I Survived in Anbu to Become Super Kage

"Hiruzen, come home. You haven't been home for a week."

After she spoke, Sarutobi Biwako's tears fell uncontrollably, dropping one by one to quickly form a damp patch on the floor.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tilted his head up slightly, staring at his wife in the doorway.

Beneath the desk, his hands trembled slightly.

If his wife had come to question him, reprimand him, or complain, he wouldn't have found it strange.

But her urging him to come home and take care of himself only made Hiruzen feel worse.

Biwako had strongly opposed Shinnosuke becoming the Foreign Affairs Advisor. Driven by a mother's intuition, she had always felt that him taking the role would inevitably lead to trouble.

Now, she had been proven right, yet she didn't utter a single word of blame.

Over the past week, Biwako had thought through many things, emerging from the grief of losing their son even sooner than he had.