Words of Advice

As September passed and October arrived, the autumn chill deepened day by day, the autumn wind withered the leaves, and the forest became desolate.

Late October, Konoha.

Approaching the village entrance.

The gatekeepers were Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane. When the two familiar ninjas saw Sakura Haruno, they showed warm and familiar smiles.

Welcome back!

Apart from the fact that most pedestrians on the road had changed into autumn clothes, everything in the village seemed unchanged.

The familiar taste, the familiar sound.

This brought a sense of peace to Sakura Haruno, who had been feeling uneasy since experiencing that terrifying Genjutsu world during her time with the Kumogakure Ninja.

The cool breeze carrying a sense of home made her squint and smile.

"Thank you." He nodded to the two of them.

The girl's smile was serene and beautiful.

After writing "Sakura Haruno" in neat and elegant characters on the registration form, Sakura Haruno led her subordinates through the gate and headed straight for the Hokage Building.

The Hokage's office, beneath the Hokage Rock.

It seems that ever since Sakura Haruno became Tsunade's Tsunade, every volume begins in the Hokage's office.

This volume... is no exception.

Actually, the person Sakura Haruno most wanted to see immediately upon returning to Konoha was...

It's Sasuke.

However, she still had to finish what she started and report the mission to the Lord Hokage first.

During this trip, we reached important consensus and many cooperative agreements with the Kumogakure Ninja, but some unexpected events also occurred, so there are many things to report.

To finish all these things, even if it's a long story, it took a full half morning.

He dried the girl's saliva and refilled her tea three times.

"... In short, it turned out to be a false alarm." Sakura Haruno said slowly, her expression serious. "The Raikage may have had some suspicions and concerns about us at the time, but he later concluded that it had nothing to do with us and that it was just Akatsuki playing tricks..."

"After that, nothing noteworthy happened. The next day, we left the village amidst the welcome of the Kumogakure Ninja."

"The return journey went smoothly, and those annoying White Zetsu didn't bother us again. So... that's the situation for this mission."

Sakura Haruno stepped forward and handed Tsunade a rather thick mission report, "This is the report for this mission. Please take a look."

Tsunade took the document, flipped through it casually, and placed it on the table.

"Hmm..."

She leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes, and began to ponder.

"If you hadn't broken the Genjutsu by killing the Raikage, or if the Genjutsu had been real, what would you have done next?"

The first question Tsunade was quite sharp.

"Well..."

Sakura Haruno was taken aback.

She opened her mouth, then stopped herself from speaking.

Because the stories within the Genjutsu were too dark and bloody, Sakura Haruno deliberately avoided recalling what happened there after escaping the illusion, and never considered Tsunade's hypothetical scenario.

For a moment, they were speechless.

"Alright," Tsunade said with a smile, seeing that Sakura Haruno couldn't answer, "Let's try another question."

"If you successfully escaped, what would you do?"

"Of course, we choose to retaliate!"

Sakura Haruno snapped her fingers and answered without hesitation.

It's not just about pursuing a clear mind; if Konoha were treated this way and remained silent, it would truly chill the hearts of all the ninjas in the village.

"Oh? What do you want to do?"

The blonde woman sat up straight and asked, her large, voluptuous breasts pressing against the table in a showy manner, her half-open chest revealing a large expanse of dazzling, alabaster-white skin.

Shizune, standing to the side, narrowed her eyes slightly.

"I have a Ninjutsu... capable of destroying the entire Kumogakure in a single strike," Sakura Haruno said calmly, narrowing her eyes.

"Secret Technique: Radiant Radiation."

Weapon-grade highly enriched uranium and plutonium, when combined in a ratio of just over twenty kilograms, can form a very primitive nuclear bomb.

Once the critical mass is exceeded and the chain reaction conditions are met, the fission reaction of nuclear matter will continue uncontrollably, like dominoes, and then—

Boom!!!

It transformed into a massive fireball at tens of millions of degrees Celsius, engulfing everything!

The remaining unreacted nuclear material will remain in the soil and water, continuing to decay and turning the area bombed by the nuclear bomb into a barren wasteland.

"That move could not only raze the Kumogakure to the ground in an instant, but also ensure that no one could live there for decades!"

Sakura Haruno added a sentence.

Of course, that's all there is to it.

