"Ah! The First Mizukage!"
Just as Tsunade, Shikaku, Fugaku, and the others were still trying to gauge just how terrifying Garp's strength truly was, Kushina suddenly let out a sharp cry.
"What First Mizukage?"
"Didn't he just kill him?"
"He can't possibly come back to life again, right?"
Startled by Kushina's sudden exclamation, Tsunade and the others immediately suppressed their curiosity.
Remaining alert, they scanned the surroundings while questioning her at the same time.
After witnessing the talent and might of a first generation kage powerhouse, even if this freshly dead Byakuren came back to life yet again, they felt they might somehow be able to accept it.
"No, of course not! The First Mizukage was sent to the Pure Land by Uncle Garp, you all saw it yourselves. How could he possibly come back now?"
Seeing everyone jump at her words, Kushina scratched her cheek in embarrassment.
"If he didn't come back to life, then what are you screaming for?"
Tsunade nearly jumped.
If Byakuren really resurrected, then aside from Garp, no one in this era of shinobi villages could stop such a monster.
Whether it was her, the prideful Uchiha, or even Orochimaru, none of them dared imagine what kind of catastrophic storm would sweep across the shinobi world if Byakuren resurrected and escaped the Land of Water's battlefield.
"The Three-Tails! Did you all forget?
Before the First Mizukage died, he sealed the Three-Tails and became its Jinchuriki.
Now that he's dead, what about the Three-Tails? That guy is Uncle Garp's Little Turtle!"
Kushina quickly clarified.
Only then did everyone suddenly remember, how had they forgotten something as important as a tailed beast?
Then again, who could blame them? The strength displayed moments ago by those two legendary monsters on the battlefield had simply overshadowed everything.
Compared to Garp and the First Mizukage, the Three-Tails' presence had been reduced to practically nothing.
"Uncle Garp, the Three-Tails, no, Little Turtle, was raised by you, right?
If I remember correctly, didn't you say you were planning to visit him sometime?
You… you didn't accidentally send Little Turtle off to the Pure Land together with the First Mizukage, did you….?"
Tsunade's look toward Garp was… complicated.
After spending time with him, she had absolutely no doubt that Garp was capable of doing something like that.
Anyone careless enough to fall asleep in the middle of battle could easily overlook a tailed beast.
"…"
Garp didn't speak. His expression just slowly became more and more awkward.
"Don't tell me Tsunade guessed right…"
Orochimaru, Kushina, and the others suddenly reacted.
Ever since Byakuren died, Garp hadn't said a single word, he'd been standing there like a background prop.
Seeing his current embarrassed face, they couldn't help seriously suspecting that Tsunade had hit the nail on the head.
"Well… when you're fighting someone on the level of a First Kage, it's normal to lose control a little.
If Little Turtle knows this in the Pure Land, he probably won't blame me.
After all, even resurrected, Byakuren was only a tiny bit weaker than me."
Garp scratched the back of his head and explained with complete seriousness.
"…"
It would've been better if he hadn't explained.
Especially that line, Byakuren being "just a little bit weaker."
Everyone's expressions twisted.
If they hadn't witnessed Byakuren getting punched to death with their own eyes, they might've actually believed him.
A First Mizukage who died after two punches from you… and you claim you "couldn't hold back"?
"I'm still confident in my medical ninjutsu. How about… I check if Little Turtle still has any chance of being saved?"
Tsunade suggested, though her tone lacked conviction.
People, she healed every day.
Tailed beasts, she'd never tried. She had no idea whether her medical ninjutsu would even work on one.
"What is there to save? The First Mizukage's corpse is already cold.
Uncle Garp, from what I know, when a tailed beast dies, it'll revive after some time.
Once the Three-Tails revives, if you feel guilty, you can just go bring him home again. He won't be summoned or sealed anymore.
If he knows this in the Pure Land, he might actually feel grateful to you."
Kushina said with a shrug, noticing how much harder Garp seemed to be explaining himself now compared to beating the First Raikage to death.
As for tailed beasts, she never gave them "rights."
As long as they weren't dead, you kept them. If they died? No problem, they revived.
"Mm. Let's do that. We'll leave Little Turtle's matter here. Hey… Orochimaru, dig a hole and bury Byakuren and Little Turtle together.
Since they died next to each other, I won't let them rot out in the open."
Garp's eyes lit up, and he immediately abandoned the idea of trying to rescue the Three-Tails.
His attitude toward tailed beasts was basically free-range, remarkably similar to Kushina's approach.
"You bastard… you actually killed me! You almost killed me for real!"
"No need to wait for the Pure Land, I can tell you right now, you bastard, go keep Hashirama company instead!"
"You said you came to check on me, to see if I was doing well, if this is your way of 'checking' on me, I'd rather wander the world on my own!"
Just when the battlefield atmosphere had reached peak awkwardness, an evil, ominous chakra suddenly surged from the pit where the First Mizukage lay.
At the same time, roar after resentful roar erupted from below, sweeping across the battlefield like a storm.
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