When Aoba rode Wu and brought Team 7 and Sakura back to Konoha, Tsunade was also shocked and broke into a sweat.
Mainly because Satoru's chakra fluctuations were too strong, and I thought it was Tailed Beast coming.
She almost ordered the villagers to evacuate.
After a long time, Hokage's Office, after reading Aoba's report, she still couldn't believe it.
"So, Kusagakure really has a ninja tool from ancient times, Sage of Six Paths. And is it going to be used against Konoha?"
"You can say that. But in fact, dealing with Konoha is just a cover. It's just a ninja named Mui who wants to activate Box of Ultimate Bliss and save his child.
And whether that thing is Sage of Six Paths's ninja tool remains to be discussed."
"Do you think there is something wrong with Box of Ultimate Bliss?"
"There is definitely a problem. But the negative impact is not big. I have made a contract with Satoru. Basically, there is no danger. I am just very interested in the energy properties of this thing. Don't you think this thing is the same as the chakra prop of Shinobi World?"
"Here we go again. You're going to start a weird experiment again, right? Well, you can just do the research yourself. You don't need to tell me. I have enough headaches now."
"Okay, I'll study it slowly when I get back."
"Slow down." Aoba just turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Tsunade.
"Is there anything else? Lord Hokage?"
"Of course, it's a very important thing."
A few minutes later, Aoba looked at the wine glass in front of him with a look of helplessness on his face.
"Is this what you said was important?"
"That's right, what's more important than drinking with your Lord Hokage?"
"... As you command, Lord Hokage."
Aoba is not a good drinker. He was pretty much the same in his past and present lives. However, in this life Yumi takes care of his life. When he is busy with work, she will warm him sake to relieve his fatigue. So, he will drink a little occasionally.
But Tsunade is obviously not the kind of graceful person that Yumi is. Aoba When the glass was less than half full, she had already drank half the bottle...
"Um, Lord Hokage, what you drank..."
"Where is this? You just leave all the work to me, guard the laboratory by yourself, and do what you want to do. Are you not willing to have a drink with me?"
"... Okay." Aoba took off his coat and looked like he would risk his life to accompany a gentleman.
"That's pretty much it. Let's have another drink."
Aoba noticed at this time that Tsunade looked very tired. This is normal.
When Tsunade took over from Hokage, the war had just ended, and everything was complicated whether it was pensions, reconstruction, or diplomacy.
Even though Aoba and others made various plans with her, Tsunade cannot avoid the advancement of various plans.
I don't know how many project documents need to be reviewed by her every day, and how many trivial matters need to be handled by her.
Originally, she was a casual person. At that time, under the guidance of Impure World Reincarnation and the enlightenment of Nawaki, she accepted life again. Now it seems that she was a bit hasty.
"Lord Jiraiya recently..."
Aoba tried to stir up a topic that would interest Tsunade. But Tsunade interrupted him directly.
"Don't mention him to me. Just treat him as dead."
Unexpectedly, Tsunade doesn't seem to have any nostalgia for Jiraiya. Since being kicked away by Aoba last time, Jiraiya has been investigating Akatsuki at Shinobi World. Until today, except for a few pieces of information, he has not come back.
The mention of Jiraiya seemed to make Tsunade's mood worse. She directly picked up the bottle and drank again.
Aoba helplessly followed and had a drink.
"You guys, aren't you tired of wearing this kind of disguise every day?" Tsunade's eyes were filled with drunkenness, and his tone began to become more and more presumptuous.
"Disguise?"
"That's right, it's just a disguise. Don't think that you are the only smart person in the world, everyone else is a fool. You, as a guy, have never liked Konoha. But now you act like you are doing your best for Konoha. What is it if it's not a disguise?"
"Whether Lord Hokage believes it or not, I have no ill intentions towards Konoha."
"Really? Shouldn't you add a sentence at the end, not yet? Or should I say, you have already added it in your mind now."
Aoba discovered for the first time that drunk Tsunade was actually much more sensitive than normal. In other words, she just used being drunk to express some of her inner thoughts.
Obviously, although Aoba always thinks about Konoha, the alienation in his bones is still noticed. Unlike the orthodox second generation like Tsunade, the soul of Aoba is a real outsider.
In addition, in his previous life, when he finished watching Hokage, he was no longer young. He had lost the passionate filter of his childhood. He did not have much yearning or sense of belonging to this world.
So, just like Tsunade said, Aoba does wear some disguise. This disguise will only be loosened in rare cases.
"Unlike Lord Hokage, I am a ninja from the bottom of Konoha."
With a bang, Tsunade placed the wine bottle in his hand heavily on the table. He stood up, put his hands on the table, and leaned his upper body in front of Aoba.
Aoba just feels like a blanket of white snow is coming to my face. I can only say that the advantages of Tsunade in this aspect are indeed not comparable to those of Yumi.
"Do you still want to say that as a low-level ninja, you have seen too much unfair treatment in Konoha, and you have even experienced it personally. So, you don't like Konoha, but because Konoha is your home, you don't want to leave, so you are both alienated and passionate about Konoha?"
"..." Aoba admitted that Tsunade's words had a real impact on Aoba. He has always relied on the secrecy of the plot and the advantages brought by the explosion of information in his previous life, and he has always been invincible in terms of rhetoric. Especially against the ninjas of Konoha, it was basically a dimensionality reduction attack.
Unexpectedly, today I was attacked by the half-drunk Tsunade. Because what Tsunade just said was the official reason Konoha had prepared. And now, it was obvious that Tsunade had seen through it.
Aoba must now admit that Tsunade is much more difficult to deal with in a drunken state than in a normal state.
"It seems like Lord Hokage knows me very well."
"Haha, on the contrary, you are the one I don't know the most about Konoha, Aoba Kamikawa. You are a very strange person. I can feel that you are hiding a huge secret."
As Tsunade said this, he straightened up suddenly, grabbed the bottle of wine and drank again. Aoba's eyes narrowed as he watched.
"But it doesn't matter, Aoba Kamikawa, as long as you answer me a question, I won't pursue your secret.
Tell me Aoba Kamikawa, will you harm Konoha, now or in the future."
After Tsunade finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on Aoba. That look made Aoba feel a little stressed.
However, he did not retreat, but looked into Tsunade's eyes and answered.
"No."
"... Very good, I believe you."
Aoba breathed a sigh of relief. Then Tsunade changed the topic and said in a playful tone.
"Does it look good?"
"Good-looking." Aoba replied subconsciously.