Tsunade watched as Ino was carried back, her heart twisting in agony and tears streaming down her face. They had been fellow disciples, yet it had ended in them turning on each other.
How could Tsunade's heart not ache? Both of them were her disciples, and she cherished them equally. Who could have imagined things would end like this?
Jiraiya patted Tsunade's back.
"Cry. You'll feel a little better if you let it out."
Although Jiraiya wanted to tell Tsunade about his encounter with Sakura earlier, seeing her like this made him decide against upsetting her further.
All he could do was stay quietly by her side and let her vent her emotions.
"Jiraiya, why did this happen?" Tsunade sobbed. She simply couldn't understand why Sakura would do this, why she had killed so many people and even turned against people from her own village, people who had once...
Meanwhile, Meihui had already begun a sweeping search with his teams. The Inuzuka Clan and the Aburame Clan had mobilized, and even the Hyuga Clan had sent out quite a few people. Every team had someone skilled in reconnaissance.
Everyone was searching for Sakura Haruno's whereabouts. Meihui had even informed the other ninja villages of Sakura's defection. After all, she was extremely powerful now, and even an ordinary Kage-level fighter might come off worse against her. That was nothing like wartime, when Kage-level fighters were everywhere and jonin were worth less than dogs.
If Sakura entered a place without someone beyond Kage level guarding it, she would slaughter everyone there.
That kind of fighting strength was still formidable in the current shinobi world. Although the other ninja villages were somewhat dissatisfied, their complaint was the same: why did Konoha keep producing Missing-nin?
Most of the Akatsuki's members had come from Konoha,