After a night of research, daylight had fully broken. Two bottles of liquid stood before Anyo; he had finally completed the task Tsunade had assigned him. It had not been easy. Stretching his sore muscles, Anyo stood up to loosen his body.
Just then, the door opened, and a refreshed Tsunade walked in. Clearly, she had slept quite well after dumping the mess on Anyo. She spotted the two bottles on the table at once, walked straight over, uncapped them, and sniffed them carefully. Her eyes immediately lit up.
"Not bad." Tsunade clicked her tongue in wonder. "I never thought you'd actually manage it. I expected that even finishing one bottle would be going above and beyond."
You could have said that sooner! Do you know my head nearly exploded from all that research last night? Anyo gritted his teeth at her words, but his face bore a faint, ingratiating smile as he asked, "Since I exceeded expectations, can I take tonight off?"
"Rest? What does someone so young need rest for? Once you're dead, you can sleep as long as you want," Tsunade said acidly. "With talent like yours, you should strike while the iron's hot. Now I think I didn't give you enough work yesterday."
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Anyo's face was full of question marks. No, I really can't take this anymore. Even if my teacher scolds me, I'm going to ask him to save me. Anyo made up his mind. The moment he left, he would go straight to his teacher. No matter what, he was not coming back.
So Anyo immediately said, "Then I'll go catch up on sleep and come back tonight?"
"Mm, go ahead." Tsunade's attention had already been drawn to the poisons Anyo had concocted, and she let him off with a wave of her