The Senju Family's Affairs Are Beyond You

"Mm, finding a way to defeat an opponent when you were at a disadvantage in strength—that was the Gentle Fist."

Shuji nodded at Wenyan's words and spoke to Nawaki.

"Defeating an opponent when you're at a disadvantage in strength..."

Nawaki lowered his head to look at his fist, then raised his head to look at Shuji.

"Can I learn it?"

"Of course."

Shuji smiled and nodded. Basically, aside from Tenketsu Striking, it did not matter if he taught Nawaki the rest.

As for Tenketsu Striking, without the Byakugan's support, Nawaki would not be able to bring out its power anyway.

"All right, you two can discuss it later."

Tsunade sighed helplessly at the sight. She had originally wanted Nawaki to probe Shuji's abilities.

Yet in the end, all he had discovered was that Shuji really was a genius.

As for everything else, she still knew nothing.

But that was fine. Tsunade had other ways.

"Come on, complete these papers. Let me see how much you know about Medical Ninjutsu."

In the study that had once belonged to Senju Tobirama, Tsunade placed a thick stack of test papers before Shuji.

"Uh..."

As Shuji looked at the papers in his hands, his cheek twitched slightly.

"You don't have to answer anything you don't know. This is mainly to see what you do know."

Sitting off to the side with a bottle of sake in hand, Tsunade spoke casually.

"Okay."

Shuji nodded and began writing furiously.

It had to be said, the material covered by these papers was incredibly detailed.

Basically, Shuji could demonstrate everything he knew, while there was... a lot that he did not know.

Before long, Shuji had finished answering everything he could.

After setting down his pen, Shuji could not help feeling somewhat uneasy.

"Have you trained in tree climbing and water walking?"

Tsunade stepped forward, took away Shuji's completed papers, and asked him.

"I have."

Shuji nodded. Perhaps because he had lived two lives and thus possessed stronger spiritual energy, he had quite a talent for Chakra control.

"Mm, you're much better than I expected. Start by training Superhuman Strength. The Mystical Palm Technique involves some Chakra nature transformation, so you can train that later."

Tsunade nodded and found a sheet of drawing paper, handing it to Shuji.

"Use Chakra to cut out the shape on the paper."

"Okay."

Shuji nodded and accepted the paper Tsunade handed him. There was a square drawn on it.

He circulated the Chakra within his body and began cutting the paper, while Tsunade started flipping through the papers he had completed.

As for Nawaki, he was doing physical training in the dojo while also practicing tree climbing and water walking.

Whenever Shuji was about to finish cutting out a shape, Tsunade would hand him another sheet bearing a more complicated pattern.

Until...

"To master so much knowledge in just half a month—you've worked surprisingly hard."

Tsunade set the papers in her hand aside and spoke to Shuji.

"Given your current physical condition, I suggest creating two Shadow Clones. Have them train in Medical Ninjutsu knowledge and Chakra control respectively.

"Your main body can go train taijutsu with Nawaki."

Watching Shuji cut the paper with complete concentration, Tsunade spoke.

"Okay."

Shuji nodded. Without the slightest hesitation, he rose to his feet and created two Shadow Clones.

After bidding Tsunade farewell, his main body left the study.

"You can't handle it? You're already gasping like that after only two hundred sit-ups?"

In the Senju family's dojo, Senju Nawaki wiped the sweat from his forehead, folded his arms, and looked down at Hyuga Shuji, who was sprawled on the ground and panting heavily.

"Hah?"

Shuji climbed to his feet and licked his upper lip as he looked at Senju Nawaki.

"Come on, I'll let you use one hand."

Shuji spoke to Nawaki while panting heavily.

"Tch, who wants to spar with you?"

Nawaki curled his lips in disdain, took two steps back, dropped to the floor, and continued doing push-ups.

Senju Nawaki, who had just been thrown to the ground, did not want to be thrown again.

As he did his push-ups, Nawaki muttered to himself.

"Sigh... How could someone fail to keep going with training at this level? That shouldn't be possible."

Shuji raised a brow, clasped his hands behind his head, and spoke airily as he did sit-ups.

"Sigh... Why would someone with such great strength still be defeated in a single move?"

After a pause, Shuji glanced at Nawaki as though by accident and sighed helplessly.

"How could that happen? It shouldn't be possible."

The moment he finished speaking, Senju Nawaki's face flushed bright red, and veins even bulged on his forehead.

This guy...

Clearly, Senju Nawaki's push-ups became faster.

"Huh? Nawaki, why is your face so red? Are you too tired? That shouldn't be possible. With the Senju family's constitution, how could training at this level make you feel tired?"

Blinking, Shuji asked Nawaki, his eyes carrying just the right amount of confusion.

"Ah... Stop asking so many questions. The Senju family's affairs are beyond you..."

The day passed in the blink of an eye. That evening, after bidding Tsunade farewell, Shuji headed toward the Hyuga Clan.

Watching Shuji leave, Tsunade returned to the study with her hands behind her back.

She opened the desk drawer, casually pushed aside the scroll engraved with the character for water, and picked up the scroll beneath it engraved with the character for flying.

Pressing her lips together, Tsunade added Sealing Technique training to Shuji's curriculum.

In Tsunade's view, the Flying Thunder God was still quite useful. Even if one lacked the reaction speed to use it in battle,

when trapped in a desperate situation, one could still use the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Konoha.

After closing the drawer, Tsunade walked with her hands behind her back and a bottle of sake in hand. Before she knew it, she had arrived at the entrance of the Konoha Casino.

"You're back?"

At home, dinner was already prepared. Seeing Shuji soaked from head to toe, Chinatsu smiled softly.

"Go take a bath first. After dinner, get ready to practice Tenketsu Striking."

"Whew~"

Shuji raised a brow and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Okay~"

A somewhat twisted smile appeared on his face as Shuji silently went next door to bathe.

This really was... training at a lethal level...

But so what?

Children from civilian families did not even have the opportunity to train this desperately.

What was more, Nen Energy could greatly alleviate bodily fatigue and the damage inflicted on the body during training.

And so time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, the Hyuga Clan's third internal family competition was about to begin.