Sand Village Requests Aid

Tsunade braced both hands against the icy stone slab, the tense muscles in her arms trembling faintly. Only after fully waking did she finally regain some control over her body.

She struggled to sit up, her dazzling golden hair slipping messily down over her shoulders.

Although Chenshu Senju's Medical Wood Release had just cleared her chakra pathways, the lingering effects of being suppressed by a powerful genjutsu for so long still left her head throbbing dully.

She raised a fair hand and forcefully kneaded the sore, stiff back of her neck several times.

Her knuckles rubbed together with a faint crackle.

"Damn it, I really let my guard down this time."

Tsunade cursed through gritted teeth, her bright amber eyes filled with barely restrained fury and irritation.

As the Fifth Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, she had actually been ambushed by such despicable means inside the Hokage Building, the most heavily guarded place in the village.

This was so embarrassing her toes could curl through the floor.

If word got back to the village, she would disgrace the Legendary Sannin beyond repair.

Chenshu Senju stood beside the stone bed, openly examining the somewhat bedraggled Hokage with an unmistakably teasing smile at the corner of his mouth.

Tsunade casually grabbed the green coat bearing the character for "gamble" from beside her and draped it over her voluptuous figure in a few swift motions.

"Don't look at me like that. If you had gone through those top-secret documents, you would've fallen for it too." Tsunade shot Chenshu Senju an annoyed glare.

Chenshu Senju spread his hands, showing no intention of arguing.

"That treacherous old bastard Danzo not only coated the edges of the papers with a colorless toxin that could lock up the nerves, he even hid a high-intensity Sharingan genjutsu