Do You Even Know How to Play?

The Sannin were immensely famous.

Especially when all three gathered together, the vast majority of ninja would flee at the mere sight of them.

But taken separately, Tsunade was the least famous.

There were two main reasons.

First, she was a Medical Ninja.

The ninja world's stereotype was that Medical Ninja were meant to be protected and lacked combat prowess.

Second, she had not been active.

After Tsunade developed Hemophobia during the Second Shinobi World War, she had distanced herself from Konoha and the life of a ninja.

By now, more than a decade had passed. The new generation of ninja had virtually no memory of her.

Her only two noteworthy achievements were the Sannin facing Hanzō of the Salamander and Tsunade fighting Chiyo alone.

But both of those accomplishments highlighted Tsunade's abilities as a Medical Ninja even more.

Toroi was delighted rather than alarmed upon seeing her, precisely for these reasons.

If it had been Orochimaru or Jiraiya, there was a high chance he would have retreated.

Their achievements were far more illustrious than Tsunade's.

Fire Style: Fire Dragon Bullet!

Ryosuke opened his mouth and spat out a fire dragon.

Kumogakure specialized in Nintaijutsu and Lightning Style, but that did not mean they lacked other styles of ninjutsu.

People's constitutions could not be lumped together.

Some people were naturally attuned to fire-nature Chakra. There was no need for them to abandon the shortcut and train in Lightning Style ninjutsu.

After Ryosuke made his move, the other ten did not remain idle either.

All kinds of ninja tools flew through the air.

Water Style: Water Wall!

Natsume formed hand seals with both hands.

The fire dragon and the surging water canceled each other out. Under the vaporizing reaction, mist suddenly burst forth everywhere.

Kabuto Yakushi's eyes shifted. His body vanished, and green light emerged from his right hand, forming a scalpel.

A scream rang out.

A Kumogakure chunin at the edge instinctively lowered his head and saw a bloody hand protruding from his chest.

"Bastard!"

The nearest Kumogakure ninja saw clearly that Kabuto Yakushi had taken advantage of the mist to strike him from behind.

A cold gleam flashed.

The Kumogakure ninja drew his greatsword and slashed at Kabuto Yakushi.

Danger descended.

Kabuto Yakushi did not react at all.

"Die!"

Seeing him seemingly frozen in terror, the Kumogakure ninja revealed a vicious grin.

The next second.

Several shuriken flew out from behind him, intertwining in midair before striking his vital points from all sorts of tricky angles.

The Kumogakure ninja's smile froze, and he dropped straight to the ground.

Kabuto Yakushi severed the Chakra threads with his left hand and lunged at the other ninja once more.

At the same time, Shizune provided support not far from him.

Water Style: Water Trumpet Technique!

Natsume was under far greater pressure than Kabuto Yakushi, because he faced three jonin.

Standing in front of Tsunade, he pressed his hands together. A massive trumpet flower bloomed and shot straight through the lingering smoke from before.

Then he rapidly formed hand seals, his expression solemn.

The next ninjutsu was rather dangerous. He could use it at most once.

But it was highly likely to take out some of the enemy.

"This guy is a jonin!"

Ryosuke's heart tightened.

Jonin were nothing unusual.

But a jonin under the age of ten was simply absurd.

"I most enjoy killing geniuses—people with strength but no idea how to use it."

Ryosuke's jonin colleague sneered.

He had seen far too many geniuses who performed terribly once they reached the battlefield.

Besides, he was under ten years old. There was only so strong he could be.

Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!

His gaze turned cold as he gathered a large amount of Chakra in both hands.

An earthen wall rose up, blocking the water trumpet flower.

Droplets of water burst apart as a result.

Ryosuke nodded at the sight. He was only a jonin—nothing to fear.

Natsume paused his hand signs and spat out a stream of water less than five centimeters in diameter.

Water Style: Water Severing Wave!

A Water Style developed by the Second Hokage—oh no, Tobirama Senju.

It highly compressed Chakra into a sharp blade.

In the original work, Tobirama Senju had used this jutsu to sever the roots of the Divine Tree.

Natsume could not compare to him.

But Ryosuke and the others were not the Divine Tree.

Moreover, the technique looked rather ordinary on the surface, making it extremely easy to deceive enemies.

"So small? Has our genius run out of Chakra?"

The Earth Style jonin could not help but sneer.

Mockery aside, he was not slow.

Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet!

A mud-colored dragon head emerged from the ground and spat out a mud projectile.

Natsume took a breath.

He no longer looked at the talking corpse.

Body Flicker Technique.

He blocked the third jonin's shuriken.

Tremendous force traveled through it.

It was Nintaijutsu.

Natsume's body slid backward.

"You don't know dea—"

The middle-aged man had originally intended to ambush Tsunade, only for Natsume to stop him.

He had barely spoken three words before his teammate's scream startled him.

The small water stream suddenly accelerated, slicing through both the earth dragon and its caster as smoothly as silk.

Even the blood seemed to freeze for two seconds before spraying out.

Of the three jonin, only two remained.

Natsume glanced at Toroi. He was the real priority.

At the moment, relying on various ninja tools and Magnet Release, he had already gained the upper hand.

Katsuyu was a support-type summoning beast.

Her offensive method was to spit out corrosive liquid.

Other than that, she was like a Medical Ninja's cheat, turning single-target healing into group healing.

"You deserve to die!"

Lightning flared around the middle-aged man's body as he instantly arrived before Natsume.

Without any fancy jutsu, he simply threw a punch.

Seizing the opportunity, Ryosuke spat out a continuous barrage of fireballs like meteors, intending to drown Tsunade beneath them.

Natsume clenched his fist and met the middle-aged man's punch head-on.

Monster Strength!

