Chapter 110 Sukiyaki

Be it the disputes in the ninja world or the war of words, Ye Shan doesn't want to pay attention to it or get involved at this moment. He has something more important to do.

There were a lot of people at the entrance of the Konohagakure Hospital. Many people from other places came here to seek medical treatment, which resulted in people having to queue up to enter the hospital.

Ye Shan wore a dark green vest on the upper body, black ninja pants on the lower body, and a Konoha forehead protector on his forehead. He stood at the back of the team with an expressionless face, quietly queuing.

The ninja team in charge of hospital security spotted him first, causing a small commotion. A moment later, a ninja dressed as a jonin walked out of the duty room outside the hospital wall, came in front of Ye Shan, and saluted with his hands in seals.

"Master Ye Shan may enter directly without waiting in line."

Ye Shan raised his eyes and glanced at the other person. While sizing him up, he also made a seal and returned the greeting, saying, "Thank you very much."

After saying that, Ye Shan walked out of the team, crossed the long line and walked towards the entrance, while the unfamiliar ninja from the same village happened to be following half a body behind him.

The crowd in line was in a commotion, but no one was tactful enough to object. After all, even a fool could see that Ye Shan's identity was not ordinary.

After exchanging greetings with the ninja again at the entrance, Ye Shan walked into the hospital with an expressionless face and went straight to the sixth floor.

The sixth floor of Konoha Hospital is made up of offices of all sizes, and Tsunade's office is located at the innermost side, and it is the largest and most luxurious one.

At this time, Tsunade was sitting on a chair in the office. She was not in a daze or drinking, but took out a book and read it, which surprised Shizune who was also in the office.

There was a short and powerful knock on the door. Tsunade raised her eyebrows, quickly tidied her clothes, and said in a deep voice, "Come in!"

"pat"

Ye Shan pushed open the door, and his eyes naturally fell on Tsunade who was sitting opposite the door. He felt a little comfortable in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he said softly: "Tsunade-sama..."

"Just call me Tsunade."

Ye Shan paused and said, "The Sannin-sama are well-known, so they should be addressed as they are."

Tsunade put down the book in her hand, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across her pretty face, and said: "Your current strength is not that of an ordinary jonin, so there is no need to call me sir. Besides, we are friends, aren't we?"

Then, without waiting for Hayama to say anything else, Tsunade pointed to the chair in front of the desk and said, "Sit down."

Ye Shan nodded, took a few quick steps forward, and sat steadily on the chair, but found that he didn't know what to say. After a long silence, he took out a crumpled cigarette box from his pocket and asked, "Is it okay?"

Tsunade seemed to have expected this. She opened the drawer on her right hand side, took out a pack of unopened cigarettes, and said, "Take this. Yours is soaked in water."

Ye Shan shook his head stubbornly, declining the other party's kindness, took out a yellowed cigarette from the cigarette box, lit it and took a deep puff.

"cough cough"

The tobacco soaked in water was very choking and had a strange smell. Ye Shan, who hadn't smoked for a long time, couldn't help but coughed a few times.

Tsunade's expression was complicated, and she said softly: "Why are you doing this?"

She recognized it at a glance. The cigarette Ye Shan was smoking was the half pack left by Shan Chengchen that day. Unfortunately, the cigarette was still there but the man was gone.

Ye Shan still didn't say anything, just took big puffs of his cigarette, as if he didn't want to miss any moment. The only sound in Norda's office was his breathing.

Soon, Ye Shan smoked the water pipe until only a bare cigarette butt was left. He stretched out his right hand, took off the cigarette butt, rubbed it with two fingers, pinched out the remaining sparks, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'll pick up Shancheng Chen."

The word "receive" contains too much helplessness and reluctance of Ye Shan. He didn't want to use words like "take" or "get", but just said "receive", as if Shancheng Chen was in the hospital and he came to pick him up.

Tsunade stood up, put the book back on the shelf with one hand, looked into Hayama's eyes and said, "Come with me."

Only then did Ye Shan notice that Tsunade's dress today was completely different from usual. She was not wearing the clothes she wore to the gambling houses, but a clean white doctor's uniform. Moreover, there was no brightly colored nail polish on her fingernails, which was very pleasing to the eye.

Tsunade noticed Ye Shan's scrutiny, but he didn't say anything. He just walked out of the office with a quicker pace, and his custom-made low-heeled ninja shoes made a pleasant sound when they hit the floor.

In a separate room, it was completely empty, without any furniture, except for a bed placed in the center. As it was winter, the weather was cold, and the temperature in the room was very low, so low that Ye Shan was shaking a little.

There was a corpse lying on the bed, with its head covered by a white sheet. Ye Shan couldn't see the face, but he was very familiar with the ninja shoes that were exposed outside the sheet. They were bought by Ye Shan and Yamashiro Tatsu last year, and he would not make a mistake.

Ye Shan stood with his head raised and eyes closed for a long time, his chest rising and falling, and it was obvious that he was in a very uneasy mood.

A hand fell on his shoulder and patted it gently. Ye Shan took a long breath and didn't stop until his lungs expanded to the limit. Then he slowly exhaled the foul air and calmed down.

After making sure that his friend's body was intact, Ye Shan did not leave. He just stood by the bed, waiting quietly.

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard in the corridor. It was Uchiha Fugaku who came over with several ninjas in black mourning clothes.

