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After returning from the front lines, Zhang Shan and his comrades began a new life.

Rope Tree came to bother Zhang Shan every day, and Zhang Shan made him run ten laps around Konoha every day. At first, Rope Tree was extremely unwilling, but after being lectured by Zhang Shan twice, he obediently went to run the laps.

"Yes, yes! Handle gently! Be careful!"

"Hey! Over there..."

Zhang Shan instructed the ninjas who were delivering equipment to him to handle it with care, making sure not to bump or damage his precious items.

The ninjas remained expressionless; they were simply there to do their job. They naturally tried their best to meet all of Zhang Shan's demands—making money was no small matter.

When he was the only one left in the laboratory, Zhang Shan looked at these completely revolutionary machines, and the smile on his lips gradually became unrestrained.

"Next comes the blood test. Who should we start with?"

Just as Zhang Shan was thinking, the voice of that idiot Sheng Shu came from outside the door.

"Master! I've come to cultivate!"

Upon hearing Rope Tree's voice, Zhang Shan instantly found the answer to what he had been pondering.

Snapped!

Bang!

He opened the door, pulled the rope tree over, and closed the door.

Zhang Shan casually tossed the rope tree into the corner, took out a syringe, and said with a kind smile, "Be good, don't move around, it'll be over soon!"

"No...no! No!!!"

After it was over, Rope Tree slumped to the ground with tears in her eyes, looking like a young wife who had been violated.

"Alright, go run a few laps around Konoha, then go learn the Rasengan from Minato. Don't bother me unless it's absolutely necessary." With a wave of his hand, Zhang Shan ignored Nawaki and returned to his laboratory to begin researching the Senju bloodline.

Although he said he was handing the items over to scientist Zhang Shan for research, when he actually received them, Zhang Shan still wanted to study them himself, otherwise he would feel he was wasting the knowledge he had gained from scientist Zhang Shan.

Rope Tree left Zhang Shan's villa with tears in his eyes. The spot on his arm where he had just had blood drawn had healed. With a sigh, Rope Tree began his training for the day.

While running laps in Konoha, they ran into their good friend Might Guy. The two ran faster and faster until they both collapsed on the ground.

Might Day is Might Guy's father, but compared to Guy, Day's generation was not so lucky. They practiced martial arts without money, which meant burning their lives and mortgaging their future.

However, not being from a family of secret arts practitioners, it seems that risking his life is the only path he can take.

Fortunately, he has now met Rope Tree. After the two of them have been training together, Rope Tree will always share some good body-refining resources with Might Guy. After a period of time, Might Guy feels that his body has improved a lot.

After declining Might Guy's invitation for extra training, Nawaki happily went to Minato to practice his Rasengan.

Taijutsu is nowhere near as useful as ninjutsu. Besides, he doesn't lack chakra at all. What was he thinking, going to train in taijutsu? Wouldn't throwing Rasenshuriken from a distance be much better?

The moment Nawaki saw the Rasenshuriken, a voice inside him urged him to learn this super cool ninjutsu!

Even though the third generation later listed the Rasenshuriken as a forbidden technique, it did not shake Nawaki's belief in wanting to learn it.

Not strong enough? Then he'll learn immortal arts to improve his physical strength.

Once he learns the Rasenshuriken, Nawaki can force himself to calm down and learn anything!

Upon arriving at Mito's house, Nawaki saw that Minato was studying the Four Symbols Seal and excitedly asked him to continue teaching her the Rasengan.

Minato looked at Nawaki with a helpless expression, took out a balloon, and let Nawaki train on his own.

"Didn't I already tell you the cultivation methods? You can cultivate on your own; there's no need to come to me every day."

I get a little shy when I talk about this rope tree.

He didn't want to bother Minato, but it had been three or four days and he still couldn't break the water balloon. He thought that Nawaki, who thought he had calmed down, was starting to feel the strain.

So now Rope Tree is eager to know exactly how to pop this water balloon.

"Minato! Just tell me the secret! I really need it!" Nawaki clasped his hands together, his face full of pleading.

“This…” Minato looked troubled. What was so difficult about popping a water balloon? He quickly found the trick back then, but he didn’t have enough chakra, so it took him several days to complete the first stage of training and pop the water balloon with his own chakra.

Why does the Rasengan seem so difficult now that we're facing Nawaki?

"Lord Minato!" Nawaki looked at Minato with his big, expectant eyes, which made it hard for Minato to refuse.

Finally, Minato smiled and said, "Alright, start training now, and I'll see where the problem lies."

Rope Tree was overjoyed upon hearing this, and quickly filled the balloon with water before beginning his cultivation.

Hua Hua Hua~

Soon, the water balloon in Rope Tree's hand seemed to turn into a frisbee, spinning rapidly and flattening itself.

This scene completely surprised Minato!

"No way? This chakra..." Minato was incredibly envious!

Although he possessed a considerable amount of chakra, it was far inferior to that of Nawaki.

If Minato's chakra is 1, then Nawaki's chakra is about 30.

"Speaking of which, Zhang Shan's chakra reserves are also terrifying."

"Aaaaah!" Rope Tree stared intently at the 'flying pancake' in his hand, using all his mental energy to frantically spin the chakra in his palm, trying to explode the 'flying pancake'.

However, his method was wrong from the start, so how could he possibly achieve the desired effect?

Seeing this, Minato sighed and said, "I'm sorry, Nawaki, I can't help you with this."

"Eh? Why?"

Nawaki, who was completely focused, was startled by this sentence, and the chakra in his palm immediately went out of control and became extremely chaotic.

The water balloon in his hand suddenly burst open!

Bang!

The powerful jets of water lashed against the two of them, causing Minato to feel pain. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Ouch! Just how much chakra does Nawaki have?"

