A glint of mischief and amusement flashed in the big eyes of Katsuyu Sage.
It was truly worth it to see a different side of little Tsunade today.
Thinking this, it added fuel to the fire and said, "Little Tsunade is right. This is indeed a very dangerous thing. Whether to practice or not depends on you."
"I'll practice."
Natsume nodded without hesitation and said.
"Why?!"
Tsunade frowned slightly, a bit angry.
If it were someone else, she'd just knock them out and take them away right away. Why go through all this trouble?
"Because I'm the man who will become Hokage!"
Natsume said quite firmly, "If I back down because of this little difficulty, wouldn't I be tarnishing my own dream?"
Tsunade looked into his still-bright eyes under the dim sky and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
After a moment, she ruffled Natsume's hair in annoyance. Only after completely messing it up did she say, "Since you want to practice, then give it a try."
Although she had cured her hemophobia, what she still feared most was history repeating itself.
That's why she'd tried to stop Natsume just now.
But his words just now made Tsunade realize that a grown-up kid should indeed make his own decisions.
Moreover... quite handsome.
Tsunade's heart started beating much faster.
"Sit down."
Katsuyu Sage was also satisfied with Natsume's decision.
This kind of willpower was the quality a successor should have.
If it just spat out a mouthful of [Tongue Tooth Sticky Acid], Natsume definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it now.
Katsuyu Sage wouldn't do such a life-taking thing.
It spat out a large amount of Natural Energy towards the sky.
Immediately, a large amount of dark clouds gathered in the originally gloomy sky.
After a moment, acid rain started to fall.
Natsume immediately gritted his teeth.
At this moment, his skin was rapidly corroded by the acid rain, oozing blood. Soon, it healed and carbonized, revealing new skin.
Tsunade looked at Natsume in front of her, with undisguised worry and pain on her face, as if the acid rain was falling on her heart.
But what shocked her was that he didn't shout out in pain.
For the first time, she realized that Natsume was truly serious about this dream.
Hokage, huh?
Tsunade clenched her fists.
It might be unlikely for others, but Natsume really had a good chance.
Because he was her apprentice.
Originally, Tsunade had no interest in the position of Hokage, but now she was unexpectedly motivated.
She had to pave the way for Natsume.
It was a pity that Tsunade misunderstood his dream.
But by a strange twist of fate, there wasn't any major problem.
If Tsunade became Hokage, Natsume's dream would also come true.
Makes perfect sense.
Katsuyu Sage controlled the amount of acid rain. After half an hour, it stopped supplying Natural Energy.
The sky suddenly brightened up.
Before it could say anything, Tsunade had already placed her hands on Natsume's back. Green Chakra quickly nourished his wounds.
After a moment, he had returned to normal.
Natsume opened his eyes and felt full of energy all over.
"Are you okay?"
Tsunade stepped in front of him, then suddenly spat and took out some clothes, throwing them at him.
"I'm fine."
Natsume struggled to get up, put on his clothes, and smiled when he saw Tsunade looking nervous.
Yay!
I've nailed it!
"Go back and change your clothes quickly."
Tsunade subconsciously glanced down. Unable to bear it any longer, she used the Reverse Summoning Jutsu and fled.
"Great job, bro!"
Natsume left the Shikkotsu Forest with a swagger.
In the afternoon, Tsunade went to the Hokage Building, while Natsume came to Hinata Hyuga's room. Since he was helping her develop her talent, he had been coming here quite frequently these days.
"Brother Natsume."
Hinata immediately felt her heart calm down. Every time she sparred with Hiashi Hyuga and Neji Hyuga, she would get extremely flustered. But for some reason, in front of Natsume, she was quite organized.
"Let's go."
Natsume patted her on the back. Hinata stood on tiptoe and wrapped her arms around his neck.
The Mangekyo Sharingan activated.
Another act of running away from home.
Hinata pressed her little face against Natsume's shoulder and looked at the distant sky. An indescribable feeling welled up in her heart.
She suddenly understood Neji Hyuga a bit.
Freedom was truly precious.
"We're here."
Natsume patted her on the back.
"Okay."
Hinata came back to her senses, reluctantly let go of him, and stood on the ground.
Natsume turned around, looked into her eyes, reached out, and stroked her black hair. "Let's begin," he said.
The Mangekyo Sharingan began to spin.
The light in Hinata's eyes faded as she fell into a Genjutsu.
Natsume didn't idle either. He started practicing the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Before long, he suddenly raised his eyebrows. He left a Kage Clone to watch over Hinata, then turned around and walked north.
The chakra fluctuations were getting more and more obvious.
Finally, by a riverside, Natsume saw two young people wearing Uchiha uniforms.
They were both sparring with their Three - Tomoe Sharingan activated, looking rather strange and intense.
The most important function of the Sharingan in battle was actually prediction. But when both sides had the Sharingan, it became a situation of "I predicted your prediction."
What a mind - boggling battle!
One of the teenagers was Itachi Uchiha, but Natsume had never seen the other girl before.
She had black hair and black eyes, was young, and had high talent.
Oh!
It's almost for sure that she was Izumi Uchiha.
She was a minor female character with little screen time. She could be considered Itachi Uchiha's confidante and had awakened the Three - Tomoe Sharingan at the age of thirteen.
In the anime, she died at the hands of Obito Uchiha on the clan's extermination night.
The two noticed Natsume's arrival, but it didn't affect their sparring.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, Izumi was defeated. Among the young generation of geniuses, it was really hard for anyone to match Itachi Uchiha.
Itachi picked up the kunai and shuriken on the ground and greeted, saying.
Izumi showed a surprised look. In her impression, it was rare to see a young man that Itachi Uchiha thought highly of.
"Natsume?"
Izumi Uchiha felt the name sounded vaguely familiar. Soon, she realized who he was. "So you're Lady Tsunade's student. Hello, I'm Izumi Uchiha."
Compared to Itachi Uchiha's coldness, she seemed much gentler and more enthusiastic.
"Nice to meet you," Natsume said sincerely.
At that moment, he was already thinking about how to obtain destiny value.
After all, Izumi Uchiha was much easier to manipulate than Itachi Uchiha.
It would be a pity for her to die on the clan's extermination night; it'd be better for her to become his subordinate.
Ahem.
Natsume changed the subject and asked, "I remember the Uchiha clan has its own training grounds. Why did you come to the Death Forest for a spar?"
Upon hearing this, Izumi Uchiha showed a hesitant look.
"Recently, many ninja squads composed of clan members have been attacked outside, and all of them are recognized geniuses. So we came out to try our luck," Itachi Uchiha thought for a moment and replied.
He trusted Natsume a lot.
Besides, Natsume would find out about this soon anyway.
Natsume immediately thought of Orochimaru.
Only this scientific madman had such efficient execution.
But he didn't receive any destiny value.
Most likely, these missing Uchiha geniuses didn't have names in the original story.
Actually, Itachi Uchiha didn't say one more thing.
It was indeed the geniuses who were attacked, but they survived. Instead, their teammates died, and it seemed they had been tortured before death.
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