Konoha's Hextech Ninja

In comparison, Uchiha Tetsuka's progress was indeed much slower than that of the others.

But can we blame him for this?

Isn't it all because other people have someone constantly giving them pointers?

Well, Yoruichi Yagami doesn't count.

Our normal geniuses can't be compared to a freak like Yoruichi Yagami!

In Uchiha Tetsuka's heart, he had completely given up the idea of ​​competing with Yagami Yoruichi, and had long since accepted that he could not keep up with Yagami Yoruichi's rate of improvement in strength.

"Keep cultivating, I'll create two shadow clones to accompany you two."

Yagami Yoruichi patted Uchiha Tekka on the shoulder, leaving behind two shadow clones and sending out another batch of shadow clones to train in ninjutsu in the distance. Her main body followed Yuhi Kurenai to the side to accompany her in her routine taijutsu and genjutsu training.

Chapter 102 Living with Tsunade?

The metropolis of the Land of Fire.

Daming Mansion.

Tsunade walked into a reception room and saw her two companions sitting inside, showing no surprise whatsoever.

"Orochimaru, Jiraiya."

Tsunade remained calm and cut to the chase, asking, "Is there anything we can't say in Konoha that we have to meet here?"

She didn't come to Daming Prefecture to see the Daming family at all.

Instead, he received a message from Jiraiya and secretly met with his two old classmates.

The only reason for meeting here is that we must avoid being seen by Konoha.

"Orochimaru has something to tell you."

Jiraiya glanced at Orochimaru with a complicated expression.

"Danzo wants to cooperate with me to restart the Wood Release experiment."

Orochimaru didn't hide anything and said directly, "But I think the old man is behind this."

"Restarting the Wood Release experiment?!"

Tsunade's eyebrows shot up sharply, revealing her anger.

Previously, Konoha had coveted the power of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and planned to recreate the Wood Release bloodline limit through human experiments.

Many members of the Senju clan even volunteered to be test subjects, and died tragically during the experiments.

Ultimately, due to the excessive number of casualties and the complete lack of success in the experiment, it was forced to be halted and declared never to be restarted.

But how much time has passed since then?

Are we going to restart the Wood Release experiment again?

And it was actually Danzo Shimura who was in charge?

As for Orochimaru's claim that the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was behind it all, Tsunade had no doubt whatsoever.

Such a big matter would not have been undertaken by Danzo Shimura at this critical juncture without Hiruzen Sarutobi's tacit approval.

After all, he had just been caught red-handed and his roots were disbanded.

"What does the old man want to do?!"

Tsunade slammed her hand on the table.

"As a bonus, since we were classmates," Orochimaru said, licking his lips with his long tongue. "Danzo believes that your student may have awakened a physique similar to the First Hokage. Using him as a test subject, the Wood Release experiment is very likely to succeed."

boom!

Tsunade unleashed a burst of chakra from her fist, shattering the table into pieces instantly.

The two people opposite them remained completely still, simply releasing their chakra to block the high-speed wood fragments.

"Tsunade, you're getting too excited," Jiraiya reminded her. "It's precisely at times like these that you need to stay calm!"

"I find this strange." Tsunade looked at Orochimaru and asked, "Given your personality, you should have cooperated with Danzo, so why are you telling me this?"

"Because he is unlikely to succeed. I have no interest in working with someone who is destined to fail."

Orochimaru's voice faintly revealed a hint of excitement: "Your student is growing at an alarming rate. Even if Danzo or I were to take action ourselves, we wouldn't be able to subdue him without alerting anyone."

"Such a terrifying physique, such a terrifying growth rate."

"In the history I know, this has never happened before."

"I'm very curious, what kind of secret does your student hold!"

"Tsunade, why don't you give me your student and let me be his teacher?"

"Perhaps he is the one I have been searching for all along!"

Orochimaru's tone grew increasingly manic, as if he had encountered the goal he had been pursuing his entire life.

Orochimaru!

Tsunade stood up, glaring at Orochimaru, and growled, "Don't force me to take action against you!"

