Naruto: From the capture of the main family to the behind-the-scenes mastermind

Chapter 352 Hashirama's Discovery

After watching Orochimaru leave, Tsunade took out a dice in front of Jiraiya and threw it on the table. Then she grabbed the teacup beside her, covered it with the dice, and shook it for a while, then suddenly stopped and looked at Jiraiya.

"Guess big or small?"

"Uh……"

Jiraiya scratched his head and complained, "This shouldn't be useful, right? No matter how amazing your gambling luck is, you can't use it to predict the future."

Tsunade said impatiently: "Just guess if I ask you to, don't talk nonsense."

"Okay... I'll guess big then."

"Then I guess small."

Tsunade said and opened the teacup impatiently.

On the table, a six is ​​played alone.

"Six sixes are very lucky, it seems there will be no problem."

Tsunade nodded in satisfaction.

Jiraiya looked at her speechlessly.

You lose.

……

"Remove the wanted order for my traitorous ninja?"

Orochimaru walked down the street and secretly sighed, "What courage."

After not seeing her for a while, Tsunade had changed a lot, and he couldn't understand her anymore.

Before thinking about winning, think about losing first…How else can you lose? And why do you want to drag me into this?

Orochimaru really couldn't figure it out for a while, so he didn't agree.

Jiraiya hasn't changed, he's still the same as before.

Unconsciously, they arrived near the Hokage Building. Orochimaru noticed that an Anbu was following him, but he didn't care. He looked at the crowd gathered in front of the Hokage Building with interest.

"Even if you are a daimyo, you still have to pay back the money you owe. My lord, please be flexible. I want to see Lady Tsunade."

Several people sent by the casino were blocking the Hokage Building, trying to collect debts from Tsunade, while the Anbu ninjas on the side were trying to maintain order with a helpless look on their faces.

"I'm sorry, gentlemen, but Lady Tsunade is not here right now. As for the outstanding debt...I'll ask Lady Shikaku to sort it out."

"Really? That's great!"

After much persuasion, those who successfully collected their gambling debts cheered and dispersed.

Orochimaru smiled and looked at a figure who passed by him, but ignored him and walked into the Hokage building.

Now that I'm here, I might as well say hello to Shikaku as an envoy from the Snow Country.

On the other side, Hashirama watched Orochimaru walk towards the Hokage Building, stopped hesitantly, and finally followed the casino staff away.

He used the transformation technique specifically to enter Konoha just to see how Tsunade had been doing over the years. He decided to put the meeting with the younger generations of Konoha aside for now.

To be honest, after looking at the development of Konoha today, he was generally satisfied.

The construction of the village was very good, and those so-called trams seemed very novel to him. And Tsunade did not sell the Land of Fire or Konoha directly for gambling money, which was an improvement.

but……

Looking at the casino debt collectors around him, Hashirama frowned.

Tsunade is still as careless as she was when she was a child. Even though she is a daimyo, she still doesn't know how to maintain her own image.

Well, actually he doesn’t really understand the so-called image and face-saving projects.

Tobirama only told him that when he didn't know how to maintain his image, he should just smile. If smiling didn't work, he should just maintain a nonchalant expression, and he would take care of the rest.

But even such a person as Hashirama understood that it was a serious dereliction of duty for a daimyo of a country to not pay back his debts and to have the debt collectors block the door of the Hokage Building. What if this made people think that the daimyo was a guy who was not doing his job properly and caused public dissatisfaction?
At this time, Hashirama couldn't help but feel a little worried when he heard people around him talking about Tsunade, but then he heard -

"The Daimyo-sama is so kind. We went to the Hokage building to collect our debts, but he hasn't sanctioned us yet."

"Yes, and Daimyo is a super fat sheep. If he comes to our casino to gamble once a day, he will make a fortune every day."

"How can you say that? Aren't you afraid that the daimyo won't come because of this?"

"What's the big deal? We're spreading the word behind the scenes that the daimyo has been to the casino to increase traffic, so it's fine. Relax."

"..."

Maybe, perhaps, he is too sensitive?

Hashirama was surprised to find that Tsunade was addicted to gambling and even her failure to pay back debts did not cause dissatisfaction among the debt collectors, which surprised him greatly.

If Shikaku were here, he would tell him the reason—

You can run away from the monk, but you can't run away from the temple. If a dignified daimyo owes money, can he abandon his country and run away? As long as Tsunade doesn't use shady means, she will be the most welcome customer of the casino!
However, this is just the opinion of casino staff and cannot represent everyone.

Thinking of this, Hashirama took another trip around Konoha, this time intentionally listening to everyone's comments on Tsunade. As expected, he heard a lot of comments that were dissatisfied with Tsunade.

"If you ask me, the Snow Country is still safe. Although the Fire Country is developed, it was completely unable to withstand the attacks of terrorist organizations before."

"Yeah, I think so too. Have you seen those people in the casino? They are all there to collect debts from the daimyo. The daimyo is idle all day long, which is far from the image of working hard for the country and the people in the propaganda."

"It looks like the Fire Nation will follow in the footsteps of the Wind Nation sooner or later."

Hashirama frowned as he looked at the shop owners who were discussing in low voices in the distance.

Something is wrong. This is Konoha, the Hokage's private territory, and should also be the place that Tsunade has the deepest control over.

Dissatisfied remarks have begun to spread here, so what image will Tsunade have in the eyes of people in other parts of the Land of Fire?
Alarm bells rang in Hashirama's heart.

As the first Hokage, he might not be good at these things because of his external brain, but he also knew how important the stability and safety of Konoha Village was. However, the atmosphere in the village now seemed so impetuous and unstable...

At this time, Hashirama saw a team of guards passing by the store. Several people stopped talking instantly and couldn't help but narrow their eyes.

They must have heard the discussion, but they just walked over and stopped the shop owner silently... He always felt that something was a little strange, but he couldn't figure it out on his own.

Whenever this happened, he wished Tobirama could stand by and analyze the situation for him.

With a helpless sigh, Hashirama walked towards the Hokage building, ready to ask Orochimaru.

It doesn’t matter, even if Tobirama is not here, there is an external brain here.

……

"Rumors against Tsunade? The security team found out but didn't deal with it?"

Orochimaru had dealt with the immigration issues at the Hokage Building and returned to his rented house when he heard Hashirama's question and fell into deep thought.

The rumor that attacked the daimyo...was it done by the Snow Country?
No, although the Snow Country was spreading rumors that would benefit itself, they would not be widely circulated in Konoha.

Orochimaru shook his head secretly.

Unlike Hashirama, he was well aware that Konoha was different now than it was in the past.

In the past, Konoha was like a village where mercenaries gathered, with all kinds of people, but now it is a military stronghold.

Although due to historical issues, many shops have close relations with the village ninjas, so they have been temporarily preserved and Konoha has not immediately become a completely closed military base like the Snow Country, but compared with the loose management in the past, a lot has changed.

Without permission from above, spreading pessimistic remarks could result in expulsion at best and death at worst.

All the shop owners who come in have signed the relevant regulations and know when to shut up. It is impossible for them to shut up only until the security team arrives.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru remembered Tsunade's suggestion.

"Tsunade, what do you want to do?"

(End of this chapter)