Once again, only Gekkō Raito and Tsunade remained in the room.
Raito looked up at Tsunade and said calmly, "If you don't shout or make a fuss, I'll let you down."
Already frightened by the conversation just now, Tsunade hurriedly nodded as hard as she could.
Raito snapped his fingers.
The tightly wound ropes of cloud and mist instantly loosened, lowering Tsunade slowly to the floor.
Apart from the humiliating collar around her neck, all her restraints disappeared.
Now free again, Tsunade looked at Raito with killing intent so intense it seemed almost tangible.
"Brat, I'll give you one chance. Let me go now, and I can pretend nothing happened today. Otherwise... unless you kill me right now, I swear I'll never let you off!"
The moment she finished speaking, the vanished ropes of cloud and mist began stirring again, poking their ends out from beneath the floor like living creatures.
Tsunade's expression changed, and she instantly panicked. "Hey! What are you doing? Didn't you say you'd release me if I didn't shout or make a fuss?"
Raito spread his hands. "That's how the technique is configured. Whenever you think about attacking me or escaping, they'll activate automatically."
Hearing this, Tsunade was so frightened that she hurriedly forced down her thoughts of tearing Raito limb from limb.
Being suspended in that position earlier had been far too humiliating. She never wanted to experience it again for the rest of her life.
Watching the ropes retreat, Tsunade let out a long sigh of relief.
She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
"You went to all this trouble to capture me just to save that girl named Ameyuri, right?"
"But I have a fear of blood now. I can't perform Medical Ninjutsu at all, so keeping me here