Plotting

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"A... gift?"

As soon as Tsunade finished speaking, Uchiha Yue froze in shock, a look of disbelief appearing in his eyes.

Without a doubt, when Tsunade was healing Uchiha Yue, he knew he couldn't hide his secret any longer. After all, as one of the legendary Sannin, Tsunade certainly possessed the ability to recognize the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra. So, just as Tsunade finished healing him, Uchiha Yue wanted to explain to Tsunade the origin of the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra within Tsunade.

However, to Uchiha Yue's utter surprise, Tsunade, upon learning that he possessed the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra, not only showed no resentment but also cautioned him about the dangers of that power. What shocked Uchiha Yue more was that Tsunade actually intended to give him that very thing. This was, after all, a relic of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and the power hidden within it was enough to drive many ninja villages in the ninja world mad!

Immediately afterwards...

While Uchiha Yue was still standing there in a daze, Tsunade had already taken off the necklace from her neck and stepped forward to put it on him. Then, looking at the exquisite necklace around Uchiha Yue's neck, a bitter smile suddenly appeared on Tsunade's face. Then, Uchiha Yue heard Tsunade slowly say, "Yue, this is the gift I gave you. Do you like it?"

"Like!"

Upon hearing Tsunade's question, Uchiha Yue nodded emphatically and said, "Master, this necklace... is it very precious?"

"Hahaha! Precious?"

When Uchiha Yue arrived, the bitter smile on Tsunade's lips deepened. Then, Tsunade took a deep breath in front of Uchiha Yue and said, "That's right. To ordinary people, this necklace is extremely precious. But to me, this necklace is utterly worthless! If I could, I would destroy it!"

Tsunade paused slightly, calming her agitated emotions, and continued, "This necklace was a gift from Hashirama. You should know its value, right? But because of this necklace, I lost two of the most important people in my life! Yue, I don't know if giving you this necklace was the right thing to do. Now, I only hope that you can live a good life and not be killed by the curse of this necklace!"

"Don't worry, Master, I've never believed in such absurd things as curses!"

Seeing Tsunade's slightly agitated state, Uchiha Yue, who was familiar with the original story, knew very well that Tsunade still couldn't let go of the deaths of Dan and Nawaki. Dan was Tsunade's lover, and Nawaki was her Tsunade brother, but they had lost their lives shortly after Tsunade gave them this Nawaki. Therefore, in Nawaki 'Tsunade eyes, this necklace was cursed, which was also the reason why Tsunade hated it.

However, Tsunade gave the necklace to Uchiha Yue intending to harm him.

The reason why Tsunade wanted to give this necklace to Uchiha Yue was because of the Nine-Tailed Fox chakra that Uchiha Yue possessed!

Clearly, Tsunade was well aware of the necklace's purpose, knowing it contained the power of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama. Therefore, in order to help Uchiha Yue control the Nine-Tailed Fox chakra within him, Tsunade gave the necklace to him. At this moment, Uchiha Yue, wearing the necklace, was also able to use his own spiritual energy to sense the power contained within it.

Then, after Tsunade took a deep breath and finally calmed down, he turned his gaze to Uchiha Yue and said, "Alright, Yue, I've healed your injuries now. You should rest here. You don't need to worry about the Chunin Ninja Exams anymore. Those things are beyond your control, so just focus on healing and waiting for the Chunin Ninja Exams finals."

"Master, what exactly happened?"

Hearing Tsunade's words, Uchiha Yue frowned slightly and asked, "I don't understand what the purpose of those ninjas who infiltrated the Doomsday Forest is. Could it be that those guys who infiltrated the Doomsday Forest are just hunting us Genin who are participating in the Chunin Ninja Exams? Or do they want to embarrass our Konoha, so they infiltrated the Doomsday Forest to hunt?"

No, none of those are true.

As soon as Uchiha Yue finished speaking, a murderous intent flashed in Tsunade's eyes.

Then, Tsunade made no attempt to hide the truth. She turned to Uchiha Yue and said slowly, "Yue, I can tell you the truth, but you must keep your mouth shut and not let this get out, understand?"

"Yes, I know!"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Yue nodded heavily, and then waited to hear the truth about what happened to Tsunade.

After a moment's thought, Tsunade spoke to Uchiha Yue, "According to the intelligence I just obtained, ninjas from Kumogakure have infiltrated our village, intending to steal something from Konoha. We don't have specific information about what those Kumogakure ninjas are after; we can only guess that they're plotting to steal the Kekkei Genkai of certain clans in our village. As for which clan's Kekkei Genkai, Kumogakure, can you guess?"

"Our Uchiha Clan, and the Hyuga Clan!"

When Tsunade was there, even Uchiha Yue's expression darkened. He then asked Tsunade, "But Master, how did those Kumogakure ninjas infiltrate our village? During the Uchiha Yue Chunin Ninja Exams, not only did the Police Force send out a large number of ninjas to protect the village, but our village's Anbu couldn't have allowed those Kumogakure ninjas to infiltrate so easily!"

"Hmph, Yue, you really can't guess the answer?"

At this moment, Tsunade snorted angrily and said, "There's only one possibility that those Kumogakure ninjas were able to infiltrate the Doomsday Forest! Clearly, those Kumogakure guys have been planning this for a long time, and they've even found an inside agent! I just don't understand why they let the Kumogakure ninjas in!"

"Could it be...?"

"Are those guys going to let those idiots from Kumogakure run rampant in our village?"

After hearing Tsunade's words, Uchiha Yue's expression grew even more serious, and he also realized the gravity of the situation.

Then, after Uchiha Yue took a deep breath to calm himself down, he directly asked Tsunade, "Master, is this possible?"

"Those guys let the ninjas from Kumogakure in here so they could deal with our Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan!"