Chatty drunk

I really wasn't in the mood to confront anyone right now, let alone did I think my encounter with this person would be under these circumstances.

"What brings you up this mountain in the middle of this beautiful night?" I asked as I raised the gourd and took another sip. For some reason, I feel like I just turned into Captain Sparrow for a second. Oh, I'm starting to feel the warmth in my stomach now. I can really hold my drink.

"I'm not sure either," the woman in green and gray clothes ran a hand through her blonde hair to scratch it and sighed as she approached with uncertain steps. "I just... heard the music and felt like I wanted to hear it more clearly, so my feet took me here without me realizing."

"Do you want a sip?" I asked as I handed her the gourd. "Careful, it's a bit stronger than usual."

"I've tried all kinds and haven't found any troublesome liquor until today," the woman, who wore green and gray clothes, took the gourd with familiarity, sat down, and took a long sip before suddenly coughing several times in amazement. "What grade of alcohol is this?" She handed me the gourd back, and I reclaimed it.

"Strong enough to get the job done. A little, at least," another sip slid down my throat, pleasantly warming it. "So, what can I do for the second-best medical expert in the world?"

"Second?" Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else?"

"Second," I reaffirmed casually. "Tsunade Senju, you... have a bunch of titles, but I won't say them. You are you, and that's enough."

"And who is better than me in medicine in your humble opinion?" Tsunade snatched my gourd (which I allowed, of course) and took another, shorter sip this time; I think she was getting used to its strength.

"Myself," I raised my hand while jumping and falling back onto the grass to gaze at the sky. "And I don't even have chakra, so you still have a long way to go."

"I think you're drunk."

In response to her reply, I simply raised my wrist in an obvious gesture for her to feel free to check it. It seems she decides to "play along" and professionally grasped my wrist while checking my chakra pathways, which I don't have.

"This isn't possible..." Tsunade's eyes widened, and she seemed to have sobered up suddenly.

"I told you!" I sat up a bit and took a bit more. "Don't believe me? Test me, ask."

Tsunade stared at me for a minute before starting to ask a series of medical and anatomical questions that I could answer without any problems. Most of them were things she knew, and therefore, I knew as well. As for the ones she didn't know, I simply used Orochimaru's knowledge or my own conclusions.

"How is it possible that I've never heard of you or your village?" she asked, wearing a look of disbelief.

The man in front of her had medical knowledge decades ahead of hers!

"Well, I only arrived here about a year ago and founded the village myself. We haven't gone out much, neither me nor my people, so the information is definitely incomplete," I replied. "And you, how are you dealing with your fear of blood?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Tsunade quickly denied while unconsciously touching the necklace around her neck with her hand.

"Mmm, it seems you haven't overcome it yet," I began to feel better after talking for a bit. I'll give her some rewards. "Would you like to know who Nawaki's killer is?"

Tsunade stood up and looked at me intensely.

"What did you say?"

"If you don't want to know that, I can tell you who killed the members of the Senju clan for years. I'm sure you noticed that the death rate for anyone with your clan's blood was ridiculously high and extremely suspicious," I looked at the gourd for a second and continued. "There's also the matter of Dan's orders, although you won't like it. Then there's the issue of your grandfather's grave." I took another sip. "Seriously, everything is chaotic when you think about it."

Tsunade was having a brain meltdown, but no matter how I analyzed the microexpressions of the man in front of her, he seemed to know what he was talking about.

"Why would you tell me something like that?" she asked seriously, clenching her fist.

"I don't know; you helped cheer me up when I was sad. That makes you my friend," I shrugged as I began to realize that maybe I'm a talkative drunk. "I don't like seeing my friends sad. You're a good woman, an admirable ninja medic, and even though you're a bit rough, you don't deserve any of what happened to you. It was a really bad streak. Worse still, that bad streak was even organized." I looked her in the eyes. "Besides, I'm pretty sure you can find clues or leads after hearing me."

"...Is that all?" Tsunade thought I would ask for extremely unfavorable conditions in exchange for the information. "You don't want anything?"

"You can't give me what I want," I denied.

"Surprise me," Tsunade sat down again, but this time much closer.

"I'd like you to join my village," I told her with complete naturalness. "But given your love for the village your grandfather founded, I know that wouldn't be possible. How about you just owe me a favor and I'll use it when you become Hokage?"

"I'm not going to be Hokage!" Tsunade furrowed her brows. "Now, spill it! Nawaki, Dan, my clan, my grandfather's grave—I want you to tell me everything you know!"

"Let's do something better," I took one of the Universal Capsules and opened it, revealing a bunch of books I had written to pass the time. I searched for a bit in the area where I knew I had stored it and pulled out a copy. "There you go. There's also information about Wood Release and... I don't remember what else, but it should be everything you want to know."

Tsunade looked at the book with her name written on the cover in doubt but opened it and was surprised to read that there was a lot of information about things related to her from an early age.

"Wait!" Tsunade startled and looked up, only to see the man take the gourd of alcohol and move a few meters away. "Okay, you can continue."

...Fifteen minutes later...

"You bastards!" Tsunade struck the ground using her strange strength, and the radius of her strike stopped a few centimeters from me, demonstrating why I had moved away. She had bloodshot eyes, and her murderous intent made the mountain animals run for their lives. She approached me with heavy steps, glaring at me.

"How much of what you've taught me is true?"

"If you look carefully, you'll probably find something about everything I mentioned," I tried to take another sip, but the gourd was empty.

"I have to check," although she could connect many dots within her, she still hoped that it wasn't really as she had read. "If what's written here is true, I owe you a big favor."

"Wonderful!" I got up and looked at the two, or three Tsunades. "If you're going back to Konoha, can I accompany you? I don't want to miss the event!"

...Did I just mess with the original timeline? ...

No, I think I did that before. It's more fun this way.