Tsunade is coming to visit the Uchiha clan grounds?
Upon hearing the news from his subordinate, Fugaku Uchiha’s expression froze, and he looked slightly uneasy.
Tsunade had just returned to the village, right?
And now she was coming to visit the Uchiha clan grounds?
Fugaku suddenly felt a headache. This might have been instigated by Hiruzen Sarutobi.
That cunning Third Hokage always had some plan in mind.
“I must inform Mirai immediately.”
As he stepped outside, he saw Namikaze Mirai walking toward him.
“Mirai, Tsunade is coming.”
“I know.”
Namikaze Mirai nodded.
Tsunade’s unique bio-magnetic field was something he could sense from afar, a powerful, almost inhuman presence.
There was only one ninja in Konoha with such a magnetic field.
Tsunade.
Before long, Tsunade, guided by the Uchiha clan members, arrived at a room where Fugaku Uchiha and Namikaze Mirai were already waiting for her.
Seeing the two, Tsunade nonchalantly took a seat in the empty chair.
“It seems you knew I was coming.”
Seeing the tea prepared on the table, Tsunade, feeling parched, took a sip and made a face of disdain.
“This tea is awful. Why didn’t you prepare some sake?”
Fugaku Uchiha was speechless.
Who prepares sake for guests?
Only Tsunade would ask such a question.
But as the Princess of Konoha, even if Fugaku was displeased, he didn’t show it on his face.
“Mirai, you’ve finally returned to the village.”
Looking at the young, blonde face across the low table, Tsunade’s expression suddenly became complicated.
Minato was Jiraiya’s disciple, and Mirai was Minato’s brother.
With such a relationship, Tsunade and Namikaze Mirai were quite familiar with each other.
Upon hearing of Namikaze Mirai’s disappearance, she had lamented for a while.
After all, such a genius disappearing without a trace was a significant loss.
She was pleasantly surprised to hear of Namikaze Mirai’s return not long ago.
However, she hadn’t expected that shortly after his return, Namikaze Mirai would cause such a commotion.
Danzo was dead.
Root was gone too.
Namikaze Mirai had almost single-handedly shattered Konoha’s most elite force.
Facing Tsunade’s complex and regretful expression, Namikaze Mirai remained calm.
“After being missing for three years, seeing my only nephew treated that way, who wouldn’t lose their composure?”
Naruto…
Tsunade fell silent.
Minato’s bright smile replayed in her mind, the son of the village’s hero…
“That’s one thing the old man mishandled, but considering Naruto’s status as a Jinchuriki, the treatment he received was the best effort.”
“Ridiculous!” Namikaze Mirai sneered, his tone laced with scorn.
“Are you suggesting I should be grateful to Hiruzen Sarutobi for his care of Naruto? A three-year-old living alone, eating only instant noodles and expired milk, being called a demon fox on the streets! Pelted with stones by other children!”
“Every time I think about it! My heart aches!”
“My foolish brother died inexplicably, and his only son was bullied by the village. How can I remain calm about that?”
His azure eyes seemed to burn with flames.
The air in the room froze instantly.
Tsunade was too stunned to speak.
Fugaku, sitting beside them, didn’t dare utter a word. He suddenly regretted coming to meet Tsunade.
Whenever Naruto was mentioned, no matter how gentle Namikaze Mirai had been a moment before, he would turn into a mad beast the next.
Fugaku had witnessed Mirai’s madness firsthand.
He had single-handedly stormed into the Root base, slaughtering nearly seventy percent of Root members, and had forcibly killed Danzo under Hiruzen Sarutobi’s protection!
That madness was like the descent of a demon!
Fugaku Uchiha was immensely grateful. He later learned that Danzo had once approached Shisui with a mission involving Naruto.
But Shisui had refused.
And fortunately, Shisui had refused.
Otherwise, after Danzo’s death, the aftermath Fugaku would have had to deal with would have been far more than just strengthening internal security.
After a long silence, Tsunade finally sighed.
“The old man really messed up…”
No matter how she tried, there was no way to justify it!
Luckily, only Namikaze Mirai was here. If Jiraiya were also present, the guilt would have been overwhelming.
“Lady Tsunade, you didn’t come here just to discuss these matters, did you?”
Namikaze Mirai cut straight to the point.
“To be honest, I did come with a mission.” Tsunade took a breath, calming her emotions.
“The old man doesn’t want you to become Hokage, so he sent me.”
“Hah!”
Namikaze Mirai sneered.
His face was full of contempt.
An aged Hiruzen thought he could stand in his way?
“So, what do you think?”
“Hmm…” Tsunade pondered for a moment. “Honestly, I initially agreed with the old man that letting a ninja who casually kills an advisor become Hokage was too risky.”
“Initially?”
“Now…” Tsunade considered. “I’m in a wait-and-see mode.”
“Can you tell me what you plan to do if you become Hokage? It can’t be just because your brother was Hokage, so the younger brother should be Hokage too, right?”
Namikaze Mirai looked out the window.
“Tsunade, don’t you think this world has been stagnant for too long?”
“Stagnant?”
Tsunade frowned.
Namikaze Mirai, as if not noticing her reaction, continued.
“Since I came to this world, I’ve felt the way it operates is absurd. So-called nobility can take most of the fruits of labor without any power to back it, while ninjas, with abilities far beyond ordinary people, don’t participate in productive activities at all.”
“All of this is very different from my understanding.”
“So, from that moment, I decided to change this world.”
“At first, I planned to support Minato, starting with Konoha’s reform, and then extending to the entire ninja world. But I didn’t expect so many things to happen during my disappearance.”
“Since Minato is gone, I’ll complete what he couldn’t. A new Konoha, even a new ninja world, Tsunade, don’t you look forward to it?”
Somehow, Tsunade felt something stir inside her.
She preferred gambling halls to Konoha because of the village’s decay.
The great tree named Konoha had rotted from the roots, and just being in Konoha made one nauseous.
Could Namikaze Mirai be the one to change all this?
At least, he had the ambition.
She sighed deeply, filled with complex emotions.
“It seems the old man was wrong to bring me back to the village.”
“Maybe you’re more suited to be Hokage than I am.”
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