Although blood phobia has plagued Tsunade like a nightmare for many years, thanks to Shizune Kato's efforts - or rather, under the paralysis of alcohol - Tsunade finally returned to normal the next day after a night's rest.
As expected by Shikamaru, when Jiraiya, Shikamaru and others faced Tsunade's request to return to Konoha Village with them early the next morning, Tsunade found various reasons to refuse to fulfill the bet.
Akimichi Choji and Uzumaki Naruto, who were relatively straight-tempered, felt a little angry and questioned Tsunade loudly.
"I didn't say I would go back to Konoha with you right away!" Tsunade laughed, seemingly not caring about her ugly appearance after being injured in the battle with Shikamaru's three genin last night. She blinked slyly and looked at Naruto and
Choji and the two said.
Uzumaki Naruto and Akimichi Choji couldn't help but become stunned when they heard this. They obviously couldn't understand Tsunade's way of thinking that she could justifiably justify her default behavior even though she had a high reputation in the ninja world.
Jiraiya patted his forehead, as if he had expected it. He knew that Tsunade would not easily return to Konoha with them. Tsunade is a woman, a beautiful woman, and a powerful and beautiful woman.
Woman... If Tsunade is really willing to return to Konoha Village with Jiraiya, he will have to worry about something abnormal happening. What's more, because he doubts the existence of Orochimaru, Jiraiya doesn't want to return to Konoha Village now.
Ye Cun, judging from the current situation, it is the best time to deal with Orochimaru.
On the surface, Tsunade didn't seem to object to Jiraiya and Shikamaru staying in the hotel where she stayed, at least on the surface, but she was far from being close to them. The battle last night, although
Tsunade had taken the initiative to suppress her own strength from the beginning, but she was accidentally injured by a junior. She, who had always been strong, could not let go immediately. Jiraiya and Shikamaru could barely understand this.
However, Shikamaru's understanding was based on Tsunade's own strength. If Tsunade did not have the strength she has now, or if she did not have Shizune with her to help, he would have countless ways to forcefully bring her back to Konoha Village.
It has nothing to do with whether you are a woman or not.
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The progress of the mission was not going smoothly, which made Akimichi Choci seem a little depressed. Compared with him, Uzumaki Naruto was also surprised by Tsunade's performance, but considering that Jiraiya's usual performance was unreliable, he could barely do it.
Relieved.
It is not easy to detect and monitor a person's whereabouts without any flaws, especially when that person is an experienced ninja.
When Shikamaru met with Yakushi Kabuto and Orochimaru, they had already agreed on the communication channel. None of the three were young rookies, and Shikamaru acted as an internal agent. Even Jiraiya and Shikamaru
It is also difficult for people to detect abnormalities.
Because Tsunade has been found, Jiraiya, Shikamaru and the others no longer need to go to various gambling houses every day to investigate. They have much more manpower, and Shikamaru also has the opportunity to move freely without being suspected.
Wandering aimlessly on the street, rummaging through the handicrafts on the stalls, he was checking the merchandise while secretly observing whether there were any followers behind him. Even if he found nothing unusual, he would not stop. This seemed pointless.
behavior.
After a while, Weihe walked to a stall selling masks. He selected it with a calm expression. Finally, he picked up a fox mask and put it on his face. He turned around and looked around. He seemed to be dissatisfied and put the fox mask on his face.
He put down the mask, picked up the wolf head mask next to him, put it on and walked two steps. In the disappointed eyes of the stall owner, he put the mask down without any intention of paying for it, and strolled out of the stall, seemingly behaving the same as before.
It's purely just for fun.
On the building far away on the street where Weihe is located, there are two men standing on the balcony. One of them, a young man with long gray hair and wearing purple clothes, is holding a pair of monocular binoculars and observing every move of Weihe.
, the black-haired man next to him has a pale face, seemingly without any blood. If you look closely, you can see that although the weather is not hot at this time, and he does not have many clothes on his body, sweat is constantly secreting from his forehead at this time.
His face also looked a little impatient.
These two people were Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi who came to Tanshu Street to look for Tsunade. This time period was the time when they had agreed to hand over information with Kabuto. Yakushi Kabuto had been observing the movements on the street with binoculars.
, when Weihe entered one end of the street, he noticed it and set his eyes on the other party, occasionally looking for him to see if there was a follower behind him.
After seeing Kabuto's movements on the mask stall, Yakushi Kabuto chuckled, folded the monocular and put it away. Seeing Orochimaru look at him with some doubts, he said aloud: "Kabuto said that Jiraiya...
The gang has begun to doubt him, so they failed to prevent the Konoha team from finding Tsunade as agreed before the plan was carried out. Now Jiraiya and others have temporarily lived with Tsunade."
