"Danzō, huh?"
Several miles away.
Carrying a small backpack and walking leisurely behind Tsunade and Shizune with both hands resting behind his head, Ren looked completely relaxed.
His eyes flickered slightly.
A playful smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
"Then I'll play along with you for a bit!"
If it had been his former self—
Even with Tsunade backing him up, he would still have been somewhat wary of Danzō, the man who had rooted himself beneath the great tree of Konoha, the leader of the shadowy organization Root lurking in the darkness.
But now, after awakening the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he felt no fear at all.
Even though his current chakra reserves were still insufficient to activate the Complete Susanoo.
With those nearly unsolvable ocular techniques alone—
He already stood in an unbeatable position.
"Did you deal with them?"
Walking ahead, Tsunade asked calmly.
She had just noticed Ren forming hand seals with one hand and had already guessed what had happened.
After all, this disciple of hers possessed extremely powerful sensory abilities.
Anyone trying to track them would simply be asking for humiliation.
"Yeah, just two little bugs. It was ridiculously easy…"
Ren nodded and spread his hands.
"If they weren't from Konoha, it wouldn't have been just a warning."
"Eh? Someone was following us?"
Shizune, who had been completely unaware, looked confused.
She couldn't help turning to look at Ren and Tsunade.
"What happened?"
"If anyone else comes looking for death next time, you don't need to hold back."
Tsunade said bluntly.
She had absolutely no good feelings toward Root.
Especially that dark and scheming man Danzō—she detested him to the extreme.
"But your genjutsu skills really surprised me…"
She looked at Ren in amazement and said with a smile,
"Looks like Nao left you quite a lot of good things."
Ren didn't hide it and spoke frankly.
"Yeah. The genjutsu scrolls my great-grandmother left for my grandmother—she passed them all to me."
"Great-grandmother?"
Shizune's pupils suddenly shrank.
She looked at Ren in disbelief.
"Isn't that the former greatest genjutsu master of the Senju Clan—Senju Taohua?"
She hadn't expected that the legendary genjutsu master had actually left behind genjutsu scrolls.
"Yeah. I've basically mastered all the genjutsu in them…"
Ren shrugged and chuckled.
"Unfortunately, the highest level is only A-rank. There aren't any S-rank techniques."
"You… mastered all of those genjutsu?"
Shizune froze.
She stared at Ren in complete shock.
"Even the A-rank ones?"
From what he implied, the scrolls left by Senju Taohua probably contained quite a number of high-level genjutsu.
Yet Ren had mastered them all.
It was simply unbelievable.
"…"
Even Tsunade was momentarily speechless.
She stopped walking and stared at this monstrous disciple of hers.
With a faint sigh, she said,
"I estimate that in two or three years at most, you'll completely drain the decades of experience I've accumulated."
Such outrageous talent.
If the field of medical ninjutsu weren't somewhat special—
To truly master it required not only skillful use of medical ninjutsu, but also deep medical knowledge and extensive clinical experience accumulated over time.
Otherwise, she might soon have nothing left to teach him.
"Tsunade-nee, I'm still far from that!"
Ren scratched his head.
He had no intention of returning to Konoha that soon.
Unless he overturned the entire chessboard, he would most likely end up scheming and fighting wits with those old schemers there.
There was no way they would let him live leisurely—drinking tea and flirting with girls every day.
Traveling around the ninja world with a beauty like Tsunade—wasn't that much better?
As for Kurenai, Ino, and Tenten—
Whenever he missed them, he could just sneak back for a few days.
"In that case…"
Tsunade crossed her arms and asked,
"The Monster Strength Fist I taught you a few days ago—you should have already mastered it, right?"
"Of course."
Ren smiled and nodded.
Chakra gathered into his right fist.
His entire body burst forward like a young cheetah.
He rushed straight toward a giant boulder several meters tall in the forest ahead—
And threw a fierce punch.
BOOM!!
The several-meter-tall boulder
Shattered instantly.
It exploded into countless fragments.
Dust billowed everywhere.
"So amazing!" Shizune couldn't help exclaiming.
Although she was Tsunade's disciple, and Tsunade had never hidden anything from her—
Her chakra control simply wasn't refined enough, so she had never managed to learn the Monster Strength Fist.
"Ton~ ton~!"
Tonton also squealed in agreement.
"The Senju Clan may not possess the Sharingan, but we were able to compete with the rival Uchiha Clan throughout ancient times without falling behind…"
Looking at the exaggerated scene, Tsunade didn't seem surprised at all as she spoke calmly.
"Setting aside the rare Wood Release of the First Hokage—"
"It's because the Senju Clan not only possesses chakra reserves far beyond ordinary people, but we are also born with extremely precise chakra control."
"In this regard, whether it's the Uchiha Clan or even the Uzumaki Clan—who are distant relatives of the Senju—very few can compare."
"That's why the Senju Clan could contend with the Uchiha Clan."
"A clan that, with the extraordinary insight of the Sharingan, could easily copy others' ninjutsu and taijutsu and was also highly proficient in genjutsu."
"I see…"
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