The Land of Snow has worked so hard for so long, and they might not even have a few kilograms of reserves. It's not enough to make a big news story, but even if they do have enough, she won't waste it like that.

These items are prepared for the "Star God Mode" and the higher-level "Yang God Mode".

Tsunade her head.

"Let's not even talk about whether your technique has that kind of power," she waved her hand dismissively, "Even if it did, what's the point of using it to retaliate against the Kumogakure and slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people at once?"

"The Sakura Haruno I know isn't the kind of bad kid who would erase the lives of hundreds of thousands of people like a numbers game."

Sakura Haruno was taken aback, then her expression darkened, and she said in a low voice, "... I'm sorry, Master."

"I don't believe revenge and killing are wrong."

Tsunade again.

"What ninja doesn't fight each other? A ninja at your level, which one hasn't taken dozens or hundreds of lives?" she said calmly. "You've already killed many people with your own hands. Like me, like Jiraiya, having come through the war years, we've probably killed thousands of enemies."

"We are called heroes of the village because our achievements are built from the bones of our enemies."

"But that was during wartime, or a combat mission where opposing sides were at odds... It was a life-or-death battle. On the battlefield, in the midst of combat, we had no choice. But you are different."

"So I have to criticize you a little. You've thought about these things your own, so I won't go into too much detail; I'll stop here."

"..." Sakura Haruno pursed her lips.

There was a moment of silence.

Tsunade rubbed her temples, picked up the negotiation documents on the table, flipped through them, and sighed with a headache.

Shizune winked at Sakura Haruno, then Earth Flow and stood behind Tsunade, massaging her shoulders.

"Thank you, Shizune." Tsunade a sigh of relief.

"How was this mission? If we disregard the Genjutsu world aspect, I'd give you a 95 out of 100: you did an excellent job."

"But if Genjutsu happened in the real world, then I can only give you a low score, or even a failing grade."

Sakura Haruno frowned. "Why?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Go back and think about where you went wrong. Consider it homework from your master!"

"After all, I can't teach you anything more about techniques; your skill level has far surpassed mine... so I can only guide you in these areas."

"I won't pass the Hokage position to you until I give you a satisfactory answer!"

Upon hearing the last sentence, Sakura Haruno was stunned.

"Me?" The girl pointed to her nose, her eyes wide. "Hokage?"

Is there a problem?

Tsunade was very pleased with her disciple's stunned expression. She chuckled and said, "Based on your status and strength, you are fully qualified to be Hokage. Of course, given your age, you certainly won't be the Sixth Hokage; you'll have to wait another term."

The girl snapped out of her daze and pouted.

"I don't care about the Hokage position. The life of Pervy Sage like Jiraiya is much more carefree!" She looked out the window and said leisurely.

"You're not going to Hokage... so you're Sasuke?" Tsunade looked at her with interest and laughed. "But I'm not afraid to tell you, no one from the Uchiha can be Hokage."

"Snort."

The girl gave a disdainful snort through her nose.

"That's prejudice... Why can't Sasuke be one?!"

"No means no." Tsunade didn't want to explain further; based on her experience, explaining at this point was useless. So she changed the subject, "If you really don't want to be one, Naruto is a pretty good option too."

"So you're going to designate a successor for the next generation?" Sakura Haruno smiled and said, "So you're just going to hand over the reins to someone from Team Kakashi?" [! This paragraph is not intended to allude to reality, please don't overthink it!]

"Let's do it again."

Tsunade didn't want to expose these things so openly, so she stopped the conversation, took a scroll from the drawer, and handed it to Sakura Haruno.

It was a letter.

The scroll cover reads: Sakura Haruno.

"A letter from Naruto?" The girl accepted it with delight.

"His letter arrived shortly after you left," Tsunade said with a smile. "Naruto will be back soon. I'm here with you—"

"Alright!" Seeing that her master was about to launch into another long speech, Sakura Haruno quickly stuffed the scroll into the inner pocket of her vest, interrupting Tsunade, and disappeared from the office in a Body Flicker Technique.

"I need to speak with Sasuke urgently!" A girl's voice drifted from afar. "I'll listen to your ramblings another time!"

Tsunade was taken aback.

She turned her head, exchanged a glance with Shizune, and shook her head helplessly.

"This guy...!" Tsunade chuckled, "He's getting more and more disobedient."

[First update. The second update will probably be around 1 or 2 AM. If you can't wait, go to sleep now.]