"I've kept quiet all this time," Tsunade continued, leaning back in her chair. "But push me, and I'll take this to the Daimyō's court. Let's see how you explain yourselves then."
The Daimyō wouldn't directly intervene he didn't have that authority. But the real threat wasn't legal intervention. Tsunade wanted the scandal to spread. Once word got out, the villagers would turn against them in an uproar.
Just the thought of it made Danzo's stomach churn.
Tsunade wasn't bluffing.
Her next words were spoken loud enough for the departing Root ninja to hear.
"Go on, take your Danzo-sama back to his quarters. Tomorrow, I'll have him transported back
to the village by carriage for further recovery. The poison in his nervous system will take a long time to clear, and the process will be smoother in Konoha."
In her mind, Tsunade had originally planned to treat Danzo over the course of two months.
Now she'd changed her mind.
Danzo still found ways to stir up trouble while lying down.
Looks like he's got too much energy.
Time to extend his treatment- at least six months, she decided. It'd give her more time to keep him under control.
This was a golden opportunity to teach Danzo a hard lesson.
Following her orders, the Root ninja carried Danzo out. If his acting hadn't been convincing, his tumble from the bed would've spread across the village and left everyone in stitches.
By evening, the report from Xin's escort mission had reached Konoha, landing in the hands of the Third Hokage. He was just finishing a meeting in his office when the report was delivered.
After the meeting ended, the Third Hokage unrolled the scroll and began to read, his brow furrowing with each line.
"Sigh. Take a look," he said after a long pause, handing the scroll to Koharu and Homura, who had been waiting in the room.
Like the Third Hokage, their reactions were not of joy, even though the scroll reported that Xin had decimated a large Suna force.
"His progress is... troubling," Homura muttered. "Usagi Xin is advancing too fast."
Having a prodigy was a good thing for the village, no doubt about it. Xin's rise would bolster Konoha's strength. But when a genius became too powerful, it posed a different problem.
One Hatake Sakumo had been hard enough for the upper echelons to manage. Now with Usagi Xin coming up, the pressure on the old guard was mounting.
Even though Xin wasn't aiming for any of their positions, his continued growth would inevitably challenge the status quo.
The more achievements he stacked up, the more rewards he'd be owed. Eventually, they couldn't just keep offering him token gestures. Sooner or later, Xin would have to be brought into the inner circle, and that would mean a redistribution of power.
That was something the Third Hokage and the elders couldn't afford to let happen.
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