After five years, Tsunade finally waited for the time to save Kato Dan.

During these five years, she did not live in seclusion in the mountains, but hid behind the Senju clan and organized collusion.

The fact of the two Tsunades was too unbelievable, which made the work of persuading Tsunade much more difficult, but it was not without its benefits.

As long as she can convince the other party to believe in her, these Thousand Hands people will have an extremely firm trust in her.

You must know that after the Third Hokage came to power, he deliberately suppressed the remaining influence of the Senju clan.

Allowing the Senju clan to die in the Land of Whirlpools, intentionally or unintentionally assigning them tasks with high mortality rates, and depriving them of their financial resources for various reasons have long made the Senju clan dissatisfied.

In the original history, after the death of Tobirama Senju, the backbone of the Senju clan died in the Land of Whirlpools, Nawaki died in a trap, and Tsunade was devastated and stayed in the hospital without showing up.

Because the Senju clan had no core leader who could unite the clan members, they lost all their interests under the relentless pressure of the Third Hokage and the Sarutobi clan, and eventually went to complete extinction.

Of course, although the Senju clan disappeared, the Senju bloodline was integrated into Konoha Village.

Decades later, even among the common people without a name, there will be children like Moeka who have awakened the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai. It is obvious that she has the bloodline of the Thousand Hands.

But with the emergence of the mature, majestic and extremely powerful Tsunade from decades later, the Senju clan had a real core, and naturally they united again with Tsunade as their leader.

Now that the Senju clan has an organization, they can strongly resist the encroachment of the Third Hokage. Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen is the Hokage, he is still humiliated and unable to get off the stage several times.

Even if the Black Glove Danzo Shimura took action secretly, he was beaten to pieces by the Senju clan, and they almost caught the real evidence of Danzo's murder of Konoha ninjas.

The reputation of the Senju clan is much stronger than that of the Uchiha clan.

If the same evidence fell into the hands of the Uchiha clan, the Third Hokage could deny it with just one sentence, but in the hands of the Senju clan, even the Third Hokage would have to bear the consequences.

After several twists and turns, the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura finally gave up.

After all, it is now the Second Ninja World War, and their greatest pressure is still the siege from the four major ninja villages outside. They also need the support of the Senju clan and cannot really devote themselves to internal fighting.

In February of the 37th year of Konoha, in the northwest of the Land of Fire, near the junction of the Land of Rain and the Land of Rivers, the fighting among the four major ninja villages reached its climax.

Chiyo of the Sand Village carries the One-Tail's chakra sealer to intimidate the enemy, the Iwagakure Village has deployed the mature Four-Tailed Jinchuriki Lao Shi to fight against it, and the demigod Hanzo of the Rain Village roams the battlefield with his salamanders.

Only the Third Hokage of Konoha Village stood still in the village, but he allowed more young students to graduate early and send them into the battlefield as Genin to consume the enemy's manpower.

But Konoha Village also wanted to send out powerful ninjas with strength, so more than 30 teams of senior ninjas came to the front line, including the team composed of Tsunade, Kato Dan, and Bokume Gongdao.

Their mission was to scout the battlefield, especially to track down important enemies such as the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Chiyo, and Hanzo.

During the mission, the Anbu ninja informed them of a piece of information that the Iwagakure Village and the Rain Village seemed to have the idea of ​​​​joint operations, and the envoy of the Iwagakure Village had already entered the Rain Village.

The masked ANBU ninja said in a muffled voice, "The Hidden Rain Village is heavily guarded. We can't sneak into the village at all. Moreover, the demigod Hanzo is also in the village, so we dare not launch a direct attack."

"According to the mission instructions, we have specially informed Kato Jonin of this information. Everything is left to you."

As the leader of the team, Kato Dan smiled confidently: "Okay, this mission is suitable for me, so I will carry out the mission of infiltration and reconnaissance."

The ANBU ninja nodded and left.

Team Kato, led by Kato Dan, approached the Hidden Rain Village.

No one expected that the Anbu ninja was intercepted by someone not long after he left.

The Anbu ninja looked at the person who blocked his way, his jaw dropped in surprise: "Tsunade-sama, you, you are not going to carry out the mission?"

