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Chapter 200 Treatment Methods for Hemophobia

Tsunade had clearly been in this town for some time.

Without much effort, he led Uchiha Hikaru and the other two into an inconspicuous little tavern, where they expertly ordered two pitchers of sake, a few side dishes, and a pitcher of juice.

The juice was prepared for Uchiha Hikaru.

"Although you are already a senior in your thirties, Ms. Hikari, your body is still that of a minor. Starting to drink alcohol so early will affect your physical development... Please drink this first."

This is how Tsunade explained it.

Uchiha Hikari had no objection to this, since she didn't particularly like drinking anyway.

As for the other two...

They all sat silently to the side, scrutinizing Tsunade with critical eyes.

Esdeath was naturally assessing Tsunade's strength.

Despite her hemophobia, Tsunade was, after all, one of the legendary Sannin, renowned throughout the ninja world, and the most skilled in taijutsu among the three, as evidenced by her muscle density. Therefore, Esdeath was somewhat tempted.

Erii, meanwhile, stared at the breathtakingly magnificent curves of Tsunade's chest, then glanced down at her own chest. For some reason, her expression turned somewhat disheartened.

Ok……

Erii is actually considered to be well-developed among young girls, but compared to Tsunade's huge breasts, she is indeed quite inferior.

Even Tsunade can't compare to a certain demon princess in the One Piece world, after all, she's almost twice as tall...

"call……"

"This special sake from the Land of Demons certainly has a unique flavor."

After a few drinks, Tsunade's expression relaxed: "I still don't know the names of Miss Hikari's two friends?"

"Eri Uesugi and Esdeath were both people I met after leaving Konoha."

Uchiha Hikaru gave a casual reply.

"yes……"

As a descendant of the Senju clan, Tsunade did not, like the Grass Ninja, assume Erii was a member of the Uzumaki clan simply because of her red hair.

However, her intuition, being a Kage-level expert, still allowed her to keenly perceive the unusual nature of the two.

In this regard.

Uchiha Hikaru didn't offer any explanation; he simply recounted the interesting things he'd encountered on his journey while raising his juice glass to Tsunade for a toast.

At this time, Tsunade was already a heavy drinker, and in a good mood after just earning two million, she soon became drunk and started talking incoherently.

"...So, the purpose of your visit to the Land of Demons is to investigate the legend of the 'Mouryou'?"

"That's how it was originally."

"However, after meeting the two of you, I suddenly remembered something else."

Uchiha Hikaru gestured to Erii beside him: "My friend suffers from a special bloodline disease. Due to the erosion of her body by some foreign power, her health is unstable... I wonder if Miss Tsunade would be willing to treat her?"

"...My consultation fees are very high."

Tsunade let out a burp.

"Ten million taels, that's my offer."

Uchiha Hikaru extended one finger.

「!?」

Tsunade's eyelids twitched, and even her drunkenness subsided somewhat: "You...are you serious?"

"certainly."

Uchiha Hikaru casually unsealed a scroll and placed a box full of banknotes on the dining table.

Upon her return, she had already obtained an appraisal of the treasures she had acquired from the world of Akame ga Kill! through Fugaku and others.

Although prices differ between the two worlds, and some items like jewelry cannot be accurately priced, if she were to sell all those dozens of chests of treasure, she could easily get at least five to ten billion taels of silver. That's equivalent to twenty or thirty Asuma's heads.

Taking ten million from there to pay for Erii's medical expenses is just a drop in the bucket.

but……

If you want Tsunade to help you with chores, you have to solve her hemophobia first.

Uchiha Hikaru was already 80-90% certain about this.

"This file contains the research findings of Konoha Hospital and two other doctors, as well as their prototype 'bloodline inhibitor.' You only need to conduct further research and development based on this. If blood samples are needed, I will have Erii cooperate with you..."

As he spoke, Uchiha Hikaru placed another stack of folders beside him. Several dark red blood bags were clearly visible on the documents.

Unsurprisingly.

