"Trust? Haha!"

"Same as you," Anko said with a smile on her face, though she had been asked by Tsunade to keep an eye on Kaguya since Kazutora wasn't there in the world, and they didn't know how long it would take for him to arrive.

"Keeping an eye on me?" Kaguya asked with some thoughts in her mind and saw Anko nodding at her.

"Yep, you are right. Anyway, I will play with you, and I can show you around. He might trust you a bit, but we don't."

"Trust? Haha!" Kaguya chuckled as she pointed to her chest and said, "If he trusted me, then this wouldn't exist."

"Hmm? Kaguya? You do know that he knows that the cells in your heart have changed and soon will lose control. Why do you think he didn't do anything?"

Kaguya paused as she heard the words and said, "Because he is stronger than me?"

"Are you serious?" Anko asked with a strange look on her face, and Kaguya narrowed her eyes at her words. She knew what Anko was implying, but she didn't want to admit that he trusted her, and she felt a strange feeling in her heart at this thought.

"Anyways, let's end the topic. The distant you are from him, the better it is. Eleven are enough, and I don't want anyone anymore." Anko said with a scowl on her face and Kaguya froze at her words.

"Me? His woman? Never," Kaguya denied as she understood her words and she saw Anko clicking her tongue.

"Let me tell you, Sister Mikoto said the same words and the next time I saw her, she was in bed with him," Anko said with a playful smirk on her face. Well, it wasn't next time but there was no need for her to say more.

"Let's play a game, shall we? If you win, I will answer one question and if I win, you will answer one question. We will use these to prevent anyone from lying." Anko said before Kaguya could say anything, and Kaguya looked at her taking out two strips. She looked at the seals on it with her eyes turning white, and Kaguya answered, "No!"

"Oh? Are you afraid?" Anko provoked Kaguya as she heard the words. She didn't think Kaguya would accept the words easily and she knew that she had to leave a bait.

"You can ask any question, even Kazu's weaknesses~!" Anko said with a glint in her eyes and saw Kaguya pausing at her words.

"Aren't you curious as to why he is so strong and seems to know everything? You can know this if you win," Anko whispered like a devil, but she saw Kaguya snorting at her words.

"If it was someone else, I might have believed their words. But you, his woman? Saying his weakness? Nah! Go and say these words to a naive woman, and she might believe your words."

Kaguya said, but she saw no change in her expression. Anko just chuckled at her words, and said, "It's your loss. If you were a random woman, I might not even bother."

"The sole reason I'm even considering this is because you could potentially be part of our family. But to be frank, I'd prefer if you kept your distance," Anko stated nonchalantly as she locked eyes with Kaguya, who returned her gaze.

With a snort, Kaguya moved ahead with Anko following her and she went to play games while Anko became her opponent.

In the Hokage office, Tsunade looked at the report on Population V/S the resources used in Konoha with a flicker in her eyes.

She heard the sound of rushed footsteps and looked at the door. The door opened and Shizune entered with an excited look on her face. She looked at Tsunade with a gleam in her eyes, and she said, "It's done. The energy has been synthesized and DNA responsible for the process has been separated."

Tsunade's eyes widened at her words, and a grin appeared on her face. They left the Hokage office and went to the Research Department, where Tsunade and Shizune entered the Sealed room.

Inside the room, Tsunade looked at Shizune moving to the table, and picking a few repots. Her eyes fell on another notebook on the table, and she read the words.

"Breathing Technique," She murmured as she picked up the notebook and opened it. Looking at the handwriting, she understood that it was written by Yugao, and she read it.

Shizune turned towards Tsunade and saw her reading something. Looking at it, she remembered that it was given by Yugao and Shizune said, "Ah Yes! I forgot about this. Yugao said that these breathing techniques can be spread around, and they have been made by her based-on Breathing Techniques in Demon Slayer."

"They can't give so much power as chakra can, but it can enhance the overall fitness and health of everyone if they follow it."

"There are two types," Tsunade murmured as she heard the words. One type was for overall fitness and health of the body, while the other focused on strength, like Kaioken.

"If everyone can practice it, the base level of everyone would increase, and even normal civilians will have the strength of a Genin without their chakra. But that's it, and any more will destroy their body." Tsunade said as she read everything and how much pressure it would apply to her body.

Closing her eyes, she started to regulate her breathing while Shizune took the book and read. An idea appeared in her mind, and she wondered if the breathing technique could be used to access the chakra which one can't usually access because of the gates in the body.

'Or if a technique which can give everyone the ability to manipulate the chakra in their body. Chakra is present in all humans, but only a few can manipulate it. If this can be solved, then the regular level of the whole world would increase but this needs to be controlled too.'

