Yuzuru returned to his tent and took a tiny amount of Mount Myōboku Divine Oil from a large Sealing scroll, putting it into a glass bottle.
The stuff really was dangerous. After a moment's thought, he dipped a finger into the oil and spread a little on his arm.
The oiled skin felt somewhat like it had been rubbed with medicated balm, but the former was more potent.
As for its effects, Yuzuru could only feel the skin on his arm absorbing Natural Energy at a dramatically increased rate. The process was also uncontrollable and impossible to stop.
"No wonder Jiraiya was so cautious. This stuff really is dangerous." After testing it a little, Yuzuru had a general idea of what the oil did.
Mount Myōboku Divine Oil was actually quite useful for catching people off guard. If someone accidentally bathed in it or took a sip, they'd turn to stone on the spot.
Yuzuru shook his head. He could basically only use the oil as a ninja tool. Its greatest use was to help sense and absorb Natural Energy, but Yuzuru didn't need that ability.
The obstacle preventing Yuzuru from learning Senjutsu wasn't acquiring Natural Energy. It was getting the proportions just right.
"Anyway, now I can set things on fire to my heart's content..."
Besides getting the oil from Jiraiya, unexpectedly running into Nawaki yesterday had also been a pleasant surprise. Yuzuru decided to keep a closer eye on Nawaki from now on.
It was a shame that Yuzuru didn't know enough about the Shinobi World to delve into its finer details. Otherwise, he could have pinpointed the date Nawaki died in the original timeline.
The sequence of events was fairly clear: Nawaki's twelfth birthday, Tsunade giving him the pendant, then Nawaki getting blown up by an Exploding