When she saw the box of money, Tsunade's eyes lit up slightly, as if she was already imagining herself taking the money to the casino and dominating the game.

But as soon as her gaze fell upon the bags of blood, she instinctively looked away, and her hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly.

This detail is something that most people would just glance at.

But Uchiha Hikaru had been paying close attention to Tsunade's micro-expressions and subtle movements, and immediately noticed them. Esdeath also narrowed her eyes, and spoke softly with a hint of uncertainty:

"...Hemophobia?"

"What?"

Hikaru Uchiha pretended not to know anything and looked at Esdeath.

"...I have seen this symptom in the military. Some new recruits, after witnessing the death of their relatives and friends in front of them, would develop a fear of blood due to excessive stimulation."

Esdeath tilted her head: "Could it be that Miss Tsunade has also had such an experience?"

—After realizing this, Esdeath's interest in Tsunade diminished considerably. After all, in her view, someone tormented by a psychological disorder like hemophobia could only be categorized as "weak" and didn't deserve her attention at all.

the other side.

Tsunade pursed her lips and poured another half pot of sake into her mouth.

The silent one next to him looked nervous.

To this day, Tsunade's hemophobia remains a secret. Only a few people, such as Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya, know about it. Most of the ninja in Konoha believe that the Senju princess is simply tired of the war and wants to go out and relax.

If this secret were to fall into the hands of Konoha's enemies, I fear...

"I see."

Uchiha Hikaru nodded slightly, then a playful smile appeared on his lips: "After all, Miss Tsunade personally experienced several Shinobi World Wars, so it's normal for her to suffer from this kind of psychological illness... I happen to have some methods that can treat this illness. Would you two be interested in giving it a try?"

"No……"

"Really?"

Tsunade's first reaction was to refuse.

Silently, she asked a question.

—She was probably the one who most wanted Tsunade to get rid of her "hemophobia".

"Of course, psychological illnesses like this are not difficult to treat. The best way to eliminate fear is to face it, so... just see more blood."

Accompanied by Uchiha Hikaru's gradually fading voice.

The surrounding scenery has begun to subtly change.

The tavern is still the same little tavern.

However, the customers nearby were now wearing dark green Konoha vests and headbands embroidered with swirling patterns. The conversation had shifted from matters related to the Land of Demons to the "demigod" of Amegakure, the border conflict between the Kaze and Kaze kingdoms, and the recently concluded Jonin meeting…

This scene should have alerted Tsunade.

But she had drunk too much and her mind was rather sluggish. Just as she was about to think, she heard a familiar male voice coming from beside her.

"...Tsunade, so you were here!"

Wearing a Konoha Jonin vest, Kato Dan appeared at the tavern entrance and strode towards them: "Regarding the medical ninja training mechanism mentioned at the meeting, I'd like to discuss it with you again... And who is this?"

Kato stopped in front of the dining table.

"Oh, she is...?"

Tsunade was about to introduce Uchiha Hikaru when she suddenly paused, a confused expression on her face: "Who was it again?"

"spot."

"I am Uchiha Madara."

Before he could finish speaking, a flash of light appeared.

Kato Dan reacted almost instantly, jumping to the side, but his arm was still severed, and bright red blood gushed out like a fountain!

Under his and Tsunade's watchful eyes.

Uchiha Hikaru, who called himself "Madara," slowly rose up, with deep blue flames rising around him, outlining the shape of a skeletal giant.

"This chakra... is it the Susanoo of the Uchiha clan?!"

"Oh."

Within Susanoo, Uchiha Hikaru opened his crimson eyes: "Ready? Bloodshed?"

……

"...Lady Tsunade?"

in reality.

From Shizune's perspective, all they saw was Tsunade's eyes suddenly glaze over, and then her whole body trembled violently, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying.

In this state of utter terror, Tsunade even unconsciously activated the Hundred Healings Technique, with black curse marks extending from her forehead and then spreading throughout her entire body.

