The Meaning of Life

Tsuna helped him get dressed, then smilingly saw him out of her office.

After leaving the research institute, Shiraishi Yoshijo looked back and could not help shaking his head. Women...

Back in his castle, Shiraishi Yoshijo lay on the balcony basking in the sun. Down on the lawn, Tsunade, Shizune, and Rin were playing games with the children.

Watching the happy, blissful smile on Tsunade's face and listening to the children's cheerful laughter, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly. But when he thought of Geng Hua, his expression darkened again.

Ever since returning from Konoha, Geng Hua's relationship with him had become extremely distant. He always avoided him, and eventually, he even moved out of the castle.

Honestly, Shiraishi Yoshijo was furious about it, but he said nothing. He simply acted as though he no longer had that son. In any case, he had plenty of sons, and besides, Geng Hua bore the Senju name. Out of sight, out of mind.

That was what he told himself, but whenever he saw Tsunade, he felt miserable. He felt he should never have slept with that woman. Leaving aside her rotten gambling habit, she had also brought him a whole heap of trouble.

If not for Tsunade, he definitely would have slaughtered Konoha, then kept those four higher-ups alive to torment them slowly, paying them back in kind. That was his style.

Even if the Land of Fire's Daimyo got angry, what could he do to him? At worst, he would go it alone. To hell with alliances—they only tied his hands and feet.

He really had changed far too much over the years...

Half-squinting at his statue towering into the clouds, a trace of mockery suddenly appeared on his face.

The Emperor of Peach Country... how laughable.

After a long