'Hmm, I will add this to research and talk with Yugao. She has been working on the base level for a long time, and always focused on basics. She has opened a Dojo, and this might be a good way to spread it.'

Shizune noticed Tsunade's chakra fluctuating and her breathing pattern changing. A few minutes later, Tsunade opened her eyes and murmured, "This is better than I thought. After some time, I can use this breathing pattern unconsciously and it increases my strength by 2%. I control my body all the time because of chakra and that's why the increase in strength isn't much."

"For others, the strength increase could be as much as 100% but they would need a lot of control to manage this."

Tsunade murmured while noticing the state and her eyes gleamed. The Technique made by Yugao was much better than she had thought, and it was just a basic technique with no use of chakra.

If chakra is used in the process, the effect would exponentially increase, and Tsunade stared at the book with a gleam in her eyes.

"Keep a hold on analysing Moryo's body or use Shadow Clones. Let's focus on this since most of the people in the world are just civilians, followed by Genins."

"This will solve one of the major problems we are facing, but the effect and people need to be controlled."

Tsunade said after thinking for a moment and Shizune told her the idea she had. Tsunade understood what Shizune meant and said, "I don't think this would be possible with the breathing technique, but the training required to open the gates might lessen."

"Anyways, you can add this to it, and see how the chakra works around the gate while breathing. By the way, where is Yugao? She will also have to take part in this research."

"She must be at the Dojo she opened."

"Haha! She really loves Swords," Tsunade said with a laugh, and heard Shizune say, "That's the only thing she loves besides Kazu."

"Haha, you aren't wrong," Tsunade said while nodding at her words, and she took out a rectangular strip with a sealing formation on it.

She sensed Yugao's signature in the strip and sent her a call through the strip.

In her dojo, Yugao sat cross-legged with a sword made of chakra in her hand. She sensed Tsunade's call through a similar strip and disappeared from her location after leaving a Shadow Clone.

In Konoha Medical Hospital, Kurenai looked at the reports on the mental state of patients. Her eyes flickered, and she smiled when she read that the reports were normal and there was nothing wrong with the Mental State of the patients.

"Hmm?"

It was then, that the door opened, and Kurenai looked at the door. She saw Pakura entering with a frown on her face and Kurenai asked, "Did something happen?"

"Yeah, I want to visit Sunagakure and resolve a few things there. I want you to come with me and stop me if I lose control." Pakura said with a frown on her face. Since the day she saw Rasa getting destroyed by Shizune, and Sunagakure ninja dying, Pakura noticed that some part of her still thought of Suna, no, she should say some people in the village.

Pakura didn't see her student, Maki in the group, and she wondered if it was on purpose or if there was a conspiracy behind it. Honestly, Pakura felt that they had left her on purpose so that when the time of revenge came, she would remember the old feelings and try to stop Konoha.

Kurenai stared at Pakura as she heard the words, and she thought of Pakura's situation. Her eyes flickered as she pondered over her words and said, "Okay, let's go."

Pakura smiled as she heard the words, and she created a clone. The clone left to inform Tsunade, and a Kunai appeared in her hand. Kurenai appeared beside her, and she created a clone.

The clone went to sit on her seat, and they disappeared from the room. A few minutes later, the door was knocked, and the clone looked at the door.

The door opened, and Nono entered the room with Konan following her, and she looked at Kurenai's clone on the chair and asked, "Where is she?"

"She is with Pakura," The clone replied while reading the report, and she asked, "Why did you bring her?"

"She needs rehabilitation too. If she is like this, she won't be able to do anything and break down soon."

"Hmm?" The clone hummed as she stared at Konan, and said, "Take her to Sister Mikoto. Her ability is more useful in her situation, and she has to face her past to get out of it."

Nono paused at Kurenai's words, and Konan's eyes widened as she heard them.

"No! I am okay! I can do everything! I don't need to face them again!" She said hurriedly as the thought of meeting them, even in illusion haunted her, and she didn't want to get attached to illusions.

"See! She has to face them and come to accept the situation. Or, she just has to do something to get them back but that isn't possible." Kurenai said while shaking her head, and she continued to read the report.

Hearing her, Nono sighed. She understood what Kurenai was talking about and she stared at Konan. Her eyes flickered as she thought of something and said, "Follow me, I will show you a few places and let you understand something."

"Considering your situation and past, you should have understood these things years ago, but it seems something has been clouding your mind," Nono said with a serious look on her face, and she left with Konan. The clone stared at the group of two leaving and she murmured, "Just like another's happiness shows what you are lacking, another's sorrow can make you value what you have."

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