Chapter 196: Leaving the Village
The trio and the pig received their mission and then went to the Konoha Hospital as a team.
Kakashi had previously faced Itachi Uchiha and directly endured his Tsukuyomi. Even though Kakashi possessed the Sharingan himself and Itachi had held back, the mental trauma he suffered in the Tsukuyomi world was still significant.
Tsunade was about to leave the village, so she gave Kakashi a thorough examination, prescribed a considerable amount of medicine, and instructed him to rest well.
Also visiting Kakashi were his three students from Team Seven.
Jiraiya was currently swamped with official duties and couldn't personally protect Naruto like he did in the original timeline. However, he had his own methods. Naruto's fundamentals were too weak, so he would stay in Konoha Village to do some basic missions, and then use his spare time to catch up on his studies.
Even if the Akatsuki was powerful, they couldn't just directly attack and kidnap Naruto right under his nose, could they?
During the Konoha Crush, Naruto had used his Shadow Clone Technique to save many villagers. It was hard to say exactly how many people acknowledged him, but no one dared to call him the Nine-Tailed Fox anymore, because he was the Hokage's disciple!
This identity was more effective than saving ten thousand people.
His father was Jiraiya's disciple, and he was also Jiraiya's disciple. The seniority seemed a bit messed up, but in reality, ninjas didn't care about that. Jiraiya mostly treated Naruto like a grandson.
Although the issue of the observer hadn't been resolved yet, the village had re-established contact with Itachi Uchiha's side.
Jiraiya planned to officially have Kakashi take Sasuke as his student. This was different from being a supervising Jonin; it was a formal master-disciple relationship. This could also be considered a repayment to Itachi. If Sasuke became outstanding enough in the future, he could even succeed Kakashi as Hokage. Theoretically, all of this was possible.
Seniority didn't matter. Anyway, their generation's hierarchy was already a mess, so a little more chaos wouldn't hurt.
Jiraiya stayed in the village as Hokage, while Tsunade treated all the patients in Konoha and then prepared to leave with Ino.
They still needed to continue training in the Spirit Transformation Technique. Many medicinal herbs and special environments were conducive to training, which wasn't possible by staying in the village.
Jiraiya tried to persuade Tsunade to stay, but Tsunade used Ino as a shield and brushed him off.
Unlike Naruto, who left the village for three years in the original timeline, Ino was now a Chunin with a large family. She brought up her previous agreement with the Third Hokage. Jiraiya found the Third Hokage's records and approved her "commuting" study method.
She would carry out a mission, use her rest time to find Tsunade for training, and then return to continue the mission.
"Say a few good words for me to Tsunade. If you run into anyone chasing after debts, just mention my old man's name! Your old man is the Hokage now, and that title is still quite effective, you got that?" After becoming Hokage, Jiraiya's usual perverted demeanor hadn't disappeared entirely. Seeing that no one was around, he winked and nudged Ino to put in a good word for him.
Ino readily agreed, "Leave it to me! I'll definitely urge the teacher to come back and become the Hokage's wife!"
From the bottom of her heart, she did feel that Tsunade and Jiraiya were a good match. Those who had died were gone after all, so why make the living suffer? Since they both had feelings for each other, there was no problem with them getting together.
However, with the current intense situation over the next two years, Ino needed to leave the village occasionally to stir things up. It was better for Tsunade to wander outside. As for Jiraiya… well, he had been single for so many years, so waiting another two wouldn't make much difference.
Tsunade had also asked Shizune for her opinion. If she was willing to stay in the village, she would be appointed as the leader of the medical unit.
Shizune had become a Chunin at the age of thirteen and had been traveling around with Tsunade ever since. She was used to this kind of life and directly declined the position of medical unit leader. She wanted to continue following Tsunade.
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Ino left Konoha Village with Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton.
Thinking of Naruto's disappointed expression made Ino particularly happy.
Boy, you just stay in the village and study hard. I'll go out and have fun for you!
It wasn't that Konoha Village was bad, but sometimes it felt particularly oppressive, and staying in such a place for too long could easily make one sick.
It was certain that there were many bad people outside the village. At the beginning of her transmigration, she wouldn't have dared to go out even if you asked her.
But now it was different.
Among ordinary people, "big bug" usually referred to tigers. But for Ino, "big bug" generally meant a fifteen-meter-long, semi-flesh-and-blood carnivorous plant with two rows of sharp teeth like a washing machine drum in its mouth.
Bad people in the usual sense were generally equated with experimental materials in Ino's mind.
The trio and the pig found a tavern in the evening and had a drink, throwing all their worries and troubles to the back of their minds.
"Back then, I asked the First Hokage, 'Lord First Hokage, what exactly is the secret to Wood Release?'" Ino was relaxed and a little tipsy. When Tsunade asked about her encounter with the First Hokage, she began to describe it animatedly.
When she got to the secret of Wood Release, she paused, playing coy.
Tsunade held up her wine cup, waiting for her to continue. Shizune's small mouth was slightly open, her eyes sparkling, as if she really wanted to know what the secret was.
When Ino described and gestured "force, half-squat, and chakra bounce," the trio and the pig burst into laughter.
Shizune and Tonton's laughter was somewhat restrained, as it was after all about the renowned First Hokage who had established Konoha Village. Tsunade, on the other hand, laughed until tears streamed down her face. That's right, that was the taste! Her grandfather was just such an unreliable idiot!
Ino took the opportunity to demonstrate her own Flower Release. Her Water Release had reached a point where it was difficult to improve much further. Relying solely on Water Release wouldn't be enough to deal with the powerful enemies of the future. Flower Release and the subsequent Wood Release needed to be revealed sooner rather than later, and it was convenient for her to attribute everything to the First Hokage.
Tsunade thought for a moment, "Yours is a bit like the Wood Release of the Kazamatsuri clan. They have some bloodline connection to the Senju clan… but I remember their technique being called Grass Release, and yours is Flower Release? That's strange, why are both of them different from Grandfather's ninjutsu?"
Of course, it's a matter of chakra quantity! Ino knew the answer but couldn't say it.
Tsunade rested her elbow on the table and tilted her head in thought. "Hmm, I remember… I remember Grandfather seemed to have written a piece of calligraphy that contained the secret of Wood Release, at least that's what he told me…"
Although she had unlocked Flower Release by adding skill points, Ino still asked with anticipation, "Where is that calligraphy now?"
Tsunade slammed her hand on the table with a forceful aura and said, "It was snatched away by the bastards from the Cloud Village! Let's go to the Cloud Village and get that calligraphy back!"
Ino: ???
What's going on? We were just chatting and joking around at the dinner table, how did we suddenly decide to go to the Cloud Village? That place is full of powerful people! Just the three of us and a pig going over there? Is this a gift delivery?
Ino felt that even if she increased her "Speed" stat to 10, she probably couldn't outrun the Fourth Raikage…
Is it still too late for me to go back to Konoha Village?
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