Tsunade's Savings and Her Warning

With a puff of white smoke, a familiar Katsuyu appeared on the table.

"Lord Taiichi."

"Hello, Katsuyu! Is there a letter from Teacher Tsunade?" Taiichi asked impatiently.

Yes!

As it spoke, the Katsuyu's body churned, and a scroll and a letter spilled out of its body and fell onto the table.

Taiichi picked up the letter and scroll, looked at them, and then opened the envelope to read the contents.

After glancing over the habitual greetings and complaints at the beginning, the article then introduces Tsunade's recent situation.

For example, she lost another 500,000 taels gambling in the last two days and is now hiding from debt collectors in the Land of Waves. Or, Shizune has made great progress recently, so he should not relax and be careful not to be surpassed by Shizune, etc.

The following section explains that Taiichi was given some basic Ninjutsu. Yes, you read that right, not Fire Release Ninjutsu, but basic Ninjutsu of the five elements.

Upon seeing this Taiichi jumped up with joy, as if that wouldn't be enough to express his excitement. At this moment Taiichi truly felt the benefits of having a good teacher, especially one with a rich family tradition of learning.

In the letter, Tsunade affirmed Taichi's idea of specializing in Fire Style Taiichi, and also gave him some guidance. Although she herself was not good at it, her strength was undeniable, and her knowledge and understanding were Taiichi beyond Taichi's.

Regarding Taiichi's desire to increase the temperature of his Fire Style, Tsunade astutely pointed out the crux of the problem—

What's the highest temperature you've ever seen? If you've never even seen one, how can you claim to be able to create it?

This question really stumped Taiichi. In all his lives, the highest temperature Taiichi had ever witnessed was probably the combustion temperature of household gas, which at most reached a few hundred degrees. He had only heard of higher temperatures but had never actually experienced them.

Lost in thought about the problem, Taiichi quickly pulled himself back to the end of the letter.

Here, Tsunade warned Taiichi to be extremely careful of one person: Shimura Danzō. Tsunade probably deduced from Taiichi's words that Danzo had sabotaged most of the last mission, which is why she warned Taiichi to be extra cautious.

While secretly moved, Taiichi grew increasingly disgusted with Danzo, who was like a greenbottle fly, always there whenever trouble arose.

I carefully folded Tsunade's letters and put them in the drawer, where there were already several replies from Tsunade.

Taiichi picked up a pen and paper and began writing a letter to Tsunade.

Dear Teacher Tsunade:

It started with a barrage of flattery, followed by thanks to the teacher for the Ninjutsu materials and guidance, which greatly improved the efficiency of his Ninjutsu training.

She expressed her gratitude to her teacher for reminding her about Danzo, and repeatedly assured him that she would be aware of Danzo.

Finally, I'd like to present my latest research findings— Chakra Enhanced Body Flicker Technique.

That's right, after four days of trial and error and constant experimentation, Taiichi finally completed the development of this version of the Body Flicker Technique this morning.

The results are clearly remarkable. As long as your Chakra Control is high enough and your dynamic vision and nerve reflexes are up to par, this version of Body Flicker Technique can achieve speeds far exceeding the limits of the physical body, and it can also be used continuously.

The only downside is that this Body Flicker Technique consumes too much Chakra, but that's not a problem. Normally, you can use the original Body Flicker Technique, and in case of an emergency, you can use the Chakra Enhanced Body Flicker Technique.

According to Taiichi's experiments, if he unleashes the full power of the new version of Body Flicker Technique, his speed will be nearly half again as fast as before, provided that Taiichi's dynamic vision and nerve reaction are up to par.

Moreover, this is not a one-time burst; it is a special move that can be used continuously as long as there is enough Chakra.

This improvement to the Body Flicker Technique greatly enhanced Taiichi's strength.

It took Taiichi more than ten pages to record the principles, details, and key points of training for the Chakra Enhanced Body Flicker Technique.

Tai carefully folded a thick stack of letters, Taiichi them in an envelope, and then handed it to the Katsuyu that was crawling around everywhere.

