsunade, "Can you still walk?"
"My body feels a bit weak," Tsunade said.
"Hmm," Miki said, "You look fine, walk by yourself."
"Didn't you say one meal a day?" Tsunade asked angrily, "I waited for so long and didn't see it delivered, and now it's already night! I thought you had abandoned me..."
As she spoke, Tsunade's voice grew softer and softer.
"That's right, one meal a day," Miki said, "It's not time yet. You haven't even lasted a full day. Your next meal will be around nine tomorrow morning, which is twenty-four hours after the training began."
That long!!
Tsunade opened her mouth and said, "Then how long did I last?"
"From nine in the morning to ten at night, only thirteen hours," Miki said.
"How can it only be so little time!? I feel like a very, very long time has passed!" Tsunade said in disbelief.
"It's only been that much time. Your perception can lie, but numbers don't," Miki said, "Let's go, let's relax a bit."
"Then my training?" Tsunade hesitated, still a bit scared.
This training was even more terrifying than she had imagined.
That kind of mental oppression was really driving her crazy.
Recalling it, she still felt a lingering fear.
Therefore, she absolutely did not want to go back into that dark, narrow hole.
She would rather do a lot of boring, repetitive physical training.
Now that she thought about it, that was truly a happy thing.
"It failed," Miki said, "It didn't even come close to the passing line."
Tsunade's face showed disappointment, with fear and apprehension, but also unwillingness and stubbornness.
Miki heard it clearly.
"However, today's training is over. We'll talk about this training later," Miki said.
A person's psychological tolerance has its limits.
If she really broke down, subsequent psychological treatment would be a truly troublesome matter.
Therefore, Miki put the initiative to retreat in Tsunade's own hands. Thus, Tsunade could only rely on even greater courage.
Then she would overcome the problem herself.
A flicker of joy flashed in Tsunade's eyes. She looked at Miki without showing it, and with her last bit of stubbornness, said, "I can still continue training..."
"Crying like a little kitten..." Miki broke Tsunade's stubbornness, saying, "How kawaii."
Lowering her head...
Tsunade's cheeks were flushed crimson.
She couldn't make any strong rebuttal and could only pretend to be an ostrich, burying her head in silence.
"Let's go."
Not wanting Tsunade to be too embarrassed.
Miki took the lead and leaped down, landing lightly on a large tree below.
Tsunade followed.
The two moved quickly, stepping on branches.
Under the night wind, looking at the faint silhouette ahead under the moon, she felt a sense of peace.
This is great...
Having her by her side.
At this moment, passing a small stream, Miki dropped from the tree onto the grass.
Seeing this, Tsunade followed, puzzled.
"What's wrong? Aren't we going back to the Village?"
Tsunade was confused.
"I can go back like this," Miki looked at Tsunade and said, "Are you sure you don't want to take a bath?"
"The stream water is so cold..." Tsunade said unwillingly. It was night, and she wanted to go home and soak in a comfortable bathtub.
Miki said, "Smelling of urine, and you still have the nerve not to bathe?"
Hearing this, Tsunade's face changed drastically. She twitched her nose, sniffing for the smell.
"There's none at all!"
"Don't lie to yourself," Miki said, stepping forward and kicking Tsunade hard in the butt.
"Stop dawdling, get in there."
Tsunade flew. Miki's kick was quite powerful.
Tsunade felt it.
She splashed into the water, then floated up, staring blankly at Miki on the bank.
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