The Wound in Tsunade's Heart That Could Never Heal

Konoha Village.

A funeral was held in the village.

The Third Raikage of Hidden Cloud Village personally came to Konoha to return the body of the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju.

They felt somewhat apologetic that the coup d'état launched by Kinkaku and Ginkaku of their village had affected the Konoha High Command.

The other party's humble attitude undoubtedly won the favor of many people.

In particular, when Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had already been designated as the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen traveling, he had met the Third Raikage in the Land of Lightning. Although they could not be said to have mutual respect, they at least knew that the other would definitely not be unknown in the future.

"Apart from the remains of the Second Hokage— "

After giving his account of the body, the Third Raikage recounted the events of that time. "We also found the body of a Hidden Sand Ninja next to him, and some of the people in charge of the search saw someone's soul ascend to heaven—"

"Thank you, that was Lord Shirou's soul ascending to heaven."

Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to force a smile, but could only helplessly give up. "We've also given up on using Lord Shirou."

In this coup in Hidden Cloud Village, Konoha suffered greater losses than Hidden Cloud Village in some ways. They lost their Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, who protected them, as well as Shirou Emiya, the Medical Saint had always looked after the Konoha ninja.

It is obvious.

Before his death, the Second Hokage must have released the Impure World Reincarnation and actively helped Shirou Emiya's soul ascend to heaven.

"That would be perfect."

The Third Raikage finally showed some satisfaction.

The Kumogakure Shirou Emiya ninjas were also very dissatisfied with Konoha's exploitation of Emiya Shigenori.

If the other party is willing to release that gentleman's soul, and the Second Hokage also sacrifices himself to help resolve the coup in Hidden Cloud Village, they can barely be satisfied with this alliance. Sarutobi Hiruzen, as the representative of Konoha, and the Third Raikage held Alliance Ceremony in Konoha.

News from all over the world poured in.

The First Shinobi World War

It finally ended thanks to Shirou Emiya's intervention.

Konoha Hospital.

Little Tsunade stood somewhat bewildered in the hospital corridor.

Every time the little guy gets out of school, he instinctively goes back to the hospital.

However, the medical Little Tsunade Medical Ninjutsu, who would occasionally reward her with a cup of sweet sugarcane juice or glucose, and who took care of her diligently every day, was no longer in the hospital.

"Has Lord Shirou not returned yet?"

Little Tsunade skipped over to the Nurse Station, straining on her tiptoes to try and ask the person on duty Nurse Station.

"Not back yet"

One of the medical ninjas was hesitant to look at the little guy, and dared not say that Shirou Emiya would never appear here again.

Fortunately.

Little Tsunade won't stay for long.

The little guy soon returned home dejectedly, kicking pebbles all the way.

Mito Uzumaki already knew about Shirou Emiya's soul ascending to heaven, and she didn't know how to tell her granddaughter, so she could only earnestly teach her how to cultivate.

Perhaps the child will forget about it soon.

However, Little Tsunade was very clever. She quickly realized something was wrong and immediately went to her most familiar Hatake Sakumo, from whom she learned the truth about Shirou Emiya's soul ascending to heaven.

"Lord Shirou will never come back."

Hatake Sakumo lowered his head, looking somewhat sad, but under Little Tsunade's threat, he had no choice but to tell the truth.

"You're lying!"

Little Tsunade punched Hatake Sakumo away and then turned and ran towards the outside of the village!

"Tsunade!"

Ignoring his own injuries, Hatake Sakumo hurriedly chased after the direction the other party had left in, fearing that he might see Tsunade in trouble!

Fortunately.

Little Tsunade was stopped by someone.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was patrolling the village, stopped the crying little girl and patiently explained why human souls ascend to heaven before sending Little Tsunade back to Mito Uzumaki's home.

"Lady Mito."

"It's better to have someone follow her during this period."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Little Tsunade, who was still sobbing in Mito Uzumaki's arms, and felt a pang of sadness.

Due to his travels over the past ten years, Sarutobi Hiruzen spent more time with Shirou Emiya than with Little Tsunade. This most energetic period of his life, from boyhood to young adulthood, was also under Shirou Emiya's tutelage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed inwardly. Perhaps when this child grows up, she will be able to accept the truth calmly and will not care about the pain at this moment.

After all·

The time that Shirou Emiya spent was so short compared to a human's long life.

