BAM—!!!
The door of the Ninja World Government's palace, still under construction, was slammed open from the outside.
The sign on the doorframe reading [No Violent Door Slamming] fell to the floor with a 'smack' and shattered into several pieces.
Makoto watched the sign shatter on the floor and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
He had deliberately put up that sign because during his teacher, Hiruzen's administration, the door to the Hokage's office was constantly being slammed.
He hadn't expected the palace door to be slammed even before construction was finished.
He hoped that during his own administration, the number of times the Ninja World Government's door was slammed wouldn't break the record set by the Hokage's office.
Makoto looked at the woman who had barged through the door.
Tsunade.
Blonde hair, amber eyes, a diamond-shaped mark on her forehead, and that pair of 'weapons' whose proud existence couldn't be hidden even by her loose green robe.
Makoto stared openly and unabashedly, without even trying to hide it.
He stared for at least ten seconds.
Jiraiya, following behind, saw Makoto's blatant behavior. Despite his own myriad questions, he couldn't help but secretly give Makoto a thumbs-up.
'Damn. I had known Tsunade for nearly fifty years and had never seen anyone dare to stare at this 'Senju Princess' so openly.'
Sure enough, Tsunade immediately snapped: "Had your fill of looking?"
Makoto immediately replied, "You wear your collar so low, isn't it meant to be looked at?"
Makoto himself found it quite amusing… in his previous life, those women dressed more and more provocatively, and then would say, "I'm not dressing for men, I'm pleasing myself."
How ridiculously funny.
Then why do you wear those grease-stained, ragged pajamas all day long at home?
Seeing that Makoto not only didn't apologize but talked back to her, Tsunade's eyes widened even more.
Those amber orbs nearly shot fire.
You know, since she was born, Konoha may have produced Ninjas stronger than her, but absolutely no one had ever dared to speak to her with such audacity.
Jiraiya quickly tried to mediate and change the subject: "Makoto, what is going on here?"
"Why are you so surprised?"
Before Makoto could speak, Yu walked out from beside him.
"Senpai is the strongest person in this world. It is only fitting that he becomes the king of this world."
Yu's tone left no room for negotiation.
"Your Five Great Nations have been fighting each other for ages. How many people have died? It's time for a strong ruler to govern this chaotic world."
Yu sneered and continued, "If you don't unify now, do you want to follow the example of the First Hokage, letting the Ninja World fall into disarray again after his death?"
He had been in the Naruto World for a while now, and during that time, he had been 'cramming' knowledge about this world, including learning about the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.
After learning about Hashirama's life, Yu felt like laughing. Ending the Warring States Period and creating the era of Ninja Villages was commendable.
But what Hashirama did after that, in Yu's eyes, was utterly foolish.
Instead of destroying all other forces while he was still alive and establishing a unified era, he handed out the Tailed Beasts he had captured to other countries, pursuing some kind of 'balance'.
As a result, other villages rose up against Konoha as soon as he died.
And this behavior of Hashirama, to some extent, also led to his brother's death.
After all, if other Ninja Villages hadn't possessed Tailed Beast power, they wouldn't have dared to start wars so easily.
"What did you say?!"
Tsunade was furious.
If Yu had insulted her, she might not have cared.
But bringing up her grandfather's name and speaking of him with such contempt was unforgivable.
Yu sneered even more dismissively, pointing out coldly: "All these years you've been gambling and hiding from debt outside, you've completely disgraced Konoha. Senpai generously recommended you for the position of Fifth Hokage. You should be grateful, yet you come here questioning Senpai's decision. Talk about ungrateful."
Yu said even more contemptuously:
"Don't you think about who saved this village when Danzo and Orochimaru were throwing it into chaos?"
Tsunade's expression grew increasingly ugly, veins bulging on her forehead.
She could no longer contain her rage and stomped her foot on the ground.
BOOM—!
The floor shattered, debris flew, and cracks spread outward like a spiderweb.
Her cute tough-girl aura was fully unleashed.
Ninja Yamato, standing nearby, watched the deep crater and cracks spreading across the floor and couldn't help but swallow.
