If she kept bottling it up like this...
Uchiha Minamoto really worried that Mei Terumi would make herself sick.
If he remembered correctly, this woman seemed destined to become obsessed with getting married.
Having missed the usual age for marriage and become an older unmarried woman, she became extremely sensitive to anything involving "marriage."
"A doctor... you mean a medical ninja?"
Mei Terumi blinked, quickly running through a list of Konoha's famous medical ninja in her mind.
"Could it be Princess Tsunade, one of the Sannin?"
"Huh?"
Uchiha Minamoto was genuinely a little surprised this time.
"You know Lady Tsunade too?"
"Of course!"
Mei Terumi nodded quickly.
"The legendary medical ninja! A great beauty who stays forever young! She must have developed an 'elixir of immortality,' right?"
An elixir of immortality...
Uchiha Minamoto more or less understood why Mei Terumi knew about Tsunade.
No woman could resist the temptation of eternal youth!
Even female ninja were no exception!
But Uchiha Minamoto had absolutely no interest in this topic.
"We can talk about Tsunade later... business first."
"All right, all right!"
Mei Terumi immediately became much more cooperative.
"Lord Minamoto, here is our village's preliminary list of missing-nin to recall.
"We've already contacted Zabuza Momochi, Juzo Biwa, and others...
"Zabuza Momochi is already preparing to return to Kirigakure.
"As for Juzo Biwa, he's currently heading to Amegakure in the Land of Rain."
Kirigakure's missing-nin recall plan.
Naturally, its first targets were the members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist who had defected.
Every single member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist was unquestionably an elite jonin.
With Kirigakure's strength now diminished, nothing could be more appropriate than recalling those members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist who still cared about the village.
"According to the