As evening approached, a light rain suddenly began to fall, making the already late-autumn weather even colder.
Tsunade returned home. The moment she entered her room, she could not help rubbing her arms and shivering.
"I'm back."
There was no response from inside. As Tsunade changed her shoes, Shizune walked over with a troubled look on her face.
"What's wrong?"
Shizune merely jerked her chin toward the living room.
Tsunade wondered if they had guests. She looked up toward the living room and saw two middle-aged men sitting there.
They noticed Tsunade as well and immediately rose with broad smiles, though the smiles on their faces looked false and cunning.
"It's been a long time, Miss Tsunade."
Tsunade froze for a moment. Her mind raced as she studied their faces, and she quickly reached a conclusion.
They were debt collectors!
This gave her a fright. She grabbed Shizune's arm and instinctively wanted to turn around and flee.
But then she suddenly remembered that she was in Konoha now. Where could she possibly run? She could not even leave the village.
"Miss Tsunade." The two men spoke again with smiling eyes.
"You really made us search for you. We never expected you to return to Konoha. Doesn't that mean it's time for us to properly settle the debt between us?"
Tsunade gave an awkward laugh and pretended to be surprised. "Who are you? Why don't I know you? Do you owe me money?"
One of them seemed to have expected her to deny it and pulled out a sheet of paper. "This is the promissory note from back then. Everything is written clearly here. If Miss Tsunade wishes to renege on it, we'll have no choice but to ask the Hokage to handle this matter."
Tsunade's head began to pound. She