35 Chapter 35

Going back home, Tsunade was surprised and disappointed. That [shadow clone jutsu] problem was hard to expect, and it certainly shattered some objectives...

...But she wasn't desperate. She had no reason to be.

In fact, she smiled a little sadistically as she went back to the Senju compounds...She never thought she would find herself doing so...Not for these reasons...

To begin with, she still had her [deadly acupuncture]. She could do some acupuncture-magic with it after she trains the ingrained knowledge. She also had another supportive training ability in the Quack release: [Healing potion].

With it, she could generate restorative brews out of her hands. Unlike her gambling heal, the ability didn't heal mental injuries but body injuries. However, it was without risks. And with more efficiency and fewer risks than the mystical palm jutsu even...

But even without these skills, Tsunade herself was never one to rely on the Shadow clones too much. In training or combat.

She'd just have to help her brother be the same...

The whole issue wasn't extremely bad since the shadow clone jutsu was still very useful for information gathering and combat.

What was impossible was abusing the training loophole that naturally came with it. It was closed without muscle memories and chakra control findings returning to the caster.

'Sometimes I wonder how Granduncle Tobirama used to come up with all those ridiculously helpful jutsus...'

When she saw the Senju district gates, Tsunade sighed internally.

The man was a genius, but it was hard to say whether he left such loopholes on purpose or not. If he did, which she doubted, he'd definitely be the sinful type of genius.

'...Speaking of...The 4th ninja war probably wouldn't have been so difficult without the [Impure world reincarnation summoning]...'

Remembering another troubling jutsu and a friend having yet to become crazy, Tsunade sighed again. She didn't care much for Orochimaru, but now his four-eyed right-hand man's mother was her little sister.

'...If Nono adopts that awful medical brat, does that make us relatives?'

'...*Sigh*...If I didn't know it was real, I wouldn't appreciate how different rebirth is...'

'...It can be so horrific, geez...'

Learning from her mild inexperience and sometimes plain blunders, Tsunade researched a lot after the last war. Not just medical knowledge...Having lived for 95 years, except for Black Zetsu, whom she hoped not to meet ever, there probably were few individuals in this past who'd know as much as she did...At least about Konoha and the wars...

Though the world was very advanced decades later, some info was still safeguarded and challenging to access...She knew a lot but not everything regarding other villages...Naruto wasn't a world despot, so he didn't dictate and oppress other nations for money or knowledge...And this didn't have anything to do with the leaders being his war companions or old pals...He was just born that way...With such an easygoing, lax character...

The boy was good and kind...Politician or not...Thankfully, he was powerful enough to preserve his idealistic dreams...

Tsunade herself knew the dark, problematic sides of politics,

Once people started thinking too much about the village's personal interests, it was fast to make enemies in unthinkable places and build up hidden catastrophes. So she didn't blame Naruto for his softness or constant need to think about world peace. Peace was good.

...That said...In this life, she had no plans to accept being Hokage. It was truly a thankless, exhausting, and mostly diplomatic job...

She was strong and ruthless enough not to be taken advantage of. And always easily shielded her dignity and purity. However, many men liked to think that diplomatic women were weak and easy to be swayed with some blackmail. It didn't arrange the situation when they were attractive.

Sighing with revulsion and disdain, she remembered when she accompanied the brat Naruto to a specific Kage summit where everyone drank. A summit where the Raikage probably consumed drugs too because he lost his mind. He'd tried to blackmail her toward some *pleasing diplomacy* one night, but she punched him back to brain clarity and brain damage.

That night the only nut, the release he got, was a bloodstained one from his nose, his mouth, and humiliatingly enough, his asshole. Her punch's bursting power became sinister...

After the 4th Shinobi war, where she faced Madara, though she eventually got seriously sick and somewhat rusty after decades, Tsunade didn't lose power. Actually, due to the nature of her fighting style, she only got more powerful...At least more powerful than anyone besides Naruto and Sasuke...

Wrongdoers from Kumo and their lightning-based jutsus and armor became a joke to her.

If a different type of wrongdoer, of jailbird-worthy guy, didn't turn back good, Tsunade probably would've incarcerated him somewhere herself...Maybe on one of his own islands...It was inaccurate saying that her old teammate got weaker. Yet, Orochimaru seemed to have more fate with the Uchiha than he could've ever wished. A bad fate...

Most of his strength, the very-very gross part at least, left— along with his hate-filled insanity.

For reasons that she didn't want to mistakenly conjecture, though, whether he was a good or bad person, Orochimaru loved welcoming and training children. Strangely enough, considering how unsightly and weird he was and how uninviting his voice sounded, children seemed to love him too. They readily went to him, occasionally without him promising them the sweetly cursed, strength-boosting gifts he'd become known for.

