Hearing Orochimaru's words, Tsunade fell into confusion. Since she knew nothing about Ryūchi Cave, she assumed Orochimaru was deliberately defying the old man, so—
"No! I don't agree!" Tsunade blurted out.
"Tsk. Jiraiya would be heartbroken if you acted like that—and besides, I'm really not interested in you." Orochimaru delivered the cold joke.
Tsunade's forehead twitched with a vein. "If you don't know how to talk, we can communicate another way."
"Big Sis Tsunade, Captain Orochimaru is doing this for the child's sake—" Akaseki chimed in from the side.
Tsunade immediately glared at him and asked sharply, "Akaseki, was this your doing?"
"You must be joking, Big Sis Tsunade—I don't have that kind of ability." Akaseki gave an awkward laugh.
Seeing his reaction, Tsunade grew even more suspicious. But before she could say anything else, Orochimaru interrupted, "Still, that depends on what the Uchiha Clan head thinks."
"That's exactly what makes this suspicious—" Tsunade stared at the two of them, feeling that they were hiding something from her.
If Orochimaru truly had fallen in love at first sight as he claimed, then leaving aside the fact that the person was already dead and marriage was out of the question, even if he insisted on marrying, there was no need for him to marry into the family, much less seek Kensho Uchiha's approval!
Seeing that Orochimaru had already made up his mind, Tsunade rubbed her throbbing temples. "Then prepare yourselves—for the old man's wrath! And—don't you dare say you met through me!"
Right now, Tsunade only wanted to get as far away as possible—
"By the way—are Sunagakure's counterattacks really this fierce now? They actually have ninja squads launching sneak attacks here."
Akaseki brought the conversation back to business.
At that, Tsunade's brows finally relaxed somewhat. Compared to Orochimaru suddenly wanting