Kushina Uzumaki was quite useful. Minato Namikaze went on another mission that very same day.
With Minato Namikaze, the thorn Hiruzen Sarutobi had planted, gone, there was no longer any need for the Ino-Shika-Cho Three Families to hold back. They could finally act freely.
Hiroshi Tamura didn't get involved in any of that. A few days later, though, Teacher Fat Sheep found an excuse to beat him up... No, to spar with him.
"Steel Release?"
Hiroshi stared in bewilderment at Teacher Fat Sheep's blackened hands, his face already bruised and swollen.
That was definitely Steel Release, and it wasn't some foreign chakra. It was Teacher Fat Sheep's own Kekkei Genkai.
But hadn't he told her to combine her chakra with Wood Release? How had she ended up with Steel Release instead?
"Beating people up feels different when you have Steel Release."
Tsunade was very pleased with how it felt. It was so satisfying that she wished she could come over and beat him up every day.
"Teacher, didn't you try to combine your chakra with Wood Release? That should suit you better."
Hiroshi couldn't understand why she'd chosen Steel Release instead. Wood Release clearly had more potential.
"Do you think I didn't want to? I tried plenty of times. When I combined Water and Earth Release, all I got was Lava Style. The only way I could make Wood Release would be to transplant my grandfather's cells."
Tsunade rolled her eyes. Ever since she'd obtained that Wood Release chakra, she'd been trying to combine it into Wood Release of her own. She'd even made a Cursed Seal and placed it on her body to guide the process further.
But the chakra she produced was always Lava Style, not Wood Release with its life-giving properties.
She suspected she might be able