Root's Attack
Looking straight into Tsunade's eyes.
Rikuto showed no intention of looking away.
He said pointedly, "But that might not be true of everyone!"
"Do you mean Madara Uchiha?"
Tsunade and Shizune's expressions changed drastically.
As something occurred to them, a bone-deep chill rose involuntarily within them.
They went cold from head to toe, cold sweat pouring down their faces.
If Rikuto could decipher the stone tablet, Madara Uchiha naturally could too.
Moreover, he had lived through the endlessly chaotic Sengoku era.
Madara Uchiha, who had ended that age of turmoil and founded Konoha together with the First Hokage.
Had already fallen out with the First Hokage over their differing ideals and left in anger, even becoming his enemy.
If he really was still alive and had witnessed one Shinobi World war after another, with nations constantly waging war and unrest never ending.
It would only make him more disappointed and dissatisfied with this world.
Perhaps he really might believe what the stone tablet said.
And think that only the Infinite Tsukuyomi could save the world.
"Is that why you've been training so desperately?"
After a long while.
Tsunade came back to her senses and stared blankly at Rikuto.
Was this child going to shoulder everything at such a young age?
"Yes and no..." Rikuto's gaze was full of resolve as he smiled and said, "Sister Tsunade, please forgive my selfishness. I've never wanted to be some kind of savior. I only want to protect the people around me who care about me!"
"You're just a little brat who hasn't even grown all his hair yet, but you sure think about a lot..."
After a moment's silence.
Tsunade rapped Rikuto on the head, annoyed.
But the next moment, she pulled him into a tight embrace, burying his face in her ample bosom.
Her eyes involuntarily glistened, touched.
She knew that among the people Rikuto meant.
She was surely one of them.
Shizune smiled beside them.
Surely I'm one of them too, right?
"I understand. Next time you're getting ready to train, remember to tell me!" Gazing dotingly at Rikuto in her arms, Tsunade said, "Otherwise, it's too dangerous for you to go recklessly doing things on your own!"
"Mmph, got it, Sister Tsunade... Please let me go, I'm suffocating!"
Rikuto was suffering and enjoying himself at the same time.
That high-quality, high-grade pendant certainly lived up to its reputation...
It was simply too big.
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"Actually, an injury on the level of yesterday's isn't much..."
A long while later-
After finally emerging from that wonderful, ample bosom.
Rikuto, who had nearly suffocated, let out a long breath.
Looking at Tsunade's beautiful face, he smiled and said, "There was a little accident. If I'd been out in the wild, I could have recovered very quickly!"
After all, he was an ordinary Logia user.
After the Woods-Woods Fruit combined with his own Chakra, it had undergone an astonishing mutation.
Yesterday's accident had mainly been a misjudgment. As soon as he healed his injuries, he had been unable to hold on due to excessive mental fatigue and had fallen unconscious.
Because after he dispelled his Wood Clones.
All their experiences and memories returned to his main body along with their Chakra.
This was not a bad thing. On the contrary, it had considerable benefits, allowing Rikuto to understand every detail of his battles more clearly without overlooking a single mistake.
Letting him constantly reflect, learn, and improve.
And strive to do better.
But the price was that, because of the intense, high-intensity fighting.
His mental fatigue doubled as well.
If he were out in the wild.
He only needed to force himself to hang on.
And grab a few wild beasts, or even directly devour the essence of trees.
Then he would be able to recover.
"But from now on, with you around, Sister Tsunade, I can really let loose!"
As a Woods-Woods Fruit user.
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His vitality was unbelievably tenacious.
Under ordinary circumstances, he would not die easily.
"There's a limit to everything. More haste, less speed. Don't go overboard, kid..."
Tsunade rapped Rikuto on the head as she cautioned him.
Looking at Rikuto's scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan, she asked curiously, "But what exactly is the ability of your Mangekyō Sharingan Dōjutsu?"
"Ōnamuchi. That's the space-time Dōjutsu both my eyes awakened together..."
As Rikuto spoke.
His eyes immediately changed.
Transforming into a dazzling Mangekyō pattern.
He also gave Tsunade and Shizune a brief explanation of his ability.
Then he stepped forward.
At a speed visible to the naked eye.
He passed eerily through Tsunade's body and emerged behind her.
"Incredible..."
"Hiss, what a terrifying ability..."
Witnessing Rikuto's unbeatable Dōjutsu firsthand.
Even though they had been prepared, Tsunade and Shizune could hardly believe it.
Their scalps tingled.
And they could not help feeling relieved that Rikuto was not their enemy.
After all, they had no special Dōjutsu like the Sharingan or Byakugan, nor did they have sensory abilities.
Faced with Rikuto's terrifying Dōjutsu alone, they would be completely helpless.
They would probably even have trouble escaping.
"The power of the Mangekyō Sharingan really is a little too astonishing..."
Looking at the eight-year-old Rikuto before her, Tsunade could not help feeling a tangle of emotions. "No wonder that guy Danzo covets that power and wants to wipe out the Uchiha at every turn..."
She felt that if they really fought.
Rikuto might actually take her down in an instant.
That Dōjutsu, Ōnamuchi, was simply impossible to counter.
That strange parallel space, Kakuriyo.
It could not be seen or touched...
Yet it undeniably existed.
Rikuto could even use Wood Clones to launch effective attacks from inside it that she could neither see nor detect.
And as long as he stayed inside, even if he stood right in front of you without dodging and let you use every trick and attack with all your might, you would be unable to hurt him in the slightest.
"Anyone who becomes your enemy, Rikuto, would be really unlucky!"
Shizune was full of admiration.
Her junior was simply too formidable.
She could not imagine, when an enemy faced Rikuto's Mangekyō Dōjutsu.
Just how desperate they would feel.
"All right, let's stop talking about this for now..."
Having absorbed too much information at once.
Tsunade tried to calm herself down.
Seeing that Rikuto was basically all right, she said to her two disciples, "After breakfast, we still have patients to see!"
"We'll talk about training this afternoon... And you, kid, don't even think about slacking off!"
"Hee-hee, I won't, Sister Tsunade!"
Time flew.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
In the mornings, Rikuto accompanied Tsunade on her medical visits, treating the nobles' various difficult ailments under her guidance. He gained much and achieved remarkable results.
In the afternoons, he practiced the various Ninjutsu and Secret Techniques he had taken from the Uchiha Clan in Kakuriyo Space.
At night, he fought his own Wood Clones inside Kakuriyo.
With the master healer Tsunade serving as his safety net and bodyguard.
Rikuto did not have to worry about being too badly injured to resist.
He threw himself wholeheartedly into his frenzied training.
Every time he came out of Kakuriyo covered in blood.
Tsunade and Shizune, who could not enter Kakuriyo Space and waited there, immediately treated him.
Though it had been less than a week.
Rikuto's progress was unbelievably rapid.
He had improved significantly in Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, and other areas.
This also greatly reduced Tsunade's free time, prompting her to complain that she had no time to go to the casino.
"Thank you very much. You truly are a miracle doctor..."
At the gate of a residence.
A group of people came out from inside, surrounding Tsunade, Shizune, and Rikuto.
A fat-bellied nobleman, his slightly pale face covered in smiles, very politely handed over a generous reward. "Your Excellency Tsunade, this is a small token of my appreciation. It is hardly worthy of you, but I hope you will accept it!"