Chapter 560 Epilogue

There were several knocks on the door.

"Come in."

"excuse me."

Following a faint voice, someone outside pushed the door and entered.

Tsunade also temporarily put down the signature pen in his hand, gently pressed the somewhat stiff and sore neck with the palm of his hand, and then turned his gaze to the person who knocked on the door.

Sakurcolored long hair, forehead slightly wider than ordinary girls, fair skin, overall, she is a pretty cute girl.

Haruno Sakura.

Tsunade recognized the other party's identity immediately.

And it was only then that she remembered that she had promised Lu Jiu earlier that at five o'clock in the afternoon, she would set aside three minutes to give Haruno Sakura a chance to talk to herself.

In other words, is it already five o'clock in the afternoon?

Tsunade scratched his head helplessly, another afternoon passed unknowingly.

But the number of files to be processed is still not small.

"You are Haruno Sakura."

Tsunade spoke first in an affirmative tone.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Sakura nodded, with a hesitant look on her face.

"What's the matter for you to come to me? Although I really want to find an opportunity to have a serious talk with you, but now, the time may not allow it. So, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. If it is not particularly embarrassing, I will consider it."

Seeing Sakura's expression, Tsunade knew that the other party should ask for something from him, but because of his status, it was a bit difficult to say.

Therefore, after a hint of encouragement, Tsunade straightened his sitting posture, looking straight at Sakura.

"Yes, yes, that, I have a request, I hope Hokage-sama will agree."

Sakura stammered and spoke with a nervous expression.

"Don't panic, I won't eat you, just speak up if you have anything to say."

"yes."

Sakura calmed down, and the expression in her eyes slowly recovered.

Then, under Tsunade's surprised gaze, she bent her waist.

"I know this is impolite, but I hope Hokage-sama can guide me to practice!"

This request really exceeded Tsunade's expectations, and the palm on the table trembled slightly.

Then, Tsunade seemed to recognize the girl in front of him again, narrowing his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

"I remember writing such a comment on your personal file...Although you are smart, you lack perseverance..."

Hearing what Tsunade said, Sakura trembled.

"Sorry, it's me..."

"No, I mean, cultivation is a very painful thing. And I really hate people who give up halfway, can you persevere?"

Tsunade interrupted Sakura's speech, and looked at Sakura with a scrutiny attitude.

"Yes, I can do it!"

When there was a detour, Sakura suddenly raised her head, revealing the determination in her eyes, without any hesitation.

"However, I'm just guiding you in your practice. Whether you can learn it depends on your ability... Tomorrow I will send you a training instruction manual. For the next six months, you must strictly follow the above requirements and don't give up. After the year, I will set aside three hours every week to personally train you."

This is actually a whim.

After all, she had already given up the idea of continuing to teach students, and she didn't have much time to waste on it.

However, seeing Sakura's serious attitude, she decided to give the other party a chance.

As for the other party's ability to seize such an opportunity, it depends on how strong the other party's perseverance is.

"I didn't expect you would still have the idea of recruiting disciples now."

After Sakura left, the voice rang from the window of the office.

Jiraiya was squatting on the window sill, apparently he heard all the conversation between Tsunade and Sakura just now.

"This is still out of the question, and I don't think that little girl can persevere. She will probably complain and give up halfway."

Tsuna leaned his hands back on the seat, as if seeing some kind of ending.

Although I don't want to admit it, it is difficult for women to surpass men innately. Under the same basic conditions, the strength of female ninjas is generally lower than that of male ninjas.

For this reason, if female ninjas want to surpass male ninjas, they must work harder than men.

She used to walk like this in the past. In terms of cultivation, she didn't regard herself as a woman at all, but treated herself like an animal. She was constantly tortured and tempered. There is nothing more than this, and this is how she achieved today.

"It's hard to say, this group of young people are very motivated, and when they have a goal, it may be more difficult for them to give up halfway."

Zilai also jumped down from the window, talking eloquently.

