The sky was still dark, and the rain still showed no sign of letting up. Tsunade drank rum in silence, and every time she finished a bottle of Runyu, she would thoughtfully give her a second bottle.

After a while, Tsunade was surrounded by wine bottles. She took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

"Runyu, you should know that the position of Hokage is not suitable for me, and my current state is not suitable for being Hokage."

She stood in the rain with her long, light yellow hair messily draped over her shoulders. Her face was red and looked very sad. At this moment, she was no longer the Tsunade-hime who could easily break rocks. She was just a girl who had lost her temper because of the death of her younger brother.

Sad sister.

The death of Senju Nezuki has always been like a piece of ice stuck in Tsunade's heart. This ice needs time to melt.

"You can think of this as Grandma Mito's last wish." Runyu spoke softly and once again revealed the fact that made Tsunade even more desperate.

"Grandma's body finally can't hold it anymore?" Tsunade was very calm, as if she had prepared her mind in advance.

"I just can feel that her fire of life is very weak." Runyu explained.

"Hey, it would be great if there was no such war." Tsunade confessed her boredom with the war.

"The man behind this war is Uchiha Madara, and he is still alive and staring at me, so I cannot intervene in this war." Runyu confessed to Tsunade.

Except for Uchiha Mountain, he had never told anyone else that Uchiha Madara was still alive. He always felt that something bad would happen if he did.

But today in front of Tsunade, he confessed easily, and that dark feeling of threat did not appear.

"How is it possible, how is it possible that he is still alive?!" Tsunade said in surprise.

"He is alive now. We had a fight in the Valley of the End some time ago. I almost paid for my life, but he lost. Only then can I get out of Konoha and stop the war."

Runyu said so much just because he didn't want Tsunade to misunderstand him, and he didn't want Tsunade to think that he wanted to watch Mito Uzumaki burn his life away.

He may not care about the looks and opinions of many people, but that does not include those who are important to him.

Runyu spoke calmly, but Tsunade could feel the heaviness in her words. It was extremely hard to be an enemy of someone like Uchiha. You had to stay up all night thinking about how to defeat him.

"Hey..." Tsunade really doesn't like to be sentimental, but the recent events have made her, a very nervous thousand-year-old princess, unable to smile.

She picked up another bottle of rum, one bottle after another. After a long time, she threw the bottle hard.

"The Fourth Hokage will be the goal of my efforts!" After all, she couldn't bear to let Uzumaki Mito pass away unwillingly. What reason did she have to refuse the last wish of an old man who had had ups and downs in his life?

Say it.

"I'm going back first." Tsunade turned around and walked towards her tent. The protein-colored mist was discharged from her pores, and the drunkenness on her face dissipated.

Her eyes regained their sharpness, and she became the majestic Valkyrie again.

Push open the tent.

The red-haired girl thoughtfully gave her a clean towel. Uzumaki Naha, that girl, followed Tsunade after the incident in Uzumaki Country.

Now she is ten years old and has begun to learn medical ninjutsu and kaijutsu. She is Tsunade's second disciple.

"Master, you drank so much and you're stinking all over." The girl said in a clear voice, wrinkling her nose.

While wiping Tsunade's wet body with a towel, Tsunade looked at Uzumaki Naha and smiled.

After despair, there are always warm people or things to support her moving forward.

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Runyu looked at the woods in the distance, where a slender figure was standing. This was not an accidental encounter. In fact, he had arrived a long time ago and just didn't want to disturb the conversation between Runyu and Tsunade.

Orochimaru has long black hair that sticks smoothly to his back, golden and narrow pupils, purple eye shadow that extends to the nose, and pale skin.

He is obviously a man, but he gives Runyu a feminine softness, and his figure looks like a peerless beauty from an ancient painting.

"Long time no see, Runtama-kun." Orochimaru walked over lightly. His voice this time was sincere and respectful.

"Long time no see, Brother Orochimaru." Runyu also greeted him cordially.

The conversation between the two of them was just like the one they had when they stood on the streets of Konoha.

After several years, many changes have taken place in both of them. Runyu has grown much taller, and Orochimaru has become colder and colder, like a poisonous snake.

"With all due respect, Junyu-kun, can you teach me how to become stronger?" Orochimaru came up with this idea after seeing the battle between Junyu and Sansho Hanzo.

"Don't you plan to practice the art of Baqi?" Runyu asked.

"As expected, you know." Orochimaru took out the golden card from his arms, and the giant snake with eight heads and eight tails on the rough sea looked up to the sky and roared.

He was fortunate enough to have the permission of the Third Hokage to visit the secret room where the Second Hokage developed forbidden techniques, and it was there that he discovered the forbidden techniques that changed his life.

"Run Yujun, after practicing the Eight-Qi Technique, people can no longer be called human beings."

Orochimaru now always rejects that inhuman path, Tsunade has not accepted Kato Dan, and Senju Nōju is not Orochimaru's disciple.

He still loves Tsunade in his heart, but it is this love that prevents him from practicing the Yamata no Jutsu wholeheartedly.

"I have created a brand new power system called martial arts. Do you want to try it?" Runyu said with a smile.

French Snake Aunt→Meat-clad Snake.

"Martial arts? Is it similar to the warriors of the Iron Kingdom?" Orochimaru asked, looking a little hesitant.

"After returning to Konoha, you can go to the martial arts school to find out in person." Runyu said.

Tonight, Orochimaru looked particularly depressed and downcast, especially after seeing Jiraiya hugging Tsunade in his arms. He obviously felt sour inside. If he were to change his clothes, he might be able to play Sister Lin in "A Dream of Red Mansions"

.

"If I'm good, I'll definitely visit him personally." Today's setback made him extremely thirsty for strength, and he seemed to be seeking medical treatment indiscriminately due to an acute illness.

"There is also science, which is also very powerful. For example, high voltage can be fatal, gunpowder can explode, and neurotoxins can kill millions of people in an instant. Of course, I am not suggesting that you study those world-destroying weapons."

As one of the few ninjas among Hokage who believed in science, Runyu hoped to lead him to the bright road of science in advance.

"is this real?"

At this time, Orochimaru not only remembered that the gas mask Tsunade took out, but that the Sansho fish toxin she had not cracked after using it for several months could be isolated by that simple mask, that was the power of science.

"By the way, just out of curiosity, why does Brother Orochimaru always like Sister Tsunade." Runyu asked.

"She has healed me, saved me, and illuminated me. She is the sun, the light, and the only one."

Orochimaru raised his head and looked a little fanatical, looking into the distance where Tsunade's camp was.

Runyu looked at Han Zhan, and the look in Orochimaru's eyes at this moment was very familiar, showing naked possessiveness, just like when he looked at Uchiha Sasuke's body in the original novel.

"I am a stubborn person. I believe that no one can change her for the rest of my life, and no one can change her."
Chapter completed!