Tsunade Returns

Back home.

Shiraha sat cross-legged on his bed, holding a test tube filled with a milky-white liquid.

Based on the dosage from his previous life, the amount in this test tube could be used two or three times.

Considering the potent effects of the Advanced Meditation Method, Shiraha decided to take it in two doses.

One gulp cost tens of thousands of ryō. If he did not sell himself, when else would he ever afford to drink this?

Shiraha opened the sealed test tube, brought it to his lips, tilted back his head, and drank half of the "Vitality Potion" inside. He then sealed it again and placed it in the box beneath his bed.

"Hiss~"

The potion flowed down his throat into his stomach, and an incomparably cool sensation instantly spread throughout his body.

It was like being covered from head to toe in menthol balm.

Utterly refreshing!

Very soon, Shiraha sensed that the Energy Particles dispersed throughout the surrounding space had become more active.

He closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and entered a meditative state.

Normally, meditating continuously for more than three hours at a time produced the best results. However, one could meditate at most twice a day. Once the total duration exceeded eight hours, Mental Power would no longer increase no matter how one meditated.

Shiraha did not know what it was like at the Formal Wizard stage, but this was how it currently worked whenever he trained.

Yet after taking the "Vitality Potion," Shiraha felt that his absorption speed of Energy Particles had greatly increased, while the growth rate of his Mental Power had at least doubled.

Shiraha had no time to calculate it. He completely immersed himself in cultivation.

When he opened his eyes again, the clock on the wall had only just reached twelve.

In just over three hours, his Mental Power had increased as much as it normally would through eight hours of training.

At this rate, he would meet the Mental Power advancement requirement for a Second-Class Apprentice in at most a year or so.

As for his physique, there was even less to worry about.

Both the Meditation Method and Breathing Technique improved one's physique.

When his Mental Power stopped increasing, Shiraha ended his meditation.

"Living off a woman really is sweet!"

With Kushina's financial support, Shiraha's cultivation speed increased by leaps and bounds.

In the blink of an eye, a leisurely year slipped away soundlessly, like sand tightly clutched in one's hand.

June, Year 32 of Konoha.

Three months earlier, Hanzō of the Salamander, the leader of Amegakure known as the "Demigod," had actually declared war on the three countries of Earth, Fire, and Wind at once. The war waged by Sunagakure, Konoha, and Iwagakure within Land of Rain Territory had brought immense disaster to the people of the Land of Rain.

Amegakure's strength was naturally not worth mentioning compared to Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure. Hanzo's audacity in declaring war on all three great countries at once was commendable, but it was clearly like striking a stone with an egg.

However, in the current Shinobi World, no village's Kage dared claim with certainty that they could defeat Hanzo.

Ibuse's venom was a mobile ninja reaper.

Yet something happened that no one had expected.

After several months of fierce fighting, just as Iwagakure's main force was clashing with the Amegakure troops led by Hanzo, the Third Raikage suddenly poured all of Kumogakure's strength into an invasion of Earth Country, leading an army of over ten thousand ninja.

Thrown into chaos, Iwagakure's main force immediately returned to defend their homeland. During the retreat, their follow-up forces were heavily battered by the Amegakure troops led by Hanzo.

Meanwhile, the war between Konoha and Sunagakure had already reached a fever pitch. Both sides had assumed Iwagakure could hold off Hanzo, but no one had expected the Third Raikage to pull such a move.

In the middle of Konoha and Sunagakure's battle, Hanzo suddenly led his forces into the fray.

On the main battlefield, the ninja from all three forces were almost completely wiped out.

Only Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya survived on Konoha's side.

Though they had lost to Hanzo, it was not shameful.

Three young ninja barely in their twenties fought the "Demigod" who stood at the pinnacle of the Shinobi World and were bestowed with the title of the "Three Ninja."

From then on, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya became famous throughout the Shinobi World.

Moreover, once the reinforcements arrived, Konoha ultimately emerged victorious from the massive melee.

Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure all withdrew completely from the Land of Rain.

The Ninja World War had temporarily come to an end. As for whether it had truly ended for good, no one dared say.

Before long, the army returned in triumph.

As an outstanding inheritor of the Will of Fire, Shiraha naturally went to the village entrance at once to welcome them back.

"Shiraha, look! It's my sister!"

Seeing Tsunade at the front of the crowd, Nawaki tugged at Shiraha's clothes and shouted excitedly as he waved.

"Sis!"

Tsunade, amid the crowd, wore a Jōnin uniform beneath a layer of silver-gray light armor that gleamed brilliantly in the sunlight. She was still as heroic and valiant as ever, but the exhaustion on her face was obvious.

When she heard Nawaki's excited cry, Tsunade turned around, a heartfelt smile appearing on her face.

Once Tsunade had completely disappeared from their view, Nawaki hurriedly said to Shiraha beside him,

"Shiraha, let's go to the hospital together. After my sister sees Lord Third Hokage, she'll definitely go to the hospital first!"

"Mm!" Shiraha came back to himself and nodded.

On the way to the hospital, Shiraha began checking his attributes:

Name: Yagami Shiraha

Attributes: Fire (Intermediate), Yang (Intermediate), Yin (Weak)

Affinities: Fire Element (Intermediate), Shadow (Average), Plant (Weak), Negative Energy (Average)

Professions: Wizard (Warlock), Knight, Ninja

Ranks: First-Class Apprentice, Apprentice Knight, Prospective Genin

Physique: 1.12

Strength: 1.06

Agility: 1.03

Mental Power: 3.0

Magic Power: 30

Charm: 5.4

Chakra: 880

Bloodline: None

Cultivation Methods: Chakra Refining Technique (Intermediate), Crimson Dragon Calamity · First Layer (Advanced), Advanced Warlock Meditation Method · First Layer (Intermediate)

Talents: Eye of Truth, Sixth Sense

Skills: Three Body Technique (Advanced), Ninja Tool Throwing (Advanced), Basic Taijutsu (Advanced), Dragon Fire Technique (Beginner), Healing Jutsu (Advanced)

Passives: Chinese (Advanced), Byronian (Master), Japanese (Advanced), Ancient Warlock Language (Beginner), Wizardry Fundamentals (Intermediate), Biomedicine (Intermediate), Pharmacology (Advanced), Precision Cartography (Advanced)

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Second-Class Apprentice Advancement Requirements: First, Mental Power ≥ 3, Physique ≥ 1, completed; Second, Cells or Tears of a Powerful Radioactive Creature (1/2), incomplete

With the aid of potions, Shiraha's progress in wizard cultivation had greatly improved.

His Mental Power and physique had already reached a bottleneck over the past month, but he still lacked one sample of Cells or Tears of a Powerful Radioactive Creature, preventing him from advancing to a Second-Class Apprentice.

"..."

Looking at the excited Nawaki beside him, Shiraha felt somewhat helpless.

Given Kushina's relationship with Tsunade, and the fact that Nawaki was a pretty good person, Shiraha had intended to get along well with him.

Who would have thought Nawaki had a personality much like Naruto's in the original story? He was simply far too enthusiastic.

After they became familiar with each other, Nawaki came looking for Shiraha whenever he had free time, dragging him off to train together.

It had even made Kushina somewhat dissatisfied.

Unfortunately, Nawaki's cells did not meet the advancement requirements. Otherwise, Shiraha would have been more than happy to put up with his pestering.

Nawaki was quite talented. Shiraha had heard that Orochimaru wanted to take him as his disciple.

Now, Tsunade and Orochimaru had returned with the army.

Shiraha felt that the time for advancement had come!