Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 74 I don't believe it!

"Lady Kushina, where's Yu? He hasn't shown his face since becoming the Hokage's assistant. What has he been up to lately?"

"He hasn't been involved in government affairs lately; he should be working on getting rid of the caged bird."

In the training ground, Kushina explained to the pill with a blank expression:

"The Caged Bird Seal still has an impact on Yu. Minato announced that he would give him the position of assistant Hokage under those circumstances, and no one could object. But if he went to handle affairs directly, it would give others grounds for criticism, so he went to deal with the Caged Bird Seal first."

"I see."

Upon hearing the explanation, Yaowan wanted to start today's training, but seeing Kushina's expression, a chill suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.

No, something's wrong!

The various memories of his time with Kushina serve as a warning to Yamaru: if he were to train now, he would become her punching bag.

What should I do?

It seems that the other person's expression changed like that when Yu was mentioned. Yu just didn't go to work, so she shouldn't have offended Lady Kushina.

Is it...

For once, Uchiha Yakumaru, unusually quick-witted, tentatively suggested, "How about I help the Hokage with his work?"

"Instead of trying to handle it yourself, you might as well try to persuade Lady Tsunade to help you."

As he expected, Kushina's expression visibly relaxed.

As for the reason, the pill does know.

Although this political struggle ended in a grand and impressive manner, its aftereffects were not so easily resolved.

Some positions could not be handed over to the previous ninjas, and the higher-ups had been replaced. Various powers needed to be handed over, which meant that the Hokage had a lot of things to deal with.

As a Kage's bodyguard, he witnessed firsthand the Hokage's work.

The Hokage's office was piled high with documents that he needed to process. To work more efficiently, he even kept Flying Thunder God kunai at home and in the office. He would go from home to the office to work in the morning and use the Flying Thunder God to go home in the evening.

My daily routine is just going between two points, without wasting a single second in between!

Even his meeting with the daimyo was accomplished using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

On the day he returned to Konoha, he wasn't in the group. Instead, he took the Flying Thunder God Kunai and headed to the capital of the Land of Fire early in the morning.

With the war over, the Hokage will inevitably have to talk to the Daimyo, so it's best to prepare in advance.

During the talks with the Daimyo, the Daimyo could see the Hokage every day, but in reality, it was always a shadow clone!

The distance between Konoha and the capital of the Land of Fire is not close. Because the Flying Thunder God Technique was overlooked, no one thought that it was a shadow clone that would disappear when its chakra was exhausted.

Every so often, the Hokage would send a shadow clone over... while the main body would take care of Konoha's affairs.

This even led to a funny incident. When Kazuma, one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, returned to the capital and wanted to report to the Daimyo, he was surprised to learn that the Fourth Hokage, who was still in Konoha, had already met with the Daimyo for several days.

The pill wanted to laugh just thinking about the other person's expression, but after returning and learning what had happened that day, he couldn't laugh anymore; he only felt that he had missed out on so much...

The pill brought him back to his senses. Suppressing his heartache, he looked at Kushina and said, "Lady Kushina, don't worry, I'll go find someone to help the Hokage with his affairs right away."

With Minato-sama in such a work-related state that he's practically "dying from overwork," it's no wonder Kushina-sama, as his wife, can't be happy.

"Don't bother Tsunade-senpai, I was just saying it casually," Kushina said dryly, but her face clearly showed anticipation.

If you were to ask who the most relaxed high-ranking official in Konoha is right now, it would definitely be Tsunade!

As for communicating with the ninja clan, no one knows how they managed to get the clan leader, Fugaku, to take care of it all for her.

It's strange that Fugaku is willing to help even though the communication between the Uchiha clan and those other ninja clans is not very effective and has wasted time without any results.

Tsunade's current life consists of spending Konoha's money for free every day, going to the casino and easily losing it all, then leisurely returning home to make the Split Agent. This is practically her only job...

No, that's not right. She had "passed by" Tsunade's house earlier and looked through the window. What she saw was Shizune with dark circles under her eyes, yawning as she ground some kind of herb.

Tsunade, on the other hand, was fast asleep.

When she "passed by" again that night, Tsunade had disappeared from the house. When she asked Shizune, she heard that Tsunade had gone to the casino again.

Clearly, her previous sleep was preparation for the night's battle, and the responsibility of creating the splitting agent... has most likely been handed over to Shizune!

Thinking about Tsunade, the advisor who is always relaxed and carefree, and then thinking about Minato Namikaze, who is busy until late at night every day, Kushina felt the unfairness of the world.

Without comparison, there is no harm.

The difference was so huge that she couldn't ignore it, but she had "passed by" it too many times and felt embarrassed to continue "passing by".

So, under Kushina's expectant gaze, Yaowan nodded with difficulty, "I'll give it a try."

After saying that, he used the Body Flicker Technique to quickly leave the area and head towards where Tsunade might be.

Our first stop was Tsunade's house. A young girl opened the door, her eyes covered in dark circles, clearly suffering from "oppression," making Yakumaru too embarrassed to ask her anything.

"How are you?"

Jingyin looked at him sleepily, her voice hoarse and slow, "It's...okay. Who...are you looking for?"

Yakumaru scratched his head and asked, "Is Lady Tsunade here?"

"No, maybe... at the casino." Shizune mumbled, then jolted awake, realizing the ninja was about to leave. Suddenly, she realized, "You're Uchiha Yakumaru? Lady Tsunade didn't go to the casino today. You need the Hokage's permission to enter..."

The pill stopped in its tracks, listening to Jingyin mention a location.

……

After being checked by two ninjas at the entrance, and having his identity confirmed and permission granted, Uchiha Yakumaru was allowed to enter the underground of Konoha Hospital.

"Lady Tsunade? Lady Tsunade?"

Standing before the hidden door, Uchiha Yakumaru tried knocking and calling out a few times, but received no response, and frowned.

The cold air seeping through the crack in the door made him feel the chill even from outside the room.

It looks a bit like a morgue, but the hospital morgue isn't here...

Hospitals have places like this?

If he hadn't asked the Hokage for permission to get in, what was Tsunade doing?

Will there be any accidents?

With that thought in mind, he used his shadow clone to push open the door. Seeing that the person had entered safely, he activated his Sharingan and followed.

The moment he entered the room, Uchiha Yakumaru's pupils constricted.

Dead body.

a corpse.

The corpse was placed in the center of the room, kept fresh by the cold air generated by the room.

Such a scene was not frightening to Pill, who had seen war scenes before, but his body couldn't help but tremble.

Simply because they were people he knew and was familiar with!

The other person's eye sockets were empty; they had lost their eyes. But the familiar face told him that he had not mistaken them for someone else.

The magatama in his eyes began to spin.

Just then, a figure emerged from the darkness, sighed, and said, "If I had known you would come looking for me today, I wouldn't have moved him here."

"...Lady Tsunade, what's going on?" Uchiha Yakumaru lowered his head, his voice low.

Tsunade looked at the corpse, her expression complex, and said, "The Split Technique is risky. He wasn't around to use it at the time, so..."

His eyes were bloodshot, and Yaowan gritted his teeth, saying, "I don't believe it!"

(End of this chapter)