The air in the courtyard seemed to have been completely evacuated by Tsunade's angry blow, becoming thick and hot.
Shizune, Anko and Kurenai Yuhi's pretty faces turned pale, and they didn't dare to take a breath. They had never seen Tsunade get so angry. The terror Chakra emanating from her body was like an awakened ancient ferocious beast, which made them tremble instinctively.
Among the scattered sawdust on the ground, only Senju Chen is still sitting firmly like a mountain.
He even had the time to pick up the teacup, gently blew on the floating tea leaves, and then took a leisurely sip.
"Sister."
Senju Chen put down the tea cup. The sound was not loud, but it was like a shot of tranquilizer, clearly reaching everyone's ears.
"This table is made of ironwood customized by Land of Fire. It is quite expensive."
"..."
For a moment, the murderous aura that almost toppled the roof was stagnated.
Tsunade's chest heaved violently, and his amber eyes burning with anger turned sharply to Senju Chen. His eyes seemed to say, "Do you want to die, little brat? Now is the time to care about the table?"
Senju Chen met her gaze with that gentle smile that was harmless to humans and animals.
"But fortunately, Danzo is dead." He added lightly, "A dead person cannot compensate you for a new table."
One sentence, like a basin of cold water, instantly doused Tsunade's anger that was about to get out of control.
Yes.
Danzo This old guy... is dead.
Moreover, it was his younger brother who killed him himself.
Danzo himself probably didn't expect that he could be pulled out and "whipped" again after being dead for so long.
The Chakra on Tsunade slowly converged. She took a deep breath and suppressed the rage in her heart, but her fists were still clenching. She sat down again and looked at Senju Chen with complicated eyes. There was shock and fear in her eyes, but more of a kind of... pride from the heart.
"Nice job." Tsunade squeezed out four words through his teeth. He was not only praising Senju Chen for killing Danzo back then, but also praising him for taking out this scroll today.
"This scroll was also discovered by Kabuto and his colleagues when they were sorting out the old files of the original 'root' department. As soon as I came back, he immediately handed it over to me." Senju Chen calmly passed the credit to the non-existent "organizing work", as if he was just an innocent discoverer.
As Tsunade's anger gradually subsided, the oppressive atmosphere in the room finally dissipated.
Shizune, Anko and Kurenai Yuhi breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling as if they had just been fished out of the water.
Only then did they realize that when our Fifth Hokage is angry, his aura is too strong. Although they have heard that Lady Tsunade likes to smash tables, when they usually come to visit, Lady Tsunade is either smiling or drunk. Today is the first time they have seen him like this.
"Ahem..." Kurenai Yuhi was the first to react. She picked up the teacup, tried to cover up her lapse with graceful movements, and broke the silence softly. "I didn't expect that such a thing would happen to the higher-ups in the village..."
Anko also looked indignant. "That old guy Shimura Danzō really deserves to die! He actually framed Konoha's hero like this!"
Being interrupted like this, Senju Chen's "criticism meeting" naturally couldn't go on. After all, compared with a village high-level official who framed a hero and forced his colleagues to death, the "little thing" that "my boyfriend" hasn't written a letter in five years is simply not worth mentioning.
The atmosphere gradually returned to normal, and the topics became casual.
"Speaking of which," Anko seemed to have remembered something. He touched Kurenai Yuhi with his elbow and said with a wink, "Hong, did I hear that you just accepted a new apprentice recently?"
"Yes." Kurenai Yuhi nodded gently, looked at Senju Chen, and explained, "He is Kurama Clan's child, his name is Kurama Yakumo."
"Kurama Clan?" Senju Chen raised his eyebrows slightly.
Of course he knows about this family. Before Uchiha Clan Sharingan became a powerful force in Shinobi World, Kurama Clan's Kekkei Genkai was once another pillar of Konoha in the Genjutsu field. It's a pity that the number of people is withering, and there are no successors. The glory of the past has long been lost.
"That child's talent in Genjutsu is astonishing," Kurenai Yuhi said with a hint of appreciation and a hint of sadness, "Unfortunately... her body is too weak, and it is difficult for her to even complete Ninja Academy's most basic physical training."
"Kurama Yakumo..."
Senju Chen was reciting this name silently in his mind. He always felt that it sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, but for a while he couldn't remember who it was.
Forget it, it's probably not an important role.
He shook his head and didn't take it to heart.
The few of them chatted for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Anko and Kurenai Yuhi stood up and left.
Before leaving, Anko didn't forget to turn around, waved his fist at Senju Chen, and reminded loudly, "Hey! Don't forget the 'apology banquet' you mentioned! I'm free at any time!"
"I know, I know," Senju Chen agreed in a dumbfounded voice, "I'll be waiting for you two at any time."
After seeing off the two "non-staff members", the courtyard finally returned to peace.
Yamato silently began to collect the sawdust on the ground, while Shizune went to prepare new tea.
In the living room, only two siblings, Senju Chen and Tsunade, were left.
Tsunade sat cross-legged and poured himself a glass of wine. After drinking it down, he looked at Senju Chen again with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Little Chen, did you have some unfinished words just now?"
Senju Chen smiled.
He knew that his sister was not that easy to fool.
"Sister, I called Kakashi over today. In addition to showing him the scroll, I also told him another thing."
Tsunade and Shizune, who came over with tea, both looked over curiously.
Senju Chen's mouth curved into a mysterious arc, and then, in a calm tone as if he was discussing the weather, he dropped the second and truly fatal bomb tonight.
"I told him that his father Hatake Sakumo..."
"Actually, he didn't die."
"!!!"
"Clang--"
Shizune The tray in his hand fell to the ground with a crash, and the teacup shattered on the ground.
But at this moment, no one cares about this anymore.
Tsunade was completely frozen in place as if struck by lightning! Her amber pupils shrank to the extreme in an instant, staring at Senju Chen, as if she wanted to see through him!
"You... you said Hatake Sakumo is not dead?" Her voice became hoarse and dry due to the extreme shock.
Yamato on the side still had that paralyzed face, without any fluctuations.
He would take it for granted that whatever earth-shattering thing his minister said was true. Not to mention that Hatake Sakumo was not dead, even if the minister said that First Hokage was actually not dead and was planting trees on the moon, he would probably believe it.
"Yeah." Senju Chen's expression remained calm, "Back then, Uncle Sakumo actually didn't commit suicide. It was just a show, directed by Teacher Orochimaru and I, about the golden cicada's escape plan."
Then, he repeated exactly what he said to Kakashi that morning to Tsunade and Shizune.
From how he aroused public opinion in the Ninja Academy, to how he traded with Orochimaru to create clones that were fake and real; and then arranged for Hatake Sakumo to leave Land of Rain under the pseudonym "Ya", to his illustrious military exploits in Third Shinobi World War secretly; and even, including five years ago, personally participated in the siege and killing of Shimura Danzō...
The whole living room was deathly silent.
Tsunade and Shizune have been completely dumbfounded.
Their brains seemed to have been hit blank by the shocking secrets one after another, and they were completely unable to process this huge amount of information.
How could a child who was only a few years old have such a meticulous mind and powerful means?
He hid it from everyone, hid it from Third Hokage, hid it from the whole village, and forcibly turned a "dead" hero into Konoha's sharpest hidden blade!
This... this is simply...
If Senju Chen hadn't said it himself, if Tsunade had heard it elsewhere, he would never have believed such nonsense, as if he was drunk. How old can a child do this???