Was it all over?
Tsunade looked at Mimi before her, who was slowly turning into specks of light and disappearing like bubbles in a dream.
This body, which had accompanied Mimi for decades, was heading toward death.
But I lost.
"Let the world forget me."
Mimi was saying something, but Tsunade could barely hear her anymore. Her eyelids only felt heavier and heavier.
"The world will forget you, too."
Her body gradually slipped beyond her control, no longer belonging to her.
Ah, no.
I feel like I've never truly been myself.
Under everyone's expectations, she had forced herself to become the Hokage everyone wanted her to be.
"You were never any kind of savior. You were just an ordinary person."
"Becoming Hokage or saving the Shinobi World was never your innate mission."
"You don't need others' approval, and you don't need to force yourself."
"Tsunade."
What was Mimi saying? Tsunade gradually could no longer hear her. She closed her eyes and sank into darkness.
Tsunade had been pushed into the position of Hokage. Some people might have enjoyed it and basked in their own importance, but Tsunade had allowed the thoughts of the masses to carry away her will. She had never truly been herself.
Mimi's agreement with Tsunade had been to remain by Tsunade's side forever and assist her in managing the Shinobi World.
Once that agreement was broken, there was no need to continue honoring it.
So of course Mimi had to reclaim her investment. She couldn't spend decades working for nothing and give it all away to the Shinobi World for free.
Therefore, when Tsunade wanted to restrict Mimi's freedom and establish new rules for the Shinobi World atop the foundation Mimi had built, it was no different from a pipe dream to Mimi.
Mimi would never