A Private Conversation Between Master and Disciple
After turning a few corners, you'll Tsunade's treatment room.
Seeing that Sakura Haruno was about to take off her clothes, the Anbu following the Hokage tactfully left, closing the door behind them.
"Take off all your clothes and lie face down on the bed. Since you're here, I'll give you a check-up. The Monstrous Strength Technique and Cherry Blossom Impact can easily cause hidden injuries, so be sure to take good care of yourself."
Tsunade her chin, indicating that her disciple should lie down on a bed against the wall, and a pale blue Chakra glow gathered in her hands.
Although she knew that Sakura's so-called hidden injury was just a pretense and that coming for treatment was merely an excuse, Tsunade felt that if you're going to put on an act, you have to go all the way. So she simply made a little noise of Medical Ninjutsu Chakra to avoid arousing suspicion.
"The soundproofing here is pretty good, so," she said, glancing at the obviously sound-absorbing Utakata wallpaper around them, and placing her hand on the back of the girl's neck, "What do you need me for?"
As she worked, she used her hands to massage Sakura's neck and shoulders with Medical Ninjutsu technique, relieving the tension in the girl's neck and shoulders.
"Master..." Sakura hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I want to obtain Orochimaru's cloning technology so I can create clones for experiments."
She felt that it was better to tell Tsunade openly than to do it secretly.
Developing cloning technology is essentially skirting the edge of the ban on human experimentation.
It's not good because it violates regulations, and it can't be considered something that can be put on the table.
However, if Sakura were to do it secretly, she would inevitably hit the nail on the head without even trying. If she were discovered, it would be like mud falling into her crotch—even if it wasn't excrement, it would still be excrement.
Konoha itself conducted many such experiments back then, including human experiments even more outrageous than cloning. Of course, those were mainly carried out by Danzo and Orochimaru. Later, after the Third discovered them, such experiments were stopped.
Human experimentation thus became a taboo in Konoha.
Upon hearing Sakura Haruno's request, Tsunade paused, then suddenly tightened her grip, causing Sakura to gasp in pain.
She did not answer Sakura's question.
Instead, he said, "The injuries caused by Cherry Blossom Impact's overuse have been healed by Yuki Haku. However, the Monstrous Strength Technique is too powerful and can easily cause backlash, leaving hidden injuries deep within the body. You still need to be careful when using it."
"Do these places hurt?" Tsunade pressed on several spots on her back, and Sakura immediately felt a throbbing and sore sensation, causing her body to reflexively flinch.
"It hurts terribly. You've accumulated quite a few injuries. Girls really need to learn to take care of their bodies." Seeing her instinctively shrink back, Tsunade her head and continued, "However, your Medical Ninjutsu... you haven't learned much real skill. You can't heal these injuries on your own, so you'll still need to come to me for treatment every now and then."
She went on and on about other topics.
He simply didn't want to directly address her thoughts.
She focused solely on treating Sakura's ailments, carefully examining even the smallest injuries. Under the faint glow of her Medical Ninjutsu, the wounds appeared a slight bluish tinge, creating an inconspicuous contrast with the surrounding smooth, white skin.
However, Sakura did not forget her question.
"... Master, is human experimentation not allowed?" The girl lying on the bed abruptly changed the subject, speaking in a muffled voice.
Tsunade paused, hesitated for a moment, and then answered, "In principle, I cannot support you in something like this."
As medical-nin, Tsunade was well aware of how convenient cloning would be for them. Doctors lacked experience in practicing on real bodies.
As a ninja and a mentor, she was well aware that Sakura had many untapped Ninjutsu that could only be developed using the real body of a clone.
When Sakura Haruno submitted the scroll containing the secret technique of Medical Ice Clone, she saw through the girl's ambition.
The Ice Clone, ostensibly a substitute for a real body, is actually a stepping stone to human experimentation!
However, the problem lies in the fact that Konoha's human experimentation back then caused too much trouble and had a terrible impact—in order to obtain more data, Danzo even brought in ninjas and children from their own village to conduct experiments!
The term "human experimentation" is already widely discredited in Konoha.
Therefore, the older generation of advisors would absolutely never open the door to human experimentation—even just experiments involving cloning.
However, Tsunade's foundation was still shallow, and in this atmosphere, it was impossible for her to propose a method to support human experimentation. Not only would she not gain the support of her subordinates, but it would also cause her prestige to plummet.
Sakura Haruno gritted her teeth, somewhat unwilling to give up.
Looking at the girl's bright, darting eyes, Tsunade knew that her disciple wouldn't give up on this technique so easily.
If she forbade it, he would secretly conduct experiments on his own, defying her prohibition.
This girl can be incredibly daring at times.
She sighed.
"You created clones to continue Cherry Blossom Impact's research, didn't you?"
Seeing that Tsunade seemed to be softening her stance, Sakura quickly turned her head, looked into her eyes, and said, "It's not just that! Besides Cherry Blossom Impact, my Yin Seal and Hinata's Hokuto Shinken have both reached the point where we need clones for experimentation."
"So we really need to use human experimentation." She blinked and looked at Tsunade with a pitiful, deer-like gaze.
Sakura sensed that she was about to harm her master.
Then she heard this sentence--
"No."
Tsunade resolutely entered the tunnel.
She said sternly, "Konoha forbids any form of human experimentation; that's an ironclad rule. Don't even think about doing that for at least two or three years."
Uh...! Sakura Haruno choked for a moment, her expectant expression crumbling.
She was puzzled. "Didn't she soften her tone? Why did she reject me so righteously again?"
He carefully recalled Tsunade's words, pondering each one.
Konoha prohibits human experimentation...
That is to say?
"Then should I also establish laboratories in other places outside Konoha, in the Land of Fire?" Her eyes suddenly lit up as she realized Tsunade's true meaning.
"The entire Land of Fire won't do!" Tsunade without hesitation.
"If the Land of Fire is no good..." The girl's bright, clear eyes suddenly lit up, and she said with a smile, "Then Konoha has no reason to care about anything outside the Land of Fire, right?"
"That's right, the Land of Snow!"
Yes... she just spent a few months with Kazahana Koyuki, so it might be necessary to build a base in the Land of Snow.
When she said that, she thought it would probably be another year or two before things were clear. She never expected things to develop so quickly, and a good opportunity would arise in less than half a year.
"I didn't say anything else, please don't misunderstand..." Tsunade. She was treating Sakura's hidden injury at the moment. Seeing the girl's smug look, she increased the pressure on her hands, making Sakura's eyes widen in pain and she no longer dared to laugh foolishly.
"I've only said that human experimentation is prohibited in the Land of Fire. How you interpret that is your own business."
Tsunade said coldly.
"Don't worry, don't worry, we absolutely won't let the lab set foot in the Land of Fire!" Sakura Haruno waved her hand and laughed.
The Fifth Hokage glared at her and added, "Also, don't even think about getting any information about cloning from the village or me. Any information obtained from Orochimaru's base must be handed over to the village upon your return!"
The girl rolled her eyes and said with a pained expression, "Master, do you expect me to memorize all the information in such a short time?"
Thinking about it carefully, it's obviously impossible!
If the data Orochimaru painstakingly collected over many years were so simple, something he could memorize overnight, then she wouldn't need to go through all this trouble; she could just create the clone herself!
Tsunade's expression remained indifferent, offering no hint whatsoever.
That's your own business.
She said.
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