The little boy who had shouted ran quickly to the Sarutobi shinobi who had been kicked until his body was a bloody mess and anxiously cried, “Uncle Himura, are you all right? Wake up!”
Seeing the little girl with those crimson eyes, Yusuke had more or less figured out who the two brats were.
As though nothing had happened, Yusuke smiled and walked over to the little Yuhi Kurenai.
He crouched down, patted her little head with his large hand, and smiled.
“Little girl, children shouldn’t be watching scenes like this. Understand?”
With Yusuke’s large hand resting on her head, Yuhi Kurenai’s body trembled as she asked in a quivering voice, “Y-you… why did you hit people?”
“No, I was protecting the peace of Konoha.”
Yusuke pointed righteously at the blood-covered Sarutobi Himura and the dozen or so other Konoha shinobi lying nearby, saying solemnly, “I suspect they’re spies sent by another village.”
The other shinobi nearby all looked at Yusuke as though they had seen a ghost.
You’re the spy, damn it!
Several of them were from the Sarutobi and Shimura clans.
How could they possibly be spies?
However, Yuhi Kurenai, who came from a civilian family and was only six years old, believed him to some extent.
She asked in surprise, “R-really?”
“Of course. Come here, stay close to Big Brother. Big Brother will protect you.”
Yusuke took Yuhi Kurenai’s little hand and pulled her against his side.
“What are you talking about!? Uncle Himura is my father’s cousin! How could he possibly be a spy!?”
Seeing his uncle beaten to this state, Asuma, who had barely spoken a few words before, was so furious that he felt like he was about to cough up blood.
“What are you making such a fuss about?”
Just then, a rather familiar voice reached everyone’s ears.
Everyone turned to look.
When the little Yuhi Kurenai saw the person who had spoken, she immediately brightened and ran out of Yusuke’s arms, throwing herself into the man’s embrace.
“Daddy!”
“Good girl.”
The middle-aged man answered with a smile.
The newcomer was none other than Konoha’s Elite Jonin, Yūhi Shinku.
But what Yusuke was more interested in was the group of people behind Yūhi Shinku.
At the head of the group was a woman dressed in a gray shinobi uniform.
Her gorgeous features and perfect figure could hardly be concealed by her attire.
She looked to be only around twenty, but in reality, she was already in her late twenties, almost thirty.
The princess of the Senju clan, Senju Tsunade!
The dozen or so people beside her were all members of Konoha’s Senju clan.
However, according to the memories of Yusuke’s original body, shortly after the Second Shinobi World War began, the Senju clan had suffered a devastating blow and had nearly been wiped out.
Tsunade’s younger brother, Senju Nawaki, had also died in that war.
The responsibility for this had supposedly fallen on Shimura Danzo due to his misjudgment of the war, though Yusuke had no idea whether that was actually true.
Regardless, Konoha’s future scapegoat king had already begun carrying out his professional duties.
Seeing the Konoha shinobi lying around the street with blood covering their heads, a trace of astonishment flashed across Tsunade’s face, but she quickly returned to her usual calm expression.
Ever since the Senju clan had fallen into decline, she had realized just how dark the political struggles within Konoha’s upper echelons could be.
The reason she had not left Konoha was that she still retained one final shred of affection for the village her grandfather had founded.
[Ding! New Sign-In Location Unlocked—Senju Tsunade.]
[Sign-In Reward: Senju Clan Chakra Reserves.]
Just as Yusuke was wondering why Tsunade had returned from the front lines when the war had not yet ended, the system’s notification sounded.
Yusuke’s eyes immediately lit up.
Although White Fang was incredibly powerful, he had one fatal weakness just like his son—
He ran out of chakra.
After using an S-Rank ninjutsu twice, he would already be exhausted.
That was precisely why White Fang could only go fifty-fifty against Sarutobi Hiruzen.
If he didn’t have to worry about running out of chakra, his chances of victory could rise directly to seventy or even eighty percent!
“What exactly is going on here?”
Seeing the chaotic scene before him, Yūhi Shinku could not help questioning what had happened.
“Oh? Isn’t this Princess Tsunade?”
In an instant, Yusuke appeared in front of Tsunade, startling everyone present.
Not only had Yūhi Shinku, an Elite Jonin, failed to notice it, even Tsunade, who possessed Kage-level strength, had not detected when Yusuke had appeared before her.
Before Tsunade could react, Yusuke had already taken her right hand, his handsome face less than half a meter from hers.
“I heard that Princess Tsunade has treated countless Konoha shinobi on the front lines and rendered tremendous service. I’ve wanted to meet you for a long time. Why haven’t you returned to Konoha yet, even though the war is still ongoing?”
Looking at the handsome face so close to hers, a trace of awkwardness flashed through Tsunade’s eyes.
“Because of some matters…”
As she spoke, Tsunade tried to pull her hand back.
However, she was soon astonished to discover that this kid’s hand was as firm as a vise.
No matter how hard she tried, she could not pull free.
[Sign-In in progress. 45 seconds remaining… 44 seconds… 43 seconds…]
The sign-in had not yet been completed, so naturally, Yusuke had no intention of letting go.
“Hey, could you let…”
Just as Tsunade began to suspect that this kid was deliberately taking advantage of her and was about to tell him to stop, another voice came from nearby.
“Friend, Tsunade seems rather uncomfortable. Could you please let go of her hand?”
Hearing this, Yusuke raised an eyebrow and glanced to the side.
A tall, slender man entered his view.
“Who are you?”
“I am Kato Dan, the clan head of the Kato clan.”
Kato Dan replied courteously, but when his gaze swept over Yusuke’s hand, which was still holding Tsunade’s, a trace of jealousy flashed through his eyes.
“You’re not dead yet?”
However, Yusuke’s next words made the refined expression on Kato Dan’s face impossible to maintain.