Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 88 Sealing Technique: Chains of Ice

Tsunade shook her head, banishing these chaotic thoughts from her mind. The reason she found Aokiji so agreeable now must be because he risked his life to save her, which greatly increased her affection for him and caused these strange thoughts to pop into her head. She would get over it in a while.

Thinking of this, Tsunade took a breath and composed herself.

Besides, it seems that Aokiji hasn't been spying on Jiraiya with him in recent years, so even if she did it on purpose...

Wait, what weird things is she thinking about?!

Tsunade clutched her head, her head throbbing with pain. What was wrong with her? She would definitely ask Grandma Mito for advice when she got back to the village.

Seeing him startled and clutching his head while yelling, Aokiji thought that he must have really caught a cold, and it was quite serious.

Although he is a medical ninja, his only skill, the Palm Sage Technique, doesn't seem to be very effective against colds.

"Gurgle~~"

The sound was like thunder. Aokiji was startled upon hearing it. "What was that sound?"

Tsunade clutched her stomach, looking embarrassed and somewhat hesitant to speak: "I haven't eaten anything in a long time."

He researched the drug without eating or drinking, and after finally succeeding, he was ready to have a big meal. But the unlucky guy got arrested. He didn't get a drop of water in between, and since she's the type who can eat a lot, it's already a big favor that her stomach is only growling now.

Aokiji shook his head, raised his hand, crossed his fingers into a cross shape, and summoned several shadow clones, assigning them to buy something to fill their stomachs.

Before long, the shadow clone returned carrying large and small bags of food.

Tsunade's eyes lit up, and she devoured all the food with lightning speed, leaving Aokiji dumbfounded. No matter how many times he had seen it, he was still shocked by Tsunade's enormous appetite.

Aokiji glanced at Tsunade's still flat figure, and thinking of a certain Crown Princess who could eat a lot, he realized that being a big eater was indeed a basic requirement for being a big eater.

Tsunade was always very sensitive about a certain area. She noticed Aokiji glancing furtively at her there, and her mind immediately went blank. With a soft snort, she preemptively declared, "I know what you're going to say!"

Aokiji: ? ? ?

"I bet you're thinking right now, 'I can eat so much, yet my chest is so flat, right?'"

Aokiji raised his hand and swore to the heavens, "I really didn't."

Tsunade refused to believe his nonsense, clenching her fist and swearing, "You just wait, one day I'll make you look at me in a new light, and then I'll make you apologize for what you did in the past."

Aokiji glanced at her and gave a wry smile: "Then I might really have to apologize to you."

However, this blatant mockery, unintentionally directed at Tsunade who was used to being ridiculed, ignited a fighting spirit in her eyes, like a raging fire: "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, the tacitly understanding girl is poor."

Aokiji was on the verge of tears. He really hadn't intended to mock Tsunade this time, so why didn't this person believe him...?

........................

The following day, Tsunade recovered much faster than expected.

In the woods.

With a deafening roar, the rocks shattered, sending debris flying everywhere. Tsunade used this single punch to announce her official return.

She clenched her fist, feeling the abundant chakra within her, and gazed at the blue sky and white clouds, exclaiming, "I'm back. I feel like everything is back."

"Congratulations!" Aokiji clapped his hands and said enviously, "As expected of the Senju clan's monstrous strength technique, it's truly amazing. A seemingly ordinary punch can achieve power comparable to ninjutsu."

"What, do you want to learn?"

Tsunade said it casually.

Aokiji's eyes lit up, indicating that she had successfully captured his attention: "So, are you willing to teach me?"

Tsunade grinned. "Want to learn?"

Tsunade nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Kneel down and beg me."

"Fine, I beg you." Qingzhi didn't say another word and prepared to kneel down. Back then, Director Qi, who was half a son of the emperor, used this kneeling to bring him a life of wealth and honor.

If he learns the art of superhuman strength, he'll be unstoppable.

Seeing that he was actually kneeling, Tsunade quickly helped him up, saying, "I was just joking with you! You actually knelt down? Don't you have any dignity as a man?"

"How much does dignity cost per pound?"

Tsunade pressed the back of her hand to her forehead, feeling a bit of a headache, wondering why she had developed feelings for this guy.

Never mind, he's known Aokiji for more than just a day or two.

This guy is a money-grubber and extremely cowardly.

