Mito Uzumaki was very, extremely unhappy right now!
Even if Tobirama Senju had indeed promised his elder brother, Hashirama Senju, that he would try to conceal their plan to sneak into the Akatsuki Ninja Village for Uchiha Madara's funeral, Mito Uzumaki was no fool!
Between all the chaos that had plagued Konoha lately and the rumors spreading through every street about the grand funeral the Akatsuki Ninja Village was holding for Uchiha Madara, Mito Uzumaki could have guessed most of it without even using her brain.
That blockhead of a husband of hers was undoubtedly about to run off to see Uchiha Madara again, consequences be damned!
Whenever she thought about it, that bizarre, inexplicable feeling of being "cheated on" left her irritated from head to toe.
That irritation did not stem from romantic love in the conventional sense.
Rather, it was because Uchiha Madara forever occupied an inviolable space in Hashirama Senju's heart, one that no one else could touch.
Even Mito Uzumaki, his wedded wife, even their political marriage that had sealed the alliance between the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan, seemed to take second place to this "bond" so heavy it had become twisted.
Was it right for her husband to always have another man in his heart?!
At that moment, inside the room.
Mito Uzumaki sat stiff-faced in the seat of honor, holding a cup of hot tea. She cast a cold glance at Tobirama Senju, who had just finished spinning a whole
elaborate set of excuses.
"Tobirama, you haven't been telling me the truth, have you?"
"You only just returned from the Capital of the Land of Fire, and the village is a complete mess right now. What could possibly require you, the Hokage, to head out in person again?"
"And Hashirama wants to