Chapter 419 - A Lost Cause
Currently, Tsunade's whole face was twitching like crazy inside the Hokage office due to the people standing in front of her.
First of all, Yuna stood in front of her with her hands in her pockets and a broad smile on her face. Behind her were a man with brown skin and eyes with green irises and no pupils, with the rest of his body covered by clothes, a young woman with straight blue hair and grey eyes, and finally, a blindfolded haggard-looking man sitting in a wheelchair with red hair.
Additionally, upon Yuna's request, all three of them were wearing Akatsuki robes, which irritated Tsunade the most.
"Is this a coup?"
Yuna chuckled in amusement when she heard Tsunade's question, while the three people behind her started shuffling around uncomfortably.
"Well, you should know that I have no interest in the Hokage position, no?"
"You could make one of those three your puppet."
"True. In fact, Konan would be pretty good for this kind of position since she can freely control paper."
Tsunade went into a slight daze when she heard that. Naturally, she still remembered Konan and her ability to control paper freely. However, she never really associated it with actually doing paperwork and always focused on the combat aspect of the ability.
Her eyes turned crimson as her predator-like gaze landed on Konan, causing her to take a step back automatically.
"Become my assistant!"
"Nope. she is already part of the Uzumaki clan."
"Bullsh*t! There is no way it's true!"
"It is. She joined my harem."
"""WHAT!!!"""
Naturally, Tsunade, Nagato, and even Konan herself were rather surprised by that revelation.
"W-When did I join your harem!?"
"Just now. Congratulations."
"THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS!!!"
"Mah, small details."
"THAT'S NOT SMALL!!!"
"That's what she said~"
While Yuna was rather satisfied due to finally breaking through Konan's stoic facial expression, and Konan was close to getting an aneurism, Kakuzu's eyes glossed over as he was blankly staring at nothing. He was currently spacing out and wanted nothing to do with the current conversation.
Seeing the chaos in front of her, Tsunade could already feel the ever-lurking Yuna-headache making its return, so she took a deep breath and attempted to put the conversation back on track.
"Well, Yuna's utterly shameless and arbitrary behavior aside, could someone tell me why I have three Akatsuki members standing in my office right now? Especially since I am pretty sure one of them tried to blow up the Uzumaki compound."
Nagato couldn't help but feel slightly awkward when those words left Tsunade's mouth. Well, they were true, so there was nothing he could say to counter them.
"Don't be like that, Tsunade. I can put small grudges like that behind me."
"No, you can't. You literally destroyed everything Danzo had created throughout his life, dragged his reputation through the dirt, and killed him for targeting Naruto."
Yuna shook her head when she heard Tsunade's accusations.
"That was an entirely different matter."
"How was that different?"
"Danzo wanted to get Naruto for his own personal gains. He tried to use Naruto to empower himself. Nagato wanted to capture Naruto for his own skewered vision of peace and was manipulated into doing it. Rather than Danzo, he is more like the civilians he manipulated to harm us.
And while we are at it, Kakuzu was in there for the money, just like Zabuza was all those years ago, and Konan simply shared Nagato's vision. That is why all there of them are still alive. Besides that, Konan is in my harem, so I obviously won't kill her."
"I'M NOT IN YOUR HAREM!!!"
"Sure, keep telling that to yourself."
While Yuna continued teasing Konan, Tsunade thought about Yuna's words, causing her to frown.
"All of that might sound nice on paper, but at the end of the day, they are still wanted criminals. I can't allow Konoha to shelter them."
Yuna immediately wagged her finger at Tsunade when she said that. "Wrong, neither of these three has an active bounty on them."
"Bullsh*t! There is no way that is possible. Konan aside, Kakuzu has been a bounty hunter and is guaranteed to have a bounty or two, while Nagato is the leader of the world's most wanted organization."
"Hehe, wrong again. As you said, Konan has no bounty. People in Amegakure call her Angel, but outside of Ame, she is pretty much unknown.
And what do you mean by Nagato is the leader of Akatsuki? Look at him! He is just an old, blind man. The leader of Akatsuki is obviously Madara Uchiha, the masked man.
And finally, Kakuzu, how about telling Tsunade about the people that put bounties on you."
Kakuzu got out of his daze when Yuna called his name and started a brief contemplation.
"Well, before my fight with Hinata, at least one of their hearts was technically still alive. As for the others… well, let's just say I like bounty hunting, but I don't like having a bounty on my head."
Tsunade couldn't help but groan when she heard those excuses that technically worked but not really. Well, Konan and Nagato would probably be fine, but Kakuzu is giving her a severe headache.
'Damnit, hasn't that freaked lived for almost 100 years? Who knows how many grudges he has piled up in all these years. This is seriously troublesome.'
Tsunade closed her eyes and started thinking, causing the room to be covered in silence that was only interrupted by a perverted giggle that would occasionally echo through the room that pretty much everyone seemed to ignore.
Around five minutes later, Tsunade reopened her eyes and met Yuna's gaze.
"You will take responsibility in case something happens?"
"Correct~"
"Very well, welcome to Konoha, you three."
Konan, Nagato, and Kakuzu couldn't help but be surprised that Tsunade actually allowed them to stay inside Konoha, just because Yuna listed up a few technicalities and gave her a guarantee that she would take responsibility.
All three has the same thought at the same time.
' ' ' She must trust her quite a lot…' ' '
*Bang*
A massive glass bottle was placed on the table, and with a loud *pop* the cork sealing it closed was removed with a flick of Tsunade's thumb.
"Alright, time to get smashed."
Yet again, the trio's thoughts synchronized.
' ' '… she gave up thinking, huh…' ' '
Tsunade was just about to start chugging when Yuna grabbed the bottle and stopped Tsunade's movement.
"Wait, there is something else!"
"Damnit, what else can there be!?"
Yuna flicked her wrist, causing a small glass container with two Sharingan swimming inside of it to appear.
"I need you to implant these into Nagato."
Tsunade froze when she saw the two Sharingans. She looked from the Sharingans back to Yuna and then back to the Sharingans again. The more she did so, the more shocked, angry, and terrified she became.
"Please tell me you didn't take these from the gullible idi… *cough* the next Hok…*cough* Lord Uchiha, the hero of our village."
"Nah, don't worry. I had these for a while now."
"Oh, okay. You should have said so sooner. That gave me quite the shock. You want to start the operation right away?"
' ' '… she's a lost case.' ' '
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