A while later, Shiro arrived with the Third Mizukage, who had been reduced to a cripple, and joined Orochimaru and the others. He glanced helplessly at the First Hokage, who was still bound, and at Tsunade, who was glaring furiously at him, then turned to Enkidu. "The battle's over. Let them go."
"Mm." Enkidu smiled and nodded. With a thought, Enkidu turned into countless golden motes of light and scattered.
Bang!
The moment her restraints were released, Tsunade stomped her right foot hard and shot straight up to Shiro. She grabbed him by the collar and said viciously, "You bastard! You were planning this all along, weren't you? You knew about those experiments from the start, and you were just waiting for this chance, weren't you? You were using Kushina the whole time, weren't you? After Kushina and Minato trusted you so much! You—"
It was obvious that Tsunade's mind was in complete chaos. After all, anyone would struggle to process so much earth-shattering information in such a short time. Even Tobirama and Hashirama still hadn't recovered from learning the truth about chakra, let alone Tsunade, who had been hit even harder.
Shiro sighed. He did not answer Tsunade's jumbled accusations, but instead looked helplessly at Jiraiya.
"Tsunade, calm down. Let's hear what Shiro has to say first." Of course, the implication behind those words was that he still suspected Shiro.
"That's right, little Tsuna. Hear him out first. With their strength, even without the village's help, the Land of Water couldn't have stopped them..." At that moment, Hashirama, whose body had recovered, slowly walked over as well and tried to persuade Tsunade alongside Jiraiya.
It was not that he trusted Shiro. He was worried about Tsunade's safety. This incident had already raised Hashirama's wariness of Shiro to the highest