"You graduated at ten and already had a girlfriend when you were that young?"
Sara was stunned. Had that scoundrel really been precocious from such an early age?
"He started writing those erotic novels when he was five or six. What's having a girlfriend compared to that?"
Tsunade sneered. The kid was a real lecher. Even Jiraiya, that old pervert, couldn't compare to him.
"Sister Tsunade, how did you figure it out?"
Tamura Hiroshi was puzzled. He couldn't tell where he'd slipped up.
"It's nothing. I just got the feeling that the village and Konoha—especially Shimura Danzō—were working together a little too smoothly.
"People can claim that Uncle Dodai planned everything in time, but we all know how overrated he is as the Ninja World's Number One intellectual."
Tsunade answered casually. She had too much information she could make use of here. Taken together, it all felt a little strange, so she'd boldly guessed.
"They were working together a little too smoothly."
Tamura Hiroshi understood. They really had coordinated a little too well. Outsiders might not notice, but their own people certainly would.
Still, it wasn't a big problem. Lord Danzo and Konoha's plans were secondary. As long as the Black Zetsu and Princess Kaguya connection stayed hidden, everything would be fine.
Lord Danzo would be killed off in a few years anyway. Once he was dead, all they had to do was have Nonō help them take over Root's legacy.
"Big liar!"
Kushina was still fuming. He was nothing but a big liar.
He'd fooled her and her grandfather back then, and she'd only just realized how much deeper the deception went.
What a despicable man!
"You must have other things going on, like Red Moon."
Uchiha Naori spoke up, steering the conversation toward Princess Kaguya, who had been