Mount Myōboku, Great Toad Sage Gamamaru awoke from his deep slumber.
His usually cloudy eyes were, at this moment, clearer and wiser than ever before.
Recalling the chaotic scenes he had witnessed in his dream.
Gamamaru pondered for a long time, ultimately abandoning his plan to send the toads to investigate the ninja world for information.
All things in the world are constantly changing, and fate is never set in stone.
Now that the future is no longer visible.
Any further arrangements and preparations would only be a waste of time.
Just as Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, had said.
Throughout history, the protagonists of this world have always been humans. Finding the right position for their clan and maintaining their own attitude and bottom line is what they should be doing.
Now, their toad clan are Summoning Beasts that help humans fight.
And they are only Summoning Beasts.
Let humans grasp their own future!
As long as humans are not completely extinct and ninjas have not completely disappeared, their clan can continue to survive and thrive.
...
"Haa... haa... how are you planning to quickly increase my strength? With that weird cramming ninjutsu of yours?"
Tsunade lay sprawled on the lawn, panting heavily, feeling pain all over her body.
During their recent exchange, if it weren't for the incredible recovery power of her Creation Rebirth — Strength of a Hundred Seal.
She would probably have reunited with her grandfather and great-grandfather.
Playing cards together in the Pure Land!
"That's one aspect, the other is to have you master Sage Art."
Yamanaka Kei absentmindedly used Earth Release to repair the riddled ground outside the Cultivation Cave.
After all, it was a training ground that Namikaze Minato and Jiraiya had built at great expense.
Borrowing the place for a fight was one thing, but they couldn't just leave a ruin behind without bothering to clean up.
"Sage Art? Sage Mode? The Slug Sage said I don't have that kind of talent."
Tsunade frowned slightly.
Of the Sages of the Three Great Summoning Sanctuaries, the Slug Sage is the most approachable and has an extremely gentle personality.
She had asked about Sage Art a long time ago.
But the Slug Sage had clearly stated.
That cultivating Sage Art requires talent, and she does not possess the ability to cultivate Sage Art.
"The Sage Art of the Three Great Summoning Sanctuaries is, in the end, not very suitable for humans to cultivate. My Sage Art is different."
After Yamanaka Kei replanted and restored the originally collapsed and broken trees with the power of Wood Release.
He looked at Tsunade, who was still lying sprawled on the ground.
The Sage Art Chakra, which had been hidden and restrained, burst out once again, her body surrounded by a holy white light.
Chakra dragon horns materialized on her forehead.
As her sleeves fluttered, nine fierce and majestic Chakra white dragons soared and roared around her.
"Can I learn this?"
Tsunade looked at the silver-white mark on Yamanaka Kei's brow, feeling the vast and majestic aura on his body, and swallowed hard.
"You won't know until you try."
Yamanaka Kei slowly restrained his aura and sat down next to Tsunade.
He leaned over towards her neck.
"You, you, you..."
Tsunade, disregarding her sore body, flailed her arms and legs, trying to retreat.
Although, although those horns looked very nice, but, but, but...
"Don't move, I learned this technique from the Ryūchi Cave inheritance, and I haven't improved it yet. My neck can't stretch, so bear with it, it might hurt a little."
"N-neck?"
"...Read less of those messy novels."
Yamanaka Kei bit down on Tsunade's neck, on the flow of Chakra meridians.
Sage Art energy, containing no bloodline information and no impurities, slowly integrated into Tsunade's body, thread by thread.
Tsunade, as the purest descendant of the Senju Clan, seemed to have inherited very little of the Sage Body's power.
In reality, those dominant genes had simply become recessive.
And what Yamanaka Kei had to do.
Was to activate these hidden powerful forces within Tsunade's body, allowing her to directly possess a Sage Body and master Sage Mode!
"Ah~! Ah! Knock me out! Quick!"
Tsunade's pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints.
Strands of Sage Art energy, flowing through her entire body's Chakra meridians, were like ferocious beasts, frantically eroding and devouring the cellular energy within her body.
The all-encompassing pain was as if someone was constantly cutting and rubbing her sensory nerves with a rasp.
Under such intense pain, she couldn't even faint!
Boom~
"Seems like it is a little painful?"
The light of Sage Art Yin-Yang Release shone in Yamanaka Kei's left palm, pressing it against the location where Tsunade's lower dantian meridians converged.
