Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

If a person loses their sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, what is left of them?

dark.

Deathly silence, an endless expanse of darkness.

Unable to communicate or receive anything, surrounded by nothing but darkness, and with Naruto also suffering from claustrophobia, training was extremely painful.

Judging that the time had come, Kurama roared, and with a surge of chakra, it disrupted the chakra circulation within Naruto's body that was maintaining the closure of his five senses.

Naruto suddenly opened his eyes, woke up, and took a deep breath.

"How is it?" Nine-Tails asked.

"I think I have a feeling, but then again, I don't. It's just my imagination. I don't understand," Naruto said, confused.

Once the technique of blocking out the five senses is used, the person cannot undo it on their own and must be helped by someone else.

People with low chakra are fine; once their chakra is exhausted and they can no longer sustain it, they can automatically deactivate it.

Naruto is no good. He has so much chakra that he can't possibly use it all up. By the time his chakra is completely depleted, he'll probably be dead by then.

"Anyway, the method is correct. This technique doesn't require much talent; it's just a matter of time. Let's take it slow," Nine-Tails said.

Naruto nodded, glanced at his watch, and saw it was a little past six.

Shima-sensei had prepared breakfast, a sumptuous feast of insects.

Naruto politely declined with a forced laugh.

If you cook it thoroughly, it's fine, like grilling or deep-frying.

It's still alive, how could he bring himself to eat it?

After dispelling all his shadow clones and enduring his headache, he said goodbye to the two sages, Fukasaku and Shima, as well as a few toads with whom he had a good relationship, and hurriedly left Mount Myōboku.

"Is there any food in the world more delicious than this? You don't know how to enjoy life. Jiraiya is the same way, and so is Naruto..." Fukasaku shook his head.

"That's right, it's strange that you don't like such fresh and delicious food," Shima the Hermit wondered.

The reverse summoning was deactivated, and Naruto vanished into thin air, returning to Tanabata Street. The inn where he was staying was exactly where he had left when he was summoned.

Seeing that Jiraiya was fast asleep, Naruto did not disturb him, quietly left, went into the bathroom, brushed his teeth and washed his face.

Suddenly, a loud rumbling sound came from outside, and Naruto poked his head out.

In the distance, for reasons unknown, buildings collapsed amidst the smoke and dust.

"Those buildings look just as old as the ones Tsunade destroyed when she fought Orochimaru in the story," Naruto muttered.

How could a perfectly good building collapse?

Suddenly, he thought of something and stopped brushing his teeth.

He half-squatted on the ground, raised his index and middle fingers, and lightly pressed them against the ground, activating the Chakra Sensing Technique.

This hotel only has Jiraiya and Shizune's life force.

Tsunade's life force reaction, along with her chakra reaction, was observed at the destroyed ancient building, along with Orochimaru's and Kabuto's life force and chakra reactions.

"..." Naruto.

So, Jiraiya wasn't sleeping, but was drugged into unconsciousness?

"Should it be that the plot has changed? Or that I was delayed on the way? This caused the battle between Tsunade and Orochimaru to take place a few days earlier..."

Now is not the time to worry about these things. Naruto quickly rinsed his mouth and left two shadow clones to take care of Jiraiya, who was drugged, and Shizune, who was knocked unconscious by Tsunade.

He went to the scene alone.

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"Tsunade, I hope you will seriously consider this and not make a decision that you will regret."

His legs were nowhere to be seen; his body below the waist had transformed into a snake's body. He was none other than Orochimaru, a descendant of Nuwa, who smiled slightly.

"Accepting your deal is the one you'll regret," Tsunade said expressionlessly.

He instantly rushed forward and delivered a powerful punch to Orochimaru's face.

"Is this your choice? I understand, then..."

After software modifications, he was hit by Tsunade's punch and was completely unharmed.

Completely unconcerned about being blasted away and rolling around on the ground in a pathetic state, Orochimaru chuckled.

"Let me play along with you for a bit. Don't blame me for not remembering our past relationship; I'm just fulfilling your wish."

Hands together.

Forbidden technique, Impure World Reincarnation, activated.

Two coffins rose from the ground.

"Come on, let's play a game. These are your opponents. What will you do?"

"..." Tsunade.

"Tsunade?" Edo Tensei Kato Dan stepped out of the coffin, looking at the figure in the distance, and asked in confusion.

