Tsunade's Reliance

Yakushi Nonō's heart instantly raced when she heard that Uchiha Kurohane wanted to walk her home.

She longed for the feeling of going home with Uchiha Kurohane and dearly wanted to agree.

However, worried that Tsunade might misunderstand, she hesitated for a moment before shaking her head.

"No need to trouble yourself. I'm fine now. I can go back on my own."

Yakushi Nonō bent down to put on her ninja sandals. After respectfully bidding farewell to Tsunade and Uchiha Kurohane, she quickly left.

In the quiet night, only Uchiha Kurohane and Tsunade remained in the room. It was now their time alone together.

The melodious chirping of cicadas drifted in through the window. Tsunade ate silently, and the tense atmosphere from earlier gradually became peaceful.

Uchiha Kurohane soon realized that he was only a nine-year-old child right now. He could not do anything to Tsunade.

So this time alone together was actually pointless.

On the other hand, Katsuyu was here too. Although she was a bug, she was also a sage, so she barely counted as a person.

Bugs could be ignored.

Uchiha Kurohane only hoped he could grow up faster.

Tsunade quickly finished the dishes on the table, picked up her cup, and drank two consecutive cups of water.

After catching her breath, she turned to Uchiha Kurohane and spoke seriously.

"Kurohane, it was all thanks to you today. Without your chakra, I never could have saved those ten people."

Tsunade's expression was extremely solemn, and her words came from the bottom of her heart.

Objectively speaking, Tsunade was a very lazy person.

She had never wanted to teach students. Only because she could not refuse Sarutobi Hiruzen had she reluctantly agreed to take on an apprentice.

The reason she had accepted Uchiha Kurohane, aside from his close