"Hatake Kakashi...Is there Uchiha Sasuke?"

Tsunade knew what Jiraiya was referring to.

With the departure of these two people, the seventh class of this year has existed in name only.

"It's already a traitor, aren't you ready to give up? The arrest warrants issued are not so simple to eliminate. Even if you come back one day, you can only spend a lifetime in prison."

"That kid Naruto has my temperament. They are all the same idiots, and things that idiots believe are generally difficult to change."

Zilai also sells and boasts.

"Is this something to be proud of? Besides, it's not a question of being stupid or not, but naive."

Tsunade was slightly speechless.

"No, this is called not forgetting the original intention. However, I have come out of the loss of Orochimaru's betrayal, but Naruto seems to still care about it..."

Zilai also said this, and his face was a little sad.

After all, they are teachers and companions who were born and died together. It is very cruel for Naruto to want to forget this relationship.

However, in the real ninja world, the causal relationship is so magical and miraculous.

Only time can heal this trauma.

"Let's not talk about this now, that kid went to Mount Miaomu, did he learn fairy arts?"

Tsunade asked the most critical question.

"How can it be so fast? Boss Fusaku said that he still needs basic training. Let me bring him back and start teaching him from the basics. When the basics are ready, I will go to Mt. Miaomu to learn fairy arts."

Zilai said helplessly.

"What, I was looking forward to it for a long time. It turned out to be an unreliable guy, completely different from Minato."

"This is also something that can't be helped, let's wait a little longer."

"I'm fine... But, do you want to be the guide of Jonin?"

Tsunade suddenly remembered something.

"Guiding Jonin?"

Jilai also blinked in doubt.

"Because the seventh class is short of two people, one of the team members and the captain are missing one each... You just need to teach Naruto, how about assigning you to the seventh class as the instructor?"

Tsunade considered this matter.

"No, don't come to me for such a troublesome thing. There are so many jounin in the village, and there are quite a few powerful ones. You can find a lot of them by just looking around."

Jiraiya also vetoed it, and asked Tsunade to find someone else.

"That's what I said, but it's not so easy to find a 'nanny' for Zhuli. It requires special skills, such as the ability to write sharing eyes."

"This village is only owned by Danzo now. However, there are no Sharkan ninjas in Anbu, but I remember that there is a jounin who can use wooden dungeons?"

Ji Lai also suddenly thought of something.

"In this way, it seems to be... If there is no Sharingan, Mu Dun is also an option."

After Jiraiya's reminder, Tsunade also thought that in Anbu, there is a ninja who uses wooden escape.

Moreover, in terms of function, Mutun seems to be more suitable for suppressing tailed beasts than Sharingan.

"In this way, the matter of guiding Jonin will be resolved. However, you have to search for the third member."

"Let's talk about it at that time, there is no need to dispatch the ninja to perform the task yet."

Tsunade nodded. She now has a general idea for the arrangement of the seventh class, but it will take some time to prepare for the specific implementation.

When Tsunade got off work at 8 o'clock in the evening, Tsunade walked out of the Hokage Building, and fine snow began to fall in the night sky outside.

The New Year's Eve is getting closer and closer, and the popularity that Muye Village lost due to the ups and downs in the past few days has slowly recovered.

Stopped in front of an izakaya in the commercial street. Tsunade didn't bring anyone. He stopped in front of the izakaya for a few seconds before walking inside, finding his pre-booked private room and going in.

There was no one in the private room, and Tsunade didn't care. He just asked the waiter to prepare drinks and meals, and sat there quietly waiting.

About five minutes later, the door of the private room was pushed open, and Asami Masumi, who was still wearing white overalls, walked in.

"Master Hokage, sorry to keep you waiting."

"Where, I just arrived too. But now there are only two of us here, so you don't have to be so restrained."

Tsunade motioned for the other party to sit down.

"Then excuse me, Tsunade-sensei."

Asami Masumi did not refuse Tsunade's kindness, and walked to sit opposite Tsunade.