"In your condition, can you still fight me?"

Orochimaru shook his head, saying with regret, "Fine, I didn't come here to fight you. Since you're unwilling, then pretend I didn't say anything. But remember, this information wasn't given to you for nothing; you owe me a favor."

After saying that, Orochimaru got up and was about to leave without waiting for Tsunade's reply.

"Wait, Orochimaru!" Jiraiya hurriedly called out, but Orochimaru acted as if he hadn't heard him and walked straight out the door.

Jiraiya wanted to catch up, but after hesitating for a moment, he decided to stay.

"Tsunade, there's no need to worry too much."

Jiraiya quickly replied, "I'm definitely on your side. As for Orochimaru, I'll keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't do anything reckless."

Tsunade was preoccupied with her own thoughts and didn't pay any attention to what Jiraiya was saying.

"I'm going back to Konoha," Tsunade said, preparing to leave.

"Wait a minute," Jiraiya said quickly. "Use the Reverse Summoning Jutsu. I left some toads in Konoha."

Tsunade then stopped and said to Jiraiya, "Then hurry up, stop dawdling!"

"Okay, okay, I must have owed you something in my past life."

Jiraiya muttered to himself, but his actions were swift. He formed hand seals and used a summoning technique to summon a toad from Mount Myōboku.

The toad opened its mouth and swallowed the two of them whole before turning into a puff of smoke and disappearing.

In the forest outside Konoha Village, a giant toad appeared, opening its huge mouth, and Jiraiya and Tsunade jumped out of the toad's mouth.

"I'm going back now. Do as you please."

Tsunade said hello and left in a hurry.

Jiraiya reached out to call out to Tsunade, but hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Sigh, I should keep an eye on Orochimaru. That stinky snake has been acting weirder lately; I have a feeling he's plotting something bad."

Jiraiya muttered to himself, formed hand seals to send the toad back to Mount Myōboku, looked around, and then walked in one direction.

……

In a corner of the training ground, a white snake coiled around a tree branch, observing Yagami Yoruichi from afar through the gaps in the canopy.

The little snake blended completely into the tree, and even Yagami Yoruichi's 'Wind Release: Wind Perception' failed to detect its presence.

Normal snakes, even ninja beasts, have very poor eyesight.

However, this special white snake seemed to have undergone some kind of modification, as it could clearly observe every movement of Yagami Yoruichi even from hundreds of meters away, and record all of Yagami Yoruichi's performances completely.

The white snake only quietly left and disappeared into the woods when a blond figure in a green robe rushed into the training ground.

Inside a secret room.

Orochimaru put the returned white snake into his sleeve and formed a hand seal.

A moment later.

"I see."

"Has that strange growth from before almost stopped?"

"His chakra reserves are approaching those of the old man, and his physical strength is also very high. Even among the geniuses of the Senju clan, it takes at least ten years for them to reach this level of physique..."

"Just like the rope tree back then..."

Orochimaru was talking to himself when he suddenly fell silent.

Senju Nawaki was once his disciple.

It was precisely because of Senju Nawaki's death that Orochimaru embarked on a path of pursuing immortality and eternal life.

"A physique stronger than Nawaki's, perhaps even stronger than the First Hokage's. Yoruichi-kun, what secrets do you hold?"

In the secret room, Orochimaru's mutterings echoed continuously.

……

"teacher?"

When Yagami Yoruichi saw Tsunade, he looked surprised.

In the past, Tsunade would never take the initiative to come to him.

Even if something happens, they'll have someone else, like Jingyin, relay the message.

This is the first time someone has come to see me in person.

Yagami Yoruichi immediately realized something was wrong and asked, "Sensei, what happened?"

"Have you encountered any strange people lately?" Tsunade's voice carried a hint of anxiety and concern.

"A strange person?" Yagami Yoruichi thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No."

Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still not completely at ease and asked again, "Orochimaru, has he looked for you?"

"Lord Orochimaru?" Yagami Yoruichi was taken aback.