Kapitel 218: Go Home

"In the Konoha Village, inside the Hokage's office.

Just as Yuki returned to the village, he hadn't had a chance to rest yet due to the recent frequent military movements among the ninja nations, creating a tense situation. Consequently, he had to take a temporary leave and return to his increasingly heavy workload.

To this end, he even reluctantly dragged Tsunade over to help, claiming it was a husband and wife team.

It's worth noting that Tsunade could handle political affairs. During the time when he had tricked her into being the Hokage's assistant, although she constantly complained, she actually did a pretty good job.

The reason she later let go of the reins and didn't get involved ultimately boiled down to one word: laziness.

Yuki had decided not to spoil her anymore. After all, if she continued living such a carefree life, her body would grow fatter and more lethargic by the night.

In recent years, the feeling of suffocation that Yuki had experienced in his battles with Tsunade had become more frequent. Even though it was a mix of pain and pleasure, he didn't want to burden her further with her other identity as a ninja.

"This is what you call training?" Tsunade looked at the mountain of documents in front of her, and her face was full of exasperation.

"Hehe," she coldly smiled.

Was it necessary to use such a poor excuse?

Who knows who had been precious all along?

Lowering her head to look at the high collar of her clothes, Tsunade proudly raised her light yellow eyebrows.

As a medical genius, she took great care of her body and never suffered from shoulder or neck pain.

Not to mention this scale, even if it were a size larger, it would not impact her combat ability.

Yuki had brought her over purely because he wasn't happy with his own life and couldn't stand to see her living comfortably. In the past, with her hot temper, she would never have gone along with it.

But after years of marriage and having a daughter, Tsunade's identity had changed significantly from before, and she had developed a gentleness and tolerance that others had never possessed when facing Yuki.

Turning to look at Yuki, who had a heavier workload than herself, Tsunade finally suppressed her anger, shook her head, and, with an unsatisfied grumble, began to help her husband with his work.

The sound of flipping through files and the stamping of documents echoed continuously in the Hokage's office.

Afterwards, with the joint efforts of the husband and wife and other officers like Hatake Kakashi and Nara Shikaku, the large Fire Land quickly adjusted to the rapidly changing ninja world situation.

"Send a thousand ninjas to the border of the Land of Grass."

"Order the Water Land to complete the bridge's construction to the Fire Land as soon as possible."

"Dispatch three teams of elite ninjas to secretly infiltrate the boundary between the Earth and Grass countries and await further orders."

"Enhance surveillance of the Lightning Land and Hidden Cloud Village; I need to know their every move."

"..."

One directive after another emanated from the Hokage's office.

At this moment, watching people dressed in Konoha green vests or Fire Land official attire coming in and out of the Hokage's office, it was clear that Yuki had an increased chance of success on the western front.

Even though he had prepared to confront the entire ninja world with the strength of one nation, Yuki still recognized the importance of his personal strength, especially given the emergence of a new enemy like Uchiha Madara.

"It's time..."

Thinking back to how easily he had obtained blood samples from Naruto and Sasuke during their medical check-ups, Yuki was now prepared.

However, just as he was full of confidence, he didn't notice that a slender, fair hand had already swapped his lunchbox at lightning speed.

...

Hidden Rain Village.

Even though there was no Rain Tiger at Ease Jutsu, a continuous downpour still enveloped the village.

Upon receiving Yuki's orders, Jiraiya, who had rushed to the Land of Rain, didn't choose to infiltrate but instead arrived directly at the border between the two countries.

Upon seeing Konan, who had been waiting for a long time in her black cloak, Jiraiya's face lit up with an exceedingly bright smile, and he waved excitedly, "Long time no see, Konan! As expected, you've grown into a beautiful young woman!"

A familiar face, a familiar nonchalant tone.

Upon seeing the person in front of her, who still looked exactly like her memory but more mature, Konan smiled slightly for the first time in a long while and said, "Jiraiya-sensei!"

"A long-lost title!" Jiraiya said with a grin.

Upon reaching Konan, Jiraiya, looking at his student, who resembled her former self, couldn't help but sigh deeply, "I'm back, Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato."