82 Chapter 82: Tsunade's Return to the Village

Every time Tsunade returned, she used a transformation jutsu to disguise her identity, avoiding any attention.

Just like this time.

However, this time she had another reason to return to the village besides evading her debts.

It was because of the strange man she encountered on Short Scroll Street a while ago.

The man possessed the Sharingan, suspected to be a Uchiha ninja. After a conflict with Tsunade, he first choked her unconscious in the middle of the street, then stole her most precious crystal necklace.

Tsunade had been brooding over this humiliation. It even affected her interest in gambling, so she decided to return to the village and investigate secretly.

To find that guy.

Hmph.

Thinking of her stolen necklace, Tsunade couldn't help but sneer.

"That guy probably doesn't know that my necklace is a death curse. Maybe he's already been cursed to death. Regardless, the necklace is a relic from my grandfather, and I must get it back."

As Tsunade muttered to herself, she lifted the curtain and entered the tavern.

The hall was full of customers, bustling with business.

The lively noise of chatter hit her face.

A tavern was a good place to gather information. Just from the villagers and ninjas' boasting and chatting, one could learn the latest news in the village.

Sure enough.

Tsunade and Shizune had just sat down and hadn't started drinking when they heard the heavy news that the Uchiha had been forced to give up the police department due to a prison riot.

She perked up her ears and listened for a while.

"The Third Hokage really knows how to play his cards. No wonder he's known as the strongest Hokage in history," Tsunade commented, although her tone was laced with a hint of sarcasm.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was her teacher, an old man whom Tsunade both loved and respected, but also resented deep down.

Tsunade remembered that her second grandfather was very wary of the Uchiha, but had to give power to the Uchiha clan. She didn't expect that power to be completely taken back by the Third Hokage now.

It seemed.

The Third Hokage not only inherited the will of the Second, but also carried out the policy set by the Second towards the Uchiha, and now he had even surpassed the Second.

Impressive.

However, what puzzled Tsunade was.

Did the Uchiha clan not resist at all, and just compromise?

Just as she was thinking about this.

She heard a name from the mouths of the diners.

Uchiha Dan.

Although the higher-ups of Konoha felt embarrassed and intended to block the news, the truth could not be concealed.

Dan's actions in the Hokage building today were eventually leaked out.

"Did you hear? Uchiha Dan caused a ruckus in the conference room, not only publicly beating the Hokage's son but also killing several ANBU ninjas, and even demolished the conference room!"

"Not only that, he had previously killed ANBU ninjas and sold their bodies on the black market. It's said that there are at least ten ANBU who died at Dan's hands."

"No, I heard it was more than twenty."

The rumors grew more and more exaggerated.

Tsunade frowned as she listened, and finally couldn't help but interject:

"This Uchiha Dan you're talking about is so arrogant, he's reached the point of madness. Even if he died ten times, it would be enough. Why doesn't the Third Hokage do anything about him?"

The diners looked at Tsunade, answering with both anger and helplessness: "Because Uchiha Dan is too strong. That guy not only has the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan, but he also possesses the monstrous strength of the Senju clan. He's a real monster."

"So, even the Third Hokage doesn't dare to do anything to him."

"This man is lawless, committing murder and arson. He's simply the most evil Uchiha in history, even surpassing Uchiha Madara."

Everyone had their say, and just mentioning Dan's name filled them with fear.

One of them even said with lingering fear:

"I've seen Uchiha Dan once. He's probably two meters tall, built like an elephant. He just glanced at me from a distance, and it scared me into having nightmares all night. He's terrifying."

From the exaggerated descriptions of these diners.

An image of a two-meter-tall, muscular, and extremely evil Uchiha emerged in Tsunade's mind.

What surprised Tsunade even more was.

She even heard that Uchiha Dan claimed that his monstrous strength was learned from her.

Tsunade had never taught her monstrous strength to anyone.

Unless, the other party used some method to steal it from her.

Like... the Sharingan.

Thinking of this, Tsunade was taken aback.

Could it be that Uchiha Dan is the guy she's looking for?

"Dan..."

She muttered this name, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, feeling uncomfortable.

Of all the names, it had to be the same as her first love, Dan Kato.

Tsunade kept her composure and continued to inquire.

Soon.

She learned from the diners that Dan had opened a gym, and even got the address.

"Shizune, let's go."

Tsunade quickly finished eating, wiped her mouth, and left with her attendant.

The two found an inn and settled down.

"You stay in the room, I have something to do."

Tsunade left a message, and despite Shizune's worried look, she couldn't wait to run out.

An hour later.

Night fell.

After a big roundabout in the village, Tsunade was almost lost before she finally found the secluded alley.

Opening a gym in such a ghostly place, would there really be customers?

Tsunade muttered to herself in her heart, wiped the sweat from her face, and walked into the dim alley.

As she approached the gym, Tsunade stopped and checked her transformation jutsu again.

Over the years.

In order to avoid her creditors, she had become proficient in transformation jutsu. Whether it was transforming into a man or a woman, from an eighty-year-old woman to a six-year-old little girl, she could switch freely.

Tsunade was confident that there were few in the ninja world who could surpass her in this aspect.

Even the Uchiha's Sharingan couldn't see through her transformation jutsu.

As long as she was careful and disguised herself as an ordinary customer, there would be no danger.

Looking at the sign that read "Body Modification Department".

Thinking of the soon-to-be-met Uchiha Dan.

Tsunade couldn't help but remember the last time in the heavy rain, she couldn't even get close to that man's back, and was dominated by his strange power.

She took a deep breath, stopped her body from trembling, overcame her inner fear, and pushed the door in.

As soon as she entered.

Tsunade saw a fair-skinned, blonde, busty beauty busy at the front desk.

Oh, a beauty of the same type as me.

Tsunade was surprised at Samui's hot figure, and asked, "Hello, is this a gym? I'd like to get a membership."

Samui looked at the customer in front of her, slightly taken aback.

The gym's business had indeed been booming recently, but without exception, all the customers were Uchiha.

Of course, who else would dare to come seeing a bunch of Uchiha gathered here?

And this blond nobleman was clearly not one of the Uchiha.

So Samui gave a professional smile and kindly replied:"Of course. But I suggest you try it out for free first, then decide whether you want to get a membership."

"That would be great."

Tsunade, playing the role of a nobleman, gave a charming smile.

But as she was smiling, she suddenly narrowed her eyes, noticing the necklace buried in the middle of Samui's large chest... the necklace.

Isn't that her necklace? It's on this woman?!

In that instant.

Tsunade knew she had come to the right place. The person she was looking for was Uchiha Dan.

Being stared at by Tsunade.

Samui frowned slightly, extending a hand to cover her chest.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

Tsunade came back to her senses, realizing that she had been mistaken for a pervert by the other party, and quickly explained, "I'm sorry, I thought your necklace was very beautiful. Where did you buy it? I'd like to give one to my attendant."

So that's it.

Samui relaxed her eyebrows a bit, then shyly said:

"This necklace was given to me by the gym owner."

Given?

Tsunade's eyes widened at the sound of this.

Didn't that guy know that this crystal necklace sealed the Wood Release chakra of the First Hokage, enough to suppress the Nine-Tails, and was worth tens of millions of ryō?

Even Tsunade, in her most desperate times, couldn't bear to sell or pawn this necklace.

This Uchiha Dan really spent a lot to woo girls.

Following Samui to the equipment area.

Tsunade saw a group of men in white T-shirts and red shorts lifting weights and training hard, occasionally letting out low roars.

"They're all Uchiha clan members. Actually, they all have pretty good personalities, not like what the villagers say."

Samui explained to Tsunade while observing her reaction.

She thought this nobleman would be scared and panicked when he heard the name Uchiha, but he was completely calm.

This person, it seems, is not ordinary.

"Sir, let me show you how to use this dragon gate frame..."

With Samui's help, Tsunade pretended to try out the gym equipment one by one.

But her eyes were constantly darting around, looking for the gym owner mentioned by Samui, that is, Uchiha Dan.

Just as Tsunade was about to ask where Dan was.

Suddenly, with a bang.

Uchiha Itachi burst through the door of the meditation room, flying out with a bruised face and blood all over it.

"Itachi, what happened?"

Samui asked in surprise as she approached.

"It's nothing, I was just practicing Taijutsu with Uncle... that's all."

Itachi said with a bitter smile.

He originally came to deliver the Sharingan, but his uncle got excited and wanted to guide his Taijutsu, and the result was predictable.

Itachi got beaten up by his uncle again.

Seeing the blood on Itachi's face, Tsunade felt a moment of dizziness and quickly turned her head away, her face not looking so good.

She had hemophobia.

But the next second, the sound of a voice made her forcibly turn her head back.

"Itachi, you haven't made any progress in this period of time, which disappoints me, you know."

Dan slowly emerged from the dark meditation room, like a demon descending from a dark abyss into the human world.