"What are you looking at me for?", Koharu Utatane saw Raizen stop working, her eyes bulged angrily, and she scolded, "As expected, an evil Uchiha brat."
"Elder Koharu, from the day I left the Uchiha clan grounds, I've had nothing to do with the Uchiha clan," Raizen really wanted to lose his temper and kill this bitch directly, but he held back and explained.
"Even if you have nothing to do with the Uchiha clan anymore, the sin in your bloodline cannot be erased," Koharu Utatane said harshly, "You are destined to be an evil brat."
"Elder Koharu, don't you think you're going too far?"
"All these years, how many times have I helped you? You can count them yourself, right?"
"I never asked for repayment, but while you ask me for help, you also try every way to humiliate me with nasty words. Is that really appropriate?"
"Evil brat, you dare have a temper?", Koharu Utatane's gaze instantly turned sinister, "Do you really think I won't kill you? Someone like you dying would be a deserved death."
"So what if I do have a temper? Even a clay figurine has some temper, is this your attitude when asking someone for help?"
"Didn't you want to kill me? Go on, do it, take action!"
Raizen spread his arms, a posture of letting her do as she pleased.
But what he was thinking inside was, 'I bet you, old hag, won't make a move.'
'If you really do make a move, I won't be polite either, I'll kill you immediately.'
'This damn kind of life, I've had more than enough.'
Of course, killing Koharu Utatane wasn't in Raizen's plan. He couldn't yet bear the endless pursuit of Konoha.
"Brat, listen up!", Koharu Utatane came over, not intending to attack, and said viciously, "This batch of antidote must still be sent to the front lines. If you dare delay, you can't afford the consequences."
"Hmph, today I'll say it one last time too. If you want me to help, fine, but you better be polite to me. Otherwise, do it yourself."
"Hmph!", Koharu Utatane turned and left, unwilling to deal with Raizen any further.
But she was angry, truly angry.
'Evil Uchiha brat, you dare bare your fangs at me? Just you wait!'
Raizen naturally understood Koharu Utatane's thoughts at that moment, but this was part of his plan.
So to say, he was walking a risky move, the danger coming from this old witch.
However, as long as this plan succeeded, from then on, whatever he said, Tsunade would listen, at least in the short term.
Knowing Tsunade for so many years, plus working together recently, and subtly influencing and hinting her, now all that was missing for success was a spark.
He believed it wouldn't take long before he might truly be completely free.
———
[Konoha Hospital]
A whole morning without seeing Raizen, Tsunade was a bit absent-minded.
In the past three months, her relationship with Raizen had grown increasingly close. Although they still bickered often, when in sync, they were truly in sync.
Especially when discussing medical ninjutsu, if there were no patients, the two could keep going endlessly.
In just three months, three more medical ninjutsu had foundational prototypes.
It wouldn't be long before they were fully developed.
"This guy," Seeing Raizen absent without reason, Tsunade was a bit annoyed.
'Why can't he just tell me? Does this guy still not treat me as a friend?'
"Lady Tsunade, why aren't you going to eat?", A pretty nurse named Kawai Nanami passed by the office door and saw Tsunade still sitting at her desk, asking.
Recently, Tsunade always dragged Raizen to eat together. Everyone had gotten used to it, hence the question.
"Not hungry, no appetite," Tsunade suppressed her emotions and replied.
"Are you waiting for Dr. Raizen?", Nanami asked with a smile, "Don't wait for him today, he'll be coming to the hospital very late."
"You know where he went?", Tsunade asked curiously, but became even angrier.
'Why does everyone know, yet I don't?'
"He went to the Pharmaceutical Department," Nanami replied, "Every so often, Elder Koharu comes to borrow Dr. Raizen. It's been like this for years; we're all used to it."
"Pharmaceutical Department? What did he go there for?"
"To help the village develop new medicine," Nanami answered truthfully, "Many of the effective medicines in the village and antidotes needed at the front lines are made with Dr. Raizen's help."
"But…", Nanami hesitated for a moment, and seeing no one around, whispered, "But every time Dr. Raizen comes back from the Pharmaceutical Department, he's in a really bad mood, and the next few days he'll have a terrible temper. Usually at that time, we all avoid him."
"This guy has a great mentality. What could happen that angers him like that?", Tsunade asked, puzzled.
"That we don't dare guess. We're just regular nurses, we don't dare ask about upper-level matters."
"All right, go eat first," Sending Nanami off, Tsunade fell into deep thought.
She knew the head of Konoha's Medical Department was Koharu Utatane, and the Pharmaceutical Department was under the Medical Department.
So every time Raizen went to the Pharmaceutical Department, he came into contact with Koharu Utatane?
Of course, developing a new antidote was a critical matter. Koharu Utatane would definitely not leave it to others.
But Koharu Utatane's bad temper was infamous, especially hard to deal with, liked making things difficult, and in recent years even dogs avoided her when passing by.
So the answer wasn't hard to guess.
Raizen must've been made things difficult by Koharu Utatane in the Pharmaceutical Department. And with Tsunade's understanding of Koharu Utatane, she probably spewed all kinds of awful words.
That's why every time he came back, he was so furious.
Thinking of this, Tsunade suddenly felt, 'Should I do something to help Raizen?'
Koharu Utatane would make things difficult for Raizen and insult him.
But she wouldn't dare treat Tsunade like that. If she really pissed her off, Tsunade would just argue right back, who's afraid of who?
'If I went to the Pharmaceutical Department in Raizen's place, won't he no longer have to endure this?'
'It's settled then.'
Tsunade made up her mind, but planned to keep it a secret for now and give Raizen a surprise.
'Since this guy suddenly disappeared without even telling me, I won't tell him either.'
———
[Pharmaceutical Department Lab]
Five hours later, the latest antidote was developed.
Raizen took out a scroll, on which were recorded the antidote's recipe, proportions of each medicinal ingredient, and detailed production steps.
After finishing this, Raizen didn't greet anyone and went straight home.
'Hope Tsunade can take the hint.'
'It's not hard to find out where I went, right?'
'After knowing, asking me isn't hard either, right?'
'Then I can set Tsunade up a bit, sounds reasonable, right?'
After skipping work for three days in a row, Raizen finally returned to the hospital.
What surprised him was, although Tsunade asked where he'd been these days and seemed quite concerned, she didn't mention a single word about his time at the Pharmaceutical Department.
Since Tsunade didn't bring it up, Raizen naturally didn't feel right to say it first.
Don't look at how hot-tempered Tsunade usually is, her thoughts are actually very delicate, and she's very smart.
If Raizen brought it up himself, making Tsunade feel he had ulterior motives, it might all fall apart.
'Forget it. You don't ask, I won't say. Next time I'll see if you can still hold back.'
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Time passed like that for another month.
Raizen showed up for work every day as usual, but one day, Tsunade suddenly didn't come.
Upon asking, someone told Raizen that something came up at Tsunade's home yesterday evening, and she had asked for leave.
Occasionally something coming up at home was normal, and Raizen didn't think much of it.
But what he didn't expect was, at that very moment, Tsunade was hiding something from him, doing something that would soon bring a devastating disaster upon him.
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