While Hatake Sakumo was facing off against the Amegakure ninja, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru were walking down an alley. They had followed a girl named Fusang there. According to Fusang, something might have gone wrong when her husband, Ise, took his medicine. His condition had worsened instead, so she had come to Tsunade for help.
Tsunade did not think there was anything wrong with the medicine she had prescribed. Ise's illness might simply have grown worse. Since she was the one who had diagnosed him, and he could not conveniently come to her now, she ought to go and examine him herself.
Throughout the walk, Tsunade asked Fusang whether Ise had eaten anything else around the time his condition worsened, or displayed any unusual symptoms. Those details would help her assess his condition. Perhaps because Fusang was not a professional healer, she could not describe things accurately. Tsunade understood.
Orochimaru had participated in joint research between the Research Department and the Medical Department, so he was not entirely ignorant of medicine. He listened thoughtfully to Tsunade and Fusang's conversation. Jiraiya, on the other hand, was completely lost. He understood none of it and could only tag along.
Jiraiya actually thought this house call was a bad idea. After all, Hatake Sakumo had said those Amegakure ninja were already watching the medical team here. A medical ninja away from the others would undoubtedly become their target. Even with him and Orochimaru accompanying her, they might not be able to deter those ill intentions.
But Jiraiya glanced at the girl named Fusang. She was pretty, just his type. Perhaps out of worry for her husband, her face looked haggard, and even her brilliant red hair seemed to have lost its luster. Seeing her like this, Jiraiya could not help feeling sorry for