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Chapter 67: The Chunin Exams : The Mad Rush Forward!

Despite the relatively early hour, Tsunade's desk already looked as if it was losing the almost daily war against paperwork. A sad state of affairs since she had arrived at her office long before the sun had arisen. With her early arrival being mostly due to the nervousness that she was experiencing as a result of it having been roughly a day and a half since the end of the first round of the exams. Which if Ibiki was sticking to the time table that he had laid out for her meant his teams comprised of T and I members as well as the exam taker dropouts that he felt were still potentially worthy of advancement should be arriving in The Land of Secrets. Therefore, she believed it would at best be another day or two before he'd make his move on what he believed was a front for a secretive group called the Organization; which may be in some way tied to the Shadow Cabal. A group which they suspected was sponsoring many of the threats that the Shinobi Villages encountered. She suspected that he'd take the additional time to link up with any forces that he had already put in place to keep watch on the location in order to determine if it appeared that their unseen opponents had been tipped off of the incoming raid.

Her concern didn't just stem from the idea that Ibiki's attempt to maintain the secrecy of his operation may have failed, and so could result in the teams that he had assembled walking into an ambush. But, that even if the mission went well, there would be unforeseen consequences down the road. To help mitigate those consequences, the mission was intended to be an intel gathering raid, meaning that even if they caught the Organization flatfooted, and the location was a treasure trove of information. They'd at best have a handful of moments to gather every piece of meaningful intel that they could before escaping back to Konoha while attempting to leave no trace of who was behind the raid. An operation that could easily snowball into a disaster depending on the level of resistance that was encountered. However, it was a necessary step since Konoha had little to know contact with The Land of Secrets, and thus if it was learned that they had conducted a clandestine mission in their lands, it could result in an incident between it and the Land of Fire. Something which she could only imagine the Daimyo would love to lord over her the next time that he felt that she had overextended her authority, which she imagined he would certainly see this mission as having done just that. Not that she didn't understand why he would feel that was the case, since it would likely fall to his own diplomatic corps to handle the fallout, as failure would likely lead to the Land of Fire needing to make concessions. Which didn't even take into consideration the potential fallout that she would potentially see within the alliance should they get word of the mission. Still, it was a gamble that had to be made, and so resolved to face the music, should it come to that, much as her lover had when he had decided to take the gamble of extracting Yugito from Kumo.

Her focus was pulled from future concerns as the door to her office opened, and Shizune stepped in. Who upon seeing her teacher already at her desk, gave her a pleased smile at seeing her already hard at work due to the pile of papers in her outbox. As her first apprentice approached, Tsunade spent a moment to study her. For a brief instant, she could understand why Sannomiya would have thought that Shizune's recent change in appearance might be her desperately trying to attract a man. Changes such as having altered the kimono that she favored so that there were slits along the side so that as she walked her shapely legs would appear. Not to mention the mesh shirt that she had used to wear beneath it had been removed so that she could expose her moderate cleavage. The shirt wasn't the only article of clothing that she had removed, as Tsunade imagined that if she asked her apprentice to lift up the front of her kimono, rather than a modest pair of panties, she'd be exposed to her delectable snatch. Which as it had been several days since it had last been stuffed by their shared lover, was probably as wet and ready for a hard pounding as her own or perhaps a quick tonguing. Tsunade began to daydream a bit as she imagined ordering her first apprentice to hop onto her desk and spread herself for her viewing and dining pleasure.