"What is it?"
Tsunade leaned over curiously, about to see what was written inside the Jade Scroll, when Kushina caught her hand and shook her head solemnly.
Meeting Tsunade's startled gaze, Kushina explained:
"Princess Tsunade, the fewer people who know what's in here, the better."
"Not even me?" Tsunade pointed at herself.
"No."
"No room for discussion?"
"Absolutely not."
Kushina took a deep breath and shook her head. What was inside was too important. She even felt that practicing it could raise her strength by another fifty percent.
After all, she was a Kage-level ninja whose destructive power was astonishing...
Xuandou ought to keep this firmly under his control. Otherwise, if it spread and everyone's strength rose by a whole level, there would be serious trouble.
"Kushina, there's no need for that."
"Since Princess Tsunade is curious, let her have a look, so you won't keep thinking I never do anything worthwhile."
Xuandou waved a hand, signaling that Kushina need not go so far.
He had intended to spread this training method throughout the shinobi world anyway. Otherwise, he would not have brought it out now.
There were plenty of ways to divert the women's attention.
Since the opportunity had presented itself, Xuandou decided to make the arrangements now and spread the method for cultivating natural energy throughout the shinobi world.
"Princess Tsunade, be careful. Don't handle it so roughly."
Kushina obeyed Xuandou and handed the Jade Scroll to Tsunade, but seeing how casually Tsunade took it, she could not help crying out, her large, dewy eyes full of distress.
"I didn't use half as much force as you just did."
Tsunade rolled her eyes at Kushina. Seeing the normally forthright Kushina behave this way only intensified her curiosity, and she opened the scroll.
She gave the scroll's contents a