Chapter 438: Gathering Two Tsunades
"Tsunade-sama, my leg..."
Konoha Hospital, Inpatient Department, in a patient room, Tsunade's right hand, channeling [Translator's note: This character means "condensed" or "gathered". Since the following refers to a medical ninjutsu, I will translate it as "channeling".] medical ninjutsu chakra, was placed on a splinted lower leg bone.
The question came from the owner of the lower leg, a fourteen-year-old boy, but already a Chūnin. His strength was decent, just his luck was a bit poor.
In the attack three days ago, the boy's lower leg bone was broken by a flying brick.
As a ninja, if a leg is broken, it generally means bidding farewell to a ninja career.
At this moment, the boy clearly didn't want to say goodbye to his ninja career and hoped that the legendary Tsunade-sama could heal his leg back to its original state.
Slap!
Before Tsunade could say anything, a young ninja in a green vest beside him slapped the boy on the head and angrily said, "What are you thinking? Tsunade-sama is the most powerful medical ninja; how could she not be able to heal your leg?"
"Bro..."
"Shut up!"
"..."
The boy rubbed his head, looking speechlessly at his older brother. He was just asking; did he need such a big reaction?
"It's already set. You'll be fine in a month."
Tsunade withdrew her hand, got up, and prepared to leave, not bothering to say more to the calculating brothers.
"Thank you, Tsunade-sa... Huh, where's Tsunade-sama?"
The older brother was bowing his head in thanks, but suddenly realized that Tsunade-sama in front of him had disappeared.
"Amazing, as expected of one of the legendary Sannin. This Body Flicker Technique is too powerful; I didn't even notice when she left."
The boy's older brother looked on with reverence, completely oblivious to anything amiss, for example... the door was closed, and the window was only half-open, not enough for a person to leave.
The Body Flicker Technique is merely a high-speed movement ninjutsu, not spatial teleportation. In an enclosed space like a room, Body Flicker Technique cannot pass through walls.
And indeed, Tsunade was still in the room; they just couldn't see or touch her.
"Ah..."
In the interdimensional space, Tsunade, who was suddenly hugged tightly from behind, instantly jumped in fright.
"Who?"
As Tsunade turned to look, her hands grabbed the hands on her chest, intending to pull them away.
At this moment, Tsunade didn't realize that she had already disappeared from real space, as everything in her line of sight and her perception remained the same as before.
But the hands tightly hugging her chest from behind, making her feel a little breathless, instantly made Tsunade realize she had been attacked.
"Hmm... how could this be?"
Tsunade was shocked; the hands on her chest remained completely still under her immense strength.
"Who are you?"
Tsunade turned around and clearly saw the person behind her: a young man in his twenties, looking at her with a playful smile in his eyes.
She was certain she didn't know this man.
"Come with me."
Li Yao's shadow clone said, then hugged Tsunade and flew off, directly passing through the ceiling and ascending into the sky.
This scene somewhat confused Tsunade.
"Is this... genjutsu?"
Tsunade thought this way, and it wasn't surprising that she would. Not to mention her body passing through the ceiling like an illusion and flying into the sky, her monstrous strength had no effect on this strange man. What else could this be but genjutsu?
Tsunade simply couldn't imagine anyone else in the ninja world who could remain utterly still under her monstrous strength.
The man holding her felt like he was forged from steel. No matter how much she struggled or exerted force, even her punches had no effect.
She felt as if she were firmly held by a human-shaped mountain, struggling in vain.
This feeling of powerlessness, Tsunade believed, could only be achieved in genjutsu.
"It's genjutsu, indeed!"
Soon, Tsunade, led by the man, flew ten thousand meters into the sky, and then saw herself, looking even more pregnant, furiously performing a "pulling radish" technique on a man on the back of an ink bird. Tsunade became even more certain that she was under genjutsu.
The enemy wanted to humiliate and anger her with this scene, making her remain trapped in the genjutsu.
"Genjutsu: Release!"
"Hmm... Genjutsu: Release!"
"What's going on?"
"Chakra..."
Tsunade, who was about to channel chakra to dispel the genjutsu, suddenly found that she couldn't channel any chakra.
Snap!
At this moment, a snapping sound echoed in Tsunade's ear. Tsunade suddenly found herself standing firmly on the back of the ink bird, and her internal chakra could also be channeled.
"The genjutsu is dispelled!"
Tsunade's heart filled with joy, and she immediately thought of raising her hand to bite it and perform the Summoning Jutsu. At ten thousand meters in the sky, it was only safe to summon Katsuyu first.
"I... I can't move!"
Tsunade was shocked again. Her hands were completely still. She had instantly lost control of her body below her neck; only her head could still move.
"Genjutsu... No, this isn't genjutsu!"
Tsunade, who was about to say she was still in genjutsu, instantly shook her head in denial. This situation was definitely not genjutsu.
She must have been controlled by a ninjutsu similar to the Shadow Imitation Jutsu.
Tsunade reacted quickly, instantly clarifying her current situation, and then... she fell into a deep state of confusion again.
"You... you... who are you?"
Tsunade's eyes widened. She stared in shock at Li Yao, who was connecting the two, and the Edo Tensei Tsunade, especially the latter.
Tsunade suddenly reacted.
If this wasn't genjutsu, then who was this "self" undulating on a strange man's body?
That familiar chakra!
The warmth and scent of sweat up close!
And the special floral fragrance lingering!
All of this conveyed one message to Tsunade's brain: the undulating "self" in front of her was a real person.
But... how could that be?
"That's me... No, this is impossible!"
"Who exactly are you people?"
Tsunade, her thoughts somewhat jumbled, roared out.
But the two struggling figures paid her no mind.
The Fifth Hokage Tsunade, who had come to this world with Li Yao, hadn't even spared a glance at her Sannin-era self in this world.
Unable to die, she used a method of self-hypnosis, hiding her former personality, and willingly serving as Li Yao's slave. Only this way could the Fifth Hokage Tsunade reduce her suffering.
Now, the Fifth Hokage Tsunade no longer cared about anything outside; she devoted herself entirely to serving Li Yao.
It must be said that when pushed to the limit, people can indeed come up with all sorts of methods.
Li Yao had not expected Tsunade to resort to such a move of self-hypnosis to minimize her inner suffering in his presence.
This was a form of liberation that wasn't liberation.
Li Yao made a mental note: when he took revenge on that old man, the Third Hokage, he couldn't let him self-hypnotize like Tsunade.
"Who exactly are you?"
"Let go of me now..."
While Li Yao and Edo Tensei Tsunade were having a grand old time, the Sannin Tsunade of this world struggled continuously, but to no avail. After quietly watching the "animal world" for three hours, she finally calmed down and resigned herself to her fate.
Pop!
Pulling away from the Fifth Hokage Tsunade, Li Yao, with a thought, gave the Sannin Tsunade of this world a Kotoamatsukami. The struggling Sannin Tsunade immediately took over for the Fifth Hokage Tsunade.
The Fifth Hokage Tsunade, watching from the side, her eyes twitched, then returned to tranquility.
"Who attacked Konoha?" Li Yao asked.
The Sannin Tsunade's face was in pain, her body tense. Her first encounter with Li Yao had instantly injured her.
(END CHAPTER)
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