Chapter 7

"It's you!?"

Seeing the mysterious masked man who appeared in front of him again, Tsunade paused and shouted in amazement.

For some reason, she didn't have much hatred for the other party.

Just now, her only relative, Uzumaki Mito, who lost the human pillar power of the tailed beast, had passed away.

But Tsunade didn't blame the masked man for the reason, because even if the human-pillar power transfer ceremony had been successful, her grandmother would have died.

And Tsunade never understood what this masked man was trying to do.

When he was at the Senju Shrine just now, why had he saved her grandmother and Kushina?

"I'll have to stop you there, Tsunade."

Yusuke used Chakra to alter his voice, making it hoarse and difficult to distinguish the gender.

"Why are you helping? Konoha hasn't made you suffer enough? You repay your grievances with virtue; do you really think that group of people will be grateful to you?"

In the future of the original story, when Pain invaded Konoha, he almost wiped out the village entirely. It was thanks to Tsunade's slug's that the worst outcome was avoided.

Now Yusuke's goal was to disrupt the remnants of Konoha, and he certainly didn't want Tsunade, the strongest healer in the Shinobi world, to interfere.

Tsunade's expression changed drastically, and her entire body suddenly froze in place.

A few years ago, when the Second Ninja World War had just broken out, a decision-making error by Danzo had led to the destruction of her parents, and more than ninety percent of the Senju Clan.

After that, Tsunade had become seriously estranged from the Konoha higher-ups.

In response, Hiruzen Sarutobi had removed the group of elders, but in reality, it was only a superficial gesture. Danzo's power remained intact.

Tsunade had come to realize how dark Konoha's upper echelons truly were.

"It seems that you agree with my words," Yusuke said, seeing Tsunade hesitate. His tone carried a hint of amusement. "In that case, then please go back. Just find a reason to fool around afterward; no one will dare to blame you."

Tsunade gritted her teeth, hesitating for a moment.

But then, she suddenly remembered her grandmother Uzumaki Mito's last words.

"You have to protect Konoha yourself."

"Get out of the way!"

Thinking of her grandmother's final words, Tsunade clenched her fists and shouted at the masked man.

That's right; she was indeed disappointed with Konoha's high-ranking officials, but she was not disappointed in Konoha itself, the village founded by her grandfather.

She had to save the village!

"Really?" Yusuke said, seeing that Tsunade wasn't persuaded. "Then you've force me."

Tsunade let out a roar of rage and rushed towards Yusuke with a powerful punch.

'Just stop her from using the slug.'

Yusuke thought to himself.

Without using the Hatake sword technique or Lightning Release, he didn't have the confidence to defeat Tsunade.

But he didn't need to defeat her; he only needed to prevent her from using the slug technique to make things worse.

In just 15 seconds, the two clashed, exchanging dozens of moves.

The more Tsunade fought, the more she was astonished. The man in front of her used no ninjutsu or illusions, only basic sword techniques to counter her powerful strikes.

It was so impressive!

If she hadn't seen White Fang's grave with her own eyes, she would have suspected that this man was actually Konoha White Fang, known for his extraordinary sword skills.

"Who are you!?"

After exchanging a hundred moves, Tsunade couldn't help but shout.

The transfer ceremony that had released the Nine-Tails to destroy Konoha made Tsunade suspect that the masked man was an enemy sent by the Hidden Cloud or another village.

But if that were the case, why go through the trouble of saving her grandmother and Kushina?

And why try to persuade her to leave?

If he were an enemy from another ninja village, there wouldn't be any need for such elaborate deception.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions continued to shake Konoha.

Mushroom clouds erupted one after another, as the Nine-Tails continued its rampage.

In less than half an hour since the Nine-Tails was released, nearly half of Konoha had been destroyed!

This was the full power of the Nine-Tails.

"Hahaha! This is truly amazing!" Yusuke looked around at the chaos in Konoha and laughed. "How does it feel, Princess? Is it satisfying revenge?"

The Hokage Administration Building and Hokage Rock had been completely demolished. The casualties among the Konoha ninjas numbered in the thousands.

There was no doubt that Yusuke had achieved his goal. Konoha was now in a semi-crippled state!

"...Get out of the way!"

Tsunade did not respond or agree but simply uttered those two words coldly.

"That's not going to work," Yusuke smiled again and brandished his ninja sword.

"Damn, this can't go on. I have to use the slug technique... quickly."

Seeing the corpses of Konoha ninjas everywhere, Tsunade anxiously bit her fingers to summon the slugs.

"Don't think about it," Yusuke rushed toward her.

Don't even think about using the slugs.

I haven't had enough of the death and destruction yet. I need more to be satisfied!