Naruto: In Konoha Village, I awakened Wood Release at the start.

The outskirts of Duanche Street.

In a remote, deserted dead-end alley.

Tsunade, holding Shizune by the back of her collar, landed steadily.

She was breathing heavily, her full chest heaving violently.

"Lady Tsunade."

"Where are we going now?"

Silent looked miserable, her voice trembling.

The little pig in her arms rolled its eyes and fainted.

"Where else can we go?"

"Let's move to another town to lay low for a while!"

Hearing the word "mute".

Tsunade spat in annoyance.

Sudden.

She stopped abruptly, her eyes becoming extremely sharp.

Under the astonished gaze of silence.

Tsunade slowly turned around and looked at a shadowy spot at the corner of the alley.

"Did you come out on your own?"

"Or should I just beat you out of here?"

As Tsunade finished speaking.

Tap, tap, tap.

A series of crisp footsteps came from the shadows.

Chiba, disguised as a wandering samurai, appeared before Tsunade and Shizune.

"Is it you?"

After recognizing who it was.

Tsunade's brows furrowed into a tight knot.

This bastard, who went against her relentlessly at the gambling table, won a full ten million taels from her!

"Are you sent by the casino owner to collect a debt?"

"Or was it some enemy who dislikes me, and they hired an assassin?"

Tsunade let out a cold laugh.

And her knuckles were cracking loudly as she pinched them.

Regardless of who the other party is.

Today, she absolutely has to get those ten million taels back!

Chiba stopped at a safe distance of ten steps from Tsunade.

He didn't respond immediately.

Perception spread wildly in all directions like a spider web.

Within a radius of one kilometer.

There was no chakra fluctuation from the Dark Side, nor the chilling aura of the Root.

After confirming that the surrounding area is absolutely safe.

Chiba slowly opened his eyes and formed a hand seal.

Bang!

A puff of white smoke dissipated.

The rough exterior of the wandering samurai faded away, revealing Chiba's original boyish face.

"A Konoha ninja?"

Looking at the headband on Chiba's forehead.

Tsunade was taken aback for a moment, then her eyes showed even greater wariness.

"That old man finally lost his patience and sent his secret agents to arrest me and take me back?"

The old man she was referring to was, of course, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"No."

"You've misunderstood, senior."

"I was not acting under orders; I escaped from the village on my own."

Chiba's tone was extremely calm.

Upon hearing this...

Tsunade was even more surprised.

How dare a sixteen or seventeen-year-old Chunin become a rogue ninja?

"Oh?"

"Escape from Konoha?"

"Then why did you run away so far away? What are you doing here looking for me?"

"I have long since severed all ties with that decaying village."

After saying these words.

Tsunade then turned around and prepared to leave.

Regardless of whether Chiba was a Konoha ninja or a Konoha rogue ninja.

Tsunade doesn't want to deal with these things right now.

"I need the protection of a senior."

Chiba's voice echoed through the empty alley.

Tsunade paused in her steps.

It was as if I had heard some incredibly funny joke.

"shelter?"

"Who do you think you are, to make me take action?"

"Just because you won my ten million taels at the casino?"

Tsunade turned around, her face full of mockery.

Silent stood to the side, too scared to even breathe.

She knew very well how terrifying Lady Tsunade could be when she got angry.

Chiba's back remained ramrod straight.

He knew it very well.

When negotiating with a veteran like this who has been through the baptism of war, words alone are not persuasive enough.

then.

Chiba slowly raised his right hand.

Hold your palms out flat, palms facing upwards.

The chakra within the body began to undergo a wondrous qualitative change.

The water and earth attributes merged wildly under the catalysis of Yang Release.

An extremely pure life force surged through Chiba's meridians into his palm.

There are no complicated hand seals.

This power seems to be an innate instinct.

soon.

A faint yet pure green light bloomed in Chiba's palm.

The green light was particularly glaring in the dimly lit alley.

at first.

Tsunade still looked disdainful.

But when she sensed that chakra, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

"This...this is..."

The mockery in Tsunade's eyes vanished instantly.

Instead, there was an extremely strong sense of shock!

Followed by.

Under the watchful eyes of Tsunade and Shizune.

A tender green bud sprouted from Qianye's palm.

This sapling, no thicker than a thumb, exudes a vibrant sense of life.

The air in the alley seemed to freeze at that moment.

Mute and cover your mouth.

Her legs felt weak, as if she was about to collapse.

And Tsunade.

This Sannin, who had seen countless storms, even stopped breathing at this moment.

Her pupils contracted sharply, her gaze fixed on Chiba's palm, staring at the swaying sapling.

Even if they are ten steps apart.

She could feel it clearly too.

That was a miraculous power that only her grandfather, who was revered as the "God of Ninjas," possessed!

"Wood Release..."

Tsunade murmured softly.

Her voice was very hoarse, with a noticeable tremor.

In order to reproduce this power.

The higher-ups in Konoha have conducted countless heinous human experiments.

But now.

An ordinary boy actually performed Wood Release perfectly!

the most important is.

This boy didn't even form any hand seals!

This is definitely not something that a test subject could do.

This is a miraculous power that only those with the true Thousand Hands bloodline can awaken!

"Who...who are you?!"

Tsunade took a step forward.

A terrifying pressure of chakra instantly enveloped the entire alley.

The stone slabs on the ground shattered inch by inch under this oppressive force.

If this matter is not clarified...

Tsunade will absolutely not let this boy leave today.

Upon seeing this.

Chiba calmly withdrew his chakra.

The sapling in his palm withered instantly, turning into a small clump of ashes.

"senior."

"My name is Senju Chiba."

Under Tsunade's watchful gaze.

Chiba didn't hide anything and revealed his name.

The moment I heard the words "Thousand Hands".

Tsunade's tense shoulders trembled suddenly.

She bit her lower lip hard, her eyes filled with extremely complex emotions.

Shock, confusion, anger, and a very faint hope.

"This is impossible..."

"The Senju clan has long been defunct in name only."

"If you are truly of the Senju clan bloodline and have awakened Wood Release."

"How could that old man and Danzo let you come to a place like this!"

Tsunade didn't believe it at all.

The Konoha leadership's desire for Wood Release was almost pathological.

If the ninjas in the village really awakened Wood Release.

Even if it costs the entire Dark Division and Root Division their lives.

They will definitely imprison this kid deep in the village and train him as their ultimate weapon.

"Because they don't know."

"I only awakened to this power a few days ago."

"I know better than my predecessors that once this power is exposed to the light of day..."

"What awaits me is an absolutely tragic end!"

"Either be brainwashed by Danzo and become a heartless killing machine within Root."

"Either be placed under house arrest by Hiruzen Sarutobi and used as leverage to consolidate the Hokage's power."

So, I escaped.

"And the only one in the entire ninja world who can protect me from being captured by the Konoha Anbu."

"Only you, as the granddaughter of the First Hokage, remain."

"..."