Even if that man shines as brightly as fireworks in their lives, he will eventually turn to ashes and fade away, just like fireworks.

Perhaps·

This is probably the fate of everyone who passes away.

People only remember their existence when they see something related to them at some point.

However·

It seems someone left behind quite a lot of things.

As Little Tsunade grew up, she was finally able to graduate from the Ninja School and form a team with two companions to become Sarutobi Hiruzen's student, embarking on the formal Ninja Road. However, she discovered that she still had to confront her childhood.

Tsunade

"You are very skilled in Medical Ninjutsu."

"These are some Medical Record Scroll I sent back to Konoha when I traveled through the Shinobi World— "

Sarutobi Hiruzen handed over some Medical Record Scroll he had collected to Tsunade, and even granted Tsunade access to a Secret Chamber containing medical scrolls that he and Shimura Danzo had helped carry back to Konoha.

"Hey, hey, hey, this is way too much!"

A boisterous, White-Haired Youth couldn't help but jump out, pointing at the basket full of scrolls in disbelief. "If we study all this, I wonder how long it will take—"

After saying that, the boy with the hundred hairs suddenly became happy again. "Luckily, I didn't want to become a medical ninja, otherwise I probably would have studied until my hair turned white."

"Idiot!"

Your hair was originally white!

In her adolescence Tsunade angrily swung her fist and sent her opponent flying. She looked down at the familiar handwriting on the scrolls and couldn't help but smile.

"This looks interesting."

Another long-haired boy unconsciously moved closer.

"I didn't find it interesting at all when I was a child—"

"He never spends time playing with me after each surgery because he has to write Medical Record Scroll."

"Every night when I fall asleep, I see him writing Medical Record Scroll."

"Every day when I wake up in the hospital corridor, I still see him writing on Medical Record Scroll— "

"If those patients are all easily treatable, why bother compiling these Medical Record Scroll?"

While muttering something, the young Tsunade reached out and picked up one of the scrolls. She untied the ribbon and saw the scroll covered with dense text and illustrations.

The long-haired boy carefully examined the contents of the scroll and gave a rather positive assessment. "Even though I only have a superficial understanding of medicine, I now know how to treat this disease."

The long-haired boy looked at Tsunade and sincerely shared his understanding with his teammate. "Tsunade,

The person who left these scrolls was truly a great medical ninja.

"That goes without saying."

The young Tsunade somewhat proud and arrogant.

"Let me see!"

The White-Haired Youth rushed over, wanting to look through it.

However, he was once again sent flying by Tsunade's punch. "You're wasting your brain looking at this!"

"Jiraiya".

Sarutobi Hiruzen watched his students playfully fighting with a smile, then beckoned the White-Haired Youth to his side. "I also have a gift for you."

"What the hell—"

"Some travelogues from my time traveling through the Shinobi World."

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and took out a notebook, handing it to Jiraiya: "This was left behind by a great man; he also wrote some travelogues and notes. You should find them very interesting."

"Hmm? Hmm! Hmm?"

When the young Jiraiya opened the notebook, he saw that the first page was a colorful drawing of a sunrise, and even marked the location of the scenery and the local food customs, making it look like a travel guide.

"Let me see-""

The young Tsunade quickly came over.

"This handwriting! This is his stuff!"

The young Tsunade glared angrily at Sarutobi Hiruzen, seemingly quite annoyed. "I really want to travel too, so why do you always give me Medical Record Scroll and refuse to let me see these!"

"Hehehehe—"

Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but smile, then shook his head and said, "When we were traveling through the Shinobi World..."

"You weren't even born yet, Tsunade. These are gifts that Lord Shirou left for me."

"And-"

"Some places are more interesting to discover for yourself."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was educating his students.

"Is Orochimaru among them?"

The young girl Tsunade saw the long-haired boy standing next to her.

"Certainly."

As if by magic, a two-meter-wide scroll appeared in Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand.

"Is this a gift for me?"

The young Orochimaru looked at the wide scroll with some surprise. When he slowly opened it, he saw strange plants drawn inside. Each plant was drawn to a different size, and next to each plant were written its medicinal properties, toxicity, and place of origin.

"These paintings are all in perfect 1:1 scale."

Young Orochimaru immediately recognized the scroll's value.

"Angry."

