Konoha: After the Diary Was Exposed, the Kunoichi Fell Apart

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The Hokage Building.

The Hokage Office.

Shizune watched the anxious Tsunade with mixed feelings.

She had never expected

Lady Tsunade, who had faced countless brushes with death

and stayed calm through the most horrific scenes,

to be frightened this badly by a single piece of news.

It was hard to believe.

"Shizune, what should I do?"

"Should I hide for a while?"

Tsunade looked at Shizune as she asked.

"Lady Tsunade, you can't hide forever."

"If you keep avoiding Naruto, it'll be trouble if he gets suspicious."

Shizune spoke gravely.

"True."

Tsunade rubbed her head in frustration. What was she going to do?

Just then,

a few knocks came from outside.

"Teacher Tsunade, are you there?"

"It's Naruto!"

At the sound of Naruto Uzumaki's voice, Tsunade panicked.

"Hehehe... Good luck, Lady Tsunade."

Shizune said it with a smile, then went to open the office door. After giving Naruto Uzumaki a deliberately puzzled look, she carried Tonton out.

"Ahem... Who are you?"

Tsunade looked at Naruto Uzumaki and asked with a blank expression.

"Teacher, it's me."

"Naruto."

Naruto Uzumaki pointed at his nose with a grin.

"Naruto?"

"H-how did you end up looking like this?"

Tsunade shot up from her chair, shock written all over her face.

Seeing this,

Naruto Uzumaki laughed to himself.

Yugao had been gone so long today that she must have warned Tsunade and the others.

So

Naruto Uzumaki didn't believe Tsunade was unaware of the changes to his body.

Then again,

these women really were good actors.

If he hadn't already known they could read what he wrote in the Diary, he never would have noticed anything was off.

"It's a long story. My body suddenly changed."

"I think it might have something to do with the Nine-Tails."

"A Jinchūriki's body changes drastically during