"Speaking of which, this is the first time we've been alone together, right? We only got together once at the graduation party before."

Tsunade remembered something, and smiled at Asami Masumi.

"Yes, after all, at that time, we each had important jobs, and we couldn't leave our posts without authorization. However, I will always remember Tsunade-sensei's kindness in education."

This is not hypocrisy. Without Tsunade's education, she would have to take many detours in the field of medical ninjutsu.

Growing up to this stage, she realized how lucky an elite medical ninja like Tsunade meant to them when they were still young at that time.

It can be said that as long as the talent is qualified and he studies hard in the Tsunade class, his achievements in medical ninja will not be too low.

Medical ninjas of the same period as her basically started as middle-level cadres in the field of medical departments.

One or two contemporaries, like her, rose to the top of the medical department.

Now Konoha's medical department, most of the management are either Tsunade's students, or Tsunade's past colleagues, or her followers... Only a very small number of people have not much involvement with Tsunade.

Tsunade's influence in the Konoha Medical Department can be described as being full of disciples and old officials.

Although she is gone, the authority she represents still affects many things in the medical department.

"Actually, it's nothing. This is all the result of your own hard work. In your class, there are not many who can reach your level. As a teacher, the happiest thing is to be surpassed by your own students."

Tsunade smiled.

I appreciate Masumi Asami even more.

"In this respect, I am still far behind Tsunade-sensei."

Asami Masumi also smiled slightly.

In the entire ninja world, there is no medical ninja who can guarantee that his medical ninjutsu can surpass Tsunade.

Even she is far from Tsunade's realm, and she still lacks a lot of standards.

Only the 'classmate' from the Kingdom of Ghosts might be able to do it.

Soon, the waiter at the izakaya brought over the drinks and food.

Looking at the sumptuous food and delicious drinks, Tsunade smiled and said, "Okay, you're welcome to enjoy this meal. I invited you to this meal. Tonight, we are just teachers and students, not a relationship between superiors and subordinates."

Asami Masumi nodded, poured herself a glass of wine, and drank it slowly.

After drinking a glass of wine, her fair skin was instantly stained with a layer of seductive pink, giving off a rather lovely temperament, like a shy girl.

"Masumi, if you're not used to drinking, you don't have to force yourself."

Tsunade can tell that Asami Masumi is the type of person who is not good at drinking, and his daily life is also very regular. His favorite hobbies are walking and reading medical books. His hobbies are pitifully few.

"Yes... I'm sorry, no matter how many times I drink alcohol, I still feel unaccustomed to it. Tsunade-sensei laughs at you."

After finishing speaking, Asami Masumi coughed lightly twice, then smiled helplessly at Tsunade.

"No such thing, everyone has their own good and bad things... But you look cute after drinking."

For some reason, Asami Masumi felt that the smile on Tsunade's face looked like another Sannin at the momentJiraiya, full of obscenity.

She is obviously an old maid in her fifties. She complained in her heart.

However, she dared not say such words, otherwise she might end up in a very miserable end.

She dared not appreciate Tsunade's tyrannosaurus-like power.

"No such thing, cute or something... Tsunade-sensei, I'm already a woman in her thirties."

Sighed at Tsunade, Asami Masumi deliberately emphasized words like age.

"No, Masumi, you are really cute. But I heard that you are still single now, is there no one who usually pursues you?"

Tsunade was curious about this, and brought up this topic intentionally or unintentionally.

"I pursued... There were some people, but I rejected them."

Asami Masumi replied calmly.

"Eh? Why did you refuse? Are those suitors not meeting your mate selection criteria?"

"No, from the perspective of career, appearance, and ability, those men are all excellent."

"In this case, why refuse?"

Tsunade's face was full of weirdness.

Regarding Tsunade's repeated teasing, Asami Masumi also knew that Tsunade wanted to get more information from her.

And those information, under the signal of the third Hokage, have completely disappeared from Konoha's archives.

It is also the most important piece of "emotional history" in her past.

