"Ha, so it was about the Guardian Ninja."
Tsunade drained a cup as she spoke.
After the group returned to the city, they did not immediately head back to the Daimyo's Residence, instead finding a random tavern and sitting down.
The capital was livelier at night than during the day, and the dazzling array of lights nearly made Xue Ge's eyes blur.
Heaven knew, in neither of his lives had he ever visited a big city with such an extravagant festival of lights.
Tsunade asked Minato, "Then have you read the documents?"
Minato shook his head. "No. This counts as confidential, after all."
"And you just told me like that?"
"It hardly makes a difference, does it?" Minato did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Unless something unexpected happens, the daimyo should come looking for you in a couple of days, Lady Tsunade."
"He wants me to be a Guardian Ninja?"
"If you weren't in the capital, the daimyo probably wouldn't think of it. But since you're here, you certainly won't be able to avoid it."
Tsunade curled her lip and banged her cup against the table. "If Grandpa really comes looking for me, I'll run at the first opportunity. I'd rather go back to Konoha than be a Guardian Ninja here."
"Hey, Shizune, where do you want to go?"
"Huh? Me?" Shizune froze for a moment. "Yugakure?"
"All right, then we'll take a mission in a couple of days and set off for Yugakure." Tsunade turned to Xue Ge after speaking. "You heard that, little Waterbird River? I'll definitely pay you back those hundred thousand ryo."
"Actually... you don't have to worry too much about it." Xue Ge took a sip of wine.
Those hundred thousand ryo had earned him a connection to Tsunade, so they had already