"Tsunade, you're just in time!..."
"This is the money our Security Force got back for the Senju..."
When Tsunade arrived, Bai Ye handed her the storage scroll.
"Money? Money!..."
Though confused, Tsunade didn't think much of it. She took the storage scroll and opened it.
"Pfft... Ah..."
After a puff of smoke, countless banknotes gushed out of the storage scroll. Amid a chorus of gasps, Tsunade was buried beneath them.
"What... What's going on!? Why is there so much money..."
Tsunade crawled out of the pile, staring at the mountain of cash in surprise.
Then her eyes lit up as she fixed her gaze on the money.
Though Tsunade was the Senju clan head, this was the first time she had ever seen so many banknotes.
"Don't you know!? This is all money belonging to the Senju Clan..."
"A lot of the clans' shops are Senju Clan assets..."
"Now that all those assets have been handed over to the Uchiha Clan, of course we're collecting all the rent that's built up over the years..."
Bai Ye explained.
"What!? How did I not know about this!..."
"Those bastards! They haven't paid me a single ryō all these years..."
Tsunade clenched her fists, looking furious.
At the same time, she quickly gathered up the banknotes.
With this much money, she could gamble for ages.
"Tsunade, shouldn't you be at work right now!..."
"How do you have time to come see me? Is something the matter!?..."
Bai Ye asked, watching Tsunade scoop up the money.
"Uh... Nothing's wrong..."
"I have to get to work now..."
Tsunade hurried off with the storage scroll, as if she were afraid Bai Ye might take the money back.
Only after she returned to the hospital did Tsunade remember why she'd gone to see Bai Ye.
She'd meant to settle the score with him. How had she ended up coming back?
But when she saw the storage scroll in her hands and all that money, Tsunade quickly put it away.
"Forget it. I'll deal with that bastard another time..."
"Rumble!..."
An explosion suddenly rang out on a busy commercial street in Konoha.
Immediately afterward, countless streams of crimson Chakra burst out.
The crimson Chakra rapidly gathered, forming enormous tails that lashed out in every direction.
"What's going on!? What happened!..."
"Damn it, who's doing this!? How dare they destroy Konoha..."
"Security Force, follow me!..."
Uchiha En, who had been training, saw the explosion in the distance and flew into a rage. He led the Security Force toward it at once.
When they reached the scene, they found a red-haired girl rampaging.
Torrents of boiling crimson Chakra erupted from her body, attacking everything around her indiscriminately.
"What terrifying Chakra!?... Could she be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!?..."
Uchiha En stared at the girl as her Sharingan watched the terrifying Chakra erupting from her. His face was filled with shock.
There was only one person in all of Konoha with Chakra this terrifying.
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Kushina Uzumaki.
Kushina Uzumaki was the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Since she had only become a Jinchuriki recently, Kushina still couldn't control the Nine-Tails' power.
Its power would periodically erupt from her body, causing her to go berserk.
So, under normal circumstances, Kushina stayed in a small valley far from Konoha, where Anbu watched her around the clock.
But Kushina was not the sort to sit still.
She was fed up after just a few days of being cooped up in the valley.
While the Anbu weren't paying attention, Kushina slipped out and made her way to Konoha.
Excited by the bustling village, Kushina quickly began exploring.
But then, without warning, the Nine-Tails' power suddenly erupted.
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The powerful Nine-Tails Chakra overwhelmed her will, sending her into a rampage as she began destroying everything around her.
Just then, the Anbu, alerted by the commotion, rushed over.
"Oh no, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has gone berserk..."
"Quick, suppress the Nine-Tails' power at once!..."
"Why is the Security Force here? Get them out of here!..."
"..."
Seeing Kushina rampaging, the Anbu were shocked.
But instead of immediately suppressing her, they first moved to drive the Security Force away.
They couldn't help it. The Security Force was made up of Uchiha.
And the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan had the power to control the Nine-Tails.
The Anbu were afraid the Uchiha might take control of the Nine-Tails.
"Security Force, leave at once..."
"We'll take it from here..."
The Anbu Captain began driving the Security Force away.
In the past, the Uchiha would have had no choice but to swallow their anger and leave when the Anbu ordered them to.
But things were different now. With Bai Ye around, the Security Force had grown stronger and no longer feared the Anbu in the slightest.
"Hmph, what gives you Anbu the right to order us around..."
"Our duty is to protect Konoha..."
"You're the ones who should leave..."
Uchiha En retorted disdainfully.
"Bastards! How dare the Security Force defy our orders..."
Hearing Uchiha En's words, the Anbu Captain flew into a rage.
This Anbu Captain had been guarding Kushina with his team far from Konoha, and knew nothing about what had happened in the village recently.
He still thought the Anbu could easily keep the Security Force in line.
He had no idea that the Security Force no longer feared the Anbu.
"Anbu, get lost..."
"Don't interfere with us protecting Konoha..."
Uchiha En shot the Anbu Captain a scornful glance, then led the Security Force toward the area where Kushina was.
The Anbu Captain was left standing there, dumbfounded.
"Captain, what should we do now!..."
An Anbu member turned to ask him.
"Hmph, if they're asking for trouble, leave them to it..."
"Set up a barrier and start sealing the Nine-Tails..."
The Anbu Captain said angrily.
"Attack! Stop her!..."
"We absolutely cannot let her keep destroying Konoha..."
"Everyone else, help the injured!..."
Uchiha En shouted, leading the Security Force in an attack on the rampaging Kushina.
Meanwhile, the other members of the Security Force began tending to the ordinary people nearby.
The Uchiha Clan might usually seem arrogant.
But when it came to protecting Konoha, few clans could compare to them.
After all, the Uchiha Clan was one of the two clans that had founded Konoha.
It was just that in the past, under Hiruzen Sarutobi's suppression, the Uchiha Clan had never had a chance to show what they could do.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique..."
"Lightning Release: Lightning Spear Pierce..."
"Wind Release: Man of Gale..."
"..."
The Security Force formed Hand Seals, sending countless techniques flying toward the rampaging Kushina.
"Rumble..."
A series of explosions rang out one after another.
But these fierce attacks didn't defeat Kushina. Instead, they made her even more frenzied.
"Roar..."
Kushina let out a bestial roar.
An even more violent surge of Chakra erupted from her body.
The frenzied Chakra formed five enormous tails that lashed out wildly in every direction.
Several Security Force members who failed to dodge in time were sent flying.
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