"All the wounded have been saved."
Tsunade walked over to the table, bracing one hand against it as she leaned forward slightly. "Two had ruptured internal organs, one had his right lung pierced, and another suffered severe damage to his chakra pathways from chakra depletion."
"I spent almost two hours at the operating table. I'm exhausted."
"But all the critically wounded are alive," Tsunade added.
Jiraiya sighed in relief. "That's good."
"What about you?" Tsunade did not sit down. Her gaze swept over the three men before finally settling on Jiraiya's face. "Tell me exactly what happened. Where's Naraku?"
Jiraiya met her gaze. "Sit down first."
Tsunade frowned, visibly impatient, but she still pulled out a chair and sat down.
She folded her arms across her chest and lifted her chin at Jiraiya. "Talk."
Jiraiya took a deep breath and repeated everything Naruto and Sasuke had recounted in the conference room to Tsunade, exactly as they had told it.
From the ANBU being ambushed, to Naraku stepping in, to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appearing, and finally to Naraku pursuing the enemies into an alternate space alone to kill them.
The more Tsunade heard, the darker her expression grew.
At the end, she raised a hand and pressed it hard against her forehead.
"So you're saying..."
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with a splitting headache. "That guy is in an alternate space alone right now, chasing after two Ōtsutsuki?"
"To be precise, it's Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and a severely wounded Momoshiki," Shikaku corrected quietly.
"What difference does that make?"
Tsunade abruptly lowered her hand, her eyes wide. "Do you understand what an Ōtsutsuki is? It took Naraku, Naruto, and Sasuke working together just to seal Kaguya Ōtsutsuki."
"No, without the Sage of Six Paths' help, we wouldn't have been able to do anything about Kaguya."