Blessings of Descendants, Path to Breaking the Game

Although they had only interacted for an hour, Uchiha Dan was very sincere. He didn't hide anything from Uzumaki Mito's questions, but he subtly tried to get closer to her.

An ordinary person would simply find it comfortable to be around Uchiha Dan and wouldn't think of anything else.

But Uzumaki Mito had vast experience. With her ability to discern people and things far beyond ordinary people, how could she not see Uchiha Dan's intentions?

Although she believed the Nine-Tails' judgment of Uchiha Dan's emotions, coupled with her own rich experience, she was confident she basically understood Uchiha Dan's thoughts and character.

However, with her own silly granddaughter involved with such a calculating person, was it a blessing or a curse?

"Grandma, what are you thinking about?" Tsunade saw her grandmother's worried expression and pouted discontentedly.

"It's nothing!" Uzumaki Mito smiled gently and continued, "I just wanted to tell you that Uchiha Dan's goodwill is most directed towards Namikaze Toneri's family."

"Especially towards his brother, Namikaze Minato, he loves him to the bone. Perhaps you can find a way through this."

Tsunade's eyes lit up.

Perhaps this is feasible!

A roundabout path to save the country. If Namikaze Minato accepts me, won't it be simple then?

"However, what surprised me was his intense malice towards Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, and Utatane Koharu. It exceeded the sum of his malice towards everyone else."

"Especially towards Koharu, it can no longer be called malice. It's sheer hatred. I estimate that if he had the chance, he would kill Koharu without hesitation."

"I don't even know where such intense hatred comes from."

"I actually know a little!" Tsunade explained in a low voice, then recounted how Utatane Koharu had relentlessly exploited and verbally abused Uchiha Dan for years.

Uzumaki Mito didn't know what to say upon hearing this.

She was simply surprised. Was the Utatane Koharu Tsunade spoke of truly the obedient and sensible girl who followed Tobirama back then?

Indeed, one could only judge a person's true nature and disposition through deep interaction.

If not for the Nine-Tails' help, she wouldn't have dared to trust Uchiha Dan so quickly.

"It seems the damage Koharu inflicted on him is indelible," Uzumaki Mito said slowly.

"But Tsunade, it's not impossible to help Dan!" Uzumaki Mito continued. "He doesn't have any dissatisfaction with the village, nor any complaints about the other villagers."

"But his attitude towards the village leadership... we cannot rule out the possibility of Uchiha Dan becoming our enemy in the future."

"But can you blame Dan?" Tsunade was already somewhat biased in her efforts to help Uchiha Dan. "In the end, it was caused by my second grand-uncle."

"Right, is Dan's malice towards my second grand-uncle strong?"

"To my surprise, it's not particularly strong. It's far less than towards Koharu, and even less than towards Danzō and Hiruzen."

Uzumaki Mito was truly surprised.

She had initially thought that Uchiha Dan would hate Tobirama Senju, the culprit, the most. But who would have thought that this kid didn't hate Tobirama Senju that much?

Even Uchiha Dan himself didn't know that ever since he obtained Tobirama Senju's talent, his hatred for Tobirama Senju had been slowly diminishing along with the benefits brought by the talent.

Cursing Tobirama Senju was purely a habit for him, not genuine deep-seated hatred.

"Why is that?" Tsunade asked curiously.

"Perhaps it's because of you!" Uzumaki Mito said with a teasing smile.

"He... he hates me so much now, how could it be because of me..."

"Perhaps it gradually diminished after prolonged contact with you!" Uzumaki Mito explained. "So Tsunade, I want to ask you one last question."

Tsunade swallowed and nodded nervously.

"Do you have the confidence to keep Dan in check?"

"I... I was confident before today. My relationship with him has been getting better and better recently, but now... I'm not sure."

"But..." Tsunade added, "if his brother and I work together, I should be confident."

"But even if we can keep him in check, what if the Hokage and Utatane Koharu are determined to get rid of him and constantly escalate the conflict?" Tsunade voiced her concerns.

"Grandma, can you persuade them?"

Uzumaki Mito shook her head self-deprecatingly. "I'm just someone who's retired at home!"

"Although they don't dare to disrespect me, they are becoming more and more insubordinate. They only put on a show for me."

"Power, truly a double-edged sword. In just seven years, I almost don't recognize them anymore."

"Forget it. Since we've come this far, call Dan in!"

"While we were talking earlier, I saw that the child has his own ideas. As long as I can temporarily stabilize Hiruzen Sarutobi, he might be able to break through the situation himself."

After Uchiha Dan returned to the backyard, Uzumaki Mito, Tsunade, and he had a long private talk.

In the end, it was Uchiha Dan himself who proposed a way to break the deadlock.

Tsunade was very surprised by Uchiha Dan's resourcefulness, while Uzumaki Mito remained calm.

She knew firsthand the potential a person could unleash for survival.

Based on the results of her probing, she believed that Uchiha Dan's nature was not inherently bad.

But how could this child have survived for so many years in this environment, and even broken through the situation by designing Tsunade years ago, without any backup?

That's right, Uzumaki Mito saw that Uchiha Dan was using Tsunade to break through the situation.

But she wasn't too angry, because in her many years of experience, Uchiha Dan had genuinely developed feelings for Tsunade.

But what was this? Twisted love?

Never mind, children and grandchildren have their own fortunes, let him be!

Regarding this, Uzumaki Mito, who always had a good sense of proportion, said nothing more.

The very next morning, Uzumaki Mito personally went to the Hokage's office.

She informed Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Dan was recently developing three advanced Medical Ninjutsu with unprecedented healing effects.

She also mentioned that Uchiha Dan had told Tsunade that he would teach her these Ninjutsu as part of their exchange of Medical Arts.

She was very happy when she heard Tsunade mention this, which was why she came to Hiruzen Sarutobi to explain the matter.

As for the research, one of the Ninjutsu was basically complete, the one used in the competition with Tsunade earlier.

However, the other two Ninjutsu required some past Medical Ninjutsu for reference, and she was here to request some less confidential Medical Ninjutsu on behalf of Uchiha Dan.

She also stated that once Tsunade mastered these techniques, she would immediately begin training a batch of Medical Ninja for the village.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was naturally overjoyed.

Tsunade was a true Konoha loyalist, with a pure background, and his proud disciple.

As long as Tsunade mastered those three techniques, wouldn't it be equivalent to Konoha mastering them as well?

Hiruzen Sarutobi would naturally not refuse such a good thing, and was even somewhat looking forward to the effects of those Ninjutsu.

Even the thought of eliminating Uchiha Dan was temporarily put aside.

As long as Uchiha Dan could provide value to Konoha, he didn't mind keeping him for now.

After all, he was just a Medical Ninja without any real power, what kind of storm could he stir up?

Moreover, the matter between Uchiha Dan and Tsunade had already spread throughout Konoha. If the two could end up together, it wouldn't be impossible to let Uchiha Dan go.

Wouldn't it be better to let him continue to dedicate his talent to Konoha?

Without Hatake Sakumo reporting things, and lacking a crucial piece of information, Hiruzen Sarutobi naturally wouldn't overthink it.

Tsunade, at noon, received an invitation from Utatane Koharu to visit the Pharmaceutical Department again.