"Granny Chiyo!"
Tsunade was slightly dazed, as if she had returned to the past.
Tsunade made her debut during the Second Great Shinobi War, a time when Konoha, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and the Land of Rain served as battlefields for an unprecedented clash.
Chiyo's Puppet Technique and Poison Techniques had caused Konoha a great deal of suffering.
It was Tsunade who developed antidotes to neutralize all of Chiyo's poisons, thereby curbing Sunagakure's military edge.
Because of this, Chiyo was extremely infuriated; it was as if Tsunade was born to be her natural counter.
Her poisons would be neutralized by Tsunade, and she didn't dare casually deploy her puppets in battle because of Tsunade's monstrous strength.
Chiyo was so angry she could only curse Tsunade as the 'slug woman'.
Now, over a decade later, Tsunade had become a wife of the Uchiha Clan and would soon be fighting against the Shinobi Allied Forces represented by Chiyo.
Truly, the world is unpredictable!
Tsunade shook her head; now was not the time for reminiscing.
She stared coldly at Sasori: "The Third Kazekage and the Fourth Kazekage were both taken down by you alone. Sasori, you certainly have quite the ability!"
Sasori gave a cold laugh: "The Kazekage is the weakest of the Kage. Killing them is nothing; my goal is the Hokage, the strongest of the Five Kage."
"Speaking of which, I still have a grudge against your Konoha's White Fang."
"He once killed my parents; he was the target of my revenge."
"But he was incompetent enough to commit suicide. Are you people of Konoha always so useless?"
Tsunade stood up, her entire body erupting with a powerful aura.
"What did you say?!"
Ryou quickly intervened unilaterally to stop the fight, using chakra threads to control Sasori: "Sasori, how dare you speak to your mistress like that? You deserve punishment!"
Ryou released Lightning Release, crackling as he disciplined Sasori.
Sasori began to twitch from the electric shock.
Ryou then pulled Tsunade back down to sit: "Tsunade, don't be angry. Sasori has become my Summoned Beast now, which means he's my slave. From now on, he'll do whatever you want him to do!"
Hearing this, Tsunade's brow smoothed over.
For someone as proud and self-centered as Sasori, being controlled like a puppet by someone else was likely the greatest torture imaginable.
Fish Ball and Fortune didn't like Ryou's words: "Ryou, are Summoned Beasts not people? Do Summoned Beasts have no human rights?"
The Shinobi Cats all stared at Ryou. The contracts they had signed with Ryou were equality contracts, not slave contracts.
Even for Sasori, it was the same.
Ryou was a bit flustered by Fish Ball and Fortune's questioning. After thinking for a moment, he countered: "Are any of you actually human?"
"..."
The Shinobi Cats looked at each other and realized that none of them were human.
Fish Ball held a fish bone and pointed it at Ryou, saying: "We signed an equality contract with you. We are your combat partners, your family, and we all enjoy the right to inherit from you."
Fortune nodded: "Ryou, you need to organize the affairs of Amegakure. There are tens of thousands of Shinobi Cats in Amegakure now—that's tens of thousands of Jonin."
"Our Amegakure is already the number one hidden village in the Shinobi World."
"It's time to consider an heir!"
"I, Fortune, am not much, but I am willing to take over your mess!"
Fish Ball immediately started fighting with him: "Why you? I was Ryou's first cat! This glory should be inherited by me!"
"Get lost, Fish Ball! You're just a common orange cat, go back to the countryside and eat your fish!"
"You, a crossbreed calico, think you have the right to lecture me?"
The other cats watched Fish Ball and Fortune fighting over the family estate, not knowing what to say!
"How embarrassing!"
Ryou extended his chakra threads and threw both cats out of the hotel, leaving them to soak in the rain outside.
After dealing with the two rebellious, treacherous cats, Ryou immediately turned to discipline Sasori: "Sasori, hurry up and offer Tsunade a toast to apologize!"
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Sasori's heart was full of rage. The worst thing that had happened to him in his life was running into this evil Uchiha.
He couldn't die even if he wanted to, and everything he did was subject to this guy's punishment.
Sasori was crying on the inside, but he had to stand up and use his mechanical pincer to pick up a wine cup and toast Tsunade.
"Princess Tsunade, I was wrong. I offer my apologies to you!"
Tsunade immediately returned the toast with a beaming smile: "It's fine, it's fine. Sasori, behave yourself from now on. Your grandmother and I were both rivals and kindred spirits."
"Her eldest grandson is my eldest grandson. From now on, you're my grandson. If Ryou takes advantage of you for no reason, come find me, and I'll help you teach him a lesson."
Pah, who's your grandson?!
Sasori looked at the impossibly young-looking Tsunade and really wanted to give her a sting with his tail.
This woman truly is Ryou's wife; she loves taking advantage of others just as much.
They really are two of a kind.
After a while, everyone began to toast frequently, and the people from Kusagakure approached Ryou.
It was Chizu, and she was leading Ryūzetsu and Muku by the hand.
Ryūzetsu handed Ryou a cup of fruit juice and said expectantly, "Lord Ryou, when will you teach me Ninjutsu?"
Ryou was feeling a bit tipsy. Hearing Ryūzetsu's words, he remembered that he had promised the people of Kusagakure that he would take Ryūzetsu as his disciple.
Tsunade looked at Ryūzetsu curiously. She had white hair, and though she was young, her features were already very refined.
Anyone with eyes could see she would surely be a beauty in the future.
She stroked Ryūzetsu's hair and asked Ryou, "Is this your disciple?"
Ryou nodded: "A friend I spent time in prison with."
Tsunade wondered: "Is there anything special about this child?"
Even though Ryou was lecherous, he didn't just take in anyone.
Ryou didn't answer, but Chizu said: "Ryūzetsu is a Kekkei Genkai wielder of our 'Grass Flower'; it is a Yang Release Kekkei Genkai."
"She can learn a technique called Dragon Life Reincarnation, which can revive the dead!"
Tsunade was shocked: "Revive the dead?!"
No wonder Ryou would take Ryūzetsu as a disciple; it was because Ryūzetsu's Kekkei Genkai was a forbidden Ninjutsu for reviving people.
The whole group looked at Ryūzetsu in shock, even Sasori was no exception.
Dragon Life Reincarnation sounded very similar to Chiyo's Ones Own Life Reincarnation!
Chizu continued: "However, the price is death. The Dragon Life Reincarnation technique can only be used once in a lifetime. It is a Forbidden Jutsu that exchanges one life for another."
Isn't that just like the old woman's Ones Own Life Reincarnation?
Sasori thought to himself.
Tsunade stroked Ryūzetsu's head with some sympathy: "Child, your Kekkei Genkai is a misfortune for you!"
Ryūzetsu shook her head: "I don't think it's a misfortune. Everyone has someone worth protecting in their life. My Kekkei Genkai can bring back those who are important to me."
"..."
Tsunade fell silent for a moment, suddenly thinking of Nawaki. If she had possessed a Ninjutsu like Dragon Life Reincarnation back then, she definitely would have used it on Nawaki.
Because when Nawaki died, Tsunade's pain was almost enough to shatter her life.
Compared to that, the pain of her own departure from this world was nothing.
She would have been willing to trade her own life for Nawaki's.
The death of one person is nothing more than an additional grave to the world, but for those who depend on each other for life, it is as if the entire world has been buried by that grave.