Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

Just as the master and his disciples were toasting and laughing, a rainbow flashed in their pupils at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, a member of the ANBU suddenly appeared in the private room and knelt down on one knee in front of Sakura.

"Lord Haruno, the Hokage requests your presence!"

Chapter 243 The Wood Release Secret Technique Left by the First Hokage (Bonus chapter for monthly votes, and happy National Day to everyone!)

Fine raindrops fell on the windowsill of the Hokage Building, leaving traces of rainwater sliding down the outside of the glass, while a thin layer of mist clung to the inside.

And those tiny water droplets, illuminated by the warm lights inside the office, shimmered with a hazy, rainbow-like reflection.

"Tsunade-nee, you were looking for me?"

The girl's clear voice suddenly rang out in the office.

Startled by the mature woman slumped over her desk, she knocked over the mountain of documents piled on it, causing her to fall to the ground along with the documents, and water droplets on the windowpane behind her were also shaken off.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Are you... becoming less and less human?"

Rubbing her swollen, red head, Tsunade climbed out from under the desk and looked at Sakura with a resentful expression.

The moment the girl appeared, Tsunade did not sense any fluctuation in chakra, indicating that her disciple had made further progress in chakra control.

Although control is only the foundation of chakra manipulation, when one cultivates to the point where Sakura can manipulate chakra almost as if it were her own arm, ninjutsu can be achieved simply by changing one's thoughts.

Tsunade, without realizing it, confused her disciple's figure with her grandfather's back.

"No, you called me here just to yell at me?"

Sakura walked familiarly to the office sofa and sat down, her velvet stockings rubbing against her as she crossed her legs, her thick-soled boots slightly hooked up at her ankles to avoid bumping into the tea table in front of her.

"Ahem, no, that's not it. I have a task for you."

Tsunade coughed, covering her mouth, and then looked away from her disciple's legs.

Sakura lazily sank into the back of the sofa and shrugged, "I'm busy, I don't have time!"

"Clam?"

Instantly, Tsunade's smile froze on her face as she glared at the girl.

As the village's patron, she naturally knew the girl's daily whereabouts.

In the two weeks since returning from the border, my disciple has done nothing worthwhile except clock in and out at the hospital every day.

Amidst the increasingly chaotic situation in the ninja world, the other Jonin in the village are booked up for missions until next year, but Sakura is living a life of ease, like a goddess.

Now you still dare to boast in front of me that you're too busy? Even the donkeys in the guards... oh no, even the Uchiha in the guards wouldn't dare to take a break like that.

"Hmph, what else could you possibly be busy with?"

Tsunade tapped her desk, sealing runes covering the entire room. "If you don't give me a decent sum today, you'll be staying here tonight to help me with paperwork!"

"Alright, I originally wanted to interact with Tsunade as an ordinary person."

And so, in front of Tsunade, Sakura raised her hand.

The lush green vines bloomed in her hands, growing to the ground and blossoming into pure white roses, their delicate fragrance filling the office.

"puff--!"

The vibrant life force emanating from the air stung Tsunade's eyes, causing her to spray the tea she had just swallowed onto the documents on the table...

—Wood Release! ! ? ?

It's just an ordinary bloodline limit among thousands... No way! That's a ninjutsu that brought peace to a chaotic world, a ninjutsu used by the First Hokage, the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju!

This power, flowing in the blood of the Senju clan and passed down through generations, has now appeared in Sakura Haruno?!

No, are you serious?

Grandfather, say something!

So all those outrageous things you said when you were reincarnated were true?

Is his own disciple really a direct descendant of the Thousand Hands, and even belongs to the category of bloodline atavism?

How many people still know about this?

After the initial shock, Tsunade walked up to Sakura, grabbed the wooden vine in her hand, and began to examine it. After confirming the power that suppressed chakra and the unique vitality of Wood Release, she confirmed that her disciple's Wood Release was not a secondary product derived from Hashirama's cells.

