Naruto Bloodline Theory? It's Just Trash

Like when Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Jiraiya... pre-determined Tsunade as the Fifth Hokage.

Tsunade, too, skipped the formalities.

She had pre-determined Kakashi as the successor to the Sixth Hokage.

"Hokage-sama..."

Kakashi's expression turned solemn. After a long silence, he nodded.

He knew that Hokage-sama must have had her reasons for doing this.

And Tsunade did.

Very profound ones.

That videotape had reminded her.

From dusk until nightfall yesterday, Tsunade had watched it.

Unable to sleep all night, she kept replaying that videotape over and over.

The wounds on her body had been revisited and caressed by memories countless times.

Yet they still could not suppress the hatred in her heart.

Tsunade knew that, sooner or later, she and Amakawa Mingren would have a reckoning.

So...

Appointing Kakashi to the position of Sixth Hokage ahead of time was what she, the Fifth Hokage, could do.

"Take more care of Naruko..."

Tsunade brought up Naruko.

"After all, Naruko and Sasuke are our final trump cards..."

"Yes."

Kakashi nodded and promptly left.

The office fell silent.

Even Shizune had been sent away.

Tsunade sat alone in silence.

Then her face became terrifying.

Her breathing grew slightly ragged. Soon, her body trembled, and her clenched fist slammed down on the desk.

"Bastard!"

The scars of memory had not faded with the passage of time.

Instead, they had only sunk deeper.

Tsunade knew... many things could never return to what they had been...

Her soul had already been damaged.

Like a decaying life, riddled with holes...

She rose and immediately returned to the room through the side door.

Bang!

Click.

She locked it from the inside.

Then, Tsunade turned off the lights. In the sealed room, she switched on the VCR and played that videotape once again.

Before long, as she watched, Tsunade's furious