"I don't understand. Even if my sister is forceful, she wouldn't deliberately oppose the village."
Hyuga Wuye took a deep breath. "The Third and the others wouldn't insist on having a Hyuga Clan head who obeyed their every word, would they?"
"Yes, under normal circumstances, Kaguya wouldn't oppose the Hokage and the others." A flicker of concern crossed Tsunade's eyes. "But if it concerns you, things become different. The way she spoils you... really is..."
She paused for quite a while, unable to find the right words, and could only say, "It simply can't be described."
"Don't worry too much about things that haven't happened yet."
Hyuga Wuye smiled helplessly.
He had already realized what Tsunade was thinking.
She wanted to leave Konoha, yet she could not bear to abandon the village into which her predecessors had poured all their heart and effort.
Logically speaking, the Third Hokage's prestige in the village had already reached its peak. There should have been nothing to worry about.
But Tsunade, who knew Hyuga Wuye and Kaguya well, understood that the greatest undercurrent lay right here.
Nothing could happen to them.
And there was Kushina as well. If even one of them ran into trouble, Konoha would descend into civil strife within minutes.
"Tsunade, what do you want? And what do you want to do?" Hyuga Wuye suddenly asked.
But Tsunade did not answer. Her gaze drifted across his face as though she were lost in thought.
"Wuye..."
She suddenly withdrew her gaze and leaned all her weight against him, resting her head on Hyuga Wuye's shoulder while staring blankly at the falling cherry blossoms.
"What do you like about me...?"
Tsunade suddenly asked softly.
Hyuga Wuye was taken aback as well.
In that instant, there seemed to be many things he could say,