Zhutian Panlong: They've all become gods, and they're only just joining the chat group.

"Lady Tsunade is back."

The three of them didn't register at the Konoha gates; they simply scanned Tsunade's face to enter. Although they were puzzled about who the man walking in front of Tsunade was, the two Chunin guarding the gate didn't ask.

Anyway, the information will soon reach the Hokage, and the Hokage will investigate and find out the truth.

In fact, the Hokage knew this long ago. Don't underestimate Konoha's intelligence capabilities. Even before they set foot on the Land of Fire, Konoha ninjas had already relayed Tsunade's information back to the village.

Since she was going back to Konoha, Tsunade didn't bother to conceal her presence.

At this moment, the entire Hidden Leaf Village knew. Tsunade had returned, and she had brought back a man of unknown identity.

"You're back!" Tsunade exclaimed with emotion. Several years had passed since she left, but Konoha seemed to have changed little.

Even Shizune looked nostalgic; she had followed Tsunade after graduating from the Ninja Academy and hadn't returned to Konoha for many years.

"Let's go. You're the host, and I'm the guest. I'll follow your instructions from now on." Richard looked at Tsunade.

"Alright, let's go back to the Senju ancestral home first." Tsunade led the way, and the group returned to the Senju ancestral home.

Tsunade has been gone for several years, but the Senju family home is spotless, which means that someone comes to take care of it regularly.

Richard didn't know whether it was the Senju clan or the Hokage who arranged for people to clean up.

Speaking of which, although Tsunade often owes a large gambling debt, it's just windfall money. She has never touched the Senju clan's most treasured heritage.

So this gambler is still quite sensible.

Soon after, an ANBU member arrived before Tsunade, conveying the Hokage's order to see her.

Tsunade has a special status, so she still needs to see the Hokage after returning to Konoha.

Richard didn't care what her plans were; he was busy enough on his own anyway.

Busy learning sealing techniques, busy combining the sealing technique system with the alchemy system.

He also acquired the Rinnegan and Sharingan; these are indeed valuable items, but he can't use them directly.

He didn't want to learn another chakra system just for these things. After thinking it over, the only option left was to refine these two items into magical artifacts or something similar.

This magical artifact isn't easy to forge. Dragon alchemy doesn't have any techniques for alchemizing biological magical artifacts; at most, they add things like dragon bones when forging alchemical weapons. But there's no such thing as an eyeball.

How is this thing made? One wrong move and it could destroy the Rinnegan and Kamui. So we have to be extremely careful.

Richard can't even come up with a feasible plan right now; he can only design it slowly.

I wanted to tag Feng Baobao and urge her to collect the Divine Hundred Refinements as soon as possible. It's one thing if she can't get the other eight extraordinary skills, but the Divine Hundred Refinements is not to be missed. With the Divine Hundred Refinements, crafting magical artifacts will be much easier.

But after thinking about Feng Baobao's performance, I decided against it. Lin Feng had already sent Feng Baobao the plot of "One Man's World" a long time ago.

However, judging from her actions, Feng Baobao did not actively collect the Eight Extraordinary Skills. At present, she only possesses the Old Farmer Skill, which is suspected to be from the Qi Source Flow.

Xu San and Xu Si had been trying to hide Feng Baobao and avoid the other Eight Extraordinary Skills inheritors, so how could they let Feng Baobao voluntarily join the group of other Eight Extraordinary Skills inheritors?

She lacks initiative, but you can't blame Feng Baobao. She lacks strength, yet she possesses the secret to immortality.

If it were exposed, not only would the world of supernatural beings go crazy, but even the secular elites would be driven mad.

The people in the world of supernatural beings live rather stifled lives. They're all hiding their strength, afraid to reveal even a fraction of it. They might hide eight or nine out of ten levels of power.

Perhaps next time I should take a trip to the world of Under One Person.

On the other side, the Hokage's office building.

"Tsunade, you're not leaving again this time, are you?" the Third Hokage asked with a smile.

At this critical juncture for Konoha, with a lack of new talent and a shortage of capable successors, Tsunade's return is extremely inspiring.

Konoha was once teeming with talent, boasting numerous Kage-level figures. Now, with the Fourth Hokage and his wife dead in battle, Orochimaru defecting, Tsunade and Jiraiya leaving, and Sakumo Hatake committing suicide after World War II, only the aging Third Hokage remains, struggling to hold the fort.

Of course, the Third Hokage is not worthy of any sympathy. Konoha's current predicament is directly related to the Third Hokage's inadequate governance.

According to conspiracy theories, the Third Hokage was a cunning old fox, skilled in internal warfare but incompetent in external ones. He was also the ultimate mastermind, the top spy from the four great ninja villages stationed in Konoha.

He pushed Danzo to the front to take the blame, and then dealt with the Kage-level figures who threatened his rule one by one.

However, based on the information gleaned from his conversations with Tsunade along the way, Hiruzen Sarutobi was actually a contradictory person. He harbored ambitions for power while also loving Konoha Village.

He was also easily influenced and indecisive. He hesitated when suppressing Hatake Sakumo, and he hesitated even more when dealing with the Uchiha clan.

The Uchiha clan doesn't deserve sympathy; the hawks are clamoring to overthrow the Hokage. The entire Uchiha clan is extremely proud, and the only clan in Konoha worthy of their attention is the Senju clan, but the Senju clan has long since disbanded.

They were somewhat alienated from all the other ninja clans in Konoha. The annihilation of the Uchiha clan wouldn't be entirely unjust.

Konoha wasn't lacking in skilled fighters; it's just that the Third Hokage didn't dare to trust them. For example, the brilliant Uchiha Shisui was at his peak at that time, and after awakening his Mangekyou Sharingan, he was definitely a Kage-level fighter.

"Not leaving? Staying in the village to watch Konoha decay and decline?" Tsunade sneered.

"It's all my fault. So, are you willing to stay and become the Fifth Hokage?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked. There were many people in the village who opposed his rule, and many were against his return to power.

It would be better to simply hand over the Hokage position. Of course, this only means relinquishing the position; forget about any power. Just like the Fourth Hokage, become a rubber stamp.

Since his eldest son's death, he has stopped being obsessed with turning the Hokage position into the family's private property. As long as he gets the tangible benefits, that's enough for him.

"Do you think I'm stupid? Only a fool would become Hokage," Tsunade said disdainfully.

"Tsunade, Konoha really needs you. You don't want to see the hard work of the First and Second Hokage go to waste, do you?" The Third Hokage's words had the air of someone from a country where life is good.

"Heh!" Tsunade stopped talking, but her expression said it all.

"Alright, it's rare for you to come back, let's not talk about these things. Let's talk about the man you brought back." The Third Hokage changed the subject.

"Richard, I advise you not to provoke him, especially Danzo. Keep him in check, or the consequences will be something you don't want to see," Tsunade warned.

"Oh? You're very strong? Where do you come from? You're not from one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, are you?" the Third Hokage asked.

"I've already warned you, believe it or not is up to you." Tsunade said this and turned to leave.