Tsunade's Ninjutsu

Hokage Office.

"Bring him in!"

Tsunade sat in the Hokage's seat, radiating a fierce aura.

She waved her hand, signaling for them to bring Kimura Takuya in.

"Kid, you were quite arrogant before, hahahaha! Why are you looking like this now? Wahahaha!"

Looking at Kimura Takuya's current state, Tsunade couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The humiliation of being slapped in the face by Kimura Takuya earlier instantly transformed into a feeling of pure satisfaction.

She could eat two extra bowls of rice at lunch just from this!

She slammed her hand on the desk and pointed at Kimura Takuya.

"Hey, kid, why aren't you saying anything?"

"Shamelessness cannot convince me, and power cannot make me yield, unless."

"Oh? You've got quite a backbone, then. Unless what?"

"Unless you pay me more!"

Thump.

Tsunade nearly fell off her chair; she scrambled back up and sat properly.

"Baka! Do you dare to extort the Hokage?"

"No money? If you don't have money, you can use items as collateral."

"Wait, you almost had me going in circles, kid. When did I ever owe you money? It was clearly you who lost to me. That wasn't being shameless; it was utilizing the rules! Now, hurry up and take me as your master!"

"No!"

Kimura Takuya wore an expression of utter disdain.

The Anbu present were all incomparably shocked. The Hokage was practically forcing him to become her apprentice, yet someone was actually refusing?

Is he an idiot?

He must be an idiot, right?

Anyone else would have nodded immediately without a second of hesitation if such a good thing were offered to them!

Yet, Kimura Takuya had refused!

Just as the Anbu were all thinking that Kimura Takuya was a fool, Tsunade stepped out from behind her desk, walked up to Kimura Takuya, and said something that shocked the Anbu even more.

"As for money, I don't have any left, and my other antiques and jewelry were sold off long ago. I only have this necklace. Let this be your apprenticeship gift. How about it, do you accept?"

"Lady Tsunade, this is your most cherished—"

Shizune couldn't help but speak up, but Tsunade raised a hand to stop her.

Kimura Takuya looked at the necklace Tsunade had unclasped from her neck, his eyes gleaming with greed for Wood Release.

"Looks like it's worth a lot. Deal!"

Kimura Takuya reached out to take it, but Tsunade pulled the necklace back.

She held up a finger, wagged it back and forth, and shook her head.

"The apprenticeship, you must become my apprentice first before I can give it to you."

"Fine! Master is above, please accept this disciple's bow!"

"It's 'Master,' kid. Don't try to pull any tricks on me."

Bam!

Tsunade punched Kimura Takuya on the head, and she didn't let him go until he corrected his address.

"Hand it over."

"Not yet. You'll get it when you complete your training."

"Huh? Liar, liar!"

"Did you just realize? This is a treasure that could buy three mountains. Do you really think your master would give it to you that easily?"

"Then, what must I do to complete my training?"

"Oh, well, that's going to be difficult, haha. You must learn all of my ninjutsu and defeat me before you can be considered a graduate. Ahahaha. You've been played, kid!"

Tsunade laughed triumphantly and turned back to her desk.

She tossed out a large scroll.

Kimura Takuya caught it, his hands sinking as he felt the scroll weigh at least ten or twenty kilograms.

It was thicker than an adult's thigh and seventy or eighty centimeters long.

On it were written four large characters.

Scroll of Seals!

Damn, this master is really something, isn't she?

Does she think I haven't watched Naruto?

Isn't this the compendium of Konoha's forbidden techniques?

The techniques inside are all high-difficulty, dangerous forbidden arts.

It seems Tsunade has no intention of letting me graduate. As expected, how could that necklace be so easy to obtain?

That is the First Hokage's necklace, which even contains the power of Wood Release.

It was given by Tsunade to the two people she loved most.

Her younger brother, Nawaki Senju, and her lover, Dan Katō.

Yet, both of them died shortly after receiving the necklace.

One was blown up the very next day, and the other died right before Tsunade's eyes. From then on, Tsunade's necklace was considered a cursed object that would not accept any other master.

And because of this, Tsunade developed hemophobia.

Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for Tsunade to give this necklace away easily.

The only reason she brought it out was likely just to tempt him.

