"Can't you hit a little softer?"
Veigar asked Fukasaku with a bitter expression.
He wasn't a masochist, but he was enduring something only a masochist would, and he couldn't even resist.
Who told Veigar to train in Senjutsu Chakra, anyway?
So, he could only hope Fukasaku would be a bit gentler.
"If it's not hard enough, how can I disperse the natural energy that's entered your body and expel it?"
"Stop wasting time, let's continue training."
Fukasaku roared, rejecting Veigar's plea, muttering inwardly.
'This feeling of hitting someone is just great!'
'The last person I hit was Minato, wasn't it?'
Perhaps this is a self-made mess, and you have to finish it, even if you cry!
Veigar, on the verge of tears, thought to himself.
Soon, Veigar entered his state of stillness again.
However, this time he didn't prepare to control the natural energy. Instead, his mind was immersed in the Phenomenal Evil Power fragments within his body.
Just now, it had snatched his natural energy.
Soon, Veigar felt the second cool sensation. This time, the natural energy entered his body through his left forearm.
It was at this moment that Veigar saw the Phenomenal Evil Power fragments within him flash with a faint green light, and the natural energy that had just entered his body was instantly swallowed by them.
Slap!
Veigar was hit again, but he endured the pain and didn't open his eyes, observing the Phenomenal Evil Power fragments within his body.
Unfortunately, Veigar didn't notice any obvious changes in the Phenomenal Evil Power fragments.
"Slap, slap, slap..."
A third time, a fourth time, a fifth time...
Veigar, who hadn't opened his eyes the whole time, finally discovered that the faint green light of the Phenomenal Evil Power fragments had become slightly brighter after absorbing the natural energy.
Five months. Fukasaku had been hitting Veigar for a full five months.
Initially, Fukasaku thought Veigar would quickly learn how to create Senjutsu Chakra within his body, but he had miscalculated.
For five months, Veigar showed no progress whatsoever.
This greatly disappointed Fukasaku.
He was tired of hitting.
Hands, feet, chest, back.
Almost all of Veigar's body, except for his private area, had been "assaulted" by toad oil.
After five months of continuous training, the Phenomenal Evil Power within Veigar finally seemed satisfied, no longer seizing the natural energy that entered Veigar's body.
"Veigar, let's take a break!"
Seeing that the Phenomenal Evil Power had finally stopped snatching natural energy, and that he could now properly train in Sage Mode, Veigar opened his eyes upon hearing Fukasaku's words and asked:
"Sage Fukasaku, what's wrong?"
Veigar looked at Fukasaku with a bit of confusion.
"Veigar, how have you made no progress at all after training for five months?"
Fukasaku sighed and asked.
"Uh..."
For a moment, Veigar didn't know how to answer.
"How about we stop practicing?"
Five months had successfully ignited Fukasaku's desire to make Veigar give up.
From seeing Veigar achieve perfect stillness to seeing him make no progress in the second stage of training, Fukasaku's heart felt like it was on a rollercoaster.
From being overjoyed to being greatly disappointed.
Giving up? That was impossible to give up.
He had finally endured until the Phenomenal Evil Power stopped stealing natural energy; how could he possibly give up now?
Wouldn't that make all his efforts futile?
A flash of inspiration, Veigar thought of an excuse and said to Fukasaku:
"Sage Fukasaku, I'm very sorry for making you worry."
"Actually, for these past few months, I haven't been trying to control the natural energy. Instead, I've been sensing it, letting my body adapt to the presence of natural energy."
"Now, my body has adapted."
"Haven't you noticed that the time it takes for my body to manifest frogification symptoms is getting slower and slower?"
In his heart, Veigar said to Fukasaku:
'Sage Fukasaku, forgive me!'
'I had no other choice!'
Instantly, Fukasaku's anger surged.
Slap!
Another heavy strike from the disciplinary stick.
"What???"
"You actually didn't try to control the natural energy?"
"Do you have any idea how dangerous what you did was?"
Seeing Fukasaku's furious expression, Veigar quickly apologized:
"I'm sorry, Sage Fukasaku!"
Seeing Veigar sincerely apologize, Fukasaku thought about what Veigar had said and realized that, indeed, as Veigar claimed, the time it took for the frogification to appear on Veigar's body after applying toad oil was indeed getting slower.
"Forget it, continue training!"
"However, this time, you must train properly."
Fukasaku, now believing what Veigar had said, warned Veigar.
"Yes, I will work hard."
After responding with sincere conviction, Veigar quickly assumed his posture and entered his state of stillness.
Not long after, Fukasaku once again applied toad oil to Veigar's body.
And Veigar again felt the natural energy a entering his body.
Without the interference of the Phenomenal Evil Power fragments, Veigar easily gathered the natural energy to his lower abdomen, following Fukasaku's instructions.
Just as the frogification phenomenon appeared on Veigar's back again, Fukasaku was about to use his disciplinary stick to disperse the natural energy within Veigar.
Suddenly, Veigar, in his state of stillness, abruptly opened his eyes. The frogification on his back actually receded, returning to its original appearance.
Fukasaku's disciplinary stick also stopped hovering above Veigar's head, not striking down.
At this moment, Fukasaku was shocked.
Because he saw orange-yellow eyeshadow appear around Veigar's eyes, and his pupils had transformed into toad eyes.
Frog Sage Mode.
Perfect Sage Mode.
Fukasaku was stunned.
'What... what is going on?'
Fukasaku's mouth hung open; he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Shima, who was bringing lunch to Fukasaku and Veigar, arrived just then and, seeing the changes on Veigar's face, cried out in alarm.
"That eyeshadow, it's the transformation of Frog Sage Mode. This, this, how is this possible?"
"Perfect Sage Mode? How did Veigar learn it so quickly?"
In Fukasaku's heart, the shock he felt was no less than Shima's.
According to what Veigar had said, this was Veigar's first time controlling the natural energy that had entered his body!
Among all the previous Sage Mode practitioners, who among them succeeded on their first try?
Moreover, this was Perfect Sage Mode, the Frog Sage Mode.
Mastering Sage Mode instantly...
Amidst Shima's exclamations, Veigar, with wide eyes, remained motionless. At this moment, he faced a great challenge.
Namely, the last Phenomenal Evil Power fragment within his body actually wanted to fuse with Sage Mode.
However, Veigar had long since planned for it; otherwise, he wouldn't have acquired those ninjutsu before entering Mount Myōboku.
Just Sage Mode alone couldn't satisfy Veigar at all.
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TN: This fanfic has been fully translated and is available on my Patreon —— patreon(.)com/PrimalDemon [remove the parentheses ( )]