Shaking his head in his mind, Natsuo continued listening to the clan leader's words.
"...as the strongest clan in the village, you must demonstrate the superiority of the Uchiha clan." And unfortunately for Natsuo's ears, he had to spend the rest of the meeting listening to the clan leader's lecture about the superiority of the Uchiha clan.
Of course, when the clan leader saw Natsuo's fanatical eyes, he smiled and continued for another half hour before stopping.
Afterwards, the meeting continued for a few more minutes before the people present began to leave.
"Natsuo, stay a moment," said the clan leader as Natsuo stood up.
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Twenty minutes later, Natsuo left the Naka shrine and headed towards the orphanage.
In the privacy of his room, Natsuo let out a sigh of relief after acting for so long.
After Natsuo stayed at the clan leader's request, the clan leader began asking questions about his apprenticeship with Tsunade, and Natsuo answered honestly since there was nothing to hide.
Satisfied with Natsuo's answers, Toshiro began to ask for his opinion about the clan and the village.
Luckily for Natsuo, he had previously placed a Genjutsu in his own mind to act in a certain way and showed the clan leader that Natsuo was unconditionally loyal to the clan.
Satisfied, Toshiro allowed him to leave.
Now in his room after hours of acting like someone he wasn't, Natsuo was tired and threw himself onto his bed.
I had to go to the hospital early tomorrow, so it wasn't convenient to sleep late.
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The next morning, Natsuo woke up early and arrived at the hospital.
On her way to Tsunade's office, she encountered the woman along the way and asked her to follow her.
Behind the woman, there was a group of women carrying a patient on a stretcher, and from the amount of blood she knew it wasn't something minor.
And as Natsuo guessed, he was able to watch Tsunade for hours while the woman healed the patient's injured organs.
Meanwhile, the other doctors took care of healing the rest of the wounds.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't guide you because of the seriousness of the situation," Tsunade said as she wiped the sweat from her forehead after finishing healing the patient's organs.
And with the rest of the wounds closed, the patient was out of danger.
"Okay, I saw it was very serious," Natsuo said, and Tsunade nodded in satisfaction.
Tsunade would have liked to teach Natsuo while she treated the patient, but the man's injuries were so severe that they required her full attention.
After that, Tsunade took Natsuo to find more patients.
Because of the hospital setting, it was easy for Tsuande to find a patient to guide Natsuo.
From patients with simple illnesses to people with wounds that required treatment.
Natsuo absorbed everything like a sponge, and Tsunade smiled contentedly when her student answered the questions she had asked at the end of the morning.
Since she couldn't spend all day, every day, teaching Natsuo, Tsunade would choose some mornings to guide Natsuo and the rest of the time let her student heal some wounded under the guidance of other medical ninjas in charge of simple cases at the hospital.
For example, civilians, who are not usually seriously injured, and Natsuo could heal their skin and/or muscle wounds.
What about injured bones?
Natsuo will not be allowed to heal bones until he receives Tsunade's approval.
In this way, time passed and Natsuo had been under Tsunade's guidance for 1 month.
In the privacy of his room, Natsuo examined the body of a mouse, manipulating its bones to slightly strengthen it.
'5%' Natsuo thought as he tested the amount of force needed to break the bones in the mouse's body.
It was a very small advance after 1 month of experiments, but it was to be expected due to the difficulty in manipulating the bones.
Although he could easily heal broken bones after 1 month, even though he hadn't announced it to Tsunade, it was very different to strengthen bones without damaging them.
Sighing at his slow progress, Natsuo finished everything and put the mouse back in the cage before taking a bath and going to sleep.
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The next morning, Natsuo walked slowly towards the village hospital.
Since he was personally guided by Tsuande yesterday while the woman treated several patients, Natsuo was in no hurry.
Yawning, Natsuo entered the hospital and looked to see if he had any work to do.
Since there weren't many patients with minor injuries that a 'rookie' like him could heal, Natsuo thought his morning at the hospital would be uneventful.
But he was proven wrong when Tsuande found him shortly afterwards and told him that she was inviting him to her house for a meal.
Knowing logically that Tsuande wouldn't be interested in a boy like him, Natsuo looked at her confused and asked why they needed to eat at her house.
"Grandma wants to meet you"
"Besides, it's my fault, I should have introduced you to my grandmother when I took you as a disciple," Tsunade said, smiling.
'Shit,' Natsuo thought.
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Hours later, Natsuo followed Tsuande to the Senju clan compound while lost in thought.
Mito Uzumaki
The only thing Natsuo knew about the woman was that, in addition to being a powerful Kunoichi, she was the wife of the First Hokage and the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails.
Although he didn't think the woman would make things difficult for him, Natsuo was a little nervous because he would be facing someone who had the ability to feel emotions and intentions.
As the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, in her previous world it had been speculated that the woman had great control over the Nine-Tails' chakra and could use her ability to sense people's intentions.
Although Natsuo had no ill intentions towards the woman or the rest of her family, he still felt nervous.
Like when your girlfriend wants to check your phone or a cop pulls you over on the road. You knew you weren't hiding anything and that all your paperwork was in order, but you couldn't help feeling nervous for some reason.
"We've arrived," Tsunade said, and Natsuo looked at the place in front of him.
As expected of a great clan, Natsuo could see beautiful and large buildings.
But Natsuo quickly realized something.
The place seemed a little… empty?
"I don't see many people," Natsuo said, expressing his doubt.
Upon hearing what his disciple said, Tsuande sighed and replied.
"Yes, the Senju clan lost many people during the First World War," Tsunade said sadly as she remembered the people she lost.
Uncles, aunts, cousins.
But what hurt Tsuande the most was losing her parents years later.
His father died on a mission shortly before his brother was born, and his mother died during childbirth.
Having succumbed to sadness during the last period of pregnancy, her mother's body could not withstand it after giving birth.
Seeing Tsunade's expression, Natsuo knew he had touched a nerve and wisely remained silent.
The duo walked in silence for a few minutes before arriving at Tsunade's house.
"Miss Tsunade"
After entering the property, Tsunade was greeted by various maids, who also politely greeted the child behind her.
Since they had previously received orders to prepare lunch, they knew that the lady of the house would bring her disciple and none of them dared to disrespect him.
"Grandma, I'm home"
"Sister, welcome!"
Tsunade announced her presence by calling her grandmother, but it was her younger brother who came out to greet her.
Upon seeing her younger brother, Tsunade smiled and caught him in a tight hug.
Meanwhile, Natsuo lamented the injustice of the world and begged heaven to take Nawaki's place.
"What are you doing here?"
Suddenly, Natsuo's internal lament was interrupted by Nawaki, who had been freed from his sister's arms and asked the boy who arrived with his sister.
Although he knew that his sister had taken a disciple and knew who it was, Nawaki had never seen him again after graduating from the academy.
"Natsuo will eat with us," Tsunade said, and Nawaki did not object.
Although she was growing up and knew that her sister was adored by many men, Nawaki did not see Natsuo as a suitor for her sister.
Besides the fact that Natsuo was the sam
e age as her, Nawaki didn't see someone so weak as a suitor for her sister.
It's not that Nawaki looks down on Natsuo, but Nawaki has lived with her for years and couldn't bear to see her violent sister with someone weaker than her.
Of course, I wasn't going to say that out loud. I wasn't suicidal.
Ignoring her younger brother's thoughts, Tsunade led Natsuo to the room where she guessed his grandmother was.