Tsunade had raced back from the Land of Rain and stood at the doorway, gasping for breath.
"Grandmother!"
After steadying herself at the door, Tsunade walked into the Hokage's Office and greeted Uzumaki Mito, who sat in a wheelchair.
"Grandfather Ashina!"
When she turned to the Uzumaki Clan Head, Tsunade's tears began falling uncontrollably.
The Uzumaki Clan Head, Uzumaki Ashina as Tsunade called him, had trembling lips and reddened eyes as well.
"Little Tsunade..."
Yet their loss of composure quickly subsided. As for how violently the turmoil within their hearts continued to surge, no one knew.
Uchiha Tokimitsu remained seated in his chair, utterly unmoved.
He had never had much interest in such melodramas. Besides, although Tsunade was already quite graceful, neither her age nor anything else had reached the level of her future self. Naturally, Uchiha Tokimitsu felt no particular interest.
The Ninja World was inherently a hopeless world filled with tragedy and pain. Ninja, Daimyo, lords, wealthy merchants, samurai, commoners... all were merely insignificant supporting characters in the Otsutsuki family's ethical drama. Just as a civilian in the Land of Rain might one day be accidentally killed by a kunai that had come from nowhere, there were no surprises and no accidents—only endless sorrow.
Still, he was not so tactless as to mock them coldly. Even though the Senju and Uzumaki had once been the Uchiha Clan's arch-enemies, the two sides had at least reached a superficial reconciliation during the village's founding. Moreover, the Uchiha Clan was now the main force rescuing the Uzumaki lineage of the Land of Whirlpools and had benefited considerably from it, so there was even less reason to taunt them mindlessly.
"Thank you for your assistance, Jonin Sakumo!"
After wiping away her tears, Tsunade bowed to Hatake Sakumo in thanks.
Hatake Sakumo hurriedly