Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 34 Starting Today, I'll Be the King of Scrolls

"Fugaku, from now on, Aokiji will be your senior apprentice."

After being defeated by Aokiji without bloodshed, Fugaku quickly gained his new "younger brother" title.

Fugaku pouted, unwilling to accept it, and said, "I was here first..."

Based on the principle of first come, first served, he felt that he should be the senior.

"From now on, please take care of me, my silly little brother."

With a broad smile, Aokiji looked down at the little kid in front of him and thought to himself that Fugaku was quite cute when he was a child. How come he is so mature for his age, like the middle-aged "Shinichi Maki"?

Is it because his wife is beautiful that he is overworking himself and is aging prematurely?

Aokiji rubbed his chin, feeling that this was very likely.

There are so many secret techniques in this world, I wonder if there is a technique for dual cultivation.

If not, Aokiji wouldn't mind being the first to try something new.

For the sake of academic research, personal sacrifices are insignificant.

If it were ever developed, what would be a good name for it?

Calling it "dual cultivation" is too vulgar. When in Rome, do as the Romans do; at least add the word "escape" after it.

What should I name him?

Aokiji was troubled, feeling that as the creator of this technique, he needed to give it a majestic and imposing name.

(Wake up, you don't even have a girlfriend.)

Fugaku the little bean sprouted a face full of black lines: -_-||

"You're just taking advantage of being older than me. It won't be long before I beat you."

what?

Aokiji's thoughts were interrupted. "What did you just say?"

Feeling ignored, Fugaku snorted in dissatisfaction.

Elder Itachi glanced at Uchiha Akane beside him, who understood immediately and coughed twice to get the two brats' attention.

Elder Itachi silently retreated to a chair, slowly sat down, and held his cane. He didn't need to do all the training himself; he would only provide guidance where necessary.

Aokiji asked, "Dog Teacher, what are we going to do next?"

"Dog teacher?"

Why does this sound like an insult?

"Yeah, isn't your nickname Red Dog? I shortened it for you."

"Thank you so much."

"You're welcome."

Uchiha Akira:......

"Let me make it clear beforehand, my training is very tough."

Uchiha Akane immediately gave Aokiji a hard time, trying to dampen his spirits so he could be more easily controlled later.

Aokiji sighed and complained, "This is such a hassle. Do I, a medical ninja, really need to learn combat skills? I'll never use them."

Uchiha Akamaru opened his eyes wide and threatened, "Kid, don't think you can rest easy just because you're a medical ninja. Let me tell you, on the battlefield, medical ninjas aren't much safer than combat ninjas. Once the enemy spots you, their first target will be to kill you. I'm teaching you combat skills so you can have some ability to protect yourself."

That's true, except that most medical ninjas don't go to the battlefield and stay in the rear...

Shortly after receiving Elder Itachi's order to mentor Aokiji, Uchiha Akane reviewed Aokiji's information.

The death of his grandmother caused a great change in his personality. He became lazy and gave up. During his time at school, all he did was sleep. He was even jokingly nicknamed "Sleeping Shadow".

His motivation for doing this was simply to be a useless person.

There was even a famous quote from him that shattered everyone's worldview during his time at school:

"As long as I behave badly enough, I won't have to go to the battlefield."

He has completely disgraced the Uchiha clan. If he were an ordinary clansman, he might be expelled from the clan to distance himself from them.

But the problem is that Aokiji is a genius, which is a real headache.

He displayed talent far exceeding that of his peers even before he enrolled in school; his talent was obvious to the naked eye.

To avoid becoming a ninja, Aokiji deliberately concealed his strength, and not in a way that immediately absolved him of suspicion. Instead, he steadily declined in strength year by year. This demonstrates that besides possessing exceptional ninja talent, he was also very intelligent, though he didn't use his abilities for good, always getting involved in all sorts of shady things.

If it weren't for the Sharingan, which the Uchiha clan possesses and has the ability to perceive the flow of chakra within the human body, I would have almost been fooled by this kid and lost such a talented individual for nothing.

Training rebellious Uchiha kids like this would give Uchiha Aka a real headache.

So he came up with a plan: to start by exploiting Aokiji's weakness of being afraid of death, to scare him a little, which would make training easier later on.

"Oh? Is that so?"

Aokiji widened his eyes, pretending to be very scared: "But I heard that medical ninjas have a very high survival rate."

"Kid, that's a lie. Otherwise, how could they trick you into becoming a medical ninja? It's true that medical ninjas can play a crucial role on the battlefield, but because they are weak in combat and have no strength to even kill a chicken, they can't even outrun the enemy if they're targeted. So nobody wants to be one. With your intelligence, you shouldn't be unable to understand this, right?"

"Pshaw, I don't believe you. Don't think I'm easy to fool."

"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. Lift your head up."

"what?"

Aokiji was full of doubts, but he still obediently raised his head and did as he was told.

Then, he saw a pair of Sharingan eyes with three tomoe staring straight at him.

Gan.

Why is it Sharingan again...?

Uh.

Why did I say "again"?

In an instant, the surrounding environment changed drastically. Everywhere you looked, there were piles of corpses, and without exception, all of them had painful expressions on their faces before they died.

What's going on?

Aokiji was stunned for a moment before realizing that the scene before him must have been created by the Sharingan's abilities.

It has to be said that the Sharingan's abilities are incredibly convenient, combining genjutsu, copying, recording, control, hypnosis... hypnosis guidance?

Aokiji deliberately tried to distract himself by thinking about yellowish things, but the scene before him was too real. The sight of corpses strewn everywhere and blood flowing in streams made Aokiji's stomach cramp and he felt so nauseous that he wanted to vomit.

When he returned to reality, Aokiji was panting heavily and covered in cold sweat. This was not entirely a pretense; he had been in this world for so long, but had never been on a battlefield before.

Even an adult like him would be completely confused by these things, let alone some children who have been exposed to these inappropriate images since childhood.

No wonder a psychopath will appear in the clan in the future, slaughtering the entire clan for some bullshit "righteousness".

To this, Aokiji really wanted to say: You're so aloof, so impressive.

"I just showed you a real battle scene with my Sharingan. This is the real world we live in. Don't always think about avoiding problems, but think about how to face them."

"Hmph, trying to trick me into becoming a combat ninja? No way."

Seeing Aokiji's stubborn expression, Uchiha Akane smiled slyly. It seemed the previous training had worked well, so Aokiji shouldn't be too lazy in the upcoming training.

Seeing Aokiji's cowardly appearance, Fugaku felt somewhat at ease. Coward! He himself had been on the battlefield since he was four years old.

Aokiji lowered his head, a cunning glint flashing in his eyes. He seemed terrified, but in reality... he was truly terrified.

However, that's not the point. The point is that with this groundwork laid, my subsequent "overworking" behavior will have a sufficient reason in the eyes of outsiders.

Do you really think I, Uchiha Aokiji, am lazy?

I'll show you what a true king of rolls looks like in the future.

(End of this chapter)