Mortals Attempt to Rival Gods

Wu Yu did not know whether it was because he had been using Jade Rabbit Mode a little too often lately—each time his Shadow Clone training ended, he would enter Jade Rabbit Mode and undergo Sage Transformation for a minute or two to ease his fatigue—but after Tsunade finished speaking, he felt a faint ripple in the air.

Had even his lofty great-grandmother become interested?

Tsunade continued by asking how Wu Yu had trained Yin Nature Transformation, so Wu Yu explained Kakashi's method. Tsunade nodded and praised, "As expected of Kakashi. What an ingenious approach."

Wu Yu asked curiously, "Oh? Then how does everyone else train Yin Release?"

Tsunade took a drink and gestured to Shizune, who explained, "Yin Nature Transformation is usually trained in groups of two or three. By trying to sense each other's Chakra, they determine their progress in Yin Nature Transformation—"

She raised three fingers in succession. "Three meters, thirty meters, three hundred meters. When you can clearly sense each other's Chakra even from three hundred meters apart, Yin Nature Transformation is considered initially successful."

Wu Yu said, "Then by that logic, traditional Yin Release users are all sensory types?"

Tsunade snorted. "Three hundred meters? That's a distance you can see clearly with your eyes open. How does that make someone a sensory type? Without a sensing radius of at least one kilometer, how could you have the nerve to call yourself a sensory ninja?"

Shizune smiled. "The method Kakashi taught can be completed alone, which is its advantage. But compared to the usual method, it is probably half a level more difficult. That is its drawback."

Wu Yu asked, "Then how do you train Yang Nature Transformation? The kind that can be done alone."

Tsunade took out three scrolls and arranged them in a row on the table. Their cases were marked respectively with "One," "Two," and "Three."

Tsunade pointed at Scroll No. 1. "Minor injuries." Then at Scroll No. 2. "Severe injuries." Finally, Scroll No. 3. "Death."

"These are Summoning Scrolls. Once you open one and infuse it with Chakra, you can summon fish with different degrees of injury," she said. "When you can skillfully heal the lightly injured fish from Scroll No. 1 with Chakra, you may use Scroll No. 2. The same applies to Scroll No. 3. Once you pass all three scrolls, your Yang Nature Transformation training will be considered initially complete."

"Wait!" Wu Yu raised his hand. "I understand minor and severe injuries, but what does death mean? This is just nature transformation training. Are you saying it can even bring the dead back to life?"

Tsunade calmly drank her wine. "Who said anything about bringing the dead back to life? If you infuse Yang Release Chakra into it and restore a little vitality to the dead fish's body so that it starts flopping around again, that counts as a significant achievement."

"Oh, like that."

Only then did Wu Yu relax and put away the three scrolls.

Tsunade gave a few more examples and explained some key points for training Yang Nature Transformation. Before this brat could get too familiar in front of Shizune, she hurriedly kicked him out.

"If there's anything you don't understand, ask through Haotu," Tsunade called after Wu Yu's retreating back.

Without turning around, Wu Yu made an OK gesture and walked out the Tavern door, vanishing around the corner.

Only then did Shizune ask, "Lady Tsunade, there's no need to rush Nakamori Junior's training so much, is there? You seem a little too hasty..."

Tsunade silently took a sip of wine, then poured herself another cup with a splash. "Shizune, the Chunin Selection Exam begins in just over a month."

"I have a bad feeling about this." She tipped back her head and drained the cup.

"Why did Tsunade have Shizune explain Yin Release? Couldn't she do it herself?"

With that thought passing through his mind, Wu Yu strolled home alone. He put away his ninja tool pouch and the three scrolls, stripped off his clothes, took a cold shower, and came out wearing only a pair of loose shorts. Then he saw that, at some point, a fresh stack of blank manuscript paper had been spread across the coffee table in the living room, with ink and an uncapped fountain pen beside it.

"My personal bodyguard's style seems to be getting a little strange."

Wiping away his sweat, Wu Yu said to the air, "Easy, easy. How about I pay some Chakra instead? Consider it... payment in place of word count?"

"Hmph."

A faint snort came from the air. His great-grandmother truly did not stand on ceremony. She actually reached out, pressing her icy palm against Wu Yu's bare back, and with a gentle suck, drained away 2 Stamina and Chakra Reserves.

With a thud, Wu Yu collapsed onto the sofa and said weakly, "Little Jade, save... save me..."

[Wu Yu! Hang in there!]

The Jade Rabbit cried out, and surging Sage Power flowed into every channel in Wu Yu's body.

Chakra had an instinct to seek stability, automatically forming an image suited to its nature. Its source was Kaguya's Jade Rabbit Power, so it manifested Sage traits on his forehead, eyes, and ears...

Wu Yu recovered his energy and thought, The Jade Rabbit's total Chakra is probably only around 8 Stamina and Chakra Reserves, about the level of a top-tier Jonin. Not enough...

Springing to his feet, Wu Yu spread out Scroll No. 1 that Tsunade had given him. Amid the dense array of symbols was a large character for "fish." After infusing it with Chakra, a puff of smoke appeared with a Poof, and it summoned a fish as long as his forearm. In the middle of its belly was a wound three centimeters long and one centimeter deep.

Flap, flap... The fish was still thrashing, and Wu Yu hurriedly held it down. If he did not use it for training quickly, it might heal itself...

Wu Yu tried his best to imagine the Chakra gathered in his palm brimming with vigorous life... All things reviving, grass forcing its way through earth and stone, lush forests, a cheetah racing across the plains, a Namekian regenerating a severed limb... Images symbolizing life force flashed through his mind one after another...

Like that, Wu Yu trained for a while, rested for a while, and when he came back to himself, the night had already grown deep.

He yawned, tidied up, and prepared to sleep.

But then he saw that Mysterious Kaguya had appeared at some point. She floated in a corner of the room, holding the large scroll Tsunade had left behind and reading through it. She even seemed quite absorbed.

"What she's reading is... the Yin Seal and the Hundred Healings Technique?"

Wu Yu glanced over and clicked his tongue. "For you, a mortal technique like that should be easy as breathing, right? So, if you understand it, how about explaining it to me?"

Mysterious Kaguya said flatly, "Let the Jade Rabbit take complete control of your body. Then I will impart the knowledge to the Jade Rabbit and alter its will. You will immediately master these two... mortal techniques."

"Good night."

Wu Yu waved a hand and threw himself onto the bed. "Turn off the light for me."

Mysterious Kaguya flicked her finger from afar. With a click, the bedroom went dark.

The Rabbit Goddess's Byakugan glimmered faintly in the night. With a sweep of her broad sleeve, the scattered Tsunade Scrolls rapidly rolled themselves back up and flew into the corner of the room, where they were put away.

"The Yin Seal... this technique uses Yang Release to inject life force, activating the massive amount of accumulated Chakra... If, on top of that, Yin Release power were used to infuse spiritual will, then it would be entirely possible to create a miniature Tailed Beast."

Mysterious Kaguya's figure gradually faded from the room. "Her name is Tsunade... She cannot use Yin-Yang Release, yet she was able to create a 'brain-dead miniature Tailed Beast' within her own body. Truly... remarkable. Mortals... mortals..."