Upon hearing their conversation.
Tsunade shifted her gaze over and frowned slightly at Uchiha Akira. Uchiha? Why was he staring at her?
She was just about to curse.
When Akira said with a smile:
"Tsunade, long time no see. I'm Akira."
His mother was some distant grandaunt of Tsunade's. Though their blood relation was remote, they were quite close, so Akira had played with Tsunade alongside Nawaki for a while when he was little.
"So it's you, Akira. Long time no see."
Tsunade swallowed the curse that was about to leave her mouth.
She hurriedly put on a warm smile.
Oops, she had nearly cursed the wrong person.
"So, have you considered changing your surname back to Senju?"
"Absolutely not!"
Uchiha Fugaku refused repeatedly. What kind of joke was that? The Uchiha Clan relied entirely on Akira now. He gave an awkward laugh. "Lady Tsunade, please don't joke about that."
Without Akira, who would handle his son's psychological issues?
Without Akira, who would start the charge whenever trouble arose?
Without Akira, who would come up with strategies for him in the future?
He now felt that Akira was more important than even him, the clan head!
Seeing the two chatting so happily, Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed a satisfied smile. Perhaps he could use Akira's good relationship with Tsunade to persuade her to remain in the village?
That child Akira.
He had always trusted him!
But the next moment, he heard Akira offer this advice:
"Tsunade, I think your punch just now wasn't fast enough, nor was it ruthless enough. If it had been a little faster, Lord Hokage wouldn't have been able to block it."
With a thoroughly sincere expression, he added, "If your punch had been ruthless enough, you could have killed Danzo with one blow!"
Tsunade's eyes lit up,