A Strong Person Was Worthy of Being Challenged by Me

Shinji's arrangements for Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo had not been a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Designating Ryūsetsuna as the team's medical support would allow her to make the most of her Yang Release Kekkei Genkai.

Training Ryūsetsuna was also a kind of insurance.

That was because Ryūsetsuna's Dragon Life Reincarnation Jutsu, like Chiyo's One's Own Life Reincarnation and the Rinnegan's Revolving Heaven Jutsu, was a true resurrection technique.

The difference was that the first two required the deceased to be in a certain condition. The Rinnegan's Revolving Heaven Jutsu, on the other hand, could revive someone whose life force had been completely extinguished—even a corpse that had been dead for decades or had been damaged.

Likewise, training Chiyo to become a dōjutsu specialist would allow her to make the most of her Chinoike Clan heritage.

At the same time,

Ryūsetsuna's training in Medical Ninjutsu and Chiyo's mastery of the Ketsuryūgan, which gave her the ability to control blood, would help them better absorb the effects of Blue Spider Lily No. 1 and master the training techniques of the Twelve Palaces.

Taijutsu secrets were different from other secret techniques and Forbidden Jutsu.

Whether it was Tsunade's Superhuman Strength Punch, the Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode, or Might Guy's Eight Gates, learning them required personal instruction in the methods, followed by day after day of grueling, monotonous practice.

Shinji had been able to grasp the Twelve Palaces so quickly because he had developed the technique himself. He also had solid Medical Ninjutsu skills and experience practicing Water Breathing.

So it was only natural that Ryūsetsuna and Chiyo had been completely bewildered when they saw the Twelve Palaces scroll.

Fortunately, both of them had been injected with Blue Spider Lily No. 1, which had enhanced their physiques across the board. That gave them a tremendous innate