Jiraiya walked over and said, "Naruto has awakened the same Negative Emotions Sensing as your grandmother. He can clearly sense the malice others hold toward him. Orochimaru's malice toward him was likely as obvious as it could possibly be."
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Tsunade's pupils constricted. She stared straight at Naruto's calm face, her mouth slightly agape.
Her grandmother, Uzumaki Mito, wife of the First Hokage Senju Hashirama, princess of the Land of Whirlpools, was also the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha.
That talent of hers, which allowed her to sense the good and evil intentions of others without any Ninjutsu, was the rarest and most uncounterable of all sensory Ninjutsu.
However, this seemed to be related to her being the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Right, this kid is also a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Naruto smiled lightly and dispelled all his Shadow Clones.
Shizune rushed over immediately to ask with concern, "Tsunade-sama, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"
After confirming there were no wounds, she let out a sigh of relief.
Tsunade brushed the dust off her clothes and then turned to look at Naruto. "Did you really awaken the sensory ability to perceive others' good and evil?"
Naruto nodded. "Yes."
"Then I lost the battle just now. I will return to Konoha to serve as the Fifth Hokage and promote you to my direct Jonin. I promised and I won't go back on my word."
Tsunade then she changed the subject, "However, there is one thing I must make clear to you in advance: the position of Jonin is not something you can hold just by meeting the strength requirements. Besides strength, there are many other aspects that need to be tested."
"Loyalty to Konoha—I already felt that just now."
"What was that Ninjutsu called just now?" Tsunade asked.
"Wind Release: Rasenshuriken."
Tsunade nodded. "Right. You could have clearly defeated me and forced me to submit using Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, but you chose to fight me, betting on the outcome, and then persuade me. This shows that what you wanted wasn't to force me, but to have me return willingly."
"This respect for the future Hokage of the village carries more weight than any oath of loyalty."
"Then there is the excellent ability to complete missions and the responsibility of on-the-spot judgment. I experienced every one of your decisions during the battle just now."
"From using Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to test my defensive habits, to utilizing the gap when I had just unleashed a punch to get close, and finally using the Flying Thunder God Technique and Wind Release: Rasenshuriken to deliver the winning blow, the rhythm of the entire battle was under your control from beginning to end."
"The rest is knowledge reserves, mission experience, leadership ability, and so on. As long as you aren't a fool, these can be accumulated slowly."
"So, I am approving your application for direct Jonin here. Once I return to Konoha and officially take over as the Hokage, the first appointment letter I sign will be yours."
"But before that, what was going on with that ridiculously fast speed of yours just now?"
Upon hearing Tsunade ask this question, Jiraiya also straightened up, looking at Naruto with burning eyes.
He also wanted to know the answer. The speed Naruto displayed during the battle just now had completely exceeded his understanding of him.
"This doesn't seem like the place to talk." Naruto glanced around.
The entire alley had been smashed beyond recognition by Tsunade. The ground was full of deep pits, and most of the walls of the houses on both sides had collapsed.
In the distance, quite a few residents of Tanzaku Quarters were peeking over toward here.
Jiraiya nodded and used an Earth Release Ninjutsu to restore the damaged ground.
After finishing all this, the group quickly left and arrived at a relatively quiet inn in Tanzaku Quarters.
Shizune placed Tonton on the tatami, poured a cup of hot tea for everyone, and then sat beside Tsunade.
Tsunade said impatiently, "You can talk now. What was that speed?"
"Swift Release."
"Swift Release?"
Tsunade and Shizune both made sounds of confusion at the same time.
"A Kekkei Genkai?"
Tsunade frowned, then thought of something, her tone carrying a hint of confusion. "As far as I know, although Minato had an extremely high talent for Wind Release, he himself did not possess a Kekkei Genkai."
"There are also no records of such a Kekkei Genkai in the Uzumaki clan."
"As their son, it is logically unlikely that you would awaken some brand-new Kekkei Genkai on your own."
Jiraiya hadn't spoken since just now, he was thinking rapidly in his mind. He recalled that Naruto had previously asked him to teach him how to develop Chakra of other natures.
Naruto had taken only one month to develop Wind Release nature transformation to the point where it could be integrated into the Rasengan.
The speed Naruto displayed during the battle just now possessed both the extreme propulsion of Wind Release and the extreme penetration of Lightning Release.
These fragments pieced together in Jiraiya's mind, finally forming a complete picture that shocked him.
"Could it be…"
Jiraiya raised his head, his finger pointing at Naruto trembling. "You fused it yourself?"
Naruto nodded. "Yes."
"Hiss..."
Jiraiya gasped.
Fusing two elemental Chakra to form a Kekkei Genkai is not something that no one has ever done, but those who can achieve this are, without exception, famous figures in the history of the Ninja World, who can only complete it after decades of accumulation.
And Naruto, from practicing Lightning Release nature transformation, at twelve years old to now, it has been less than a month by any calculation, and he has already fused Wind Release and Lightning Release into a brand-new Kekkei Genkai.