Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 145 The Art of a Hundred Healings

Looking at the adoring gaze in the other person's eyes, Naruto wanted to cry. "Nice guy," he thought, "just go to hell!" He continued, "Forget about that, just keep teaching me ninjutsu."

He changed the subject.

Aokiji released Naruto's hand, his expression turning serious: "Where were we?"

Naruto recalled, "They talked about chakra nature."

Aokiji nodded and formed hand seals: "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough".

As soon as he finished speaking, a strong wind rose, its sharp force tearing at the surrounding trees, making a whooshing sound.

Naruto's eyes lit up.

"Would you like to learn?"

"think."

"Okay, I'll teach you."

Aokiji didn't waste any time either, he went straight for the good stuff.

The day passed quickly, the sun set in the west, and dusk began to fall.

That's all for today.

"OK."

Naruto wiped the sweat from his brow, showing no signs of fatigue despite training all day: "You know so much, no wonder I can't beat you."

"Shall we continue tomorrow?"

"Oh, is everything alright?"

Aokiji laughed and said, "It's alright, I'm free anyway."

Today, I'll teach him a few simple Wind Release ninjutsu techniques first, and then gradually guide him towards chakra form and nature transformations. At that point, he'll have the opportunity to slowly learn the Rasengan's training method.

Naruto was very happy to have made a good friend.

After waving goodbye, Aokiji went straight home.

That evening, during dinner, Aokiji specifically brought up Naruto's situation: "Tsunade, I heard today that Naruto is a demon fox. Do you know what's going on?"

A hint of amusement flickered in the strategist's eyes: "Oh dear, not calling me 'Mommy' anymore?"

Aokiji looked sullen.

The strategist burst into laughter: "Alright, I won't tease you anymore."

After that, she composed herself solemnly and said, "Well, it's a rather complicated story. This child is actually a Jinchūriki."

Aokiji feigned surprise: "Jinchūriki?"

Tsunade sighed, "He's a pitiful child too. His true identity is actually the son of the Fourth Hokage."

Upon hearing this news, Tsunade, who was eating, lost her grip on her chopsticks and dropped them onto the table.

Tsunade glanced at her and then explained the whole story of the Fourth Hokage to him in detail.

After she finished speaking, Aokiji, who had been silent all along, seized the opportunity to speak: "I don't understand. Since Naruto is the son of the Fourth Hokage, why hide his identity and cause him to suffer such criticism and discrimination from a young age?"

"Maybe it's to protect him."

"Protect? Everyone in the village knows that, along with his surname and blond hair. Anyone with a brain can make the connection."

After a long silence, Tsunade slowly spoke, "I'm sorry, I've been away from the village for too long, and I'm unaware of many secrets."

"I wonder what the Fourth Hokage and his wife would think if they knew their son had suffered such a fate since childhood."

Aokiji's laughter carried a hint of mockery.

The chief strategist lowered his eyes and remained silent.

"Moreover, putting that aside, I've always been puzzled by the massacre of the Uchiha clan. How could such a large clan be wiped out by a mere 13-year-old boy?"

"Even if we take a step back and say that he is exceptionally talented and became the number one Uchiha at a young age, I'll just accept that for now."

"But he wasn't facing just one person, but the entire Uchiha clan. Even if I were out of my mind, I would find it hard to imagine that he had that kind of strength."

"Or is it that the Uchiha clan has fallen into such a state that he was able to slaughter them all in one night? I'm really curious about what role the village's higher-ups played in this."

"And what's the motive behind this Uchiha Itachi? Going mad? That's a far too flimsy excuse. If that's the case, why did he specifically leave his younger brother behind?"

"He's not worth killing, please, he's already insane, how could he still have such thoughts?"

"All of this is truly unbelievable to me."

Perhaps because he was too excited, Aokiji took several deep breaths after he finished speaking.

Suddenly, a warm feeling enveloped his right hand, which was resting on the table.

Those are Tsunade's hands.

She knew that Qingzhi had been in a bad mood these days because she knew about the destruction of her family.

Aokiji saw through her thoughts and shook his head reassuringly; "Don't worry, I'm not someone who's easily influenced. We came into this world by chance, and isn't it destined that we're meant to change all of this?"

Tsunade couldn't help but think of the future Nawaki being killed by explosive tags, and said with a soft "We definitely won't let that happen."

Seeing that the two were not affected by the future, Daisuke felt a little relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

Seemingly unwilling to discuss further, Aokiji shook his head, shelved the matter, and turned to inquire about other things.

"How is the treatment progressing?"

"We've made some progress. I think we can develop a treatment plan in about a month at most."

Aokiji praised and admired, "You're truly amazing. I don't think there's a more skilled medical ninja in the world than you."

The Grandmaster smiled and said, "When you decide to go to Loulan, remember to let me know."

Shizune, who had been mostly silent, spoke up: "Lady Tsunade, are you going too?"

"Is this to be expected? If anything happens to these two, I'll be in big trouble."

Shizune nodded: "Then I'll go with you."

Tsunade thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay." It's good to have someone to look after you on the way.

………………

A few days later, Jiraiya successfully became Hokage, and his portrait was vividly carved on the rock wall.

Aokiji felt a strange sensation as he watched Jiraiya greeting everyone.

After the Hokage inauguration ceremony, Naruto pulled Aokiji along to continue training.

Aokiji did not refuse and went with him to the training ground.

Naruto's eyes lit up with anticipation: "Today, what kind of Wind Release ninjutsu are you going to teach me?"

