Rushing to Sunagakure

"Hold on tight, old lady." Chenshu Senju unceremoniously wrapped an arm around Tsunade's soft shoulders.

Before Tsunade could lose her temper, he directly activated the immense chakra within him.

The Flying Thunder God formula left in the Hokage's Office instantly received the signal and resonated intensely.

Golden light flashed through the dim, damp cavern, and the two vanished from where they stood, leaving behind only a mess of pooled water and broken stones.

The brief sensation of spatial distortion vanished in an instant.

The next second, Chenshu Senju and Tsunade were standing steadily on the flat wooden floor of the Hidden Leaf Village Hokage's Office.

Their sudden appearance kicked up a powerful gust that blew several scattered documents from the desk onto the floor.

The atmosphere inside the Hokage's Office was exceedingly grim.

White-haired Jiraiya was pacing anxiously in front of the broad desk, his shoes creaking across the wooden floor without pause.

Kakashi Hatake, meanwhile, leaned against the window with his arms crossed and brows tightly furrowed. His exposed right eye was filled with gravity.

Upon seeing Chenshu Senju and Tsunade suddenly appear out of thin air, both men heaved a huge sigh of relief and immediately came over.

"You're finally back!" Jiraiya strode forward, his voice brimming with obvious urgency.

Tsunade had barely steadied herself, her head still somewhat dizzy from the Flying Thunder God, when she saw Jiraiya looking as if the sky were about to fall.

"What happened?" Tsunade quickly walked to the desk, pulled out the large office chair, and sat down. Her eyes immediately regained the sharpness expected of the Hokage.

Jiraiya's expression did not relax in the slightest. He pulled a scroll stamped with the red emergency seal of Sunagakure from his ninja tool pouch and slapped it heavily onto the desk.

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