"Lady Tsunade, what's wrong?" Shizune watched in confusion as Tsunade, who had been perfectly fine a moment ago, suddenly began looking around suspiciously.
Wait, what?!
Wasn't she acting drunk just a moment ago?
How did she suddenly sober up?
Had she been pretending the whole time?
"I suddenly got a bad feeling..." Tsunade looked at Shizune, then added, "You didn't actually think I was drunk, did you?"
"Don't tell me... you deliberately pretended to be drunk so you could curse out Lord Hokage..."
At that possibility, the corner of Shizune's mouth twitched.
It sounded a little outrageous, but considering Tsunade's nasty disposition...
She really was capable of something like that.
Pretending to be drunk so she could curse out Bai Ye...
Other than Tsunade, probably no one would do something like that.
Still, being capable of it was one thing.
In the past, Shizune would never have imagined Tsunade showing this side of herself to Bai Ye.
That was what Shizune found most bizarre and incomprehensible.
When had those two gotten so close?
Without that sort of relationship, Tsunade would never have said or done those things.
Yet Bai Ye actually indulged her, without the slightest intention of holding it against her.
That was precisely why Shizune found the two of them so strange.
Especially Tsunade!
Tsunade clearly hadn't noticed Shizune's reaction.
She even sounded rather pleased with herself as she said, "Of course! If I hadn't pretended to be drunk, how could I have given that bastard a good tongue-lashing?
"You have no idea how satisfying that was. He'd practically made me furious enough to die.
"That bastard kept spouting nonsense. He nearly ruined my reputation!"
The more Tsunade talked, the more worked up she became, eager to dump every last grievance on Shizune.
Now that she'd found the