"I'm sorry, I've already taught you all the Wind Release ninjutsu I know." Aokiji smiled wryly. "I'm not good at Wind Release ninjutsu, and the Wind Release ninjutsu I know is really limited. As for other ninjutsu I'm good at, they may suit me, but not necessarily you."

"Oh, is that all?"

Naruto quickly recovered from his disappointment. It was already very kind of him that Aokiji was willing to pass on what he had learned to him.

Aokiji said, "Then let's move on to the second phase."

"Hmm, there's a second phase?"

Aokiji explained to him the nature and form changes of chakra, and to give him a more intuitive understanding, he demonstrated the Ice Soul Palm.

"My technique combines chakra nature transformation and form transformation. When activated, it concentrates ice-attribute chakra into extremely cold ice particles in the palm, and then spreads the ice-attribute chakra in the palm with a palm strike."

Naruto was secretly amazed and couldn't help but compare it to his own Rasengan, wondering which was stronger.

He took out his Rasengan and asked Aokiji if this technique was also a ninjutsu that combined chakra nature with chakra form.

Aokiji stared intently, feigning surprise: "That's unbelievable!"

"What's wrong?"

"Your ninjutsu is a shape transformation of chakra without any attribute, and you can even maintain this state. Judging from the power I witnessed last time, I estimate that the difficulty of training it is at least A-rank."

As Aokiji explained things to Naruto, Naruto finally realized just how powerful his Rasengan was.

Aokiji continued, "If this ninjutsu were to incorporate chakra nature transformation, it would probably become an incredible ninjutsu, perhaps even reaching S-rank!"

"S-rank!?"

Naruto was utterly shocked upon hearing this.

S-rank ninjutsu is a legendary ninjutsu of such difficulty.

Thinking about creating an S-rank ninjutsu under his own hands, Naruto spoke haltingly, his voice trembling: "S-rank ninjutsu, Aokiji, I want to learn this."

"I want to learn S-rank ninjutsu too..." Aokiji said with a wry smile, "Sorry, I don't know how to develop ninjutsu of this rank."

Naruto sighed. He could understand.

Aokiji changed the subject: "However..."

Naruto grasped at a straw and asked, "But what?"

"Although I haven't developed any S-rank ninjutsu, I can give you some advice to help you develop S-rank ninjutsu. As for how far you can go, that depends on your own abilities."

The thought of developing an S-rank ninjutsu filled Naruto with enthusiasm: "Let's begin!"

Aokiji nodded: "Let me make it clear beforehand that in the process of helping you develop an S-rank ninjutsu, I may need to learn some of the basic principles of the Rasengan in order to better integrate the attributes of chakra into this ninjutsu."

"No problem, feel free to ask me anything about the Rasengan." Naruto waved his hand. At this moment, he felt that Aokiji was a really good person. Not only did he teach him ninjutsu for free, but he also helped him develop ninjutsu.

Where can you find such a great person? As for obtaining information about the Rasengan, he thought it was an essential step in the development process, and being slow-witted, he didn't take it to heart.

Aokiji's eyes gleamed with cunning; he'd finally fallen for the trap.

In the time that followed, Aokiji did everything he could to help Naruto develop his ninjutsu, working as far as he could.

The key point is that Aokiji extracted a lot of information about the Rasengan during this process.

One thing worth mentioning is that an important principle of the Rasengan is to rotate chakra in two different directions at the same time. I don't know if I didn't pay attention in the past and forgot, but Aokiji learned about this from Naruto.

After all, he couldn't possibly know every single detail.

Soon, a month had quietly passed.

Naruto's development of S-rank ninjutsu is a long and arduous task, but that's normal; it would be a miracle if he could develop it at this point in time.

After that, Tsunade and Tsunade perfectly healed Rock Lee's injuries, and Sasuke, unsurprisingly, betrayed him.

With such a major incident occurring, Konoha naturally had to assemble a team to go there.

This has nothing to do with Aokiji, so he won't get involved.

Then, unsurprisingly, everyone was injured, and they still couldn't catch the person.

Aokiji had always had a question about this. He wondered, putting aside Sasuke, the Sharingan was an important resource for Konoha, so why send only a few genin?

And aren't they afraid of dying somewhere along the way?

These people are all future pillars of society. Is Konoha really going to let them go after them so easily?

As Aokiji was thinking, a blonde girl walked out of the ward.

Aokiji casually asked, "How was it?"

Tsunade said, "I think there's nothing seriously wrong."

She was sent by the chief strategist to practice her medical skills.

"Go out."

Tsunade nodded.

The two went up to the hospital rooftop, where Aokiji mentioned her current confidence in treating Orochimaru and Jiraiya.

Tsunade said, "Originally, I wasn't very confident, but after going through the entire treatment process with her, I've basically gained confidence. After consolidating my knowledge in this area, I think there shouldn't be any problems."

"Is that so? It seems like it's time to think of a way to leave." Aokiji looked at the blue sky and white clouds drifting by. "It's really hard to leave here all of a sudden."

Tsunade's eyes showed reluctance, but it was something they could not do. In the past, their companions were still waiting for them.

The two discussed it and decided on a departure time. Then they found Tsunade, gave her a heads-up, and explained their intentions.

The strategist's eyes showed reluctance: "It's finally come to this..."

Tsunade stepped forward and hugged her future self around the waist. "I'll miss you."

The Grandmaster smiled and stroked her gently, his eyes filled with kindness. Suddenly, he remembered something: "Before you officially leave, I'll give you a gift. I hope you'll like it."

Tsunade, perched on the mountain peak, raised her head, her eyes filled with curiosity, wondering what her future self would give her.

"My exclusive S-rank ninjutsu, the Hundred Healings Technique."

(End of this chapter)