Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 121 Too Naive

Seeing that the other party was unharmed, Aokiji felt a little relieved and softly called out her name: "Tsunade..."

"Your eyes are bleeding a lot."

Tsunade crouched down and unleashed her Palm Healing Technique.

As the hand near its eyes emitted a fluorescent green light, the pain in Aokiji's eyes was noticeably relieved.

"My injuries are nothing; what's important is Jiraiya and Orochimaru."

Aokiji reached out and grabbed Tsunade's wrist to stop the treatment. He looked at his two companions lying on the ground not far away, his face showing concern.

Tsunade followed his gaze, biting her lower lip. These two were seriously injured, and if they didn't receive treatment in time, not only would their lives be in danger, but they would also likely suffer serious long-term effects after treatment.

Tsunade naturally understood this obvious truth, but the enemy would not be kind enough to let her heal them.

Dokai crawled out of the ruins, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his face contorted in pain: "It hurts..."

Tsunade's face turned pale. She was already extremely lucky to have landed a blow earlier, and it would probably not be so easy to succeed now, let alone with that seemingly invincible ninjutsu.

This sense of powerlessness was so overwhelming that even Tsunade, who was usually fearless, felt hopeless. Her shoulders slumped uncontrollably, and she became despondent.

Aokiji saw all of this.

To defeat someone, first make them feel fear. Then, without even lifting a finger, they will defeat themselves!

Tsunade's current situation is somewhat similar to Aokiji's just now.

Just as this fear spread like a bone-deep wound through Tsunade's body, the pain in her cheek reached her ears even before the crisp sound.

Tsunade's eyes widened, completely bewildered: "What are you doing?!"

She was just slapped for no reason.

Aokiji said calmly, "Very good, it seems you haven't been scared out of your wits."

Tsunade was stunned for a moment, but she wasn't stupid and quickly realized what was going on: "You're definitely using your position for personal gain."

Aokiji laughed and said, "If you say that, then you're really wronging me..."

Tsunade's fighting spirit was rekindled: "Hmph, I'll settle the score later."

Aokiji sighed, "If there's a chance."

Aokiji and Tsunade stood on either side of each other, assuming fighting stances.

Tsunade said, "Do you even have a way to deal with him?"

Aokiji said, "No."

"Then why were you showing off just now?"

"If the conditions are right, we should go for it; if the conditions are not right, we should create them."

"What should we do?"

"Do you remember Tactic B that we practiced in the past?"

"Will this work?"

"Why don't you give it a try and see?"

"It's up to you..."

The two exchanged a glance and immediately put their plan into action.

The first step is to evacuate from here to avoid the aftermath of the battle affecting Jiraiya and Orochimaru, who are lying unconscious on the ground.

When Dokai saw the two trying to run away, he immediately gave chase.

He was very fast and caught up with the two in no time.

However, by this time they had already created a safe distance, allowing Aokiji and Tsunade to fight freely.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique".

Aokiji spat out several fireballs, which, like balsam seeds launched from missiles, scattered in all directions and attacked with lightning speed. Moreover, all the flames were controlled by chakra, making it extremely difficult to avoid them all.

"Hmph, a mere trifle."

Dokai dodged towards the weakest point of the fireball.

Tsunade anticipated his prediction, raised her right leg in mid-air, and swiftly chopped down.

Heaven-reaching Kick!

Dokai suddenly realized that the balsam flower technique he had just used was nothing more than a way to lure the enemy deeper into his territory.

He could see the massive amount of chakra gathering on his opponent's feet through his Sharingan. Recalling his violent fighting style with Tsunade earlier, he dared not meet her head-on. He retreated, avoiding her sharp edge, and slashed his leg across the ground, causing considerable damage.

Tsunade, having failed in her first attack, pressed on, rushing forward, leaping forward with a straight kick, and then, while still in mid-air at a certain distance, twisting her hips and turning 180 degrees before launching a flying back kick.

Unfortunately, her opponent dodged the move, but Tsunade was not discouraged and landed with a seamless sweeping kick.

Dokai stepped back to dodge, and as his right foot touched the ground, he used the momentum to launch himself forward with a leg kick.

By the time Tsunade reacted, her body was already too slow to keep up. Fortunately, Aokiji stepped in just in time, using the insight of his three-tomoe orbs to detect the trajectory of his opponent's powerful swing punch and block it vertically.

However, the opponent's strength was too great. Even though he had successfully predicted the attack trajectory, he was still unable to stop the attack and was sent flying along with Tsunade.

The moment the two lying together opened their eyes, they saw something flying down from the sky, its legs wrapped in lightning power, and suddenly bringing down a hoe.

The two rolled to the left and right, barely avoiding the attack.

Dokai gave his opponent no chance to get up, aiming at the fragile Aokiji, and kicked him in the ribs with the soccer ball, causing him to bleed profusely. His body flew several meters away, crashing heavily to the ground.

He was lying on his side, with his left leg crossed over his right, his back to the two people, in a death pose reminiscent of Yamcha.

Seeing the defeat, Tsunade's eyebrows furrowed, her face contorted with rage. She clapped her hands together, summoning water that swirled and rose rapidly like a tornado, before surging forth like a burst dam.

Water Escape·Water Rushing Waves.

Facing the surging waves, Dokai pressed his hands down, channeling chakra into the ground.

Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall.

A high wall rises abruptly from the ground, forcing aside the turbulent waves.

