I Have No Time Left

"The First Hokage you mentioned... was he the one who founded our Konoha?"

Sasuke, Sakura, and Shion all widened their eyes.

To them, the First Hokage was a legendary figure whose deeds had been passed down in Konoha to the present day.

"That's right!"

Tsunade nodded, a look of nostalgic recollection surfacing in her eyes.

After the shock faded, Sasuke frowned. "Could it be that in the entire Shinobi World, only the First and Lord Jiraiya can harness natural energy?"

"As far as I know, yes."

Tsunade spoke the truth. Although she had heard Jiraiya mention that the Fourth Hokage attempted to practice Senjutsu at Mount Myōboku, she did not know whether he had succeeded. Later, the Fourth died young, so she never mentioned him to Sasuke and the others.

After all, in her view, the only one who truly mastered Senjutsu was the First himself.

In her eyes, Jiraiya's state—which required external assistance and auxiliary means to barely activate Sage Mode—did not strictly count as mastering Senjutsu.

Sakura couldn't help exclaiming, "So harnessing natural energy is such a difficult thing!"

Shion asked, "Since harnessing natural energy is so difficult, how did the mysterious person who attacked Sasuke manage to inject natural energy into the Cursed Seal?"

Tsunade looked at Sasuke. "So now you understand why we can only lift this Cursed Seal for you if we find that mysterious person! We can only figure out a way once we first understand how they managed to do it!"

Sasuke understood why Tsunade had told him all this and said no more.

"What you need most right now is rest!"

After finishing the examination, Tsunade left Sasuke's hospital room.

Once Tsunade and the others departed, Sasuke suddenly spoke up, "Sakura, I need your help!"

Sakura's heart skipped a beat. "What... what