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After carefully examining the arm for a long while, Tsunade shook her head somewhat apologetically. "Sorry, I'm powerless against these kinds of scars."
Wujie's brow furrowed slightly. He didn't think Tsunade was intentionally refusing to help, so he asked, "May I ask what the problem is? Scars like these shouldn't pose a challenge to a medical ninja¹ of your caliber."
Tsunade was the best medical ninja in the entire shinobi world. If even she couldn't heal these scars, Wujie truly couldn't think of anyone else who possessed such ability.
Tsunade looked at the disappointed Karin and explained patiently, "Medical ninjutsu... isn't omnipotent either. You should have heard of similar situations. If a fractured bone isn't set correctly, it will heal crookedly. To readjust it, the bone must be broken again. The scars on her body are a similar case. Her skin has already 'remembered' its current state. To change it back would likewise require..."
"Require what?" Wujie quickly pressed.
Tsunade sighed. "It would require controlling the cells to reorganize them, but that's impossible. So, I can't help you with this matter."
Actually, there is another method, she thought but didn't say, which is to carve away the entire section of skin along with the muscle underneath. The flesh that grows back naturally wouldn't have those scars.
However, such a method was too cruel, and vital areas couldn't be treated this way. Moreover, under normal circumstances, humans couldn't regenerate to that extent.
"Cellular reorganization..." Wujie frowned, lost in thought. Soon, a spark of inspiration struck him.
Karin lowered her head in disappointment, but soon she felt Wujie's hand resting on her head. She looked up to see Wujie smiling at her. "Don't worry, I've already thought of another way. This time, it will definitely work."
"What did you think of?" Tsunade asked curiously.
Wujie smiled and nodded. "Yes, thanks to your reminder, I do indeed have some ideas now."
The Body Activation and Body Regeneration techniques possessed by Shinnō², the leader of the Sky Ninja Village³ – those are secret arts capable of manipulating cells for reorganization!
Shinnō was also a legendary medical ninja; his biotechnology was at the forefront of the shinobi world. Even Orochimaru had studied under him at one point.
But there was no need to tell Tsunade about this.
Tsunade stared at him for a moment, realizing he had no intention of elaborating further, and snorted. "That fake smile of yours is disgusting."
Wujie just smiled. "My apologies. Please try to understand. I'm currently in 'business mode', after all. I can't very well show you a cold face."
"Hmph, 'business mode,' huh? So your respect for me looks fake too."
"It became real after you agreed to teach us those two ninjutsu."
Tsunade stared at Wujie's plastered-on fake smile and snorted again. "Detestable brat! I can't fulfill the third request. Name another one. After that, I'll have nothing more to do with you!"
"Please allow me to consider that first."
Just then, Shizune returned, having finished arranging lunch. Tsunade waved dismissively at Wujie and Karin. "Go, go, what are you still standing around for? Do you actually plan on staying for lunch? I'll start teaching you the promised ninjutsu tomorrow."
Wujie was about to speak when Little Shukaku⁴ yawned and crawled out of Karin's backpack. It stretched lazily and asked, "Hmm? Is it time to eat?"
As soon as Little Shukaku finished speaking, it saw Shizune and Tsunade staring at it, utterly astonished. "What? Don't you know it's rude to stare at others like that?"
"Tai-tai-tai-tai-tai-tai, Tailed Beast!!!" Shizune pointed at Little Shukaku, her mouth wide open.
Tsunade's mouth twitched as well. "Hey, hey, hey! Didn't we just hear the other day that the Sand Village's Jinchuriki became the Fifth Kazekage⁵? What's going on with this Tailed Beast?"
Wujie thought for a moment, then pointed at Little Shukaku and said, "This is a tanuki⁶."
"Hey!" came three simultaneous protests (from Shukaku, Tsunade, and Shizune).
Tsunade propped up her chin again, saying doubtfully, "Did it swallow a portion of a Tailed Beast's chakra? Kinkaku and Ginkaku⁷ from the Cloud Village became pseudo-Jinchuriki by consuming some of the Nine-Tails' flesh, but I've never heard of the Tailed Beast chakra within them gaining consciousness."
Little Shukaku placed its paws on its hips, puffing out its chest proudly. It had slaughtered quite a few ninja recently, so its mood was fairly good. "Hah? That stinking fox got eaten by someone? Hahaha, that's hilarious!"
Tsunade watched Little Shukaku clutch its stomach, rolling on the floor laughing hysterically, unable to figure out the current situation. In her memory, Tailed Beasts were supposed to be extremely evil creatures filled with destructive desires.
Like the Nine-Tails sealed within the Uzumaki clan's seals – given any opportunity, it would try to escape and wreak havoc.
It was just that the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques were too powerful; the Nine-Tails had almost never succeeded.
Tailed Beasts, Tailed Beasts... why is it always these troublesome things?
Tsunade rubbed her temples and immediately started shooing Wujie away again. "Speaking of which, why are you still here? I don't want anything to do with Tailed Beasts either! Learn the ninjutsu and leave quickly!"
Wujie pondered for a moment, then said affectingly, "Since the time we were born, the Uzumaki clan was already gone. In this shinobi world, you might be the only elder we have left. You also know that we could meet misfortune on our path of revenge at any moment. At least let us eat a meal together, to feel the warmth of a home."
