"Hmm, you make a good point."
Tsunade snapped back to reality. Konoha still had many powerful experts.
Even Madara Uchiha alone probably couldn't cause too much trouble.
"Grandpa may be gone, but I'm still here, right?"
Kawaki patted Tsunade's shoulder. He felt that even at his peak, Madara wouldn't be beyond his ability to fight.
Not to mention he still had time to grow stronger while Madara was barely clinging to life now.
"Yeah, there's still you."
"What did you get out of the Mist village?"
A smile crept onto Tsunade's face. Kawaki's strength should be no less than Grandpa's.
She knew the Mist wouldn't hand Kawaki these benefits freely—it must have been some kind of manipulation.
Calling it extortion wouldn't be an exaggeration.
"That sounds harsh."
"It was more like... a generous offer hard to refuse."
Kawaki frowned at Tsunade's words. After all, he was a true gentleman.
Extortion was beneath him.
"Fine fine, a generous offer hard to refuse."
Tsunade couldn't help but burst into laughter, picturing what those poor guys from Mist must've looked like when they agreed to Kawaki's demands.
"Nothing big—just two hundred million in cash."
"Deliver it to Konoha within one month."
Kawaki brushed his silver hair from his forehead, feeling utterly confident about himself.
"You're incredible! You've saved me from a serious problem!"
Overjoyed, Tsunade immediately grabbed Kawaki's face and planted a kiss on him.
Looks like she was already planning to pocket that money.
"It should at least be balanced."
Kawaki turned his other cheek toward her. Once he gave the money away, there'd be no taking it back.
As long as Tsunade was happy, it was worth it.
"What a guy."
Tsunade poked Kawaki's forehead and slowly leaned in again.
Suddenly, Kawaki turned his head, their lips meeting directly.
"Delicious."
After succeeding, Kawaki smacked his lips.
Even after all this time, Tsunade still blushed with embarrassment.
This was the Hokage's office, after all—if someone saw them, it would be quite awkward.
"No sense of decorum."
Tsunade wiped her mouth with the back of her hand before preparing to return to work.
"Don't rush—there's more where that came from."
Kawaki pulled out the Tachibana Blade Summoning Scroll from his pouch.
"What is this?"
Tsunade picked up the scroll and opened it. Seven symbols were inscribed—each representing one of the legendary blades they had retrieved.
"The Tachibana Blade Summoning Scroll."
"It can summon the blades Nawaki and the others retrieved."
Kawaki explained briefly.
"Eh."
Tsunade glanced at it briefly, uninterested, and placed it back on the desk.
She'd already sealed those blades, so this summoning scroll was somewhat redundant.
Still, keeping it in Konoha added another layer of security—it wasn't completely useless.
"You've got pretty high standards."
Kawaki quipped sarcastically, then stopped paying attention to the scroll.
It was just a spur-of-the-moment addition.
"Those few blades are indeed quite good."
"That wastrel Nagato destroyed one."
"At most we could form a Six Swords of the Bloody Mist now."
Tsunade called Nagato a wastrel, but didn't show any trace of anger on her face.
"There's no need—we'll just issue them to suitable personnel when the time comes."
Kawaki found the seven swords rather unremarkable, with only Samehada standing out brilliantly in Kisame's hands. The others didn't demonstrate any truly remarkable abilities.
"Except for Samehada, which Nawaki claimed," Kawaki continued, "the rest are all stored inside the Forbidden Jutsu Room."
"For now, no one has shown much interest in those swords."
Tsunade was thoroughly swindled by Nawaki over those swords. Thanks to sheer financial leverage, Nawaki remained firm in his position. Surprisingly, even Tsunade's 'punch for love' didn't work—Nawaki walked away with a hefty sum of cash, even with several lumps on his head.
As he left the Hokage's office, he beamed with satisfaction.
"Nawaki really has an eye for the good stuff."
Kawaki shook his head and smiled slightly. With Samehada's stamina absorption ability, Nawaki's combat readiness would definitely level up.
"That punk, thinking he could pull one over on me!" Upon hearing Kawaki praise Nawaki, Tsunade became angry again.
"Haha~ Who's fault is that money-grubbing habit of his?" Kawaki teased, casting a sidelong glance at Tsunade.
"What do you care!"
As they say, loose lips sink ships.
Furious in an instant, Tsunade didn't hesitate to punch Kawaki square in the face.
Their conversation ended completely there, both wordlessly resuming their paperwork.
At this time, Nagato had already returned to the Hatake household. The moment he saw Minato and the others, tears just poured down his face.
He hadn't expected to ever see them again.
"Long Door."
Minato appeared beside him in a flash and tightly embraced him. After everything that had happened, Nagato had saved his life.
"Senior Minato," Nagato patted Minato's back as well, his voice choked with emotion. "It's good that you're back."
"Where's Teacher?" Beside them, Yahiko and Konan also had tears forming in their eyes.
"Teacher got dragged away by the teacher's wife to finish some paperwork."
"I'm lucky I ran away quickly." After breaking free from Minato's embrace, Nagato chuckled mischievously, though tears still hadn't dried on his face.
"Haha~"
As soon as Nagato said that, everyone burst into laughter.
"Alright then, let's go inside and talk."
"Your aunt hasn't seen you in a long time either."
Minato led Nagato toward the living room, with Yahiko and Konan following closely behind.
Soon enough, the four of them arrived at the living room.
Natsuki was watching Kakashi and Little White playing around.
Ghost Mastiff lazily lay off to one side with its eyes closed.
"Auntie, I'm back."
As soon as Nagato entered the living room, he met Natsuki's warm and affectionate gaze.
She truly treated them all like her own children and had always been very kind to them.
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"Long Door, you've finally come back."
"These days have been so stressful for everyone waiting for you."
Natsuki stood up joyfully and stepped forward to examine Nagato carefully.
Only after confirming he hadn't lost any limbs did she finally relax.
"Big Brother Long Door."
Little Kakashi also ran over and hugged Nagato's leg.
"Kakashi, do you miss your big brother?"
Nagato picked Kakashi up, grinning from ear to ear.
"Hehe, yes."
Kakashi tugged enthusiastically at Nagato's red hair with his tiny fists.
"Hey, that hurts."
Natsuki feigned annoyance and lightly smacked Kakashi's hand.
"Don't let his size fool you—he's got quite the grip!" She herself knew all too well from experience.
"It's alright, Auntie."
Nagato wasn't bothered at all. In fact, he really enjoyed the feeling of being relied upon.
"You guys are going to spoil him rotten one day," Natsuki shook her head and lifted Kakashi off the ground.
With such a bunch of troublemaking older brothers and sisters, who knows what Kakashi would grow up to become.
"Go play on your own now, okay?"
With a gentle kick to Kakashi's little butt, she sent him on his way.
"Okay, Mama."
Kakashi stumbled forward a bit, regained his balance, and then ran toward Little White.
Even though he was over a year old, Little White was already much bigger than Kakashi.
The two played happily together.
"You didn't suffer too much in Kiri, right?" Natsuki sat back down and watched the little ones take their seats before starting the conversation.
"Not much suffering, just locked up for a while."
Reflecting back, Nagato thought he'd actually received pretty decent treatment among the prisoners.
"That's good. Your teacher didn't cause any big trouble in Kiri, right?"
As Natsuki asked this, everyone turned their gaze toward Nagato.
Since Kawaki had returned too quickly, they hadn't received any news from Kiri yet.
Therefore, everyone was quite curious about what exactly he had done there.
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