"Suddenly I'm not in the mood to eat." Tsunade stood up and walked towards the door of the single room with Shizune.

Just when he was about to go out, he paused and left a sentence:

"I won't leave here for the time being. If you have anything to do, you can come to me at the hotel, but you can handle the rest on your own. I don't have time to pay attention to the intrigues between you."

"yes."

Lu Jiu smiled bitterly.

Sure enough, such little tricks cannot deceive a ninja of the Sannin level.

Even if he didn't know it at first, after he said those words and thought about it for a while, he must have understood the behind-the-scenes operation of the village.

However, this battle is not just about the frontal battlefield of the Kingdom of Wind. They are in the Kingdom of Ghosts and must also provide the surprise troops on the front line with intelligence that can determine the direction of the battlefield.

Once the negotiation with the miko fails, then the frontline battlefield becomes the most important key to victory.

For Konoha, this surprise attack must be successful.

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Early next morning.

Shizune bought breakfast from outside and returned to the hotel. Just when she was about to use the key to open the door, a voice suddenly stopped her and asked her to stop using the key to open the door.

"Are you Shizune? I didn't expect you to be so big in a blink of an eye."

Shizune didn't notice anyone approaching her, so she immediately jumped to the side, quickly made alert movements, and stared closely at the person.

After seeing the appearance of the uninvited guest, Shizune was stunned.

"Who are you……"

It would be a lie to say that she didn't know the person in front of her, because she had met this person in the past when she and Shiraishi were working as Tsunade's teaching assistant at Konoha Ninja School, and she had an inexplicable relationship with Shiraishi.

Hinata Ayane.

This name suddenly came to mind.

Shizune's expression became a little nervous.

Although the other party's appearance has basically not changed much from before she left Konoha more than ten years ago, the gentle smile that always hangs on her face, or the very iconic white eyes, undoubtedly prove her identity.

.

The defecting ninja who left Konoha with Shiraishi more than ten years ago unlocked the Caged Bird Technique of the Hyuga clan, led some Hyuga clan ninjas to defect, and killed many of Konoha's pursuers in the chase.

Her betrayal once caused discord between the Hyuga clan and the village's senior officials.

In the end, the crisis of trust between the two parties was successfully restored with the efforts of the village's top management.

But it is also true that the other party's betrayal caused Konoha to suffer a lot of losses in the Third Ninja War.

For example, as a bounty hunter, he assisted Iwagakure and caused a lot of trouble to the Konoha troops stationed in the Country of Grass.

He also defeated the Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure in the northern battlefield of Iwagakure, and frustrated the Fourth Raikage many times. There is no doubt that he is the top super-class ninja in the ninja world, able to rival the current Five Kages.

Encountering such a terrifying ninja, Shizune would naturally feel panic and fear.

Although the other party didn't seem to have any intention of taking action, Shizune had already begun to think wildly, what was the purpose of the other party coming here?

The Kingdom of Demons is already a country under the control of traitorous ninjas. If the other party makes trouble here, it doesn't matter to her. If something happens to Tsunade here, then things will be terrible...

Thinking of this, Shizune gritted her teeth stubbornly and stared at Ayane without saying a word, ready to fight at any time.

Compared to Shizune's vigilance, Ayane stood there casually and used her smile to relieve Shizune's nervousness.

"Oh, don't worry. No matter what happens, you are still distinguished guests from afar. I won't do anything to you. I still know how to treat guests with a little bit."

Even though she said this, the vigilance on Shizune's face still did not dissipate. On the contrary, because of Ayane's words, her heart became more alert.

She had always felt that the smile on the other person's face was a bit strange.

He was clearly smiling kindly and tenderly, but he couldn't feel the slightest hint of smile.

Even if this kind of person greets someone with a smile one moment and tears the person greeting into pieces the next moment, there is nothing worth making a fuss about.

Maybe this is her nature.

The tense and dull atmosphere made the place seem particularly depressing. At this moment, the door opened from the inside.

"Zhiyin, it's too long to go out to buy breakfast, isn't it..."

