When Shizune was knocked unconscious, she didn't cry.
Even when she realized she had been captured and was in danger, Shizuka didn't cry.
Her head ached, and she was starving, but still, Shizuka didn't cry.
Even when she 'knew' she was subjected to severe torture and might even die...Shizuka didn't cry.
But when she hadn't thoroughly chewed the second bun, and someone forcibly opened her mouth to stuff in a third bun, Shizune finally cried out grievance.
She chose to retract her previous thoughts. To hell with misunderstandings!
The person before her must be a devil who stops at nothing!
Giving her buns was not out of pity, fearing she might starve to death, but rather intending to choke her to death live!
That 'I won't let you go even as a ghost' gaze was finally captured by someone.
Only then did Aoba realize that Shizune's face was flushed red, shaking her head constantly...
Was this because she ate too hastily and choked?
What a trouble!
Aoba immediately showed a contemptuous and disgusted look, then opened the bamboo tube beside him, poured it straight into Shizune's mouth, and started to feed (force) her water.
Shizune's eyes widened suddenly, and the whites of her eyes showed more and more.
Now she could be sure the person indeed wanted to kill her!
"Gulp...Thud!"
After even choking water out of her nose, Shizune, who was almost choked to death and then nearly drowned, finally managed to swallow everything in her mouth with her astonishing willpower.
She...survived...
Shizune couldn't help expressing relief as if she had narrowly escaped a calamity.
But after such an experience, she guessed she wouldn't like to eat buns for the rest of her life.
Before she could speak again, she heard someone preemptively complaining, "What a hassle. It's not like anyone's competing with you. Why eat so hastily?"
At this moment, Shizune hated herself, hated herself for not learning how to curse people beforehand!
So much so she couldn't think of any vicious words to retort at that moment.
She could only glower in anger!
She is seemingly wanting to kill the jerk with her gaze!
"Alright, you've eaten and drunk. Just stay put quietly."
"Wait...sob sob..."
Once again, without giving her any chance to speak, a pair of thick socks still wet with her saliva were stuffed back in.
Only then did Shizune realize that the lightly salted thing she had been trying to chew was a pair of socks!!!
Shizune's face turned pale instantly, looking lifeless before her as if she had been poorly played.
It seemed that Aoba realized what she was thinking and comforted her, "Don't worry, it's washed, very clean. Smell it if you don't believe it. There should be a bit of fragrance."
He shouldn't have mentioned it, but as soon as he finished speaking, Shizune completely shut down and felt nauseated.
Aoba poked Shizune's face with his finger, finding no reaction, he had to give up.
Maybe it's... out of battery? Or it leaked?
At the same time, he couldn't help lamenting that the psychological quality of this generation of students didn't cut it.
Then, smirking, he placed his 'Z Cannon' lighter on the ground, opened the wrapping paper in his hand, and tore off a fragrant chicken leg.
Just about to eat, he seemed to remember something, then turned his back to Shizune and started eating.
In good conscience, Aoba did this because the mask on his face was inconvenient, and he feared Shizune would see his face.
But in Shizune's eyes, this guy was afraid she would also want to eat chicken, so he did this!
It was unbearably hateful!
There was chicken to eat, yet he only gave her cold buns!
And he even deliberately ate in front of her!
How could there be such a shameless person in this world?
Shizune's lifeless eyes flickered, and then she swallowed her saliva quietly.
Hmm, still salty...
Despite eating three large buns and being force-fed so much water, Shizune felt even hungrier.
She decided!
Once the misunderstanding was cleared, she would have Tsunade-sama 'avenge' her and then find a gourmet restaurant to eat chicken for three days straight!
Soon, the first roasted chicken was eaten up.
Just when the suffering Shizune thought she could sigh in relief, this guy took out a second roasted chicken as if telling her it was still early.
After the second roasted chicken was eaten up, this time it wasn't chicken anymore, but an exceptionally fragrant braised pig's trotter...
Shizune then realized that the 'torture' from the other side had only just begun.
She couldn't understand where the other side got so much food from.
And who carries so much food with them outside?!
Were they going on a picnic?
Then Shizuka couldn't help thinking about the pack the other person had when she first saw him...
Could it be that guy's pack was filled with all these foods?!
Why would he run, then!!!
It's not like she and Tsunade-sama would rob his roasted chicken, right?
Uhh...not necessarily, haha.
Knowing Tsunade, as well as Shizune, did, she might just eat it all if she saw it, then leave an IOU and walk away.
Thinking of this, Shizune wanted to cry without tears!
This misunderstanding was too ridiculous!
She couldn't even figure out why she had to suffer this.
If Aoba knew Shizune was thinking this, he would feel that the misunderstanding had occurred.
As for these roasted chickens and pig's trotters were just 'dry food' he had prepared in advance, fearing he might not eat well on the road and put them in his ninja tool pack.
After all, the [Spatial Folding Ninja Tool Pack] given by the Dog system could fit anything not too oversized, and though the internal space wasn't ample, it was enough for us; storing some 'dry food' was just making the best use of it.
He wouldn't mistreat himself!
And so, one continued to eat endlessly, and the other lay on the ground, unable to move, staring at his back, frequently swallowing saliva.
...
At the same time, the search team sent out by Konoha was casting a wide net everywhere.
Because they didn't know where the guy who had kidnapped Tsunade-sama's apprentice had run off, the only clue they could use was the last battlefield.
The Inuzuka clan, trying to 'make amends,' the Hyuga clan, sent quite a few people to help, almost all of whom were ninjas skilled in tracking.
However, more than a day had passed, yet they still hadn't returned any good news.
It was Itachi who had sent back information about the Akatsuki organization, asking Konoha to pay close attention to 'Yasuo' and the 'Blood Moon Sect,' also mentioning 'Yasuo''s potential target might be Konoha as speculation.
Jiraiya highly valued Itachi's information!
Not to mention, the analysis of 'Yasuo''s strength in the information was indeed somewhat frightening.
This 'Yasuo' and 'Blood Moon Sect,' even he had never heard of before.
So, after thinking for a while, Jiraiya decided to find Tsunade...