Hashirama's Secret Scroll

While Danzō Shimura was busy recruiting smaller clans and talented civilians, Shimura Kentei had already arrived at the Senju clan's territory.

After announcing his name, he was led by a beautiful, long-legged lady with fair skin and black hair, wearing white stockings, to his cheap teacher Tsunade's residence.

As one of Konoha's two founding pillars, the Senju clan's territory was vast. It took quite some time, winding through many paths, before they reached Tsunade's residence.

It was a rather luxurious wooden house, and Kentei carefully noticed that the entire residence was a single unit with no visible seams.

"A creation of Wood Style?"

Lost in thought, Shimura Kentei recalled a legend. It was said that at the very beginning of Konoha's founding, the First Hokage personally used Wood Style to shape a batch of houses for people to live in.

Tsunade's current mansion was likely one of them.

"Where's your sister?"

Entering the mansion and finding Nawaki Senju hanging from a tree doing suspended sit-ups, Shimura Kentei asked.

Seeing Shimura Kentei arrive, Nawaki Senju stopped training, took out a kunai to cut the ropes binding his feet, flipped down, and said.

"My sister was called by Grandma to train the Yin Seal. Before she left, she told me that if you came, I should take you to our clan's secret archive!"

"Secret archive?"

"It's where the clan's secret Ninjutsu inheritances are stored."

Explaining casually, Nawaki Senju, with a cold expression, walked out, preparing to take Shimura Kentei to the secret archive.

Although he was unhappy about letting this guy directly enter their clan's secret archive, it was his violent older sister's order, and he dared not disobey, lest he receive a "Love's Iron Fist."

Shimura Kentei naturally wouldn't refuse such a good opportunity and quickly followed. Along the way, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is it really okay for me to enter your family's secret archive like this?"

He could easily understand what the so-called secret archive was, similar to the Sutra Repository of Shaolin Temple in novels.

However, the inheritance of secret Ninjutsu was the foundation of a ninja clan's power, and it was impossible to let an outsider in, even if his teacher was the young lady of the Senju family.

"The secret archive has several floors. I'm only taking you to the first floor this time, which doesn't involve our family's important inheritances."

Answering casually, Nawaki Senju stopped speaking. Soon, they arrived at a large wooden building, which was the Senju clan's secret archive for storing various inheritances.

"Was this also shaped by the First Lord using Wood Style?"

After observing the wooden building, Shimura Kentei understood that this was definitely another creation of the First Hokage, and its grandeur was far superior to Tsunade's mansion.

Just being close to it made him feel refreshed, and even the fatigue from wearing his Battle Suit for a long time vanished.

This place was very unusual!

"Of course. This secret archive was shaped by my grandfather using Sage Art and reinforced by my grandmother with Fuinjutsu. There's still a massive amount of chakra stored here."

With a proud expression, Nawaki Senju had never met his great-grandfather, but he knew from books how powerful his grandfather was. The title "God of Shinobi" was not just for show.

Unfortunately, Shimura Kentei was not interested in this and walked directly towards the closed door of the secret archive.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Seeing Shimura Kentei ignore him, Nawaki Senju's cheeks puffed up in anger, and he quickly followed him into the secret archive.

"Are there no guards here?"

Pushing open the closed door and entering the first floor of the secret archive, Shimura Kentei found it filled with tall bookshelves but not a single person, which made him quite curious.

Were the Senju clan members this carefree?

"This is the safest place in our Senju clan. No one can act recklessly here."

With a face full of confidence, Nawaki Senju knew the true situation here very well; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the safest place in all of Konoha.

"You can read any scroll here. Based on my sister's training progress, she won't be out within a month. The stairs to the second floor are sealed with Fuinjutsu, so you can't go up. Don't try to force your way in, or the consequences will be more than you can handle. Also, when it's time for meals, you should go back to my sister's mansion yourself; someone will prepare food for you."

After a brief explanation, Nawaki Senju dared not stay any longer and quickly slipped away from the secret archive.