Nawaki himself was stunned, but after a brief moment of confusion, he burst into a thunderous cheer!

"Yay! I finally did it!!" Then, he looked at Minato with anticipation: "Minato! I did it! Can we start the next stage of training now?"

Wiping the water off his face, Minato methodically took out another balloon, skillfully turned it into a water balloon, and handed it to Nawaki: "One more time."

That was pure luck; Nawaki accidentally popped the water balloon. However, Nawaki hadn't grasped the true essence of the Rasengan. Therefore, unless Nawaki popped the water balloon again now, Minato wouldn't let him begin the next stage of training.

Chapter 47 Qi Circle Slash?

In the Mito family's yard, Minato and Kushina were whispering sweet nothings to each other while studying sealing techniques, while in the distance, Rope Tree was playing with 'flying pancakes'.

Seeing this, Mito sighed helplessly, thinking to himself, "Why can't that silly Nawaki figure out the secret of the Rasengan?"

Three days later, Zhang Shan came out of the laboratory.

Although his eyes were bloodshot, he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.

In three days, he had almost deciphered the secret of the Rope Tree's vigorous vitality. Furthermore, by absorbing the Senju bloodline factor through the God Gene, he greatly increased his own vitality. Combined with Sage Art, he could achieve the same recovery speed as Tsunade after releasing the Hundred Healings Seal in the later stages of the game, commonly known as Hashirama's passive ability.

Of course, he already possessed the ability to be immortal after absorbing the bloodline factor of the Corpse King, so this ability is now insignificant.

What made Zhang Shan happy was that he discovered a very novel factor in the Senju's genes. This factor was a latent factor of the Senju clan that could neutralize chakra attributes, allowing the two originally conflicting attributes to merge with each other.

Zhang Shan felt as if he had discovered the secret of bloodline limits.

Now we just need to wait a few days to extract the purest bloodline factors, and then we'll know the real reason why the Thousand Hands are called the Thousand Hands.

“I used to think it was because Asura gained many followers and friends that his descendants established the Thousand Hands, but now it seems there’s more to it than meets the eye!” Zhang Shan thought to himself.

Having not left the house for several days, Zhang Shan got himself some food and then set off for the Mito family to see how Nawaki was doing with his cultivation. Since the other party called him "Master," he, as the master, should occasionally check on Nawaki's cultivation progress.

At this time, at the Mito family home.

Minato and Kushina were still being affectionate, Nawaki was already quite skilled at making roti, and Mito was sitting on the veranda arranging flowers.

As Zhang Shan approached, Sheng Shu immediately put down the roti he was holding and rushed to Zhang Shan's side, shouting, "Master! You've finally emerged from seclusion!"

"Go away! Be normal!" Zhang Shan pushed Nawaki away with a look of disgust and asked, "Have you mastered the Rasengan yet? You're already researching new ninjutsu!"

When he came in, he saw Nawaki playing with frisbees and thought the guy was doing something new. He had no idea that Nawaki would be stuck in the first stage of the Rasengan for so long.

"Um... well..." Nawaki scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and said, "Actually, I haven't popped the water balloon yet. But I succeeded once before! You can ask Minato if you don't believe me!"

Nawaki pointed at Minato, who completely ignored him.

In the past two days, Minato has also realized that he is not suitable for instructing others. He has already explained some of the Rasengan training concepts to Nawaki, but Nawaki seems to not understand at all. This has greatly discouraged Minato, and he has decided not to teach anyone anymore.

Zhang Shan nodded, greeted Mito, and then asked Nawaki to demonstrate his current training progress.

A moment later, Zhang Shan stared blankly at the 'flying pancake' in Sheng Shu's hand.

"Hiss! You..."

Rope Tree lowered its head, ready to receive Zhang Shan's reprimand.

However, the expected scolding did not come. Instead, Zhang Shan's slightly approving voice came: "That move is not bad either. Drop the water balloon and gather that chakra in your hand like you did just now, and show me!"

Suddenly raising his head, he met Zhang Shan's slightly interested eyes. The previously dejected Rope Tree instantly regained his spirits and laughed, "Watch closely, Master! I've mastered this move!"

His chakra gathered in his palm, and instantly, a chakra disc appeared!

"Not bad, but the rotation speed is still too low, and the chakra consumption is far greater than that of the Rasengan. However, for someone like you who doesn't lack chakra, these are not drawbacks," Zhang Shan commented.

Upon hearing this, Rope Tree's eyes lit up. Had he accidentally created something amazing?!

Zhang Shan also stretched out his hand, and a frisbee that looked like a rope tree appeared in his palm. Moreover, the frisbee in Zhang Shan's hand spun even faster, and the airflow it created turned into a small tornado.

"It still needs some improvement." With a thought, Zhang Shan calmed down the raging wind and the chakra disc in his hand seemed to become gentle as well.

However, none of the people present would underestimate this seemingly harmless flying disc, because just like the Rasengan, it had a chakra cloak on its surface, which contained all its destructive power. Once it got stuck on this thing, it would either kill or injure you!

Seeing his fritters become perfect in Zhang Shan's hands, Rope Tree's eyes showed envy. Why hadn't he thought of playing with them like this before?

At this moment, Zhang Shan said, "This move is good, let's call it Qi Circle Slash!"

"Ki Circle Slash? What a strange name!" Rope Tree thought to himself, but then he saw the Ki Circle Slash in Zhang Shan's hand gradually turn white!

Buzz buzz~!

The sound, which seemed to pierce eardrums, entered Rope Tree's ears again. He saw that Zhang Shan's Qi Circle Slash had many serrated-like things on it. Although it only flashed by, the densely packed things still surprised Rope Tree.

"It upgraded in an instant!"