Chapter 05: Seeking Destiny (2nd Update, seeking fresh flowers and collections)
Konoha Hospital.
Tengen opened his eyes, looking at the bright ceiling and the familiar environment.
Well, I'm hospitalized again, Tengen thought to himself.
"Um, Tengen, you're awake." A voice made Tengen turn his gaze. It was a young girl. Isn't this girl Shizune, who is always by Tsunade's side?
"Tengen, is your body okay now?" Shizune asked quickly.
"Oh, I'm fine." Tengen moved around. No pain. It looked like he had been cured by medical ninjutsu.
"That's good. My name is Shizune. However, entering the women's bathhouse this afternoon was wrong. Don't blame Lady Tsunade; she treated you personally," Shizune said.
"Don't worry, I know." Tengen recalled Tsunade's abuse from that time. Forget it, let's not think about it. At least he successfully received a fragment. He wondered what was inside.
"Then I'll go call Lord Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade," Shizune said quickly, then walked out the door.
A moment later, that Pervy Sage and the busty Tsunade appeared before Tengen.
"Kid, who told you not to learn good things but to learn to be like Jiraiya?" Tsunade said immediately upon seeing Tengen.
"Uh." Tengen didn't say anything. Could he say he went to receive a signal? If he said that, they would think he was mentally ill.
"Little brother, don't be afraid. If anything happens in the future, Big Brother is here," Jiraiya said from the side.
Looking at the excited Jiraiya, Tengen felt the urge to retort. Since when did you become my Big Brother?
"Um, Pervy Sage, I..." Before Tengen could finish, Jiraiya interrupted quickly, "Tengen, aren't you tired? Go to sleep quickly."
"Um, I feel my body is great," Tengen said, feeling his body.
"You need to recuperate. Tsunade's Monstrous Strength isn't that simple. It took me a long time to recover," Jiraiya stated, implying Tsunade was a monster.
This made Tsunade look at Jiraiya with an evil smile. The smile made Jiraiya shiver. He seemed to have a loose mouth and said something he shouldn't have.
Actually, Tengen's injuries were only superficial. If Tsunade had really used her Monstrous Strength, it would be impressive if Tengen had survived.
"I'm withdrawing first. Tengen, rest well. You are my little brother." Jiraiya waved goodbye to Tengen.
"Rest well, little guy." Tsunade also left.
"Um, Tengen, goodbye." Shizune looked at Tengen, recalled the scene in the bathroom, and quickly left too.
"Gone." Tengen stared blankly at the people who disappeared. "Speaking of which, I didn't even get to speak?"
At this moment, Tengen had the urge to hit someone.
"Hmm, why don't I check that Standard Video Fragment now." There was no one else around, so Tengen could check what he received.
"Naruto." Tengen looked at the fragment and was stunned. "It really fits. In this world, receiving Naruto fragments is the most likely. Hope it's useful."
Since he got it, naturally he had to use it quickly. He extracted from the video directly.
"Ding, obtained Elite Genin Experience Pack. Use?" The mechanical voice sounded.
"Elite Genin Experience Pack." Tengen's eyes gleamed. "I've heard of Elite Jōnin, now there's an Elite Genin Experience Pack."
Without hesitation, Tengen clicked to use the Elite Genin Experience Pack. This was truly a timely rain.
This proved that even ordinary fragments could have good things. It's just that later experiences would tell Tengen that ordinary videos mostly contained garbage.
Countless knowledge about ninjas, ninja cultivation, and fighting experience flashed through Tengen's mind, as if Tengen had experienced it all himself.
A moment later.
Tengen felt the changes. "Chakra increased a lot directly. As expected of an Elite Genin Experience Pack. I can probably contend with an ordinary Chūnin."
This experience pack not only raised Tengen's originally scarce Chakra to the limit of a Genin but also instilled deep Chakra cultivation, seal formation training, and various Ninjutsu as if Tengen had practiced them for a long time.
Tengen also understood some Ninjutsu.
"Let's try." Tengen formed hand seals directly and shouted low, "Clone Technique."
"Poof." Beside Tengen, a person identical to him appeared. This was the Clone Technique.
"And Transformation Technique." Tengen formed seals quickly. Smoke spread around him, and he turned into a familiar person—Jiraiya.
"It really feels like I've cultivated for countless years." Tengen nodded, released the jutsu, and returned to his original form.
Elite Genin. Or perhaps this refers to those talented Genin. So this kind of Genin can contend with ordinary Chūnin.
"Time to sleep. We'll talk tomorrow." After testing his abilities, Tengen nodded with satisfaction. His current strength was more than a step stronger than before.
Those students about to graduate from the Ninja Academy wouldn't be Tengen's match.
Naturally. Among current Konoha Genin, unless they are close to entering Chūnin level, it's hard to contend with Tengen.
With Tengen's current strength, among Genin, unless they are cheaters, they likely aren't his match.
Well, Tengen is also a cheater.
The next day, the sun hung high. Another new day.
"Tengen, Little Brother Tengen, aren't you coming out to welcome Big Brother?" Jiraiya walked into Tengen's ward with a smile.
Then he only saw a nurse tidying the quilt inside.
"Uh, where is the kid who stayed here yesterday?" Jiraiya was dumbfounded. He knew Tengen had no relatives, so no one should have picked him up.
"Yesterday's child? Early in the morning, he said he was going to find his destiny, and then he left," the nurse said.
"Ha? Gone?" Jiraiya was stunned.
"No, isn't I his destiny?" Jiraiya left the hospital with a confused look.