XX

At the same time, Utatane Clan,

In a large back garden,

Nawaki was having a different kind of spar with the Academy chairwoman. His dear and jade-like, light-colored skinned auntie Koharu.

A playful, sexy auntie— who dressed in a way that had his head turn and his penis stiffen.

Playing hide and seek, more hide than seek, in his case...Nawaki stared at the marvelous skin she groomed on her upper and unclothed back.

'What's the secret behind her beauty?'

'...Konoha middle-aged women are scary...She's nearly as stunning as grandma in that skin-care regard, isn't she?'

'...But what I like more is that she wouldn't have a jinchuriki-tattoo on her belly...Not that it's ugly on grandma, but I'd rather my women have no tattoo I didn't make...Or no tattoo at all...Bare beauty is the best beauty...'

'...Speaking of the Kyuubi dude, I hope we didn't blind him with erotic pictures last time...'

'...Hmm...I wonder if he feels lonely...Do Bijuu get horny too?'

The boy wondered inwardly, his eyes not leaving Koharu's pretty figure. He was greedy for a sniff of her skin and a delicate touch of her ass. He was terribly aroused at the idea of making her his girlfriend...Mostly because she was a powerful person in the village...

Nawaki had domination and conquest fetishes...

The situation was naturally arousing. To any boy his age with some serious sadistic preferences...And the ability to mind-fuck women...The potential risks made all the potentially shameful mess more tempting...

Defiling women was excellent. Even more when you intended to love them dearly. It was a succulent treat...One he didn't know how he lived without for 23 years...

His worst instincts now stuck to his soul; as he finally made hand signs, Nawaki sighed. He wasn't very focused on the Chakra squandering task...

The middle-aged beauty was a jonin...And he didn't know a ton of jutsus...Jutsus which he would most likely cast in vain...

...Her rank, though, wasn't why he didn't try a face-to-face confrontation. That, despite his [wooden armor] and [wooden stab] skills indicating invaluable prospects and potential in this aspect.

Early days or not, the wood release was still concealed. Only Mito and Tsunade knew about it. Not that he was scared of dumbass Danzo, but it wasn't like anyone could teach him how to get good with the wood release. Not in this period. He had no reason to play around with it and show it off everywhere.

'Right...I could try that technique...It's a genjutsu hard to notice...'

Hiding behind a bush as Koharu changed paths and approached with a fishy grin, Nawaki considered a jutsu his maid Yukari helped him learn. Because it wasn't harmful or unnatural, that genjutsu wasn't easily perceptible.

Unless somebody was a genjutsu connoisseur, they'd need to guard against it and be reminded of its effects. To comprehend that they were under a spell...Well, depending on the caster's level of mastery, of course...

Thus far, Nawaki had seldom managed to regulate the hunger and thirst components satisfactorily...But he had nothing to lose, so he decided to try his hands at it again with Koharu.

He was disadvantaged in the challenge, even with a friendly handicap from her. So hoping for a lucky break, a lucky accident maybe, he could only win this shamelessly.

XX

[Year 1, (1/1) Overdoting achievement complete]

[Year 1, (0/0) Overdoting slots left]

[Hidden title acquired]

[Year 1, (0/0) title slots left]

[Trait unlocked: Plot release]

[Trait automatically shared with PLAYER 1: Nawaki]

[PLAYER 1, Nawaki, Immune to PLAYER 2's Plot release]

[Year 1, (0/0) trait slots left]

[Slots reloading (-365 days)]

[..]

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Back home, Tsunade was bored waiting for Nono to return and get healed from her muteness.

Because she was or because she had some godly talent for mischief, she somehow managed to do the unthinkable...It was when she recalled Orochimaru and Jiraiya with a heavy frown. According to her sensei, they weren't in the village these days. Regardless, she hoped they wouldn't try and become bad influences on Nawaki after returning.

Tsunade was a terrifying and dreadfully instinctual woman. She was holding a hammer, some nails, and two little male dolls of different hair colors when unfamiliar windows popped up. Stopping whatever she was about to do, which she didn't understand herself yet felt comfortable doing, she muttered, "...Hmmm? What is this now?"

Then she thought confusedly as she read,

'...Achievements? [Plot release]?'

Confused about what PLAYER 1 and 2 referred to, the beautiful blonde clicked on the hidden title...Finding out what toxic, unhealthful thing she was about to do to her two teammates with her deadly acupuncture...Those two different types of degenerates...

More happily, she discovered how the new and more wholesome ability was related to her Quack release.

[Plot release: A lucky, fateful, survival-tied, and mouth-feeding bloodline limit closely connected to the comical Quack release. Extremely powerful but naturally passive. Tremendously improves good luck. Fights against bad luck and bad fate. Supports and critically improves personal, all-around skill sets temporarily and without limit in pride-challenging and fate-challenging situations.]