Inside the room.
Tsunade sat cross-legged on a wooden chair, her slender, jade-like fingers tipped with red polish toying with the scroll in her hand. Looking at Uchiha Yoru, she could not help but sneer.
"Is this what you hid from me?"
"Are you sure you haven't hidden anything else?"
Faced with Tsunade's questioning, Uchiha Yoru nodded repeatedly in fright.
"Captain Tsunade, I truly haven't hidden anything else. The intelligence sent by Elder earlier said that the spies within the village were preparing to harm you, Captain Tsunade.
"And that they were preparing to sow discord between the Senju Clan and the village..."
Yet under Tsunade's calm, light-brown gaze, Uchiha Yoru's voice grew quieter and quieter. In the end, his eyes darted away, and he did not dare look at her even once.
Seeing this, Tsunade's anger flared again. This was utterly backwards!
This brat still dared to hide things from her!
"Brat, do you think everything will end if you die? Tell me the truth!"
With that final sentence, Tsunade barked coldly as she rose to her feet. Looking down at him like a queen, her light-brown eyes burned with fury.
"Brat, don't make me force you!"
Under Tsunade's threatening gaze, Uchiha Yoru's expression dimmed, as though he could no longer keep it hidden.
But when Tsunade saw the look on his face, her stern expression gradually softened. She stepped forward and gently rubbed the black hair of the brat before her, who had unknowingly grown nearly as tall as she was.
"You were never alone. Just like in that cave, I never abandoned you."
Under Tsunade's gentle gaze, Uchiha Yoru finally lowered his head and slowly revealed all the intelligence he had concealed in a hoarse voice.
"According to Elder's intelligence, the Senju Clan has become increasingly feared.