Chapter 239: The Secret of the Lightning Release Armor, Orochimaru's Research
[She angrily attacks you, and at first, you clash with her using your own Chakra Enhanced Strength. However, you soon realize that you cannot match her in this area, although in terms of recovery, she is no longer stronger than you. You then switch to using the Flying Thunder God, entangling her in battle.]
[The battle lasts for a full half-day. A large area of terrain outside Tanzaku Town is destroyed by the two of you. Only then does Tsunade finally calm down, because there is simply no way for this fight to have a result. At this moment, you use the Formless Wave and, once again, control her.]
[The familiar feeling washes over her, and she realizes she's been caught. Although she struggles desperately, she ultimately cannot resist your perfected Formless Wave. You carry the unconscious Tsunade back to the inn and, once again, begin an all-night "battle." ]
[At first, she tries to resist, but she soon finds herself immersed in it, and even tries to take the dominant position as a way to defeat you. It's just a pity that in terms of stamina, your combat power is evenly matched. The fierce battle rages until dawn before you both fall into a deep sleep.]
[Just like that, you and she seem to enter a kind of time loop. You sleep at dawn, wake up at noon, battle outside the town in the afternoon, and battle in the hotel at night. By the time Naruto has learned the Rasengan, your battle still hasn't ended.]
[Even Jiraiya can't help but complain: "Tsunade, you're actually enjoying this, aren't you?" He is then promptly sent flying by her punch. At this point, she knows she must return to Konoha. She doesn't really want to be Hokage, but she wants to see just who Akiyama Makoto's "other confidantes" are.]
Seeing this, his mouth twitched. Does this count as a "battle-boner"? And the speed at which they went from "pure love" to "battle-boner" was a bit too fast.
But this couldn't be helped, because their "pure love" was just an act. For an act to last for a month was already impressive. How could they really act for a lifetime? Just like if Tsunade forgot about gambling and drinking, and stopped being so boisterous, would she still be the "unrestrained" Tsunade? He already had Uzuki Yūgao as a "shy big sister." It was better for Tsunade to just keep her own style.
[This night, after your great battle, Tsunade is the first to concede. You do not press the attack, because you know she has something to say. She tells you that when you return to Konoha, you must pretend not to know each other. The time you spent together these past fews days... will be as if it never happened.]
[She had originally thought you would refuse, but you agree with a carefree attitude. This, in turn, makes her angry, feeling that you are just brushing her off, and she starts another "battle" with you. A few days later, you return to Konoha and begin your life of pretending not to know each other.]
[Tsunade becomes the Hokage and, to the great anticipation of the village, begins to handle its affairs. She soon discovers with a headache that you, a man with no official position, actually have such a huge influence in Konoha that many matters cannot be resolved without consulting your opinion.]
[Especially with those two old-timers, Homura and Koharu, pointing fingers at her. Compared to being bossed around by them, she much prefers being "bossed" by you. In the end, she helplessly comes to you, hoping for your help.]
[To her surprise, you do not shirk your responsibilities. You smoothly resolve the issue of the prisoner, Rasa, and also "resolve" the problem of Sasuke's defection. Although he still successfully defects, you promise her that Itachi Uchiha will not come to trouble Konoha because of it.]
[At this point, Konoha enters a period of stability. In the meantime, you even help Zabuza and Haku solve their problems in the Hidden Mist, pushing Konoha and the Mist to be the first to form a friendly relationship, and you use the Land of Waves as a transit station to open up trade between the Land of Fire and the Land of Water.]
[Tsunade sees everything you are working hard for. But during this entire process, you are not even a Hokage Advisor. She understands your reason for doing all this very clearly: it's for her. But she was the one who had said that in Konoha, you had to pretend not to know each other.]
[Just as she is in a dilemma, you come to find her. Then, to her astonishment, you use the Flying Thunder God to take her directly to the house you have been renting in Tanzaku Town. At this point, no more words are needed. She takes the initiative to embrace you. No matter how many other "confidantes" you have, tonight, you are hers.]
As expected of Tsunade. She really makes a big splash!
Fighting with him two rounds a day... the whole ninja world probably knew that she was "in spring." Fortunately, she had already made a name for herself long ago, so her character probably wouldn't collapse because of this.
It was just that... even now, he felt a little dazed. He had won her over, just like that?
Thinking about it carefully, this matter actually had a large element of metaphysics. First, the "fake drama" had become real. Second, Orochimaru had dragged Dan Katō out to "enlighten" her. On top of that, he had the strength to not be beaten to death by her. Without any one of these elements, he would not have been able to win her over.
And even at this point, Tsunade's heart had only truly been moved after Naruto had left to train. In layman's terms, their story had started like a "Roman Holiday" one-night stand, but it wasn't until half a year later that they were qualified to talk about "liking" each other.
The most critical point was, could this be replicated in reality?
He felt it would be very difficult.
Just the single point of whether Orochimaru's hands could be preserved was not something he could control. As for letting Orochimaru keep his hands just to pursue Tsunade... that was something he would never do.
