CH 46

Chapter 46: The Petty Cain

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That night, the ninjas on duty at the Hokage Building heard angry roars coming from the Hokage’s office. However, the sound soon disappeared, as if a soundproof barrier had been set up.

In the end, someone saw Tsunade leaving the Hokage Building with an angry expression, followed by Orochimaru.

“Tsunade, don’t be angry. Sarutobi-sensei was just being cautious. I would also be wary of an unknown and uncontrollable existence if it were me. It’s a hunter’s instinct, especially since the other party has never displayed their power to Sarutobi-sensei.”

After hearing this, Tsunade’s face turned angry again, and she asked, “Orochimaru, whose side are you on?”

“Of course, I’m on your side, Tsunade. I spoke up for you in the Hokage’s office just now.”

Orochimaru waved his hand and took a step back, knowing that arguing politics with Tsunade at this point was useless. His goal was to participate in the research.

“So, when does the research start? I’ll clear my schedule in the village beforehand.”

“I don’t know, just wait.” Tsunade glanced at Orochimaru and continued, “I’m not lying to you. I really don’t know. Cain is responsible for obtaining the serum, research equipment, and test subjects for the Extremis Virus. We only provide the venue and personnel. But after what just happened, he no longer feels safe and has left Konoha overnight.”

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru’s face changed, realizing that Cain had already left Konoha. He then felt resentment towards Sarutobi-sensei, “This is really bad news.”

Tsunade said angrily, “I’m more anxious about this than anyone else. I’ve already promised Nawaki, but this happened.”

“I’m afraid this will also be a problem for Konoha, Tsunade.” Orochimaru thought of the significance of Cain’s business, “Sarutobi-sensei had agreed with that guy to sell large quantities of medicine exclusively to Konoha. But now that this has happened…”

It was now impossible for the medicine to be sold only to Konoha. Soon, other ninja villages would also have access to medicine, which could greatly compensate for the lack of medical ninjas during the war.

Thinking of this, Tsunade became even more upset. It was all because of the arbitrary actions of those bastards. They knew the value of Cain, yet they still acted so recklessly.

“I’ll inform you when he returns, and the experiment begins, Orochimaru.”

Tsunade waved her hand and headed towards the Senju Clan’s territory. Let those who can calculate worry about the medicine; she didn’t want to deal with it anymore. Cain hadn’t done anything wrong to her; on the contrary, she often troubled him, and this time she benefited from the Extremis Virus experiment.

As a result, Cain is almost in danger because of her own people’s scheming in the village, and he even finds out that the village is plotting against him.

Tsunade didn’t know how to reply to Cain; that guy was always cautious. After thinking about it, it was still the trouble caused by those incompetent guys.

After returning to the Senju Clan’s territory, Tsunade saw that Kushina and Granny Mito were still awake, so she asked, “Kushina, why aren’t you sleeping yet? Granny, you’re getting old too.”

Kushina anxiously interrupted, “Tsunade, will the boss… come back?”

“Definitely; if you’re just waiting for this answer, you can rest now.” Tsunade confidently told Kushina, comforted her and sent her upstairs to rest.

Kushina was also a victim tonight, so it was not appropriate to involve her.

After Kushina left, Tsunade sighed and said to Mito Granny, “Granny, can you warn those bastards? They’ve started plotting against Kushina…”

Mito Granny listened to Tsunade’s words, fell silent for a while, and then slowly said, “Tsunade, I’m afraid I don’t have much time left. In the future, whether Nawaki or Kushina, I’ll have to rely on you to care for them. If there’s no hope for Nawaki’s recovery, don’t blame yourself too much and don’t get trapped.”

Although her status was high, she didn’t have much time left. If this had happened a few years ago, Mito would have gone to the Hokage building without Tsunade’s prompting.

But now it was impossible. Politics could corrupt people’s hearts, and even talented ninjas like Hashirama Senju couldn’t escape the corruption of politics.

Mito Uzumaki clearly remembered that Hashirama had instructed Senju Tobirama not to target the Uchiha clan before he left. However, after nearly twenty years as Hokage, Tobirama gradually began to distrust the Uchiha clan. Compared to Hashirama’s instructions, Tobirama trusted his own judgment more.

The current Hiruzen Sarutobi was the same. No matter what Mito Uzumaki said, his promises were useless; once she died, Hiruzen would still believe his own judgment, and by then, only Tsunade could protect Kushina and Nawaki.

Tsunade also fell silent, understanding Mito Granny’s difficulties. Her current status was not high enough; she needed to complete the medical reform and control the medical department to have some say in the village.

“I understand, Granny.”

Tsunade secretly decided that she had considered the overall situation earlier at the Hokage building, but once she gained some power, she would never compromise with those old men again. One is one, and two is two!

As for now, Tsunade could only hope that Cain would return soon, at least to let her start the experimental project on the Extremis Virus.

After returning to the Marvel world, Cain relaxed for a while. It was his first time killing someone, and it was a ninja, but his mentality didn’t change much. Leaving Konoha overnight was just because he didn’t want to stay there.

This time, the Cloud Ninja spy didn’t have his information or understand the power of modern firearms. Although the world of Naruto had guns, they were somewhat old-fashioned and would take decades to develop into modern weapons.

This time it was Konoha’s miscalculation, but once they gathered information, it would be hard to say what would happen next.

Cain would not stay in Konoha unless necessary, except in the Senju or Uchiha clan’s territory.

“Those old bastards, using the Cloud ninja spy to test me.”

Cain originally just wanted to trade honestly and earn the resources he wanted. Still, after being calculated by those old bastards, he felt that he wouldn’t be able to swallow his anger if he didn’t retaliate.

“Uchiha clan, try to contact them when I get back.”

Cain did not have the confidence to establish a relationship with this clan. Apart from medicinal resources, he didn’t have what the Uchiha needed. Moreover, as a large self-sufficient clan, they had their own medical ninjas within their clan.

They might not be enough on the battlefield but they would never lack medical ninjas to treat their clan members in peacetime.

Cain could only try his best; if money didn’t work, he would start with their reputation. The Uchiha clan must have weaknesses. However, the Uchiha clan should not be shortsighted. As long as Cain befriends the Uchiha clan, it would be a thorn in Sarutobi Hizuren’s and others’ throats.

But now, Cain needed to relax and prepare the serum and research equipment for the Extremis Virus.