"If you put it that way, it's true. Those two points are indeed extremely similar to the First Hokage."
Hearing Minato's analysis, Jiraiya instantly became excited.
Wood Release! It was the Wood Release that the First Hokage used to pacify the chaotic times.
If Minato could use Wood Release, the significance would be immense.
It could be said that the Fourth or Fifth Hokage would definitely be Minato; there was no running away from it.
"Minato, your dream of becoming Hokage will likely come true."
Jiraiya felt his premonition wouldn't be wrong.
Minato smiled and didn't say anything. Even without Wood Release, he would become the Fourth Hokage in the original story.
Everything hinged on the Third Shinobi World War.
That was the place where he would thoroughly shine, gaining the recognition of the entire village through powerful battle achievements, and then becoming Hokage.
But since he wanted to learn Wood Release, he needed to find Tsunade.
"I'll head back to Konoha first. You should come back early when you're done here."
Having made his decision, Minato didn't drag his feet and returned directly to Konoha.
Tsunade had just returned for a rest a while ago; hopefully, she was at home and hadn't gone to the front lines.
Without saying much more to Jiraiya, he disappeared from the spot in a flash of gold.
"Now you know your Senior Brother's strength, right? You have to work hard."
After Minato left, Jiraiya used this to motivate the three little ones.
"Mhm! I will definitely catch up to Senior Brother's footsteps."
Yahiko took the lead, full of longing.
As for the Rinnegan matter, they buried it in their hearts.
...
When Minato reappeared, he was back in Konoha. Mikoto and Kushina were probably still on their way.
Without pausing, Minato went straight to the Senju Clan's residence.
After knocking for a long time, he found a drunk Tsunade opening the door.
She must have just returned from drinking.
But that was fine; it was better than her going to the front lines.
"Minato? Do you need me for something?"
Tsunade was extremely satisfied with this "brother" she had picked up.
Not only was his talent outstanding, but his conduct was also very good.
"Tsunade-neesan, let me come in first."
Minato pointed outside. After all, standing at the main gate, it wasn't good to bring up Wood Release.
"Tch, what's so mysterious?"
Tsunade walked inside. Seeing this, Minato hurriedly followed and closed the main gate.
"Speak. What important matter do you have for me?"
Tsunade yawned. Having just returned from drinking, she wanted a good sleep.
She had satisfied her cravings these past few days, gambling and drinking to her heart's content.
"I wanted to ask, Tsunade-neesan, do you have any Wood Release ninjutsu? Give me one; I want to try it."
Minato stated his intention directly.
"You suddenly want Wood Release? But that's my Senju Clan's Kekkei Genkai."
Tsunade asked the same question as Jiraiya.
Helpless, Minato had to waste a bit more breath, repeating his speculation—the set of bluffs he used on others—to Tsunade.
"Putting it that way... I really find that the similarities between you and Grandpa are so consistent. Could it be that you also have the Sage Body?"
"Oh my, I'm so stupid. If you didn't have the Sage Body, how could you possess such massive chakra and such abnormal recovery power from a young age?"
Tsunade slapped her forehead, finally realizing Minato's anomalies from before.
She hadn't thought much of it at the time, but now that Minato mentioned it today, she felt it was likely possible.
"Wait here. I'll go get the ninjutsu scroll."
After speaking, Tsunade hurriedly rushed towards her house. There was a Senju Clan seal there that no one but Tsunade could open; even Nawaki couldn't.
Not long after, Tsunade returned, holding a large scroll in her hand.
"Inside are all of Grandpa's Wood Release jutsu, including the Sage Art: Wood Release. You might not know what Sage Arts are, but if you have the Sage Body and can perform Wood Release, then you can definitely enter Sage Mode."
Tsunade placed the scroll in front of Minato and unrolled it, showing Minato a ninjutsu right away. It was one of the secret techniques of Wood Release—Deep Forest Emergence.
Minato took it. He didn't look at the others but carefully examined "Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence".
"Ding! Congratulations on learning Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence. Wood Release Development unlocked. Current Development: 1%."
After a long time, the System's upgrade sound finally rang out.
Minato breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. As expected of the omnipotent System; he learned it directly.
He formed the hand seals, slowly following the seals and sequence he had just seen.
Tsunade also focused all her attention, staring fixedly at Minato's hands.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
With Minato's shout, small saplings first broke through the ground, and then, in a short period, they grew into towering trees at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Success!" Tsunade was instantly filled with surprise and joy. She hadn't expected Minato to actually succeed.
After all the trees in the area had grown into large trees, Minato decisively stopped the chakra input. If he continued to pour chakra in, he would probably be exposed, which wasn't the result he wanted.
"Haha! You really didn't let your big sister down, kid! This is great! Wood Release can finally reappear in the world."
Tsunade walked over and patted Minato's shoulder, not showing a trace of drunkenness.
After Minato used Wood Release, she was completely sober.
"Here, take it! I'm leaving this scroll to you. I hope you can carry forward Grandpa's Wood Release secret techniques."
Tsunade unhesitatingly gave the scroll left by Senju Hashirama to Minato.
It was useless in her hands anyway; giving it to Minato was like giving wings to a tiger.
"Tsunade-neesan, you don't need to give it to me. Just letting me read it once is enough."
Subsequently, Minato took the scroll and carefully read through it one by one.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for learning Wood Release: Adamantine Wood."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for learning Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for learning Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique."
...
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for learning Wood Release: Wood Human Technique. Note: Since this Wood Release requires Sage Mode, it is temporarily unusable."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for learning Wood Release: Gracious Deity Gates. Note: Since this Wood Release requires Sage Mode, it is temporarily unusable."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for learning Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands · Summit Enlightenment. Note: Since this Wood Release requires Sage Mode, it is temporarily unusable."
In one go, Minato memorized and learned all the Wood Release jutsu.
Except for the powerful Sage Art: Wood Release techniques at the end, he could perform all the other Wood Release jutsu now.
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