"Hmph! You'd better think about how to thank me," After speaking, Tsunade threw a scroll at Raizen across from her.
Curiously opening the scroll, Raizen's expression suddenly changed, then became excited.
The Long March has finally taken its first step. With this wonderful beginning, everything will be easier from now on.
It hasn't been easy.
'That guy Hiruzen actually allowed me to practice chakra extraction technique.'
'Even though I already knew it and didn't need his permission, this is a sign that they're beginning to lift the restrictions on me.'
'Once the restrictions are loosened a bit more, I'll slip away immediately. From then on, the sea is wide for fish to leap, and the sky is high for birds to fly.'
"Why would the Third Hokage…", Raizen feigned confusion, then suddenly looked surprised at Tsunade, as if he had remembered something.
Tsunade was immensely pleased at this moment, unable to hold back a laugh, because Raizen's reaction was exactly what she expected.
'This is how it should be.'
"Speak, why are you helping me?", Raizen reined in his emotions and rarely spoke seriously to Tsunade.
"Because I don't want to see you waste your talent. Is that reason good enough?"
"It's enough," Raizen sighed, "I owe you for this, so I must repay you."
Before Tsunade could refuse, in the next moment Raizen was stuffing things into a cardboard box and urgently said, "And the first step of repayment is giving you this most wonderful office. I wish you happiness."
With that, Raizen lifted the box with both hands and bolted.
But at the doorway, he found the door wouldn't open no matter what. Anxiously, he put the box aside, twisted the doorknob with both hands, and started sweating from his forehead.
At that moment, Tsunade's sinister voice came from behind him, "Need some help?"
"Yes, with your help it'd be even better… ow…", Raizen, thrown directly into a chair, looked at the smug Tsunade with a face full of grievance.
Tsunade was extremely delighted.
In these past five years, she had always suffered losses from Raizen. Now it was finally his turn to be at a disadvantage.
This feeling was even better than New Year for Tsunade.
Moreover, she had figured out a way to handle Raizen.
'You want to stay away from me? I just won't let you get your way. Let's see how mad you get.'
'You think you can bully me in Konoha?'
While feeling happy, Tsunade was also a little upset.
So many people had tried every possible way to get close to her. Raizen was the only one she actively approached, and he only wanted to run away.
"You really don't want to see me that much?", Tsunade broke the silence and asked first.
"You've got the nerve to ask?", Raizen said gloomily, "It's one thing to run into you occasionally on the road."
"But in five years, I've run into you 49 times in the hospital, and you brought me trouble 49 times."
"So whenever I see you, my scalp tingles. I just feel like something bad is going to happen."
"Hmph, then give me back the scroll," Tsunade stretched out her hand toward Raizen and pretended to be angry.
"Not giving it back, not giving it back no matter what," Raizen immediately hugged the scroll tightly, turning sideways to guard it fiercely, afraid Tsunade would snatch it, "Why should I give you something that's mine?"
Seeing Raizen act so shamelessly, Tsunade was speechless, 'Is he even serious? This shameless bastard!'
'If it weren't for your high talent and your identity as a civilian, I would've beaten you to death long ago.'
But Raizen's mood was completely different.
Ever since deciding to use Tsunade three years ago, everything he wanted, he had gotten.
Of course, there were still some twists and turns in the process.
To avoid truly offending Tsunade, but also to make her angry every time while still making it all seem reasonable, he had racked his brains.
Poor Tsunade had been so innocent back then. Raizen, forced by survival, had studied human nature for years, and Tsunade had fallen for his traps completely.
'There was no helping it. The sins your granduncle committed, you have to repay.'
'My hope of escaping Konoha rests entirely on you.'
"So, um…", After a while, Raizen tentatively asked, "Are you really going to work at Konoha Hospital in the future?"
"Why not?", Tsunade asked back with a smile.
"Then why do you want to share an office with me?", Raizen asked with a long face.
"Of course it's for the convenience of discussing medical ninjutsu with you," Tsunade's eyes sparkled, "That technique you used before, I'm really curious."
'Finally took the bait.'
Raizen felt endless emotion in his heart.
'Damn, it really wasn't easy.'
"Heh, don't even think about it. That's my trump card ninjutsu," Raizen refused without hesitation.
"I won't learn for free," Tsunade said seriously, "I'll trade with you."
"What do you have to trade with me?", Raizen looked Tsunade up and down with slight contempt.
"I can learn Mystical Palm Technique just by watching, don't need you to teach."
"The jutsu with the blue rhombus on your forehead, I don't have enough chakra yet, so I can't learn it."
"As for the jutsu where you summon the slug, isn't that a summoning technique? Can you even teach me that?"
"Even if you were really willing, the Third Hokage wouldn't dare trouble you, but he'd definitely go all out to torment me."
"So here's the question: what will you use to trade?"
Before Tsunade could answer, Raizen spoke first, "You better not say something like offering yourself in marriage. Even if you agreed, I wouldn't!"
"Go to hell!", Tsunade grabbed the nearby pen holder and threw it at Raizen, blushing as she shouted, "Even if all the men in Konoha died, I still wouldn't go for you."
"You should've said that earlier, scared me half to death. I thought my life was over," Dodging the pen holder, Raizen patted his chest in lingering fear and kept mocking Tsunade.
"So don't even think about it. I'm not interested in anything else."
"I can give you money," Tsunade suddenly thought of something and said seriously, "Lots of money."
"Don't you know how much I make a month at Konoha Hospital?"
"I'm on commission. Every day, countless people line up and are willing to pay any price for me to treat them. You think I'm short on money?", Raizen said disdainfully.
"Besides, do you even have money? I heard you, Tsunade, love to gamble and always lose."
"That was in the past," Tsunade immediately refuted, "I haven't gambled in three years. I've saved a lot of money."
Once this rumored information was confirmed, Raizen became even more certain in his mind.
When someone can suppress their desires, it means they have something more important to do.
Tsunade even quit gambling.
That showed she had an incredibly strong desire to improve her medical ninjutsu under her own internal motivation.
This laid a solid foundation for Raizen's next plan.
"Pick another condition. I don't need money," Raizen shook his head.
"When your chakra is sufficient, I'll teach you the Yin Seal," Tsunade said seriously.
"How long will that take? What if you go back on your word then?"
"Would I, Tsunade, be the kind of person who breaks promises?"
"I wouldn't know. We're not close. Change the condition again!"
"I can let you sign a blood contract with the Slug Sage, secretly. You might even get a chance to learn Sage Mode," Tsunade coaxed.
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