Humanity

After reading them, the three fell silent.

"Old man, do you have anything else to say?"

"I'm sorry, Tsunade! This was my failure as Hokage. I failed the Uzumaki Clan. But I truly knew nothing about any of this!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi lowered his head like a quail, while the two advisors' faces darkened like the bottom of a pot.

Tsunade grabbed several more scrolls, but failed to find the information she wanted.

"Root captured two more Uzumaki children. Where are they?"

Tsunade demanded furiously.

The three of them were startled. Was this not over yet?

"Elephant! Tell me immediately, where is the scroll recording those two children?"

Tsunade seized Elephant by the throat and glared at him with murderous intent!

"L-Lady Tsunade, it's here."

Elephant hurriedly raised an arm and pulled another scroll from his ninja tool pouch.

What this scroll recorded was simply too vile. Elephant had not dared to take it out immediately. Even he had found it hard to accept after reading it, and feelings he should not have had had arisen within him.

Tsunade tore open the scroll and skimmed through it quickly.

"This is the fine work you people have done!"

Tsunade hurled the torn scroll violently onto the floor and strode straight out the door.

Hiruzen Sarutobi silently picked up the scroll. After reading it, his vision went black, and he dropped heavily onto the floor.

Danzo, you bastard! You've been dead for so long, and you still haven't finished shitting? I really want to dig up your grave and whip your corpse. Unfortunately, you died without even a hair left behind. You won't even give this old man a chance to vent his anger.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi had known that Danzo had left several more traps behind, he would probably have desperately learned Impure World Reincarnation just to drag out Danzo's soul and vent his fury on him!

For example, Asuma being killed by the Akatsuki Organization, and the later incident where Pain destroyed the village, among others!

Perhaps Danzo had indeed placed Konoha first. However, that Konoha was merely the Konoha ruled by his will! He lacked magnanimity, had a narrow outlook, lacked strength yet acted rashly, harbored towering ambitions, and possessed pathetic political skill.

Such a person was utterly unsuited to stand in a high position in Konoha. To any faction, he was undoubtedly a great disaster.

Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura silently picked up the scroll.

It recorded the deaths of two Uzumaki children, who had died in Wood Release human experiments.

Both Wood Release and human experimentation touched Tsunade's sore spot. Not to mention that the subjects of those experiments had been children of the Uzumaki Clan.

Tsunade returned to the capital of the Land of Fire in low spirits, carrying alcohol with her.

The moment she sat down, she began drinking heavily. The oppressive atmosphere left everyone else too afraid to speak.

"It seems Senior suffered quite a blow. Did she see humanity's dark side?"

In this situation, only Doichi Hyuga still dared to tease Tsunade!

"Brat! Are you mocking me? No matter how I look at it, you really need a beating!"

Tsunade's brows shot up as she grabbed Doichi Hyuga by the collar.

"Looks like Senior Tsunade wants a fight! Let's go outside the city!"

Doichi Hyuga said with a smiling face, then swiftly left the little courtyard.

"..."

Tsunade drank from the bottle in one hand and followed after him.

Upon entering a forest, Doichi Hyuga stopped.

After downing the final mouthful, Tsunade smashed the bottle viciously onto the ground.

Like a human-shaped bulldozer, Tsunade crushed toward Doichi Hyuga.

With a light redirection of force, Doichi Hyuga lifted Tsunade and tossed her behind him.

With a bang, Tsunade crashed through a large tree.

Heaven-Shattering Kick!

Climbing to her feet, Tsunade leaped up and stomped down.

Doichi Hyuga raised a hand in Lazily Tying the Sparrow's Tail, bracing her waist and leg before spinning several times to disperse the force.

His arms snapped and shook, sending Tsunade flying. She spun more than ten times before landing on her backside in the Falling Wild Goose Form.

"Damn brat! Is this your true strength?"

After suffering in two exchanges, Tsunade no longer charged head-on with all her strength.

She rushed forward again, throwing both fists out left and right as her strength continuously shifted and changed.

"You've improved, Senior Tsunade!"

Doichi Hyuga's eyes lit up, and he teased her with a smile.

Doichi Hyuga spread his stance, his hands pulling left and pressing right, pushing forward and plucking back.

He struck Tsunade into losing track of both front and rear, her center of gravity unstable as she swayed like a lotus leaf in the wind.

"Amazing! Big Brother Dao Yi is incredible!"

Stars seemed to shine in Karin and Haku's eyes.

"Lady Tsunade!"

Little black-stockinged Asu—no, Shizune. Shizune watched Tsunade sway back and forth, deeply worried.

Doichi Hyuga found an opening and hooked out a foot, causing Tsunade to fall backward. Dao Yi added another kick to her backside, sending her shooting away.

Tsunade reacted quickly and grabbed the tree before her, landing lightly on the ground.

"You brat, are you deliberately going against me? What kind of taijutsu are you using? This isn't the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist."

Tsunade rubbed her chest, her face dark. That hurt. It isn't damaged, is it?

Her monstrous strength had been completely ineffective. The harder she exerted herself, the worse she was hurt. Not only had she failed to land a single hit, Doichi Hyuga had not suffered the slightest injury. That was what irritated her most!

"Senior's taijutsu is too straightforward and brutal. It works well for dealing with rookies, but it's hard to be effective against a true taijutsu master."

"Hmph! Brat! Again. This time, I'm getting serious."

Unconvinced, Tsunade charged again like a rampaging tyrannosaur.

The two traded punches and kicks as they became entangled in battle once more.

Doichi Hyuga used Cloud Hands to push aside her fists, then swung a hammer fist toward Tsunade's head.

Tsunade shuddered and hurriedly leaned back to evade it.

The hammer fist struck the tree. With a creak, the tree toppled, and sawdust scattered everywhere from the broken section.

One punch had shattered the trunk—and reduced it to powder.

"Amazing!"

The three spectators went pale, their mouths wide enough to fit duck eggs inside.

If that punch landed, their internal organs would turn into fragments, wouldn't they?

Tsunade lunged forward half a step, both hands reaching for Doichi Hyuga.

Doichi Hyuga lowered himself beneath her hands, his right arm thrusting straight between her legs. Spreading both arms, he used Erlang Carrying the Mountain to flip Tsunade into the air.

"Damn it, I'm done fighting."

Tsunade climbed up from the ground, lifted a leg, and walked back.

When everyone entered the living room, Tsunade was drinking again.

"Humanity is like this. At its best, it resembles an angel; at its worst, it surpasses evil ghosts."

Doichi Hyuga sighed.

"Senior, being like this is meaningless. The world never changes according to an individual's will. To obtain something, you always have to lose something first."

Doichi Hyuga dropped onto the sofa and smiled.

"Brat, speak plainly."

"Drinking cannot change reality, aside from giving you a hangover. If you're dissatisfied with the current state of things and want to change it, you need to take action."

"Hmph! Why don't you take action? You adopted them, yet you have to do so in secret because you're afraid others will find out. I may be dissatisfied, but aren't you as well?"

Tsunade sneered.

"Haha! I am dissatisfied, but I don't want to change anything. I'm a leaf carried by the wind, incapable of changing anything. But you're different. You're already a great tree."

Doichi Hyuga said with a smile.

"Whoever wants to be Hokage can do it... Fine! Stop talking nonsense. Come drink with me, all of you."

Rena Uzumaki sent the two children off to sleep, then silently took a seat beside the drinking table.

"Senior Rena, your health is poor. You should rest instead! Shizune and I are enough."

Doichi Hyuga said.

After hearing that, Tsunade also waved a hand, signaling Rena Uzumaki to leave.