Danzo, Just You Wait!

A fine drizzle fell like a curtain, raising a hazy veil of mist.

"Nothing better happen to him, brat!"

Tsunade carried the unconscious Little Hikari on her back. Her clothes were soaked by the rain and clung tightly to her voluptuous figure, faintly revealing an alluring silhouette.

The scenery ahead swept past her like a rewinding film, while the wind howled in her ears.

"Hanzo, you'd better pray he's all right. Otherwise, I swear I'll kill you!"

At that moment, she was consumed by regret, hating herself for being so careless that she had fallen for such an obvious trap.

Just half an hour ago, she had found Little Hikari abandoned in the forest. At the same time, she realized it had been a trap deliberately set by the enemy, meant to lure her away from Uchiha Sōgetsu.

Though she could not understand why Hanzo had done it, one thing was certain: Uchiha Sōgetsu was in danger!

Finally, after Tsunade sprinted at full speed for a little over fifteen minutes, she returned to that area.

"This is..."

Tsunade abruptly stopped, a flicker of shock appearing in her beautiful eyes.

The entire valley had nearly been destroyed. Everywhere bore traces of fierce battle, with devastation caused by powerful ninjutsu such as Fire Release and Wind Release.

No. He had to be all right.

Tsunade lightly bit her pink lips, comforting herself in her heart.

Then, suppressing the turmoil in her emotions, she took several deep breaths before gathering the courage to continue deeper inside.

On the muddy ground soaked by rainwater, washed-out bloodstains could still faintly be seen. Following those scattered traces of blood, Tsunade finally found the heavily wounded, unconscious boy behind a shattered boulder. The blood flowing around him had pooled into a crimson puddle.

"Brat?!"

Tsunade was startled and hurried over, crouching down to examine his injuries.

"Thank goodness. None of the vital areas were hurt. He's just lost too much blood." Her brows were tightly furrowed, her silver teeth clenched, and fury burned in her beautiful eyes. "Ibuse's poison... It really was Hanzo!"

Fortunately, it seemed that someone had bandaged his wounds. That was the only reason he had held on until she arrived.

The heart she had kept hanging in suspense finally settled.

The tension in Tsunade's nerves eased. The nightmare that had haunted her mind had finally not come to pass this time.

"Don't worry, brat." A trace of tenderness appeared in her eyes as she stroked the boy's handsome face and spoke softly. "I won't let you die here!"

At that instant, the past and present seemed to overlap in her mind.

The boy before her, his eyes tightly shut, looked just like Dan and Nawaki from back then. Their figures gradually merged with his.

"Calm down, Tsunade. You can do this!"

Tsunade kept taking deep breaths. Though her Hemophobia still lingered faintly, she could barely overcome it.

Just then, some utterly tactless people suddenly interrupted her.

"Come quickly! Lord Hanzo is here!"

"Ah! Someone killed Lord Hanzo! Who was it?!"

"Look, it's Tsunade!"

"It must have been her! She killed Lord Hanzo!"

Amegakure's elite forces arrived at the battlefield and discovered Hanzo, who looked like a dried corpse.

In an instant, the elite Rain Ninja jonin of Amegakure, already hostile toward her, immediately turned their attention toward Konoha's Tsunade and decided she was Hanzo's murderer.

"Tsunade, how dare you kill our leader!"

"Capture her! Make her accompany Lord Hanzo in death!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

More than a dozen elite Rain Ninja attacked without another word.

Tsunade remained calm. She bit her finger and pressed it to the ground. "Summoning Jutsu: Slug!"

Bang!

As a cloud of smoke rose, two slugs as large as people appeared.

"Lord Slug, please protect them."

After giving the order, Tsunade resolutely turned around. With a single stride, she stepped forward and blocked the dozen-plus Rain Ninja.

"Yes, Lady Tsunade."

The slugs answered, then slowly climbed over the two of them and swallowed them into their bodies.

"Since Hanzo is dead, then this debt..."

Tsunade, who was usually all smiles and jokes, now wore a face as cold as frost. She forcefully clenched her fists, making her knuckles crack. "...I'll collect it from you!"

"What are you afraid of? She's alone!"

The leading Rain Ninja swallowed hard and shouted, "There are more than a dozen of us! Could she really kill us all?!"

"Right, exactly!" The remaining Rain Ninja agreed. "We're elites personally trained by Lord Hanzo! If we join forces, we might not be unable to kill one of the Sannin!"

As they spoke, the dozen-plus Rain Ninja tightened their grips on their kunai and launched a fierce attack.

Yet one Rain Ninja was different. Rather than charging at Tsunade, he fled without hesitation, never once looking back.

"Kill Tsunade? You bastards have no shame!"

As he ran, the Rain Ninja gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, Do a bunch of worthless trash like us deserve to fight one of Konoha's Legendary Sannin?

Having followed Hanzo through the Second Shinobi World War, he knew perfectly well just how much weight the words "Konoha's Legendary Sannin" carried.

"Mortal Blow!!!"

The furious figure leaped high into the air, her right leg crashing down like a battle-axe.

Rumble!!!

The earth itself seemed to tremble, letting out a hysterical wail.

Fueled by extreme rage, Princess Tsunade, who had once made the entire Shinobi World tremble in fear, finally displayed her astonishing destructive power. Her kick smashed into the hard rocky ground like a meteor falling from the sky. In an instant, that unmatched force raised a shockwave dozens of meters high and swept outward with unstoppable momentum.

In only a moment, more than a dozen elite Rain Ninja were struck as though by divine punishment. Their flesh-and-blood bodies were crushed apart without the slightest ability to resist.

The fleeing Rain Ninja only felt a blur before his eyes, and then his throat was seized as though by iron pincers.

Before his eyes was that beautiful, mature face, yet it was as cold as frost.

"You only get one chance."

Tsunade clenched her five fingers and lifted him straight off the ground, her gaze sharp and icy. "Who told Hanzo to attack him?"

"It was... Konoha... people..." The Rain Ninja could not breathe and struggled desperately, his face flushed bright red. How could he dare hide anything now? He stammered, "Root Division's Danzo sent people... told Lord Hanzo to kill that person... and take his Sharingan..."

"Danzo again!"

Tsunade was instantly enraged. A trace of killing intent flashed through her frost-cold eyes. "You old bastard, just wait until I get back and settle this with you!"

In her emotional agitation, she lost control of her strength for a moment.

Crack!

The Rain Ninja's eyes widened. His neck snapped, and the life drained from his pupils.

He had not expected to die such an unfair death. He had clearly revealed the intelligence, yet he still could not escape death.

As if she had seen the question in the Rain Ninja's eyes, Tsunade remained expressionless. Yet she felt not even the slightest guilt as she casually said, "Oh, sorry. I didn't control my strength for a moment. Who told your neck to be so easy to squeeze? It broke with just a little force."

"Danzo, was it? Just you wait!"

After tossing aside the corpse, Tsunade snorted coldly. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, her pretty face filled with murderous fury. Do you really think the brat has no one behind him? If I don't make you cough up some blood, you won't know how formidable the Senju Clan is!

She was Princess Tsunade.

The last bloodline of the Senju Clan, the direct disciple of the Third Hokage, the founder of Konoha's medical system, and the acting director of Konoha Hospital!

Today, she would see just how capable your Root Division really was!

My cold got worse again... Also, asking for another round of recommendations, investments, and follow-up reading. Thank you, Spectator Lords.