"Mimi, when will you finally understand that humanity doesn't need gods?"
Tsunade was truly trying her hardest to persuade Mimi.
"When a god has to become a qualified deity by following people's expectations, won't you feel exhausted?"
"If someone has to make mistakes, I hope it won't be you."
Mimi looked at Tsunade.
There were many reasons Tsunade had come this far. One important reason was that she had been overwhelmed and wanted to give up and slack off.
The signs had appeared many times. One instance was Tsunade's internal strife, when her divided clones grew tired of working and collectively rebelled against her. This was precisely a reflection of the thoughts buried deep within Tsunade's heart.
Mimi had told Mito about it in the form of a joke.
Tsunade had always been this kind of person. Under everyone's expectations, she carefully tried to live up to them. Her heart was fragile, far less powerful than her outward appearance suggested.
Whenever she encountered a major problem, she instinctively began to run from it.
When she was young, she had not even dared to become Hokage. Mimi still remembered how the Senju Clan had pushed her to the brink of depression back then, but responsibility had forced her onto this path.
In her original life, she had suffered devastating blows in one war after another and lost those close to her. The Senju gradually weakened until they were powerless to use Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation. Then she discovered the darkness within the village and her teacher's coldness. Her fear of blood was merely the manifestation of her breakdown, ultimately leading her to lose heart and leave.
It was not technically defection, but it was no different from defection.
Even after things improved to some extent, when she was entrusted with a