“First, three squads, making a total of twelve people counting the medical Ninja,” Tsunade saw there was a chance and her tone relaxed slightly.
“I’ll pull the funds from the existing budget of Konoha Hospital without using any extra appropriations.”
“I’ll train the personnel myself, so the village doesn’t need to assign any extra instructors.”
Ninjas usually formed three-person squads, paired with a guiding instructor or captain.
Tsunade’s plan was to pick and train the people herself, adding one medical Ninja to each four-person squad.
Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered for a moment.
This proposal was indeed much more realistic than the previous one of “directly assigning medical Ninja to all squads.”
Piloting three squads, self-funding the expenses, and training the personnel herself—if the results were good, it could naturally be expanded.
If the results weren’t good, the losses would also be controllable.
“Very well!” He nodded and added, “But the pilot results must be reported openly and transparently.
If the results fail to meet expectations after one year, you must accept termination.”
“Deal.” Tsunade stood up, a trace of a smile finally appearing at the corner of her mouth.
She turned and walked out, stopping for a moment at the door to glance back at the Konoha F4!
“Old man, the decision you made today will save many people in the future.”
With that, she pulled open the door and walked out, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi sitting alone in the office, biting on his pipe.
The expression on his aged face was complex and hard to read.
After a long while, he muttered softly, “This girl…
how did she suddenly become so good at negotiating today…”
“Hiruzen!
How could you agree to such an unreasonable demand of hers!” Utatane Koharu immediately jumped up the moment Tsunade left!
“Do you know that with this concession, next time Tsunade will definitely push her luck and propose establishing a Medical Department again!”
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned: “If the results are good, what’s wrong with establishing a Medical Department?”
Utatane Koharu was choked up with no words to say.
She still wanted to continue arguing unreasonably, but she heard Hiruzen Sarutobi say: “Koharu!
I am the Hokage.”
“Hiruzen, you will regret this!” Utatane Koharu immediately shot back, and then she was dumbfounded.
Danzo Shimura and Homura Mitokado also gave her a strange look.
Danzo Shimura: You are saying all my lines!
Hiruzen Sarutobi had black lines all over his head.
What the heck, one after another, they both said he would regret it?
You think you are Danzo!
“Hmph!” Feeling humiliated, Utatane Koharu let out a cold snort, desperately trying to save face, and walked out together with Homura Mitokado.
Glancing at Danzo Shimura standing awkwardly to the side, Hiruzen Sarutobi said impatiently: “Danzo, why are you still staying?”
“I’m here to ask for someone!
Uzumaki Mirai must join the Root.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi was so angry he laughed: “Get the hell out too!”
Of course, as the Hokage, he couldn’t curse, but that was the meaning.
“Hiruzen, you will regret this!”
“Danzo, I am the Hokage!”
“Bam!”
This felt right.
Hiruzen Sarutobi comfortably took a puff of his pipe and sat down to continue handling official business.
…
When Tsunade walked out of the Hokage Building, she was in a great mood.
She looked up at the sky, and the smile on the corners of her mouth could not be suppressed no matter what.
That brat Mirai really knows his stuff.
I’ll give him a massage as a reward when I go back tonight.
“Lady Tsunade!”
At the corner, an elegant man with long blue hair appeared, a gentle smile on his face.
Tsunade’s eyes lit up: “It’s Dan!
What are you doing here?”
The elegant man was none other than Kato Dan.
He originally planned to go to the hospital to build a closer relationship with Tsunade, but was told that the latter had gone to the Hokage Building.
While envying her ability to meet the Hokage at will, he quickly rushed over to wait.
He scratched his head, his smile deepening: “It’s nothing much, I just wanted to find Lady Tsunade to continue discussing how to get the proposal for establishing the Medical Department passed.”
Actually, Kato Dan didn’t care whether the Medical Department was established or not, but an opportunity to get closer to Tsunade was definitely not to be missed!
Konoha’s number one wealthy and beautiful woman, who wouldn’t drool over her?
When Tsunade was most isolated and helpless, stepping out to support her would surely max out this wave of favorability, right?
Unfortunately, Kato Dan’s plan fell through.
Tsunade rarely smiled at a man: “Thank you, Dan, but it’s no longer necessary.
I’ve already gotten the old man to pass the proposal.”
Although it was only agreeing to a pilot program, Tsunade had absolute confidence that once the pilot results came out, she would definitely be able to get the proposal fully passed!
Kato Dan felt as if he had been struck by lightning!
What?
How did the proposal just get passed like that?
He hadn’t even started launching his offense yet!
It’s already over?
“Is…
is that so?” Kato Dan felt that the smile on his face was almost impossible to maintain.
“Then…
then congratulations, Tsunade!”
“Arigato!
Dan,” Tsunade thanked him politely.
“Thank you for speaking up righteously at the last meeting.”
“If Konoha could have a few more Jonin like you, that would be even better.”
“Haha, is that so…”
In the end, Kato Dan was absent-minded and didn’t even have any impression of when Tsunade left.
He only felt that he was all alone, and clearly it was September, but it felt as if he were standing in a heavy snowstorm.
“No—”
…
The next day, Konoha Ninja Academy.
Uzumaki Mirai walked into the classroom as usual.
As soon as he sat down at his desk, he found several letters stuffed inside.
He pulled one out and took a look—a pink envelope with hearts drawn on it, and some even sprayed with a faint floral fragrance.
Could this be the legendary love letter?
Uzumaki Mirai instantly became interested.
He definitely had to take a look!
Opening one, inside was crooked pencil writing: “Mirai-kun, you are really amazing.
Can you be friends with me?”
The signature was a girl’s name he had never heard of.
The second one was even more direct: “Mirai-kun, I watch you train by the playground every day.
You look so handsome!
You even appear in my dreams at night, and in my dreams, you are so bad!”
Mirai’s mouth twitched.
Good grief, I’m only seven years old, alright!
How bad could I possibly be?
This is simply a slander against me.
The third, fourth…
Mirai raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself: Girls in the Ninja World really mature early.
This is only the second year of elementary school, and love letters are already flying everywhere.
Before he had time to look closely, a hand reached over from the side and snatched all the letters away with lightning speed.
“Confiscated!”
Uzumaki Kushina puffed out her cheeks and stuffed the envelopes all at once into her schoolbag.
Her red hair fluttered slightly behind her, and her gaze looked like a little kitten protecting its food.
“Eh?” Mirai turned to look at her.
“Kushina, those are my letters, right?”
“I’m supervising you on behalf of Grandma Mito!” Kushina said righteously.
“You’re only seven years old, puppy love is not allowed!”
“…
I wasn’t thinking about puppy love either.”
“That won’t do either!” Kushina hummed twice.
“What if there’s some…
some shady content inside?
I’ll help you filter through them first, and return them to you if there’s no problem.”
Mirai looked at her expression of “I’m doing this all for your own good” and couldn’t help laughing.
He didn’t expose her, just shrugged: “Alright, alright, you have the final say.”
Kushina only then sat back down with satisfaction, but her hand still pressed against her schoolbag, as if those letters were some kind of dangerous contraband.