"I am serious, Tsunade-sama." Inoichi said, holding a steady gaze.
Everyone fell into a soft silence as they stared at Haruto with varying degrees of suspicion.
It was Shizune who spoke up first, "Tsunade-sama, doesn't that mean that Haruto-kun's memories were tampered with?"
Jiraiya nodded, "Perhaps the same person who turned Danzo into a dog gave Haruto these memories? Tricking him into believing that Kakashi was the one that taught him these things?"
"But why would he do that?" Tsunade asked a counter question, "What does he gain from giving Haruto memories of Kakashi training him in a completely new jutsu unknown to everyone?"
Everyone frowned until Kakashi slowly voiced his opinion regarding his likeness being used to fool people, "Didn't that man say earlier that Haruto had something to do with an oracle?"
Jirayia's eyes widened instantly, "The child of prophecy!?", he exclaimed.
Kakashi looked at him and then at Tsunade and spoke measuredly, "Tsunade-sama said the same thing back then… I don't know what it means though."
Jiraiya looked at Tsunade with indignation, "You hid such information from me!?"
"You didn't ask about it, so I didn't bring it up." Tsunade casually said before shaking her head, "So what if he is related to the child of prophecy, he's still suspicious isn't he?
Inoichi please dig into the rest of his memories, see if he learnt the spirit transformation technique."
"No." Jiraiya interrupted with a stern look. "We aren't digging into any memories anymore."
Inoichi stuck between the two Sannin showed a wry expression causing the two Sannin to glare at each other.
"Inoichi, listen to what I'm telling you, dig into his memories." Tsunade practically ordered.
"No, don't listen to this mad woman! We must not show any more distrust towards a shinobi of Konoha who has saved us from a great disaster."
"Where was your 'not show any more distrust' when we were reading his memories the first time!?" Tsunade complained immediately.
"Tsunade, listen to me, this kid is clearly being manipulated, otherwise why would he have the memories of Kakashi teaching him a completely new jutsu? If he truly was the one who turned Danzo into a dog, then he should've hidden his memories better, right?"
Tsunade clenched her fists in frustration and huffed, "Hmpf, what if he's trying to double bluff us and make us think exactly like this to fool us!?"
Jiraiya found himself at a loss of words, "What do you want me to say to that? There's no end to thinking something like that Tsunade… you clearly have no proof that the kid's a danger. Just think about it, would he ever risk his life to save Konoha if he was someone evil?"
Tsunade bit her lip and looked at Shizune, Kakashi and Inoichi… seeing them all agreeing with Jiraiya she finally released a heavy sigh as she spoke.
"Fine! I'll first find proof that this kid knows more than he's letting on and then read his memories for sure!"
Jiraiya sighed softly and nodded in the end since he knew he couldn't get Tsunade to back off any more. "Fine, do as you wish."
But before Jiraiya could say anything else, Tsunade suddenly exclaimed, "The kid's coming with me!"
"What do you mean?" Jiraiya asked with black lines over his eyes as he stared at Tsunade with annoyance.
"How will I keep an eye on him if I can't keep him with me?" Tsunade argued, "I need to see with my own eyes if he's asleep or awake when he possesses me."
Jiraiya felt he was at a loss for words again, but he very quickly said, "Then I'm staying with you too."
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya begrudgingly and finally accepted, "Fine."
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Haruto awoke rather lazily.
He stretched like a cat on the fluffy bed and smelt roses in the sheets.
'Roses?'
'Wait… where am I?' Haruto asked himself after looking up to find a completely different ceiling than his usual one.
It took him a few seconds to remember that he had been playing dead inside Katsuyu when he'd heard Tsunade wanted to read his memories.
'I guess I fell asleep inside Katsuyu after creating that false mindscape to trick them…'
'Damn… Katsuyu's slug body really is super comfy.'
Haruto first looked at the recent mission he'd completed.
'I completed Shira's mission back then… and also Unohana and Grindelwald's mission later.'
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Mission Aim : Break The Meteorite.
Mission Assigned By : Unohana Retsu, Grindelwald
Mission Reward : Kyujurokkei Kakafumetsu, Grindelwald's Human Transfiguration
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Unohana's reward particularly surprised Haruto.
'Is that the same Kido that Urahara used to seal away Aizen?'
'It is Haruto-kun.'
'Woah… you gave me this to cast on Madara? So that when Hashirama brings him down to a weakened state Madara will be sealed?'
'Precisely.' Unohana agreed.
Haruto suddenly felt a shudder run down his spine.
Unohana was dangerous.
She'd already realised that Madara was reborn… and developed a perfect counter strategy based on their planning till now.
'Alright… I accept the mission rewards.' Haruto told his tenants and they gladly rewarded him.
Haruto captured the new stream of information flying towards his mind and began to slowly absorb the information and digest it.
After a few minutes Haruto nodded to himself.
'As expected of Urahara's genius… the target's own energy is used to sustain the seal, rendering mute the possibility of them breaking through it by force since the energy is already consumed.'
Haruto lay lazily in his bed for a few more minutes after that, staring at the sun beams catching the drifting dust particles in the air for a good while before he finally got up.
He slid open the paper door before wandering along the long halls until he eventually heard some noises.
"It has to be Madara." Tsunade said boldly while slamming down her bottle on the table.
"Are you sure?" Jiraiya asked seriously, while placing his own cup gently on the table.
Tsunade nodded, "That man who possessed me, warned me about it. He asked me to resurrect Grandfather to fight him."
"Resurrect? You don't mean…! Impure World Reincarnation!?" Jiraiya was startled, "Are you really going to follow him?"
"What choice do I even have? It's not like I can fight him by myself, can I? That would be a death sentence, even for you and me."
Jiraiya sighed deeply, then he looked at the door and noticed the prominent shadow of a little boy standing at the door and trying to eavesdrop on their conversation and chuckled.
"That was who you thought was dangerous? He doesn't even have basic shinobi skills…"
Tsunade frowned and grumbled before standing up and walking to the door to slide it open, causing Haruto to tumble forwards and land straight into her chest.
"What the- shit…" Haruto cursed and looked up, meeting a glaring Tsunade and quickly covered his head and ducked underneath her fist that was about to land on his head.
"I escaped!" Haruto cheered, only for Tsunade's bottle holding hand to smash down on his head before he could escape.
Except, the pain never came.
Tsunade's soft fingers brushed against his hairs, causing him to look up and match her gaze.
"Tsunade-sama?" Haruto asked confusedly.
"Tsk." Tsunade simply clicked her tongue and left the room.
Haruto looked at the only person remaining, Jiraiya, causing the man to shrug his shoulders and chuckle, "Women."
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