"Fine, fine." Tsunade sighed heavily, tacitly agreeing to let the two stay for the meal.
She felt like she had sighed more today than in the entire past year...
Little Shukaku also waved a paw at Shizune. "I want grilled fish."
Shizune glanced at Tsunade, then could only helplessly go out again to prepare the food.
After Shizune left, Tsunade's expression turned serious. "Is your true purpose really revenge for the Uzumaki clan?"
"Mm, that is indeed the case."
"Even if it means dragging innocent people into it, you won't hesitate?"
Wujie nodded. "Yes, Lady Tsunade. This has nothing to do with justice or evil. We are simply avengers. You don't need to see us as innocent victims or pitiful children led astray. Our hands are already stained with blood. How to make these bloodstains redder and thicker is the only thing we focus on."
"I wonder if you've heard this saying: 'The killer denies the world, the suicide denies himself'⁸? When the most important person in your life leaves you, what do you think of? What I think of is... this world, which couldn't even accommodate such a gentle person, has no value in existing! What I want is to burn this entire world to ashes!"
"Yes, Lady Tsunade, I certainly know this kind of thinking is wrong. But I just can't help but think this way. Obviously, though, time is the cure for all ills. When I calmed down, I knew my thoughts were too extreme. Destroying the world is an unrealistic fantasy only a child would have. So, I decided to do something more practical... Isn't it enough to just destroy all shinobi and shinobi villages?"²
Tsunade's face was grim⁹. After a long moment, she stared at Wujie and said, "Do you realize you are sick?"
A faint smile touched Wujie's lips. "Yes, Lady Tsunade. And quite severely so."
"Pervy Sage! Pervy Sage! Look, look!" Naruto Uzumaki excitedly found Jiraiya¹⁰, then gripped a rubber ball tightly between his hands, one pushing up, the other down, exerting force...
"Hah—!" Two completely opposite forces were applied simultaneously to the rubber ball. Soon, the ball began to distort, then pop!—it exploded into a pile of fragments!¹¹
Naruto rubbed his nose with a finger, saying proudly, "Hehehe, this isn't so hard after all!"
Jiraiya looked at Naruto with surprise. He truly hadn't expected that this ninjutsu, which the Fourth Hokage spent so long creating, would be grasped to this extent by Naruto so quickly. It seemed it wouldn't be long before he mastered it completely. Perhaps, he really was the Child of Prophecy mentioned by the Great Toad Sage!
"Alright, Naruto, don't get too complacent. This is just the beginning."
Although Jiraiya told him not to be too complacent, the proud look on Naruto's face couldn't be contained. "Yosh! Pervy Sage! Quickly teach me what to do next!"
Jiraiya smiled and shook his head. "Don't be hasty. I still have something to do. We've just arrived."
Jiraiya came to a dilapidated house and knocked on the crooked wooden door. After a moment, a haggard man dressed in worn burlap clothes came out. "Uh, who... who are you looking for?"
Jiraiya took out a photograph and showed it to the man. "Have you seen this person?"
The man looked at the beautiful blonde woman in the photo, his eyes gradually widening. He pointed at the person in the picture and cried out loudly, "It's her! It's her! And those two red-haired brats!!! They're together! They're the ones who ruined me like this!"
Jiraiya's brow furrowed, and he immediately asked, "Those two red-haired ones, did they look like siblings?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Just like that!"
Hearing this, a bad feeling arose in Jiraiya's heart. "Is it really the Uzumaki? How could they be with Tsunade? What exactly happened?"
As soon as Naruto heard this, he immediately shouted, "What!? It's those two! Damn it!!! I'll definitely never forgive them!"
The man looked at Naruto's reaction and asked him, "Did they do something to you too?"
"Yeah." Naruto put on a terrifying face and nodded. "They killed my comrade¹²! I'll absolutely never forgive them! Mister, they didn't do anything too bad to you, right?"
Hearing this, sorrow welled up in the man, and he couldn't help but cry. "Wuwuwuwu! They cheated! They ruined me! My shop is gone! My wife was sold... cough cough, ran away! Now I live in this dump, starving three days out of nine¹³! It's all their fault!"
Seeing the man's miserable state, Naruto immediately filled with righteous indignation. "Do they just love destroying people's lives everywhere they go!? Pervy Sage! Let's go stop them! We can't let them harm good people like this Mister anymore!"
Jiraiya sighed. "Although that's my intention, aren't you going to verify if what this guy is saying is true?"
"Pervy Sage! You're too much! The Mister is already suffering so much, how could it be fake!"
Jiraiya scratched his head, unsure how best to explain. He wanted Naruto to gain some life experience, but the appearance of those two Uzumaki near Tsunade worried him immensely. He immediately asked the man, "Do you know where they went?"
"Uh, I originally knew, but you see..." The man smiled obsequiously and rubbed his fingers together¹⁴.
Jiraiya annoyedly stuffed a few bills his way, and the man immediately replied, "I didn't see them myself, but I heard from others in the trade, they seemed to have gone to Tanzaku Quarters¹⁵!"
"Tanzaku Quarters..." Jiraiya mumbled, then called to Naruto, "Naruto! Let's go, we need to hurry!"
"Yosh! Watch me beat those detestable guys until they can't find their teeth!"