Sage Body

Sarutobi Toru was seized in Tsunade's arms. Weak and powerless, he struggled slightly, only to find his entire body limp and utterly incapable of resisting.

Feeling the feeble strength of Sarutobi Toru's struggle, a mischievous grin immediately appeared on Tsunade's face. Not only did she refuse to let go, she hugged him even tighter and vigorously rubbed against his chest.

A few minutes later.

Sarutobi Toru wore a blank expression as the giggling Tsunade dressed him as though he were a child, taking the occasional liberty with him as well.

Although Tsunade had given him quite a few benefits too, Sarutobi Toru still felt that his dignity had been utterly trampled.

I was careless. I only thought about how the Reincarnation Warehouse could speed up my recovery, but I never considered that being alone together would make Tsunade completely uninhibited! My dignity has been swept away!

The light emitted by the Heavenly Crystal Sword was indeed remarkably effective. Combined with Sarutobi Toru's special constitution and several hearty meals, he made a complete recovery in just one day and one night.

After testing, all seven of Sarutobi Toru's Chakra nature transformations had improved to some extent. Lightning Release, which he had already devoted himself to studying, had increased in power most dramatically.

An even greater surprise was that Sarutobi Toru's physical fitness had soared forward, becoming nearly unbelievable. Blades and spears could not pierce him, while water and fire could not harm him. Ordinary genin and chunin probably did not even have the ability to injure him.

Moreover, his flesh seemed to have suddenly "come alive," allowing him to perform all sorts of inconceivable movements. His consciousness could reach every muscle fiber in his body, and he could even completely control his nails and the tips of his hair. His five senses had become unbelievably sharp, granting him a perception akin to sensing a cicada before the autumn wind stirred.

In the One Piece world, this technique had a special name: "Life Return"!

When Sarutobi Toru had first discovered his special constitution, he had also wanted to try cultivating the legendary Six Powers of the Navy. However, the training methods he found on his phone left him utterly bewildered.

Iron Body that controlled blood flow? How exactly was a person supposed to control their blood flow? Through their heartbeat?

And Shave, which required stepping on the ground ten times in 0.36 seconds... Huh? How were you supposed to combine the force of ten stomps instead of shooting off with the first step?

Moonwalk, which involved stepping on air, gave Sarutobi Toru an even worse headache. If he already had the ability to step on air and fly into the sky, why would he need to learn the Six Powers of the Navy? A casual punch would probably be able to unleash Hirudora, right?

If such things could truly be mastered, it would only be in the One Piece world. In any case, Sarutobi Toru could never learn them in the Shinobi World.

But now, he should at least be able to learn Iron Body, which controlled blood flow, and Kami-e, which sensed the movement of air.

Of course, before that, he had to teach a certain lawless female ninja a lesson and make her pay the price!

Thus, when a certain female ninja who had misjudged Sarutobi Toru's recovery time tried to tease him again, she paid a painful price.

It was said that Tsunade limped when she went out the next day. She even remained standing while working, too afraid to sit in a chair.

After Sarutobi Toru successfully completed the blood exchange, only Tsunade remained.

With two successful cases, it was basically certain that the current Human Immortal Martial Way held no hidden dangers. Furthermore, Tsunade's Senju bloodline possessed extremely powerful recovery abilities, so this round of cultivation clearly carried no danger.

That was indeed the case. Tsunade's blood exchange proceeded without incident, and she took only a little over ten minutes to make a full recovery.

The reason she recovered so quickly was because Tsunade had awakened a Sage Body!

A true Sage Body and the Senju bloodline were completely different things! Tsunade's already terrifying Chakra Monster had become an unimaginable Chakra Ocean! By Sarutobi Toru's estimate, excluding the Nine-Tails, Tsunade alone possessed nearly as much Chakra as half of all Konoha's shinobi combined!

With Chakra at that level, virtually any ninjutsu could produce consequences like a natural disaster. No wonder the First Hokage, whose Sage Body had reached completion, had been called the God of Shinobi. Once a ninja reached that level, there was truly little difference between them and a deity!

Tsunade's Sage Body still clearly fell far short of the First Hokage's perfected Sage Body. After sensing Tsunade's Chakra, Uzumaki Mito had said that Tsunade now possessed roughly one-tenth of the Chakra Hashirama Senju had at his peak.

Afterward, Sarutobi Toru calculated that Hashirama Senju's Chakra reserves were equivalent to roughly one hundred fifty thousand to two hundred thousand ordinary shinobi. It was hard to say whether the entire Shinobi World even had that many shinobi.

With power that absurd, no wonder he had been sealed away. Otherwise, how were ordinary shinobi supposed to play?

The Hokage World really was a world where bloodlines reigned supreme. After becoming a Blood-exchanging Martial Saint, Might Duy, whose bloodline was unremarkable, merely gained the ability to use ninjutsu. Yet when Tsunade, a direct descendant of the Senju Clan, became a Blood-exchanging Martial Saint, she awakened a Sage Body. They had paid roughly the same price, but their rewards were worlds apart.

Outside Konoha, at a secret Anbu stronghold.

A group of Anbu shinobi stood guard in full battle readiness, mixed with a number of Root ninja.

Inside the stronghold, the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō each led members of the Barrier Division and Sealing Squad, waiting in full battle readiness.

Today was the day Uzumaki Mito transferred the Nine-Tails.

In the room at the deepest part of the stronghold.

Uzumaki Mito sat at the center of a sealing array, a relaxed smile on her face as she chatted with Tsunade. Sarutobi Toru sat nearby.

After a long while, perhaps growing tired, Uzumaki Mito took Tsunade's hand and smiled. "Toru, I'll leave Tsunade to you from now on."

Sarutobi Toru silently nodded. "Don't worry, Grandma Mito. I'll treat Tsunade well."

"That is good. Tsunade, Toru, Nawaki is still young. You two will have to take better care of him in the future as well. This old woman is rather tired, so I won't stay with you any longer."

As Uzumaki Mito spoke, streams of violent crimson Chakra flowed out, vaguely gathering into the shape of a demon fox.

However, the entire sealing array immediately began to glow. Uzumaki Mito formed hand seals, and the demon fox's Chakra was instantly suppressed.

Then, powerful Chakra transformed into chains that directly "dragged" the entire Nine-Tails out.

"Damn Uzumaki Clan, damn Senju Clan, damn humans... Mmph, mmph, mmph!"

Bound tightly all over, the Nine-Tails had only just emerged to catch its breath and had not even managed to curse twice before an Adamantine Sealing Chain tied up its mouth, leaving it able to make only muffled sounds.

Tsunade formed hand seals with both hands. "Eight Trigrams Seal!"

Before the Nine-Tails could react, a powerful suction force came over it. Amid a series of muffled cries, the Nine-Tails was directly sealed into Tsunade's body once more.

Sarutobi Toru blinked. In less than two minutes, the Nine-Tails had been transferred directly into Tsunade's body, as easily as picking up a Chihuahua from a pet store. If he had not sensed the Nine-Tails' powerful Chakra, Sarutobi Toru would definitely have thought this Nine-Tails was a fake.

For a moment, Sarutobi Toru even felt that Konoha's group of shinobi had acted as though they faced a great enemy just to deal with Uzumaki Mito's pet.