Tsunade walked out of the house, and that was the end of her words.

She followed Shizune's vigilant gaze and looked to the other side, showing the same expression as before, and was stunned for a moment.

Ayane seemed to want to lighten the atmosphere here. She moved her eyes away from Shizune and landed on Tsunade. She smiled and said hello: "Tsunade-sama, I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect that you are still the same at this age.

She’s young and beautiful.”

"..."

Tsunade was angry but couldn't let it out.

Because she didn't know whether Ayane's words were praising her youth and beauty, or whether she was an old woman who was almost fifty years old.

Judging from the bright smile on her face, it seemed that it was mostly a compliment.

"You're not much different from before."

Except for not wearing a Konoha forehead protector, Ayane has hardly changed at all compared to more than ten years ago, and time seems to have stagnated at the same time as it did more than ten years ago.

Facing Tsunade's lukewarm words, Ayane smiled very familiarly and said: "Why, don't you invite me in to sit down?"

"I'm just here for a trip. I don't want to get involved too much in such a troublesome matter."

Tsunade said this.

"Is it because Shiraishi-kun is not here?"

Ayane asked.

"It has nothing to do with him. I just hate trouble. If possible, please treat me as an ordinary tourist."

Tsunade said this.

Ayane pursed her lips slightly and smiled.

"I would not dare to treat Tsunade-sama, one of the Sannin, as an ordinary tourist. If it had been before, I might have believed what you said. But in such a complicated situation, you appear like this in the Demon Palace.

Country, maybe there is someone behind it. For example, the Hokage who showed great power to the Uchiha clan not long ago."

"That matter has nothing to do with Sarutobi-sensei!"

You can hear the anger in Tsunade's words.

But only Tsunade knew who the anger was specifically aimed at.

The Uchiha, a powerful ninja clan, was wiped out by a thirteen-year-old kid in his own village. No matter how you look at it, it is the most ridiculous thing in the world.

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't matter. I'm just making some baseless guesses. Don't get angry, Tsunade-sama. After all, Hokage-sama was once known as the doctor of ninjutsu. He is such a wise and powerful man. How could he cut himself off?"

Where’s one arm?”

Tsunade wanted to punch Ayane in the face and shut her up completely, but she still held back.

She wasn't sure if this was Ayane's provocation, asking her to take the lead, and then there would be a reason to capture her here.

Even what Ayane said made her angrier the more she thought about it.

Why hadn't she noticed before that the words coming out of this white-eyed girl's mouth were like bloodless knives poking hard at people's painful areas?

What a very bad character.

"What did you come here for?"

Tsunade sighed helplessly and asked.

Ayane did not speak, but glanced at the corner at the end of the corridor, with a faint smile on her face.

"Eavesdropping on conversations between girls is not something a gentleman would do, Mr. Shikaku, please come out with the other two."

After Ayane finished speaking, a few seconds passed, and three people walked out from the corner at the end of the corridor. It was Shikaku, Choza and Haiichi who had been hiding aside for a long time.

Ayane discovered the hiding place, so the three of them were not surprised.

In front of Byakugan, such hiding is meaningless.

Instead of continuing to hide and cling to life, it is better to come out openly and appear more upright.

"Not only the Jonin squad leader, but also the Sannin are here. I'm wondering, will the other two Sannins come over next?" Then she realized something, and Ayane saw that Tsunade was getting worse.

He looked apologetic and said: "I'm sorry, I forgot that Orochimaru-senpai has left the village. Among the Sannin of Konoha, only you and Jiraiya-sama are left in Konoha. I'm really sorry for mentioning Orochimaru at this time.

Senior, please forgive me for being rude, Tsunade-sama."

"fine."

Tsunade took a deep breath with a nonchalant look on her face.

"That's great. Then, please, Tsunade-sama, please exercise some restraint here. After all, if you make a scene here, the people in the security team alone won't be able to stop it. Over here

The same goes for the three of them. I don’t really want to use violence against my former colleagues.”
To be continued...