The weather was even colder today.
Tsunade's heart felt heavy.
After returning to the Clan Grounds yesterday, she had first visited Grandma Mito's home.
Just as Orochimaru had said, Grandma Mito had praised her.
But something unexpected had still happened.
When she returned home in that strange, beautiful outfit, Tsunade announced the moment she walked through the door that her new clothes were a gift from Second Grandfather, hoping to keep her mother from getting angry. Her mother hadn't scolded her.
However, Nawaki, who hadn't gone out with her, innocently said, "Orochimaru gave you those, didn't he?"
That remark successfully caught her mother's attention, and Tsunade was questioned.
Although Tsunade explained that Orochimaru was Second Grandfather's student, her mother still seemed displeased.
She hadn't been scolded or beaten, but that cold, distant attitude still left Tsunade hurt and sad.
The next morning.
Tsunade folded the clothes Orochimaru had given her and put them in her wardrobe.
Today, Tsunade hesitated for a while before finally putting on her usual clothes.
Before leaving, though, she dug a green coat out of her wardrobe to follow through on what she had said yesterday.
To stay as warm as possible, Tsunade deliberately chose a coat made to keep out the cold.
As for her new clothes, Tsunade thought she might wear them when winter came.
But until winter truly arrived, she would leave them tucked away in the wardrobe.
With her worries weighing on her, Tsunade left the Senju Clan Grounds alone.
Mito had been carrying her youngest son, Takekama, and silently following Tsunade. Yet just before stepping out of the Clan Grounds, Mito's expression suddenly changed, and she drew her foot back.
For some reason, Mito had a strange feeling.
Mito had always trusted her instincts.
Those instincts told her that Yanbai did