Konoha. Hokage's office.

“…… That's it. ”

The girl Haruno Sakura stood in front of Tsunade with her waist crossed and said lightly.

"So......" The blonde woman sat at her desk, looked at the two in front of her with a serious expression, and asked, "Seven Tails were finally taken away by Akatsuki?"

The atmosphere was a bit oppressive.

Tsunade has been sitting in the Hokage's position for all these years, and his power has gradually grown, and just by sinking his voice and squinting his eyes, he has a sense of depression that is about to come, which makes people's hearts furious.

"Yes. Sakura replied, nodding regretfully and admitting in frustration, "I'm sorry that our mission failed." ”

As he spoke, he secretly glanced back at Sasuke beside him.

The meaning in those eyes, as if hinting, was all to blame on Sasuke.

It's not like she's shirking responsibility, it's true—if it weren't for protecting Sasuke, who was injured and unconscious, at least Akatsuki wouldn't have been able to snatch Nanao from under her nose.

The taste of failure in her first important mission was fresh and bitter, and it was worth Sakura to savor for a few days, especially when she thought she was strong enough to change many things, and reality slapped her in the face.

So it is inevitable that there will be such an idea: sometimes the task fails, and I always feel that my teammates are not strong......

- It's really the same as what I thought when I was struggling with a game fish pond game in my previous life.

Sasuke noticed the girl's small movements, and he stood behind Sakura's side, tilting his head slightly when he saw this, and returned a faint glance.

"If I hadn't restrained the Uchiha Itachi, you wouldn't have been able to repel Akatsuki!"

The expression on his face was calm and calm.

The momentary little interaction between the two did not escape Tsunade's eyes. The latter looked at the latter, the solemn expression on his face suddenly dissipated, and said with a smile: "Okay, there is no need to apologize, I don't mean to blame you! The mission must pursue success, but if the price of success is the need to sacrifice teammates to obtain, then how to carry out this task is a matter worth considering." ”

The blonde woman paused and continued, "For this task alone. The duo who faced 'Akatsuki' without preparation, and it was also a combination of Uchiha Itachi and Dried Persimmon Oni Shark, it was already a success to be able to get out of the way, I'm afraid that even if I or Jiraiya went out in person, I probably wouldn't be able to save the Seven Tails...... So you don't have to dwell on it. ”

"What's more, you also killed the dried persimmon ghost shark. I reckon that even for an organization like Xiao, the death of a 'tailless tailed beast' would be a serious loss, and it should be a great blow to their arrogance, which has become more and more unscrupulous recently. ”

The fifth Hokage said appreciatively.

"The price of capturing one tailed beast is the loss of another 'tailed beast'," the third Hokage, who was sitting by the window, interjected, and said with a smile, "You can't afford to pay such a price, right?"

The hearty smiles of the three generations suddenly eased the atmosphere.

"As for the ...... of the Seven Tails," Tsunade also frowned at this, and exchanged a look with the three Hokages.

"Over there in Takishinobu Village, I'll write a letter to explain to them, and I don't think they will have any extra opinions. The blonde woman waved her hand, "The key is Xiao here...... We still don't know exactly what Akatsuki is collecting the Tailed Beasts for, and we don't know what will happen to the situation when the Seven Tails are in their hands. ”

"Of course, no matter what they plan to do, whether it is to use powerful illusions to manipulate the Tailed Beast as a weapon, or to seal the Tailed Beast into their body to become a new human pillar force, or to other unknown and more clever methods, in short, it is obvious that the more human pillar power they get, the more Xiao's strength will increase, and on the contrary, the more our strength and that of other countries will be weakened......"

"In short, I don't plan to cover up this incident, on the contrary, I want to let the other four countries know as soon as possible that the Seven Tails were snatched from us! Although this will lose some face in the international community, but now I can't care about this, I must let those stubborn old stubborns know the danger of this organization!"

The fifth Hokage said calmly.

Openly snatched the Tailed Orc Pillar Force from Konoha hands, and sent two 'Shadow' level masters at a time! The facts are in front of you, and other countries can't help but be vigilant!

Sakura Haruno continued, "Yes, and I suspect now that we actually underestimated the danger of Akatsuki...... If the people who know are not stupid, they should know that this kind of behavior of collecting tailed beasts will cause jealousy and even hostility to all the countries on the continent, and even be jointly exterminated by our five major powers, then the question is, why do they dare to openly attack the tailed beasts? And not one or two, but all the tailed beasts have ideas!"

Just like the world in the past life, Xiao's act of capturing human forces is like a terrorist organization acquiring a nuclear weapon...... This is bound to provoke an uproar among the five hooligans. If that organization also intends to snatch away all the nuclear arsenals of the five major powers, then it will inevitably attract endless blows from the whole world!

No matter how stupid an organization is, it will not, or dare not do, such a thing.

Unless—

"Unless," the girl said coldly, the guess in her heart, "they have the confidence to stand up to the world." ”

This possibility suddenly moved several people present.

Tsunade rubbed his temples and said with a headache: "Even if you collect all nine tailed beasts, and count them as having ten or even fifteen 'shadow' level ninjas in Xiaoli, such strength seems to be strong, but it is also wishful thinking to use it against the whole world!"

"Either so, Xiao really has that strength...... Sakura said in a heavy tone.

Before Shippuden, it was still a matter of playing between Shinobi, but after Shippuden, the combat power has swelled so much? Sakura Haruno couldn't believe it. But the meaning behind Xiao You's fearless actions is really chilling.

"Or is that so?" Sasuke interjected, breaking the solemn atmosphere in the office, "For example, they may think that after collecting a large number of tailed beasts, they can make the five great powers jealous with their strong strength, so as to gain equal status with the five great powers!

Tsunade shook his head.

"Sasuke, you're underestimating the shadows of various countries like this, I've dealt with the earth shadows, thunder shadows, and even the wind shadows, so I know what kind of people they are...... I can only say that there is such a possibility as you said, but the probability is relatively small!"

The third Hokage also nodded: "Tsunade is right. Sasuke, you have to believe that in the face of such an enemy, the five great powers have the courage to abandon their enmity and fight side by side!"

Sakura Haruno shrugged her shoulders and said noncommittal.

Human beings have both inferior roots and bright points, and since the two old rivers and lakes, both of whom have exceeded the combined age of her two lifetimes, have said so, she has nothing to say.

Sasuke opened his mouth, still wanting to hold on, but he didn't know what to say, so he hesitated for a long time.

Seeing this, Tsunade simply waved his hand and blocked Sasuke's words in his throat: "That's it! Go back and write the mission summary report and hand it in to me." ”

"Mission report?" The two young ninjas in the audience widened their eyes and glanced at each other, then turned their gaze back to Tsunade at the same time.

"Ahem, that's right, starting this month, everyone is going to write. Tsunade turned the pen in his hand and said lightly, ignoring the ghostly expressions of the two subordinates, "If you don't write, you won't be paid for the task!"

"By the way, this mission is recorded as an S-class, so the report should be written in more than 3,000 words. That's it, you're good to go. ”

"Sakura-chan, you can stay for a while. ”