With the Senju brothers suddenly missing, all of Konoha's administrative work fell on Shingetsu and Izuna's shoulders.
Buried beneath mountains of paperwork, Shingetsu had never missed Konoha's chief administrator so much. Without Tobirama, she couldn't even find anyone to dump the blame on!
"My cook's gone, and so's my meat shield. How depressing..."
But jokes like that were only a way to find a little joy amid the misery.
The current situation was anything but promising.
The disappearance of the five, especially the Senju brothers, had unleashed a furious storm throughout Konoha and the entire shinobi world!
Certain ambitious figures who had once been firmly suppressed seemed to see a chance to reshuffle the deck. They began stirring, casting a shadow over the entire shinobi world.
Without the Uchiha brothers and Shingetsu holding the fort and stabilizing the situation with an iron fist, the shinobi world might have descended into chaos again!
Yet the culprit behind it all, that strange Ōtsutsuki, had vanished like a ghost and never appeared again.
Using herself as bait, Shingetsu outwardly maintained her usual daily routine. Inside, however, she remained tense, ready at any moment to face the Ōtsutsuki Main Family, whose next attack was inevitable.
During this time, Madara never left Shingetsu's side, terrified that something might happen to her.
But without Hashirama around, Madara's temper had grown visibly worse!
And his two favorite punching bags, Hashirama and Monkey, were both missing.
Having lost his closest friend and his most convenient punching bag, his frustration seemed to become a visible black aura that hung around him constantly.
Shingetsu had good reason to suspect that the Ōtsutsuki had seen this practically tangible aura and been too afraid to attack!
When she wandered aimlessly through the streets again and happened to reach Auntie Sweet's Bakery, she