After entering the room, the footsteps of several people became much lighter and almost inaudible.

Uchiha Fugaku obviously didn't expect that there would be other people in the room. He was slightly stunned when he saw Tsunade, then quickly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Lady Tsunade."

Tsunade nodded in return, patted Yeshan's shoulder again, and walked out of the room.

There was a hint of surprise in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes. He was surprised at Tsunade's attitude towards Hayama, but it was not easy to say anything at this time.

"Ye Shan, these people are the best convergence masters in the clan."

Ye Shan turned around, formed seals with his hands, bowed ninety degrees to the people, and said, "I'm counting on you all."

Several people hurriedly returned the greeting. They were just people of low status in the Uchiha clan and were used to being ordered around on a daily basis. They had never received such courtesy before.

"Please rest assured, sir. We will do our best."

Ye Shan nodded, walked out of the room, came to the corridor, hesitated, and finally asked: "Are you busy?"

Uchiha Fugaku knew that these words were directed at him, so he quickly walked out of the room without saying a word, but just shook his head.

Ye Shan nodded, and the two of them left.

Along the way, many ninjas who knew the inside story looked at them with admiration, and many people came forward to greet them. Uchiha Fugaku politely returned all the greetings, leaving no room for fault.

Konoha Village is neither big nor small, and the two soon arrived at the door of Yamashiro Tatsuya's house, and Uchiha Fugaku knocked on the door.

The door opened, revealing a youthful face. It was Yamashiro Tatsuya's sister. When she saw that it was Ye Shan and a strange ninja standing outside the door, she couldn't help but get excited and jumped out and said, "Where's my brother?"

Ye Shan's eyes were red, but he tried hard not to let the tears fall, and said, "Let's go in and talk."

The little girl pouted unhappily, but still let the two in. Then she realized that Uchiha Fugaku was wearing mourning clothes. Her heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly grabbed Ye Shan's arm, shouting in a trembling voice, "Where's my brother!?"

Hearing the voice, Yamashiro Chen's mother walked out of the kitchen and saw the dark clothes on Uchiha Fugaku at a glance. She calmed down, looked at Ye Shan and asked, "Where is Chen?"

Ye Shan opened his mouth, but couldn't say what he wanted to say. In the end, Uchiha Fugaku stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Chen, died in battle."

"Danglang"

The shovel in Yamashiro Tatsuya's mother's hand fell to the ground, followed by her body.

Sadness surged in like a tide, instantly drowning this originally warm home. The sobbing sound seemed to come from the heart, causing Ye Shan's heart to twitch violently several times.

Yamashiro Chen's sister opened her eyes wide, unwilling to believe that the brother who seemed to be so annoying to her on weekdays was dead. She grabbed Ye Shan's arm tightly, and her nails pierced deeply into the flesh.

"Where's my brother!!!"

Emotions burst out in an instant, and the death of her loved one stimulated her young heart.

"Speak up, where's my brother!?"

"Aren't you a jonin? If you can't even protect your companions, what kind of jonin are you!?"

"Why did my brother die instead of you? Why didn't you die?"

Ye Shan's eyes were filled with tears, but he blinked hard to prevent them from flowing down.

"sorry..."

Uchiha Fugaku took two steps forward, helped up Yamashiro Tatsuya's mother, and waited silently for them to digest this bolt from the blue.

"If my brother hadn't followed a loser like you, he wouldn't have died! He is the genius of the Yamashiro family, one of the best!"

The little girl wiped her tears, but continued to vent her anger with words. These words were like heavy hammers hitting Ye Shan's heart, making his eyes go dark.

"That's enough! Stop talking!"

Yamashiro Tatsuya's mother scolded her daughter with red eyes. Things had already happened, and saying more would be useless and would only offend Ye Shan.

This woman who supports a family has experienced too many deaths. She knows that ninjas are a group of high-ranking people and she cannot afford to offend them.

Ye Shan's heart ached. He was not afraid of the insults or beatings from Yamashiro Chen's family, but he was afraid that they would become distant from him.

Ye Shan broke free from the little girl's hand, slowly knelt down towards Yamashiro Tatsuya's mother, and his forehead, which was wearing the Konoha forehead protector, hit the ground.

"sorry..."

Uchiha Fugaku, who was supporting Yamashiro Tatsu's mother, quickly moved aside, leaving Tatsu's mother to receive Yeshan's kneeling worship firmly.

Chen's mother wiped her tears, took two steps forward to help Ye Shan up, and said bitterly: "It's not your fault, it's Chen's fault that he is so unlucky..."

Ye Shan shook his head, took out an object wrapped in white cloth from his arms, and opened it in front of Chen's mother. It turned out to be a stack of huge denomination banknotes.

Ye Shan rewrapped the banknotes and did not hand them to Chen's mother. Instead, he walked a few steps and placed them on the table.

At this time, Ye Shan discovered that there was a large bowl of steaming Sukiyaki on the table, and around the Sukiyaki, there were three sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Unable to hold back his tears any longer, Ye Shan covered his face with his hands and slowly squatted on the ground, emitting low whimpering sounds like a wounded beast.

Sukiyaki, Sukiyaki, the name is nice and auspicious, and it tastes good too.

This is Yamashiro Tatsuya's favorite food, and Ye Shan has accompanied him to eat it many times.

However, what really hurt Ye Shan were the three sets of bowls and chopsticks lying quietly on the table.