Kiyomi asked Tsunade with concern: "Sister Tsunade, Fried Rice said you have had no appetite lately. Are you pregnant?"
"No, Kiyomi, Fried Rice, don't worry."
Pregnant people usually feel nauseous and sick, and their moods often become depressed and low.
Tsunade had once thought she was pregnant in one shot, but Ryou didn't want children and always took care of her mouth every time.
As a Medical Shinobi, Tsunade had checked her own body, and she wasn't. Her depression was purely because she hadn't fully forgotten the bonds of the past.
They say a married daughter is like spilled water.
But how could those people and those events be forgotten just because she married into the Uchiha Clan?
Some memories cannot be erased by time, and some pains cannot be covered by tenderness.
They are brands, alarm bells, and the traces of Tsunade's journey.
Once forgotten, a piece of the soul becomes empty.
Tsunade even hated why her troubles had come so late.
She should have done it earlier; she should have tried to kill herself right after Madara captured her.
Kiyomi placed the milk she had heated herself on Tsunade's desk, and Fried Rice peeled a banana and gave it to Tsunade.
It advised: "Lady Tsunade, I know you can't forget those things in Konoha. Actually, my master can't forget them either."
"He still hasn't paid back the money he owes the clan!"
Tsunade took the banana from Fried Rice, subconsciously licked it, and then became annoyed—was this a conditioned reflex?
After eating the banana in one bite, Tsunade patted Fried Rice's head: "How could a heartless person like your master remember that he still owes others money?"
Fried Rice thought about it and nodded: "That's true. A master as heartless as him wouldn't remember such things."
"But the master still has Mikoto and Itachi in the clan to think about. Just like you, he can't cut off those things."
"Lady Tsunade, how a person lives is not defined by anyone else, nor is it judged by others."
"What truly defines you are your own choices, your will, and the path you want to take."
Tsunade held Fried Rice in her arms and said with a smile: "You little kitty, I didn't expect you to be so comforting."
"Alright, I'll listen to you. I won't reject those things anymore and will live in my own way."
Whether Tsunade actually found some comfort, perhaps only she herself knows!
Whoosh, whoosh—
Suddenly there was movement outside, and Tsunade, Kiyomi, and the others walked to the window to look.
"What a huge fat dragon!"
Tsunade smiled: "It seems Ryou and the others have returned."
Then Tsunade sighed with some conflict: "His return means the Tailed Beast has also been snatched back!"
Under Amegakure.
Madara was listening to the report of a White Zetsu: "Lord Madara, Tsunade now has suicidal tendencies."
Madara nodded: "Good, keep an eye on her at all times. Do not let her commit suicide for now; wait until the Shinobi Allied Forces attacks."
"Let her be driven to suicide by the people of Konoha, so that brat Ryou can completely understand that there is no hope in the real world."
White Zetsu added: "But Lady Tsunade has Lord Ryou's spore inside her body, and the spore will protect her."
Madara said: "I will deal with Tsunade's spore myself! Go!"
"Yes!"
Putting aside the matter of helping Ryou awaken his eyes, Madara summoned the White Zetsu clones that was monitoring Konoha.
"How are things with Konoha and the Four Great Shinobi Villages?"
"Lord Madara, they will hold the Five Kage Summit tomorrow."
Madara snorted coldly: "Dragging their feet. These people are still this incompetent. Hashirama actually expects these people to write the future."
"Ridiculous!"
Madara had appeared for a long time, and the Five Kage Summit of the Five Great Shinobi Villages was only just arriving late.
If it weren't for Madara fearing the divine power in the sky, would he have given them so much preparation time?
He could capture all the Tailed Beasts in a single day.
Madara then looked at the Gedo Statue behind him; under the supply of Madara's chakra, the Gedo Statue had already been fully repaired.
"How are things with One Tail and the Seven-Tails?"
Black and White Zetsu appeared and told Madara: "Lord Madara, Lord Ryou went to Sunagakure, killed the Kazekage, and has already captured Shukaku and brought it back."
Madara nodded, not feeling surprised; on the contrary, he felt displeased that Ryou had only killed one Kazekage.
It didn't fit the style of the Uchiha!
If it were him, he would have already wiped out the Sunagakure by now.
Young people are still too conservative in their actions; they don't have the ruthlessness of the older generation at all.
Their conscience still needs to be gnawed on by dogs a few more times!
Madara asked: "And what about the Seven-Tails?"
White Zetsu said: "Konan and Nagato successfully infiltrated Takigakure and were about to snatch the artifact sealing the Seven-Tails, but people from Konoha suddenly arrived."
"Among them were the Sannin Jiraiya, the S-rank rogue Shinobi Kakuzu, and an Uchiha Shisui who has awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan."
"What? Mangekyo?!"
Madara didn't really care about Jiraiya and Kakuzu, but he was shocked when he heard about the Mangekyo.
Because anyone who possesses the Mangekyo Sharingan knows how powerful that power is.
And what's terrifying is not the dōjutsu power, but the special Dojutsu of the Mangekyo Sharingan—that is, the mechanism by which the Mangekyo can ignore numerical values.
Madara said somewhat seriously: "Tell me carefully about this guy named Uchiha Shisui!"
Madara had truly underestimated his own clansmen. Previously, he had focused his attention on Obito because he saw his kind and simple personality traits.
Because they love deeply, such people are ruthless once they turn dark.
A rogue Shinobi's headband scratch; flip it in and they are a Shinobi, flip it out and they say it's for Rin, flipping back and forth, they could be a pilot.
But he didn't expect that beyond Madara's control, someone would quietly awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan?
Before coming here, Black Zetsu had already sent a White Zetsu to investigate information about Shisui.
The specific details hadn't been cleared up, but some general situations had been figured out.
For example, Shisui's age, personality traits, his position in the clan...
"Uchiha Shisui is a descendant of Uchiha Kagami. His personality used to be quite arrogant, but after losing his teammates during a squad mission, his personality changed."
"He started to become humble, steady, and loyal, as if he had become a different person."
Madara rubbed his chin and analyzed: "It seems he awakened the power of the Uchiha after witnessing his comrades die right in front of him."
"By the way, how old is he?"
White Zetsu said: "About 11 or 12 years old!"
"Nani—!"
Madara stood up: "He possesses the Mangekyo Sharingan at such a young age! Doesn't that mean he awakened the Sharingan around the age of 9?"
Madara was truly shocked.
Shisui's talent seemed a bit terrifying.
Madara's talent was actually not the top among the Uchiha; he awakened his Sharingan around the age of 15, when he parted ways with Hashirama.
Whether it was Itachi, Shisui, or Obito, the time they awakened the Mangekyo was earlier than Madara.
Madara belongs to the Uchiha clansmen who are late bloomers.
Although his Sharingan awakened late, it was when his mind was mature. Such a Madara is not as obsessive as Itachi and Obito.