"Finally, you're finally back!"
"Do you have any idea what I've been through this past month and more?"
"I was up before the roosters and went to bed later than the dogs. Even in the middle of the night, I'd worry about petty thieves in Konoha and couldn't help getting up to make a round of the village."
"Over a month! I lost a full twenty pounds in just over a month!"
"Do you know how terrifying it is for an adult to lose more than twenty pounds in a month?"
At the entrance to Uchiha Izumi's home, Mitaraishi Anko held the door firmly in place, recounting the toil and exhaustion of the past month and more, every word steeped in anguish.
Sometimes, she genuinely wanted to just destroy this world and be done with it. Seriously, she was exhausted!
But what else could she do?
Uchiha Chisen had already helped her kill Orochimaru, the man she most wanted dead, and then Uchiha Chisen had left Konoha. She couldn't really leave Absolute Justice to those two brats, Sasuke and Naruto, could she?
As for the members of the Uchiha Clan, they were diligent enough, but they were terrible at talking to people!
For this past month and more, Mitaraishi Anko had truly been doing exactly as she'd said: rising before the roosters and going to bed later than the dogs. All because she feared Uchiha Chisen would return and find that Absolute Justice had declined in Konoha.
"Um, Anko, could you let go first?"
Looking at Mitaraishi Anko, who really had become noticeably thinner, Uchiha Izumi's expression turned a little sheepish.
She truly hadn't expected Mitaraishi Anko to have such a hard time after they left. But they had only just returned to Konoha, and Uchiha Izumi wanted to get