The fox represents cunning and suspicion, while the wolf represents the group and team. He used these two animals to remind Yakushi Kabuto to get information after contacting relevant events.
Unexpectedly, when it was discovered that Shizuo had not fulfilled his previous agreement and successfully prevented Jiraiya and Tsunade from meeting, Orochimaru didn't have the slightest anger on his face.
"Sure enough, he is a subordinate trained by Danzo." Orochimaru sneered, and his long scarlet tongue spit out from his bloodless lips, unconsciously licking the corners of his mouth, with a cold light flashing in his eyes: "I can't trust that child after all. I am very sad.
Knowing this old guy Danzo Shimura, I don’t think he would be willing to cooperate with me.”
"If possible, he would definitely want to find a chance to get rid of me!" Orochimaru looked at the expressionless Yakushi Kabuto and said, "Although Jiraiya is troublesome, we don't have to forget our original purpose for his sake."
"The main targets this time are Tsunade, Jiraiya and Shimura Danzo..." Orochimaru glanced at the back of the black-clothed and conspicuous figure in the street, and said lightly: "If
There’s no need, just ignore them.”
Put me first.
Orochimaru's meaning couldn't be more obvious. He has never believed in Shimura and Danzo Shimura behind him from the beginning. The other party tried to eliminate Jiraiya's existence and disrupted Orochimaru's steps and thinking. However, this pair of experienced people
For Orochimaru, it is completely meaningless. He has never been a fool who wants to swallow an elephant. Just like after losing to Uchiha Itachi, he immediately gave up continuing to test and ambush, and instead looked for the more immature Uchiha Sasuke.
He would rather give in temporarily and hope to get more chips to win. He wants to kill Jiraiya. After he recovers, he can do it himself. Even if he destroys Konoha Village, no one can stop him!
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That night, Jiraiya invited Tsunade for a drink but was rejected unceremoniously. He seemed a little unhappy and took Shikamaru and others to find a shop on the commercial street far away from the hotel to have barbecue, leaving only Tsunade and
Shizune was alone, and he didn't want to push Tsunade too much. After all, inheriting the Hokage couldn't be forced.
This meal was hosted by Jiraiya, which made Uzumaki Naruto, who had always suffered from the opponent's oppression, eat as much as he wanted, learning from Choji Akimichi's style, without any eating habits. In comparison, Shikamaru
Although his eating speed is not too slow, he is still much quieter. As for Wei, he still maintains his usual appearance, quiet and even a little gloomy.
Jiraiya's behavior made Jiraiya a little confused. At this time, at least some people should be left in the hotel to watch Tsunade and prevent her from escaping. After all, it was a huge debt owed in countless areas, but it has not been repaid to this day.
It is not impossible for the female ninja to escape just like that.
Not to mention the various behaviors of Jiraiya and Shikamaru at the dinner table, in the hotel where they stayed, Tsunade and Shizune were sitting face to face, kneeling down and eating the dinner served by the hotel in a silent atmosphere.
Tsunade was still immersed in the entanglement between her lover and the Leaf Village, and Shizune didn't know how to comfort Tsunade at this time. Even the pet pig Dodo felt that the atmosphere at the dinner table was too silent at this time.
There is a huge difference from the previous atmosphere.
Bang! Bang!
Two gentle knocks on the door suddenly came into the room. After Kato Shizune heard it, she put down her food bowl and stood up, ready to open the door. However, her pet pig Dorothy, who had been quietly lying on the ground eating, suddenly jumped up and stopped her.
In front of him, he groaned softly and kept shaking his head, not caring that the rice grains stuck to his mouth fell to the ground.
After Shizune and Tsunade saw Dodo's movements, their pupils shrank slightly. Shizune, who had already stood up, could not help but slow down. At this time, the visitor outside the door seemed to have left after realizing that no one opened the door for him. There was a sudden knock on the door.
stop.
Bang!
A louder collision than before suddenly came out. Tsunade stood up suddenly and rushed to the living room with Shizune. As far as they could see, they found that the door had been destroyed and fell to the floor of the living room. There was something at the door.
Two slender men stood there.
"Tsunade..." One of the taller men with long black hair said, his hoarse voice like a poisonous snake swallowing a message: "How do you think about my proposal?"
"Sorry, we seem to be a little anxious." The companion next to the man with long black hair and pale face pushed the round-rimmed eyes on the bridge of his nose and said with a chuckle: "But this is important.
I have to suffer from this problem, so please forgive me!"
When she saw the appearance of the two men clearly, Shizune's eyes narrowed slightly involuntarily, and her pupils formed a dangerous needle shape. Even Tsunade beside her frowned tightly involuntarily.