Genya walked back to his seat.
"Lady Tsunade, where were we?"
Tsunade fell silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled.
"Kid, did you just say... I was Konoha's incoming Fifth Hokage?"
Genya blinked.
"You heard that?"
"I'm not deaf."
Tsunade raised her cup and drained it in one gulp.
Then she looked at the cloud that had been sliced apart outside the window.
Three seconds later.
"All right."
Genya raised an eyebrow.
"All right?"
"I said, all right."
Tsunade stood up.
"Let's go back to Konoha. I want to see what the kid who made Grandpa go all out, and that annoying village... have become."
She looked at Genya.
"But give me the money first."
Genya smiled.
He pulled two more money pouches from inside his clothes.
"Six million here. From the Daimyo."
Tsunade took the pouches, the corners of her mouth lifting.
"Kid, you know how to play your cards."
Hashirama watched from the side, grinning.
"Haha! Sweetheart, spend enough time with him and you'll see. This kid is crafty as they come!"
Genya rolled his eyes.
"Old man, was that a compliment or an insult?"
Holding the piggy bank, Shizune finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The process had been a little rocky...
But Lady Tsunade was finally going back to Konoha.
They stepped out of the tavern into pleasant sunshine.
Tsunade walked ahead, hefting the money pouches in her hands, seemingly in a good mood.
Hashirama walked beside her, chattering about the amusing incidents during the Konoha Crush Plan.
Shizune trotted along behind them.
Genya brought up the rear, basking in the sun.
Suddenly, Tsunade looked back.
"Kid, let me ask you something."
"Hm?"
"You said that six million came from the Daimyo. Why did he give you money?"
Genya thought for a moment.
"Probably... because he's