He didn't want to be caught by the elder who was stationed there, or he would be lectured again.

"The Senju clan truly lives up to its reputation as the number one clan in the Ninja World!"

Looking curiously at the quickly departing Nawaki Senju, Shimura Kentei's gaze returned to the tall bookshelves on this floor. Seeing them filled with scrolls, he couldn't help but sigh.

Although he hadn't been to his own clan's place for storing Ninjutsu inheritances, he had heard from his fiancée that their collection was less than a tenth of this place!

Without delay, Shimura Kentei transformed into a human scanner, browsing and memorizing the countless scrolls within.

He didn't miss any scrolls, whether they were about Ninjutsu inheritances or records of his ancestors' miscellaneous affairs.

Thanks to the Spirit Nurturing Technique from the Body Strengthening Secret Art, he had been training his brain cells with chakra and sonic waves for the past few years. His brain function had significantly improved, making perfect recall effortless.

The following days were much simpler and more monotonous. Shimura Kentei adopted a routine of two points: spending his days in the secret archive reading and memorizing the scrolls on the first floor, and returning to Tsunade's mansion at night to rest while entering the Black Cauldron Space to analyze and organize the knowledge he gained during the day.

With his photographic memory, he finally finished reading all the scrolls on the first floor of the secret archive just before the month was up.

"No wonder they were so generous!"

After finishing the last scroll, Shimura Kentei muttered with a hint of frustration.

He had harbored great expectations before, only to find that the vast majority of the scrolls here only recorded miscellaneous matters, and they were incredibly varied, truly encompassing everything. The truly useful ones were less than ten percent.

The highest-level ninjutsu scrolls he'd seen were only C-Rank, and his family had quite a few of those.

Don't let the few hundred ninjutsu shown in Naruto fool you. In this real world, there are a vast number of ninjutsu, and the lower the rank, the more there are.

Although most ninjutsu have repetitive functions, they are indeed distinct ninjutsu.

Of course, this past month hadn't been wasted. Through these scrolls, his own knowledge had improved significantly, and he had learned many secrets of the Ninja World.

And these were just secondary. His true gains from this trip hadn't arrived yet!

"I hope this isn't a scam!"

Arriving before a thick wooden pillar, Shimura Kentei stared at the crest of the Senju Clan on it. He extended four Chakra Threads, touching the crest. Soon, countless chakra formulas spread out from it, forming a formation diagram.

This was a seal, a very complex seal.

When he had been reviewing and organizing those scrolls earlier, he had vaguely discovered some strange phrases within them. It wasn't until he had finished reading all the scrolls that he understood it was a final message from the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.

The message said he had left something within this seal and included the method to unlock it.

Fortunately, this seal didn't require hand seals to be broken. Otherwise, given his situation, even with the method to break it, it would have been impossible.

Carefully controlling the four Chakra Threads to slowly break the seal on the crest, it took a full day and night before it was finally undone. The crest then disappeared, revealing a hidden compartment containing a scroll.

"Hashirama's Secret Scroll!"

Staring at the four large characters written on the scroll, Shimura Kentei's breathing quickened. He quickly looked around, saw no one, and went to a secluded corner on the first floor.

"I've hit the jackpot!"

Excitedly rubbing his hands together, Shimura Kentei carefully untied the fine string on the scroll and slowly unrolled it.

"Monster Strength Technique!"

The three characters that met his eyes made Kentei's breath catch again. He hadn't expected to obtain the Senju Clan's secret Monster Strength Technique so easily, and it was even Hashirama's version.

He had struck gold this time!

Forcing himself to suppress his excitement, Shimura Kentei continued to unroll the scroll, revealing the training content for the Monster Strength Technique.

"Release a small amount of chakra through the acupoints, integrating it into the body's cells. The more chakra gathered, the stronger the burst of power!"

Huh? That's it?

Continuing to open the scroll, he found that after this short sentence, another ninjutsu called Seal-less Healing appeared. Shimura Kentei blinked his eyes blankly.

