Faced with the question posed by Hakushi, Tsunade's eyes clearly showed displeasure, and her expression completely cooled down.
Even Shizune, sitting beside Tsunade, could sense the raging anger burning inside Tsunade at that moment and looked back and forth between Tsunade and Hakushi with a worried expression.
Tsunade took a deep breath, trying to let others not feel the anger in her words.
"If you're here to flaunt your talents, I admit everything you've done in the Land of Demons is indeed outstanding. But this does not serve as a reason to insult my grandfather. Please take back those words."
Even in terms of the ability to govern a country, although Tsunade felt somewhat unsatisfied, she couldn't deny Hakushi's excellence.
However, compared to her grandfather Senju Hashirama, the weight is still too light.
Because her grandfather Senju Hashirama was the God of Ninja who started an era and established the most powerful Ninja Village in the Ninja Realm.
His fame, Tsunade does not allow, nor will she let anyone question and insult it.
Moreover, now Hakushi, in Tsunade's eyes, has merely changed the pattern of one country, the Land of Demons, which is not worth praising compared to his grandfather's significant achievements in changing the pattern of the entire Ninja Realm.
Hakushi merely blew on the teacup in his hand, dispersing some of the heat.
Tsunade's reaction was entirely within his expectations.
A person who has survived in Konoha for decades, and believed in the Will of Fire for decades, if their will were shaken by mere words, it would undoubtedly underestimate the cohesive power of that God of Ninja.
Having witnessed the power of the elderly Uchiha Madara, Hakushi could only be thankful that there is no ninja like the God of Ninja in this era, as god-like and demon-like.
Konoha, created by the God of Ninja, can be said to be composed of believers in the God of Ninja.
A person like him, is essentially an exception among exceptions.
He continued to speak out against the system established by the God of Ninja, negating and questioning it. That Tsunade did not directly punch him was perhaps a sign of a fairly good temper.
"I'm sorry, Tsunade-sensei. Although saying so, I indeed have many disrespectful points about your grandfather. But if we don't open up and discuss the issues, then this conversation would be meaningless."
"If that's the case, I won't accompany you. You can entertain yourself here. Shizune, let's go."
Tsunade snorted coldly, stood up, and prepared to leave with Shizune.
"Is that really okay? Or, Tsunade-sensei, are you really not interested in my purpose? This is a rare opportunity to gather intelligence from me. If you miss this chance, Konoha will have to pay an extremely heavy price in the future to obtain intelligence from me, and may even end up with nothing."
Hakushi's words came from behind, and sure enough, Tsunade stopped walking, revealing that she wasn't entirely uninterested in his matters.
Indeed, Konoha has never given up on studying Hakushi.
However, no matter how much intelligence is gathered, there is no way to know what Hakushi's purpose exactly is.
Even the previous response to Jiraiya left the concept of purpose quite vague.
Only a faint awareness that Hakushi is still plotting something.
As Hakushi said, if she left here because of momentary anger, then later on, she might have to pay a hundred or a thousand times the price to understand Hakushi's purpose.
This is not a good thing for Konoha.
The Land of Wind war caused Konoha to pay an extremely heavy price, yet understanding of Hakushi was still just a drop in the ocean.
It showed how cautious Hakushi is about blocking his personal information.
Tsunade sat back down again, but her gaze toward Hakushi remained filled with hostility and vigilance.
Hakushi was indifferent to this. He did not intend to anger Tsunade, but if he wanted to open up the conversation, it was a necessary step.
"Then where should we start? Let's begin with the ideals and aspirations of the First Hokage. If the Ninja School's curriculum hasn't altered the ideals of the First Hokage, then passing on the torch unceasingly and bringing peace to the Ninja Realm were originally his ideals. Based on such a beautiful vision, he founded the Konoha Village along with the Uchiha Clan. Subsequently, this system was imitated by other countries, ushering in the era of One Country One Village."
Hakushi spoke smoothly.
"It's rare, for someone like you who defected from the village, to still understand the ideals of my grandfather. This is thanks to the knowledge you learned in the Ninja School, right?"
Tsunade mocked.
Hakushi smiled and said, "I do not deny Konoha's help to me, but growing up in such an environment, I disliked the conservative atmosphere of Konoha, and that's from my personal will, unrelated to the Ninja School's education. Moreover, I should have later used the guise of the Shion Flower Merchants Association to provide Konoha with extensive pharmaceutical research material. I understand the importance of repaying kindness. After all, I 'died' once in Konoha."
Referring to being manipulated by Danzo as a child.
That was the closest Hakushi ever came to death.
No matter how forgiving and generous he may be, he could not forget the impact of that incident on him.
It was also at that time that he could no longer place his trust in the upper echelons of Konoha.
Leveraging the power of the Uchiha Clan, he cautiously and carefully hid himself, ensuring the upper echelons of Konoha did not detect his gradually diverging will from Konoha, allowing himself to be camouflaged as a loyal inheritor of the Will of Fire.