"Katsuyu, I'm sorry to trouble you to deliver this message for me again," Taiichi said gratefully.

The Katsuyu, having put away the letter, replied in her gentle voice, "It's alright, Taiichi. Following you contractors has been one of the few enjoyable things in my long life, and I'm very happy."

As he spoke, a loud "bang" was heard, and the Katsuyu canceled the psychic summoning.

After watching the Katsuyu disappear, Taiichi picked up the scroll on the table and examined it, discovering that it was actually a Storage Scroll.

That's right, so much Ninjutsu information can't be recorded on a small scroll.

Taiichi took the scroll, Hand Seals to release the seal, and a bunch of scrolls of various sizes fell out. He randomly picked one up and saw it Fire Style: Great Fireball, and then picked up an Earth Style: Earth Style: Earth Dragon Spear.

Looking at the forty or fifty scrolls in front of him, Taiichi felt a wave of happiness wash over him. So many Ninjutsu scrolls would be enough for him to study and learn from at his own pace.

Taiichi then categorized these Ninjutsu scrolls by attribute and level, discovering that most were C-rank Ninjutsu, but many were B-rank. It should be noted that the Ninjutsu commonly used by Jonin are only B-rank.

As for those higher-level Ninjutsu, they are either dangerous or impractical, so unless there are special circumstances, they are not as useful as B-rank Ninjutsu.

Just as Taiichi was happily organizing the Ninjutsu scrolls, Tsunade, far away in the Land of Waves, was leaving a gambling den with a dejected look on her face.

Shizune, who was waiting at the door, looked at Tsunade's expression and sighed inwardly, "She lost again!" before going to greet her.

Having followed Tsunade for so long, Shizune had never seen Tsunade win any money, and she herself had gradually gotten used to the nickname those gamblers used to call Tsunade behind her back—"Legendary Sucker."

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You know, when Shizune first heard that nickname, she gave the gambler who dared to call Tsunade a "Legendary Sucker" a good beating. But now, well, let's not talk about it anymore; she's already used to it.

"Shizune, let's go back to the inn!" Tsunade said weakly.

"But Lady Tsunade, you just gambled away all our money for the inn. We have no money left for a hotel. I only have enough for one meal," Shizune said dejectedly.

"Ah! How could this happen?" Tsunade was even more dejected now. "Fine, let's go eat first, and while we're at it, let me think of somewhere else I can borrow money!"

Just as she was thinking this, Tsunade received a message from the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Technique. After sensing the situation, she realized that Taiichi had written another letter.

"That brat is writing letters more and more often these days," Tsunade thought to herself. Although she often complained about how troublesome it was, it was still nice to have someone thinking of her all the time.

Tsunade took Shizune to an izakaya (Japanese pub) and ordered their signature dishes. While waiting for the food to be served, Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and retrieved the letter.

"It's Taiichi- kun who wrote a letter." Shizune asked, watching Tsunade's actions.

"Yeah, I wonder what he wrote this time. It's so annoying. I just wrote a whole bunch of scrolls about him." Tsunade complained, but her hands were busy opening the letter and reading it carefully.

After thoroughly enjoying the letter filled with flattery, Tsunade smiled, and even the frustration from losing money earlier dissipated considerably.

But as she continued reading the letters, Tsunade's smile gradually faded, replaced by a hint of seriousness.

Taiichi's description of the Chakra Enhanced Strength version of Chakra in his letter made Tsunade somewhat yearn for it. If this technique were successful, the boost to combat power would be substantial.

But it was precisely because of the promising future of the technique that Tsunade knew how difficult it was to develop it. As a master of Chakra Enhanced Strength herself, she knew how difficult it was to convert that power into propulsive force for movement.

Judging from the letter, Taiichi had actually completed this Ninjutsu, which naturally surprised her.

By this time, the food they ordered had been served, but Tsunade, having finished reading the letter, was preoccupied with the Chakra Enhanced Body Flicker Technique and had no appetite for food.

"No, I have to try." With that, she called to Shizune and got up to leave.

