Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Minato? It's really rare that you still look like this..."

Seeing Minato Namikaze and Kakashi Hatake, the two of them walked into the room that Shizune had reserved early as if they were thieves. Tsunade, who had returned to her most accustomed appearance, couldn't help but choose. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Namikaze Minato with some surprise and said:

"I remember that you have always been the kind of perfect and chic ninja since the ninja school, right? You just came to see me, why did you show such a cautious look? If I hadn't drunk myself, here It should still be within the Kingdom of Fire, right?”

"The situation forces us to be more cautious." Namikaze Minato slowly straightened his waist and said to Tsunade, whose appearance had hardly changed from the past: "Long time no see, Tsunade. Master Hand..."

"I have always heard of your legend, Minato. From defeating Kumogakure's AB combination to allowing Iwagakure's ninjas to abandon their missions without being punished when they see you..."

Tsunade picked up the wine glass at hand and took a sip, then squinted at Namikaze Minato's side, "However, even you who inherited the Flying Thunder God's Technique suffered such serious injuries... Could it be that there is no such thing? Has Kirigakure, who participated in the last ninja war, quietly become stronger than Kumogakure and Iwagakure?"

"On the whole, there shouldn't be any," Namikaze Minato shook his head, and then sighed helplessly: "But, Kirigakure, this time, a very terrible monster appeared. To tell you the truth, this is already me The second time I was injured and defeated at his hands.”

"What!? How...is it possible..."

Hearing the news, Shizune covered her mouth in surprise and said with a look of disbelief:

"Is there anyone who can defeat you, Minato-sama?"

"I am ashamed to say that the person who was defeated was not only me, but also Kushina who went to the front line with me to fight..."

When he said this news that could shake the eyes of those who knew the inside story, Namikaze Minato's expression couldn't help but become depressed. Tsunade looked at his expression, and then looked at Hatakeka who clenched his fists on the side. Cassie let out a long sigh, raised her hand and poked Shizune who was standing there dumbly, and ordered:

"Shizune, go and treat Minato first... It will make your Sandaime allow you to run around dragging wounds that have not yet healed. It seems that this time, the situation facing the village is not as serious as usual."

"Yes, yes! Tsunade-sama."

Shizune was shocked by the poke. She hurriedly ran to Minato Namikaze and sat down. She began to use palm senjutsu to treat the wounds on Minato Namikaze's waist. Seeing this scene, Minato Namikaze felt nervous. He opened his mouth and asked:

"Tsunade-sama... your hemophobia still hasn't improved?"

"Yeah, just like what you saw Minato."

Tsunade's face was filled with mixed emotions of helplessness, sigh and despair. She turned her face sideways and played with her hair with her fingers trembling slightly, "I know your reason for coming, Minato. You just want me to go back and help Kushina or others." What kind of treatment person would drag a sick body here to look for me, a guy who has been away from Konoha for a long time..."

"But it's a pity that I can no longer be a medical ninja who sees blood every day. Even if I treat you through my clothes like this, I can't help but tremble with fear, and I can't even move my chakra... …”

Looking at Tsunade who was reluctant to even talk to him head-on after discovering the wound on his waist, Namikaze Minato opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

That's right, if Tsunade-sama's knot in her heart could be broken so easily, Jiraiya-sensei must have persuaded Tsunade-sama to return to Konoha long ago...

But without Tsunade-sama's support, how long will Kushina have to fight that strange chakra in the hospital bed before she can recover?

"If the situation is really that urgent, just ask Shizune to follow you back for a while."

Seeing that Namikaze Minato fell into silence, Tsunade didn't want to let the junior who she watched grow up be too disappointed. She nodded Shizune's name, lowered her head and said:

"Although she is still young, Shizune has been learning medical ninjutsu from me for a long time. If she follows you back, it will more or less relieve the pressure on Konoha's treatment."

"But, Tsunade-sama, if I follow Minato-sama back, won't there be no one around to look after you?"

When Shizune heard Tsunade's proposal to throw her back to Konoha, her childish baby face couldn't help showing a trace of panic. Seeing this, Tsunade shook her head in a funny way, half mocking herself and half reassuring Shizune:

"That's almost it, Shizune... I am also a ninja who was once called a Sannin together with Jiraiya and the others. No matter how lost my mind is, I will not be reduced to the point where I can't even take care of my own daily life. To the point.”

"That's not what I'm worried about," Shizune bit her lip and said carefully: "I'm worried that if I'm not by your side, your behavior of finding people to borrow money and gambling will become more and more frequent. …That’s really not good.”

