I Am the Sun × Tsunade's Shock

Tsunade of alcohol, Tsunade appeared, supported by Shizune...

Even though it's working hours now,

Konoha is still at war

Hundreds of Ninja awaited treatment.

The village's upper echelons are short of immediate combat power.

Sarutobi Hiruzen continued to indulge his beloved student's gambling and drinking, letting him slack off all day long, showing no regard for the image of the "Sannin," let alone the dignity of his teacher.

Just like in the original story, when he caught Orochimaru conducting human experiments on living people, he even confronted him in the lab, but ultimately let him leave, which led to Orochimaru's subsequent attack on Konoha and forced him to his death.

Sarutobi Hiruzen glared at Tsunade with exasperation, forcibly suppressing the rising anger within him. He told Shizune to bring Tsunade a cup of tea. The old woman sprawled out on the sofa in the corner of the desk, picked up the tea, and gulped it down. At that moment, she was less like a woman and more like a man.

Perhaps this way I can numb myself and forget the pain of my brother and fiancé dying one after another in battle.

"Glug glug glug..." The pot of tea was quickly emptied.

The effects of the alcohol seemed to have worn off considerably; Tsunade let out a comfortable groan, stretched out her arms, and collapsed onto the sofa.

She said impatiently, "Spit it out! I'm rushing to another game, but I'm sure I can win big tonight and make up for everything I've lost these past two days!" Shizune nearby, helplessly took the water bottle that Shizune tossed to her, and secretly glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Amidst the swirling smoke, the Hokage's twitching lips could be vaguely seen, clearly indicating that he was desperately suppressing the anger in his heart.

Fortunately, business was of the essence. As the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen had the composure and patience to keep his emotions in check. He opened the drawer and pushed the [Limb Regeneration Jutsu] that Fugaku had presented earlier in front of Tsunade.

"Look at this,"

"What?"

"A ninjutsu,"

"What's so interesting about that?" Tsunade grew increasingly impatient, glaring at him. "Old man, if there's nothing else, I'm leaving." Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."

Several blue veins bulged on his temples, seemingly about to erupt, but fortunately...

Shizune reacted quickly, grabbing the scroll in her hand and clearing her throat, saying, "Tsunade, I'll read it to you quickly, so we won't be late for our event."

As she spoke, she unfurled the scroll and saw the five large characters "[Limb Regeneration Jutsu]" clearly written on the title page. Reflected in her calm eyes, they seemed to possess a magical power, drawing Shizune's gaze in. Her lips trembled, and for a moment, she couldn't utter a single syllable. This caused Tsunade, who was already impatiently waiting on the sofa, to...

He frowned.

He turned his head and glared at her. "Shizune..."

"..." I am here," feeling Tsunade's impatient gaze, Shizune, dressed in black trousers and high-heeled sandals, was more like Tsunade's personal butler than her bodyguard, responsible for taking care of her daily life and preventing her from becoming a lazy, degenerate person she couldn't find.

The woman, who doubled as bodyguard and housekeeper, clutched the thin scroll in her hand and glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen once more. Seeing the old man still sitting upright in the smoke, casually puffing on his pipe, she composed herself, took a deep breath, and slowly read, "[Limb Regeneration Jutsu], as the name suggests, it governs 'limb regeneration'..."

"The Chakra flow path is as follows..."

"Hand seal method..."

"Wait!" Suddenly, a fair, white hand reached out and snatched the scroll from Shizune's hand before she could continue reading... At this moment, Tsunade seemed to have truly sobered up; the two intoxicating blushes on her cheeks faded, replaced by a shocked and serious face!

This face... needless to say, it's Sarutobi Hiruzen; even Shizune, who's always by a woman's side, hasn't seen it for a long time! When did it disappear, and when did it begin...? Probably on the evening Kato Dan- sama died... From then on, the words "serious" and "proper" were no longer part of Tsunade's life.

With a "whoosh," the scroll opened, Tsunade stood up, sitting upright, her beautiful eyes wide open, intently staring at the [Limb Regeneration Jutsu].

From "a hunch about the development of ninjutsu" to "analysis of principles" and "repeated verification of Chakra flow paths," and finally to "hand seals," every word is meticulously presented. Apart from the "path verification" that Uchiha Fugaku slightly modified to make this ninjutsu seem more realistic, it was also "researched with great effort," highlighting one key point: it was hard-won.

In short,

Watching... watching... Tsunade started biting her nails...

