After explaining the situation, Tsunade pulled open the door and walked out.
Shuji followed close behind, leaving the quiet room as well.
The corridor was dimly lit. Shuji quickened his pace by two steps and walked beside Tsunade. "Could Itachi's condition relapse?"
Tsunade glanced at him without slowing down. "I have no reason to lie to you. It was removed thoroughly. There won't be any aftereffects."
Hearing that, the young captain finally relaxed.
He bore responsibility for everything that had happened during this mission as the captain who had formulated the plan.
Throughout the time since the battle, he had repeatedly reviewed the entire course of the mission. As the planner, he could not evade responsibility.
His greatest mistake had been his overly optimistic assessment of the Wasabi Family stronghold's defenses.
Knowing the enemy might attack, with intelligence severely lacking and his own side tied down, he had still hoped the squad could hold the position.
The safest course would have been to decisively have Wasabi Jirocho take his people and Itachi's group into hiding at once, rather than remain exposed as targets.
The deeper issue was that the tactical objective had shifted.
His primary goal regarding the Black Erosion Corps had always been to obtain intelligence, yet it had turned into a brutal battle where the first clash became the decisive one.
Although they had achieved the result they wanted, the process had been fraught with danger and the cost had been severe.
That feeling of losing control forced him to examine the flaws in his plan.
"That Uchiha brat is Fugaku's son, isn't he?" Tsunade's voice interrupted Shuji's thoughts.
"Yes."
"Hmph." Tsunade gave an unreadable snort. "What are you planning this time?"
Regardless of how Shuji viewed himself, the young captain's ability to arrange and calculate during the