Chapter 83: Urgent Message from Sunagakure! Temari's Sweat Smells Like Vanilla
Konoha Village, Hokage Building.
Tsunade rested her chin on one hand, while the other mechanically moved a pen across some documents. Her gaze, however, drifted unconsciously toward the Blonde Youth sitting on the sofa, legs crossed, eating his bento box without a care in the world.
Kakashi Hatake had already submitted the report on the bell-snatching exercise from earlier.
"To think he actually used the Sexy Jutsu to deal with Kakashi Hatake... and even gave Sakura that kind of exaggerated super strength..."
A vein throbbed slightly on Tsunade's temple. Although she cursed him as a little brat, she had to admit that every one of this kid's terrible ideas seemed to always bring about unexpected miracles.
"Ah—! I'm full, I'm full!"
Naruto put down the empty bento box, showing no semblance of a Ninja, and stretched lazily without any regard for his image. "Granny Tsunade, if there's nothing else, I'm going back to catch up on sleep, okay? I spent all night thinking about that new Ninjutsu."
"Get out, get out, get out! Seeing you just annoys me!" Tsunade waved her hand.
However, just as Naruto and Sakura were about to leave.
Bang!
The door to the Hokage Office was violently kicked open from the outside.
A disheveled figure stumbled in.
"Lady Tsunade! Please... send reinforcements to Sunagakure immediately!"
The person who arrived was none other than the Sunagakure envoy, Temari.
At this moment, she had completely lost her usual composed, mature older sister type demeanor.
Her blonde hair was messy and plastered against her cheeks. Her face, which usually carried an air of arrogance, now held only anxiety. She had clearly been running frantically the whole way, breathing heavily, her chest heaving, and her tight, fishnet-style undershirt looked like it was about to burst.
"Gaara... Lord Kazekage... has been captured by Akatsuki!"
Temari's voice was hoarse. She looked like she had just been fished out of the water; her black Ninjaoutfit was soaked through with sweat, clinging tightly to her body and outlining a stunning curve.
The room instantly froze. Tsunade stood up abruptly, her face darkening. Sakura also covered her mouth, a look of shock on her face.
But, one person's focus shifted instantly.
Uzumaki Naruto's eyes went wide.
His gaze uncontrollably drifted past Temari's anxious face and followed the sliding beads of sweat all the way down.
[Wow...]
No sound was spoken aloud, but in the minds of the women present, that familiar, slightly improper heavenly curtain narration came online right on time.
[Is this the so-called sweat-drenched, battle-damaged mature older sister type? This is amazing, it's practically a crime!]
Temari had been lost in her emotions, but this sudden inner voice made her body stiffen abruptly.
She subconsciously looked up and met Naruto's azure blue eyes, which seemed to be burning with fire.
[Look at that rapid breathing frequency; she must have been running for three days and three nights without closing her eyes, right? This is the charm of a mature woman! It's on a completely different level from those little girls who haven't finished developing yet. Even the sweat dripping down looks shiny...]
[Gulp...]
A clear sound of swallowing saliva exploded simultaneously in the minds of the three women.
[That drop of sweat just slid down her neck into her collar! A pity, what a pity! I wonder what the sweat of this athletic mature older sister typetastes like? It must be a faint vanilla scent, right? If it were me, I wouldn't waste a single drop of this essence!]
Tsunade's fingers gripped the edge of the desk tightly, her expression shifting constantly.
Sakura's eye twitched wildly; she really wanted to punch this guy who was in heat at any moment and send him flying.
And Temari, who was at the center of the storm, had a frozen expression on her face. She was both ashamed and angry; she was going crazy with worry, yet this guy was actually thinking about such things in his head?!
But it wasn't over yet.
Naruto's gaze moved downward, landing on those iconic legs.
[And these legs! The quality in Hidden Sand Village is really good; these fishnet stockings haven't torn after being worn for days and nights, and instead, they have an even wilder flavor... If only at this moment, I could let her rest her head on my shoulder, and then I could help her clean up this sweat...]
[Since she has no strength left, I'll just have to use my mouth to help wipe it off... This can be considered a special kind of care for an ally, right? Starting from the collarbone, all the way down... Hiss! Stop! Li Yi, you animal! We are discussing national affairs right now!]
The Hokage Office fell into a strange atmosphere.
Temari felt a scorching heat rush from the soles of her feet straight to her brain; her face, which had been pale from the journey, instantly flushed bright red.
Even from several meters away, she felt as if she could sense the touch brought by that fiery gaze.
Just as she was about to find a crack in the ground to crawl into out of shame, that sudden, mechanical prompt sound boomed in her mind.
[Ding!]
[Detected that host Temari has received a very explicit expectation from a core target regarding bodily fluid desire and special cleaning services.]
[This high level of attention to your physical state has triggered the Physical Energy Exchange Law.]
[Reward granted: Wind Release Bloodline Limit · Infinite Breath.]
[Effect description: Wind is free, and stamina is infinite. Every one of your pores will become a Chakra converter. The sweat that flows out is no longer a burden, but fuel for your stamina to instantly refill. As long as you are still breathing, you will not be exhausted!]
Whoosh—!
It was as if a refreshing cool breeze had swept up out of thin air inside Temari's body.
The fatigue from her long-distance run instantly vanished.
Replacing it was energy and Chakra that were so full they were about to overflow!
Temari clenched her fists in disbelief. She had never possessed this state, even in her prime. She even felt that she could run back to Hidden Sand Village in one breath and kill her way in and out seven times.
She looked up in astonishment, looking at the Blonde Youth once again.
At this moment, Naruto still appeared worried on the surface, as if those lewd words from just a moment ago had nothing to do with him.
"Temari! Don't worry!" Naruto patted his chest and loudly guaranteed, "Since Gaara is my friend, I definitely won't sit idly by! Even if I have to poke a hole in the sky, I will save him!"
If it weren't for those inner thoughts from just a moment ago, this would have been a standard speech from a hot-blooded male protagonist.
But now...
Temari looked at Naruto's gaze, which was supposedly righteous but occasionally couldn't help but glance at her collar, and the anxiety in her heart miraculously calmed down.
An inexplicable sense of security welled up in her heart.
This guy... although his head is full of improper junk, he is truly looking at her. That fiery gaze is not annoying; instead... it makes one's legs go a bit weak.
"Hmph..."
Temari's lips curled up slightly, and she regained that decisive, queen-like demeanor. Since you like looking so much, I'll let you look to your heart's content on the road!
She rushed forward a few steps, completely disregarding the so-called social etiquette between men and women, grabbed Naruto by the collar, and pulled him directly in front of her; their noses were almost touching.
"Good! Since you have this much energy..." Temari's eyes held a hint of provocation, as well as a trace of gratitude, "Then don't just keep looking! Save your energy to save people!"
Naruto was stunned. Feeling the hot air rushing at him and the faint, lingering fragrance, he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.
"Y-yes, ma'am!"
"Team Kakashi! Depart immediately!" Tsunade saw this and shook her head helplessly, directly issuing the order, "Go to Hidden Sand Village; no matter what, you must assist them in retrieving the Kazekage!"
"Yes!"
It wasn't until the three of them rushed out of the office that Tsunade tiredly rubbed her temples and looked at their backs as they disappeared outside the window.
"Vanilla scent... is that for real? That brat is really a perverted gourmet..."