Where is the Sword?

Tsunade held him and cried hysterically. Naruto's consciousness became increasingly blurred, and his eyelids grew heavier. With Nine-Tails, his life-saving treasure, he wasn't worried about dying.

He just can't speak right now, and he's so anxious!

Draw your sword!!! Damn it!!!

Naruto was in so much pain that he fainted, and when he woke up again it was already evening.

[The unsealing of the Seal Removal Method has been successfully completed.]

A dull ache throbbed in my chest, and the ceiling looked unfamiliar. This wasn't a hospital, nor was it Konohagakure. I opened my eyes fully and found Shizune asleep by my bedside; we were still in the hotel.

He sat up silently, turned his head left and right, and touched his chest, but the Kusanagi Sword was nowhere to be found.

Shizune was woken up by the noise. She rubbed her eyes and sat up, only to find that Naruto was awake, but his face was extremely pale, as if he had lost his wife.

"Naruto, you're awake?" Shizune stepped forward and touched his forehead with her cool hand. "Please don't move around. It will take some time for your wounds to heal."

"Lord Shizune, Where is the Sword??" Naruto asked, utterly dejected.

"Sword?"

"Great Sword!" Naruto gestured twice at his chest, "Great Sword stuck in my chest."

The Ageless Black Silk Auntie, Shizune, instantly realized what was happening, a gentle, professional maid-like smile flashing across her face as she spoke.

"Sorry, Lord Tsunade took it away."

"What?! How could she be so funny?!" Naruto, then stopped himself.

"Lord Shizune, Lord Tsunade must be kidding me, right? She'll definitely give my sword back, won't she?"

"This..." Shizune gave an awkward smile.

Upon seeing this, Naruto's face immediately fell.

"Where is the Sword??" Naruto caught Tsunade in the tavern.

"What sword?" Tsunade, drunk, pouted, her clothes half-exposed. "What are you talking about, brat?"

"Sword! The sword in my chest!"

Naruto got anxious and didn't even want to look at Tsunade anymore, practically pressing his face against hers.

"Wake up, you old woman!"

In an instant, the surrounding air plummeted to freezing point, Tsunade turned fierce, and her eyes glowed red.

What did you call me?

"Lord Hokage." Naruto, though initially reluctant, quickly regained his composure, but then couldn't hold back any longer. "Where is the Sword?? Where's my Great Sword?"

"That kind of thing is too dangerous," Tsunade said drunkenly. "How could I possibly entrust it to an unreliable brat like you?"

"Huh? What?" Naruto was completely confused and sat down opposite Tsunade. "Lord Tsunade, who took the sword for you?"

Well...

"Don't avoid the issue, damn it!"

"I guess you are." Tsunade frowned and bit her finger, looking extremely unwilling.

"What do you mean 'consider'? It was me!" Naruto's face was full of resentment. "Back then, I took a sword for you, and that sword pierced through my chest, right here."

Naruto kept talking, recounting the events as he spoke, and it was clear that he really wanted the Kusanagi Sword.

"Well, that's what I did back then." Naruto pulled his hand back from his chest and muttered, "Anyway, you have to give it to me. The sword pierced my body, so it's mine."

"It's not that I can't give it back to you." Tsunade drank another cup, her face flushed. "It depends on your future behavior."

Naruto looked utterly defeated, utterly humiliated by Tsunade's equally low moral standards. Neither of them were good people; they were both cunning and scheming.

But he can't do anything about Tsunade now. In a sense, Tsunade is now the Fifth Hokage and his direct female superior.

He was just an ordinary Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast, and at the upcoming high-level meeting, he would still need Tsunade's protection. In other words, Naruto would have to listen to this wicked woman from now on.

Although he was somewhat annoyed, he could only let Tsunade it over him for now. He was furious and felt cold. When would the Jinchuriki be able to stand up for himself?

When the process of emptying the Nine-Tails Fox is 100% complete, I will then perform the Seal Removal Method.

Then I'll have that old woman come begging to me with the Kusanagi Sword, pleading with me to bring back the Nine-Tails. But only a fool would care who took the Nine-Tails.

"For you."

Tsunade suddenly shoved something warm into Naruto's hand and downed a glass of wine in the process.

"What is that?" Naruto scratched his head, looking completely bewildered.

The open palm reveals a metal pendant necklace, originally belonging to the First Hokage and Tsunade's most cherished possession.

"Where's that milky smell coming from?" Naruto sniffed, about to take a sniff, when Tsunade, enraged, slammed her fist on the table.

"Do you want to die?! You brat!"

"Ouch!! I'm going to die! My wound has reopened!" Naruto's screams echoed through the tavern, but Tsunade immediately covered his mouth and pulled him close to her chest.

"What are you yelling for?" Tsunade said in a low voice, slightly annoyed. "Believe me or not, I'll tear your wound open and then heal it!"

Naruto didn't dare to say a word. He knew that this woman was really capable of doing such a thing. In fact, older single, strong women are all quite formidable.

Unfortunately, Tsunade was also quite tipsy. Looking at the numerous sake bottles on the table, Naruto had no doubt that Tsunade had been drinking alone since morning.

"Come on! Have a drink too." Tsunade, slightly drunk, shoved a glass of wine right into Naruto's face.

"No drink, the Three Great Ninja Rules, I'm a... uh... cough cough!!"

"What does it matter? A little won't hurt." Tsunade, slightly drunk, poured the sake into Naruto's mouth. "Don't be so rigid, the sake is delicious."

"I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself!!"

Naruto quickly begged for mercy, Tsunade a complete drunkard and that she might choke to death if she were forced to drink the alcohol.

"Ha, how much can you drink, you brat?" Tsunade laughed drunkenly, then pulled Naruto into her arms and tried to force him to drink.

"Mmm! I..."

Naruto hesitated again, feeling completely suffocated and almost passing out. The scent of perfume and alcohol mingled in his chest.

In the end, it all turned into the smell of vomit.

"Ugh!!!" Naruto squatted outside the tavern and vomited violently; it was already dark outside.

The streets were bustling with people, and the lights flowed like a small river. Tsunade stood aside, watching the excitement with a smile, and then bent down to pat Naruto on the back and said something.

"You're too weak, kid."

"Ugh!!" Naruto hadn't drunk anything, but Tsunade. His face was pale as he looked up and suddenly grabbed Tsunade's wrist.

Being tormented by the Fifth Hokage is probably unique to Naruto in the entire Hidden Konohagakure.

Grabbing Tsunade's wrist, Naruto asked, unwilling to give up.

"Where is the Sword??"

I just got into the Little Black Room, a few minutes late.