Chapter 128: Ahem, This Isn’t for Children!

Konoha Commercial District, Snow Ox Secret Grilled Meat Q.

Today, Kato Mifune came over, and to show his respect for his brother-in-law, Nawaki, he did not take Tsunade and Nawaki to dine in the main hall, but specifically requested a private room from the proprietress.

Mifune was holding the menu, ordering dishes from the landlady.

"The secret snow steak, spicy beef cartilage, soy-glazed meat skewers, and spicy snow beef tendon—bring three portions of each."

"For vegetables... leeks, mushrooms, fish tofu, fish balls, and whatever else you think would pair well, madam."

"For drinks, let's have some sake, some fresh fruit juices, and your signature Snow Lotus Tea."

"That will be all for now. Tsunade, you and your brother, is there anything else you'd like?"

Mifune set the menu down and looked up at Tsunade, who was sitting across from him. Tsunade was currently puzzled as to why her brother Nawaki and her boyfriend Mifune were getting along so harmoniously today. Hearing Mifune's question about the order, she simply waved her hand, signaling that she would leave it all to her boyfriend.

Tsunade then turned to her brother, Nawaki, who was sitting next to Mifune, trying his best to keep his distance from her. "You brat, I'm talking to you! Where are your eyes wandering off to?"

"Look and see if there's anything else you want to eat. Can't you sit still for a meal?"

At that moment, Nawaki was staring intently at the outfit of the gentle and beautiful landlady. Hearing the question from his short-tempered sister, he ignored her completely and said directly to the beautiful proprietress, "Big sister, you are so gentle and so pretty. Can you be my big sister?"

Hearing this, a black vein appeared on Tsunade's fair forehead, and she looked at the landlady standing nearby with some embarrassment.

The proprietress of Snow Ox Secret Grilled Meat Q, Yuki Nanako, looked at the little blond boy in front of her, then turned to look at the somewhat awkward Tsunade. Seeing that Tsunade was also observing her, she didn't dare to speak, only offering a polite, gentle, and slightly embarrassed smile in return.

"Haha, let me ask him."

Mifune first reached out his broad palm, took Tsunade's small hand, and gave it a gentle squeeze to soothe his girlfriend. He then turned to Nawaki sitting beside him.

"Nawaki, I said I'd treat you to a big meal tonight. Is there anything you want to eat?"

As he asked, Mifune didn't forget to use his other hand to affectionately ruffle Nawaki's hair, trying to mess up his hairstyle.

"Brother Mifune, I'll listen to you. It's my first time here, so I'll eat whatever you're having."

Nawaki didn't get angry even though his hair was all ruffled by Mifune.

He was currently busy curiously examining the layout and decor of the private room. It was no wonder Nawaki was curious; Snow Ox Secret Grilled Meat Q was a specialized barbecue restaurant from the Land of Snow, and the interior was filled with exotic, foreign flair, completely different from the environment of other barbecue joints in Konoha Village. As a young ninja who had never left the Land of Fire, Nawaki was at the age where his curiosity was at its peak, and he was already dazzled.

In particular, the landlady serving them was dressed in the traditional attire of the Land of Snow, which made her look both gentle, sexy, and wild. Nawaki felt that the landlady was much prettier and gentler than his own sister, Tsunade. This was because, when he had followed Mifune to the Konoha Hospital to pick up Tsunade earlier, he had been scolded by her the moment they met, and Nawaki was still sulking.

Meanwhile, Tsunade, seeing her boyfriend use such an affectionate gesture to ruffle her brother's hair—and seeing that Nawaki, instead of getting angry, said he would follow Mifune's lead—felt even more confused. She wondered what could have happened between them that afternoon to cause such a drastic change in her brother's attitude in such a short time.

"That will be all, madam."

"...Oh, and bring me one separate order of this 'Sky-High Pillar of Beef and Endless Wealth,' the large portion. Ahem."

Mifune added one last dish for himself.

"Brother-in-law, why only one? Didn't you say I'd eat whatever you eat?"

"What is that? I want one of those 'Sky-High Pillar of Beef and Endless Wealth' too."

Hearing the strange name of the dish, Nawaki stopped staring at the landlady and turned to ask Mifune curiously.

"Uh, that is..."

"That's a dish I ordered for your sister, Tsunade. It's only for women. Men, especially young boys, shouldn't eat it."

"It's for clearing the air and easing tension. Can't you see your sister is still angry with you? She's got wrinkles forming at the corners of her eyes from all that anger."

It was a dish Mifune had ordered for himself, but since Nawaki wanted it too, he casually made up an excuse to fool him.

"Brother Mifune, what exactly is this dish? I know the other steaks, tendons, and cartilage, but what is this one?" Nawaki asked, still curious.

Across the table, Tsunade, hearing Mifune say she had wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, immediately shifted her attention from her brother to her boyfriend.

She listened carefully, then leaned over to look at the menu on the table to see what this "Sky-High Pillar of Beef" actually was. When she saw that it was beef kidney and bull testicles, she knew her boyfriend was fooling her brother again.

She rolled her eyes in a charming way, but felt too embarrassed to expose his lie directly, especially with the landlady still present.

"This is not for children! Just eat what you're given! Why so much chatter?" Tsunade scolded when she saw Nawaki opening his mouth to ask again.

"Hmph!"

She then let out a sharp, indignant sound, though it was unclear whether she was annoyed at Nawaki for being dense or at Mifune for ordering such things in front of her brother. Although she didn't expose the lie, she was still too irritated to let it go and couldn't help but kick Mifune's knee from under the table.

"Ahem, madam, that will be all. Please bring the food quickly, and bring that pot of signature Snow Lotus Tea first to cool things down..."

Mifune sensed Tsunade's movement under the table and didn't dare to dodge—after all, he had just used his girlfriend as an excuse to trick his brother-in-law—but he did usher the landlady out of the room.

Immediately after, Mifune used the lightning-fast speed of the "Kato Eagle Hand" to catch Tsunade's small foot, remove her shoe and sock, and pin it between his legs.

By the time Tsunade realized what had happened, her foot was already under Mifune's control, pressed beneath his waist. She then felt her foot pressing against the very "Sky-High Pillar of Beef" she had just seen on the menu.

Realizing what she was pressing against, Tsunade was stunned for a moment. As she came to her senses, she blinked her large, beautiful eyes, looking first at her boyfriend, who was wearing a smirk, and then at her brother, Nawaki, who was completely oblivious.

Perhaps because her brother was present, or perhaps because she hadn't expected Mifune to be so bold and wicked, a visible flush of red rose to her fair cheeks as she realized what was going on...