Constantly restoring the other party's body, which was being torn apart and reshaped by pure Sage Art energy, while also replenishing the life force consumed during such a drastic reshaping!
Looking at Tsunade, who was still convulsing even in her coma.
After thinking for a moment, he slightly added some of the head-rush-inducing power of the Grave Milk Healer, using it as a painkiller.
"U Lululu~"
Tsunade's head tilted, and she began to foam at the mouth.
Yamanaka Kei shuddered in fright and quickly withdrew the special technique that incorporated the Grave Milk Healer into the Sage Art.
Over an hour later.
Seeing Tsunade's body completely covered in blood and various filth, her heartbeat and pulse returned to normal.
Her body cells, in the constant process of destruction and regeneration, became stronger and filled with vitality, and she gradually began to adapt to the Sage Art energy.
He spoke to the system in his mind.
"System, grant Tsunade the white entry Fallen Woman's Comeback, the green entry Thug's Excited Fist, and the blue entry Air-Splitting Seat."
One white, one green, and one blue, three entries merged into Tsunade's body.
Fallen Woman's Comeback, which increases body flexibility, dexterity, and charm.
Thug's Excited Fist, which increases taijutsu skills, body strength, flexibility, dexterity, charm, strength growth, and taijutsu learning speed.
Air-Splitting Seat, which increases bone hardness, glute, leg, hip strength, and defense.
These three entries, although not comparable to the purple entry Magical Girl Transformation that Yamanaka Kei gave to Kushina.
But the combined effect is not bad!
Plus, with enhanced physique and Sage Mode at her side.
If Tsunade still can't pin Sarutobi Hiruzen down and beat him senseless, then it would be a real waste of his efforts!
"A huge loss, a huge loss! Only thirteen entry granting opportunities left!"
Yamanaka Kei muttered to himself.
He made up his mind that he must make Tsunade repay him well for his efforts today in the future.
Otherwise, he won't be able to rest easy!
He observed Tsunade's condition for a while.
Seeing the blue entries Giant Strength War Chariot and Exquisite Precision on her personal interface beginning to flicker.
The three entries that had just appeared on her personal interface disappeared together.
A smile crept onto Yamanaka Kei's lips.
The entries had already begun to merge.
With the acceleration of Genjutsu, Tsunade should be able to complete the fusion of all the entries and the initial adaptation to the power in at most Three Days.
Steady!
With one hand, Yamanaka Kei picked up Tsunade, who was in an unrecognisable state.
Finding the Flying Thunder God Technique mark in his home, Yamanaka Kei returned directly to the living room.
After tossing her into the bedroom to properly integrate her abilities within a Genjutsu,
he took the two bewildered little ones and Kushina to prepare the ingredients for lunch.
...
Time passed quickly and unconsciously.
A dark current surged within Konoha.
As the morning sun rose from the horizon,
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights, paced back and forth in the Hokage's office, agitated.
For three consecutive days, he had not received any information from the front lines!
Moreover, during these three days, the various ninja clans, large and small, in Konoha, and some elite Jonin, had been constantly gathering in private for some unknown reason!
But by the time the Anbu discovered the movements and went to investigate and inquire,
those guys had already dispersed.
It was as if countless eyes were monitoring his every move, informing those people,
even though he had changed the people delivering messages several times, the situation had not changed in the slightest!
A strong sense of unease surged into his heart, and Sarutobi Hiruzen felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles.
It was as if everything had slipped out of his control!
"Hiruzen, if you can't find any solid evidence, why not just call them all in and question them face to face!"
Torifu Koharu tapped the armrest of the sofa, her expression equally grave.
"Call them all in together, question them separately in different rooms, and someone will eventually slip up,"
Mitokado Homura added.
The Hokage actually felt that he had lost control of the village.
The direct Anbu were also like blind men, being played in the palm of someone's hand. If this matter was not dealt with as soon as possible,
Konoha was afraid of a major upheaval!
Bang!
Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could speak, the door of the Hokage's office was kicked open.
Wearing a light green short shirt, with light golden hair tied up with a red silk ribbon, Tsunade stood in front of the Hokage's office door with her chin slightly raised and one hand on her hip.
"No need to call them! Old man, let's have a fight! The Position of Fourth Hokage! I want it!"
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