Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 242 Salted Pig's Hands

In order to better concentrate chakra, Aokiji consciously took a deep breath, grabbed his right wrist with his left hand, focused his gaze, and compressed Hyōrinmaru.

As time passed by, Aokiji had a lot of sweat on his forehead, and the round Hyōrin Pill in his hand was compressed into an oval shape.

"Let's leave it at that for now..."

Aokiji felt a little tired. He dissipated the Hyōrinmaru in his hand and said to the tailed beast inside him, "Hey, Little Five, can you lend me some of your chakra?"

The Five-Tails ignored Aokiji and arrogantly refused to give him any chakra.

"Hmph, stingy. Your chakra is just going to go to waste. What's wrong with giving me some?"

He had been training in chakra concentration for the past three years, and now he wasn't starting from scratch, but even so, he still felt it was a bit slow.

In the original work, the prince could cultivate by creating a large number of shadow clones. Aokiji wanted to emulate this by using the chakra of the tailed beasts.

However, the Five-Tails is incredibly stingy; it wouldn't even give him this much chakra.

Aokiji had no choice but to find another way out.

Leaning against a large tree, he pondered for a moment and came up with a good idea: it seemed that eating soldier ration pills could quickly replenish chakra.

Tsunade is an excellent medical ninja, and Aokiji thought he could ask her for help in making some decent soldier rations.

Just then, he heard a series of footsteps nearby. As his strength increased, his senses became quite sensitive, and he could detect even the slightest movement.

"What are you daydreaming about?"

Like the melodious song of a nightingale echoing in the air, Aokiji grinned at the source of the voice and said, "Of course I was thinking of you."

Tsunade raised an eyebrow in surprise and let out a soft "Ah".

You seem very happy.

"No, no, no, don't talk nonsense. Even if you suddenly said that, I wouldn't be happy." Tsunade's words were insincere, and her beaming expression completely betrayed her.

Aokiji found her face amusing, and said with a smirk, "Oh~ really? But you seem to be overly happy."

"I'm leaving."

Tsunade puffed out her cheeks and glared, then turned her face away, leaving Aokiji with the back of her head for him to figure out for himself, before pretending to leave.

Aokiji had already seen through her little trick, but he still deliberately fell for it and went along with her wishes, quickly following her and grabbing her hand: "Since we're already here, don't go."

With her back to Aokiji, Tsunade's eyebrows curved into a smile, a mischievous grin playing on her lips as she feigned a coquettish tone: "Let me go."

"I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have pushed my luck. I admit it wasn't me."

Now that Tsunade had a way out, she put on airs and said in a conciliatory tone, "Seeing as you sincerely apologized, I'll forgive you."

Aokiji said ingratiatingly, "Tsunade, you must be tired from your journey. Would you like me to massage your shoulders?"

Tsunade was about to agree, but after thinking about it carefully, she still refused.

"???"

"You're probably just trying to take advantage of the shoulder massage to grope my chest, aren't you?"

Tsunade knows Aokiji's despicable nature all too well.

Aokiji felt his dignity had been insulted and was furious: "How dare you! How can you think of your boyfriend like that? Believe me, I'll stab you in the future, and when I pull it out, it'll still be bleeding."

Tsunade smirked and chuckled, "Would you really be willing to stab me until I bleed?"

Aokiji grinned mischievously, "That's hard to say~"

Tsunade sensed that Aokiji was implying something, but unfortunately she couldn't understand: "When you said that, were you thinking something evil?"

Aokiji stated literally, "You're overthinking it; I'm just saying what I mean literally."

Tsunade was completely confused.

"Speaking of which, how's your little brother doing?" Aokiji changed the subject. If he continued talking, Tsunade might pry and ask too many questions. If she found out, he would definitely get a beating.

"What else can we do but cry and shout that my sister has found another man and doesn't want me anymore?" Tsunade shrugged, a helpless expression on her face.

Aokiji, feeling a bit tired from standing, plopped down on the grass with a flourish: "Then why didn't you stay with him? Why did you come looking for me instead?"

Tsunade followed his movements, bringing her legs together and lying sideways on the ground, a much more elegant stance than Aokiji's crude one: "What? You're not happy that I'm here to keep you company?"

"No," Aokiji denied, "I'm just curious."

"Don't worry, Nawaki is a sensible child. He'll understand that you're not here to break us up, but to join us." Tsunade smiled. "Right now, he needs some time alone to calm down."

Aokiji was taken aback; these words seemed familiar. "Alright, I hope my appearance won't ruin your relationship."

Tsunade returned to the previous question: "Hey, seriously, what were you spacing out about just now?"

Want to know?

Tsunade nodded, pecking at the rice like a chick.

I'm thinking of you.

Aokiji wasn't lying; he was thinking of having Tsunade make him some soldier rations at that time.

Tsunade:……

Don't believe me?

Aokiji's sincere attitude made Tsunade feel somewhat ashamed, and she said, "No, I just didn't expect you to think of me like this."

"Well, after all, you're my girlfriend. Who else would I think about?"

Aokiji lowered his eyes and nodded, saying softly, "And at that time, I could deeply feel that you were by my side, which made me feel at ease."

Tsunade gazed at him affectionately: "Really?"

"yes."

Tsunade lowered her eyebrows and whispered, "I'm sorry?"

Aokiji asked, puzzled, "What's wrong? Why are you apologizing to me all of a sudden?"

Tsunade's moist eyes swayed, filled with apology: "You just said you'd massage my shoulders, and I completely misunderstood what you meant."

