Seeing that the village her grandfather had left behind was so ruined, Tsunade felt the endless coldness surrounding her, suffocating her to the point where she couldn't breathe.

She knew that Konoha's ANBU were probably already on their way to find her, conveying the Third Hokage's order to return to the village immediately.

Orochimaru defected, and only by letting her, who is also a Sannin, return to the village can she stabilize the floating hearts in the village and suppress some dissatisfied voices.

Because she is the granddaughter of the First Hokage and the purest heir to the Will of Fire in Konoha.

The medical ninjas who saved countless lives for Konoha during the two great ninja wars made outstanding contributions to Konoha's medical system.

It can be said that her influence is the most powerful among the three ninjas.

"Eh? Is this really good? The village needs Tsunade-sama's help very much now, right?"

"I would like to, but I can't do anything if I go back now. It will only make Konoha more and more chaotic. Out of sight, out of mind."

Tsunade smiled bitterly and shook her head.

She was afraid that if she went back, she would not be able to help but directly confront her teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi, and even use the influence of the Senju clan to rule out the illegal Anbu department.

Even if the root cannot be judged, huge restrictions must be placed on the root so that Danzo cannot move freely.

And these things were precisely the strategies that his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi was least willing to implement.

Although Danzo made so many mistakes, she was still able to maintain her position at the top, and it can be said that her teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi was indispensable.

Hiruzen was unable to do this. Now that she was back in Konoha, she could only compromise with this old man named her mentor.

"Oh, Minato passed away so suddenly..."

When Tsunade said this, her eyes became lonely.

If Minato hadn't died, Konoha might be in a different situation now.

She could already guess that the roots of Danzo's leadership must now become domineering in Konoha again.

Without Minato's suppression, her old teacher alone would not be able to suppress Danzo.

This was true in the past, and it is true now.

Knowing that if you go back and do nothing, you will be treated as a gunman...

At least the last bit of dignity must be preserved. This is what Tsunade is thinking at the moment.

"Minato-senpai... I heard that the Nine-Tails riot seems to be related to Shiraishi-senpai. I don't know if it's true."

Hearing Tsunade mention Minato, Shizune thought of Shiraishi instead.

Tsunade shook her head and didn't say much. There were too many doubts about the Nine-Tails Riot, and it might have something to do with that student of hers.

"Hurry up and leave. The ANBU will come later and it will be difficult to escape."

Tsunade neatly took the package, greeted Shizune, and walked out the door.

As for the winning lottery ticket, it was left to the owner of the hotel as a repair fee for her damage to the hotel.

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"Tsunade...don't you plan to come back?"

Asami Masumi, who was sitting in the office of the director of the Pharmacy Department of Konoha Hospital, received the information conveyed by Kakashi.

The ANBU searched for Tsunade, one of the three ninjas, to no avail. Tsunade seemed to have deliberately avoided the Konoha ANBU and was currently missing.

It is not difficult to see that Tsunade's attitude of refusing to return to the village is extremely firm.

As for the reason behind this, Asami Masumi doesn't know much about it.

However, what she cared about was only whether Tsunade would return to Konoha. Now that she was sure that Tsunade would not return to Konoha at this time, she was really relieved.

Now is the critical moment for her to lay out Konoha Hospital and the entire Konoha ninja system'network'. If Tsunade returns to the village at this time, with Tsunade's identity and influence, it will not be difficult to take charge of Konoha Hospital again.

Ye Hospital's plans may be delayed.

Tsunade refused to return to the village so that she could take advantage of the opportunity.

The contact network she established in Konoha was always too fragile.

She is in charge of Konoha Hospital. The ANBU already has Kakashi, and there are still many places to be arranged next.

Departments such as the Intelligence Department, Torture Department, Ninja School, and Barrier Department must constantly deploy personnel.

Having said that, it is actually very difficult to place personnel.

When Shiraishi left Konoha, there were actually not many spies deployed in Konoha. Currently, there were only four people in middle and upper positions, including her and Kakashi.

And among the four of them, none of them have access to the true core secrets of Konoha.

At this moment, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

Asami Masumi returned to her usual indifferent expression and said to the people outside the door.

A male medical ninja wearing a white coat walked in.

"Director Asami, here are the drug usage statistics for this month."

He put a large stack of documents on the desk in front of Asami Masumi and said respectfully.

"Thank you for your hard work, I will come back to deal with it later."

"Director Asami, are you going out at this time?"

the medical ninja asked in surprise.

Asami Masumi nodded.

"Well, let's go for a walk and I'll be back soon."

Regarding this, the male medical ninja has no doubts. As long as he can complete the statistical work on drug use during working hours, Asami Masumi, as the director of the hospital, can indeed be more relaxed in her usual work.

After leaving Konoha Hospital, Asami Masumi was going to see someone.

This person was not a subordinate spy that Shiraishi had personally placed in Konoha, but a talent she had discovered in Konoha before the Fourth Hokage came to the throne the previous year.

To say he is talented is actually an overestimation, because in her opinion, the other party is actually very ordinary from any angle.

But it is precisely because of this ordinary and ordinary nature that he can display his outstanding talents in the field of espionage.

This may be the only shining point in him.

We walked towards the meeting point we agreed on in advance, which was in a relatively secluded forest near the park.

Usually only students from the ninja school come here to play ninja games.

In a clearing in the woods, a man with a five-pointed star hairstyle stood there uneasily, waiting for something.

"You are too nervous, can't you get used to this kind of thing?"

After Asami Masumi arrived here, she stood behind the man without making any footsteps. These words suddenly sounded behind the man.

The man was also startled. He turned around quickly and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the familiar face of Asami Masumi.

"Qian, Miss Qianmei..."

The man was a little hesitant, but when he saw Asami Masumi's slightly displeased expression, and her eyes seemed to be flashing with murderous intent, he quickly changed his words and said, "Asami-sama."

Asami Masumi's expression softened, but she still didn't give the man a good look: "I've given you such a long time to think about it, but you still haven't made up your mind to really do things for me, Haruno?"

The man named Haruno smiled bitterly and said, "It's hard for everyone to make up their minds right away, right?"

Because the task assigned to him by Asami Masumi cannot be said to be detrimental to Konoha, but it must have ulterior motives.

For example, let him collect information about the people around him and find out all their personalities, abilities, hobbies and other information without missing a beat.

He is a low-level ninja and has a fairly cheerful personality, so even though he is in his twenties, he is still a chuunin and is still popular.

Asami Masumi believed that even a guy of this level would come in handy one day, so he used some means to make him surrender.

"Don't forget who saved your wife in the hospital so that mother and daughter could be safe."

"..."

The man named Haruno's face became uncertain, and he finally sighed.

"I understand. As long as I don't attack them, I will obey the order."

"As I expected, you are indeed a family man."

Family-oriented?

The corner of the man's mouth was slightly bitter.

When his wife was giving birth, she encountered an extremely rare medical accident. It was the woman in front of him who saved the lives of his wife and daughter.

He should have been grateful to her, but this woman also used this incident to exert control over him.

It didn't matter to him, but when he thought about his wife and daughter waiting for food at home, they would be unfairly threatened... He could only succumb to such a puppet fate.

"As long as you work honestly, the organization will not treat you badly. All alimony for your wife and daughter will be reimbursed by the organization."

"yes."

What else can be done?
To be continued...