Naruto's words made Satoru ponder.
'Yes, at this point Uchiha imp is really always wanting to kill, so for now, he should not fit in.'
He just wanted to become a lonely arrow, and kill the target without any distraction.
'That man… maybe it's time to meet him too.'
…
Ever since she had a fight with Satoru, Terumi Mei has always wanted to apologize to him, at least for now she doesn't want the relationship between the two of them to become too rigid.
But... there was always a hurdle in her heart that she didn't want to cross so easily.
Could it be… that she really does have hope to come out.
Isn't that really a luxury?
The idea continued to torture her day and night.
"Terumi Mei, what are you staring at?"
Seeing Terumi Mei's dazed look, Tsunade simply put together the documents in her hands, "If you are not in the mood today, then the cooperation between the two villages can be discussed later."
Only then did Terumi Mei came to her senses, and her words were full of apology, "I'm sorry, I haven't had a good rest these two days."
Tsunade shook her head to express her understanding, "It's okay, everyone is in a bad state, if you have any difficulties and I can help you, you can say it."
Although she knew that the relationship between Terumi Mei and Satoru was unusual and she was somewhat concerned about it, but when it comes to major events, she could still tell which was more important.
She should put the village first. Now that the whole world was in turmoil, cooperating with other villages was the best choice.
Kirigakure had been very powerful in recent years, and it also has a relationship with Satoru, which also makes Terumi Mei subconsciously lean towards Konoha village.
So Tsunade wanted to take advantage of Satoru a little bit.
"Sigh, this matter really can't be solved by talking about it... The root of it is Kirigakure."
To be precise, the one who was buried in Kirigakure.
"Then why don't you just go back? If you want, take Satoru with you."
"Ah?"
Terumi Mei became flustered by Tsunade's sudden words, and quickly shook her hands and explained, "This matter has nothing to do with him!"
Moreover, she probably didn't say Satoru's name just now!
Why did Tsunade just said his name?
Tsunade propped her arms on the table, crossed her fingers and propped her chin, with a smile on her face.
"Hehe, your thoughts are written all over your face."
Terumi Mei quickly covered her face, but unfortunately, it was too late, her reaction actually meant that what Tsunade said was correct.
Of course Tsunade was right, after all, Tsunade was more than 20 years older than Terumi Mei, and she was without a doubt richer than Terumi Mei in terms of life experience.
"Sigh, senpai don't make fun of me."
Terumi Mei sighed and said, "This matter has been really troubled for a long time. Satoru was the first person who brought up this matter. I think he is different from others, but I really didn't have the courage to take that step."
"People always need to look forward. Since you call me senpai, the ones who are talking right now are not the Kage of Konoha and Kirigakure but fellow kunoichi. I can be regarded as your senior in terms of age so let me teach you some life experience…"
Tsunade stood up, walked to the window, looked into the distance, from an angle that Terumi Mei could not see, with deep sadness in her eyes.
"People tend to always wait until they lose it and ultimately regret it. There is no medicine for regret in the world. One day you will find that you can make up for the things what you have done wrong. It is an opportunity from God. You must hold it tightly."
Her words inspired Terumi Mei.
Terumi Mei stood up and her confused eyes gradually became firmer.
"I got it, senpai! I'll clean up my stuff now, then apologize to Satoru and ask him to come back to Kirigakure with me!"
She bowed to Tsunade and left.
After a while, Tsunade saw Terumi Mei going out of the building.
She was walking steadily on the road at first, but after a few steps, she became impatient and started running on the road.
'That direction, it's Satoru's home.'
'This feeling of pushing a woman towards the man you like is really painful, but… let's leave it at that, let's take it as the price of "using" him.'
'However, Satoru should be more than happy to help her.'
…
Satoru was still training when he heard the door of his house being knocked.
He doesn't need to come out to see, he knew who it was even without his Rikugan, after all, when Terumi Mei came over, she even greeted the passers-by and he heard the voices.
"Come in."
Terumi Mei walked in and said apologetically, "I'm sorry Satoru for actong like that, it was my fault. I shouldn't have quarreled with you like that before."
"Did we quarrel?" Satoru pretended to be surprised, "Why don't I remember?"
Terumi Mei blushed and said, "Because of the Impure World Reincarnation, we had a verbal dispute, I apologize for that to you, I shouldn't have talked to you in that tone. You obviously wanted to help me, but I didn't know how to appreciate it."
"Then do you still think that what you said was correct?"
Terumi Mei didn't expect him to ask this question, and was stunned due to it.
It was also because of her hesitation that Satoru concluded that she might still be sticking to her point of view, but this time her purpose was to apologize, and she still didn't change her feelings towards that topic, so she was stunned by his question.
"It seems that we still can't talk about solving the problem together because I can't help you do that."
Not to mention the price, this kind of behavior alone was not a behavior of helping others, but harming them. Satoru doesn't want to be a good person, but that doesn't mean that he wanted to be an evil person, he just wanted to protect the people he wants to protect.
If Terumi Mei was really a douchebag who can't stand up to the reality and morality, then he will give up.
"No, I feel that I am wrong. There are other ways to untangle the knot in my heart, but I have chosen the most dangerous one. It is very unconscionable for me and for others, although you haven't quite convinced me yet, but I want to try what you said."
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Satoru's lips.
It was good to be capable enough to want to make a change bravely, as it was better than staying in the same place for a lifetime.
"Well, let's decide the time to go to Kirigakure."
"Okay, do you need to go talk to Hokage?"
"No, if I guessed it correctly, you should have just come out from a meeting with Tsuna-chan, right? You came to apologize to me was also probably because of her."
"This…"
Terumi Mei blushed, cleared her throat and said, "She did help me and she was very persuasive. But, how did you know where I came from?"
'Could it be that they already understood each other to this extent?'
For some reason, a sour feeling surged in Terumi Mei's heart.
The dry pain gradually spread, making her almost unable to breathe.
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