The next morning, Tsunade arrived at the Hokage's Office dressed in neat ninja attire.
"I already told him about Grandma yesterday."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Tsunade and felt a headache coming on.
"Who? You told whom?"
"Chiyo Uchiha!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately stood up.
"You told Chiyo Uchiha about Lord Mito?"
The corner of Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth twitched, his expression agitated.
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was one of the village's deepest secrets. How could she tell an Uchiha about this?!
"What is it, old man? You don't seem very happy about it!"
Tsunade watched Hiruzen Sarutobi glare at her, but her fair face remained utterly calm.
"The Uchiha are part of the village too. Isn't that what you told me some time ago?"
She used Hiruzen Sarutobi's own words to throw them back at him.
For a moment, he was so angry that he could only blow his beard and glare.
"Besides, Chiyo already agreed to help me..."
As Tsunade spoke, her gaze darted away.
She thought of last night, of the way she had sat like a young girl...
She had already paid him. How could she say she no longer needed him?
Besides, when it came to Grandma's condition, Uchiha were the only ones in Konoha capable of handling it now!
Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi fall silent,
Tsunade continued to reassure him.
"Don't worry, old man!
I trust Chiyo Uchiha well enough. He cares deeply about the village!
None of the things you're worried about will happen."
Hearing Tsunade speak with such certainty,
Hiruzen Sarutobi fell silent for a moment before sitting back down.
"Tsunade, you were too rash!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and sighed.
As far as Hiruzen Sarutobi was concerned, Tsunade's purpose
was nothing more than wanting her grandmother to live a few more years.
She wanted