But sometimes they are braver than anyone else.

Tsunade couldn't help but recall Aokiji's heroic act of risking his life to save her, and a faint smile appeared on her lips that she herself didn't even realize.

Aokiji saw this expression and assumed that Tsunade was satisfied with his performance. He then pressed his advantage and said, "I've been so sincere. Now you're finally willing to teach me the art of super strength, right?"

Tsunade flatly refused: "No way."

Aokiji stumbled and almost fell, his excitement momentarily gone: "Then what were you talking about? You made me excited for nothing."

A mocking smile appeared on Tsunade's lips. "I only said you begged me, I didn't say I would definitely teach you."

Aokiji's eyes widened in anger, and he yelled, "Aren't you bullying an honest person?"

Coupled with pointing his fingers up and down and shouting loudly, he perfectly embodies the image of an honest person who has been ripped off.

Tsunade was speechless. You're not exactly an honest person, you're more like a cunning old fox.

While Aokiji was showing off his fighting skills, Tsunade learned that Aokiji's fighting style was extremely despicable, resorting to every dirty trick he could find.

Tsunade sighed and explained, "Alright, enough joking. It's not that I'm stingy and unwilling to teach you, but as you know, there's a relationship between our two clans. If you weren't from the Uchiha clan, it wouldn't matter if I taught you, but you are from the Uchiha clan. If I taught you, I wouldn't be able to explain it to the clan."

Aokiji wasn't unreasonable, and after hearing this, he reluctantly gave up: "I know, really, you should have said so earlier."

Tsunade suggested, "Why don't you choose another one?"

Aokiji was taken aback: "Change it?"

Tsunade nodded.

Aokiji pondered for a while. He couldn't learn the Senju clan's ninjutsu, and he wondered if changing the track would work. With that in mind, he asked with a try-it-and-see attitude, "I won't learn the Senju clan's ninjutsu, but can I learn the Uzumaki clan's ninjutsu?"

Tsunade was taken aback: "The Uzumaki clan?"

"Yes, I've always heard that the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques are very famous, but I've never had the chance. I'd like to take this opportunity to learn a skill so that I won't encounter any guys who can't be defeated with normal ninjutsu and can only be defeated by sealing techniques. What do you think?"

Tsunade pondered for a moment and thought the idea was good and within acceptable limits. This way, she could repay Aokiji for saving her life: "That's fine. If I ask Grandma Mito, she should be able to teach me, and then I'll pass it on to you. Is that alright?"

"it is good."

Seeing how excited he was, Tsunade, not wanting him to be dampened later, gave him a heads-up beforehand: "But let me make it clear beforehand, I can't pass on those particularly powerful sealing techniques."

Aokiji readily agreed: "No problem."

Tsunade glanced at him: "Alright then, what kind of sealing technique do you want to learn? Uh, do you know what sealing techniques the Uzumaki clan has?"

It wasn't that she looked down on Aokiji, but the Uzumaki clan had too many sealing techniques, even she didn't know them all, let alone an outsider like Aokiji.

Aokiji pondered for a moment, then said without hesitation, "Diamond Lockdown."

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's eyes widened in surprise. Even she, who didn't study sealing techniques much, knew something about this sealing technique. It was the signature sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan, and it was quite powerful.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Tsunade gave him a strange look: "Putting aside other issues with this ninjutsu, this ninjutsu requires a special physique of the Uzumaki clan to practice. Even I can't learn it. Since you know about this ninjutsu, you shouldn't be unaware of this basic principle, right?"

It's no surprise that Aokiji, who was given special training within the Uchiha clan, knew this ninjutsu.

Aokiji nodded: "Yes, but I don't want to learn this ninjutsu. I want to study it, provide ideas, and expand my Ice Release ninjutsu."

To be precise, he wanted to study this ninjutsu and then absorb its essence to integrate into his own Ice Release technique.

He even came up with a name for it.

It's called: The Chains of Ice.

Yeah, I just came up with it on the spur of the moment.

P.S.: One should know one's own limitations. I wrote this as I went along, and I didn't have any drafts saved up until it was published. I fell into the trap of being a newbie, and it suddenly made me work myself to the bone. I really can't do that.

However, I feel that staying up late three times a day shouldn't be a problem.

Okay, let's start today, three updates a day.

(End of this chapter)