The middle-aged man wore an expression of certain victory, but the immense force flooding into his arm made his face change dramatically.

"AAAAAH!"

His entire arm exploded with a bang.

Taking advantage of the moment, Natsume drew a kunai and slit his throat.

The instant blood gushed out, he used the Body Flicker Technique to charge at Tsunade.

Aside from a handful of ninja, most had high offense but low defense.

Just then, Tsunade rose to her feet, her body turning into a black blur as she dodged Ryosuke's ninjutsu.

The treatment was already over.

"Natsume, leave him to you. I'll deal with that Magnet Release ninja."

Tsunade created a clone and had it drag Shidō Akimichi to safety, while she herself leaped onto Katsuyu's head.

Toroi inwardly cursed.

His original plan had been to suppress Katsuyu in the shortest possible time, then join Ryosuke and the others in besieging Tsunade, capturing her alive or killing her.

Either outcome would be a major accomplishment.

As for Natsume and the other two, they had never entered his calculations at all.

Three little brats without flak jackets were basically Genin, at most Chunin.

If Ryosuke and the others took more than ten seconds to deal with them, it would be an insult to Jonin.

But things had turned out completely differently from what he had imagined.

Eight Chunin could not take down Kabuto Yakushi and Shizune.

Three Jonin, three against one, and two of them got killed in return. Did they even know how to fight?

Toroi even suspected they had gotten their Jonin ranks through the back door.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain it.

Having lost his target, Ryosuke immediately turned his gaze to Natsume.

His expression was rather grave.

With two teammates dead in a row, he naturally did not dare underestimate Natsume.

But fortunately, after using so many ninjutsu, the genius before him had already gone pale.

That was a sign of excessive Chakra consumption.

Fire Style: Flame Whirlwind!

Centered on Ryosuke, countless streams of Chakra turned red and rapidly spread in every direction, eventually forming a fiery tornado.

"I can at least say I avenged you."

He looked at Natsume as though he could already see him screaming amid the flames.

Rip.

The sound of flesh tearing apart.

Natsume's body transformed into vines and was burned to ashes in the flames.

"A clone?"

Ryosuke did not react at first.

He had seen Water Clones, Lightning Clones, Earth Clones, and all sorts of other clones, but he had never seen a Wood Clone.

The sound of wind came from behind him.

Ryosuke's hair stood on end, and he hurriedly turned around.

What met his eyes was Natsume's right arm covered in sharp branches—or rather, wooden spikes.

That was the last thing he saw.

The spikes plunged deep into his body, then branched and grew, turning him into a bloody porcupine.

Since Natsume had exposed his Wood Style, he was confident he could leave none of them alive.

He glanced at the remaining Chunin.

With Shizune and Kabuto Yakushi working together, only three were still stubbornly resisting.

They were practically dead already.

Natsume finally turned his attention to Toroi.

This man had a minor role in the original story.

In other words, he could contribute Destiny Points.

And dying at Tsunade's hands was completely different from dying at his hands, so he had to steal the kill and be a kill thief.

Natsume gripped the First Hokage's Necklace. An endless stream of Chakra poured out, making his body feel as though it were about to swell.

"Teacher."

He called out.

Both Toroi and Tsunade froze.

Toroi was stunned because of Ryosuke's death.

What had happened?

In less than a minute, he was the only one left holding things together.

Suppressed by Tsunade, Toroi had no attention to spare for Ryosuke and Natsume's battle, so he was completely bewildered now.

Tsunade, however, understood the reason.

It had to be Wood Style.

Otherwise, it could not have happened so quickly.

As for suddenly calling her out, he clearly wanted to join the fight.

After all these years, Tsunade was already thoroughly familiar with Natsume in every respect.

With just one look from him, she knew what he intended to do.

Tsunade retreated.

Natsume immediately took her place.

Toroi came to his senses and instantly flew into a rage.

What did you master and disciple think you were doing?

You thought I was Hello Kitty just because I hadn't shown my claws?

You were looking down on me too much!

Toroi flung out his cube-shaped shuriken.

"Don't touch them with your body," Tsunade, watching from the side, warned. "Prolonged contact will magnetize you."

Magnet Release.

A rather formidable Kekkei Genkai.

Its representative users were the Third Kazekage and Fourth Kazekage.

Compared to them, Toroi's Magnet Release was developed quite poorly.

He only knew this one technique: magnetization.

He could not control iron sand or gold dust.

Wood Style: Wood Golem Wall!

Wooden walls rose around Natsume, blocking the cube-shaped shuriken from a distance.

"Wood Style?!"

Toroi's eyes widened, his tone filled with utter shock.

He had never seen Wood Style before, but he had heard of it.

In that instant, a single thought surfaced in his mind.

Run!

Get out of here!

Tell Lord Fourth Raikage this news.

The merit would not be much less than capturing Tsunade alive.

And more importantly, he could not defeat the two of them working together.

Wood Style: Rampant Gun Tree!

Naturally, Natsume would not let go of the opportunity while he was distracted.

Or rather, he had been waiting for this very moment.

Because of the fearsome reputation Hashirama Senju had established, most ninja reacted like this the first time they saw Wood Style.

Multiple wooden vine branches extended from Natsume's body, combining in an instant and evolving into a towering tree.

Toroi wanted to flee, but he could not.

The branches seemed to come alive, wrapping around him at incredible speed.

The Magnet Release he had been so proud of lost its effect at this moment; he could no longer magnetize anything.

Because of your actions, Toroi's destiny has changed. You have gained 49 Destiny Points.

Because of your actions, Hiruko's destiny has changed. You have gained 8 Destiny Points.

Because of your actions, Shidō Akimichi's destiny has changed. You have gained 9 Destiny Points.

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