Tsunade

"I learned it."

Naruto looked at his hands, feeling surprised himself.

In the original story, Naruto knew very few techniques. He basically relied on the Rasengan all the way to the end.

Even learning the Rasengan had taken Naruto a long time, and he'd only mastered it halfway, needing to use a shadow clone to help. It seemed his aptitude wasn't very good.

But after crossing into this world, something seemed to have changed. He felt his aptitude was pretty good; he could learn ninjutsu very quickly. Even the Flying Thunder God Technique had been surprisingly easy.

He was also feeling a little hungry. In a good mood, he decided to go out and have a proper meal to celebrate.

He went downstairs and found a restaurant. As soon as he walked in, a busty beauty came toward him.

She had a voluptuous figure and fair skin. Her upper body was full and curvaceous, while she wore capri pants that showed off her long, pale legs. Her dainty feet were as white as jade, with a rosy tint, and her evenly shaped toes were painted with red nail polish. The skin across the tops of her feet was smooth and lustrous.

Her face looked youthful and beautiful, like that of an eighteen-year-old girl.

Even though he'd been prepared, he was still stunned by her looks and bearing.

A little girl's face, a mature woman's voice, a married woman's figure, and a young girl's heart.

She was one of the three legendary Sannin, Tsunade, the princess of Konoha.

Though he'd never seen her before, Naruto recognized her at a glance from her appearance and the mark on her forehead.

"Hey, brat. What are you looking at?"

Tsunade's eyes were languid, her gaze annoyed. If he hadn't been a child, she would've gone over and punched him for staring like that.

"You're Lady Tsunade, right? My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I'm Kushina's son, and I came here with Lord Jiraiya specifically to find you."

Naruto stopped admiring her and got straight to the point.

Honestly, Tsunade's appearance had truly stunned Naruto. She was exactly the kind of woman men loved: bold, domineering, with a married woman's figure and a little girl's face.

"Why did Jiraiya let you come here alone?"

"The Pervy Sage went out looking for you. I just came out to get something to eat. I didn't expect to run into you, Lady Tsunade."

Naruto felt a little awkward.

"You haven't eaten? Perfect. Come on, let's get something together."

Tsunade led Naruto upstairs to a private room.

"Lady Tsunade, you can't drink any more today."

Before they even entered, they heard a young girl's voice.

Looking up, Naruto saw a girl sitting in the room, holding a little pink pig.

"All right, all right. I won't drink today."

Tsunade sounded helpless.

"And this is..."

Shizune noticed Naruto.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I'm Lord Jiraiya's student."

"Oh, I see. Please, have a seat."

Naruto didn't stand on ceremony. He sat down and ate a little.

Then he exchanged a few casual words with them.

"Brat, what do you want with me?"

Tsunade had already sensed that something was amiss, and she had a bad feeling about it.

"Lady Tsunade, the Third Hokage has died. We came to ask you to return and take up the position of Fifth Hokage."

Naruto didn't waste time and stated the reason for their visit.

"What happened?"

Hearing that the old Third Hokage had died, Tsunade only furrowed her brows.

Naruto began to explain.

He quickly gave her a brief account of what had happened.

"The Uchiha Clan rebelled?"

Influenced by her grandfather, she also felt some resentment toward the Uchiha Clan.

"That's right, Lady Tsunade. If you don't return soon, Konoha will likely fall into chaos."

Things were different from the original story. The Uchiha Clan hadn't been wiped out, and given the current circumstances, Tsunade was the only one who could become Hokage.

"Brat, I don't want to be Hokage. Whoever wants the job can take it."

Tsunade didn't care in the slightest. She picked up her teacup and took a leisurely sip.

Naruto furrowed his brows.

Because of her brother's death and her own experiences, Tsunade had completely lost faith in Konoha at this point.

Getting her to agree to become Hokage would be quite a problem.

For a moment, Naruto didn't know what to do.

"Lady Tsunade, are you really going to watch the village founded by the First be destroyed by internal strife?"

Naruto looked up at Tsunade.

Shizune held the little pig beside them, watching Tsunade nervously without saying a word.

Tsunade's hand froze as she drank her tea.

She felt conflicted.

"Brat, if you want it so badly, you can become Hokage yourself."

In the end, Tsunade still didn't agree. Instead, she looked at Naruto.

"I'd like to, but I'm not old enough. I'm still attending the Ninja Academy."

Naruto shrugged helplessly.

Of course, what he really thought was, Who in their right mind would want to be Hokage?

"Oh? You want to be Hokage, brat?"

"Of course."

"In that case, let me see how determined you are."

Tsunade was already wavering, but she was a little proud, so she decided to give herself an excuse to back down.

"How?"

"You said you've mastered the Nine-Tails' power. Defeat me, and I'll help you protect the Hokage Position. If you can't, then you can do it yourself."

Tsunade said.

Naruto hadn't hidden anything when he explained what had happened earlier.

Tsunade was now interested. On the one hand, she wanted to see this so-called Nine-Tails power; on the other, she wanted to see how much the boy had grown.

"Fine, but be careful. I still can't control my strength."

Naruto felt a little excited. He'd been in this world for years, but he'd never had a proper fight with anyone.

Besides, Tsunade had an incredibly powerful ability to recover, so she didn't have to worry about getting hurt.

"Good. Come on, let's go outside and try it."

Tsunade stood up.

The two of them headed outside the village.

Unlike in the original story, Tsunade didn't underestimate her opponent this time.

After all, the Third Hokage had died at the hands of the Nine-Tails. Its power couldn't be taken lightly.

The three of them went to an open area.

"Go on, brat."

"Forgive me, Lady Tsunade."

[The Nine-Tails Chakra Mode activated]

In an instant, golden flames flared up, and Naruto's body turned brilliant gold.

"Chakra Mode..."

Tsunade's expression grew serious. Though she'd expected something like this, feeling it for herself still shocked her deeply.

She'd only ever felt chakra reserves this terrifying in her grandfather.

As for her great-grandfather, he'd died when Tsunade was young, so she'd never had the chance to feel his chakra.

Strictly speaking, Tsunade was a Taijutsu specialist too!

So Naruto had no intention of using ninjutsu. He charged straight at her.

[Body Flicker Technique]

His body vanished in an instant, and the ground caved in.

He appeared in front of Tsunade and threw an ordinary straight punch. Yet the pressure from the blow was already no weaker than an ordinary Wind Release technique.

Tsunade raised her hand to block.

Boom! A tremendous crash rang out.

She caught Naruto's fist firmly.

Tsunade's coat billowed behind her.

"So this is Strength of a Hundred. That's an impressive technique."

Naruto was stunned.

But Tsunade was the one who was truly surprised.

"What kind of strength could an eight-year-old brat possibly have?"

She knew this was the Nine-Tails' power, but since Naruto could use it, it was his power too.

Naruto's body vanished again.

He attacked from every direction, using only basic Taijutsu.

But when it came to strength, no one could currently surpass Tsunade.

Her fighting techniques had also been honed through real battles.

"Impressive. No wonder you're Lady Tsunade."

After several dozen exchanges, Naruto took the initiative to retreat.

"Is that all you've got, brat?"

Tsunade looked rather unimpressed.