Unlike the Tsunade who was wearing a vest and a forehead protector when she just set out for the Hidden Rain Village, this Tsunade was not wearing a forehead protector. She was wearing casual clothes and a pair of shiny high-heeled sandals on her feet.

The most important thing is that this Tsunade is exceptionally fierce. Although her skin is as delicate as that of a 16-year-old, her mature temperament cannot be concealed at all, and she is full of the flavor of a queen.

She ordered bluntly: "Take off your mask, stick out your tongue, and let me see who you really are."

The face of the Anbu ninja was blocked, so no expression could be seen, but Tsunade saw through the small hole that his pupils suddenly shrank, and a murderous aura was rising in his eyes.

Tsunade smiled: "It turns out that I was right. You really are a disguised ANBU ninja. Do you still have the 'Tongue Trouble Rooting Seal' on your tongue?"

As he said this, a flash of white sword light appeared, and the Anbu ninja drew his sword and slashed at Tsunade without hesitation.

But Tsunade, who was from Konoha's 46th year, was so powerful that she punched back with a single punch, and both the sword and the person were beaten to pieces.

The ninja sword broke into pieces on the spot, and the man turned into a rag bag with broken bones. His body was full of holes pierced by the ninja sword fragments, and blood flowed out of the wounds.

This was a fatal injury. The Anbu ninja, whose true face was revealed, let out a breath. His jaw was broken, and there was no way he could bite his dentures to swallow the poison. However, he should die soon from such a serious injury, so he would not suffer too much.

But in front of this fully mature Tsunade, even if she had just died, it didn't matter. Life or death depended on her.

So the Anbu ninja was saved.

Even though his bones were not corrected and healed crookedly, the fragments of the ninja sword were not removed and remained embedded in his flesh.

But he survived, his jaw grew back, and he was able to speak.

Tsunade reminded: "To save trouble, I didn't take out the poison from your teeth. If you think that the poison can kill you in front of me, you can eat it if you want."

She looked carefully at the repaired face and marveled at the smile that was almost fixed on it.

Tsunade nodded and said, "Such a weird smile, you really are a ninja from the Root. Let me see your tongue."

The Anbu ninja did not hesitate, he bit the last denture and swallowed the poison.

However, his stomach did not hurt, his blood did not coagulate, and nothing happened at all.

Tsunade curled her lips and sneered, "I've already told you that it's useless to take poison in front of me, but I just don't believe it."

"Speaking of which, I was the one who prepared your poison. I don't know how smart you were to mix several poisons together. Not only is it a waste, but it also leaves a big flaw."

"I don't need to prepare any additional antidotes to detoxify this crude mixture of poisons. I only need to slightly disrupt the ingredients of a few poisons to render them harmless."

Tsunade reached out and pulled the ninja's jaw joint apart, then inserted two Senbon into his neck. The ninja's tongue involuntarily stuck out, and it was a full half a foot long.

The dark blue seal pattern under the tongue was extremely clear, and Tsunade recognized it at a glance. This was the immature tongue-eradicating technique.

She raised a finger and gently tapped the tip of her tongue, breaking through the seal node with force and destroying this imperfect sealing technique.

Tsunade then inserted more senbon into the ninja's head, green healing jutsu light appearing on her hands, and within a split second the Root ninja's eyes rolled back and his body began to twitch uncontrollably.

At this time, the irregular bone fragments in his body and the fragments of the ninja sword that had not been removed became deadly weapons, cutting scars in his body.

Tsunade is not an ordinary medical ninja. She is the strongest medical ninja who can heal the damage caused by the Mangekyō illusion Tsukuyomi. Of course, she can also perform powerful hypnosis with medical ninjutsu.

Compared to Tsunade's hypnosis, the Root's brainwashing was child's play.

It didn't take Tsunade long to squeeze the information she wanted out of the Root ninja's brain, but the plea from the ninja moved her even more.

The powerful hypnosis broke the mental shackles that the ninja had put on after repeated brainwashing, giving his soul the opportunity to think freely.

And this poor ninja had only one request: "Let me die, let me die."

"I can't stand it anymore. It's too dark. I don't want to go back."

