I'm retrieving corpses in Konoha.

After saying this, Chigen Seifu remained in the dogeza posture, awaiting judgment.

Uchiha Natsu looked down at the old man and said coldly:

"The Sengen clan ninjas sent the mayor of Tanabata and Takisuke to the Tanabata Police Department dungeon. The Sengen clan chief was sent to the Konoha prison by the Anbu."

"For the next ten years, life or death will not matter. You are not allowed to communicate with the outside world, and you are not allowed to step out of the dungeon even once! The crime of oppressing civilians will never be tolerated in the Land of Fire under my rule!"

Imprisonment for ten years is already a very severe punishment.

Moreover, it doesn't matter whether you live or die; that is, you have to endure the illness yourself. If you can endure it, you're lucky; if you can't, you'll die inside.

They were not allowed to communicate with the outside world, were forbidden from visiting each other, and were forced to spend their days in solitary confinement.

Even if you manage to get out by chance, everything will have changed.

The head of the Chigen clan was alright; as a ninja, his physical abilities were unmatched by ordinary people.

The mayor and his son Takisuke are different; who can guarantee that an ordinary person won't get sick for ten years?

If someone gets seriously ill and doesn't take medicine, almost no one can survive it, and they might never come out of it.

In fact, even if Uchiha Natsu unified the ninja forces across the country, the punishment and punishment of officials still required the approval of the daimyo.

However, all the officials in the Land of Fire knew that the Daimyo Chika and the Fifth Hokage had an extraordinary relationship.

The current Fifth Hokage is practically the supreme leader of the entire Land of Fire.

The ANBU ninjas immediately stepped forward. Two of them took the distraught old clan chief, Chigen Seikaze, into custody, while the other two remained on guard at the door.

The ninjas of the Chigen clan also reacted, quickly stepping forward to subdue the middle-aged mayor and Takisuke, who was lying on the ground, seemingly lifeless.

The surrounding crowd erupted in cheers. The endless oppression had finally ended, and Tanabata Street could finally break free from history and welcome the dawn.

Amid the cheers, Uchiha Natsu raised his hand to stop the commotion and spoke seriously:

"Recent undercover investigations have revealed that residents are very worried about Payne's invasion."

Upon hearing the name Payne, everyone's excitement was instantly dampened, as if doused with cold water.

Seeing this, Uchiha Natsu, thinking of the rumors he had overheard the night before, continued loudly:

"I can tell you definitively that Konoha will win and protect the people of the Land of Fire. What's being spread outside is all just rumors."

"I did fight Pain once, but I was not injured at all, while two of Pain's clones died at my hands and will not be able to recover for a short time."

"As you can see, I am in a very good state. Therefore, the purpose of those rumors is obvious: to create panic among us. We must not let the enemy cloud our judgment."

What Uchiha Natsu said was almost entirely true. He wasn't the one injured in that battle, and he did indeed kill the two Pains with his own hands.

As for what the residents think, that depends on their imagination.

Hearing the Hokage say this, and seeing that the Hokage had no injuries whatsoever, everyone believed him.

The fifth generation's cry echoed through the tavern once again.

Tsunade's lips curled up slightly, and she quietly left with Shizune.

Before leaving, she made sure to take the money box with her when the creditor wasn't looking. It was money she had borrowed with great difficulty.

The two remained silent all the way back to the hotel.

After entering the room, Tsunade turned around and asked Shizune:

"Shizune, tell me, if someone like Uchiha Natsu had become Hokage sooner, wouldn't Nawaki and your uncle... have survived?"

Shizune didn't know what expression to make, and said helplessly, "But back then, the Fifth Generation was just a child like me."

Upon hearing this, Tsunade smiled nonchalantly and said:

"That's true. If that's the case, it would be better to let Dan become Hokage. They... they're just too alike..."

At this point, Tsunade seemed slightly lost in thought.

Seeing Tsunade's carefree smile, Shizune couldn't help but feel a little excited; she knew that the Fifth Hokage's plan had succeeded.

After a while, Tsunade sent Shizune outside to buy something.

After Tsunade was left alone in the room, she went to the table and picked up a fruit knife.

As if he had made a tremendous decision, he slashed his finger hard.

Fresh blood flowed down the knuckles from the wound, its bright red color striking.

Tsunade's body stiffened abruptly, trembling all over, as if the horrific scenes from that day were flashing before her eyes...

"thump!"

Inside the hotel, a stunningly beautiful young woman rolled her eyes and fell straight off the stool.

