Learning Strength Enhancement Taijutsu

"Tsunade, are we going to keep fighting?"

Shin asked Tsunade.

"Of course. Do you really think I'm afraid of a brat like you?"

Chakra erupted from Tsunade's body. Now that she was using Strength of a Hundred, every punch and kick could unleash tremendous destructive power.

"Come on, show me how many more surprises you've got."

Tsunade was now treating Shin as an equal. After all, his performance just now had made it impossible for her to take him lightly, even if she wanted to.

He used the Body Flicker Technique to close in on Shin, then threw a merciless punch at him. His target was Shin's face.

Is she trying to disfigure me?

Shin blocked Tsunade's punch, swiftly grabbed her wrist, and flung her away.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

The Great Fireball Technique Shin unleashed was far more powerful than the one Mikoto had used. It was clearly a C-rank technique, yet when Shin used it, its power was no weaker than that of a B-rank technique.

Shin had Mikoto to thank for learning the Great Fireball Technique, since she was the one who had taught it to him.

"What an incredible Great Fireball Technique!"

Mikoto's mouth fell open in surprise. The fireball was more than ten times as powerful as the one she could produce.

Tsunade's expression changed as she hung in midair. She quickly formed Hand Seals, and her body vanished, replaced by a log.

But Tsunade was still in danger. Shin appeared behind her with a Rasengan in his hand and struck at her.

"How is this brat so fast?"

Drawing on years of battle experience, Tsunade managed to dodge the Rasengan just as danger struck.

If I'd used Adamantine Sealing Chains here, Tsunade, you'd already be down.

Shin spoke to Tsunade.

The chains would have bound her, then the Rasengan would have hit. He could have defeated her in an instant.

Tsunade had one major weakness: she lacked long-range attacks. Relying solely on Strength Enhancement Taijutsu would put her at a huge disadvantage.

"Where did you get that technique? You don't even need Hand Seals," Tsunade asked.

She was referring to the Rasengan. Tsunade knew exactly what it meant for a technique not to require Hand Seals. Saving the time needed to form them could give a ninja an enormous advantage in battle.

"I guess you could say I came up with it myself."

Namikaze Minato hadn't created it yet, and Shin was the first to use it, so it wasn't wrong to say he had created it.

"You're full of surprises. I thought you were a genius, but it turns out you're a monster," Tsunade couldn't help saying.

"Tsunade, are you complimenting me or insulting me?" Shin asked, rubbing his nose.

"Hmph. The fight's not over. I can't let some brat like you keep me down."

"Wait."

Shin quickly called a halt.

He really had no interest in fighting Tsunade any longer. The battle had given him a rough idea of his own strength.

Besides, fighting Tsunade wasn't much fun. There were plenty of finishing moves he couldn't use.

"There's no point in going on. Let's call it a draw."

Shin was being kind to Tsunade. If they kept fighting, she was certain to lose.

"You win, you brat. I admit I'm no match for you."

Tsunade glared at Shin. She had realized that she probably wasn't his match. It was embarrassing, but she had no problem admitting it.

"How did you train? Why are you so strong?"

Tsunade was still an Elite Jonin, but she was already close to Quasi-Kage level. It might not be long before she reached that level.

And yet she couldn't beat a ten-year-old brat like Shin. If anyone heard about it, they probably wouldn't believe it.

"That's the difference between a genius and an ordinary person. The truth can be cruel."

Shin smiled at Tsunade, and no matter how she looked at it, she found his smile infuriating.

Wasn't she a genius too? Tsunade seethed. But when she compared herself to Shin, she really didn't seem like one.

No, that wasn't it. It wasn't that she wasn't a genius. It was that Shin was simply too ridiculous.

"By the way, Tsunade, didn't you promise us a reward? We deserve one after that performance, right?" Shin asked with a smile.

"There is a reward. This is Strength Enhancement Taijutsu. Since I'm your team leader, of course I should teach you something."

Tsunade brought out Strength Enhancement Taijutsu, leaving Shin slightly surprised. This must have been one of her signature techniques.

Aside from Medical Ninjutsu, Strength Enhancement Taijutsu was probably what Tsunade was best known for.

"But you'd better not teach it to anyone else," Tsunade said sternly.

She was willing to teach Strength Enhancement Taijutsu to Shin and the others, but she didn't want to see more people learning it.

"We're not idiots. Of course we won't tell anyone," Shin replied.

"Thank you, Teacher Tsunade," Mikoto said gratefully.

"Look at Mikoto. She's so polite—she knows to call me Teacher Tsunade. And then there are you two."

Tsunade glared at Shin and Kushina.

Kushina glared right back at Tsunade, unwilling to back down, while Shin focused on the Strength Enhancement Taijutsu Tsunade had given him.

By precisely controlling chakra and concentrating it throughout the body, one could cover the whole body in chakra and then release a powerful burst of force, easily shattering a wall. That was the essence of Strength Enhancement Taijutsu.

After looking it over for a while, Shin realized that the technique wasn't difficult at all. It was simply a way of using chakra to unleash strength.

"So this isn't difficult after all."

Shin gave it a try, concentrating and controlling his chakra. Thanks to his powerful mental energy and exceptional control over chakra, doing so came easily to him.

He then concentrated the chakra over his entire body, as if he were putting on a layer of Chakra Armor.

No wonder Tsunade could withstand the recoil when she used Strength Enhancement Taijutsu. The chakra was protecting her.

That meant Strength Enhancement Taijutsu wasn't just for attacking—it could also be used for defense.

Tsunade stared at Shin, mouth slightly open. When she'd heard him say that Strength Enhancement Taijutsu wasn't difficult, she'd been a little displeased.

But in the blink of an eye, Shin had actually used it. He hadn't shown off its power, but as someone skilled in the technique, Tsunade could tell he'd already mastered it.

Still, Shin used it differently from her. Tsunade usually concentrated all her chakra into a single part of her body and released it there, such as in her fist or leg.

But this guy had chakra coursing through his entire body. Was that what you could do when you had a ton of chakra?

"You really are a monster," Tsunade could only say.

"Honestly, it really isn't difficult. As long as you can precisely control your chakra, it's easy to learn."

Shin was telling the truth. Strength Enhancement Taijutsu was powerful and useful, yet it was easy to learn. It was about as difficult as learning a C-rank technique.

Of course, there was one prerequisite: you had to have excellent chakra control.

Next came Kushina and Mikoto. Neither of them mastered the technique as quickly as Shin had, but with his guidance, they learned Strength Enhancement Taijutsu in just half a day.