34 - Tsunade's tricks...

At present, inside a forest, Sasori and Zabuza are talking to each other…

"So, this is the end for the Blood gang?" Zabuza asked with a sigh.

"I think it was good that those useless big mouths died, or else I would have killed them at some point…" Sasori said with a sharp eye.

"Anyway, I will be returning to the Land of Water... Notify me if you find something fun..." Zabuza said with a cold smile.

"Whatever. I was done with the Blood gang, now I am going to finish my art..." Sasori said and left in a certain direction.

"Yeah, you and your art…" Zabuza also went his own way for the Land of Water.

[In this journey, I'll meet Haku from the Yuki clan]

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Tanzaku City…

This time, unlike the last time, the Konoha Anbu team entered the city without permission because of the urgency of saving their captain.

As the city was too busy, almost no place was free from people. So, one of them used transformation jutsu to rent a room in the city, while the rest sneaked in through the window to avoid alerting anyone.

After using some mystic palm jutsu on each other, everyone was able to return to normal, except Dog, who was still suffering from poisoning.

"Hey, kid, you wait with the captain. We will go look for Lady Tsunade in the meantime…" Crow said while walking toward the window.

"Yes, you mustn't know about Lady Tsunade, right???" Monkey said, agreeing with Crow.

"Yeah, I will do that..." Fox said with a nod while sitting beside Dog.

After saying their goodbyes, they went out together to look for Tsunade…

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Beside the room that the Konoha Anbu rented at the inn for temporary stay…

Tsunade and Shizune were sitting face to face with serious expressions.

"Lady Tsunade, they will come looking for you any moment now…" Shizune said with a worried tone, looking at Tsunade, and Ton Ton let out an oinking sound for some reason.

"Don't worry, Shizune. Just watch what I do... Now, you go out before they find you…" Tsunade said with confidence, taking Shizune out of the room.

"Okay, my Lady. Take care. I will be watching for you. If you need any help, just call me…" Shizune left and stopped at the corner of the hallway to keep an eye on Tsunade.

After a while, three local Yakuza or gang members whose job is to collect debt entered the inn/hotel to find her.

"Oi, did you see this lady in the picture?" the man in the middle, with a scar on his forehead, asked, showing a picture to a female staff member of the inn.

The girl got scared and couldn't answer them out of fear.

"Whatever. We will go look ourselves…" With that said, they entered the staircase.

As they went inside the first room they opened, they found a girl who was in the middle of changing clothes, and she screamed due to the sudden intrusion. But before she could say anything, they closed the door and went to the next room.

In the next room, a middle-aged man with glasses and sharp eyes was eating ramen noodles. Upon noticing someone opening the door of his room, he got startled and stopped eating, then looked at the three people and aggressively said, "Mine... Mine… go away. I am not sharing…" while protecting his ramen.

The three didn't look any further and quickly shut the door and moved to the next.

In this room, a man and his two young sons were playing together.

One kid was on his head, while the other was by his side. When they saw the door opening, they stopped playing and looked at them in surprise. However, the door was closed immediately, and the three moved to the next one.

In this room, a couple was having an intimate moment. Despite opening the door, they didn't stop what they were doing and continued.

"Stop looking at this and let's move. We have our own thing to do, remember…" one of the members said, smacking the head of the guy who was looking at the couple's activity, and closed the door.

(Before you ask, yes, this is the same room where Kirito heard that noise earlier...)

When they opened the next room, they were greeted by three kunai passing close to their ears, almost stabbing them.

In this room, Fox (Kirito) was guarding Dog (Kakashi) with a serious face, showing vigilance and a pair of glowing blue eyes that looked like the eyes of death to them. They quickly apologized and closed the door.

"That was close..." one of the men who was behind said with cold sweat running from his forehead.

"Yes, we almost died…" another said with a sigh of relief.

"Who was that???" the three said at the same time.

"Oh, forget it. Let's move to the next…" With that, they went to the next door. Upon opening it, they found a little girl in a green dress playing with something shiny in her hand.

"Have you seen a lady who looks like this?" they asked while showing her the picture of Tsunade.

Then one of them added, "She's got a big chest…"

After hearing this, the little girl, who was, of course, Tsunade, using her permanent transformation jutsu, started running while showing the shining golden rock to the three, making sure they noticed it properly. She said with an innocent smile, "I will go and call her…" while positioning her shining golden rock in a nice position.

Upon noticing the piece of gold in her hand, they couldn't think much and asked the little girl in front of them, "What's that shiny thing in your hand???" very nicely.

Tsunade, who succeeded in trapping them, laughed inside her head and showed the piece of gold more, saying, while keeping her innocent smile, "The beautiful lady in the picture gave it to me…"

Immediately after hearing that, the three went out of the room and started discussing among themselves, "It looks like Tsunade has struck upon a mother lode of gold…"

Another guy said, "We have to keep lending her money and rack up interest…"

"There is no doubt we will get our debt back…"

While they were talking, Tsunade gave them their time, and finally, she went to them and said with a smile, "Oh my, if it isn't the bill collectors!!!" as if she got a pleasant surprise finding them.

"No travel at all…" The debt collectors said with a smile.

Just after Tsunade, Shizune also came into the room.

When she saw Tsunade fearlessly entering the room with her normal form and smiling face, she was wondering what exactly was going on in the room.

What she saw surprised her to no end, as a black line appeared on her face upon finding that the debt collectors were asking Tsunade for more loans instead of asking her to return the money.

After the debt collectors were gone, they started arguing among themselves…

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At this time, Crow and Monkey finally returned to the room with a sad face...

"Did you find her?" Fox asked immediately after noticing the duo returning to the room.

"No, she is nowhere in the city…" Monkey said, looking at Dog or Kakashi, as his mask was taken off by Fox due to the poison and worsening conditions.

"You know, there is a lady called Tsunade, but there is another woman she is talking to right now called Shizune in the next room to ours…" Fox said after thinking for a moment, as he didn't know if she is the same person they are looking for.

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