Chapter 91 The Death of Rope Tree, Regaining Memories
"Happy 12th birthday, Nawaki!" ×2
Tsunade took out the gift first, while Haruko Hayama watched him with a smile.
"I'm not a child anymore, I don't need birthday presents."
Rope Tree turned her head away haughtily, but still accepted the gift.
"What are you talking about? He's still just a child," Tsunade said with a smile. "Open the gift and take a look!"
Rope Tree opened the gift and found it was a necklace. "Sister, could this be...?"
"Tsunade, you're so cunning, sending this instead." Haruko Hayama pretended to accuse.
"Hehe, the First Hokage's Hokage jewelry, my grandfather's." Tsunade leaned against the railing, introducing it with a touch of pride.
"I love my older sister the most!" Rope Tree rushed up and hugged her.
Tsunade earnestly instructed, "Nawaki has always wanted this, hasn't he? You should cherish it."
Haruko chimed in, "Your Haruko-neechan also absolutely loves this necklace. Please take good care of it along with my love for it!"
Rope Tree smiled and nodded firmly, "It's not just this jewelry, this village is also Grandpa's treasure, and I will definitely protect it!"
"Well said! A man's word is his bond!" Tsunade looked at her little brother with satisfaction.
Nawaki put on the necklace, "I want to be like my grandfather, and one day I will inherit the name of Hokage, because Hokage is my dream!"
"I thought it was Tsunade's dream." Haruko Hayama recalled how Tsunade had worried about becoming Hokage when she was a child.
Tsunade recalled this and smiled knowingly, "Nawaki is much more suitable than me. The Hokage's affairs are numerous and complicated. I still prefer to play with cats and dogs with Haruko every day."
"Hey, fine, but don't tarnish my image in front of Nawaki!"
Tsunade gave her a sly smile. "Where's your present?"
Haruko, meeting Nawaki's expectant gaze, took out a slightly large bag. "Inside are not only my gifts, but also gifts for your brother Jiraiya, Hiruko, and Orochimaru."
Rope Tree was surprised to receive so many gifts at once, and couldn't help but laugh like a child.
"They're all busy with something, so I'll have to pass it on to them. If Nawaki gets angry, let Tsunade beat them up."
Rope Tree shook his head. "I'm already very happy that they remembered my birthday!"
“Take off your headband, Nawaki,” Tsunade said.
Seeing Nawaki's puzzled expression, Tsunade stepped forward and removed his headband.
"I'll cast a spell on you so that your dreams can come true!"
Tsunade gently kissed his forehead, and Nawaki looked embarrassed, while Haruko Hayama and Tsunade both laughed.
...
It was still raining heavily outside. Tsunade, panting heavily, forced herself to step inside.
Jiraiya grabbed her shoulder, "You'd better not look at the corpse."
Orochimaru leaned against the wall, looking dejected yet pretending to be indifferent, and said, "What does it matter? Even if she saw it, she wouldn't be able to tell which one is her brother."
"Stop talking, Orochimaru!" Jiraiya roared.
“Because it’s war now, ninjas all become like this, after all, there are no doctors on the battlefield.” Orochimaru took something out of his pocket. “It’s just that the kids are really overly excited, especially the day after receiving the gift.”
The item Orochimaru revealed in his hand was the necklace that Tsunade had given to Nawaki.
He wanted to continue speaking, but then he noticed that Haruko had arrived.
Her long, ink-black hair was soaked and clung to her body, and her face showed a constant sense of fear and unease.
Noticing the necklace on his hand, Haruko took a few steps closer, raised her hand to him, and Orochimaru, his expression composed, placed the necklace in her palm.
Trembling fingers slowly tightened, gripping this last relic tightly.
Rope tree... Rope tree...
My family... Rope Tree!
Haruko suddenly opened her eyes in the morning. Orochimaru, who was leaning against the wall, noticed the strangeness in her eyes and stood up in surprise. A golden light flashed in her eyes, and specks of white light gathered and swirled around her pupils, forming an intricate platinum magic circle.
"Haruko, you..." Seeing her walking inside without paying attention to anyone else, Orochimaru quickly grabbed her arm, "Calm down."