It was exactly the same obsessive way she was during her student days, immersed in studying and researching medical ninjutsu.

Upon seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen gave the old man a barely perceptible smile, instantly putting his mind at ease... It's all settled!

"Incredible! It seems this ninjutsu really has potential... Jin, with such an outstanding child like you, what am I supposed to do with you?" Some people are so mediocre, even stupid, that they cause worry.

Some people are so outstanding, even to the point of being uncontrollable, that they cause people worry.

The Sun-Earring Boy with the black hair and sharp eyes was clearly the latter!

"Pfft~" Sarutobi Hiruzen his mouth and exhaled a smoke ring with a sigh... As the smoke ring drifted, it gradually expanded, faded, and finally reached Tsunade, leaving only a thin wisp of smoke.

The woman, with her blonde hair flowing down her back, finally finished reading everything on the scroll.

She took a deep breath, pulled her head off the scroll, and stared intently at Sarutobi Hiruzen, asking, "Who? Who developed this ninjutsu?" As she spoke, Shizune followed Tsunade toward Sarutobi Hiruzen. Without a doubt, given that it had undergone Tsunade's thorough investigation, this ninjutsu was probably... real, and far more than that.

"Pat~"

Quiet is the only sound in the Hokage's office right now.

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not answer immediately.

He changed the subject, asking, "Do you think this ninjutsu has the potential for widespread adoption?"

Tsunade frowned and pondered for a moment, even attempting to perform the technique according to Roy's summary. After a while, she nodded decisively. "Yes."

"The technique itself isn't complicated, but the angle is novel, and what's even more surprising is... the author's understanding of [Yang Release] is almost like..." "Like whom?"

"Like my grandfather."

Grandpa... The Hokage's office fell silent again!

Shizune stared wide-eyed at Tsunade in disbelief... Her grandfather... wasn't that... the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama?! Outside the window, the sun shone brightly.

The massive Hokage Rock is visible across the commercial district.

The one seated first on the left, looking down at Konoha as if looking down at Shizune, was Sarutobi Hiruzen. His presence caused the two to fall silent once more.

"Plop!" Another puff of tobacco.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt the smoke enter his lungs through his trachea, the burning sensation forcing him to stay awake. He glanced again through the smoke at Tsunade. For the first time in his life, and from his own student, he had heard such high praise as "similar to the First Hokage"... But did that Fugaku kid deserve such a compliment?

The old man squinted, recalling the [Wood Release] technique he had just seen from the Sun-Earring Boy a few days ago. He put down his pipe, sighed, and said, "Techniques always need to be spread. Even if I didn't tell you, knowing your personality, you would have investigated it yourself, wouldn't you?"

Tsunade did not refute this point.

She might be giving up, she might be heartbroken, but when it comes to "family," especially when it involves a deep understanding of [Yang Release], the Senju clan's representative [escape technique], Tsunade instantly becomes alert and relentlessly pursues the matter to the end. After all,

Who Tsunade her to be the last descendant of the Senju Clan?

The woman gripped the scroll, glaring intently at Sarutobi Hiruzen, "So who is it?"

His voice was dry and almost trembling as he asked again, "Is it Senju Clan?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook off the ash from his pipe and slowly shook his head: "He's not the Senju Clan, on the contrary, he's the Senju Clan's... mortal enemy." "The Senju Clan's mortal enemy..." Shizune silently pondered these words, her mouth suddenly widening as she blurted out, "Uchiha?!" "That's impossible!" Tsunade denied without hesitation!

The inherently evil Uchiha is not an empty claim. In Konoha at present, even though no one knows that the Senju Clan and Uchiha are the reincarnations of Asura and Indra, who respectively inherited the Yang Release and Yin Release,...

The incompatibility of Yin and Yang, just as the incompatibility of Water and Fire, has become a tacitly accepted principle in the ninja world, deeply ingrained in the hearts of every Ninja. The Uchiha, are inherently incompatible with the Sun type.

No matter how hard Tsunade racked her brains, she preferred to believe that the [Limb Regeneration Jutsu] was developed by some commoner Ninja rather than the Uchiha! Moreover, in Tsunade's understanding, anything involving [Yang Release] was most likely related to the Senju Clan or Senju Clan remaining Bloodline —that was the only logical conclusion, the correct answer!

