Night fell quickly, and the temperature dropped just as fast.
When Shin stepped out of the Hokage's Office, the biting wind hit him head-on, making him shiver as he pulled his cloak tighter around himself.
He then spotted Tsunade standing not far away. She seemed to have been waiting for him all along. Though the cold wind howled around her, she remained motionless like a statue.
Shin had long received reports that Tsunade had been standing downstairs, but he had paid it no mind. So what if it was snowing heavily? Who was this stupid woman trying to move?
He ignored her and headed toward his home.
Seeing this, Tsunade hurried after him.
"Hokage."
Shin ignored her and kept walking.
Tsunade hurried in front of him and blocked his path. However, because she moved too abruptly, Shin saw two enormous things swaying and bouncing in his line of sight, and he could not help taking a few extra glances.
Only then did Shin stop, frowning. "Are you done yet? Want me to throw you in prison too?"
Tsunade pleaded quietly, "Hokage, I beg you, please spare Jiraiya."
Shin merely said, "Why should I?"
There were hardly any pedestrians on this road at night. The two of them stood in the middle of the street unnoticed, with only the streetlights shining around them. Ever since Konoha began generating electricity with tailed beasts, its streetlights never went out at night.
"You tell me to spare him, so I spare him? Tsunade, are you the Hokage?"
"Hokage, I do not mean that. I am begging you," Tsunade said humbly.
Looking at her lowered head and submissive expression, Shin suddenly said, "Is that the posture of someone asking for a favor?"
Without hesitation, Tsunade dropped straight to her knees. Clearly, she had already prepared