Orochimaru sat in front of a wooden stake. Before her lay a fish that had repeatedly died many times, from vigorously wiggling its tail at first to now lying like a dead fish on a white cloth, on which an incantation was written in ink.
"Orochimaru, are you training Medical Ninjutsu?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things. How did Tsunade and Orochimaru switch? The one learning Medical Ninjutsu went to learn elemental Ninjutsu, and the one learning elemental Ninjutsu went to learn Medical Ninjutsu.
He even wondered if he had traveled through time and it was already ten days to half a month later, otherwise, how could such an absurd thing happen?
"Sarutobi-sensei, I'm interested in the Yin and Yang Chakra nature transformations. Learning Medical Ninjutsu allows me to come into contact with the Yang Chakra nature transformation."
Orochimaru explained. If she didn't explain it clearly, Hiruzen Sarutobi would surely suspect there was something wrong with her brain.
She didn't want to do those boring missions anymore.
The mission before last was issued by the Land of Fire's Daimyo's retainer, to investigate if his wife was having an affair.
The last mission was to help babysit children.
Doing those missions was simply a waste of her time!
"I see."
Hiruzen Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief, having thought his disciple had messed up her training and suddenly wanted to become a Medical Ninja.
"Orochimaru, I can't help you much with Medical Ninjutsu."
Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't just clueless about Medical Ninjutsu; he simply didn't know it and didn't have time to learn about it.
"I can learn from Tsunade."
Orochimaru's expression didn't change at all.
"..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was struck by this, feeling rather useless there.
Am I already old?
Hiruzen Sarutobi walked to the lake in a daze, looking at his reflection on the water.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Sizzle—!
The firelight illuminated Hiruzen Sarutobi's face, followed by the sound of water evaporating from the high temperature.
Looking at his still relatively young face on the lake, Hiruzen Sarutobi comforted himself.
It wasn't that he was old, but that his disciples were growing too fast.
They were Konoha's new generation, and Konoha's future.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Tsunade with satisfaction, then turned his gaze towards Orochimaru's direction. The way Danzo Shimura trained the Anbu came to mind, his eyes darkened, and his resolve grew stronger.
He must never allow Danzo Shimura to train the Anbu in that manner again; otherwise, the Anbu training department would have to be managed by someone else.
In the evening, the sun set, and the sky was ablaze with fiery clouds.
"Lightning Release: Earth Run!"
Tsunade's hands had wounds from overusing Lightning Release, and sweat dripped down her cheeks.
Orochimaru, carrying several fish strung together with steel wire, their gills opening and closing, looked at Tsunade's tired face and her injured hands, and said, "Tsunade, let's end today's training here."
"Orochimaru, you go first. I want to train a little longer." Tsunade looked at her hands.
"Blindly practicing hard is useless. It's the most foolish and inefficient method. Mastering the Lightning Chakra nature transformation is to complement your superhuman strength, using Lightning Release Chakra to stimulate your body to activate cells, thereby greatly improving your movement speed and reaction ability."
Orochimaru said, throwing the string of fish into the air. Lightning flashed around her, and in an instant, she appeared behind Tsunade, a gust of wind blowing on Tsunade's face. The next moment, Orochimaru returned to her original spot and caught the falling fish.
"Just like this, while forming hand seals and performing Ninjutsu, feel the change in Chakra, and the change in Chakra is nature transformation. Gradually master that feeling."
Orochimaru extended her hand, lightning flashed in her palm, flames shot out, water surged, wind emanated, and earth secreted. The five Chakra nature transformations were displayed one by one in her hand.
"Orochimaru, you truly are a genius!"
Tsunade looked at Orochimaru's displayed Chakra nature transformations in shock.
"Tsunade, once you master Chakra nature transformations to a certain extent, you can also do it."
Genius, huh…? Orochimaru didn't know how many times she had heard that. People always praised her as a genius, but genius was worthless in the face of bloodlines and eyes.
Most transmigrators had cheats and systems, but she seemed to be the one that slipped through the net among transmigrators. Let alone a system, she didn't even have a cheat.
If the soul strength and mental energy far exceeding normal people brought by soul fusion were a cheat, then this cheat was too cheap.
"Hmm… Orochimaru, you've been training with Shadow Clones for a long time. If I had started training with Shadow Clones from the beginning, I wouldn't be much worse than you, right?"
Tsunade excitedly clenched her fists and swung them.
"I'm not the only genius, Tsunade; you and Jiraiya are also geniuses."
Orochimaru smiled slightly, walked up to Tsunade, and extended her hand to use Mystical Palm Technique to heal the injuries on Tsunade's hands caused by excessive use of Lightning Release.
"Jiraiya? That pervert who likes to peek into women's bathhouses, what kind of genius is he! Don't lump me in with him!"
Tsunade's cheeks puffed out slightly as she looked at Orochimaru with great dissatisfaction, but seeing her earnestly treating her, Tsunade's mood improved.
"Mount Myōboku is one of the three great inherited sacred lands. To be favored by the hermits of Mount Myōboku, it's impossible without considerable talent. Jiraiya is a bit unreliable, but he is a genius with great talent and ability; otherwise, Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't have taken him as a disciple."
Orochimaru watched the wounds on Tsunade's hands heal quickly, feeling quite satisfied with her current mastery of Mystical Palm Technique.
Without a system or any other cheats, relying on her own talent to gradually become stronger, this feeling wasn't bad either.
Hiruzen Sarutobi taking Jiraiya as a disciple must be a connection between perverts!
Tsunade pouted and muttered in her heart.
"Oh, by the way, Orochimaru, come to my house for dinner tonight! Grandma Mito always talks about you."
Tsunade put her arm around Orochimaru's shoulder, looking like good buddies.
"Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
"Uncomfortable? What could I be uncomfortable about!"
Tsunade asked strangely.
"The first time I went to your house, you stomped through the floor… The time before last, you crushed the teacup. Last time, the dessert plate was pressed to pieces by your fingers. What are you going to break this time?"
Orochimaru extended her finger, recounting Tsunade's destructions as if listing family treasures.
"That's not my fault! It's all Grandma Mito's fault for always saying weird things!"
Tsunade's face flushed red as she waved her hands, trying hard to clear up the misunderstanding.
She didn't know if it was because of her age, but Grandma Mito always liked to tell Orochimaru embarrassing stories from her childhood. How could she not feel uncomfortable and awkward?
Her toes were practically carving out the Hokage Rock, for goodness sake!
"It's still early for dinner. Come to my house and process these fish."
Orochimaru held up the fish strung on a steel wire, hoping these tormented fish, who only wished for an early release, were still edible.