Land of Fire.
In a certain town.
"Let's rest here today."
Shin, wearing a Hidden Leaf ninja headband, walked at the front of the team and spoke to the others behind him as they arrived at a hot spring inn in the town.
Urabe Daisuke nodded, and Might Duy had no objections.
Nearly a week had passed since they left Hidden Leaf, and the group was now heading towards the border of the Land of Fire. The closer they got to the border towns, the more tense the atmosphere became.
"Welcome."
The front desk staff at the hot spring inn, seeing Shin in the lead with his ninja headband, greeted them very politely and smiled.
Hidden Leaf ninjas maintained the stability of the Land of Fire and possessed power far superior to ordinary people, so their status was different from that of commoners.
After checking in with Urabe Daisuke and the others and selecting their living area, Shin didn't rush to his room to rest. Instead, he turned to Might Duy and said, "Senpai, please keep an eye on things here. I'll go to town for a quick reconnaissance."
"Okay, leave it to me."
Might Duy nodded seriously, standing in the corridor as a guard.
Shin took off his ninja headband, concealed his exposed ninja blade White Fang within his sleeve, and quietly left the hot spring inn to conduct reconnaissance in the town.
Although with his and Might Duy's strength, they could adapt to any changes, a reconnaissance was always a good idea. Perhaps he might even uncover unexpected situations, such as scouts or spies from the Hidden Stone Village infiltrating the Land of Fire.
Eliminating them might even yield valuable information.
Soon.
Shin walked around the town once.
"!"
He had initially set out for a routine reconnaissance with the thought of merely going through the motions, but unexpectedly, he genuinely sensed a ninja's chakra fluctuation. This immediately put Shin on high alert.
Although the sensed chakra fluctuation was only slight, it felt incredibly profound. This was definitely not the chakra an ordinary ninja could possess!
"At least a Jonin... possibly Kage-level..."
Shin took a deep breath.
This was truly a huge unexpected situation. He almost instantly entered a three-times speed state, his vigilance raised to the maximum.
"Shin?"
Just then, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly came.
Immediately after, a familiar figure appeared not far away, looking towards him. It was Shizune, from the same class, looking at him in surprise, putting down the kunai in her hand, and saying with some joy, "This chakra fluctuation, it really is you."
"Shizune?"
Shin was stunned for a moment.
If Shizune was here, then the extraordinary chakra presence he sensed should be...
At the next moment.
A sound like something breaking came from the nearby gambling house, followed by the sound of running. Then, a very familiar figure ran out, calling to Shizune:
"Shizune! Hurry! We're making a run for it!"
"Eh? Lady Tsunade..."
Shizune froze for a moment, then saw a large group of people behind them, wielding sticks and looking menacing, chasing them out with shouts and cries. She was startled and hastily chased after Tsunade to escape.
In a few steps, Shizune caught up behind Tsunade, looking at the many figures chasing them from behind, and said, "Lady Tsunade... this is..."
"Ahaha, I accidentally lost everything, even the high-interest loan I borrowed. Anyway, let's just run first!"
"Eh?!"
Shizune was a bit dumbfounded. She had so many chips when she came out, but there was no time to understand the details now. She could only follow Tsunade and flee.
Not far away.
Shin, watching this scene, released his hand from the chakra blade White Fang and shrugged not caring.
What a coincidence, it really was Tsunade.
Speaking of which, with the war approaching, Tsunade was still bringing her newly accepted disciple Shizune here to gamble. It seemed that Tsunade was completely disengaged from the village and the war at this time.
However, once the war truly broke out, even with her hemophobia and inability to go to the battlefield, Hiruzen would probably call Tsunade back to the village, at least to be responsible for the medical corps.
"..."
Looking in the direction Tsunade fled, Shin pondered slightly.
He actually had thoughts about Tsunade's medical ninjutsu, or rather, he had thoughts about the 'Creation Rebirth' jutsu, because this self-healing jutsu was almost comparable to the Sage's Body, or rather, in some aspects, similar to it.
After Hashirama Senju, no one in the Senju clan could train the Sage's Body, so there was no specific method for cultivating it.
In the future, if he wanted to obtain the Sage's Body, there were only two ways: one was to transplant Hashirama cells, and the other was to find a way to deduce it himself.
He wouldn't use the method of transplanting Hashirama cells unless absolutely necessary. On one hand, it was too dangerous, and on the other hand, even if it succeeded, it would at most be an incomplete Sage's Body.
As for deducing it himself, mere fantasy was impossible.
He needed sufficient foundation.
First, Orochimaru's cell activation, he had already obtained this jutsu. After that, were the three Sage Arts of Mount Myoboku, Ryuchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest, the three Sage Modes. Finally, combined with Tsunade's Creation Rebirth — by mastering these five foundations, Shin was confident he could train a true Sage's Body!
"However, my current training is already a bit complicated."
Shin thought for a while and finally shook his head.
It wasn't time to train the Creation Rebirth jutsu yet. Even if he approached Tsunade and obtained this jutsu from her, he wouldn't be able to train it temporarily.
Cultivating this jutsu required a very large amount of chakra, and he currently didn't possess the physique for an extraordinary amount of chakra. This meant he would also have to train the Yin Seal, which would result in too many things to train and wouldn't increase his strength in the short term.
The Sage's Body was still too far away from him.
Currently, he still needed to focus on training that could directly improve his strength.
It would be more appropriate to consider the Creation Rebirth jutsu and Sage Mode when he could possess Kage-level strength in his normal state, possessing power that could dominate the ninja world.
"Speaking of which, to get the cultivation method for Creation Rebirth, asking Shizune should work... but it might require selling my body?"
Wait.
Why would he think of selling his body?
Shin slapped his forehead, feeling that his thought process seemed to have a bit of a problem, and he couldn't help but inwardly criticize himself.
As long as he got enough gambling money, then made a bet with Tsunade, couldn't he win the Creation Rebirth jutsu? Tsunade's 'passive skill' of always losing bets was maxed out.
At this age, his body wasn't fully developed yet. He absolutely couldn't sell his body unless absolutely necessary. Who knew if something 'excessive' might happen?
"Forget it, no rush, we'll see when the opportunity arises."
Shin returned to the hot spring inn.
After dinner, upon returning to his room, Shin closed his eyes. The familiar dark space appeared before him, and a giant, illusory clock floated in front of him.
"It should be nearing the next time multiplier increase. When the multiplier increases next time, that's when a new ability will be unlocked, right?"
Looking at the giant illusory clock, Shin murmured in his heart, his eyes shimmering with anticipation.
The golden hour hand was getting closer and closer to the 2 o'clock position. He could vaguely see that the gray mist on the 2 o'clock coordinate seemed to be gradually dissipating.
Once the hour hand pointed definitively to 2 o'clock, it would mean that the ability corresponding to 2 o'clock would be unlocked.
Although he wasn't sure what the specific ability was, time-based powers were almost never useless. Any power involving time, when taken alone, could serve as a powerful trump card!
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