Capítulo 73: Bet with Tsunade
I think I may have exaggerated a bit with the intensity of the snowfall I asked them to create. It turns out that the infrastructure of this village is not designed to withstand these conditions.
Some cold? Sure, that was guaranteed at night.
But that was still under the circumstances of a dry climate. When you add snow to the equation... let's just say things go sideways. The weight of the snow, the moisture seeping into the ground, and a whole series of factors resulted in the collapse of some of the shoddiest buildings.
There were no real casualties, just people who got the scare of their lives.
They can rebuild everything in a short time; it will just be a headache to reassemble the plumbing. Although maybe the renovation will result in something better, who knows.
We left Sunagakure as panic spread, and Pakura carried Maki on her back as we ascended to our village. Since Maki hasn't signed the pact with the cloud, she can't step on it yet.
Pakura was almost strangled by the frightened Maki when we ascended thousands of meters, and it occurred to her that it was a good idea to look down.
We were welcomed by Ameyuri, Karin, and Anko.
Yes, I specifically asked for them to be there. After the initial panic of Maki stepping on the cloud passed, Karin and Anko took her, dazed, to show her where she would stay. It was also a way to help her connect with the girls and make friends quickly; I don't want her to feel isolated.
"So, sister?" Ameyuri, as subtle as ever, went straight to the point that interested her and asked Pakura, looking her up and down with interest and a big smile that showed those sharp teeth.
Oh, I'm SURE she noticed that Pakura is not walking normally.
But what can I say, maybe she's teasing her new sister as an older sister should.
"Sister..." Pakura knew it made no sense to deny what we all knew happened, so she nodded with a completely red face.
"Good! Come on, tell me the details." Ameyuri took the hand of a very surprised Pakura and was about to leave when she stopped, let go of her, and turned around to approach me, jumping to cling to me like a koala hanging from my neck. "And as for you, I'll see you tonight~" A kiss that lasted several seconds followed before she was happily gone with Pakura while I licked my lips.
Wow, I love this woman.
I arrived at my laboratory and saw Shizune and Tsunade in lab coats using a spectrometer quite clumsily, so I assumed it must be the machine they were learning to use this time.
"Where did you get the ideas to make these machines?" Tsunade asked with professional interest without even greeting, very much in line with her personality, I suppose.
"What can I say, I'm a handyman as well as handsome and intelligent," I said with all the humility in the world, sarcastically. "Now that I think about it, are you familiar with poisons from Sunagakure?"
"Of course, I was the one in charge of preparing antidotes when it came to countering that old Chiyo on the battlefield," she said, puffing out her chest, almost making a button from the lab coat shoot off. "Why do you ask?"
I told her about the situation with the scorpion clan and gave her some samples I took from the deceased.
Why am I asking Tsunade for help when I know as much and more than she does?
For contribution.
Since Tsunade and Shizune came to the village, their contribution has been rather minimal, and in reality, they are the ones who have benefited greatly from being able to study here and use the library and my laboratory instruments.
I know it, and they are aware of this fact as well.
Tsunade now only has to invest a little time in taking care of everyone's health as if she were a general practitioner and spend a few hours a week teaching some advanced combat lessons in taijutsu and ninjutsu.
The rest of the time, she spends studying, drinking, or entertaining herself.
Shizune, on her part, is helping with chakra control training and collaborating with Mariko to complement necessary school lessons. The rest of the time, she helps her teacher or takes care of the children, which seems to be something she enjoys.
This comfort and acceptance without the slightest rejection invisibly generated a small feeling of apprehension in their hearts because now they really know how great my honesty was in offering them to join my village.
And they feel that what they have done so far to repay is not enough.
I'm already happy with what they do, but if they want to do more to be at peace, who am I to stop them?
Tsunade and Shizune know that I can handle the poison issue, but I'm giving them the job so they can be more comfortable. Also, in a way, they will benefit from studying such a complex poison.
It's also nice to be able to delegate some tasks and not have to handle everything on my own. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm going to sit back and do nothing while they do their thing.
I made a little bet with Tsunade to see who can make a more effective antidote.
With her medical professionalism, I know that even competing with me, she won't make mistakes to go faster, so I don't feel any guilt about it.
What's at stake is simple, some gold.
If she wins, she can get a few dozen kilograms to sell privately and make money. Even Shizune will have her share that she CANNOT borrow; I made sure of that.
If she loses... I gave her several options.
I would like her to show the Yin Seal on her forehead to Pakura and Ameyuri; both have chakra control that meets the learning requirements, but I'm aware that it's something very personal and that she invested a lot of effort and time in. It's unlikely that she'll choose this payment.
She could also take Anko as a student and delve properly into her studies on poisons. There's a reason Orochimaru paid attention to Mitarashi, and it's because of her talent for synthesizing and using poisons. It's only because he had to invest most of his time in plotting and conducting experiments that such talent was not excavated more than superficially.
Why do you think he even allowed her to sign a contract with the snakes?
The rest of the options were less significant. Let's see what she will choose.
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I'll add this because I'm SURE someone will ask me for not paying enough attention.
Yes, Enel knows Tsunade's techniques and could simply teach them, but he is looking for something somewhat legitimate. She managed to bring Tsunade to her village and it would be extremely stupid of her to make her feel betrayed just because her feelings are not taken into account by freely imparting the techniques that she herself worked so hard to create.
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