In the outside world, Tsunade opened her eyes. The clone looked at Tsunade and the slight smile on her face. From the expression, the clone understood that Tsunade was happy about something.
Tsunade stared at the clone for a second and then dispersed her. She then looked at Himari, who seemed to have calmed herself. When their eyes met, Tsunade noticed a curious look in her eyes and asked, "What?"
"Did you also meet the Goddess?"
Tsunade's eyes twitched as she heard the words. The scene of the Apostle and the Goddess came to her mind, and she opened her mouth to reject, but then Akane's plan reminded her of the situation.
"Yes, I did," Tsunade spoke, gritting her teeth and saw Himari's eyes sparkling at her words.
"What did she say? What will happen? Are you also---"
Before Himari could continue her words, Tsunade shushed her up and continued, "Shut up. Don't discuss these things here. I will tell you what you should know, and for the rest, you will know needed."
Himari stared at Tsunade for some time and then nodded. She also understood how different things were. In her mind, it didn't even occur to her whether she was under the influence of an illusion or if some ninja had done something to her.
"I will call others. You remain silent and live normally. As for your life, consider it saved. But,"
Tsunade stopped for a moment, and Himari waited for her words. As silence continued, Himari felt a pressure growing on her. When Tsunade opened her mouth, her body flinched. "If you dare to betray or run away, I will take your life since I saved you."
Himari felt a heavy pressure as she heard Tsunade's words. She could feel the killing intent in Tsunade's voice, and the only thing she could do was nod.
Seeing her nod, Tsunade nodded, and she took away the pressure from her. A thought came to her mind, and she stared at Himari for a second. Tsunade created a clone who remained in the room while she went outside.
Outside, she noticed that everyone except Orochimaru was sweating bullets, and Orochimaru had a sly smile on his face.
"I will tell you later," Tsunade said to Orochimaru, who nodded as he got the answer he was waiting for. He saw Tsunade turning towards others and saying, "My clone will stay there since she needs some more checkups and time."
"I will be done with the mission soon. Advisor, have it signed."
Tsunade threw the mission scroll to the Advisor, who caught it. As soon as he got the scroll, he ran away since he didn't want to stay in the place for even a moment.
Looking at the Advisor running away, the others were envious. While Orochimaru remained with them, they all felt as if a snake had coiled around their neck and would take away their lives if they moved even an inch.
"I think I will also take my leave. I might find something interesting outside." Orochimaru said with a chuckle, and Tsunade rolled her eyes. She understood he was going to look for good subordinates, and she nodded at him.
When Orochimaru left the place, the others sighed in relief and looking at them, Tsunade snorted. She also left the place since she didn't have anything to do here, and a grin appeared on her face as she thought of meeting Akane at his place.
Akemi stared at the door of the room with a thoughtful face. She had various thoughts in mind about what happened in the room, and the thing she was worried most about was the mission she had received.
'I couldn't kill her. Even though they had predicted the mission and said that I could fail, I still couldn't do what they wanted me to do.'
Even though Akemi was told about Tsunade and how amazing she is, she was still shocked by her presence and how she managed to save someone who was on her deathbed.
As for those girls who had been sacrificed before in place of Princess Himari, Akemi thought of them only for a moment and sighed. That was the fate of people who lived under others and were at their mercy.
Taking a deep breath, Akemi walked towards the room. Going inside, she looked at Himari, who sat on the bed holding her pillow.
"Himari-Sama, how are you feeling right now?"
The slight smile on Himari's face disappeared when she heard the voice and the words spoken to her. She looked up, and when Himari met Akemi's cold eyes, her body flinched.
Himari knew that Akemi had been employed by her brothers, and her mission was to make sure she would die in the Land of Fire. Before her, her maid and some girls who looked like her had been poisoned and were tested to check the effectiveness of the poison to make sure that her death would be perfect.
But with Tsunade, who easily seemed to have saved her, Himari knew that their plan had failed, and at least they wouldn't kill her with poison.
Though beside the poison, there were many other ways, and Himari knew that she would try to kill her sooner or later.
'Even though I have been saved, I can't say it. I have to continue and pretend that I am scared. As for the rest, it will be done by them, and I should focus on what I can do.'
Himari thought, and she lowered her eyes to make sure that Akemi wouldn't know the fact that she wasn't scared of her anymore. But Akemi, who was a trained ninja, noticed some difference in Himari's behaviour.
She thought about it for a moment, but she couldn't continue her words as there was an outsider in the room.
Akemi stared at Tsunade's clone, and she knew of the Shadow Clone Technique used in Konoha. It wouldn't be wrong to say that she was envious of Konoha and the Land of Fire after visiting once.
The land was green, the air felt fresh, and water was available when needed, unlike her Land of Wind, where water was scarce, the air felt dry, and most of the area was full of sand.
A sigh escaped her lips, and looking at Tsunade's clone, she said, "Tsunade-Sama, how long will it take for her to heal?"
"Are you in a hurry to leave?" The clone asked with a frown, and when their eyes met, Akemi flinched. She could feel some killing intent in her voice, and Akemi wondered if Himari had told her anything.
"She is my patient right now. If you try to play any tricks, I am sure Daimyo wouldn't mind a servant or two missing."
Akemi lowered her head at Tsunade's words. She understood what Tsunade was pointing to, and the only reason she was alive was that she hadn't acted in Tsunade's presence, and she was one of Daimyo's people.
Instead of saying anything, Akemi looked at a place and sat there. Even if she couldn't say anything, she knew that she couldn't leave Himari alone with Tsunade's clone. Even if Tsunade threw them away before, she couldn't right now for no proper reason.
Looking at Akemi, without even guessing, Tsunade's clone could understand what she was thinking. She clicked her tongue and closed her eyes.
The reason Tsunade put a clone in the room was that she didn't want Himari to speak the truth in an illusion. She left the place to prepare a seal to counter the illusion and make sure that Himari wouldn't speak about the Goddess and all other things.