The simulated him could disregard the future consequences, but in reality, who knew what a "healthy-handed" Orochimaru would do? What if he couldn't resist, saw Sasuke, and just "swallowed" him, turning himself into Sasuke? If he couldn't inherit the Sage of Six Paths' power in the future, and couldn't fight Kaguya, what then?
Of course, by that time, his own strength would probably be sufficient, but he didn't want Sasuke to die for that reason. After getting along for this period, he felt that Sasuke was a pretty good kid. With a little cultivation, he could totally become his number one fighter in the future.
As for Naruto... forget it. He wasn't afraid of his talk-no-jutsu, but he didn't think he could persuade him either.
But this pursuit of Tsunade was still a gain. The lesson was that to get close to her quickly, you could pretend to have a youthful encounter with her. She, with a "playful" mindset, would give him a chance to "play games," just like how she would transform into a child to scam rich people.
As for going a step further, that would require him to keep thinking of new methods.
[After this, you begin to appear more often in the Land of Waves, establishing a new laboratory with Orochimaru. You propose the concept of inter-conversion between chakra and life force, which gives him great inspiration. He realizes that he can achieve eternal life by continuously replenishing his life force.]
[In this process, Karin becomes the chief administrator of the Land of Waves laboratory, and also learns some scientific and technological knowledge from Orochimaru and Kabuto. Due to your existence, even Kabuto has to call her 'Lady Karin.']
[Karin adapts to this status very quickly and has no aversion to the content of the experiments. After all, she herself had come from a hellish environment. During this process, you also learn sealing jutsu from her, which does not waste your time.]
[However, you are not satisfied with this. You even want to go to the Hidden Cloud Village to learn their secret techniques. But unfortunately, you don't know how to infiltrate their village, nor do you have much time and energy to do so.]
Seeing this, he shook his head slightly.
If I can't do it, I can't do it. In this simulation, he had focused all his energy on Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Karin. It was indeed a bit too much to ask him to go to the Cloud to learn new ninjutsu.
He had originally thought this, but his simulated self's next operation startled him.
[You decide to infiltrate the Cloud Village, steal their data, and then study it. For the next three years, you sneak in every few months. You are almost discovered several times, but you successfully escape by relying on the Flying Thunder God.]
[To prevent yourself from being discovered and considered, you even secretly leave some of the Akatsuki's intelligence for the Cloud, successfully diverting their attention and causing them to have some conflicts with the Akatsuki, a step ahead of Konoha.]
Seeing this, he was dumbfounded.
My simulated self is really not afraid of Obito's revenge!
But his operation had not been discovered, otherwise Obito would definitely have been enraged.
So, under this operation, had he been able to obtain the Cloud's ninjutsu intelligence? Konoha had the Scroll of Seals; the Cloud should have something similar, right?
[Your hard work pays off. You finally figure out the location where the Cloud stores its secret Lightning Release ninjutsu by placing a Hiraishin mark on a high-ranking official, and you sneak in while he is there for an inspection. Although your appearance causes a huge commotion, you ultimately get what you want.]
[It turns out that their 'Lightning Release Chakra Mode' is a complete inheritance that combines bloodline talent, physical development from a young age, and the training and mastery of Lightning Release chakra. Although the cultivation of the chakra mode itself is the main part, you know that without the first two, even if you master it to the extreme, you will not be able to reach the Raikage's physical strength.]
He frowned slightly.
This answer was within his expectations. After all, any "god-level" ninjutsu required the bonus of talent and bloodline. At most, the learning threshold for the Lightning Release Chakra Mode was a little lower, but this also meant that the requirements for talent and hard work to reach the upper limit were even higher.
At this point, he had lost half his interest in this jutsu. But considering that it could improve his neural reaction speed, and that he could teach it to the people around him, it still had some reference value.
At this thought, he chose to use his last guidance.
[After a period of training, you have mastered the Lightning Release Armor. However, it causes one's own chakra to enter a berserk state, becoming almost uncontrollable. This also means that it is very difficult for you to cast any other ninjutsu.]
[You try to replicate the part of the jutsu that affects nerve reaction speed. You soon discover that this technique and the Body Pathway Derangement are strikingly similar. The only difference is that one uses medical ninjutsu to turn chakra into electricity, while the other turns the whole body into a conductor.]
[You begin to try and research a Lightning Release enhancement ninjutsu that is specialized for the nerves, but unfortunately, you do not have the Lightning talent yet and have to give up.]
He let out a short breath. A failure?
It didn't matter. Just getting the data on the Lightning Release Armor was enough. The rest was just a matter of waiting for the Great Ninja War to end, and for him and Karin to have a child to end this simulation.
Just as he was waiting for the simulation to accelerate, Orochimaru brought him good news.
[You had not told Orochimaru about the True Spirit Seal, but he, by observing you infusing Hinata and Hanabi's Byakugan cells with your spirit, had thought of this direction himself. But unlike your method, he simply creates some 'meatball-like' embryos, trying to create 'livestock' that are purely used to produce life force and spiritual energy.]
[You refuse to cooperate with him in this direction, because you know that doing so may cause you to lose your humanity. Orochimaru, however, is tireless. He simply parts ways with you and leaves the Land of Waves.]
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