Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

When Aoba rode on Satoru and brought Team 7 and Sakura back to Konoha, Tsunade was also frightened and broke out in a sweat.

The main reason was that Satoru's chakra fluctuations were too strong, and he thought it was a tailed beast attacking.

She almost gave the order for the villagers to evacuate.

A long time later, in the Hokage's office, after reading Aoba's report, she still couldn't believe it.

"So, the Kusagakure Village really has a ninja tool from ancient times, belonging to the Sage of the Six Paths. And they plan to use it against Konoha?"

"You can say that. But in reality, the attack on Konoha is just a cover. It's just a ninja named Wuwei who wants to open the Box of Bliss and save his child.

Furthermore, whether that thing is the ninja tool of the Six Paths Sage remains to be discussed."

"Do you think there's something wrong with the Chest of Bliss?"

"There are definitely problems. But the negative impact is not great. I have already made a contract with Wu. There is basically no danger. I am just very interested in the energy properties of this thing. Don't you think this thing is not the same as the chakra props in the ninja world?"

"Here we go again. You're going to start another weird experiment, right? Well, just do your own research. No need to tell me. I'm having enough headaches now."

"Okay, I'll study it slowly after I get back."

"Slow down." Aoba just turned around and was about to leave when Tsunade stopped him.

"Anything else, Hokage-sama?"

"Of course, it's something very important."

A few minutes later, Qingye looked at the wine glass in front of him with helplessness on his face.

"Is this what you mean by important?"

"Yes, what could be more important than drinking with your Hokage-sama?"

"...As you command, Hokage-sama."

Qingye is not a good drinker. It was the same in his past and present lives. But in this life, Yumi takes care of his life. When he is busy with work, she will warm up sake for him to relieve his fatigue. So, he will drink a little from time to time.

But Tsunade is obviously not as graceful as Yumi. When Aoba was less than half a cup, she had already drunk half a bottle...

"Um, Hokage-sama, what did you drink..."

"That's nothing. You threw all the work to me, and you stayed in the lab all by yourself, doing what you wanted to do. You're not even willing to have a drink with me?"

"......Okay." Qingye took off his coat and put on an attitude of being willing to risk his life for a gentleman.

"That's good enough. Come have another drink."

Aoba noticed at this time that Tsunade looked very tired. This was normal.

When Tsunade took over as Hokage, the war had just ended, and there were a lot of complicated issues to deal with, whether it was relief, reconstruction, or diplomacy.

Even though Aoba and others worked with her to formulate various plans, Tsunade could not avoid the advancement of various plans.

Every day, I don’t know how many engineering documents she needs to review, and how many trivial matters she needs to handle.

Originally, she was a casual person. At that time, she accepted life again under the guidance of Dan and Nawaki. Now it seems that she was a bit careless.

"Jiraiya-sama, recently..."

Aoba tried to bring up a topic that Tsunade could be interested in. But Tsunade interrupted him.

"Don't mention him to me. Just assume he's dead."

Unexpectedly, Tsunade didn't seem to miss Jiraiya at all. Ever since he was driven away by Aoba last time, Jiraiya had been investigating the Akatsuki organization in the Ninja World. To this day, apart from a few pieces of intelligence, he hadn't returned yet.

Mentioning Jiraiya seemed to make Tsunade's mood worse. She simply picked up the bottle and guzzled it again.

Qingye reluctantly followed suit and drank a glass.

"You, aren't you tired of wearing this disguise every day?" Tsunade's eyes were hazy with drunkenness, and her tone was getting more and more presumptuous.

"camouflage?"

"Yes, it's a disguise. Don't think that you are the only smart person in the world and everyone else is a fool. You, you have never liked Konoha. But now you pretend to be doing your best for Konoha. If this is not a disguise, what is it?"

"Whether Hokage-sama believes it or not, I have no ill will towards Konoha."

"Really? Shouldn't you add a sentence at the end: 'Not yet?' Or have you already added it in your mind?"

For the first time, Aoba discovered that drunk Tsunade was much more sensitive than in normal state. Or maybe she just used her drunkenness to speak out some of her inner thoughts.

Obviously, although Aoba always cares about Konoha, his alienation is still noticeable. Unlike Tsunade, an orthodox second generation, Aoba's soul is that of an outsider.

In addition, in his previous life, when he finished watching Naruto, he was already quite old. He no longer had the passionate filter he had when he was a child. He did not have much yearning and sense of belonging to this world.

So, just as Tsunade said, Aoba was indeed wearing some disguise, which would only be loosened in rare cases.

"Unlike Hokage-sama, I am a ninja from the bottom of Konoha."

With a bang, Tsunade put the bottle in her hand heavily on the table. She stood up and put her hands on the table, leaning her upper body in front of Aoba.

Aoba felt a whiteness blowing towards him. It can only be said that Tsunade's advantage in this aspect is indeed not comparable to Yumi.

"Are you going to say next that as a low-level ninja, you have seen too much unfair treatment in Konoha, and even experienced it yourself. So, you don't like Konoha, but because Konoha is your home, you don't want to leave, so you are both alienated and in love with Konoha?"

"......" Aoba admitted that Tsunade's words had caused real damage to Aoba. He had always relied on the secrecy of the plot and the advantage brought by the explosion of information in his previous life to be invincible in the level of verbal cannon. Especially for the ninjas of Konoha, it was basically a dimensionality reduction attack.

Unexpectedly, today, he was confronted by the half-drunk Tsunade. Because what Tsunade just said was exactly the official reason prepared by Konoha. And now, it is obvious that Tsunade has seen through it.

Aoba now had to admit that Tsunade was much more difficult to deal with when she was drunk than when she was in her normal state.

"It seems like Hokage-sama knows me very well."

"Haha, on the contrary, the person I know the least about in the entire Konoha is you, Kamikawa Aoba. You are a very strange person. I can sense that you are hiding a huge secret."

As Tsunade spoke, she straightened up suddenly, grabbed the bottle and drank it again. The whiteness on her chest swayed, and Aoba narrowed his eyes.

"But it doesn't matter, Kamikawa Aoba, as long as you answer me one question, I won't pursue your secret.

Tell me Kamikawa Aoba, will you harm Konoha, now or in the future?"

Tsunade finished speaking, staring at Aoba with her eyes. That look made Aoba feel a little pressured.

But he didn't back off, instead he looked into Tsunade's eyes and answered.

"will not."

"...Very good, I believe you."

Aoba breathed a sigh of relief. Then Tsunade changed the subject and teased him in a playful tone.

"Does it look good?"

"It looks good." Qingye answered subconsciously, but he regretted it as soon as he said it.

"I... um..."