Chapter 434: Things Remain But People Change
"Nawaki... Danzo and Yellow Dog, the men who murdered you, are both dead..."
Remembering every little detail of Nawaki's childhood brought an ache of grief to Tsunade's heart.
Tsunade looked up past Nawaki's memorial at the rows upon rows of tombstones behind it.
How many of the people resting beneath these stones had sacrificed themselves for the village, and how many had died to its conspiracies?
Too many had died defending Konoha.
Too many slept here eternally, silently watching over the village's peace.
Tsunade wondered: if she had known the truth of Nawaki's death earlier, would she have broken with the village to avenge him? Would she have killed Danzo and Yellow Dog?
She did not know the answer.
Fox had been far more decisive. After discovering the truth, he had spent years hunting down the killers one by one—even when the culprit was a Konoha advisor or the Hokage's own son.