She didn't give any records in her file, so in her personal file, the resumes in many places seem particularly weird, intermittent, and cannot be connected up and down.

"It's not something difficult to talk about... I actually had a boyfriend in the past, and then the relationship heated up, and it reached the point where I was about to get engaged."

Speaking of this, Asami Masumi's tone softened, with some special feelings in it.

"Then what happened? Are you married?"

Tsunade questioned.

Since it's time to talk about marriage, why did it end without a problem?

Moreover, why is there no record of her 'partner' in Konoha's file records.

Name, past, future, all disappeared.

This weird scene made Tsunade feel that something must have happened to Konoha during that period that she didn't know about.

"No, he died in the line of duty."

Asami Masumi's calm tone was tinged with sadness.

"Feel sorry."

Tsunade sighed.

died in line of duty? Things are getting weirder and weirder.

If he died in the line of duty, it is impossible not to leave a little information.

Her teacher, the third Hokage Hiruzaru Sarutobi, for what reason did Masumi Asami's "partner" be deleted from the record?

It is absolutely impossible to simply die in line of duty.

"It's okay, he's just not very lucky. After all, Tsunade-sensei should also know that in the era we live in, such things often happen. I'm a medical ninja, so it's not a special case, and I won't participate in those missions that are too dangerous..."

Hearing what Asami Masumi said, Tsunade also fell silent, and the movement of drinking was also a meal.

I don't know what he thought of, but Tsunade felt that the dinner was very tasteless.

That's right, in that era of international turmoil, no one can guarantee that they will survive to the end.

A classified mission? Tsunade knew that, unlike Sakumo who committed suicide, Asami Masumi's "partner" was probably carrying out some important secret mission that must never be made public.

Only these confidential tasks are eligible to be canceled by high-level officials.

Whether this confidential task is finally completed or not, there will not be too many traces left.

Even to the family of the victim, it will not be disclosed.

As a ninja, Asami Masumi understands this.

"The man who has made you worry about him for so many years must be very good, Masumi."

Tsunade said so.

"Yes, he is excellent, the man I think is the best."

Asami Masumi's tone was full of determination, undeniable determination.

Hearing this, Tsunade felt bitter for some reason, and had a feeling of sympathy with Asami Masumi.

They all fell into fanatical love when they were young, and then their other half died in the mission, and they are still single.

For them, the love in their hearts died when the other half died, and there was no room for another man in their hearts.

Break...

Tsunade silently recited the name in his heart.

After walking out of the izakaya, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

After Tsunade watched Asami Masumi leave, he walked to a nearby dark alley. In the shadows, a figure was waiting there for a long time.

"Master Naruto."

The person who came out of the shadows was none other than Lu Jiu.

Tsunade gave a brief answer to the conversation he had with Asami Masumi just now.

Lu Jiu listened quietly, and didn't interrupt Tsunade's speech. He didn't say until Tsunade finished speaking: "It seems that it is similar to the result of my investigation."

"Oh? Did you find anything over there?"

Tsunade asked.

"Well, I still asked someone to find out about it from a sub-captain who retired from Anbu in the past. At that time, he was serving under the third generation of masters, and occasionally he was ordered by the higher-ups to process a personal file that was not recorded in the Konoha intelligence system."

"The file is..."

Tsunade thought about it.

"Not surprisingly, it should be Director Asami's boyfriend when she was a girl. The man's name is Takeshi Fujisaki, who was Director Asami's neighbor, and is five years older than Director Asami. It is said that Director Asami was treated unfairly by some people when she was young because of family reasons, so her personality became autistic and dark... And that Takeshi Fujisaki was the one who helped her get out of that 'dark' childhood. Then Director Asami fell in love with him a few years after graduating from Ninja School..."

"Then that Takeshi Fujisaki died in the mission?"

Tsunade was thoughtful.

She suddenly remembered that in the beginning, Asami Masumi was not outstanding among the students she taught, and she was taciturn, dressed very sloppily, and her grades were only in the middle and lower... It felt like she was here to dawdle.

