When he was done, Tobirama clapped his hands and turned to leave.
A little later, hospital staff arrived and took away the bloodied man lying on the ground.
By dusk, the exams were over. Thanks to Mu, both the Internet Cafe and the Bar were gone and still being rebuilt. Every last one of the simple, honest villagers cursed behind the back of the bastard who had destroyed their daily sources of entertainment.
Mu was miserable too. He realized he seemed to have grown fond of those things. With no dancing and no computer games at night, life was downright boring.
Inside the private room at Konoha Hospital.
"What do we do?" Tobirama asked gravely, looking at the eight scrolls laid out on the bed.
"All eight Tailed Beasts have been returned to Konoha," Hashirama said, stroking his chin as though deep in thought.
Everyone stared at Hashirama in disbelief. Could he actually have an idea this time?
"Snrrk... snrrk..."
"You idiot!" A vein bulged on Tobirama's forehead. He cracked Hashirama over the head with his knuckles, waking him just as he had drifted off.
Everyone booed. They had thought Hashirama had turned over a new leaf. Well... looks like we were overthinking it. We're still too naïve...
"Um... how about... sealing them inside me again?" Dave glanced around at them and ventured the suggestion.
"Hmm..." Everyone froze for a moment.
A moment later.
Inside the Sealing Space within Dave's body, the nine Tailed Beasts stared at one another...
"Um... how about setting up a couple of mahjong tables?" Dave swallowed as he looked at the eight newly arrived Tailed Beasts.
He really should have kept his mouth shut... As if having Nine-Tails and Black Zetsu inside him wasn't noisy enough, he had brought in eight more Tailed Beasts.
"Kid,