Fire Province.
Imperial Capital.
Senju Clan Compound.
Bang!
A thunderous crash tore through the morning silence.
A thick wooden stake shattered inch by inch, splinters spraying in every direction like hidden weapons.
"Didn't you eat?"
"With that little Chakra, you couldn't even kill a chicken!"
Tsunade stood with her hands on her hips, glaring furiously.
Her blonde hair whipped wildly in the wind, and the veins on her forehead throbbed.
At the center of the Training Ground.
A group of children barely over ten years old trembled in fear.
One boy had fallen to the ground, clutching his swollen forehead as tears welled in his eyes.
"Crying?"
"If you cry again, I'll throw you into the Forest of Death to feed the snakes!"
Seeing this.
Tsunade took a step forward, and spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread across the ground beneath her foot.
The boy hiccupped in fright and forcibly held back his tears.
He scrambled to his feet and hurriedly assumed a defensive stance.
"Continue!"
"If you can't refine enough Chakra today, nobody gets to eat!"
At Tsunade's command.
More than a hundred children sat cross-legged in unison, closed their eyes, and desperately began gathering Chakra.
Watching those little brats, Tsunade could not help ranting inwardly.
That bastard Chiba!
After becoming the greatest emperor in the entire Ninja World, he dumped this whole mess on her!
Three years.
A full three years!
Ever since the Empire had been established.
Chiba had ordered a search throughout the Ninja World for descendants of the Senju Clan.
All those descendants whom Second Grandfather had arranged to become nobles back then had been dug up.
When these little brats had first arrived, every one of them had been spoiled rotten, their noses stuck in the air.
All that damned noble etiquette.
All that picky eating