Currently, Tsunade is playing a special version of the game, where she plays the role of the protagonist's sister. Her goal is to find her younger brother.
Again, she is playing as a character!
Essentially, she is retracing her brother's steps in reverse.
After Tsunade figured out how to play the game, she hesitated for a moment before stepping out of the house.
Then, the daylight instantly turned into night, and the surroundings became pitch dark with eerie flames burning, creating a frightening atmosphere.
This sudden change triggered Tsunade's hemophobia because she started thinking about what she might encounter.
At that moment, a distant, ethereal voice echoed.
"Onee-chan..."
Tsunade's heart skipped a beat. She quickly looked up and instinctively shouted, "Nawaki!"
Yes, the voice sounded very much like Nawaki's.
Although her younger brother had been dead for many years, the voice that once called her was something she could never forget. Over time, it had even become more beautiful in her memory.
Hearing the call now, Tsunade truly felt that it was Nawaki calling her.
However, she also understood that it was certainly not Nawaki's voice.
Since Nawaki was already dead, the voice was merely an illusion created by the game, a voice meant for the protagonist, which she mistakenly heard as Nawaki's.
At least, this was what Tsunade would have thought. Even if it was just a hallucination, it gave her great encouragement, allowing her to overcome her fear to some extent and begin moving forward with large strides.
Unbeknownst to Tsunade, in a higher-dimensional area, from a god-like perspective, Nawaki watched his sister, who had turned into someone else, with a worried expression.
However, there was also a hint of happiness in his eyes as he turned to Uchiha Kai and said, "Kai-san, it really worked. I called out to her, and she actually started moving forward."
Uchiha Kai smiled when he heard this.
Yes, what Tsunade thought was a hallucination wasn't a hallucination at all. It was actually her younger brother, Nawaki, calling her, and this was also Uchiha Kai's plan.
However...
"Actually, you don't need to call me 'san.' In terms of real age, you're older than me. After all, when you were in the Ninja World War, I had just entered the Ninja Academy," Uchiha Kai said, mentioning their age difference.
In response, Nawaki waved his hand and said, "No, no, no. Although I was born before you, I actually died at the age of 12. For me, my life only lasted twelve years. You're much older than me, so calling you 'san' is only natural."
That was true. Strictly speaking, based on subjective age, it made sense for Nawaki to call Uchiha Kai 'san.'
However, using the words Uchiha Kai once said to Obito, it could be summed up as, "Isn't that a bit distant?"
So, Uchiha Kai smiled and said, "In that case, just call me Kai-nii, calling me 'san' feels too distant, and honestly, it feels weird. In my eyes, you're the real 'san.'"
Upon hearing this, Nawaki smiled widely, resembling a future Naruto grin. "Alright, Kai-nii!"
Thus, their relationship grew closer, and they both turned their attention back to Tsunade, watching her start facing the challenges ahead.
Soon, Tsunade encountered a scene filled with blood and corpses. Her hemophobia immediately triggered, and in this unaltered illusionary game, she couldn't escape. She had to face her greatest fear.
This was a test of Tsunade's will, a torment and a destruction of her resolve.
But thinking of her younger brother and wanting to overcome her fear of blood, she gritted her teeth and persisted. Even though she was trembling with fear, she kept moving forward.
However, the efficiency was really low.
Facing this situation, Uchiha Kai decisively had Nawaki call out to "sister," using the ethereal and distant "sister" to strike at Tsunade's fear.
The power of family is great, especially for ninjas who use the chakra system, where emotional strength can create incredible miracles.
When the call from the brother came, even knowing that the brother was fake, she couldn't stop the stirring in her heart, as if the one calling her was really Nawaki, her only little brother!
Thus, Tsunade gritted her teeth and composed herself, continuing forward, ignoring the immense fear, the attacks of the evil spirits, pushing forward through it all.
Since the map of the game had not changed and the only difference was the reversed route, Tsunade had no problem with getting lost or not knowing where to go, so her pace was faster than expected.
However, the courage brought by willpower and family ties was not unlimited.
Especially after witnessing more and more blood and severed limbs, along with the mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the battlefield, Tsunade's fear of blood became more severe, even beginning to cause hallucinations.
The image of Nawaki's death, Kato Dan lying in a pool of blood, hanging on the edge of death, unable to be saved no matter what, kept appearing.
Scenes representing Tsunade's nightmares continued to flash before her eyes, causing her pupils to tremble constantly. Her steps gradually slowed, and her mind nearly descended into complete chaos.
In such a state, Nawaki tried to call out to Tsunade, urging her to pull herself together, but it had little effect.
This is also very normal. After all, when the same method is used too many times, its effectiveness will constantly decrease.
Nawaki was anxious about this, but Uchiha Kai waved his hand and said not to worry. The current situation had appeared in many emergency plans, meaning there was a countermeasure.
At that moment, Uchiha Kai directly activated his PUA mode on Tsunade.
"Get up, Tsunade! What's with that expression and those tears? What do your tears mean? Your brother is still waiting for you to save him, and yet you're here crying and afraid! You're so disappointing! Do you think your tears will save your brother who's been taken by the evil spirits?"
"Get up! Tsunade, now, get up! Stand up, go save your brother, Nawaki! Now, look ahead! He's right there, waiting for you, his useless sister, to save him!"
Loud scolding rang out, and most importantly, Tsunade was very familiar with this voice—it belonged to her deceased father!
Yes, that's right, Uchiha Kai had 'borrowed' Tsunade's father's voice.
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