Tsunade appeared in the Shikkotsu Forest with Dosuke and Shizune.
Dosuke and Shizune looked around curiously. "Teacher, is this the Shikkotsu Forest, one of the three legendary sacred places for inheritance?"
The Shikkotsu Forest is an extremely vast space.
There are rock formations hanging upside down everywhere around the Shikkotsu Forest, showing a pale color all around.
The three people who appeared suddenly startled the slugs of all sizes on the ground.
One of them, a slug about three meters long, found Tsunade and crawled in front of her. "Tsunade-sama, why are you here?"
The slug's unique ethereal voice sounded clear and delicate.
"I'm here this time to meet Katsuyu."
"Understood, Tsunade-sama, and everyone, please hop on my back," the slug said.
"Thank you, slug." Tsunade jumped onto the slug's back first.
Dosuke and Shizune also jumped onto the slug's back.
The slug turned to look at the three standing still and began to slowly move forward.
Dosuke touched the back of the slug curiously. It didn't have the slippery, mucus-filled feeling he expected, but it was very dry, cool, and soft.
The slug glided with the three of them on board.
In a short while, it arrived in front of a stone platform. In Dosuke's opinion, the huge stone platform could accommodate thousands of people.
Katsuyu raised its body when Tsunade and the others arrived.
"Good… big…" Looking at Katsuyu standing upright, covering the sky and the sun, Shizune's face turned slightly pale.
"Little Tsunade, you're finally here. You haven't been to the Shikkotsu Forest for a long time." Katsuyu's ethereal and soft words, with a hint of liveliness, reached the ears of the three of them, as if spoken right in front of them.
Jumping off the slug that brought them, Tsunade shook her head at Dosuke. "Katsuyu, the two behind me are my disciples, and they have signed a contract on the scroll. They're here to gain your approval."
Dosuke, signaled by Tsunade, dragged Shizune, who was still in a daze, crossed Tsunade, bowed, and saluted: "Hello, I am Dosuke. With the help of the teacher, I just signed a summoning contract with the Slug Clan."
Shizune also introduced herself.
"Well, I wondered why there are two more names on the summoning contract, and they are two kind children! From now on, the slug family will be your most loyal partners." Katsuyu nodded at Dosuke and Shizune's bodies with its head, representing its approval.
Looking at the two disciples who were approved by Katsuyu, Tsunade smiled slightly.
"Katsuyu, then I will take them back."
"Little Tsunade, did you want to leave when you first came? Even you don't like to come to the Shikkotsu Forest to play now!" Katsuyu's voice was obviously lonely.
"I still have a lot of things to do in Konoha; I will come here often in the future." Tsunade looked at Katsuyu and waved her hand.
After speaking, she walked to Dosuke and Shizune. She grabbed the shoulders of the two.
*Bang*
Dosuke and the others returned to the ancestral hall of the Senju Clan.
Summoning Technique, *bang*, a small scroll appeared in Tsunade's hands, and Tsunade threw the scroll directly to Dosuke.
"This is the training method and summoning technique of the Summoning Technique. Use it to practice, Dosuke, Shizune. The two of you have already obtained the approval of Katsuyu. In terms of summoning, slugs will not resist your call. If you don't understand something, remember to ask me."
"Remember that the bigger the slug, the more chakra it needs. Don't let yourself get hurt." Tsunade said with a serious expression.
The Summoning Technique depends on the size of the summoned object when it is summoned. When summoning, if the summoned object can actively respond to the person who casts the summoning technique, the caster can save chakra.
The summoned object responds to the caster's call, but the caster's chakra is not enough to summon the summoned object, which will cause a large amount of chakra in the caster's body to be forcibly drawn, causing permanent damage.
Generally, summoned beasts do not consider this issue differently, but the Shikkotsu Forest, Mount Myoboku, and Ryuchi Cave are the three holy lands of ninja world inheritance, and there are giant summoned beasts in them all.
Moreover, the existence of the Shikkotsu Forest is particularly special even among the three holy places. Rather than saying that there is only one kind of slug and one kind of summoned beast in the Shikkotsu Forest, it is better to say that the group of slugs only has one big Katsuyu.
The slugs gather together to become Katsuyu, and when they scatter, they become individuals with their own consciousness. Therefore, with Katsuyu's approval, the slugs will not resist when called, and even actively respond, which can cause the chakra issue Tsunade mentioned.
"Understood, Teacher." Dosuke, who got the scroll of the Summoning Technique, couldn't wait to open it to check its method and summoning technique, which was the key to whether one of his ideas could be realized.
Looking at Dosuke, who was a little fanatical and dismissive of her without even raising his head, Tsunade punched him.
"Brat, are you listening to what the teacher said?" Tsunade gritted her teeth and grabbed Dosuke's ear, shouting loudly.
"I heard it, I heard it, Teacher, please forgive me," Dosuke put away the scroll.
Shizune on the side looked at Tsunade and Dosuke and burst out laughing.
"Shizune, don't laugh; tell the teacher to stop. My ears are going to fall off."
This approach seemed to give him a great sense of security.
"Tsunade-sensei, please spare him!" Shizune took the initiative to plead with her.
Tsunade let go of Dosuke's ears when she heard Shizune's words. "This time it's all about Shizune's face; do you hear me?"
"Understood. Thank you, Teacher, and thank you, Shizune." Dosuke said.
"Okay, you guys go home first today; I'll go back and look at that water thing you mentioned." Tsunade said while walking with the two of them.
"Understood, Teacher." Shizune replied obediently.
"Teacher, that's called Hero Water." Dosuke corrected Tsunade with gestures.
"Okay, okay, I know. Go back." Tsunade waved her hand, impatiently expressing that she knew.
"Teacher, we'll take our leave first." Dosuke bowed to Tsunade and then walked toward the village side by side with Shizune.
After the two of them left, Tsunade turned around and looked at the deserted and worn-out look of the once huge Senju land.
After settling her mind, Tsunade turned around and walked toward Konoha Hospital.
On the other side, Dosuke rubbed his still aching ear, turned his head to look at the girl with long hair and a shawl. "Shizune, thank you for today."
"Ah, no, you should thank the teacher." Shizune waved her hand.