"After being away for so many years, her heart hasn't changed."
Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled with relief, picked up the bottle, sniffed it, identified it, and then drank a little.
This is—!
With just a little bit, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression changed.
Afterward, he took another gulp, directly drinking more than half of what was left.
Then he closed his eyes, silently feeling it.
He understood his physical condition better than anyone; some hidden injuries were beyond even Tsunade, a top medical ninja, to heal, and combined with aging, he was actually weaker than everyone imagined.
But!
With this one gulp of medicine, it was actually a comprehensive repair.
Although it didn't fully heal due to the amount, those chronic hidden injuries, like rust spots, were indeed alleviated by this medicine.
"Are these the items sold by that mysterious merchant?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi gazed at the remaining medicine,
His eyes flickering slightly.
Even hearing Tsunade talk about it.
Couldn't compare to experiencing it firsthand.
It seems the background of this mysterious merchant is truly worth paying attention to.
Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't completely believe Tsunade's claim about a merchant from another world.
In his view, Xin , whom Tsunade had examined and found to be an ordinary person, was very likely just a puppet, deliberately placed before Tsunade by certain entities to exploit her feelings for those she had lost and achieve some goal.
Tsunade will probably continue trading, right?
...
On the other side, Tsunade and Shizune walked out of the Hokage office building.
"Lady Tsunade." Shizune looked at Tsunade's expressionless face and couldn't help but ask, "Did the Third Hokage just refuse?"
They had originally planned to have the Leaf Village fund the purchase of Mystery Box from that mysterious merchant.
Especially the Tier 3 Mystery Box.
But, the conversation just now...
"He is the Hokage, after all."
Tsunade said calmly, seemingly not disheartened by the result.
A Tier 2 Mystery Box costs 500,000 Ryo.
A Tier 3 Mystery Box costs 5,000,000 Ryo.
This was no small sum. It was impossible for him to decide to hand over a large amount of money to someone just because of her words—even if resurrection was truly possible, to the Leaf Village, Nawaki and Dan Kato weren't worth this price.
"What do we do now?" Shizune was a bit at a loss.
They still owed a large sum in gambling debts, and the Senju clan existed in name only. Relying on themselves, who knew how long it would take to earn enough money to get a resurrection?