Shizune had just taken a bite of her food, saw Tsunade getting up to leave and quickly called out, "Lady Tsunade, we haven't eaten yet!"

But Tsunade had already walked far away, could no longer hear her words.

"Hey, what's the rush!" Shizune watched Tsunade away. "Boss, pack it up for me."

After leaving the izakaya Tsunade turned around and found that Shizune hadn't followed yet, so she stopped and waited for a while.

After Shizune hurriedly packed the food, the two quickly left the town and arrived at a secluded grove of trees.

Here, Tsunade adjusted her own state, carefully gathering Chakra according to the Chakra circulation method recorded in Taiichi's letter, and then unleashing it from the soles of her feet.

"Bang!" The sound of a small crater being blasted into the sole of my foot.

"Thud!" The sound of Tsunade flying sideways and hitting the ground.

"Lady Tsunade!" Shizune was watching from the side, exclaimed and rushed over to help the dazed Tsunade up.

Perhaps it was because Tsunade had a lot of Chakra, or perhaps it was because she was used to using her Chakra Enhanced Strength. Although Tsunade reduced her Chakra output, the enormous force still caught Tsunade off guard, and she was slammed to the ground just like Taiichi had done the first time.

Shaking her still dizzy head, Tsunade pushed away Shizune who was helping her up. "It's nothing, I was just testing a Ninjutsu, I just didn't control the power well."

As she spoke, she came to an open space again. This time, she was no longer arrogant. She started with the minimum Chakra requirement for Chakra Enhanced Strength and slowly experimented little by little.

Tsunade truly lives up to her reputation as the best Medical Ninja in the Ninja World; her Chakra Control is top-notch, and she was able to successfully perform the technique after only a few attempts.

In the arena, Tsunade's figure could be seen darting left and right, her speed increasing and the distance growing ever greater.

Gradually, in the Shizune eyes of those watching from the sidelines, Tsunade's figure basically disappeared from sight, because her speed was too fast and her dynamic vision couldn't keep up.

"That's way too fast!" Shizune exclaimed, her mouth agape, her eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at the afterimages flashing across the field.

Suddenly, Tsunade appeared beside her. Her forehead was covered in a fine layer of sweat, but she wasn't out of breath at all.

"This speed is too fast; it's beyond my reaction limit. In actual combat, I'd have to slow it down a bit." It turns out this was due to intense mental concentration.

"Lady Tsunade, is this Body Flicker Technique really that powerful? Can I learn it?" Shizune's eyes lit up as she looked at Tsunade expectantly.

"You need to practice your Chakra Control more. You haven't even met the basic requirements for practicing this Ninjutsu yet."

Tsunade gave Shizune a good talking-to, seriously doubting whether she had spoiled Shizune. Look at Taiichi, her strength had improved so much in Konoha, and she was now able to create such Ninjutsu.

"Wait here for me, I'm going to Shikkotsu Forest," Tsunade instructed Shizune.

"Okay." Poor Shizune had just been scolded by Tsunade, and now she had to wait for someone all by herself. She couldn't have been more upset.

At this moment, Taiichi was happily looking at a scroll of Fire Release Ninjutsu, and occasionally picked up a pen to make notes when he saw something interesting.

From these scrolls, Taiichi could learn about the development ideas of different Fire Release Ninjutsu and the various functions of different hand seals in Ninjutsu, laying a solid foundation for him to create or improve Nature Transformation in the future.

Just as Taiichi was getting excited, a familiar Summoning Technique sensation came over him.

"What's going on? Teacher Tsunade replied so quickly, but this isn't the signal we agreed on before?"

Taiichi was puzzled. Since he had nothing else to do, Taiichi responded to the summons and disappeared from the house.

Within the Shikkotsu Forest.

With a loud "bang," white smoke billowed out, and Taiichi's figure appeared.

But what appeared before Taiichi was not only Katsuyu, but also his teacher Tsunade.

"Teacher Tsunade, what are you doing here!"

Upon seeing Tsunade, Taiichi was overjoyed. After communicating for so long, this was the first time Tsunade had met him in person. And now that they were meeting today, how far was it from welcoming Tsunade back to Konoha!

