Naruto didn't want to tell Tsunade the real reason he kept Granny Chiyo. He didn't feel he needed to explain everything to Tsunade.
As for the Sand Village, Naruto never took them seriously.
Tsunade read the determination in Naruto's eyes, sighed, and stopped asking. "Honestly, you're all just making trouble for me!"
"It's just the Sand Village. There's no need to care too much about their opinions," Naruto said, pouring Tsunade some more sake.
Tsunade glared at Naruto, then finished her drink. "The Sand Village itself isn't much, but our alliance with them can save us a lot of trouble. At least the small countries around us will be more well behaved."
"All disharmony comes from a lack of strength."
Naruto said calmly, "If Konoha shows enough strength and a tough attitude, how would those small countries dare to cause trouble? Tsunade, you can't follow the Third Hokage's old path."
"But war is never a good thing," Tsunade said, shaking her head, clearly disagreeing with Naruto's view.
"Nobody's saying we want war, but don't always act like a peacemaker when dealing with outsiders. You have to know, some people are just bad. Being nice to them doesn't work; they'll think you're afraid of them!"
"When facing these people, you have to hit them! Scare them! Make them afraid, and they won't go looking for trouble!"
"The Sand Village is like that cheapskate. Iwagakure Village isn't allied with them, but they go messing with Konoha, who is allied with them! Why? Is it because Konoha violated their interests? Does Konoha not want peace? Neither!"
Naruto stared at Tsunade, saying seriously, "It's because they think Konoha is easy to bully!"
Tsunade drank in silence.
She knew Naruto had a point, but putting it into practice was very difficult!
Being tough on neighboring countries means not being afraid of war, but if her actions cause a war, countless Konoha ninja will die, and countless families will be torn apart!
As someone who came from war, someone who has been hurt by war, she knows how terrible war is and fears its consequences more than Naruto does!
"If a war really happens, will you step in?" Tsunade suddenly asked.
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
He thought of the Great Toad Sage's prediction.
Fire, lightning, sand, rock, water... and he was at the center of the whirlpool!
Naruto naturally understood what these five elements represent.
Fire is Konoha, lightning is Kumogakure, sand is Hidden Sand, rock is Iwagakure Village, and water is Hidden Mist!
The five elements represent the five countries!
This whirlpool might represent war, or it might be something like the Five Nation Alliance from the original story... but Naruto believed it was the former!
Even if a powerful enemy appeared, Naruto didn't think he would need the Five Nation Alliance to help him, so it could only be the former!
The five countries want war, and it might be because of him?
After guessing this possibility, Naruto suddenly wondered if he should destroy one country right now, so the Great Toad Sage's prediction wouldn't come true!
After all, if there were four countries instead of five, where would the five elements come from?
Seeing that Naruto didn't answer for a long time, Tsunade thought Naruto didn't want to participate in the war. She immediately pouted in annoyance. "You were so powerful when causing trouble, but when I ask you to solve the trouble, you don't want to do it. You should be happy I let you stay in Konoha!"
Hearing Tsunade's words, Naruto came back to his senses and chuckled, "You're getting anxious again. I didn't say I wouldn't step in."
"So, you'll step in?" Tsunade asked.
"Well... depends on my mood," Naruto said with a smile.
Tsunade was speechless. "What do you mean depends on your mood? What kind of mood?"
Naruto picked up the Gomoku game and smiled. "If you can let me win against you using six pieces, then my mood should be pretty good."
"..."
"Get out of here!"
Tsunade scolded with a smile.
Although Naruto didn't clearly state that he would step in, he did give Tsunade a message - he could step in!
Perhaps for the sake of his so-called mood, or perhaps for the sake of the friendship between her and Naruto.
In short, with Naruto backing Konoha, Konoha had nothing to worry about!
"By the way, how's things going with Uchiha Obito?" Tsunade suddenly asked.
A few days ago, Naruto had briefly mentioned Uchiha Obito to Tsunade, letting her know the truth about 'Uchiha Madara' within the Akatsuki Organization.
After returning, Tsunade talked to Kakashi, asking many questions about Uchiha Obito, and passed this information on to Jiraiya, who was far away in the Rain Country.
However, if this Uchiha Obito wasn't taken care of, Jiraiya couldn't leave the Rain Country for even a day!
Konoha would always have a ticking time bomb!
"Haven't had time to deal with him yet. What's wrong, missing Jiraiya?" Naruto joked.
Tsunade's cheeks flushed slightly, and she pretended to be angry. "Who would miss that old pervert! I'm just worried about Konoha's safety."
"Is that so?"
Naruto's expression was playful, but he didn't continue to tease Tsunade.
He knew Tsunade's feelings for Jiraiya were complicated.
On one hand, she hated Jiraiya's perverted nature.
On the other hand, Jiraiya was one of her few remaining old friends, and had secretly loved her for many years. She was also a widow... it was hard for her not to be moved.
"I plan to free up some time in a couple of days to deal with him, but to deal with Uchiha Obito, I'll need Kakashi's help. Is Kakashi in the village?" Naruto asked.
"You want Kakashi's Sharingan?"
Tsunade knew from Kakashi that Kakashi's Sharingan was from Uchiha Obito, so she guessed that Kakashi's Sharingan would be an important weapon to deal with Uchiha Obito!
"Kakashi is in the village. I'll have him come see you tomorrow."
"Okay."
Naruto nodded.
Although with his current strength, Uchiha Obito's strength was no longer in his eyes. After all, even if Obito merged with the Ten-Tails' power, he wouldn't be stronger than him!
But it would be good to take care of him sooner.
The next day,
Naruto didn't wait for Kakashi, but instead waited for Tsunade to visit again.
"Something happened?" Naruto asked, looking at Tsunade who was rushing in.
"Yeah, Kakashi was attacked last night, and his eyes were stolen!" Tsunade said with a heavy face.
"His eyes were stolen?"
Naruto frowned. "Do you know who did it?"
In the original story, even if Uchiha Obito lacked power, he never thought of taking back his eyes from Kakashi.
Once the eyes were given away, they were given away!
From this, it can be seen that he is a very principled person and shouldn't come to steal Kakashi's eyes.
"It's Uchiha Sasuke!"
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