Under his endless prayers, Tsunade couldn't help but shed tears, and then gently sent him to the pure land.

Tsunade's silver teeth clenched and her gums bled with such force: "Shimura Danzo, you deserve to die!"

"Sarutobi-sensei, you are not worthy of being Hokage!"

Although Tsunade knew how dangerous and disgusting Shimura Danzo was, the difference between hearing about how dangerous this man was and seeing his evil deeds with her own eyes was too great.

Just like Confucius said, "If the meat is not cut properly, I will not eat it." At the same time, we should also "a gentleman should not go near the kitchen."

This is not being pretentious, but really being clear about the facts. The bloody scene of slaughtering pigs and the feeling of slaughtering cold cooked pork are completely different.

One is the extremely cruel slaughter. The shrill screams and the flying blood and flesh can destroy humanity if watched too much, and it may even be fatal for scholars.

The other is the division of interests. The gentle and elegant division can train people's ways and discern people's needs. It is the best training for scholars.

Tsunade was very well protected by the First and Second Hokage, and was somewhat detached from worldly matters. Otherwise, she would not have suffered from hemophobia after the death of her brother and lover.

Now that Tsunade has recovered from her mental illness, she witnesses for the first time the misery of the Root Ninjas and the inhumane actions of Shimura Danzo, and her feelings for Sarutobi Hiruzen are instantly destroyed.

It cannot be said that it is gone, but the residual feelings cannot influence Tsunade and make her change her decision to overthrow the Third Hokage.

[Anyway, I think Orochimaru did a good job as the fourth generation, so there shouldn't be any problem replacing him ten years in advance.]

[It's not that there are no problems. It's incredible that Uchiha Yuu is not here at this time. Without this powerful Uchiha, how can the Uchiha clan keep quiet? ]

Suddenly, Tsunade smiled and said with a smile: "Come out, system!"

[Host, I am here. Do you want to ask how to deal with the Uchiha clan? ]

"Yes, what should I do?"

[It's very simple. You just need to find Uchiha Fugaku and tell him directly. At most, the Uchiha clan will be granted the right to run for the Sixth Hokage.]

Tsunade: “…”

She found it hard to understand. Could it be handled so easily?

[Host, please trust the judgment of the system. The Uchiha clan may seem unruly, but in fact, they are all tsundere babies. ]

[As long as the host can defeat them, or make them recognize your strength, and then give them a little care and recognition, they will immediately turn into good brothers who will stick by you at all costs.]

Tsunade was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Is it so simple? But why is my second grandfather so wary of the Uchiha clan?"

[The problem with Senju Tobirama is that he lacks the strength to complete the first step of shocking, so this control freak doesn't want to proceed any further and simply uses conspiracy and trickery to control the Uchiha clan.]

[The Uchiha clan is not only arrogant, but also stupid. They can be easily tricked to death by conspiracy. Senju Tobirama is actually taking advantage of it. ]

[Although Senju Tobirama's behavior is problematic, he has laid a good foundation for the host and lowered the expectations of the Uchiha clan. The host does not need to really crush the Uchiha clan, but only needs to show enough strength. ]

Tsunade still found it hard to believe: "Why do I feel it is so unreliable?"

"If it was so easy to deal with the Uchiha clan, how could the latter two of Konoha Village be so messed up that it developed to such an extreme situation that the Uchiha clan counterattacked and killed the Third Hokage."

[Because the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was too selfish, too unconfident in his own strength, and superstitious about the power of conspiracy and evil, as the highest leader of Konoha Village, he just played with the Yin-Yang game and was obsessed with suppressing the rising stars of Konoha Village, such as Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru.]

[Sarutobi Hiruzen's failure is inevitable. Standing on his corpse, the host's success is also inevitable. 】

Tsunade shook her head: "I can't understand your analysis, but your analysis has always been correct in the past five years. I can't help but believe it. Make a plan for me."

[Thank you for the host's trust. What is your goal? ]

"Let the Third Hokage step down, let Orochimaru ascend to the throne of the Fourth Hokage, let the Uchiha clan be law-abiding, and let the Senju clan unite again."

