Sitting in the Hokage's Office, Tsunade had intended to comfort her student and tell Naraku not to dwell on his failed training.
But when she saw the faint amusement in his eyes, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
No way!
"You-you brat, don't tell me you really..."
Tsunade stared at Naraku in shock, disbelief written all over her face.
Shihōin Naraku said nothing more. He simply nodded with a smile, confirming Tsunade's guess.
"That's incredible!"
Even after getting an answer from Naraku, Tsunade was still astonished.
After all, Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode had defeated countless gifted ninja over the years, including her grandfather!
The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju!
In fact, ever since Hashirama Senju's failure, no other ninja had gone to Shikkotsu Forest to train in Sage Mode.
Even Tsunade was no exception. After signing a contract with the Katsuyu Sage, she had only asked about her grandfather's experience training in Sage Mode back then. She herself had had no intention of learning it.
The Katsuyu Sage had even brought it up with Tsunade, but Tsunade still had no intention of training in Sage Mode.
Seriously, even a one-in-ten-thousand ninja like Grandfather failed. How could I possibly succeed?
To be honest, Tsunade had always felt that Shihōin Naraku had no hope of succeeding either.
In her view, perhaps Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode had never been suitable for humans to learn and master in the first place.
The main reason Tsunade hadn't stopped Naraku from going to Shikkotsu Forest was that she felt failing the training wouldn't matter, and receiving instruction from the Katsuyu Sage was a good thing. It was an opportunity one couldn't obtain simply by asking.
He wouldn't come away empty-handed anyway, so there was nothing wrong with Naraku going to train in Sage Mode.
Who would