"Tsunade-neechan, how are you now compared to the Second Ninja World War?" Sarutobi Asuma asked, staring intently at Tsunade.
Startled by Asuma's sudden action, Tsunade snatched her sake bottle back, took a swig, and then sprayed alcohol mist into his face, snorting, "Naturally, I'm much stronger!"
Asuma nodded, then continued his daring line of questioning, "Then, if it were now, could Tsunade-neechan heal the severely injured Dan-senpai!"
Upon hearing this, Tsunade's body trembled. She quickly took another drink to suppress the bloody scenes flashing through her mind, then shook her head.
Dan's internal organs had been blown out back then.
Although she was much stronger now than she was then, with missing internal organs, and in that kind of environment, she wouldn't have been able to do anything even on her own.
It was precisely because of this that she felt powerless and fearful of blood.
After all, she was known as the strongest medical ninja in the Ninja World!
"Then, if it were the First Hokage-sama, Tsunade-neechan's grandfather, could he have done it?" Asuma asked again.
Tsunade blinked, "Grandfather?"
"Yes!" Asuma nodded. "I heard that the First Hokage-sama possessed unparalleled healing abilities."
Tsunade furrowed her brow. "Grandfather did indeed have amazing healing abilities, but he couldn't apply them to others."
Asuma immediately declared, "Then Tsunade-neechan can first strive to be like the First Hokage-sama, and then work to extend that ability to others!"
Tsunade stared blankly, then demanded, "Do you know how powerful Grandfather truly was?"
I know!
No one knows better than I do!
Asuma scoffed internally, but then said, "Tsunade-neechan is a descendant of the First Hokage-sama, his blood flows through you. While not everyone can surpass their predecessors, at least striving towards that goal will definitely make you stronger."
"The closer you get to that goal, the closer you will be to achieving your wish!"
"You'll only know if you can do it after trying; if you don't try, you'll never know!"
Tsunade couldn't refute him.
Asuma didn't give her time to retort and continued, "Tsunade-neechan, with your current strength and mastery of medical ninjutsu, what is the first condition required for you to rapidly regenerate your own wounds, or even internal organs?"
Faced with a professional question, Tsunade instinctively entered her zone. "First, you naturally need a massive amount of chakra!"
"Chakra..." Asuma pretended to ponder. "Tsunade-neechan has already passed her growth period, so your chakra reserves likely won't increase much more."
"Then, are there any other ways to increase one's chakra reserves?"
Tsunade looked at Asuma steadily for a moment before nodding. "Yes!"
"Grandmother possesses a fūinjutsu called the Yin Seal, which can store chakra that isn't used during normal times."
Slap!
Asuma clapped his hands and laughed, "Tsunade-neechan, you see, one problem is already solved!"
"Then, with sufficient chakra, the next step is how to utilize this chakra to achieve the goal of rapidly healing your own injuries."
"Thus, we must consider that injuries will appear regardless of our will; that is to say, an injury could occur anywhere on our body."
Tsunade mused, "So, this requires chakra to permeate the entire body, achieving an effect similar to the Yin Healing Wound Destruction!"
She then explained to Asuma, "The Yin Healing Wound Destruction is a medical ninjutsu that requires predicting the enemy's attack location in advance, and then placing a certain amount of chakra at the potential point of impact. When that location is attacked, it will immediately heal automatically!"
Asuma's eyes gleamed. Feigning hearing about this medical ninjutsu for the first time, he laughed, "There's actually such a medical ninjutsu! Then, with enough massive chakra filling the entire body, and fixing the Yin Healing Wound Destruction, no matter where the enemy attacks, it can be rapidly healed."
Tsunade nodded, but then pondered, "However, to achieve regeneration of critical areas, especially organs, the recovery speed and power of the Yin Healing Wound Destruction are insufficient. A more powerful medical ninjutsu is needed to accelerate cell division."
Asuma immediately said, "I believe Tsunade-neechan can do it. In my eyes, you are the strongest medical ninja in the Ninja World!"
Tsunade's lips curved into a smile upon hearing this, but she then raised her hand and flicked Asuma's forehead, snorting, "You're too cheeky for your age!"
"Ouch!" Asuma cried out in pain, clutching his forehead.
This time, it wasn't an act. It genuinely hurt!
Tsunade took a swig of sake and walked into the room, sitting on the tatami mat. The spirit she had momentarily mustered had once again waned.
Nawaki and Dan were both dead. Even if she could achieve it, it would be too late to change anything!
What's more, she suffered from hemophobia.
Not only could she no longer fight on the battlefield, but it had become difficult for her to even be a medical ninja.
Seeing Tsunade slump again, Asuma felt a headache coming on.
His "Talk no Jutsu" was a bit lacking.
Was it a lack of charm?
Sarutobi Asuma stealthily glanced at his stats; his charm had already risen to 56.
"Is it because of the hemophobia, or because even if I succeed, it won't help..."
Sarutobi Asuma mused to himself, then walked up to Tsunade, snatched the wine bottle, and downed the last of the liquid. "Even if I can do it now, I can't save Senior Dan or Big Brother Nawaki, but everything happens one step at a time."
"Just like becoming Hokage, you first have to graduate from the Ninja Academy, then become a genin, chūnin, jōnin..."
"Perhaps in the future, we can develop ninjutsu that can bring people back from the dead!"
Tsunade sneered and got up to grab more wine. "Kid, stop dreaming. Resurrection is completely unrealistic!"
Sarutobi Asuma frowned. It seemed Tsunade didn't know about the Impure World Reincarnation jutsu yet.
But that was normal; who would research a forbidden jutsu that had been sealed away, unless they were someone like Orochimaru?
Tsunade continued drinking.
Sarutobi Asuma grabbed the wine and continued his "Talk no Jutsu" rambling.
"Dreams, wishes, if they seemed easy to achieve, they wouldn't be called dreams and wishes."
"Sister Tsunade, have you ever heard of the Rinnegan, the eyes said to control the power of life and death?"
...
Unknowingly, Sarutobi Asuma's feigned drunkenness turned into real drunkenness. For the first time in over four years, he missed his evening studies and training.
The next day.
Sarutobi Asuma woke up groggily.
"Huh? Why has the pillow become so much softer?"
Sarutobi Asuma thought, then couldn't help but nuzzle into it.
Tsunade, who had just woken up, had a dark expression. This brat actually used her as a pillow.
"You little brat!"
Tsunade grabbed one of Sarutobi Asuma's arms and tossed him out.
If she hadn't considered that this brat was only nine years old, she would have punched him to death.
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