An involuntary cough accompanied by a clot of blood forced Princess Senju to focus all her attention on her numerous internal wounds, broken ribs, and damaged organs, without opening her eyes—now was not the time for her long-standing phobia.
Mito-ba-san had inflicted as much damage with one blow as the iryonin had received during the entire previous war. With no constant confirmation before her eyes — the old Uzumaki had not demonstrated her power in battle for a very long time — Tsunade forgot that the wife of the first Hokage was a monster worthy of her husband, even if she preferred not to remind everyone of it.
And Toka Senju's unexpected agility came as a very unpleasant surprise in direct confrontation.
"Bijuu's monstrous old women," the kunoichi muttered through clenched teeth, dealing with the most dangerous injuries and hastily healing all the others.
"Oh ho ho, I wonder who you mean, Tsuzchan?" A familiar cold laugh suddenly rang out nearby, sending a chill down the woman's spine.
"M-Mito-ba-chan!" Senju jumped up and opened her eyes wide.
The source of the voice was very close by — Uzumaki was sitting in a wicker chair not far from the bed where Tsunade was lying, lazily examining her, leaning on the armrest and propping her chin up with her hand, as if she were some kind of strange animal.
Although her face was serene and her gaze expressionless, knowing her red-haired relative's character well, the slime summoner understood perfectly that this was just a mask practiced to perfection and that inside, a volcano of rage was boiling, ready to erupt on the idiot who had caused it.
Only this time, Tsunade wasn't watching from the sidelines as they decided to go against the raging elemental force sweeping away everything in its path. She found herself in their place, which hadn't happened even when she decided to leave the village.
The kunoichi's current state clearly showed that the jokes were over and that if she behaved incorrectly, the old woman would, at best, physically maim her and throw her out of the clan, and at worst... she tried not to think about the worst.
The brilliant idea of taking over the reins of Senju turned out to be not so brilliant when Tsunade discovered that the reputation of the granddaughter of two Hokage, the student of the third, a veteran of the world war, and a first-degree iryonin was not enough to gain the unconditional approval and support of her fellow clan members for a quick change of leadership.
And it was certainly not worth showing her character when the even more temperamental Uzumaki was nearby — the kunoichi felt the full force of this, finding herself unpleasantly surprised.
"In person, or were you expecting someone else?" the beauty raised her eyebrow gracefully.
"N-no," Senju replied uncertainly and fell silent, remembering Mito all wrinkled and moving with a cane. Tsunade still couldn't get used to her new appearance, which hardly made her look older than her granddaughter, throwing her off balance every time, and now there was this lousy situation.
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