Mizuki: The Bad Woman Who Played With My Feelings

In the restroom, Soseki stood quietly in front of the mirror.

"Although the resonance therapy before had some effect, it still couldn't break through the final line of defense. This time, let's try catharsis therapy, but it's not easy to vent anger."

Soseki gently rubbed his temples, lowered his eyelids, "Relatively speaking, anger might be the hardest emotion to fake. It might fool children, but against someone like Tsunade, there's a risk of being exposed... So, I can only hypnotize myself for now!"

Splash—

Cool water splashed on his face. Soseki raised his head, looked at himself in the mirror, and smiled slightly, "Alright, the current me is completely a good Class Leader who only thinks of Mizuki!"

He came out of the restroom.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting."

Shizune gently shook her head, "I'm fine."

Mizuki, leaning on his cane, his lips parted slightly, finally managed to speak with difficulty, "Th-thank you!"

"No, I can't gamble anymore. If I gamble again, I'll lose even Shizune's tuition... But what if I win it all back? After losing so many times, it's my turn to win one!"

A conversation, like a split personality, echoed continuously in the room.

Bang!

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Shizune, furious, ran up to the stunned Tsunade.

"Lady Tsunade, didn't you promise you wouldn't go gambling anymore?"

Tsunade clearly hadn't expected Shizune to show up at noon. She chuckled awkwardly a couple of times, "Haha, I wasn't going, was I?"

Shizune puffed out her cheeks and "scolded" with her hands on her hips, "If I hadn't come back today, you definitely would have gone to the casino again."

Just as Tsunade was feeling awkward, she suddenly caught sight of the two people still standing at the door and quickly changed the subject, "Shizune, did you invite your classmates over for lunch today?"

Hearing Tsunade say that, Shizune suddenly remembered that Mizuki-kun was still there. She hurriedly put down her hands from her hips, lowered her head which was too hot from embarrassment to think, and stood there stiffly.

Seeing Shizune in a frozen state, Tsunade said helplessly, "You two, come in first."

"Lady Tsunade, I'm sorry to have disturbed your rest."

Tsunade gently shook her head, her gaze fixed on Mizuki, who was leaning on his cane, "Did you come today because of him?"

Soseki clearly felt Mizuki's breathing quicken considerably. Without further hesitation, he said, "Yes, Mizuki-kun was severely injured by some third-year bullies yesterday. The hospital told us today that Mizuki might not be able to be a ninja anymore!"

Tsunade's brows furrowed. She had heard about it from Shizune yesterday, but she never imagined it would be this serious. "Has Konoha school really descended into such chaos?"

However, she knew this wasn't the time to assign blame. She stepped forward and placed her right hand, radiating chakra, on Mizuki's shoulder.

One second, two seconds... it felt like an eternity.

In the almost solidified atmosphere, Tsunade finally spoke slowly, "It is indeed serious."

Mizuki's body trembled as he asked, "Then, do I still have a chance?"

"It's not impossible to recover." Mizuki's face lit up with joy, but then he heard Tsunade continue, "But the surgery is very risky. From a Medical Ninja's perspective, I advise you to give up on becoming a ninja."

Mizuki's face froze, then he suddenly looked up, "Even if there's only a one percent chance of recovery, I will never give up!"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow, looking at him with surprise, "He's just an ordinary kid, yet he has such conviction!"

At this moment, Soseki asked at the opportune time, "Lady Tsunade, what are the chances of the surgery being successful?"

Tsunade pondered for a moment, "If I were to perform the surgery, the success rate should be eighty percent..."

"That's great, Lady Tsunade, please..."

"However, I will not be the one to do it."

Mizuki's ecstatic expression froze on his face. He opened his mouth but said nothing. He didn't dare to defy the authority of a big shot like Tsunade. He just lowered his head dejectedly, his eyes filled with despair and resentment.

For Tsunade, she was merely speaking the truth. Suffering from hemophobia, she was already unable to perform surgery.

But Mizuki didn't know that, in his eyes, this wicked woman was simply toying with his "feelings."

"Why are you doing this to me? Why is everyone so ugly?"

But just then, Soseki suddenly shouted, "Lady Tsunade, please wait! Mizuki really wants to become a ninja, please give him a chance!"

Mizuki's body stiffened. Soseki's words were like a beam of light shining into his heart. Even he himself didn't dare to confront "power," yet Soseki was arguing with such a prominent figure for him!

"I never expected that the person I hate the most would be the one who treats me the best! Perhaps, I simply hate myself, hate that I, who came from the same darkness, cannot be as bright as him!"

Tsunade was silent for a moment, "Come with me."

After saying that, she led Soseki into the guest room.

"It's not that I don't want to help him, it's that I truly can't. After the last Great Ninja War, I developed hemophobia." Tsunade laughed self-deprecatingly, "Isn't it ridiculous? Me, a Medical Ninja, being afraid of blood." (PS: Tsunade has already accepted the protagonist here, and she herself doesn't care about leaking the so-called secret of hemophobia.)

Tsunade did not receive mockery or comfort from Soseki. Instead, she heard him talk about something else.

"When I was a child, I heard a story from a wandering samurai from another village."

"He said that in a faraway Western land called the Land of Sound, there were many great musicians, and the greatest among them was named Beethoven." (Orochimaru's is the Sound Village, Land of Sound)

Tsunade muttered to herself, "Beethoven? What a strange name?"

"But at the peak of his life, his ears began to lose their hearing."

Tsunade raised an eyebrow and asked, "And then?"

"He didn't surrender to fate. Even in such dire straits, he still created countless musical masterpieces and ultimately became the greatest musician in the Land of Sound. He said he would seize fate by the throat!"

"Seize... fate by the throat!" Tsunade's expression was shaken. After a moment of silence, she hesitated to meet Soseki's expectant gaze. "Are you telling this story to encourage me? It's no use. I'm not as brave as that Beethoven from the story..."

Before Tsunade could finish, Soseki shouted excitedly, "I know it's difficult, but if you think you can't do it without even trying, then you're just pathetic!"

However, Tsunade remained silent.

Even she herself was unsure whether she feared blood or the memories that blood brought.

Outside the door, Mizuki vaguely heard the fierce shouts coming from the room. As if he had been electrocuted, tears began to stream down his face. "Class Leader... he's actually arguing with such an important figure for my sake!"

"Is this... the warmth of light?"

Thanks to cmsj for the 588 reward,镂空秘腥 for the 500 reward, and 开鞅 for the 200 reward. I just realized that two chapter numbers were repeated. I was wondering why something felt a bit off (つД`)