"Is that all? Is this just a directory or a summary?"

Forcing down the unease in his heart, Shimura Kentei continued to flip through the scroll, looking at the Seal-less Healing Technique.

"Release a small amount of chakra to stimulate the body. The more you release, the stronger the self-healing ability!"

After reading this sentence, Shimura Kentei, refusing to believe it, continued to flip the scroll, looking at the next summoning jutsu called Rashomon.

"Summon the pre-made Rashomon through a contract scroll. The more chakra you release, the more Rashomon you summon!"

Seeing that it was still just a single, seemingly useless introductory sentence, Shimura Kentei's expression gradually darkened, and he continued to flip forward.

"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence. Release at least ten Tobirama's worth of chakra to stimulate the growth of trees. The more chakra released, the more trees will grow. The trees will instinctively entwine and absorb chakra-infused beings."

"Wood Style: Flower Tree Collision. Based on Deep Forest Emergence, release twenty Tobirama's worth of chakra to stimulate the trees to their extreme, causing them to bloom and release pollen."

"Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique. Release fifty Tobirama's worth of chakra and imagine the appearance of a divine dragon in your mind to form a Wood Dragon."

"Wood Style: Wood Golem Technique. Release one hundred Tobirama's worth of chakra and imagine the appearance of a human body in your mind to form a Wood Golem."

"Sage Mode. Consume the chakra within your body to devour surrounding natural energy, ultimately forming Sage Mode."

"Sage Art Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands. Consume one thousand Tobirama's worth of chakra and imagine the appearance of a thousand-handed Buddha in your mind to form a Wood Style Thousand-Handed Buddha!"

Rubbing his forehead, Shimura Kentei felt that he had been tricked by that Ninja God.

He called it Hashirama's Secret Scroll, but it was clearly just a directory with summaries, especially with phrases like "release a small amount of chakra" which were inhuman.

Are you sure that's just a small amount, not an immense amount?

In the end, he even used Senju Tobirama as a unit of measurement for chakra release.

In some fanfiction novels from his previous life, using Kakashi as a unit of measurement was already extravagant. He hadn't expected Senju Hashirama to be even more formidable, directly using his own brother, Senju Tobirama, as a unit of measurement.

He could only say that he truly lived up to his title as the Ninja God!

"Tsk!"

Just then, a soft chuckle came from behind him, startling Shimura Kentei. The scroll in his hand slipped and fell, only to be caught and taken away by a golden chain.

"Adamantine Sealing Chains!"

The familiar chains made Shimura Kentei's pupils contract sharply. Although he hadn't seen these things in this world, he had seen them when he watched Naruto in his previous life. These were the Adamantine Sealing Chains unique to the Uzumaki Clan.

Furthermore, the Senju scrolls he had read before contained records about them. This was definitely the Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Looking up, he saw that the source of the Adamantine Sealing Chains was a beautiful girl with long, straight red hair.

Her red hair once again confirmed her identity as a member of the Uzumaki Clan.

How could members of the Uzumaki Clan appear in the Senju compound?

"That's right, the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan are closely related. Mito Uzumaki married Hashirama Senju, so it's normal for her to bring some people to live in the Senju compound."

Suddenly enlightened, Shimura Kentei seemed to understand what was going on.

"You have good insight. You actually recognized these as Adamantine Sealing Chains!"

Taking the scroll from the Adamantine Sealing Chains and rolling it up, the Uzumaki girl showed an appreciative expression.

"Beautiful young lady, could you please return that scroll to me? I need to put it back."

With a charming smile, Shimura Kentei extended his palm, asking for the scroll.

Although the item had disappointed him, it was still a relic of the God of Shinobi, so it was better to return it to its original place.

"Young lady?"

The Uzumaki girl was taken aback, then she smiled, a very happy smile.

It was the first time anyone had called her "young lady," and the person saying it was just a kid. This feeling...

Felt pretty good!

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