Moreover, all the Hashirama cells currently existing in Konoha were sealed by her personally. Unless Sakura goes to rob a grave, she should not have had any chance to come into contact with the cells left over from the original experiment.

“Currently, it’s just you.” Xiaoying shrugged. “During this time, I’ve been studying some data on human experiments and my own blood at the hospital. Of course, all the experimental samples were carefully destroyed after completion.”

There's really nothing to hide about research involving human experimentation, although each village has some degree of restrictions on such matters.

In the ninja world, powerful ninjas, once they reach a certain level of strength, will delve deeper into the power of chakra and begin to shift from ordinary ninjutsu to the development of bloodline limits. In this process, human experimentation is inevitable.

The fusion of two chakra nature transformations into a bloodline limit, the fusion of three bloodline limits into a bloodline limit, and the fusion of seven bloodline limits into a bloodline limit—to obtain these powers, one must constantly test the limits of danger. The ninja is a profession that dances on the edge of a knife.

"The research can continue, but be careful not to leave any traces. As for your awakening of Wood Release, don't tell anyone inside for now. I have other plans."

And just like that, Tsunade casually glossed over someone's violation of the rules, glancing in the direction of the Konoha administration office and letting out a cold snort.

"Okay, whatever you say." Sakura nodded in agreement, seeing Tsunade's gritted teeth.

Then, she opened her hand and beckoned to Tsunade.

"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked in surprise.

"Wood Release secret techniques! Right now, I only have bloodline limits and some techniques I developed myself, but I don't have a single real offensive or defensive secret technique. Tsunade must have some Wood Release secret techniques developed by the First Hokage!"

Sakura spoke with certainty, her freeloading hand extended with a sense of righteous indignation.

The predecessors have already developed the secret techniques for you. They were even honed during the war-torn ninja era. Now, of course, you should use what's readily available. You can't just ignore the existing path and insist on developing your own, can you?

"You little rascal, come with me!"

Tsunade tapped the table, releasing the sealing jutsu in the Hokage's office, and walked out first.

After leaving the Hokage Building, Tsunade led Sakura through four or five streets to the Senju headquarters.

After rummaging through the inside, Tsunade pulled out a huge scroll, about half the height of a person, and slammed it in front of Sakura. "Here, this is a ninjutsu scroll left by my grandfather. It's yours!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected, Tsunade's version is more complete!" Sakura spread out the scroll and compared it with the techniques she had seen in the Book of Sealing before, and exclaimed.

The Technique of Ranking, the Technique of Wooden Dragon, the Technique of Cloth Bag, the Technique of Descent to the Flower Tree Realm...

The Wood Release techniques, which encompass offense, defense, and sealing, were preserved by the Senju lineage but were not fully written into the Book of Sealing. As a result, Yamato could only use some peripheral greening techniques in the later stages, and the only powerful Wood Release technique was used by Tobi through his body.

"Don't blame the Senju for keeping this to themselves; Wood Release is their only obsession."

Tsunade also felt a little sad; after all, this was only human nature.

Even Tobirama, who was the Second Hokage at the time, acknowledged the Senju clan's ideas and preserved some of their heritage.

If their descendants are capable and produce a child who knows Wood Release, then this resource can help them become stronger quickly and avoid being unable to learn secret techniques due to the merit requirements of the Book of Seals.

"It's alright, now that it's in my hands, it's as if I'm not keeping anything from anyone."

The girl grinned and sealed the ninjutsu scroll with a storage scroll, then stuffed it into her pocket.

Tsunade smiled, said nothing, but took a spare key to the Senju clan's territory from the warehouse, handed it to Sakura, patted her on the shoulder, and left the Senju clan's territory.

"Tsunade-nee...is she treating me like the next generation of the Senju?"

Sakura was both amused and exasperated, feeling a little guilty, but she quickly put it out of her mind.

So what if it is, so what if it isn’t?

With Wood Release in hand, she'll be the true successor of the Senju clan in the future!