But then her grades improved by leaps and bounds, and for some reason, she began to pay attention to her appearance, and began to ask her some professional questions... Until the sixth grade, she graduated with honors as the second student.

It seems that the person who inspires Asami Masumi to move forward and work hard for life is this Konoha ninja named "Fujisaki Takeshi".

Tsunade is sincerely grateful to this Konoha ninja named Takeshi Fujisaki. If it weren't for his encouragement, Konoha would probably lose an excellent medical ninja.

"Yes, the captain of the specific task is not clear, but based on the few records at the time, he knows that the other party is performing a very important task, which is extremely dangerous, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the third generation of adults..."

This also means that, apart from the three dead Hokages, I am afraid that no one knows what kind of mission that Konoha ninja named Takeshi Fujisaki performed at that time and died heroically.

"What time was it?"

"After the Second Ninja World War."

"Is it really impossible to investigate?"

Tsunade was a little unwilling to give up.

Maybe it's compassion, she hopes to give Asami Masumi a perfect explanation.

Moreover, such a hero cannot have all records removed because of a 'confidential mission'.

"I'm afraid it's difficult. Takeshi Fujisaki's brief information can be extracted from the evidence of some people in the village. But about the mission he performed at that time..."

Lu Jiu's expression was very troubled.

Unless you ask Sandai Hokage himself, even Masumi Asami cannot know the answer to this part. The official answer given to her at that time was only because of a confidential mission, she died heroically in battle.

"Then do your best to investigate, I don't believe you won't find any clues."

Tsunade's attitude was unusually persistent.

"yes."

Lu Jiu knows that the results of the investigation may not be too ideal. But Tsunade's order came down, and he could only try his best to arrange people to investigate.

Coming out of the izakaya, Asami Masumi did not wander around the street, but returned along the way home.

After a brief exchange with Tsunade, she knew she was being targeted.

But this kind of staring is not a bad thing in a sense.

But this is actually troublesome enough. She feels that her current height is just right. Get too close to the core and things get a little inconvenient. She doesn't have Kakashi's ability to remain calm. She dares to mess around under Hokage's nose.

Gaining power while gaining a certain degree of freedom is the best height for her.

Thinking like this, Asami Masumi walked to the door of her house, picked up the key to open the door, and turned on the light at the entrance.

Then he took off his shoes, put on indoor slippers, and lightly threw the white coat on the clothes hanger next to him, and hung it on the hanger lightly.

Generally speaking, as a woman living alone, the required house does not need to be too large. But in order to use free time to conduct simple experimental research even at home, the house she lives in is much larger than the usual four-room house.

Except for the bedroom, kitchen, study, and living room, the rest of the space is filled with experimental tools and materials.

Maybe because she was too tired from communicating with Tsunade, Asami Masumi went to the bedroom, took off her ninja uniform, and fell down on the bed exhaustedly. The glasses hanging on her chest were also casually thrown to the edge of the bed, almost falling to the ground.

Staring at the ceiling in a daze for about ten minutes, she slowly took out a delicate glass bottle from her arms, which was only about half the length of a finger.

Like a baby, she carefully covered it with both hands, quietly placed it on her heart, and curled her body into a ball on the bed.

The corners of her mouth are slightly raised, her face is full of sweetness, like a little girl who hasn't grown up.

"You can't wait any longer. I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long. You clearly said that you would have a baby after the end of your mission. But please rest assured that my mission will end soon. When we reach a safe place, I will let our child be born smoothly, Mr. Wu..."

(PS: This volume is finally over, and the last volume is left. Asami Masumi's story will not be very long. If you don't want to read it, you can skip it, and it will not affect the main line. After all, there is water before the climax, and it's still water when the climax comes... I don't want to say anything. Please hold back your words for free prostitution, and scold me freely for money. As long as it doesn't involve family members, you can put me in any position. Liti.)

(end of this chapter)