At the gate of Kikyō Mountain Fortress, Mitarashi Shiyo, who had been assigned to hold the place, finally relaxed when he saw Tsunade arrive.
"Tsunade, it's great that you could come."
"I really didn't want to."
Tsunade, walking over with Katsuyu, was thoroughly displeased. She truly hadn't wanted to come.
But that idiot Jiraiya had sent a letter, and the situation here was indeed critical, so she had no choice but to come and take a look.
"Let's talk inside."
Mitarashi Shiyo looked slightly awkward and hurriedly led the two of them to the conference room.
He knew something about what had happened back then and understood her resentment toward those people, but he had no standing to get involved in such matters.
"What are those old bastards trying to do? The war is clearly almost over, yet they had to pull something like this."
Tsunade couldn't understand what those old bastards were thinking. The war was almost over, and they had still chosen to make this move.
She didn't believe the excuse that Kumogakure had seized the Byakugan bloodline. ANBU had been watching the Kumogakure delegation. Forget infiltrating the Hyuga Clan Compound—they would have had trouble even leaving the hotel.
Anyone could tell there was a problem. Those old bastards were definitely stirring up trouble again.
"I don't know the exact details either. I'm only responsible for the fighting here.
"According to the intelligence, Chiyo is leading the army this time. You know her methods. At present, you're the only one in the village who can quickly neutralize her poison."
Mitarashi Shiyo hurriedly shifted the topic to the battle. He didn't dare get involved in the village's internal affairs, nor did he want to discuss them and invite trouble.
"We really should find someone to stage a coup too