Aokiji bluntly replied, "What you said isn't entirely wrong, is it?"

Tsunade was taken aback: "Huh?"

Aokiji immediately denied it: "It's nothing."

Tsunade tilted her head and leaned lightly against Aokiji's shoulder: "Hey, what were you thinking about me just now?"

"I was thinking about the soldier's rations you made for me."

"???"

"Training consumes too much chakra, so we need to use soldier pills to replenish it. But soldier pills are very expensive. I think you are a medical ninja, so you should know how to make these things, which should save a lot of money."

Tsunade instantly straightened her neck and laughed, "Fine, so you're using me as a tool, huh?"

With that, she lifted Aokiji's clothes: "Squeak, squeak... I'll scratch you to death, and see if you still dare to use me as a tool."

"Stop it, it tickles." Aokiji is actually quite ticklish.

Tsunade tilted her head, declaring haughtily, "I won't."

"Damn it, since that's how it is, don't blame me for being impolite."

Aokiji used her own methods against her, trying to lift Tsunade's shirt, only to find that she seemed to be wearing a crop top with a fishnet underneath, leaving no room to lift it.

Forget it, I'll just scratch it through the fishnet clothing.

"Giggle... It's so itchy, stop scratching."

"No way, see if you dare scratch me again."

At first, both of them were just tickling each other normally, but then Aokiji got a little carried away and climbed up, tickling something soft and warm.

Tsunade, being very sensitive, let out a scream: "You lecherous groper!"

"Ahem, sorry, sorry, I couldn't help myself."

"Then why don't you stop right now? You're still committing crimes right there."

Aokiji, his face covered in bruises, withdrew his wolf claws: "Sometimes I can't help but marvel at the greatness of the Creator."

Tsunade blushed and said, "Seriously, if you weren't my boyfriend, I would have smashed your head into the ground long ago."

Logically speaking, we've been dating for so long, why are you still so dishonest? Aokiji wondered, "You don't resist kissing at all."

"Hmph, now that you know, you'd better behave yourself from now on, understand?"

Aokiji nodded to himself and said, "No, no, if that's the case, then we should have even more models."

"???"

"Think about it, if you're going to be sensitive, you should find a way to become less sensitive, right? Being sensitive is a minor issue, but it would be troublesome if it affected the battle."

The kind-hearted Aokiji decides to help his girlfriend overcome this weakness: "I was originally going to develop ninjutsu today, but because you have this weakness, I've decided to develop you instead—no, I've decided to train you to be less sensitive."

To this, Tsunade only had one word: "Get lost," and she meant as far away as possible.

Only someone as shameless as her boyfriend could make something like this sound so respectable and serious.

In the end, Aokiji's wishful thinking failed.

Tsunade said that it was already a favor that she didn't beat him up.

"So...you've been saying you want to develop ninjutsu since earlier, what kind of ninjutsu do you want to develop?" Tsunade asked curiously.

Aokiji didn't hide anything: "Given that ordinary ninjutsu can no longer satisfy me, I plan to develop an S-rank ninjutsu that is uniquely mine, as my ultimate technique."

"S-rank ninjutsu!?"

Tsunade's eyes widened in surprise.

In all her years, she had never seen anyone use an S-rank ninjutsu, let alone develop one on her own.

Aokiji explained, "This ninjutsu is called Ice Release: Aurora Goddess's Forgiveness. Sounds pretty good, right?"

Even the name was chosen, which surprised Tsunade: "Could it be that you've already developed it?"

Aokiji said regretfully, "No, I only thought of one name."

"I knew it! How could an S-rank ninjutsu be so easy to develop?"

Tsunade patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief. It wasn't because of jealousy, but because she felt a sense of crisis when she realized how amazing Aokiji was. She worried that she might not be good enough for him.

Aokiji shrugged: "If it were really that easy to develop, then I wouldn't have bothered to develop it."

"Ice Release: Dawn Goddess's Forgiveness..."

Tsunade put the name in her mouth and chewed it for a moment: "This name sounds very beautiful. I never thought you, you pervert, could come up with such a name."

Aokiji was quite pleased that Tsunade appreciated the taste in the name of this skill.

This skill isn't the strongest in Saint Seiya, but it's definitely the most famous.

Even the user isn't as famous as this skill, not for any other reason than that the skill sounds incredibly sophisticated.

Tsunade chuckled and said, "But there's one thing I don't understand."

"Hmm, you said?"

"Why is it called the Dawn Goddess's Forgiveness? You just said it's a finishing move, a top-tier offensive ninjutsu, right? It doesn't sound like it's related to 'forgiveness' at all."

Aokiji feigned profundity: "You wouldn't understand."

Tsunade: ? ? ?

Aokiji put on a show of arrogance: "To die by my hand, don't you think that's a great honor and a sign of leniency towards your enemy?"

Tsunade chuckled: "You kill the enemy, and the enemy has to thank you, right?"

"When I become a legendary ninja like your grandfather, Madara Uchiha, it will be something to talk about. People will say things like, 'Back in the day, I fought against Aokiji Uchiha, or at least survived his attacks...'"

"Stinky fart."

"I do not deny that."

At that moment, the arrogant Aokiji noticed the Yin Seal on Tsunade's forehead, and an idea flashed into his mind. He seemed to know how to activate the Goddess of Dawn's Forgiveness.

P.S.: After checking, I found that several hundred words were inexplicably deleted from this chapter.

(End of this chapter)