Shin's Full Strength?

"Come on, show me everything you've got and attack me. If I'm satisfied with your performance, I might give you a reward."

To motivate Shin and the others, Tsunade was even prepared to offer them a reward.

"You don't have to tell me. I'll give it everything I've got."

Kushina watched Tsunade eagerly. This was a great opportunity. If she could defeat Tsunade, Kushina felt she'd be so excited she wouldn't sleep all night.

"Then let's begin."

As soon as Tsunade finished speaking, she took the initiative and went straight for Kushina.

In the blink of an eye, she had reached Kushina and threw a merciless punch at her.

Standing beside Kushina, Shin reached out and pulled her aside, helping her dodge Tsunade's punch. Then he led Mikoto and the others in several leaps, putting distance between them and Tsunade.

"Hey, Tsunade, you're an Elite Jonin, and you're picking a fight with three newly graduated Genin? And you're not holding back at all? That's shameless."

"You little brat, what did you say?" Tsunade glared at Shin in displeasure. He'd actually called her shameless.

If she had really been fighting ordinary newly graduated Genin, Tsunade's behavior would indeed have been a little shameless.

But were Shin, Kushina, and Mikoto ordinary Genin?

Tsunade had no idea how strong that brat Shin was, but she knew he was an unparalleled prodigy.

When he was five, Tsunade had estimated that he was already as strong as an Elite Chunin. Now, who knew how strong he was?

As for little Kushina, as a member of the Uzumaki Clan, how weak could she possibly be?

Then there was Uchiha Mikoto. Tsunade didn't know much about her, but no Uchiha Clan member could be weak.

"Take this!"

This time, Tsunade went for Shin. After all, Shin had just called her shameless, so now she had her eye on him.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

Mikoto rapidly formed hand seals and spewed a fireball at Tsunade.

Tsunade gave Mikoto an approving look as she faced the Great Fireball Technique. Not many fresh graduates could use ninjutsu, let alone wield it so skillfully.

Uchiha Mikoto was undoubtedly a prodigy, too.

Though Mikoto was a member of the Uchiha Clan, Tsunade wasn't prejudiced against her. She already knew what Mikoto was like.

Unlike most members of the Uchiha Clan,

she was gentle by nature, and Tsunade didn't dislike her. That was precisely why Mikoto had been allowed into this class.

Tsunade precisely controlled her chakra, concentrating it in her fist. A powerful gust of wind burst forth, and one punch extinguished the fireball.

"Shin, let's see if you've improved over the years."

Tsunade threw a punch at Shin. The gust of wind it kicked up forced Kushina and Mikoto to retreat.

"You're serious, huh?"

Seeing this, Shin clenched his fist and didn't dodge. He met Tsunade's attack head-on.

The ground beneath Shin's feet cracked. Tsunade flew back more than ten meters before regaining her balance, her arm slightly numb.

But the numbness was nothing to Tsunade. She used the Mystical Palm Technique, and the sensation vanished instantly.

"Brat, how are you so strong?" Tsunade couldn't help asking. She'd used Strength of a Hundred, yet she was the one who'd been sent flying.

"It's simple. If you'd trained your Taijutsu as hard as I have, you wouldn't be this weak." Shin looked at Tsunade with a grin.

"You're calling me weak? Don't tell me you think you're stronger than me just because you got a little advantage. I haven't even used my full strength."

Tsunade found that rather amusing. I haven't even used my full strength.

"And you don't think I've used mine, do you, Tsunade?"

Shin gazed intently at Tsunade. He decided to fight her seriously and use it as a test of his strength.

Now that Shin wasn't afraid of revealing his abilities, why not let Tsunade help him assess his strength?

"Tsunade, I want you to give it everything you've got from now on. Otherwise, I won't mind sending you to the hospital."

Chakra erupted from Shin, so powerful that it scoured a layer of earth from the ground.

The surrounding trees shook under the force of his chakra.

Tsunade, who hadn't been taking things too seriously, suddenly swallowed. Was he a monster? How could anyone have that much chakra?

Tsunade had thought she had plenty of chakra herself, but compared to Shin, there was no contest.

She felt that even a Tailed Beast couldn't have much more chakra than this. She knew the Uzumaki Clan had enormous chakra reserves, but this was just absurd.

Tsunade collected herself and said, "Shin, your chakra really is astonishing, but having lots of chakra doesn't necessarily make you strong."

No matter how powerful your chakra is, you still have to be able to use it.

"You're right, but... I'm strong in every way."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tsunade saw Shin vanish. A deep sense of danger washed over her, making her break out in a cold sweat.

Tsunade couldn't remember the last time she'd faced such danger, but she reacted quickly. Strength Enhancement Taijutsu surged through her legs, and she accelerated in an instant.

The moment Tsunade left her spot, Shin's Battle Axe Downward Kick struck where she had been standing. Since she had dodged, his kick slammed into

the ground.

Boom!

A huge crater appeared in the earth. With Shin at its center, the ground within a ten-meter radius looked as if it had collapsed.

Tsunade's mouth twitched. That kick was far too powerful. Even if she used Heavenly Foot with all her strength, she couldn't cause that much destruction.

And he'd moved so fast that Tsunade had barely managed to react. If she'd really been hit, she'd have been carried out on a stretcher.

"Too bad I missed," Shin said with a smile.

"Brat, were you trying to kill me?" Tsunade said irritably.

"Actually, if you couldn't dodge, I'd have stopped at the last second. I know my limits."

"And what if you couldn't stop yourself?"

Shin sighed and said, "Then there'd be nothing I could do. I'd definitely bring incense to your grave on the anniversary of your death."

"Pfft—"

Kushina had just come to her senses, and she burst out laughing.

Her laughter brought the dumbfounded Mikoto back to her senses, and she stared at Shin in disbelief.

That kick must have had the power of an A-rank ninjutsu. It was hard to imagine anyone delivering that much force with a single kick.

But if they were told that Shin still hadn't used his full strength, they'd probably be so shocked they'd pass out.

In truth, Shin had only used eighty percent of his strength. If he hadn't held back, the blow would have been even more powerful.

Shin had never slacked off in his Taijutsu training. Shadow Clones helped him train in ninjutsu and Sealing Jutsu, so he spent most of his time practicing Taijutsu and swordsmanship. Training with a sword was, in a way, also a form of Taijutsu training.

With his Perfect Sage Body, Shin's physique would have been strong even without Taijutsu training, and he'd worked hard to train on top of that.

He'd also used a cheat once before, copying the physique of a Taijutsu specialist Jonin. So his age was no measure of the strength hidden within his body.

Shin's strength could rival a Tailed Beast's, just like his chakra. He just didn't know how his physique compared to the Third Raikage's.

Perhaps the Third Raikage was still stronger for now. After all, the man was decades older than Shin and had trained for decades longer.

But when it came to potential, the Third Raikage couldn't compare. He had already reached his peak, while Shin still had limitless room to grow.