Seeing Lelouch watching Code Geass with rapt interest, Naruto left him undisturbed.
After all... words alone wouldn't win over someone like Lelouch. He had to see it with his own eyes.
Naruto left the Sealing Space.
With Lelouch on board, Naruto felt more confident about going to the Akatsuki and matching wits with Black Zetsu.
He went to find Minato Namikaze again.
Just then, Jiraiya also arrived at Minato Namikaze's office.
"Sensei... did you find Lady Tsunade?"
Jiraiya looked a little helpless at the question. "I found her! But she won't come back!"
"Why? Weren't you confident you could bring Lady Tsunade back?"
"Here's what happened..."
Jiraiya then began recounting how he had found Tsunade.
Two days earlier, following intelligence from the Anbu, Jiraiya had found Tsunade in the Land of Fire Capital.
Originally, Jiraiya had thought Tsunade would be living it up in the capital's casinos, but... to his surprise, she was staying at the Daimyo's Residence, spending every day eating, drinking, and playing games with a Virtual Headset on.
Why could she eat and drink freely at the Daimyo's Residence? Because the previous Daimyo was her grandfather.
Visiting the Daimyo's Residence was just like coming home, and the current Daimyo warmly welcomed Tsunade's visit.
After all... who wouldn't want the Shinobi World's finest Medical Ninja close at hand?
In truth, Tsunade had grown so fed up with being hounded by debt collectors that she had no choice but to take refuge at the Daimyo's Residence.
She would probably leave after a while, once the uproar over her debts had died down.
But... at the Daimyo's Residence, Tsunade found a new source of enjoyment: virtual games.
Tsunade was someone who had suffered devastating blows in reality. She desperately wanted to escape, and was already doing so.