The Unlucky Tsunade

After giving Hiruzen Sarutobi a few pointers, Rinto walked home in high spirits.

Ever since Second Hokage Tobirama Senju's death, he had been having a wonderful time.

Though saying so was a little improper, Rinto did not want to lie to himself. He only wanted to say: Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, the eternal god!

In his opinion, using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu for combat and reconnaissance was simply wasting Lord Tobirama's great invention.

Wouldn't Shadow Clones be better for making money?

Wouldn't they be better for researching other ninjutsu?

Wouldn't they be better for training all sorts of skills he was too lazy to practice himself?

This thing was practically standard equipment for lazy people, a blessing for transmigrators.

Thinking of this, Rinto sighed regretfully.

Shadow Clones were great, but with his amount of Chakra, he could only make three at a time.

Compared to Naruto Uzumaki, who could create hundreds or even thousands of Shadow Clones at once, Rinto was far inferior.

Still, this allowed Rinto to discover one drawback of his immortal body: his total Chakra reserves.

His current total Chakra was roughly equivalent to that of an ordinary Chunin.

Once he reached that limit, no matter how he extracted and trained Chakra, the amount would no longer increase, as though this were the upper limit of his immortal body.

This guess was not baseless. According to the Chakra Extraction Technique, Chakra was formed by combining a person's spiritual energy and physical energy in a certain ratio.

In other words, those with strong wills possessed more spiritual energy, while those with stronger bodies possessed more physical energy.

That was where the problem lay. Due to his long-term, high-intensity Weighted Gear training, Rinto's physical strength had been slowly growing. The strength of his muscles and bones was improving every moment.

Yet the physical energy extracted from each of his cells seemed unchanged.

He even suspected that, in the original story, Hidan's Chakra reserves had only been at Genin level.

After all, that guy did not seem to have something like a brain.

The disadvantage of insufficient Chakra was obvious. Techniques like Wood Release: Tree World Descent were out of the question.

Still, Rinto had enough Chakra to use the Flying Thunder God Technique for simple tricks.

Thinking of the Flying Thunder God Technique made Rinto even more depressed.

Perhaps because he lacked even the slightest sensitivity to space, this technique was exceptionally difficult for him to train.

Seventy or eighty Shadow Clones stayed outside the village, practicing around the clock, yet they could only manage fixed-point teleportation over a dozen meters.

Even then, there was an extremely high chance of being split apart.

Simply put, his upper body would arrive while his legs remained behind. Every attempt ended with a Shadow Clone vanishing.

And enduring the memories brought back by the Shadow Clones placed a considerable burden on him.

Even someone like Rinto, who had grown accustomed to having his head chopped off, found it difficult to endure the endless pain of being split apart, let alone ordinary people without his unusual experiences.

After experiencing the difficulty of training the Flying Thunder God Technique, Rinto became even more envious of Tobirama Senju's and the future Minato Namikaze's talent.

Minato Namikaze in particular had trained the Flying Thunder God Technique to an incredibly profound level. He could cross the entire Land of Fire and quickly reach the battlefield. One had to know that the farther the technique's range, the greater its difficulty and Chakra consumption.

Fortunately, though his progress was as slow as a snail's, he was making some progress after all.

He believed that in the foreseeable future, he would become Naruto Mundo and go wherever he wanted!

Fully embracing the Ah Q spirit, his mood brightened once more.

With the last rays of sunset beneath his feet and a light spring in his step, he was just about to enter his home when a familiar sensation suddenly washed over him. Rinto's brows furrowed sharply.

?!

What's going on?

Why did all the clones training Flying Thunder God outside the village explode?

Recalling the memories from his clones moments ago, Rinto rubbed his chin and thought carefully.

Based on the crushing sensation the clones had transmitted back, it should have been Earth Release or Wind Release ninjutsu.

To wipe out nearly seventy of his clones in one go, the technique's range had to be enormous!

At that thought, a trace of curiosity rose in Rinto's heart.

Who was bored enough to pick a fight with a bunch of Shadow Clones?!

Realizing that he was also bored enough to do such a thing, Rinto decided to leave the village and meet this equally idle fellow.

He acted immediately, forming hand seals with both hands.

Ox—Dog—Dragon—Rat—Dog—Boar—Snake—Tiger.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

With a bang, a clone appeared. Rinto pointed at the Kato household and said, "Go back and sleep."

With that, he tapped the ground with his toes, and his figure vanished in an instant.

To prevent that idle fellow from getting too far away, Rinto sped up and rushed out of the village like an afterimage.

In less than five minutes, Rinto had traveled from the Kato household in the village interior to the place outside the village where his Shadow Clones had been.

At this moment, the trees were in complete disarray, and the ground looked as though it had been chewed up by a dog, uneven and full of pits.

