Her voice was loud and piercing.
Even Lin Mu, who was sitting cross-legged in the inner room refining his chakra, found it grating.
"Lady Tsunade isn't the kind of person you think she is. You don't know anything, so please don't talk about her like that!"
As though a powder keg had been lit, Shizune's temper exploded.
But soon, she slowly backed away. She had shattered the peace and quiet here.
After a few seconds of silence, she lowered her eyelids, sighed, and apologized:
"S-sorry, I was too loud. She really wasn't like that before.
She was a kindhearted person who loved the village, but... she changed afterward."
As she spoke about it, Shizune bowed her head deeply, looking sorrowful.
"Ever since that day..."
"What day? What do you mean by that day?"
In the inner room, Lin Mu's ears twitched almost imperceptibly as he listened to their conversation.
He pondered what he heard.
"The day she lost her dreams, her love, and her hope... all she had left was that piece of jewelry filled with memories.
That piece of jewelry is as precious to Lady Tsunade as her own life. It is absolutely not something to wager!"
Dreams, love, and hope?
Naruto Uzumaki's expression shifted slightly. Those three things were undoubtedly the ones that touched his heart most deeply.
But his hot temper and stubborn nature wouldn't let him back down.
His tone didn't soften at all. It remained just as harsh.
"How was I supposed to know that? Don't you know she was the one who wanted to bet with me?"
"Besides, that piece of jewelry isn't something you can possess. It isn't ordinary jewelry.
It won't accept anyone other than Lady Tsunade. If she gives it to someone else, that person will definitely... die!"
That person would