Haruko didn't look at him in the morning and silently pulled her hand away from his.
Only when you really go deeper in do you realize how horrific it was. Forget about corpses, it's a miracle if you have any organs that are still intact.
No, this won't revive the Rope Tree...
Haruko called out from outside, "Come in quickly and help me find Nawaki's body!"
Tsunade was the first to rush in, ignoring the tears streaming down her face, and grabbed Haruko Hayama's hands tightly.
"Haruko! Haruko, you have a way, don't you?!"
Haruko Hayama nodded to her with a serious expression, "But I need the body intact; not even a single vital organ can be missing."
Hearing her words, even knowing how difficult it was to find all the parts in the blood field, Tsunade still couldn't help but smile, feeling relieved.
Fortunately, Nawaki was probably quite far away when the explosion occurred, and his limbs and organs were relatively intact. After Tsunade healed all the affected parts, Haruko Hayama used a secret technique to extract her own life force and inject it into Nawaki's body.
After finishing, Haruko, unable to hide her weakness, collapsed to the ground. Orochimaru, who had been watching her closely, quickly stepped forward to catch her.
Haruko Hayama, nestled in his arms, was deathly pale. Even as she struggled to breathe, she managed to smile and thank him.
"..."
Orochimaru simply picked her up and carried her outside.
Jiraiya frowned and asked, "Where are you taking Haruko?"
Orochimaru didn't turn back and continued forward, only leaving behind the words: "Tsunade is yours."
Perhaps because she had just awakened her eye technique and used a resurrection technique, Haruko Hayama was bedridden for a month this time.
When she opened her eyes again, she was the only one in the ward. In the morning, Haruko slowly straightened up.
"If I had known that awakening my eye technique would remind me, why did I only think about playing around before?"
After reawakening the Reverse-Shaped Eyes, Haruko Hayama's memories were fully restored.
However, her mind was still a bit confused. She had just been fighting Orochimaru in the battle of the Three Sannin, and now she was suddenly twenty-three years old and still in the same generation as Orochimaru.
The world is truly magical...
After checking herself and finding no major problems, Haruko happily escaped from the ward.
Although she had the same experiences before, regaining her memories is still different. For example, she now has the urge of a twelve-year-old to try the food of this era.
And then... she got caught at the ramen shop.
Haruko Hayama's comment on this was: This ramen shop isn't as good as Ichiraku Ramen.
"Haruko! Do you know how worried I was!" Tsunade grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "If you wanted to be discharged, you should at least have told me!"
Haruko swallowed the ramen in her mouth with difficulty, then grabbed her wrist. "Tsunade... I feel like throwing up."
"!!!" Tsunade quickly withdrew her hand and anxiously checked if she was alright.
Haruko found it somewhat amusing to see Tsunade's utterly devastated expression. "Tsunade, you've never been this careful with me in your entire life."
Hearing this, Tsunade pouted, "You don't actually think it's a good thing, do you?"
"Okay, okay, I'm all better now. I can even go fishing in the river with you," Haruko said with a smile, trying to ease the tension.
Tsunade regained her composure and said helplessly, "Nawaki keeps asking to see you every day. If I hadn't gone to the hospital first and found you weren't there, I don't know how devastated he would have been."
"If he feels bad for me, why don't he give me that necklace?" Haruko Hayama suggested with a grin.
"Do you want it? I'll ask him to give it to you in a bit."
It was just a joke, but Tsunade actually acted like she was going to snatch it, so Haruko quickly pulled her back.
"Just kidding! Just kidding!"
Upon hearing her words, Tsunade replied with unusual seriousness, "Haruko, you are our savior. Whatever your wish is, I will do my best to fulfill it for you."
Haruko was slightly stunned, feeling both touched and bittersweet.
"In that case, as a token of gratitude for saving my life, I'll give you that necklace, but you can give it to me when you turn fifty."
"Huh? Fifty years old? What strange thing are you talking about?"
"Because I want to know if Tsunade and I will still be good friends when I'm fifty!"
"...Okay, I'll keep it for you for now. You can come and get it anytime."
"I love you the most, Tsunade!"
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