Just then, a fist suddenly burst out from the ground behind him. Fortunately, he reacted in time and was not punched in the back.

Aokiji's attack failed, so he fought and retreated to the surface of the water formed by the water surge. He attached chakra to his feet to avoid sinking into the water and making it difficult to move.

During the battle between Aokiji and Dokai, Aokiji gradually began to lose. Seeing that things were not going well, he had a flash of inspiration. He released the chakra attached to his right foot, sank his foot to the surface of the water, and kicked upwards.

Young man, lacking martial ethics, resorting to sneak attacks; Dokai is blinded by greed.

Aokiji seized the opportunity and punched in the abdomen.

At the same time, Tsunade, who had been waiting for an opportunity, gushed out from behind the water that began to bubble and spew forth, swinging her fist to attack Tsunade's back.

Caught between two attackers, Dokai kicked them away with a split kick, then quickly formed hand seals in mid-air, gathering lightning in his hands and pressing them onto the water's surface, using water's conductivity to shock them.

Tsunade and Aokiji were paralyzed by the electric shock and lay on the water's surface, gritting their teeth and looking unwilling.

The seemingly rough but actually shrewd Dokai looked at the two of them and said in a lecturing tone, "As a ninja, you must make good use of the terrain around you. Kid, you're too young and your thinking is too simplistic."

Having said that, he charged at Aokiji, punching his chest, advancing and retreating.

Dokai was taken aback. Even though it had pierced his chest, he felt no physical touch.

"Hey."

With a mocking tone and a sly smile, Aokiji's body turned to ice, binding the other's hand. At the same time, the cold air was released from the hole that had been opened.

A thin frost began to cover Dokai's arms, body, and even spread to his face.

"As a ninja, you should be good at anticipating your opponent's predictions. It seems your brain has become stagnant with age."

Not far away, the unharmed Aokiji spoke while simultaneously forming hand seals with the girl beside him.

In an instant, the water around them was drawn up by the chakra, rising and gushing out to form a water dragon.

Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet.

Immediately afterwards, Aokiji formed hand seals, focused his mind, and shouted, gathering his ice-attribute chakra into the water dragon.

"Crackling, crackling..."

The water dragon was frozen from head to tail, section by section. Its eyes were bloodshot, and it roared and howled. It circled in mid-air, flying and speeding, freezing everything in its path into ice.

Combination ninjutsu.

Ice Release Hyōrinmaru!

Dokai's pupils dilated.

When exactly...?

His eyes swept over the spot where Aokiji had just landed, and he saw an opening in the hole. He instantly realized what was going on. Aokiji had summoned a shadow clone while he was fighting Tsunade, while his real body had been lying in wait.

Dokai smiled slightly as the giant dragon lunged at him with its jaws snapping.

I silently praised it in my heart: Beautiful.

However, in the face of absolute power, all schemes and tricks are useless...

When you close your eyes and open them, the wrinkles around your eyes change.

He had originally wanted to retain the last bit of favor that Master Ban had bestowed upon him, but now it seemed there was no way to do so.

The ice dragon crashed down, and a thick white mist rose up in front of them, obscuring their vision for a moment.

"Is it resolved?"

Tsunade, panting heavily, asked uncertainly.

If this attack fails to defeat the enemy, then they are truly finished.

She had very little chakra left.

The enemy quickly gave him an answer.

"This is..."

Tsunade's eyes widened as a gigantic figure emerged from the white mist, its gaze piercing.

It is Susanoo.

"Tsunade, get ready."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade paused, glanced to the side, and saw Aokiji rapidly forming hand seals before pressing both palms onto the ice.

"it's over……"

Dokai manipulated Susanoo, shattering the frost covering Susanoo. Just as he was about to take a step, a sudden change occurred, and his body froze.

His gaze shifted downwards, and he suddenly realized that an icy hand had sprung up from the ground at some unknown time, grabbing his foot and rendering him unable to move.

"W-what?!"

Dokai panicked for a moment. He never expected that the opponent's attack could bypass Susanoo's defense and strike the main body directly.

In a daze, a giant icy hand appeared behind him and grabbed him completely, just like he had done to Orochimaru and Jiraiya.

Ice Release: Hellish Demon Hand.

With a low growl, Aokiji clenched his demonic hand tightly, and in an instant, a scream came from Susanoo's body.

When its main body was attacked, Susanoo collapsed immediately.

To use this ice-style technique, the surrounding area must be frozen. He didn't use Hyōrinmaru to defeat the enemy at all, but rather to take advantage of the powerful cold air generated after Hyōrinmaru hits the target to freeze the surrounding water surface, thus creating the conditions for this move.

Of course, whether this move will hit or not depends a lot on luck.

The main problem was that the opponent was too confident in Susanoo's defense, so much so that when the attack bypassed Susanoo, they were caught off guard.

"hateful……"

Despite the pain, Dokai channeled his chakra into his entire body. Although he managed to break free from the icy grip, his body was severely injured.

Without giving him any chance to breathe, Tsunade charged at her opponent, drawing out the last of her chakra, attaching it to her fist, and delivering the final blow.

With a bang, Dokai was sent flying several meters away.

Aokiji slowly walked towards him: "I have seen through your abilities completely with these eyes."

Dokai coughed up a mouthful of blood, letting out a self-deprecating sound: "Cough cough... It seems the truly naive one is me."

(End of this chapter)