"Lady Tsunade!"
Just as Tsunade was considering how to heal Jiraiya's arms, Shihōin Naraku, who had already completed his inauguration ceremony, burst into the tent.
The instant he saw Tsunade, Naraku knew she was largely fine and would certainly return to normal as quickly as possible.
"Oh, the Sixth Hokage of Konohagakure has come to see me." Hearing Naraku burst in, Tsunade looked up and began teasing him the moment she saw him.
Although Naraku's status had changed, Tsunade was the former Hokage as well as his teacher, so the way they interacted was no different from before.
Besides, with Tsunade's personality, asking her to stand on ceremony with Naraku would practically be an insult.
Naraku rolled his eyes. "Teacher, do you think I wanted to be Hokage?"
"Hahaha..."
Of course Tsunade understood what Naraku meant. Her student really had no intention of becoming Hokage so soon.
But things had already turned out this way, and there was no way to have Naraku step down now.
"Since the ceremony is over, do a good job, Naraku." Tsunade sat up, and Shizune, who had remained quietly beside her, hurried to support her and placed a pillow behind her back.
Seeing there was nothing else to do, Shizune left the tent at Tsunade's signal.
Even though both people present trusted her deeply, some matters really were not suitable for Shizune to hear, and hearing them would do her no good.
"Teacher, how are you feeling? Does anything feel wrong?"
"Nothing serious. Aside from excessive chakra depletion that's going to be difficult to recover from anytime soon, but there's nothing I can do about that."
Tsunade understood her own physical condition very well. After all, as a leading medical ninja, she would never have made such a name for herself in the Shinobi