He held Hinata under her arms with both hands, tossing her up like a doll, catching her, then tossing her up and catching her again.
The little girl giggled with delight.
That shameless old bastard Hyuga Hiashi had noticed that Xuan Zhe seemed rather fond of his daughter.
Without another word, he had brought her over, even saying she could stay as long as they liked.
Damn it, Tsunade had almost punched his Byakugan clean out that day.
She had never seen anyone so eager to sell off his daughter.
"I'm done being Hokage."
Not caring about appearances in the slightest, Tsunade plopped down on the corridor floor, stretched out her legs, and draped them over Xuan Zhe's.
Xuan Zhe set Hinata down and let her go play on her own.
His face remained expressionless. He was not surprised at all.
Tsunade had wanted to quit being Hokage seven years ago.
To put it bluntly, it was practically a miracle that she had lasted this long.
"Will relations between the Uchiha and the village be all right, Lady Tsunade?"
Rin Nohara came over with freshly grilled chicken skewers and asked.
After the Nine-Tails' ** back then, Tsunade had feared that the conflict between the village and the Uchiha would erupt as soon as she stepped down, so she had gritted her teeth and held on until now.
But now... things did not seem as tense as they had right after the Nine-Tails' Attack.
Still, they were not much better.
"I've done everything I can. If I keep at this, I still won't have any answers."
Tsunade shifted positions several times without getting comfortable. Finally, she simply rolled over, rested her head on Xuan Zhe's lap, and said with an air of giving up entirely:
"I've worked at it for all