Tsunade had experienced this sort of thing before and had considered the possibility that it might happen, but she had barely returned to Konoha and settled into her seat when this happened.
Wait. Tsunade frowned, recalling what the Third Hokage had said earlier. This man had cleared away the greatest obstacle to her succeeding the Hokage. Thinking of Chen Fan's usual actions, could it be that he knew? Had this all been planned by that man long ago? No way. But for what? For her? No matter how she thought about it, she could not make sense of it.
Seeing Tsunade lost in thought, the Third Hokage asked, "What is it? Did you find anything?"
Tsunade came back to her senses, shook her head, and looked at the ninjas floating on the pond. "No, I didn't find anything. Teacher Hiruzen, what should we do with these people?"
"Send someone to inspect and clean things up. If I'm not mistaken, Danzō became anxious because you returned. Chen Fan did nothing wrong. This was also the simplest, most direct, and most effective method. Now that Danzō knows, who knows what he will become. I only hope he does not do anything extreme. If he truly does, I will personally get rid of him." As he spoke, the Third Hokage's gaze was extremely resolute. He knew of Danzō's contributions to the village, but Danzō had also done things that harmed it. During Orochimaru's attack on Konoha, Danzō had not sent a single person to protect Konoha. Chen Fan was a meritorious hero who had made enormous contributions to the village and would be one of Konoha's pillars in the future. Nothing could be allowed to happen to him.
Before long, the Third Hokage and Tsunade left. After they were gone, an opening suddenly