Rinto carefully inspected the traces at the scene, trying to find the person's trail. Suddenly, an extremely faint fragrance drifted into his nostrils.

"Hm? Such a familiar milky scent? Has this guy not been weaned yet?"

As he was mocking the scent, Rinto's brows suddenly drew together and a flash of memory struck him.

No, it's Tsunade's scent!

Without a second thought, Rinto followed the fading scent and gave chase.

There was no need to think about it. Something had definitely happened to Tsunade!

At this point in time, she should not have mastered Superhuman Strength yet and lacked the ability to instantly destroy all his clones.

More importantly, as Hashirama Senju's granddaughter, Tsunade would not possibly wander outside the village at night!

Unless she had been kidnapped, and the one who kidnapped her was at least a Jonin!

This was no longer a question of whether he should save her. He had to save her, and he had to bring her back in one piece.

Because he had grown used to Earth Dog's presence before, Rinto knew clearly that Earth Dog was no longer monitoring him.

And just after he had escaped Anbu surveillance, Konoha's princess was kidnapped. This was like getting mud in his pants—whether it was shit or not, it would still look like shit!

At that thought, Rinto's heart tightened, and his speed increased by another thirty percent.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Rinto formed hand seals with both hands. Three soft pops rang out as he used every last bit of his Chakra to create three clones.

"Stay hidden. Be ready to ambush them at any time!"

The Shadow Clones immediately slowed down and followed behind Rinto's original body.

Then Rinto mobilized the Chakra that had finished replenishing.

Iron Sand continuously emerged from the skin of his back, condensing into a Door Panel Greatsword longer than he was tall.

Rinto immediately felt relieved. The obstructed feeling between every muscle in his body vanished, and even the blood flowing through his veins seemed to become cheerful.

"Getting rid of toxins really makes the whole body feel lighter!"

With a pleased shudder, Rinto exerted force through his legs. His speed, already too fast for ordinary eyes to follow, increased by another thirty percent.

With his body freed, Rinto's base sprinting speed had already reached the level of the Body Flicker Technique.

Not far ahead of Rinto, three people dressed as ninjas were moving at high speed. The one in the middle carried a little girl with a high ponytail over his shoulder. It was Tsunade.

Their destination was the Land of Rou, northwest of Konoha and east of the Land of Earth. There, they would hand over the hostage in their possession to the employer who had paid a hefty price.

In other words, they were mercenary ninjas from the Bounty Exchange.

As the three moved swiftly, the ninja carrying Tsunade in the middle suddenly frowned.

"Big Brother, Second Brother! Someone's chasing us!"

"How many?" the man at the rear of the group asked.

"One!"

Upon hearing that, Tsunade, who had been pretending to be unconscious, suddenly froze.

Her grandfather was from the Senju Clan, and her grandmother was from the Uzumaki Clan. Having inherited the Sage Bodies of both great clans, Tsunade's constitution was incredibly strong. Naturally, she was not so easily knocked unconscious.

Hearing that someone was chasing after them naturally delighted Tsunade, but when she heard there was only one person, her little heart rose to her throat.

Uncle Hiruzen! Is that you, Uncle Hiruzen?

At that moment, the extremely anxious Tsunade desperately wished the person pursuing them was Hiruzen Sarutobi. But upon thinking it over carefully, she felt that the idea was absurd.

Uncle Hiruzen has only just become Naruto. How could he possibly come out alone to save me?!

Even if he did come, he should have brought a large number of Anbu with him!

With that thought, boundless despair rose within Tsunade again, and she could not help regretting it deeply.

If she had known, she would not have lingered by the Naka River in the south, much less stayed out until dark instead of returning to the village.

Leave! Stop chasing us! You'll die!

Just as Tsunade was becoming increasingly anxious, the three people who had kidnapped her landed on the ground with her.

The bald man at the rear had war paint smeared across his face, and his mature-looking expression was incomparably stern.

"Hinoe, take the hostage and go first. Kinoto and I will stop the pursuer. We'll meet at the secret base on the Land of Fire's border!"

"No!" Hinoe suddenly cried out. "He's too fast. It's already too late!"

After saying that, he looked gloomily toward Konoha.

In that direction, the earth trembled faintly. Trees burst apart, wood chips flew everywhere, and it was as though a primordial beast charging wildly forward was racing toward them.

"Stay alert! A taijutsu-type ninja!" the eldest brother named Kinoe shouted in a low voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, a handsome young man carrying a Door Panel Greatsword descended from the pitch-black forest.

With a thunderous boom, the earth beneath the young man's feet collapsed and rocks shattered.

"Yo~ Where do you guys think you're taking our Konoha Washboard Princess?"