Tsunade suddenly raised her head and looked at Shizune strangely.
Shizune, confused, returned her gaze. She asked carefully:
"Go back to the village?"
Tsunade frowned, puzzled by the question.
"Why should I go back to the village? Don't you have things to do?"
Shizune also frowned at this.
She slowly raised her left hand, as if to check something on Tsunade's face. But halfway there, she suddenly pulled back.
Her expression relaxed, and she asked curiously:
"Master… did I really just ask about returning to the village?"
Tsunade shook her head.
"No. I was just venting. I lost money gambling last night and smashed the floor out of frustration.
And now, because of… well, natural reasons, I can't walk properly. That's why I asked you to carry me to the bathroom."
Shizune nodded, then helped carry Tsunade to the bathroom, standing guard quietly outside the door.
Inside, Tsunade sat in the bathtub, carefully washing her lower body. A bitter smile tugged at her lips.
"Really? Losing money gambling and then smashing the floor like some spoiled girl in the middle of the night. Am I really getting old… stuck in the past?"
It wasn't just Tsunade and Shizune—everyone in the inn had forgotten what happened. Even the hundreds of intelligence ninjas who had been ordered by Tsunade to compile reports could no longer remember.
"The memories of two hundred and thirty-seven people have been successfully modified."
The mechanical voice echoed in Rasa's mind.
Rasa rose from the bed and looked out at the whistling wind beyond the window.
Most of his remaining skill points had been consumed. The last hundred or so were also spent elsewhere.
He turned to the redemption page before him.
Exchange Log:
Page 423 (423/900 billion)
Dream Fruit — 500 exchange value. Grants the ability to erase everything the target experiences in a dream.
(Each time the target dreams, they recall the dream while sleeping, but forget upon waking. The cycle repeats endlessly.)
(All people connected to the target will also have their memories altered so they can never recall the event again.)
Note: If the target meets the host in reality, the cycle is broken and all forgotten memories will return immediately.
Rasa skimmed the note calmly.
Even with such a hidden danger, it didn't matter.
He wouldn't be encountering Tsunade in person anytime soon. By the time he did, enough skill points would have been accumulated. No problem.
At that point, he could either raise Tsunade's favorability directly to its peak… or subdue her with force.
Either way, he could "educate" her in real life however he wished.
His lips curved into a smile. Rasa was a pure love harem believer at heart.
But Tsunade's situation now was just a string of coincidences.
After shaking off those thoughts, he sat back on the bed and continued flipping through the system list.
Whenever he found something valuable, he marked it.
Since there was no search function, he could only turn the pages one by one. Tedious work—but better to prepare in advance.
He also checked the people with negative impressions of him.
After settling Tsunade's matter, he spent a few minutes reviewing the list.
Unsurprisingly, the one with the lowest favorability was Tsunade: -20, Hatred.
Rasa marked down the others as well, intending to hand them to Chiyo later.
One note stood out—Aoki Jōnin. His favorability had also dipped into the negatives, at the "annoyed" stage.
Clearly, even after being defeated yesterday and acknowledging Rasa as the Fourth Kazekage, Aoki couldn't let go of his pride.
That was normal—not everyone was open-minded.
As long as he didn't stir trouble, Rasa didn't care.
He then turned to the new dream-related ability tied to his Magnetic Release.
At first, it was very crude. The target was unstable, the success rate was low. At best, he could suppress them in a dream—but not create anything new.
By sheer luck, he had connected with Tsunade's dreams two nights in a row.
Intrigued, Rasa invested his remaining hundred skill points into upgrading the ability.
After three upgrades, it finally reached a decent level.
He opened the character attributes he hadn't checked in a long time.
Host name: Rasa
Physical age: 23
Combat capability: Early Kage-level
Chakra attributes: Wind, Fire
Skills mastered: Magnetic Release, Dream Power
Skill points: 0
"Check dream-entry ability."
Dream Power (Intermediate):
By focusing on the target's appearance and identity for five minutes before sleep, there is a 65% chance of entering their dream.
Within the dream, the user gains partial control, able to create certain objects and alter appearances.
Reading this, Rasa's mind wandered.
Mei Terumi should be around seventeen now, right? If he entered her dream, he could play the role of her brother. He chuckled at the thought.
"I had that strange dream again… two nights in a row."
A woman's cold, sorrowful voice echoed in the room.
Pakura lay on her bed, her graceful arms stretched out.
She stared at them in confusion, murmuring:
"Two nights of these bizarre dreams… I've checked myself several times. I'm not imagining it."
She lifted the quilt gently.
Her flawless body, mature yet youthful, emerged in the dim light.
Though dressed conservatively, her skin gleamed like crystal jade—more dazzling than the sheets beneath her.
Pakura gazed at her own beauty with indifference.
After twenty-one years, she was long used to it.
Taking the white towel from her table, she dabbed away tears from last night's dream.
Barefoot, her jade-like feet touched the floor. Ignoring the clogs nearby, she walked softly to the window.
Drawing the curtains with slender fingers, she stared into the whirling sand outside, eyes hazy.
"Rasa… is this world real, or is the dream real?"
"In the dream, the Sand Village sent every ninja—even Academy students—across the Wind Country to search for the Third Kazekage."
Her proud, heroic eyes dimmed with sorrow.
She pressed her hand to her chest, though her full bosom made her heartbeat hard to feel.
"Old Rasa… Kazekage… which one is real?"
"Or maybe the dream is just another world?"
"But Rasa… that world feels so empty without you."
Her confused whispers were swallowed by the storm outside—destined never to reach him.
Two hours later, around eight in the morning, Rasa entered the Kazekage's office.
"Are these ten people the spies you suspect?"
The Third Kazekage, played by Ebizō, sat at his desk.
Chiyo, his usual companion, was absent.
Ebizō studied the ten names written on the paper and asked solemnly.
Rasa sat on the chair to the left, lifted a teacup, and sipped the steaming drink.
After a pause, he answered calmly:
"Yes. For now, they're only suspects."
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