Chapter 617 Tsunade's Doubts

After sending Orochimaru away, Uchiha Kakuzan turned around and looked at the wall behind him covered with masks. After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand and put the entire wall into his spatial storage.

"Anyway, these things will just slowly rot here, so I might as well take them back and give them to Kushina. It would be a nice little surprise."

Thinking of this, Uchiha Kakuyama's lips curled up slightly, and in the next instant, he disappeared from the spot.

However, Uchiha Kakuzan did not return to Konoha Hospital at this time, but went directly to the Hokage's office.

Now that the last piece of the puzzle has been returned, it's only natural that this item, which belongs to Madara Uchiha, should also be returned to him.

Upon seeing Uchiha Kakuyama, Tsunade, who was in the Hokage's office at the time, was somewhat surprised. She slightly raised her pale yellow eyebrows and parted her red lips slightly.

"Qiu Shan Jun, what brings you here?"

Tsunade was naturally very familiar with the situation within Konoha.

If she remembered correctly, Itachi Uchiha should be dying by now, and Uchiha Kakuzan, as the head of the Uchiha clan and the leader to whom Itachi Uchiha had always served, should be at Konoha Hospital seeing him off on his final journey.

Uchiha Kagami naturally understood Tsunade's meaning. He casually picked up a piece of snack that Shizune had just brought over, and while stuffing it into his mouth, he said:

"Oh, I believe Itachi will prefer to spend some time with Sasuke in his final moments, so I won't go over there."

After all, Itachi was a die-hard brother-complex guy, and I believe that the person he most wanted to see before he died was Sasuke.

Just as Tsunade nodded thoughtfully, Uchiha Kakuzan took out a palm-sized glass bottle from his spatial storage. The bottle was filled with a transparent liquid, in which two pale purple eyeballs floated.

As Uchiha Kagami moved, Tsunade and Shizune's gazes were involuntarily drawn to the glass bottle, as if it possessed an indescribable magic.

Tsunade looked at the two pale purple eyeballs inside the glass bottle, as if she had remembered something. She swallowed hard and asked uncertainly:

"This is... the Rinnegan?"

Tsunade had witnessed Uchiha Kakuyama use the Rinnegan before, so she quickly recognized it.

At this moment, Uchiha Kakuzan casually tossed the glass bottle in his hand to Tsunade. After Tsunade caught it with a slightly flustered expression, she continued:

"Okay, just leave this with you."

After receiving the glass bottle, Tsunade disregarded everything else and examined it closely. Even Shizune, who was standing nearby, couldn't contain her curiosity and cautiously approached.

After satisfying her curiosity, Tsunade finally came to her senses and looked up, asking with some curiosity:

"This must be Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan, right? Why is it kept in the Hokage's office? After all, something this precious is better kept by you personally."

Tsunade was well aware of her own limitations. Although Konoha Village, under her rule, was now undoubtedly the number one ninja village in the ninja world, it would still be quite difficult to safeguard something as precious as the Rinnegan, especially with Madara Uchiha eyeing it covetously.

Thinking of this, Tsunade quickly continued:

"Madara Uchiha must have wanted his eyes back a long time ago. If they were left in the Hokage's office, he might very well have succeeded."

After all, whether it's Madara Uchiha's overwhelming strength or his unpredictable companions, they could all come to Konoha to retrieve those Rinnegan eyes.

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Uchiha Kakuyama's lips curled slightly, and he said meaningfully:

"Tsunade, I originally wanted Madara Uchiha to take back these eyes. If I had kept them in my possession, Madara Uchiha wouldn't have been able to take them back even if he came in person."

The reason I left the Rinnegan here was simply to lower Madara Uchiha's guard.