[The mission has been clarified, and plans have begun to be made. Please wait patiently. ]

Tsunade waved her hand and said, "System, take your time. Save some chakra for me. I still have to save Dan next."

[Understood, entering the lowest consumption mode immediately.]

…

Kato Dan is a weirdo. The ninjutsu he practices is called the Spiritualization Technique, which is a forbidden technique from the Book of Seals.

Even the developer of this technique, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, did not practice it because the effect was too extreme.

Using the spirit transformation technique, the ninja's soul can be condensed into shape and separated from the body to fly freely regardless of gravity and distance. The power of the soul can kill people directly, enter the enemy's body to compete for control of the nerves, and enter the enemy's spiritual world to collect intelligence.

Most ninjas cannot even detect invisible souls, let alone defend or counterattack. Facing attacks from the Spirit Transformation Technique, they can basically only wait for death.

But compared with his invincibility in attack, the ninja's body after his soul leaves his body is too fragile, and a single Senbon sword can take a person's life.

Besides, the soul itself is not invincible. Once Kato Dan encounters an enemy that can use the power of the soul, the only outcome is death.

But Kato Dan is not afraid of the Hidden Rain Village, because his soul is not afraid of the poison of the salamander. As long as he hides far enough, his soul can enter and exit the Hidden Rain Village at will and gather information unscrupulously.

However, searching for intelligence does not mean wandering around aimlessly. Kato Dan's choice is to invade the minds of the Hidden Rain Ninjas, plunder enough intelligence from them, and control the Ninjas to search for the next target in the Hidden Rain Village.

After changing targets three times, Kato Dan went from being a gatekeeper to controlling a Jonin of the Hidden Rain Village, and also learned that Hanzo had returned to the Hidden Rain Village.

He dug out the information from the fourth Rain Village ninja's mind that Hanzo was having a secret conversation with the envoy of the Iwagakure Village, so he went to the meeting place without any hesitation.

But this time Kato miscalculated, because the envoy from the Iwagakure Village who was in charge of the negotiations turned out to be the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Lao Shi. The tailed beasts are able to directly observe the existence of the soul, and the chakra of their leaders can directly attack the power of the soul.

So as soon as Kato Dan flew into the meeting room, Lao Zi saw him clearly and even recognized his identity as a Konoha ninja.

Kato Dan reacted quickly. He turned around and ran as soon as he recognized Lao Shi, and narrowly avoided Lao Shi's tailed beast claw.

The leak of information made Lao Zi and Hanzo furious. They had just agreed on the terms of cooperation and were preparing to join forces to attack the Sand Village and drive this enemy out of the Rain Country first.

But the Sand Village is not simple. The plans of the Rain Village and the Iwagakure Village are also unexpected attacks. The most feared thing is the leakage of information. Even if it is leaked to the Konoha Village, the plan will fail completely.

Hanzo and Lao Zi ordered together: "Capture the Konoha ninja and don't let the information leak out."

Lao Zi even said: "That is the spirit transformation technique of Konoha Village. I will go after the soul of that ninja. Hanzo, you arrange for the Rain Hidden Ninja to search the area. If they find his body, they can also kill him."

Hanzo nodded in agreement. He not only mobilized all the forces of the Hidden Rain Village, but also personally led the Hidden Rain Ninjas to search.

The movement of the Hidden Rain Village was soon noticed by Kōdo Bokume and the young Tsunade, who immediately responded and intercepted the approaching Hidden Rain Village ninjas.

This is a difficult job because they have to do more than just intercept, they also have to try to kill the enemy and prevent them from returning with intelligence.

Because Kato Dan's soul has left his body and he cannot move, they have to wait for his soul to return before the three-person team can deal with the enemy more flexibly.

What's strange is that although the two of them killed all the approaching enemies and ensured that no intelligence was transmitted back, the ninjas from the Hidden Rain Village continued to approach them.

The battle escalated quickly, and in order to prevent the battle from affecting Kato Dan, the young Tsunade and Kimetsu Kōto had to go further away to intercept the enemy further away.

As the two of them moved away, Kato Dan's Toudai lost its most direct protection.

At this moment, a figure quietly approached Kato Dan, holding an explosive tag in his hand.