Konoha: Naruto Returns from Sekiro

Of course, after a few strange chakras disappeared in the perception of Kagura's mind, the shadow clone Naruto slowly got up.

"Have you almost recovered your physical strength?"

"Not bad." With a light breath, Shikamaru slapped his butt, "Are you going back with us?"

"No." Naruto smiled slightly and turned into a ball of white smoke and disappeared directly.

Shikamaru stumbled. His physical fitness was there, and how much he could recover in just two or three minutes.

"Long time no see, Sasuke."

Above the head of the stone statue of Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Sasuke looked at the familiar and unfamiliar faces. For some reason, he only felt a sense of peace of mind.

It's a strange feeling that they have known each other for such a short time.

Is it because I'm the same kind of person as he is?

Sasuke thought to himself.

"Why are you here?"

"...Come and see you." Naruto said after a moment of careful perception.

Not right.

Since seeing Sasuke, the inexplicable anxiety in his heart disappeared instantly.

As if it never happened.

But he was sure that before he met Sasuke, especially when he learned that he was in danger, he did have worries about Sasuke in his heart.

The two extreme psychological changes made him once again certain that there must be something affecting his mood that he, and even the Nine Lamas, could not detect.

Possession?One body with two souls?Still under the illusion...

Numerous speculations instantly appeared in Naruto's mind. Unlike most people who doubted the existence of ghosts, he had seen real ghosts.

Rin from the Aquatic Village and the Yin spirit that appears when Ashina's yin and yang alternate, are all ghosts he has seen with his own eyes.

"Really?" Sasuke was puzzled, what kind of reason is this.

The friendship between the two of them doesn't seem to be that good, does it?

Thinking of this, Sasuke couldn't help but feel wary, and the chakra in his body began to flow.

Naruto glanced at him, and the changes in the chakra in his body were clearly visible in Kagura's inner eye.

Perhaps before the meeting, he did have the idea of ​​​​fighting with Sasuke to try to force the contents out of his body.

But after seeing Sasuke, for some reason, he had an inexplicable intuition - even if he buried Sasuke here now, that 'thing' would not interfere.

Naturally, Naruto will not do things that are not profitable.

So he gave up the idea of ​​trying the sword with Sasuke.

"See you soon!" After saying that, Naruto jumped down from the head of the Uchiha Madara stone statue.

"By the way, be careful about the mark on your neck, it is eroding your chakra..."

His voice became smaller and smaller, until at last it was even drowned out by the roar of the waterfall.

Sasuke stared at his disappearing figure with black lines all over his head.

What is this all about?

Did this guy really just come to see him?

real or fake?

How deep is their friendship already?

Why didn't he know?

With his mind filled with doubts, Sasuke jumped over the Valley of the End and continued heading towards Tian Country.

As for the erosion of the curse seal of the sky.

For him, as long as he can gain powerful strength, he can defeat that man, that brother who slaughtered his own family.

Even if it is to hand over your body directly to Orochimaru, why not?

……

Konoha.

Hokage Building.

"You mean, you were rescued by Uzumaki Naruto?" Tsunade crossed her hands and pressed her smooth chin, asking doubtfully.

"Yes." Shikamaru, who had just rushed over to report the situation after simply bandaging the wound in the hospital, nodded.

Tsunade sat back on the chair behind her, her right hand rubbing the center of her brow helplessly.

What is this all about!

Such a big Konoha, recovering a rebellious ninja, unexpectedly needs the rescue of another rebellious ninja, so the hunting team can save their lives...

Why don't those old people lie in the coffin?

Tsunade thought viciously.

The bullshit is called bullshit. In order to prevent her from using the Hokage's authority indiscriminately, they must perform their duties as consultants, share the pressure of the Hokage, and temporarily help her manage some ANBU.

If Anbu was in her hands, it would be easy to hunt down a jonin, let alone a jonin.

grandma's.

If it weren't for the faction of those old immortals who are deeply rooted in Konoha, she would have sent those old immortals to retire with Jiraiya long ago.

Every time she thought of this, Tsunade felt a burst of anger.

She, who was born with a golden key in her mouth, had never experienced such cowardice.

Especially the Roots, which consisted of hundreds of people, was nominally under the ANBU and under the control of her, the Hokage.

But what is the reality.

She is afraid that she can't even direct the logistics at the root.

Under the shackles of the technique of extermination of tongue evil, the root is directly a small Konoha, and it is also the Konoha of Danzo Shimura.

It is undeniable.

Genbe during the Third Ninja War did shoulder the responsibility of taking on the darkness of Konoha.

But now the roots already have a taste of being too big to fall off.

Both Shimura Danzo and the two consultants Koharu and Mito Kazuo put a lot of effort into it.

Even as the fifth generation of Hokage, she is powerless to abolish the roots.

It involves too many interests.

The butt determines the head, if she is still the former Tsunade, her solution to the 'scourge' of the root is very simple, just flip the table and reshuffle the cards.

Regardless of whether he is Shimura Danzo or whoever.

But helplessly, she is now the fifth Hokage of Konoha, and her words and deeds represent not only herself, but also most of Konoha's interest groups.

It's ironic that the roots, a 'scourge' that represents the interests of the vast majority of people, need to be maintained in a sense.

"That, Fifth Generation..." Tsunade moaned and sighed again, Shikamaru was almost not frightened, and quickly recalled whether he had said that sentence wrong.

If you offend this woman, you will offend your job for the rest of your life.

Women can be offended, but their jobs can be kept.

"Oh, it's okay, you can go back first." Tsunade also reacted, there are other people in the office.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but after only working in this position for a month, she already feels that she has aged several years.

She is already reflecting on whether she promised Ziraiya back then, and whether she was too hasty in her promise.

He actually didn't let him serve as his ANBU minister...

Although that guy is a bit of an old bastard, his ability is unquestionable.

Do you want to recapture him?

Tsunade thought to herself.

"The Godaime, how injured is Choji?" Shikamaru asked cautiously.

The Nara clan and the Akimichi clan have been friends for generations, and they know each other's tricks well.

Therefore, compared to other companions, he is more aware of how urgent Chou's current situation is.

"Don't worry, I've let Shizune handle it." Tsunade said with relief.

The secret medicine of the Akimichi clan is not so much a secret medicine as it is a specially prepared poison. The specially refined poison can most effectively bring out the physical potential of the Akimichi clan members.

According to the different doses, the Qiudao family divided it into three types: green, yellow, and red.

The green secret medicine is the least toxic and can basically be recovered by itself; the red medicine is the heaviest and can basically be eaten. If there is no external interference, the user can find a coffin board and lie down.

This poison may be terrifying to others.

But for a doctor of Tsunade's level, that's all.

In particular, the Qiu Dao family also provided the prescription of the secret medicine, as long as a treatment plan is made according to the toxicity of the drug, it can be easily solved.

Compared with Sagakushi Chiyo's poison, it is not a secret medicine that was refined for killing people, and it is not so difficult to solve.

"Sorry." Shikamaru breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to leave.