"How could that be acceptable?"
Utatane Koharu was still dissatisfied. Under no circumstances could the Nine-Tails jinchuriki be allowed to keep living with Tsunade. That was far too dangerous.
"Hatake Sakumo's incident happened not long ago. Nothing else can happen in the village."
Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke indifferently, his tone brooking no argument.
That was the main reason he had chosen to compromise. Hatake Sakumo's suicide had put them in a very passive position, and even now, they had yet to suppress its impact.
If they provoked Tsunade now and she started fighting within the village, things could easily get bad enough that even he would be forced to step down.
Utatane Koharu wanted to say more, but Mitokado Homura at her side stopped her.
"Koharu, Hiruzen is right. The village can't withstand any more turmoil right now."
Namikaze Minato left the Hokage Building and returned directly to his residence. Looking at the empty house, his feelings became even more complicated. Only after quite a while did he calm himself and head to the study, where he unrolled the Flying Thunder God scroll.
After reading it, he used the Summoning Technique to summon a toad, then created a shadow clone and had the toad swallow it and take it back to Mount Myoboku.
The Third could use that Telescope Technique to observe the village, so it was not suitable to take out the two scrolls Tsunade had given him. Otherwise, the Third might misunderstand.
Now, he could have his shadow clone study them there. Once it was dispelled, he would receive the shadow clone's memories.
An hour later, a flood of memories entered his mind, making Namikaze Minato's head spin and leaving him with a swollen sensation.
That was a side effect of the Shadow Clone Technique. It was especially severe