Chapter 299: One Punch Senju x Rinnegan
Alike.
He looked so much like Nawaki. It wasn't a resemblance in facial features, but rather that youthful vibe and the confident smile resting on his lips.
It caused Tsunade to daze for a split second, staring blankly at Roy.
"Tsunade-sama," Shizune coughed lightly, her gaze falling upon Roy alongside Tsunade.
The boy was clearly only eight or nine years old, with a tranquil face and a peaceful gaze. Just the sight of him stepping out from the light made Shizune's beautiful eyebrows twitch, instantly recalling Jiraiya's excellent disciple, the Hokage-sama's highly regarded and frequently praised grand-disciple—Minato Namikaze!
Space-Time Ninjutsu?
Isn't that a ninjutsu only mastered by Minato Namikaze?
As an assistant by Tsunade's side, and concurrently the 'nanny' sent by Hiruzen Sarutobi to look after her, Shizune had direct access to top-level information, naturally making her sensitive to certain news.
Reminded by her, Tsunade murmured softly, "You are not Nawaki..."
Although both were confident and loved to smile... but,
Nawaki's "confidence" stemmed from his clan, from his surname, and from his grandfather, Hashirama Senju. Whereas... the Uchiha boy named "Jin" standing before her was entirely different.
As Tsunade narrowed her eyes, her intuition flared, telling her without a doubt that the boy's underlying confidence... originated from his absolute certainty in his own strength!
Nawaki?
Hearing Tsunade softly murmur this name, an ever-smiling, kind face immediately surfaced in Roy's mind. The boy wore a blue Konoha headband; he was the grandson of Hashirama Senju and Tsunade's younger brother. A pity that, like Tsunade's former lover Dan Kato, he had died early on the battlefield... He could be considered a pitiful soul.
Roy reached out to take the tea handed over by Fugaku Uchiha and took a sip, not picking up the conversation.
Waiting for Tsunade to completely snap back to reality, she stared at him with burning eyes and said, "Jin, I need you to punch me with all your strength!"
Roy raised an eyebrow, looking at Tsunade in surprise. With another glance, he peeked at Shizune beside her.
Shizune remained expressionless, kneeling properly behind Tsunade, seemingly entirely accustomed to her direct superior's sudden actions.
Roy's expression returned to normal. He truly hadn't expected someone to come to their door begging to be hit. Without changing his expression, he turned his head and exchanged a glance with Fugaku Uchiha. Fugaku's face was profound. He picked up the teapot, refilled the empty cup in front of Tsunade, and said, "Tsunade-sama, whatever you wish to see, just let Jin demonstrate it for you..."
Tsunade seemed to have mingled with rough men in casinos and taverns for too long. A wild, untamed energy flared up; just like shaking dice, she rolled up her sleeves and laughed, "Are you afraid he'll injure me?"
The woman's gaze burned like a torch as she stated confidently, "Hearing about it is not as good as experiencing it personally. Whoever hits me, and what their striking power is like, my body will automatically generate a memory."
Of course, more importantly... she wanted to see if the boy possessed the unique [Monstrous Strength] of her Senju clan!
It should be noted that [Wood Release] was not a Kekkei Genkai that all members of the Senju clan could awaken. Instead, the [Sage's Body] inherited from Asura usually passed down to Senju descendants as "vigorous life force (recovery power)" and "massive chakra reserves". Setting aside the [Yin Seal] and [Strength of a Hundred Seal] developed by Tsunade herself...
The woman believed that only [Monstrous Strength] could most intuitively reflect the magnitude of one's life force and chakra volume!
As for [Wood Release]... that was on an entirely different level, something related to chakra nature transformation...
Whoosh~ A gust of wind blew in.
The living room instantly fell into a brief silence...
Leaving only Mikoto Uchiha, who was waving her spatula in the kitchen oblivious to the outside world, and Itachi, who was peeking through the sliding door. Their gazes shifted back and forth, looking at Tsunade and then at Roy, deep in thought...
Sizzle sizzle... The teacup placed on the tatami emitted curling wisps of tea smoke...
After a full one or two minutes of absolute silence, Fugaku Uchiha, with a dark face, looked at Roy and said, "Since Tsunade-sama insists, Jin, just go ahead."
"Full strength?"
Tsunade: "Full strength!"
Roy nodded. With one last gulp, like a whale inhaling water, he tilted his head back and downed the tea in his cup. Taking another look at Tsunade...
Two suns ignited with a puff in his pupils. A single glance with the [True Eye] acted like two sharp blades piercing right through Tsunade's body, causing her to stiffen and tense up abruptly!
Name: Tsunade
Profession: Ninja
Physique: B
Manifested Chakra: B (700k / 1 Million)
Potential Chakra: B+ (570k / 1 Million)
Rating: B
Note: Kage-level strength
Roy narrowed his eyes and immediately saw a massive mass of chakra within Tsunade's body, bound and locked securely by several sealing chains. He figured those sealing chains were her self-created [Yin Seal]!
