Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Hey, Jiraiya..."

"What's wrong, Tsunade?"

"The new laboratory you are talking about... the new laboratory that Rei Kaguya helped Orochimaru build, could it be the thing floating above our heads now?"

Outside the Akatsuki Castle, Tsunade looked up at the huge floating fortress that was as large as a mountain that covered the sky and the sun, and murmured to herself.

"Well, well, that's pretty much it, right? It's just that the last time I saw it, it wasn't here."

Jiraiya scratched his head, and while comparing what he saw in his memories with the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but shake his head and sighed:

"It's an exaggeration, isn't it? Is there a thought called happiness sprouting in your heart, Tsunade?"

"What are you glad about?" Tsunade turned around and looked at Jiraiya with a look of shock that could not be restrained. "I'm glad that Rei Kaguya is not a radical war fanatic like the previous Raikage, and did not directly use this absolutely overwhelming force. Do you want the power to start a war to conquer the ninja world?"

"Well, from my personal point of view, I think everyone should be happy that even though he has a power that is close to or even greater than that of the Six Paths Immortal and uses it skillfully, he is still willing to fight with us. Let the common man, who is no different to him than an ant, sit down and talk about the future and listen to us.”

Just as Jiraiya was exchanging his thoughts with Tsunade with mixed feelings, a familiar yet slightly unfamiliar voice came into their ears from the sky near the two of them:

"Huh? Jiraiya-sama and Tsunade-sama? Didn't you two come with the teacher and the others?"

After the words fell, Hatake Kakashi, wearing the robe of the Akatsuki organization, fell in front of Jiraiya and Tsunade. His face was a little dusty and tired after the journey, but from the slowly rotating pair of eyes, The emotions revealed in the Magatama Sharingan are filled with unabashed positivity and sunshine.

"Hey, Kakashi," Jiraiya simply greeted Kakashi, "Minato and the others are probably still preparing the proposals and materials to be presented at the dawn meeting, which will probably take another two days. Come back, what Tsunade and I said was purely on a whim, and we planned to come over as individuals in advance to have a look and visit our old friends who have already arrived... What about you? Have you just come back from outside? "

"Well, I am responsible for delivering the news of the reopening of the Dawn Conference to the Kingdom of Wind and the surrounding countries such as the Kingdom of Sichuan, the Kingdom of Birds, and the Kingdom of Ghosts. I just came back... I am required to serve as a temporary guide for the two of you. Are you two walking around Akatsuki City?"

Hatake Kakashi, who was sent from the Konoha Village to the Akatsuki organization as one of the resident envoys, adjusted his Konoha forehead protector and asked in a brisk tone.

"That's not necessary... Well, you can't say that?" Jiraiya hesitated for a moment, and said to Kakashi Hatake in a somewhat consultative tone: "If it's you, you should know how to get there. Are you going to Orochimaru's laboratory?"

"Orochimaru-sama...'s laboratory?"

Hatake Kakashi was stunned for a moment, and then realized that what Jiraiya was talking about was the floating fortress suspended above Akatsuki Castle, so he nodded slightly, indicating that he knew the corresponding method.

"Then please help us lead the way, Kakashi."

"No trouble, even without your request, I plan to go to Lord Orochimaru to check on his current physical condition..."

After hearing this, Tsunade, who didn't have enough information about the Akatsuki organization, finally couldn't help it anymore. She pushed Jiraiya away and stepped forward. She put her hands on Kakashi Hatake's shoulders and stared at her. Looking at the other party's pair of Sharingan eyes that seemed to have grown in his eyes, he asked word by word:

"Check your body? Kakashi, are you going to tell me that the reason why you can easily run around with these unclosed Sharingan eyes is because of some kind of surgery Orochimaru performed on you?"

"Apart from you, Tsunade-sama, only Orochimaru-sama and Kirigakure's Yakushi Kabuto are probably the only ones who have the ability to do such a thing, right?"

Hatake Kakashi didn't intend to hide this matter, just like he no longer used a ninja forehead protector to block his unpun Sharingan, he treated Tsunade honestly, straightforwardly and simply with a solemn expression. The questions raised were answered directly and affirmatively.

"Why? Why do you do such a thing?"

As a medical ninja who often has technical exchanges with Kirigakure, Tsunade knows very well that if she wants to neutralize the burden of the Sharingan that cannot be turned off on her own chakra, she will inevitably have to use herself. Grandpa Senju Hashirama’s cells.

Although it is said that Senju Hashirama himself did not hesitate to agree to leave his cells as precious strengthening materials for future generations to study publicly before he was reincarnated in the filthy earth and returned to the underworld, but for Konoha ninjas to accept Hashirama cells Tsunade's mood was still very complicated about the transplant.

"Because if we don't do this, the Sharingan left by Obito will be used as pure research material... Although Obito has made a big mistake that cannot be forgiven, I still can't bear to see these condensed eyes. With all his sad and angry eyes, he ended up like that."

Hatake Kakashi looked into Tsunade's eyes and replied with a tone of sadness and regret.

"...even if you have to take huge risks?" Tsunade's expression became more complicated, "You should know, right?"

"Lin and I made an agreement to use the Sharingan given to me by Obito to help him see the scenery that he can no longer see."

Kakashi Hatake gently covered his scarred left eye with his hand and said without wavering:

"Although Lin is no longer here, Obito... probably won't like what I see with his eyes, but this can be regarded as a little bit of self-salvation and self-satisfaction, right? This reason is enough for me."

The topic and atmosphere suddenly became a bit heavy.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting colder, Jiraiya, who had been pushed aside by Tsunade to listen silently, quickly intervened in the conversation between the two, and in a silly tone, ended the atmosphere of the conversation that was gradually becoming uncomfortable between them:

"Okay, okay, since we happen to be traveling together, let's not create unnecessary low pressure here... Come on, Kakashi. As a thank you gift, I will give you a signed copy of the latest work in the "Intimate Paradise" series later. For you."

"Really!?"

"Can what the author himself said be false?"

Looking at the two white-haired men, an old man and a young man, who made the atmosphere lively again by making jokes, and started to move forward with their arms around their shoulders, Tsunade shook her head helplessly, and followed them with a sigh. footsteps, I couldn’t help but think in my heart:

Even if the appearance can be kept young through the power of the Yin Seal, the aging of the mentality cannot be easily avoided... Shouldn't I also learn the magic of the Shiggou Forest from Master Huoli? How about trying to separate those annoying parts of yourself that are too old-fashioned and rigid, and transform your mentality into a young person who can match your appearance?

how to say……

Just, I suddenly wanted to fish, wanted to rest, wanted to clear my mind, and then I couldn’t control it until now...

It can only be said that the string of hard work in writing was still not stretched, and it collapsed as expected.

But that was all in the past. Now, let us move forward towards the finale where we have sorted out our thoughts (guilty)