"What does it matter? Anyway, it's just losing money from one group of rotten people to another group of rotten people," Tsunade waved her hand, pointed to the Yin seal on her forehead and said to Shizune:

"Or, Shizune, are you worried that I will be caught by them? How is it possible? As long as I slightly adjust my appearance, age, and change my clothes, those guys who run the casino will not be able to pass by me. Maybe it connects me with the big fat sheep who gamble there... ah."

As if she suddenly remembered something, Tsunade turned her head and asked Minato Namikaze, whose expression became much more relaxed due to the healing of his wound:

"By the way Minato... you just said that Kirigakure has an incredible monster, right? Can you tell me some information about him?"

"Of course, Tsunade-sama."

Namikaze Minato nodded and began to list the information he had about Kaguya Rei in concise language:

"That person's name is Rei Kaguya. He is a descendant of the Kaguya clan. He is about fifteen years old. He has a high degree of mastery of corpse veins. He is good at physical arts and water escape. He has a huge amount of chakra and strong vitality. It doesn't look like it, its defense is super high, and its recovery power is terrible. It's almost like a human-shaped tailed beast...

Not only that, he also mastered the sage mode, and a very dangerous gray bone whose destructive power far exceeds the conventional corpse veins. Kushina was seriously injured by him using that gray bone, and she has not been injured until now. Wake up. "

"Do you know what this information reminds me of, Minato?"

Listening to Namikaze Minato's statement, Tsunade closed her eyes and asked in a calm tone.

"What?"

"My grandfather, the first Hokage Senju Hashirama."

The expressions of Namikaze Minato and Hatake Kakashi froze at the same time.

"Are you serious about your judgment, Tsunade-sama!?"

After a moment of silence, Namikaze Minato spoke and asked in a serious tone.

"Sa, who knows?" Tsunade turned to look at the sky outside the window and said as if she was dreaming:

"What kind of Kaguya Rei is we can only know after we meet and have a fight. However, the chakra and vitality are comparable to those of tailed beasts. He has mastered the sage mode on his own and has a blood successor that is superior to his peers. The power... these characteristics are indeed very similar to Grandpa Hashirama."

"Speaking of which, Minato, you were so cautious when you came to see me. Could it be because...that Rei Kaguya is in this town?"

"As expected, I can't hide it from you, Tsunade-sama."

Namikaze Minato sighed, and said with some relief:

"When I fought with him before, I left an indelible Flying Thunder God spell on him, which allowed me to sense his location. Then before I came to find you, I discovered that the spell was in the small town. within……

To be honest, I really thought that he was looking for you based on intelligence just like me, Tsunade-sama..."

"What's the use of looking for me? I'm just a big fat sheep who uses gambling and debt evasion to escape life..."

Tsunade stood up, pushed open the bedroom door and walked in. Then before closing the door, she turned back, looked at Shizune and said:

"Minato, you guys take a rest first and give Shizune some time to pack her luggage. Let's go back to Konoha together after she finishes packing... I'm a little tired, so I'm going to rest first."

After closing the door and blocking Namikaze Minato's words from Izuku, Tsunade stood alone in the room. While taking a deep breath, a picture naturally appeared in her mind.

That was when he and Shizune were sitting in a small shop on the street, eating and laughing at the casino thugs passing by outside. The boy next to him suddenly turned his head and cast a serious look at himself. Thoughtful gaze.

At the time, I didn't pay much attention to it, but now that I think about it, that boy with an aura as calm as a mountain might be the extremely dangerous Rei Kaguya in Minato. If he is really as strong as Minato described, maybe He had already discovered his true identity from Shizune's small complaints at that time...

Minato was injured, Kakashi was too young, and Shizune was not a fighting ninja. If Rei Kaguya suddenly attacked, he would not be able to protect them.

"Take Shizune back quickly, Minato..." Tsunade clenched her fists and murmured in a voice that only she could hear: "I don't want to see young people like you die in front of me again. Already..."

…

the other side.

Kaguya Rei, who was deeply missed by Tsunade, was sitting on a slowly moving carriage, silently using the curse seal to sense the changes in the natural energy in the air.

"Compared to before, the activation speed of the curse seal seems to be a little faster... It seems that the general location of Longdi Cave is indeed in the north of the Kingdom of Fire."

"But if we follow this road to the north, the closest point to Konoha is only about a hundred kilometers away..."

"I wonder if you can sense me activating the curse seal from this distance, Orochimaru~"

Unfortunately, I was sucked hard by the toilet at the last moment of sprinting. After running three times in half an hour, I felt numb...

Shouldn't have ordered fried chicken

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