After she finished speaking, who dared to object?

Thinking of this, Sakura, with a slight smile on her lips, tossed the key, closed the door, and walked into the rain, disappearing from sight.

Chapter 244 Class 7 Reunites

On a sunny afternoon, under a clear sky.

The evaporated water vapor dissipated into the air, giving the streets of Konoha a slight earthy smell.

Sakura, who had taken half a day off from the hospital, changed out of her white coat, put on her light pink coat, and headed to the gates of Konoha.

In the plaza in front of the gate, a boy wearing a Konoha Police Force uniform with red fan-shaped handguards crossed his arms and leaned against a telephone pole.

"You're here really early. Are you that excited for that guy to come back?"

Concealing her presence, Sakura quietly circled behind Sasuke and suddenly spoke.

!!!

The cool demeanor he'd painstakingly cultivated all morning crumbled instantly, replaced by a look of shock spreading across the Uchiha boy's face. His Sharingan spun, and he drew his katana from his waist, holding it in front of him as he retreated warily.

"I...I'm just patrolling here!"

When his scarlet eyes reflected the girl's delicate face, Sasuke awkwardly turned his head away.

He had become somewhat used to Sakura being able to avoid his Observation Haki over the past two years.

The reason is simple: it's the foundation of that trench!

The basis of sight and hearing color, which originates from one's own senses, is actually a kind of "illusion," and the extension of this "illusion" is "sight and hearing color."

For someone like Sakura, who is skilled at controlling her own will, it's easy to manipulate him by simply creating an "illusion".

This is a difference in their levels of mastery, so he's not in a hurry now. Sooner or later, he'll raise his Observation Haki to that level, and then he'll...

"But that's not what you really mean."

The girl narrowed her eyes, her emerald pupils gleaming with a playful light.

Don't try to read my mind!

Sasuke blushed and charged forward using Shave.

"Haha, if you catch me, I won't read!"

With her eyes closed, Sakura used Paper Drawing to follow the trajectory of the future, leaving afterimages in the air as she sparred with Sasuke.

The passing ninjas were immediately drawn to the two men's physical skills and couldn't help but stop to watch.

"That's... Lady Tsunade's disciple and the next head of the Uchiha clan?"

Among the crowd, someone recognized the two individuals.

"Oh, so you're already cultivating so early in the morning? How youthful!"

The two green-skinned rare beasts hugged each other, tears streaming down their faces, and immediately decided to double their training volume for the day.

"Speaking of which, isn't this the Six Styles of Taijutsu announced by the village last year?" A ninja stroked his chin, his gaze constantly following the two. "Why is the one they're using different from ours?"

"In my humble opinion, this was originally a physical technique developed by Lady Sakura."

A cold snort came from behind the ninja who had just asked the question, "It's already generous of you to learn the basic version for free, yet you're still greedy for their derivative techniques. Don't you even know how many heads you have to be greedy for?"

"What did you say!"

The ninja, feeling insulted, gritted his teeth and prepared to turn around and argue with the person who had spoken.

As a result, he saw a line of Uchiha people dressed in police uniforms behind him, many of whom were staring straight at him with their scarlet Sharingan eyes.

The ninja immediately fell silent, slunk into the crowd, and quickly disappeared.

Snapped!

A gentle breeze stirred between the two afterimages, and a figure propelled forward with wind-type chakra, grabbing both of their arms.

The blond boy smiled at Sakura and Sasuke in the sunlight, "Yo!"

"Naruto, you bastard!"

Sasuke looked up in surprise, a barely perceptible smile briefly appearing on his face.

He twisted his wrist to break free from Naruto's grasp, and then jumped back a few times to create distance.

"You've grown up, Naruto."

With a light tap of her finger on her palm, Sakura broke through space-time and teleported herself away.

"Sakura, Sasuke, I miss you so much!"

The boy in the yellow tracksuit excitedly raised his fist and shouted at the two of them.