Buzz... The boy's gaze was far too hot. As it approached and draped over Tsunade, others didn't feel it, but Tsunade herself felt as if she had been stripped naked, seen completely through from the inside out. She tried hard to maintain a calm facade, but a stormy sea was churning violently in her heart...
This child has such sharp eyes.
Faintly, two great suns slowly climbed out of Roy's pupils... Tsunade forced herself to stay calm and glared back, "Come!"
Seeing this, Roy gently rolled up his sleeves, not in a hurry, merely smiling faintly as he said, "A home is not a place to fight. Tsunade-sama, why don't we change locations..."
As the words fell, before Tsunade could react... a smear of blood red suddenly surged from the depths of Roy's eyes, accompanied by three pitch-black tomoe connecting and rotating in the shape of blades, forming a nebula that slowly rotated around the two blinding great suns in Roy's pupils.
In just an instant, Fugaku Uchiha, who was sitting quietly drinking tea on the side, turned pale with fright and abruptly stood up!
"Mangekyo Sharingan?!"
"Jin, you've awakened the Mangekyo?!"
One tomoe, two tomoe, three tomoe... Above the three tomoe, is the... Mangekyo!!
Itachi, clutching the sliding door, was suddenly startled by Fugaku's sudden movement. He counted on his fingers, recalling the knowledge about Sharingan development and training Roy had once shared with him. At this moment, he stared blankly with his precocious eyes towards Roy...
That pair of eyes with a "blood" base setting off a slowly rotating "nebula" instantly seemed to suck in his entire being along with all the light in the room!
"Nii-san..." The young boy's excited and worshipping murmur subsequently echoed.
Tsunade and Shizune exchanged a glance, staring in speechless bewilderment. At this moment... it seemed there was no need to deliberately test him anymore.
Since he had awakened the Mangekyo, who would dare suspect the boy was not of the Uchiha clan?
He was clearly the most talented and gifted Uchiha!
Buzz~ As the [Mangekyo Sharingan] slowly rotated, it invisibly oppressed people to the point of breathlessness... That oppressive feeling originating from ocular power penetrated deep into the bone marrow, instantly plunging the living room into a chilling Avici Hell!
Roy turned his head and smiled at Fugaku, "I had a feeling earlier, but I didn't expect it would open on its own after a nap."
The boy revealed two rows of pearly white teeth. Taking another look at Tsunade, he said, "Father, please wait a moment. The guest is right here; let's satisfy the guest's request first..."
Buzz~
[Genjutsu] activated!
Relying on the amplification of the [Mangekyo Sharingan], ordinary genjutsu in Roy's hands now only required a thought to execute. Even... the activation conditions didn't require direct eye contact like [Tsukuyomi]!
Immediately,
In the instant Fugaku, Tsunade, and Shizune blinked,
The living room beneath their feet faded away in lines, replaced by a fragrant green meadow and a lush forest rising from the ground, slowly unfurling before their eyes... Itachi's small body moved, only feeling a chill on his palm as the sliding door vanished. Looking again, he was astonished to discover... he was standing in the Southern Forest training ground where Nii-san and Shisui usually trained!
Tap... The world changed in a single glance!
Feet landing, stepping lightly onto the training ground,
Shizune opened her eyes and looked around. If she hadn't been certain it was a genjutsu, she almost thought she had been teleported to the real Southern Forest. Her gaze narrowed, falling on Roy... filled with nothing but awe!
What a powerful genjutsu, it's far too realistic!
Caw~ A crow flapped its wings and flew high, dropping a black feather... Fugaku reached out and caught that black feather in his hand, savoring it carefully... That's right, this was indeed not a genjutsu fluctuation that an ordinary Sharingan could condense.
That ocular power fluctuation pointing straight to the depths of his heart was already powerful enough that, besides deceiving his eyes, it had deceived his will as well... The man cast a sidelong glance at Tsunade beside him.
The woman holding the esteemed title of "One of the Sannin", with undiminished burning passion in her eyes, looked at Roy and slowly clenched her fists!
Crack crack crack... Her finger bones cracked as they rubbed together.
Tsunade wore a tea-green long coat with black trim over a loose, kimono-like sleeveless top, with a black cloth sash tied around her slender waist. She stomped her foot heavily on the ground!
The training ground visibly shook, fracturing outward in a spiderweb pattern with her feet as the center!
"Come!" The silent summon was better than a vocal one. A simple action... was interpreting the beauty of "power"!
Roy's beautiful black hair swayed with the wind. Having just finished adding stats, his hands were itching, thinking he would just treat this as a warm-up before his battle with his father.
Reaching out a palm, clenching it into a fist.