Tsunade's face puffed up with anger again, because everything Sarutobi Hiruzen brought out suited her tastes perfectly, and was at least more interesting than those Medical Record Scroll.

Whether it was the notebook Jiraiya obtained or the Herbal Scroll Orochimaru received.

These were all things she had never received in her childhood.

That person never even mentioned these things!

Why did she hear about how to treat this disease or that injury every day during her childhood?

"Tsunade, if you really want it—"

Young Orochimaru felt a pang of reluctance to part with the gift he had received, but he still earnestly wanted to share it with his companions. "We can exchange them; actually, those medical records are quite interesting."

"Throat-"

"That's not what I want."

The young Tsunade shook her head, feeling a mix of emotions she couldn't quite describe. She just kept pouting and saying, "What I'm angry about is why I never heard him mention these interesting things when we were little. All he did every day was teach me how to treat illnesses and injuries and how to write medical records."

"Back then, you were only interested in medicine, weren't you?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but scratch his head, somewhat not understanding Tsunade's way of thinking.

"Throat-"

"He left us too soon—"

The young Tsunade couldn't help but sigh, and picked up the heavy basket with one hand.

Both young Jiraiya and Orochimaru's eyes twitched simultaneously.

This strength—

It's really hard to want to provoke her!

"Speaking of which—who is 'him'?"

Young Jiraiya suddenly became curious about the person his teammates kept mentioning, and couldn't help but flip through his journal. He saw a place with the journal's owner's name written on it, "Shirou Emiya, that name sounds familiar—"

The young Tsunade froze.

The pupils of the young Orochimaru suddenly contracted!

This name usually only appears in bedtime fairy tales!

However, for a time, rumors about this name kept circulating in Konoha, but they quickly disappeared under Sarutobi Hiruzen's orders. It was as if they were hiding in a seashell and began to forget each other.

"Jiraiya, Orochimaru."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression turned serious, and he issued his order in a deep voice, "Do not mention that gentleman's name, at least not in the village."

"Didn't we always hear his stories when we were kids?"

Jiraiya became somewhat curious and asked from a distance, "I remember you were a medical ninja—"

"Idiot-"

The young Tsunade unconsciously rubbed her forehead. "If the person you heard about in your bedtime stories every day when you were a child suddenly appeared in front of you, how would you feel—"

When the young Tsunade finished speaking, she could no longer continue, and her body suddenly stiffened.

Because only she truly experienced all of this.

She was the only one who had ever seen the protagonist of the story she admired appear before her, like a shooting star streaking across her childhood.

"Actually, it's not that strict - because that person's existence is something that even a ban cannot prevent."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice gradually quieted down, and he said softly, "Jiraiya, Orochimaru, regarding that gentleman's presence in Konoha, it was ultimately nothing more than our selfish orders."

Sarutobi Hiruzen once issued an order.

Anyone who has met or had contact with Shirou Emiya not mention his Konoha Shirou Emiya.

Originally-

According to Shimura Danzo, he wanted to prohibit anyone from mentioning Shirou Emiya.

However, Shirou Emiya's name could not be banned, because the traces of Shirou Emiya's existence could not be erased forever. He was not just a ninja of Konoha, but a magnificent treasure of the entire Shinobi World.

No matter what, the combined strength of Konoha cannot make one person disappear.

They could only try their best to erase any trace of the other's existence in Miyō.

Because Tobirama Senju's use of the Impure World Reincarnation Shirou Emiya was so astonishing, coupled with Shirou Emiya's reputation in the Shinobi World, there have been constant slanders against the Second Hokage of Konoha.

"I'm leaving now."

The young Tsunade seemed unwilling to discuss these matters; she picked up the basket of Medical Record Scroll and went home.

"What's wrong with her?"

The young Jiraiya watched his teammates leave with some curiosity.

"Perhaps"

Young Orochimaru shook his head and didn't say what he wanted to say, because he had seen Tsunade at Konoha Hospital and had secretly glimpsed her silhouette in the sunset.

Nature-

Even young Orochimaru could guess Tsunade's feelings.

However, he couldn't tell anyone else how Tsunade felt.

As someone with decent emotional and intellectual intelligence, young Orochimaru knew very well that he couldn't make public the fact that his teammates were secretly crying at home.

Perhaps·

That girl—

It must be really sad, right?