Just like when she bet with Naruto, telling him that if he learned the Rasengan in three days, she would give him the necklace.

But.

Why did it turn into an entire Scroll of Seals for me, hey!

Is it because I look too smart?

That must be it, right?

But this is exactly what I wanted!

Kimura Takuya was secretly delighted, though he feigned a stunned expression on his face.

Seeing him staring blankly at the Scroll of Seals, Tsunade chuckled to herself.

Haha, this silly kid looks none too bright; he's greedy and arrogant. Does he really think he can learn everything in the Scroll of Seals?

I already know that while you have a talent for medical ninjutsu, your other skills are nothing special.

Any single forbidden technique in that scroll would take you years to master!

Many of the techniques in there haven't even been mastered by Teacher Hiruzen, who is known as the Professor of Ninjutsu.

Hmph, silly kid, you want my necklace? In your next life, maybe!

"Hey, you can only read it here. You can't copy it or take it away. These are all forbidden techniques—er, I mean, the forbidden techniques I've mastered. Besides, there are some other ninjutsu here you can take back to study. Also, come over here and sign this."

Tsunade tossed out a small, palm-sized scroll and then summoned a large one.

She had Kimura Takuya write his name in his own blood on the large scroll she had summoned.

"What is this?"

Kimura Takuya asked, despite knowing full well it was a Summoning Jutsu scroll.

"The summoning scroll for Shikkotsu Forest. Once you sign it and learn the Summoning Jutsu, you'll be able to summon the creatures from Shikkotsu Forest."

"Oh."

"Oh? Kid, don't you want to ask what Shikkotsu Forest is?"

"I don't."

"Damn it! You brat, Shikkotsu Forest is one of the three great sage regions, home to one of the three great sages, the Slug Sage. It is the only summoning creature in Shikkotsu Forest, and what we can summon are merely its clones."

Tsunade rattled off the information about Shikkotsu Forest in one breath, warning him that even if it were just a clone of the Slug Sage, he must remain respectful whenever he summoned it in the future.

Kimura Takuya agreed immediately, then opened the small scroll to take a look.

Yin Seal, Strength of a Hundred Technique, Creation Rebirth, Chakra Enhanced Strength, and so on, along with some medical ninjutsu.

What the hell, this is the real Tsunade's ninjutsu, isn't it?

The function of the Yin Seal is to store excess chakra. A ninja's chakra volume is equivalent to a mana pool, and the amount of chakra one can store in their body is limited.

However, the mental energy and physical stamina recovered each day could be refined into new chakra, but because the mana pool had reached its limit, this portion of chakra was usually wasted.

With the Yin Seal, it could be stored away.

The Strength of a Hundred Technique, on the other hand, was a jutsu designed to complement the Yin Seal, used to assist in releasing the chakra stored within it.

It is worth mentioning that the Strength of a Hundred Technique also had the special effect of eternal youth.

Creation Rebirth was a medical ninjutsu that stimulated rapid cell division by consuming a massive amount of chakra, thereby instantly healing one's wounds; it was a higher-level medical ninjutsu than the Mystical Palm Technique.

The Strength of a Hundred Fist was a rather interesting technique; while it was called a jutsu, it was actually a form of chakra control skill.

Moreover, it surprisingly shared the same underlying principles as Konoha-Style Nintaijutsu.

No, perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the Strength of a Hundred Fist was a part of Konoha-Style Nintaijutsu.

It also utilized the shape transformation of chakra itself.

It was a form of shape transformation that Kimura Takuya had not thought of before.

It was a massive, compounded force generated by precisely and rapidly layering chakra at a single point.

It was similar to the skills found in many novels where multiple rapid attacks at the same point caused massive damage.

So that was it! This was the Strength of a Hundred Fist!

Pop!

Kimura Takuya unleashed the Strength of a Hundred Fist directly, creating a sonic boom in the air.

The surrounding Anbu were startled, thinking that he had become enraged because he couldn't learn so many ninjutsu and couldn't obtain the necklace, and had decided to attack the Hokage to seize it by force.

The Anbu appeared in an instant, ready to subdue Kimura Takuya.

"Wait, stand down, all of you. Takuya, you just used the Strength of a Hundred Fist, didn't you?"