Under the amplification of three thousand points of Physique,
Boom! [Ren] activated... abruptly scorching the air, forming a monstrous wave of searing heat rushing toward Tsunade!
The boy then crushed the air in his palm with a pop, took a step forward, riding the wave. In the blink of an eye, he closed in on Tsunade, aiming a punch straight at her chest, delivering a vicious blow!
Pfft~ The air collapsed. The fist arrived before the sound!
The wind from the punch hit her face. Without needing to savor it specifically, just one look... Tsunade already knew that Roy possessed [Monstrous Strength] not inferior to hers!
But, you are clearly an Uchiha!
Not a Senju!
Why do you seem more like a Senju than me, or Nawaki?!
The woman's heart was in turmoil. Striking later but arriving first, with a punch similarly coated in chakra, she seized the opportunity and violently punched towards Roy's fist!
Boom!
A loud explosion rang out!
Chakra and Nen aura flew wildly, instantly forming a ring-shaped shockwave that forced Shizune, Fugaku, and the peeping Itachi back!
The little boy directly flew up, barely managing to hook onto a sturdy tree branch mid-air to halt his momentum and avoid... falling face-first into the dirt!
"Otou-san, who won?!" At this moment, a tall figure slowly landed beside Itachi, his expression serious and stern. He grabbed Itachi's shoulder, helping him stabilize his posture.
The boy asked. The shockwave was so strong that he could barely open his eyes, far less clearly than Fugaku who had activated his Sharingan... But he saw Fugaku stay silent for a long time, slowly shake his head, then nod, and say in a deep voice, "Neither won, and neither used full strength."
As the words fell, Shizune, who had dodged the shockwave and slowly landed on another large tree, furrowed her brow. As her pupils flickered, a trace of disbelief leaked out...
This assistant who had faithfully followed Tsunade for decades believed she understood Tsunade no less than anyone else, but... staring intently at the center of the training ground, at the boy who didn't lose the slightest ground in a fist clash with Tsunade, she had to admit... this was her first time seeing an existence capable of clashing head-on with Tsunade-sama without being hammered into the ground with a single punch!
Clearly, Tsunade-sama hadn't intended to strike back initially... She must have sensed danger and was forced to do so... In other words...
This also proved from the side that the child indeed possessed Monstrous Strength and... a bloodline not inferior to the Senju clan...
Pop~
Fist against fist!
Nen against chakra!
The ring-shaped shockwave drove the chakra to palpitate. Under the stalemate, it finally touched the boundary maintained by the Genjutsu... Roy, through his fist, noticed Tsunade took the initiative to withdraw her hand first. He immediately retracted his force as well. Along with the Genjutsu world, he reversed the ocular power back into Nen aura and withdrew it into his body.
Following that,
Caw~ Another crow cry sounded.
The Genjutsu Space shattered.
The familiar living room re-entered their vision.
Fugaku, Tsunade, Shizune, and Itachi only felt their vision blur. Dazedly opening their eyes again, they immediately looked towards Roy.
They saw the young boy smile slightly. The blood-red faded from his pupils, returning to clarity. Just like a moment ago, he sat cross-legged on the tatami, lazily stretching his arms as he said to Tsunade, "Is Tsunade-sama satisfied?"
"If there's nothing else, I'll go wash up first."
Tsunade's blonde hair tied into two ponytails cascaded down her back. Amidst her silence, she stared deeply at the boy without speaking. She simply reached up and yanked the green pendant worn around her neck, tossing it to Roy as she said, "It's yours."
Whoosh~ The pendant formed a graceful parabola, caught single-handedly by Roy.
The moment he touched it, Roy's brow knitted. He felt a massive burst of... chakra contained within, not in the slightest inferior to the mass of chakra he saw sealed within Tsunade's body, accumulating over decades!
[Detection... "Heterogeneous Nen Aura" / "Monster Bestiary" has unfurled...]
[Monster: "Heterogeneous Nen Aura", Source... Unknown Powerhouse...]
[Injection Method: Using a token as a medium, can be absorbed directly, increasing "Aura Volume"...]
[Note: Due to its "Nen Aura" possessing a certain deficiency, the absorption and conversion efficiency is approximately 80% of "Life Energy"...]
"Ding..." The panel notification slowly echoed in Roy's mind as the pendant landed in his hand...
The boy felt the weight of the pendant in his hand. He looked up and gave Tsunade a deep look, just about to say something... when suddenly, his spiritual perception flared... In the unseen world, he felt a gaze. Penetrating "history," traversing "life and death reincarnation," carrying endless vicissitudes, it broke through the restraints of chakra and slowly landed upon his body.
Roy abruptly raised his head.
As his consciousness immersed,
[Targeted Tracking Technique] activated with a single thought.
Entering his vision,
He saw a pair of... Rinnegan!
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