Very soon, Kairen swept past the castle walls. Jinrei and the others curiously looked at this paradise-like land.
Below, the two Pandas crawled on the bamboo poles. Jinrei spotted them and kept reaching out to wave:
"Wolon, Fenchu!"
"Uh~"
Wolon and Fenchu heard it, raised their bear paws, and also greeted them.
Kairen flew toward the orphanage he built yesterday, flipping twice and arriving.
He slowly landed in the yard of the orphanage. Yakushi Nono and Jinrei jumped down, staring at this huge building.
Kairen led Jinrei and the others inside.
There were dormitories inside, and every room was filled with childish fun. Once Jinrei and the others saw it, their hearts were full of joy.
"Kairen-san is amazing!"
"Let your principal experience it!"
Kairen smiled, then led them to a tiered classroom. He picked Jinrei up and said to her:
"Jinrei, do you like studying?"
"Studying?!" A little question mark popped up above Jinrei's head.
"Isn't studying something you can only do after entering the Ninja Academy?!"
Kairen rubbed her hair:
"The Ninja Academy is a place where those old people brainwash children. Pure little kids shouldn't go there."
"From now on, my shadow clones will teach you how to read, grasp science, and master the truths of the world. Most importantly…"
"They can teach you to refine chakra and have the power to protect yourselves."
The school Kairen wanted to open was similar to the Ninja Academy.
But there was a small difference — it wasn't a school with becoming a ninja as the main profession. He wouldn't teach killing techniques, but state-governing strategies and talents for the position of prime minister.
He didn't need to raise a group of ninjas to sell their lives for him, nor was he insane enough to drive a bunch of children onto a battlefield.
"Great! Great! We can refine chakra and become ninjas!"
Jinrei, Akikawa and the others only heard "chakra lessons" and instantly became excited.
In this world, only those who mastered chakra could protect themselves. Jinrei and the others also wanted to become ninjas and realize their dreams.
Yakushi Nono tightly grabbed Kairen's hand and pulled him aside. She said with some worry:
"Kairen, I'm very worried. I don't want them to become ninjas."
Kairen's large hand passed warmth into Yakushi Nono's heart, soothing her anxiety.
He naturally knew what she was worried about.
As a ninja who had been in the darkness of Root, Yakushi Nono often dealt with the dead and naturally knew the hardships of a ninja.
No surprise — becoming a ninja meant killing or being killed. No one could escape this curse.
Every Chūnin or Jōnin rose through cutting others down. No one ever heard of a saint becoming a Chūnin or Jōnin.
Of course, later someone who didn't play by the rules would even become Hokage, but that was cheating with hacks.
Yakushi Nono hated this cursed world and didn't want the children she adopted to enter the ninja world and get caught in the whirlpool of hatred.
Kairen pinched Yakushi Nono's cheek and smiled:
"Don't worry. I won't let them become ninjas. I'll only teach them chakra skills so they can have the power to protect themselves."
"Kairen, you're wonderful!" Yakushi Nono gently leaned against Kairen's side.
Kairen lowered his face, pointed at his lips, signaling her to take the initiative.
Yakushi Nono smiled and gently gave him a kiss.
Kairen's behavior was just like an ice cube telling a strawberry: come freeze yourself!
Jinrei and the others squeezed over and saw Yakushi Nono kissing Kairen. They all smiled at her:
"Principal really loves Kairen-san!"
Yakushi Nono blushed, letting go of Kairen's hand, restoring the quietness.
"Come! Let's go outside and take a look!"
Kairen picked Jinrei up and slowly walked out of the orphanage. He whispered:
"From now on Jinrei and the others must study. And my two silly ones — let them attend classes with you too."
"Got it, Kairen-san."
Kairen let Jinrei and the others get familiar with the orphanage, and then he said a few romantic words to Yakushi Nono.
When he was done, he turned into a falcon and flew away. In the end, he still didn't bring Yakushi Nono to his White House, afraid she'd find out about him and Tsunade.
This kind of scumbag behavior — eating from the bowl while staring at the pot — normal people couldn't understand.
Kairen would have to work hard in the future, raising his women's affection for him to heavy, devoted love.
Then he could open as big a harem as he wanted — even double-teaming front and back.
...
At night, the clones had prepared a feast in the White House. They set dishes across the large table.
This table was no longer one of those short ones in the ninja world — it was a tall table, the kind where you could sit in chairs.
Kairen had long despised the kneeling-eating method. Although in the morning he and Tsunade did kneel to eat breakfast, that was a special case.
Tsunade had been busy all day. She slowly walked into the White House from outside, holding a white piece of paper.
She saw Kairen, Kurenai, and Shizune all eating dinner. She also sat down somewhere. Kairen's shadow clone prepared her bowls and chopsticks, served her rice.
Tsunade handed the paper to Kairen:
"For you. This mission needs you to complete."
Kairen put down his chopsticks and took the assignment notice Tsunade gave him.
He was a bit puzzled. He was basically a free man and had never executed any missions before.
He didn't even wear Konoha's forehead protector anymore. Hearing about missions for the first time, he found it quite novel. Turns out he was still considered a ninja — officially a Genin in the ninja records.
Kairen glanced at it — it was a mission to protect a client. And this client was no ordinary person — the Daimyō of the Land of Fire, the boss of the Land of Fire and the superior of the Hokage, a useless guy from the anime.
Kairen looked at Tsunade in confusion:
"Why give me this mission?!"
Princess Tsunade popped a quail egg into her mouth, squeezed out some white sauce, chewed twice, and gently said:
"The Daimyō of the Land of Fire was attacked by rogue ninjas. Even several of the Twelve Guardian Ninja died."
"The village needs to send strong ninjas to protect him. This is something I fought hard to secure for you."
Kairen curled his lips:
"You don't know my personality? If I get angry and cut down the Daimyō, then wouldn't the entire Land of Fire become my enemy?"
Tsunade froze, then slammed the table:
"Right! I almost forgot about your nasty temper!"
She completely failed to realize that Kairen's disposition was nowhere near normal — sometimes serious, sometimes insane.
If the Daimyō offended Kairen, wouldn't he wipe out his whole clan? The Shimura Clan was a previous example. If that happened again, the Land of Fire would fall into chaos.
Tsunade grabbed Kairen's face with oily hands:
"I don't care. I already secured this mission for you. Do you know what this mission means?"
"If you protect the Daimyō well, you will earn his trust. When you grow up, you'll gain his recognition and become Hokage."
The power of the Five Great Nations of ninja was a dual-jade system. The Daimyō was one extreme, the Hokage was the other. But the Daimyō was above the Hokage, holding dominion over the entire country.
As long as the Daimyō cut off the funding of a ninja village, the ninja village would be like a fish without water, a panda without baby formula, Tsunade without Kairen.
Like the Daimyō of the Land of Wind — who had some strange ideas — abandoned his own village and outsourced missions to Konoha. A typical pig-headed leader.
Kairen looked at his assignment letter, weighing whether he should go to the capital of the Land of Fire.
He understood Tsunade's intentions — she wanted him to strengthen his ties with the Daimyō to lay groundwork for his future political status.
At the same time, Tsunade was also fighting for the position of Fourth Hokage, and she also needed the Daimyō's support.
Tsunade then pulled out a letter from her chest and handed it to Kairen:
"This is a letter from the village to the Daimyō. Give it to him when the time comes."