At Amegakure, Obitoâs room. Black Zetsu suddenly appeared from the ground; Obito glanced at Black Zetsu and asked, âHowâs the result?â
âWell, Sasuke doesnât know MangekyÅâs power. With the help of MangekyÅ, Sasuke shouldnât be a match for Itachi. But Itachi lost!â
âReally? Take me there!â said Obito. He brought Black Zetsu into Kamui space. He followed closely from behind and left Amegakure.
Meanwhile, heated quarrels broke out at Konoha Hokageâs Office between Jiraiya and Tsunade.
âNo, I will say it again. I disagree with your decision.â
âThen tell me, who can complete this mission besides me? I am the only Ninja in the village who is best at sneaking in and investigating. I am also one of Sannin. Iâll take this mission.â
A dreadful atmosphere filled the room. No one dares in the office to try to intervene, let alone dissuade them. Shizune was about to say something but was pulled out of the office by Shisui.
âHey, Shisui! What are you doing? If I donât do something, their argument soon becomes a fight.â
Shisui just laughed and said, âNothing to worry about. That wonât happen. Letâs just wait outside. Whoever try to intervene them now theyâll meet their end.â
Shizune went silent. She knew that Shisui was right. She let out a sigh and waited for now.
â¦â¦..
A few moments later, the sound of crackle smashing and Jiraiyaâs scream can be heard from the office.
Tsunade sat down in the chair with a tired look on her face. She looked Jiraiya in the eyes and asked, âMust you go?â
Jiraiya nodded firmly. âYeah! This is my responsibility after all.â
Tsunadeâs eyes darkened, and her voice was a little anxious. âI donât know why, but I have this feeling that you wonât come back from this mission.â
âHaha! You worry about me? Who do you think I am? I am Toad Sennin Jiraiya, Lord of Mount MyÅboku!â
âButâ¦â
âNo buts! Stop! Letâs have a drink together! We havenât had a good drink since you became Hokage!â
Tsunade laughed, âOkay! Letâs go!â
The two then walked out of Hokageâs Office together.
When she walked to Shizune, Tsunade said, âI leave the rest to you, Shizune.â
Shizune didnât stop Tsunade as usual but nodded in response.
â¦â¦.
The two came to the tavern, and the Boss has specially prepared the drink for them. They drank together and said Nothing. When they were like this, no one could separate them apart from ordinary people at the tavern. No one noticed that they were Hokage-sama and Jiraiya-Sama, one of the Sannin.
Boss brought the jug of wine to the table, Tsunade and Jiraiya drank for more than an hour. A lot of alcohol made them drunk.
Tsunade raised the glass to Jiraiya while muttering, âThis ⦠is an apology for me to you! It seems⦠since we have known each other, it has always been you who did everything ⦠but lose ⦠No matter whether it is about the previous mission or the previous Hokageâ¦
â¦No matter how you look at it, you are more suitable for this position. But it turned out that it was me who became Hokage now.â
âIâm not good enough to become Hokage. But youâre good. Itâs Nothing to lose.â
Tsunade pointed at Jiraiya and said, âidiot! You are such an idiot!â
âOkay! Iâm an idiot. Are you done drinking? Letâs go back!â
âOh?⦠Are we going back? Okay!â Tsunade stood up immediately and walked outside.
Jiraiya just shook his head.
â¦â¦.
The two lingered in the village for some time before going back. When they started to sober, they sat at a nearby bench.
âHey, do you really have to go?â
âYes, I am. No matter how many times you ask, my answer wonât change. Itâs manâs responsibility.â
âResponsibility, my ass! Itâs stupid! What I really want to say was we havenât had a drink and chat like today for a long time!â
Hearing Tsunadeâs words, Jiraiyaâs expression also softened. âYeah, since the end of the Second Shinobi World War. Itâs almost 30 years since you left the village!â
â30! Itâs been a long time and I still canât stand you. Hey Jiraiya, let me go with you!â
âStop it, you are Hokage, how can you go with me!â
Tsunade twitched her lip, âWhatâs wrong with being a Hokage? Isnât there still Yamanaka Ryo, Kakashi, and Shisui?! And maybe Naruto.â
âItâs bad for village development if we change Hokage so often. But I didnât expect you to value Naruto this much.â
âAfter all he is the son of Kushina and Minatoâ¦.He is your disciple tooâ¦.â Tsunade said the last sentence quietly, so low even Jiraiya canât hear it.
âOkay, now, I should leave.â
As Jiraiya said this, Tsunadeâs expression became more and more tangled, worried, reluctant, and more expression that Jiraiya had never seen before.
Looking at Tsunadeâs expression, Jiraiya shook his head and forced himself to turn around. He pretended to sound cheerful. âTsunade, donât you like gambling? Come and bet. You bet that I wonât come back, so you must place your gamble to âLoseâ! And if I come back, please⦠â
Jiraiyaâs words hung in the air. He remembered the broken face Tsunade made back then. He didnât dare to continue talking.
âHaha! Just Kidding! Goodbye!â Jiraiya waved his hand, then disappeared from Tsunadeâs sight with the evening sun.
â¦â¦
Itâs been a long time since the sun went down, and Tsunade stood up slowly, sighed, and said with her pretended funny voice. âThat guy is a pervert! I canât even say a word! Forget about waiting for him to come back and just pack his things up! â
After speaking that, Tsunade stretched her waist, raised her hands, rubbed her red eyes, and went to HokageâsOffice.
â¦..
When Jiraiya left, Shisui cut off the Ice Scalpel left by Yamanaka Ryo. In a blink of an eye, Yamanaka Ryo appeared in front of Shisui.
Shisui saw Yamanaka Ryoâs eyes and asked excitedly, âSensei, did you succeed?â
âYeah! Iâll tell you the story later. You call me over, so that means Uncle Jiraiya starts to act?â
âYes, just now Jiraiya-sama left the village and moved towards Amegakure.â
âOkay, I understand. Shisui, this time you and Hana make an excuse to leave the village! Go to Otogakure to find Minato-nii.â
âMe too? Sensei, we are the main battle strength in the village⦠if we leave, only Tsunade-sama, Kakashi, and Fugaku-sama are left. Well if something happens Lord Tsunade can help because she is still a medical ninja, but â¦.â
âItâs okay, I have everything ready. The village will be fine.â
After a moment of hesitation, Shisui chose to believe in Yamanaka Ryo and nodded, âOkay, I trust you.â