"It seems you don't believe it either." Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed Tsunade's expression. Knowing his student's nature well, he pushed back his chair, stood up, turned his back to the two of them, put his hands behind his back, and gazed through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows at the Uchiha Clan's compound. He said softly, "I know what you're thinking... I didn't believe it either when I first obtained this ninjutsu, but the truth is..."

"He was indeed presented by the Uchiha Clan,"

"And,"

"I've met the developer in person."

Sarutobi Hiruzen narrowed his eyes, tilting his Tsunade. "Believe me, Tsunade," he said, "He's far more incredible than you think!" "I want to see him," Tsunade suddenly said. "Unless I see him with my own eyes, otherwise..."

"Don't try to fool me!"

With a "crack," a corner of the coffee table in front of the sofa was snapped off by a strange force.

Tsunade gripped the scroll in one hand and clenched her other fist, wood chips dripping from her palm... Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyebrows twitched as he watched... Damn it!

The old man snapped out of his daze and angrily pointed at Tsunade.

The woman stubbornly stared at him, her neck stiff.

In the unspoken standoff, Shizune was caught in the middle, secretly anxious... her hands clasped together, unsure what to do... Fortunately, Sarutobi Hiruzen, being an experienced Hokage, had to appear magnanimous even if he lacked it. After a moment, he lowered his hands, coldly glaring at Tsunade, and said, "Get out of this door. I won't say it a second time."

"His name is Uchiha Jin,"

"Get out!"

"Uchiha Jin..." Tsunade silently memorized the name, turned around, swaying her two large breasts, and left... "Hokage -sama, Shizune takes her leave." Seeing Shizune, Shizune hurriedly Sarutobi Hiruzen, and with a swift movement, followed Tsunade out of the Hokage's Hokage office. Only Sarutobi Hiruzen remained, a flip-top pipe resting on his desk, lost in deep thought for a long time.

After a moment, the old man looked up again at the Hokage Rock standing outside the window, at the giant head belonging to Senju Hashirama, and murmured softly, "Uchiha Jin, if it were you, could you reignite Tsunade's fighting spirit?"

"Whoosh~" A gust of wind came, swirling the green leaves into a fluttering dance, their whereabouts unknown... Perhaps they vanished into some inconspicuous pile of old papers... Or perhaps they transcended the limitations of time and space, like the many green leaves in the Demon Slayer world, drifting past a certain Sun-Earring Boy, only to be crushed into dust by the flickering Nen Qi emanating from Sun-Earring Boy in a single glance...

Demon Slayer World

The Kamado Family on the back mountain.

Before the grave where [Poetry] and [Ryota] are buried...

A head of fiery red hair swayed in the wind.

Bathed in Moonlight, Roy stood alone, savoring the pure [Sun Power] bestowed upon him by the red Spider Lily. In that instant, it was as if he had been thrown before the sun.

The face is directly exposed to the high temperature of the sun.

Watch as Sunspot, Solar Prominence Solar Flare, prominences, and Solar Wind burst forth...

People become immersed and dissolve into it.

Sometimes it becomes a dark spot on the Photosphere.

Sometimes it penetrates deep into the Chromosphere, becoming a surge of energy that erupts in an instant.

Sometimes, particles are ejected from the Corona, becoming just one wisp of the Solar Wind, forming countless streams of particles.

In the dense forest, the flickering Nen Qi surrounding Roy grew stronger, hotter, and more magnificent... As he became more immersed in it, it spontaneously radiated outwards...

Gradually,

A sliver of light abruptly pierced the darkness.

Let more light shine through.

It lifted Roy directly and flew high into the sky...

In a daze, a brown bear hibernating in its burrow mistook the return of spring. Still half-asleep, it peeked out of the burrow, its two enormous, lantern-like eyes widening in surprise. It then scratched its head in confusion with its paws.

What happened?

"It's still midnight, why is the sun up?"

No one answered the brown bear's question.

It stood upright, head tilted back, staring blankly at Roy, radiating light and heat that soared into the heavens.

Surpassing the peaks, soaring alongside the moon...

The Kamado Family, having just said goodbye to Roy, Tanjuro sat alone in the wooden veranda, drinking tea as if it were sake, trying to drown his sorrows. Suddenly, he noticed that the area before him had brightened.

Suddenly, a ray of sunlight broke through the darkness of night, pushing aside the Moonlight and casting its rays into the small courtyard in front of the porch.

The man paused for a moment, then suddenly threw on his coat, got up, took two steps down the wooden corridor, and looked up...