The body made intimate contact with the floor, causing the fat to jiggle wildly.

Chapter 202 Return to Kage Level!

Short Book Street, the dungeon.

With a loud bang, the door leading to the upper level slammed shut, plunging the entire dungeon into darkness.

The low-wattage light bulbs only allowed for barely adequate visibility inside the cell.

In one of the single cells, Takisuke, dressed in a gray-white prison uniform, stared blankly at the iron bars in front of him.

Previously, he was knocked unconscious by Full Moon Yugao, and when he woke up again, he was splashed with water by the police department.

Those police officers who used to fawn over him have all become indifferent and their attitudes have changed drastically.

No matter what he said, whether it was threats or pleas, the police officers remained unmoved and didn't even bother to say a word.

Finally, they threw him into this dark and cold cell.

Everything happened so fast, so fast that he couldn't react.

Just an hour ago he was all high and mighty, but an hour later he was dressed in prison clothes.

Takisuke felt despair and resentment.

He hated his father, hated that he hadn't died sooner.

If that old guy goes to the Pure Land to enjoy his blessings ahead of time, he can take the position of town mayor, and everything will go as smoothly as planned.

Takisuke had been secretly drugging his father all along; the mayor's ridiculously bloated figure was all due to the drugs.

This drug is not toxic; it only disrupts the body's regulatory mechanisms and reduces lifespan.

If a normal person can live to eighty, taking this drug for a long time will prevent them from living to fifty.

However, he never lived to see that day; the plan was aborted before it could even reach success.

“Mother…” Takisuke murmured to himself, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Do you have any last words?"

Just then, a magnetic young voice rang out beside him.

Uchiha Natsu stood to the side, quietly watching the young man in front of him who was weeping and murmuring.

He had intended to kill him without him noticing, but upon hearing Takisuke's murmur, he changed his mind.

Takisuke looked up blankly at Uchiha Natsu beside him and said in a somewhat hoarse voice, "How is he now?"

Uchiha Natsu was silent for a while before realizing who Takisuke was talking about.

It seems that the son of the mayor, who is considered a notorious villain in people's eyes, does not have as good a relationship with his father as it appears.

Actually, Uchiha Natsu didn't know whether the two had a good relationship or not. Judging from the mayor's behavior, he seemed to dote on Takisuke.

Thinking this, Uchiha Natsu asked, "You and your father don't have a good relationship?"

Takisuke's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Uchiha Natsu, his voice filled with hatred:

“I wish he were dead! He killed my grandfather, he killed my grandmother, and he killed my mother. He only left me to continue his bloodline.”

Uchiha Natsu raised an eyebrow, not interrupting Takisuke's recollection, and listened quietly.

If it's something like brotherly feuds or sisterly love and hate, Uchiha Natsu has no interest in knowing.

But just as Takisuke revealed his true feelings to his mother and tears streamed down his face, Uchiha Natsu allowed him to finish speaking.

……

Takisuke's father—who is also the town mayor—has been abusing his position for many years.

At home, he was even more short-tempered and easily angered, often beating and scolding his wife, and even his parents.

On one occasion, the mayor's mother advised him to change his ways, and her words were rather harsh.

The town mayor, who was just entering middle age at the time, accidentally killed his mother in a fit of emotion.

He didn't spare his father either; to prevent the secret from being exposed, the mayor killed his aging father as well.

After doing all this, the middle-aged mayor secretly disposed of his parents' bodies, thinking he could get away with it unnoticed.

However, his six-year-old son witnessed the entire incident and was deeply shocked at such a young age.

Takisuke dared not make a fuss and could only bury the matter in his heart, developing a deep fear of his father.

Since then, the mayor's temper has become increasingly volatile, and his wife has often been subjected to domestic violence for no reason, spending her days in tears.

Finally, when Takisuke was eight years old, his mother died at the hands of his father.

As he grew older, Takisuke became less afraid of his father, and the seeds of hatred were sown in his heart and took root.

One day, Takisuke discovered that his father had found a new lover and was secretly keeping a young and beautiful woman outside.

Takisuke was furious.

He found a drug that could, without anyone noticing, gradually break down a person's body, causing them to die in agony.

Takisuke wants to make the devil who killed his whole family pay the price and wants to avenge his grandparents and mother.

So he regularly put this medicine into his father's water glass.

Years later, the mayor's health deteriorated, his figure became out of shape, he grew increasingly obese, and his temper became more and more irritable.

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Until one day, that young and beautiful woman suffered the same fate as Takisuke's mother.