As soon as these words came out, everyone blinked blankly, somewhat confused.
'Wasn't Danzo just supporting Tsunade earlier? How come he is suddenly removed?'
Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado also looked at Shimura Danzo together.
In their eyes, there was somewhat a flavor of schadenfreude.
However, under the astonished gazes of the two, Shimura Danzo raised his hand, "This old man has no objections!"
The two had already discussed it before, Root's current development had indeed already endangered the safety of Konoha and Uchiha.
He somewhat didn't understand why he had done those things back then.
But now it's not too late to disband.
The others all opened their mouths wide, but it didn't stop them from speaking.
"''"I agree!"""
Unified voices resounded, this time it was indeed related to them.
Regarding Root, among all the Konoha shinobi who knew about it, there was no one who didn't dislike it.
Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado blankly looked at each other, both seeing the unease and panic in each other's eyes.
Afterward, a few not-too-big, not-too-small matters were also announced, and the meeting ended successfully.
Except for the little commotion caused by Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado at the beginning, everything went very smoothly.
After the meeting ended, many people went to Nara Shikaku and Kakashi to offer congratulations.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Mikoto had already led Aoba outside.
———
Standing outside the conference room.
"Thank you, Aoba."
Uchiha Mikoto let go of his hand, squatted down, and showed a gentle smile on her face.
"Aunt Mikoto, no need to be polite, this way Aunt can also relax a bit from now on," Aoba responded with a smile, even thoughtfully helping tidy up the stray hairs stuck to her face.
Uchiha Mikoto's heart immediately warmed, it had been a long time since someone cared about her like this.
"Aunt needs to go back first, Sasuke is still at home," Uchiha Mikoto hugged Aoba again, then said, "Come to the house often when you have time, Aunt will treat you well."
"Okay."
Watching Uchiha Mikoto leave.
Hayame silently appeared behind him, "Aoba!"
"Uncle?", Aoba looked at Hayame with confusion, seeing him hesitate to speak.
Hayame opened his mouth, then closed it again.
Silent for a long time.
"Maybe I misunderstood, anyway, just handle it yourself," Hayame reached out and patted Aoba's shoulder, then also left.
Aoba was full of question marks.
But he didn't care too much either and ran to the Hokage office.
"Teacher, Sister Shizune, let's go home together."
"Aoba, sit for a while first, I'll be done soon," Shizune was organizing documents.
Even though she hadn't officially taken office yet, she had already started working in advance.
"Okay," Aoba sat to the side.
Suddenly, he noticed Tsunade was looking at him, "Teacher?"
Tsunade crossed her arms under her chest, with a stern face, "You still want to go to Grass Ninja Village?"
Aoba's eyes lit up and he hurriedly nodded.
Shizune, who was organizing documents, froze for a moment and quickly asked, "Lady Tsunade, what's Aoba going to Grass Ninja Village for? He's not even a shinobi yet."
Tsunade gritted her teeth, "It's something he asked for himself."
She immediately stood up and lifted Aoba, "Shizune, we're heading back first, leave the rest to you."
"Eh?"
———
[Senju Ancestral Residence]
In the open ground.
Tsunade and Aoba faced each other.
"Brat, if you want to go to Grass Ninja Village, then let me see your current strength," Tsunade had already taken off her green coat, clenching her fists.
"If your strength doesn't satisfy me, I won't agree."
Aoba did not hesitate and seriously nodded, "If that's the case, then—"
"Start!"
Tsunade jumped up directly, raised her leg high, and kicked toward Aoba.
Aoba, seeing the cold gleam on her foot, quickly dodged.
Immediately, a deep pit was smashed into the ground, and large cracks appeared around.
After stabilizing his figure, he looked at the high-heeled sandals on her feet and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
Most shinobi weren't afraid of the cold, especially Tsunade; she could wear this outfit year-round.
"Not bad," Tsunade didn't hold back.
"Teacher," Aoba said, "Maybe take off the shoes?"
"In battle, enemies won't take off their shoes," Tsunade frowned, but she still took off her shoes and placed them aside.
After all, this wasn't a real battle.
Aoba once again looked at Tsunade's clean little feet.
Through the fair skin, he could vaguely see faint veins under the instep, looking very smooth, not like the feet of a shinobi.
The neatly trimmed toenails reflected a ruby-like glow under the rooftop lights.
Although slightly dusted with dirt, still...
Looked much more comfortable. [T/N: Another foot fetishist. *Sigh*]
"I'm coming at you again!"
Tsunade, unaware of the disrespectful thoughts Aoba was having, decisively lifted her foot and kicked at him again.
This time Aoba didn't dodge but raised his hand directly to block the sole of her foot.
Strangely, clearly able to smash the ground with a kick, but falling into Aoba's palm, it felt cool, smooth, and soft.
The tender flesh of the sole felt just like the paw pads of a cat.
'Maybe this is Chakra?'
Immediately, the two began a back-and-forth physical battle.
After a long time.
Aoba, gasping heavily, collapsed onto the sofa.
He only felt dizzy, his ears ringing, and golden stars flashing before his eyes.
Today was definitely no good.
At this time, Tsunade came out of the bathroom, her golden hair wet and sticking to her skin.
She was also slightly out of breath, with a flushed face from the bath.
She walked to Aoba's side, patted his little butt sticking up, and smiled at the corner of her mouth.
"Not a bad performance. Although your combat experience is lacking, it's enough to satisfy me."
They had only engaged in pure taijutsu; although Aoba's setup wasn't much worse than Tsunade's, their experience was worlds apart.
This little fledgling bird obviously wasn't a match for the mature big sister Tsunade.
However, if other skills were involved, who ended up lying on the sofa would be hard to say.
"So, Teacher is willing to let me go?", Aoba weakly raised his head and asked.
Tsunade hesitated for a moment but ultimately nodded, "I agree. But when carrying out missions, you must seriously listen to Yugao's instructions and be careful in everything."
"The world of shinobi is extremely dangerous because shinobi are a bunch of people who stop at nothing. No matter how strong you are, you could still die from traps or ambushes."
"Understood?"
Looking at Tsunade's serious expression, Aoba solemnly nodded and agreed.
———
[The Next Day]
The Hokage inauguration ceremony ended.
Three figures left Konoha.
On the way, Kurenai Yuhi's expression was a little tangled, watching the two people in front.
She was still thinking about the intimate scene between the two earlier.
'This should be the intimacy between siblings, right?'
'But it doens't quite look like that.'
'If it really is like that...'
'What about Yakumo?'
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