"Sister?" Just like Edo Tensei Nawaki, he was filled with doubt. His last memory was of the exploding tags.

"..." Tsunade.

"Damn it!" Tsunade cursed angrily.

Stepping aside, Kabuto watched the destruction caused by Tsunade's stomp and habitually adjusted his glasses: "What terrifying strength, huh?"

As if sensing something, he turned his head and looked: "Naruto Uzumaki?"

"Sage Art, Earth Release, Rasenshuriken."

The shadow clone responsible for perception releases itself and transmits the perception results back to the main body.

Having grasped the situation using this method, Naruto almost instinctively unleashed the Earth Release: Rasenshuriken, an technique with effects comparable to sealing jutsu.

Even a fool could guess who Orochimaru would summon from the dead.

The rope tree is fine, but you need to be careful about the broken Kato tree.

The Spirit Transformation Technique, a profound art that attacks and kills souls, is difficult to defend against. We must seal Kato Dan before Orochimaru lays down the talisman and completely controls him.

With Sage Mode chakra and Nine-Tails chakra combined, it would be difficult even for Orochimaru to break it, and the effect could last much longer.

"If you don't want to cause trouble for Tsunade, stay where you are and don't move," Naruto shouted.

Chapter 88 The Incomplete Immortal Fox Mode

Kato Dan did not readily believe Naruto's words.

Although it's still unclear what's going on, there's no need to hesitate to dodge when attacked.

He pulled Nawaki over, unleashed his chakra, used Body Flicker Technique, and left his original position.

With a swift movement, the Earth Release: Rasenshuriken landed where Kato Dan and Nawaki had just been standing, and suddenly expanded.

Based on the Nine-Tails' chakra, and with the addition of Sage Chakra, the size and hardness reached a new level, with the diameter of the earth sphere exceeding one hundred meters, which was extremely terrifying.

"Tsk, as expected, no matter how powerful a technique is, it's useless if it can't hit the target," Naruto thought to himself.

"What are you doing here? It's dangerous here. Get out of here!" Tsunade said.

“Showing off isn’t a good habit. Leave the rest to me.” Naruto stood next to Tsunade, clasping his hands together.

Even at her peak, Tsunade was no match for Orochimaru, let alone Tsunade who suffered from hemophobia.

Don't be fooled by their fierce appearance now; once they encounter blood, they immediately turn into spineless shrimps, lose their will to fight, and become easy prey.

The appearance of Kato Dan and Nawaki only made matters worse.

"You ignorant brat," Tsunade chuckled.

"Your technique just now was indeed amazing, but ultimately it depends on whether the person using the technique knows who their opponent is."

“I not only know him, I’ve even fought him before,” Naruto said.

"You don't even bother to write a draft of your boasts. Do you think I'd believe you?" Tsunade was speechless.

Who is Orochimaru?

Famous for many years, one of the legendary Sannin.

You're just a greenhorn, claiming you fought Orochimaru and are still alive and kicking. You're kidding me.

Naruto smiled, offered no explanation, and instead focused on forming hand seals.

The illusion of deceiving oneself into believing there is no danger, forgetting the sense of crisis, is activated first.

This is a prerequisite for reliably triggering the passive instinct, a life-saving skill that ensures one's invincibility.

Then, combining the natural energy newly transmitted by the Nine-Tails, a large amount of Sage Chakra was extracted.

"Sage Art, Wood Release, Advent of the Tree World."

Rumble!

A massive earthquake struck.

Countless thick vines shot into the sky.

"What!" Tsunade's expression changed, and she stared at Naruto in shock, her mind blank for a moment.

She couldn't believe it even if she were beaten to death that the child Jiraiya had been with would actually know the Wood Release technique, which had been completely lost since his grandfather's time.

In the Forest of Death, Naruto was unaware that he possessed a passive instinct to automatically dodge attacks, and he had no chance of winning against Orochimaru.

Now, he has not only mastered illusion techniques that reliably trigger passive instincts, but also learned sage techniques with the help of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

I'm not confident I can kill Orochimaru.

He was confident that he could confront Orochimaru head-on and defeat him.

"Wood Release..." Orochimaru, a descendant of Nuwa, was equally shocked as he looked at Naruto, who was now heavily protected by vines.

Having studied intercolumnar cells and bloodline limits for many years, he was well aware of a fact, or rather, a truth.

Wood Release is a unique ability belonging to the First Hokage, Hashirama.