"What? You're the only one allowed to come here, but I can't?"

"No, no, I'm just so happy to see Teacher Tsunade." Taiichi grinned, but in his heart he thought Tsunade had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. I came here to ask you about that Chakra Enhanced Body Flicker Technique you mentioned in your letter. Did you develop it yourself, or were there any other people involved?"

Seeing Tsunade's serious expression, Taiichi also stopped smiling.

"Teacher, I developed this technique all by myself. I just finished it this morning. You're the second person to know about it."

Hearing that she was the second person to know, Tsunade was moved. Her efforts had not been in vain; this disciple still cared about her.

What are your plans regarding this Ninjutsu?

"I haven't decided yet. After all, it's only been developed, and there are still many areas that can be improved. Does Teacher have any suggestions?" Although Taiichi already had a plan in mind, he still wanted to hear Tsunade's thoughts first.

"Your Body Flicker Technique isn't very valuable to ordinary ninjas because it's too difficult to learn, but it's worth studying seriously for Jonin. Once mastered, it will greatly enhance their strength."

Tsunade first explained the value of the Body Flicker Technique, and then Cai expressed his own opinion.

"Normally, I would suggest you hand it over to the village and exchange it for some Ninjutsu or supplies you need. But after that mission, you should hold off for now, or wait until you're strong enough before handing it over."

Taiichi understood that Tsunade didn't want Taiichi to hand this over to the village now, but rather to keep it as a trump card for now.

"The teacher really cares about me. As soon as he received my letter, he rushed over to remind me," Taiichi thought to himself.

"Danzo is a cunning and treacherous man. I don't believe he didn't sabotage your last mission. If you hand over your Ninjutsu now, it might end up on Ninjutsu's Danzo tomorrow. So you'd better practice on your own first."

Tsunade concluded.

"Okay, then I'll listen to the teacher. I'll do whatever the teacher tells me to do!" Taiichi big smile, patting his chest.

"You little rascal, all you know how to do is say nice things."

"By the way, Teacher Tsunade, when practicing this Chakra Enhanced Body Flicker Technique, you must be careful to keep your Chakra release to a minimum, otherwise it's very easy to lose control. When I was developing it, it took me three days of falling to get used to it," Taiichi reminded Tsunade.

To everyone's surprise, Taiichi's words only made things worse. Tsunade's forehead veins bulged, and she exuded a gloomy aura.

"Why didn't you explain this in your letter beforehand? I've already practiced and even fallen down, and you're only telling me now," Tsunade cursed Taiichi inwardly.

Seeing that Tsunade's expression was off, Taiichi quickly figured it out, chuckled, and changed the subject.

"Alright, I came here specifically to remind you of this. Now that you know, I'll be leaving."

The two chatted for a while longer before Tsunade took her leave.

Taiichi looked reluctant to part. In just a short while, he had asked Tsunade for a lot of advice on Nature Transformation training, and he really benefited a lot.

But Taiichi knew that now was not the time to keep Tsunade. Fortunately, the foundation for their relationship had been laid very solidly, and there would be many more opportunities in the future.

Just as Taiichi was preparing to say goodbye to Tsunade.

"Wait, Taiichi, did you bring any money?" Tsunade suddenly called out to Taiichi.

Still not quite understanding the situation, Taiichi couldn't follow Tsunade's train of thought and nodded blankly, completely failing to grasp what Tsunade meant.

"Give me your wallet." Tsunade held out her hand, her expression completely calm.

Taiichi took out his wallet and handed it over.

Tsunade took the wallet, scanned it, and clicked her tongue in amazement, "You've got quite a bit of money!"

He counted out 1 million taels from the wallet, saying, "Consider it a loan to you," and then tossed the wallet back to Taiichi.

The person vanished with a "bang".

Catching the wallet that was tossed to him, Taiichi finally realized that Tsunade had gambled away all her money and was now begging him for a free meal.

He shook his head with a wry smile, realizing that his mission had been in vain, and then disappeared into the Shikkotsu Forest with a "bang".