"More or less. The show's about to begin."
"Let's go, Nine-Tails."
Ronglin laughed loudly and had the Nine-Tails continue onward. After recovering from her shock, Tsunade glared at Ronglin angrily.
"Do you want the Ten-Tails to appear too? Otherwise, why aren't you stopping this?! Don't tell me you can't do it."
"Because I also want the Ten-Tails to be revived. I just won't be the one to do it myself."
At this point, there was no need to keep hiding it. Ronglin looked at Tsunade and answered calmly.
"I'm going crazy."
Hearing that answer was no different from having her head smashed by a heavy hammer. Tsunade felt utterly dazed.
"Then what meaning was there in everything we did? Why not just do nothing and let Uchiha Madara and Akatsuki launch the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan directly?"
"No!"
Ronglin shook his head. "Different beliefs lead to different actions. Likewise, different positions make people think differently. Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito are both madmen now. They can sacrifice everything for power, but I can't. They would carry out such a plan at all costs, but I wouldn't!
"Although I won't do it myself, I don't oppose it either. I have my reasons. I want to see someone."
"Someone?!"
Tsunade drew out the word as she stared at Ronglin. Seeing that he was not joking, something suddenly occurred to her.
"A woman?!"
"Yes."
"..."
Tsunade could not be blamed for letting her imagination run wild. The wooden statue of Kaguya Otsutsuki in the Hokage's Office was simply too conspicuous. Ronglin had disappeared for ten years, yet Tsunade had never moved it. She had asked about it several times but had never been able to learn anything about the statue, so she eventually gave up. But now that she thought back on it, there