Chapter 65: Wood Style and the Flying Thunder God
A flash of inspiration struck Akiyama Makoto's mind, and he remembered the name.
It wasn't that his memory was poor, but she wasn't a person of this era and had no chance to appear until after the Great Ninja War. However, in the next era, this girl with seemingly no background would display an astonishing talent.
She could use Wood Style.
Not the Wood Style aptitude gained from being grafted with Hashirama's cells, but a natural ability to use it. Although her Wood Style wasn't strong... that wasn't surprising. After all, it was Hashirama who was strong, not the Wood Style itself.
The surname "Kazematsuri" didn't seem very common in Konoha, so if he wasn't mistaken, Kazematsuri Moegi must have a connection to this bathhouse. If that was the case, then did he now have a chance to obtain Wood Style talent?
It didn't need to be that strong. As long as he could display a natural, non-implanted Wood Style, then even if there were some strange things about him, the Third Hokage would definitely choose to protect him at all costs.
This was Wood Style! And not the experimental kind like Yamato's. It was a Wood Style that could see the light of day, that could be promoted on the grand stage, allowing everyone to recall the glory of the Senju Hashirama era! And with him also being the author of the Hokage Chronicles, wasn't it a perfect match? The descendant of a famed clan, his noble spirit still intact!
Of course, his Wood Style would certainly arouse the research desires of many people, like Danzō and Orochimaru. But as long as Sarutobi Hiruzen was alive, he wouldn't have to worry about them making a move. And by the time Hiruzen died, his own Yin Seal series of ninjutsu should be well on its way to mastery.
Would the ninja of the new era like to try a taste of the old era's Deep Forest Emergence?
At this thought, Makoto was eager to get started.
However, he slowly calmed himself down. The current Kazematsuri Moegi was, at most, eight or nine years old. He could use the excuse of his house being renovated to stay at the bathhouse long-term. After getting familiar with her family, it would naturally not be difficult to hug and hold her, and obtaining her pheromones would be a simple matter.
But that was clearly not what he was going to do today. Today, he still had to simulate with Tenten.
The reason he chose her was, naturally, because her affection level for him was the highest. Then there was the question of whether empowering a girl like her would cause trouble. It was clear that Tenten's kindness meant she would not proactively cause him trouble and would even actively help him hide his secrets. As for the trouble the matter itself might cause, that couldn't be helped.
Even the main characters needed to team up to fight Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. The current him saw no hope of defeating the Ōtsutsuki clan by himself. But if he had a group of partners whose strength was not far from his own, then it would be a different story.
Besides, the most important reason was that Tenten possessed a talent for Space-Time Ninjutsu. At present, this talent had not appeared in anyone else. He already had an Intermediate Space-Time Ninjutsu talent, all of which was obtained from her. According to his understanding, an Intermediate talent was already enough for him to become an outstanding Jōnin. For example, with his current Intermediate talents in Earth, Water, Yin, and Yang chakra, he could use these release jutsu with ease and could become a master in these areas with enough training.
But that wasn't enough. His goal was not Jōnin or Elite Jōnin; even Kage level was just the beginning. This meant he needed to push his talents to Advanced or even Top-tier. If he pushed his Space-Time Ninjutsu to the Top-tier, would he be able to display the same level of mastery as Namikaze Minato?
Of course, he knew that Minato's strength was also due to his own incredible reflexes. But his own basic attributes could also be stacked to the maximum. And as someone with considerable achievements in medical ninjutsu, he could even find a way to work on his own neural response speed. When that time came, it would not be a dream for his Flying Thunder God Technique to surpass Minato's. With that kind of skill, the number of people in the entire ninja world who could harm him would be few and far between.
However, to achieve this goal, strengthening Tenten's talent was the first step he had to take. Otherwise, relying on her low-level Space-Time talent, he would have to produce an ultimate mutant child with her to have any chance of increasing his own talent again.
Makoto sat cross-legged in meditation. The difficulty of this simulation shouldn't be high, but he still had to avoid failure as much as possible.
After sorting out his thoughts, he began the simulation.
[Simulation starting...]
[Remaining Simulation Attempts: 6]
[Simulation Target: Tenten]
[Initial Relationship: You have mutual affection for each other.]
[Ding! The simulation is about to begin. You have three free opportunities to guide the simulation's direction.]
[Guide the simulation's direction now?]
Makoto looked at the phrase "mutual affection" and a smile appeared on his lips. He wondered what kind of expression she would have when he made her stronger. He quickly input the directional settings for this simulation, and it officially began.
[The next day, you arrive at the Kazematsuri Bathhouse. It is a hot spring hotel that also allows for long-term stays. You swiftly complete the check-in procedures.]
[When Tenten and the others learn that you are staying long-term at a bathhouse, they all express their envy and demand to come for a soak. With the several hundred thousand Ryō that Sasuke saved you, you wave your hand and choose to treat everyone. Your image in their eyes becomes even more brilliant.]
[The influx of guests makes the old woman who runs the bathhouse unable to cope. Kazematsuri Moegi is pulled in to help. Tenten and the others remember this child, as her pigtail hairstyle is too distinctive.]
[With Ino's social skills, Moegi quickly comes to see you all as kind seniors and addresses you as such.]
Seeing this, Makoto nodded with satisfaction. First contact with Moegi had gone smoothly. Now it all depended on whether he could obtain Wood Style talent from her. As for the girl herself, he had no intention of getting deeply involved with her. She was, after all, only eight years old.
The simulation continued.
[Hinata soon comes to find you again, deciding to accept your help. She has already told her father that she will be training with her school classmates. Hiashi agrees to her request, as he also hopes she will build good relationships with her friends.]
[In the following days, you continue to train with the group. In just a few days, you obtain Hinata's pheromones, and her complexion becomes much rosier.]
[To your surprise, Hinata's personality also shows signs of becoming more cheerful. In the past, she had just been too afraid to interact with others; there was nothing wrong with the speech and etiquette she had been trained in by the Hyūga clan since childhood.]
Makoto's gaze quickly swept over these words; this was not his concern. He needed to pay attention to whether Danzō would still cause trouble, and whether his contact with Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata would bring him trouble in the future.
As expected, what was meant to come, came.
[On the day before your book signing, you receive a notice from the Konoha Chūnin, Yamanaka Fū. The Third Hokage wants to see you.]
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