He didn't know how much Chakra it would take to repair this.
"Don't you dare guilt-trip me! When did I ever say I wanted this Hokage's position?"
Tsunade was furious, her chest heaving violently.
"But you brat dare to disrespect my grandfather? I'll teach you a lesson!"
"When words fail, you resort to fists?"
Watching Tsunade charge at him, Yu's face was full of disdain.
Click—
The sound of a round being chambered echoed.
His right hand instantly transformed into a heavy machine gun. The cold gun barrel gleamed with a chilling light under the sun.
The 'monstrous strength' inherited from Hashirama made Tsunade anything but weak.
Each punch she threw carried power rivaling an A-rank Ninjutsu, leaving massive craters in the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Fists howled through the air, the floor shattered, debris flew.
But Yu's Gun Devil form was also terrifying.
Moreover, after spending forty years in the One Piece World, he had honed his Haki and close-quarters combat skills to a very high level. He wasn't afraid of Tsunade closing the distance at all.
The machine gun sprayed bullets like rain.
Tsunade sidestepped the barrage, bullets grazing her hair and hitting the wall behind her, blowing large holes in it.
She gritted her teeth, charged through the hail of bullets, and threw a punch at Yu's chest.
Yu didn't retreat but advanced, blocking with his left arm and thrusting the gun barrel forward.
Clang—!
The fist and gun barrel collided, producing a piercing metallic crash.
Sparks flew.
Tsunade couldn't help but marvel inwardly, 'What kind of Kekkei Genkai was this kid using?'
The two clashed, exchanging blows, swinging gun barrels, going back and forth.
However, although surprised by Yu's strength, Tsunade quickly 'discovered' his 'weakness'.
She suddenly reached out, grabbed his gun barrel, yanked it, and slammed her knee hard into Yu's abdomen.
"Your close combat is decent, but with your hands turned into guns, your close-quarters combat lacks mobility. You're too slow."
Thud—!
A dull thud echoed from the knee strike.
Ninja Yamato, Jiraiya watching from behind, and the others couldn't help but swallow.
They knew all too well the terror of Tsunade's monstrous strength.
However, after taking the strike, Yu wasn't sent flying.
His body didn't budge... his feet seemed nailed to the ground.
Instead, he revealed a ferocious grin. Another gun barrel extended from the top of his head, aiming directly at Tsunade's forehead.
Deep within the gun barrel, terrifying destructive energy began to coalesce. A blue-white light grew brighter and brighter, the air distorting from the intense heat.
"Oh no—!"
Onlookers Jiraiya, Shikaku, and the others' faces changed drastically, and they wanted to rush in to intervene.
BOOM—!!!
The gun fired.
A blue-white laser pierced the air and struck the palace's front wall.
The wall was completely pulverized, debris flying, smoke and dust billowing.
Sunlight poured in through the massive hole, illuminating the entire hall.
"Tsunade!"
Jiraiya frantically waved his hands to disperse the smoke and dust, his voice full of anxiety.
The smoke and dust gradually cleared.
Everyone looked over—
They saw only Yu standing there alone, still in the pose of his arm transformed into a gun barrel, pointing into the distance.
Tsunade had vanished.
"Where is she?"
Jiraiya's heart sank.
He didn't dare to think further.
'Could it be... Tsunade...'
Just as Jiraiya's anger flared, he suddenly noticed that Makoto was still standing in his original spot, but on his shoulder, he was carrying a delicate body.
It was Tsunade.
Too fast.
No one saw how he had done it.
Everyone couldn't help but gasp.
Makoto put Tsunade down and asked her: "Calmed down a bit?"
Tsunade glared furiously at Yu in his Gun Devil form, then glared at Makoto. Her expression looked like she wanted to devour them both alive.
"You've got guts! I'm leaving!"
Saying this, Tsunade really decided she didn't want the Fifth Hokage's position. She signaled to Shizune and prepared to leave.
Makoto watched Tsunade's back and suddenly asked: "Your creditors are currently waiting at the village gate. Are you sure you want to leave?"