He was not really sure of the identity of shinobi spying on him. It could be Root, could be Anbu, or just other clan members wanting to know about the unofficial student of Tsunade.
…
Reko was never made an official student of Tsunade. He never addressed Tsunade or Shizune as teachers either. He was just learning because of the request he had made and he just kept learning because he was ahead of Sakura.
Though, he was pretty sure that Tsunade would not just kick him out of the training without reason. As long as he kept himself ahead of Sakura, there was no way he would be dropped.
Ignoring those thoughts, Reko concentrated on what had been said by Elder Giryo.
"Three times of the current amount? That's a lot!!"
Reko sighed as he relaxed on his bed. He was more inclined to learn Sage mode with the help of his kekkei genkai.
Thrice of his current amount would be a long journey for him.
The summon of his did mention about the basic requirement being lower than what was mentioned by elder Giryo. If only that guy answered his summoning jutsu instead of wandering around.
The Hamster king had not appeared when summoned. The eccentric guy was most likely travelling around, having fun.
But Reko had already gotten the scroll for Senjutsu training. So, it was no big deal if he was not assisted by the hamster clan.
…
At a secret hideout,
"Sir, shall I lure him in and then capture him?"
A kneeling masked figure asked politely to the bandaged Danzo sitting in front.
"No! Tsunade being a hokage won't let us."
'Also, there is no use of playing a bad guy at the moment.'
Danzo contemplated, but there was no use of bringing Reko to him. What could he do? Ask Reko about Tsunade? Didn't he already know more than most people about that woman?
Tsunade was already a very big enemy of Danzo. It would be useless to form a hateful relationship with her student too. Instead, he was more interested in getting acquainted with Reko because of his talent in medical ninjutsu.
"Leave it be, we have other task at hand."
Danzo decided to ignore Reko for now. He would plan after getting to know Reko's likes and dislikes.
His pawns were already gathering information on Reko. Once he finds something peculiar, he would tempt Reko with that and bring the boy to his side.
There were many things a young shinobi with such potential would desire, and Danzo, with his ability, had the power to fulfill those said desires.
A student of the hokage would certainly allow Danzo to gain an upper hand in his plans.
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Next day.
As planned, Reko sent out three clones to work with Teiro, Yahiko, and Momo each. His plan was to move to the other side of hokage rock and train his real body there until he exhausts himself.
When the time comes, Reko would just have to go to the hospital or just send another shadow clone there, fulfilling his role. He decided that he would at least train his physique for half a day before replacing one of his clones at the hospital.
"I still have to make a clone for earth nature training."
Reko sighed, waiting for a few minutes before making another shadow clone. His practice with earth nature transformation was doing well.
He had become capable of controlling earth, almost half of a kilogram. The peculiar thing here was that he was doing it without hand signs.
Just like Rasengan, he was planning to work on earth nature transformation. Though crude, his control over the earth showed infinite potential. He could make something like Gara's shield with enough practice.
Finally, leaving the clone to train by himself, Reko headed to the mountain. The plan was to climb the steep mountain without the use of chakra.
After a few hours,
"I should go and spar with Tsume sometimes."
Reko was physically exhausted as he sat on the ground. He had improved by a lot after the last spar with Tsume and he needed to test out his strength again.
His chakra control had increased, and the amount of chakra in his body also increased. He had no idea how much that would affect his battle strength.
Has he reached mid Jonin level already? Or a high Jonin level? He was curious.
As soon as he felt his body recover, Reko headed to the hospital. With his experience, he was aware that his shadow clone would be gone in a few minutes, dispelled from exhaustion.
As he reached the leaf hospital, it was break time for the medic nins already, Reko easily replaced his clone.
"So that's how it is."
Momo had shown him signs that she was interested in playing once again. Maybe she was not in the mood yesterday or whatever but she seemed to be teasing him once again.
The memories from the clone was enough evidence. However, his clone had shown no interest in Momo, and only trained his mystic palm jutsu as he treated patients.
Continuing the same, Reko handled the patients, ignoring the provocative moves Momo made.
Soon enough, the night arrived and it was time for him to leave.
"Hey Reko! You seemed really busy today."
Momo made a casual comment but the glint in her eyes made it obvious that she was referring to the time when Reko ignored Momo's hints.
Yahiko was nowhere to be seen and Sakura had left after working with Teiro once again. It was only him and Momo in the room.
"It was a busy day today. Haha."
Reko faked his laugh, trying to ignore the topic. Fortunately for Reko, the closed door of the cabin opened in that instance, signifying another presence.
"Oh? You guys are here. I was looking for you."
"Shizune?"
The person happened to be Shizune. She had entered the cabin and she was looking for Reko as she mentioned.
"I have assessed your level. It appears that you are already capable of moving to the next step."
After having some casual talks, Shizune got to the topic. Reko seemed capable enough to be called for the next level.
The only upper hand Shizune had when compared with Reko was the high level techniques including poision and operations.
But those techniques too would not take long time for Reko to master. At least that's what she believed after seeing Reko's talent.
"However, lady Tsunade has instructed that both you and Sakura work in the hospital until the weekend as Sakura seems to be pushing herself really hard to keep up with you."
Shizune informed that even though he was already at that level, he would still be working in the hospital for a few more days.
Sakura seemed to be getting special attention from Tsunade. Reko knew the reason for this, Sakura's talent. She was behind Reko in terms of experience but her skills in medical ninjutsu were not inferior.
She was close to Reko's level and within three days, the time until weekend, Sakura would have enough time to match Reko's level.
"Already to the next step? I am excited."
Reko smiled, not minding if Tsunade was showing favouritism towards Sakura. He was happy that he was going to the next step of the training.
"You should be as this is the part where lady Tsunade would be spending most of her time training you guys."
Shizune rarely showed pride but this was a topic where she could not resist. She knew that Reko was going to learn from the best of the era.
'What bad luck!! He is going to be leaving in the next few days!!'
Momo on the other hand was startled by the news from Shizune. She was regretting that Reko was already going to leave.
She had assumed that Reko would learn for a month at the very least before going to the next step.
'I should have refrained from wasting my time trying to tease him.'
Now that Shizune was here, this night was also wasted as Shizune seemed to be intent on leaving together with Reko.
Excusing herself, Momo decided to head to her home. There was no point remaining there.
'No wonder! No wonder, she had been talking to me and asking about my opinion on Reko. It was because she wanted to know if he was prepared.'
Suspiciously, Shizune had asked Momo to evaluate Reko's skills and talents yesterday. She was not aware at that point that Shizune was thinking of shortening the training period.
Momo had honestly evaluated Reko. The evaluation was the best she had ever given, even above that of Sakura.
She had assumed that Shizune was just curious about the opinion of another medic ninja, nothing much.
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