After a brief hesitation, Shizune seemed to realize something and suddenly looked up at Uchiha Hikaru: "Hikaru-sama, Tsunade-sama, she..."

"Well, it's just a side effect of the treatment taking effect, no need to panic."

Uchiha Hikaru said it casually.

From the moment she took out Erii's blood bag, she began using "Tsukuyomi" and "Yachiro".

With the imprint left behind, pulling Tsunade into the genjutsu space was almost effortless. Furthermore, because Tsunade's obsession with Kato Dan and Nawaki was no less intense than Danzo's obsession with the Hokage position, the use of "Eight Thousand Spears" did not encounter any significant obstacles.

After that, she basically used her eye power to replicate the Nine-Tails' rampage, destroying half of Konoha Village in one go, killing all the projections of Kato Dan and others, and finally forcing Shizune to overcome herself and launch her first counterattack while trembling all over when she killed Shizune in front of Tsunade.

"Being able to muster the courage to fight back... I guess that counts as healing, right?"

After all, Tsunade in the original timeline had a similar reaction when Naruto healed her.

There are just some minor aftereffects...

Uchiha Hikaru rubbed his chin, assessing the situation before looking at Shizune: "Miss Shizune, could you please take her back to rest? If there are any problems, she can come back to me."

"……I see."

……

This "treatment" took a bit too long for Tsunade's mental health.

After being taken back by Jingyin, she lay in bed for almost two days before gradually regaining consciousness.

Judging by her complexion alone, Tsunade appeared even more listless than before, as if gambling and alcohol had drained her body. However, if you looked directly into her eyes, you could see that her gaze was much sharper than before, and she had regained the aura of one of the Legendary Sannin.

Upon seeing Uchiha Hikaru again, Tsunade remained silent for a long time before finally expressing her gratitude verbally with mixed feelings.

"It's nothing, just a small favor."

Uchiha Hikaru waved his hand: "Although there has been a slight setback, my previous offer is still valid. As long as you can help cure Erii's illness, I will give you the full ten million ryo."

"...I have a question."

Tsunade paused for a moment before slowly speaking, "I've roughly looked through the documents you gave Shizune. The diagnosis from Konoha Hospital isn't anything special, but... who developed that 'inhibitor'?"

"Um?"

Uchiha Hikaru frowned slightly but did not respond immediately.

Tsunade seemed to already know the answer to this question, but just wanted to confirm it with her: "Is it... Orochimaru?"

"Among the Five Great Nations, there are not many medical ninjas who can advance blood research to this level, and Orochimaru is one of them. Moreover, I spent a long time with him and am very familiar with his word choice. Among those research materials, at least two can be identified as his work."

"...You guessed right, it's Orochimaru."

Having said that, Uchiha Hikaru no longer held back: "During my travels after leaving Konoha, I happened to meet him and had a small dispute... but it was resolved smoothly in the end. Now, we can barely be considered to be in a cooperative relationship. With my financial support, he is researching a series of topics, including Erii's blood sample."

At this point, Uchiha Hikaru paused, "By the way, I also sincerely invite you to join this research team. If you agree, I can give you an additional 30 million ryo per year on top of the 10 million ryo. Apart from completing the research projects, you can do whatever you want with your time—drinking, gambling…you can do whatever you want, I won't interfere."

"Of course, this is just a simple personal invitation; whether you accept it is up to you."

"..."

Tsunade frowned and remained silent.

half an hour.

She took a deep breath and spoke again: "I can treat Erii, but let's talk about cooperating with Orochimaru another matter."

"it is good."

Hikaru Uchiha really wanted to recruit Tsunade, after all, she was the number one medical ninja in the ninja world, and should be able to help Orochimaru with several tasks. However, if she was unwilling, then he would have to give up for now, because forcibly bringing her over would probably result in very low work efficiency.

"Let's talk about another deal first."

"How much do you think it would cost to learn 'Yin Seal' and 'Palm Immortal Technique'?"

(End of this chapter)