[Tsunade took Sakura as her disciple, teaching her the monstrous strength used to beat up even the Ten-Tails (clone). Later, she even passed on her ultimate jutsu, the Strength of a Hundred Seal.]
[With her master's support, Sakura grew confident and worked hard to catch up to Naruto and Sasuke.]
[Actually, Tsunade's boldest decision was treating Naruto as a "ninja" of the Konoha, not just a weapon—Jinchuriki.]
"Speaking of Jinchuriki, we really need to think about how we're going to handle them, or rather, the Tailed Beasts, in the future."
Tobirama glanced at his elder brother, eyes full of blame.
Back then, even when he and Madara joined forces, they couldn't stop Hashirama from distributing the Tailed Beasts to the other great nations.
If they had kept all the Tailed Beasts in Konoha, then when war broke out, Konoha could act as a mediator.
What's that?
You don't agree to a ceasefire?
Well, how about you take a look at the nine Tailed Beasts (Jinchuriki) standing behind me—then think again.
"You can't blame me for that. I had good intentions."
Hashirama looked a bit wronged.
The reason he wanted to give out the Tailed Beasts back then was to balance the power between nations, so they'd hesitate before going to war.
If things went that way, the ninja world could more or less achieve peace.
It sounded nice in theory, but in reality, giving out the Tailed Beasts didn't make the nations wary of each other—it just made the wars even fiercer thanks to the Jinchuriki.
When the ninja world is finally unified by Konoha, the issue of Jinchuriki and the Tailed Beasts must be handled properly.
"Hey, sneaky white-haired Tobirama, got any bright ideas?"
Izuna was quite interested in the topic.
He wanted to know what this lifelong "rival" of his would come up with.
"Two options."
Tobirama glanced at Izuna, not caring about how he addressed him, and simply said, "Either we settle them (the Tailed Beasts) in a remote place with no human presence, or we combine the nine Tailed Beasts into the Ten Tails, and then seal the Ten Tails."
Upon hearing Tobirama's two solutions, Hashirama felt something was off. He scratched his head and said, "The Jinchuriki are still humans. It's not ideal for them to live with the Tailed Beasts, is it?"
"Fine, then we'll extract the Tailed Beasts. Konoha will revive them for free."
"Fine. You know the Resurrection Jutsu, you're amazing."
Hashirama had nothing more to say.
It wouldn't be impossible to set aside a piece of land for the Tailed Beasts to live on without disturbing humans.
At that moment, Tobirama turned to look at his sister-in-law, Mito Uzumaki.
Of course, he wasn't talking to Mito directly. He was asking for the opinion of the resident inside her.
"Nine-Tails, what do you think?"
"...Do I even have a choice?"
If the Nine-Tails didn't agree to live with the other Tailed Beasts, it would lose its consciousness and become part of the Ten Tails.
The Nine-Tails wasn't ready to die yet and didn't want to go down without a fight.
"Since you don't have an opinion, let's settle this for now. Once the Shinobi World is unified, I'll discuss with all nine Tailed Beasts about where we can settle you. It has to be a large enough place for all of you."
The nine Tailed Beasts were huge, with different habits, so they needed a vast territory.
It would be best if it were overseas, far enough from humans to minimize their impact.
Thinking about it this way, the Land of Water fits the conditions perfectly.
[If Jiraiya is Naruto's grandfather, then Tsunade is definitely his real grandmother.]
[Her training and nurturing of Naruto, although accompanied by great risks, yielded substantial results.]
[In fact, it was proven when Naruto returned from Myoboku Mountain, delivering a satisfying report.]
[During Tsunade's tenure, although she made great efforts to suppress the Akatsuki organization, they always hid in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike, leaving Konoha in a passive position.]
[One day, two fearless Akatsuki ninjas broke into the Land of Fire, even killing the Guardian Ninjas of the Twelve Guardians, who represented the dignity of the Land of Fire.
[This enraged Tsunade. The Hokage's authority couldn't let them escape unscathed. She ordered twenty teams to search the area extensively and issued strict orders: if they couldn't capture them alive, then kill them on the spot.
[However, due to insufficient manpower, the team assignments were such that one Jonin and three Chunin had to act together, which led to the elites being spread too thin, making it impossible to provide timely support.
[Additionally, the lack of proper intelligence led to the unfortunate result: Asuma died in battle.]
"Old Maah Old Maah why did you die again?"
"What the hell do you mean I died again? I've never even died once, okay?"
In the Third Hokage's time, Asuma looked helplessly at Kakashi, who suddenly started acting bizarre, not understanding at all.
"It's nothing, I just felt a mysterious and unfathomable Eastern power, and couldn't help but say that line."
". Do you think I'm a three-year-old child to fool?"
Seeing that Asuma didn't believe him, Kakashi shrugged and said, "I didn't treat you like a three-year-old child."
"Hmph."
". I just treated you like a six-year-old child."
"God, Kakashi, are you crazy?"
Asuma scolded him, but unexpectedly, Kakashi didn't get angry. Instead, he wore a big grin.
"Just kidding."
Asuma replied angrily, "That's not funny at all."
"Alright, no more jokes. Let me ask a question that everyone's curious about: when are you and Kurenai getting married?"
The Akatsuki organization of the Third Hokage's timeline has been destroyed and disbanded. Madara has returned to Konoha, and with Black Zetsu sealed, Kaguya Otsutsuki can no longer be revived.
It can be said that the shinobi world is no longer facing an apocalypse-level crisis.
Moreover, because Madara destroyed the village of Kumogakure while capturing the Eight-Tails, there are now only a couple of big cats left, aside from the Fourth Raikage.
To restore Kumogakure to its former glory, they will need a lot more time.
With the reckless troublemakers of Kumogakure no longer around, the shinobi world is expected to be much more peaceful in the future.
In such a situation, Asuma and Kurenai's wedding can indeed be put on the schedule.
"I don't mind. It's mostly up to what Kurenai thinks."
Upon hearing Asuma's words, Kurenai shot back without a hint of warmth: "You haven't even officially proposed to me, and you want me to marry you? Why should I? Because you have a big face? Because your beard is long? Because you snore when you sleep? Because you don't turn off the water when you shower?"
"Stop, stop, let's drop the topic. Let's just keep watching the screen."
[Although Konoha later eliminated four members of the Akatsuki organization (Deidara didn't die), they also paid a hefty price themselves.]
[Moreover, Konoha still didn't know the real purpose behind Akatsuki's pursuit of the Tailed Beasts, which made Tsunade very troubled.]
[One day, Jiraiya suddenly found Tsunade and told her that he had discovered the location of the Akatsuki leader.]
[Tsunade jumped up in excitement. With her strength as the "Princess of Strength," after enduring for so long, she could finally take the initiative.]
[However, Jiraiya said: "It's still early, let's go have a drink first."]
[Tsunade was stunned and her eyes flared up: "I'm the Hokage, how can I drink during the day!"]
[So, she added two more dishes to the table, calling it a meal.]
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