If the village had properly nurtured Shin, giving him effective training from a young age, how powerful could he be now?
Tsunade couldn't even bring herself to imagine.
Even if he couldn't reach the level of her grandfather, he could probably easily reach the level of her granduncle, right?
But just because he bore the Uchiha na, he was neglected for so many years.
As ti passed, Shin's mastery of the Chakra Enhanced Strength would only beco more refined. Learning the Chakra Enhanced Strength: Ultra Precision Mode was just a matter of ti, and gaining combat experience was inevitable.
Once he activated Sage Mode, then awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and soon mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique... Just thinking about how strong he could beco in the future was terrifying.
It was practically a foregone conclusion.
That's right, besides his regular training, he had also been practicing the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Every ti he was reverse-summoned back and forth, he would focus all his senses and imrse himself fully in experiencing the fluctuations in space. After thoroughly familiarizing himself with spatial nodes and pathways, he was able to confirm all of his prior theories about the technique.
And just like that, under Tsunade's own eyes, he had managed to grasp the fundantals of the Flying Thunder God Technique. And it likely wouldn't be long before he could use it proficiently.
Thinking of all this, she couldn't help but complain, she shouldn't have taught the Chakra Enhanced Strength to Shin. That way, at least she could have kept suppressing him for a little longer. But she hadn't expected that sothing she spent two whole years creating, he could learn in less than a month.
He hadn't had the heart to explain that, in truth, he had been researching the Chakra Enhanced Strength for many years already. It wouldn't be wrong to say he had already grasped it long ago, what he lacked was just practice.
After all, mastering such a technique in one month was sothing even Tobirama couldn't do, and Shin wasn't superhuman either.
Fortunately, Tsunade had always had a clear understanding of her role: she was a dical-nin. So if she couldn't win in a fight, then so be it.
Once Shin had rested enough, Tsunade reached out and helped him up.
"Are you okay?" Tsunade asked with concern as she looked him over.
Shin chuckled, amused. "Why do you always ask that? What could possibly be wrong with ?"
"I just feel like... every ti we spar, we go all out. What if one day, we slip up…"
"But if we don't give it our all, how will we improve?" Shin shook his head slightly and asked in return. "And have you forgotten who we are? We're the number one and number two dical-nin in the shinobi world. As long as it doesn't kill us, we can fight to the death. No need to worry."
"…Fine!"
Sensing the faint and occasional distance growing between Shin and herself lately, Tsunade opened her mouth as if to say sothing, but ultimately stayed silent.
With the day's training done, the two left the Shikkotsu Forest as usual.
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The next day, Shin yawned as he walked into the office. Seeing the empty desk across from him, he felt conflicted.
He had thought that spending a little ti apart from Tsunade, after being around her constantly and feeling her intense gaze, might be a relief.
But he realized that wasn't the case. With her suddenly taking ti off, he actually felt a sense of loss.
"I'm such a fool!" he cursed at himself and forced his focus onto work.
After the previous incident, Tsunade no longer made decisions regarding Shin without consulting him first. So he didn't have to worry about her well-intentioned interference anymore.
What he didn't know was that she hadn't taken ti off because she had sothing to do, she had directly gone to "invade" soone's ho.
Her target: Minato.
Lately, she had been feeling troubled. Even though she and Shin spent every day together, their relationship hadn't progressed at all. So, she decided to start with Minato to see if she could find a breakthrough.
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In a certain empty training ground, watching Minato lying exhausted on the ground, gasping for breath in the sa state of collapse as Shin after training, Tsunade was deeply shaken.
Originally, she had planned to take Minato out to have fun since he had the day off.
She had even done her howork in advance, asking around about the places Konoha kids liked to visit and the foods they enjoyed, making full preparations.
What she hadn't expected was that he was quite the oddball, he said he didn't want to go anywhere, and instead looked at her hopefully, asking if they could spar.
And so, just monts ago, the two of them had a training match.
"You have no idea how stifled I've felt," Minato said with a satisfied expression as he slowly sat up. "Because my brother is always being watched, he never revealed his true strength. The kids at the Ninja Academy are not strong enough, so I've never had a chance to go all out in a real fight. And my brother doesn't allow to show my strength. You have no idea how long I've been waiting for a battle where I could fight seriously. That felt amazing!"
What could Tsunade say to that?
Her goal today was to make Minato happy, whatever the thod, as long as he was happy, that was enough. Still, she asked, "How are you so strong? You've already reached chunin-level at such a young age. If it were just raw talent and strength, that would be one thing, but how do you know so many kinds of jutsu? And it's obvious you've received long-term guidance from a top-tier ntor. It just doesn't add up."
"Uh..." Minato scratched his head sheepishly but didn't answer.
"Is it because of Shin?" Tsunade asked tentatively.
Minato was montarily stunned. Then he rembered what his brother had told him: "You can trust Tsunade," and he nodded.
"He may not be able to train himself, but his understanding of ninjutsu is top-tier. He's been guiding my training since I was two years old."
Top-tier understanding of ninjutsu... Plus that line just now: "My brother is always being watched, he never revealed his true strength."
These few words from Minato made her unconsciously clench her fists.
That guy, he always acted like he didn't know anything in front of . So it was all an act?
Since Shin had temporarily escaped danger, she had gradually cald down over the past month and began to notice sothing was off. During this ti, countless doubts would occasionally surface in her mind, and she had started to question so of the things he had told her.
How to put it?
She had begun to sense that he may have just been using her all along, deliberately hiding things from her and guiding her in certain directions. But she never dwelled on it, or maybe didn't want to.
Yet so things, once buried in your heart, were like a thorn that never went away.
So the real reason she had sought out Minato today was actually to see if she could get so information from him to confirm her suspicions.
"And your body…" she continued to question, suppressing her emotions, "I've t your parents. They're just ordinary people, none of them look like you."
Minato chuckled again and replied, "Since I was two, my brother has been putting through advanced physical conditioning with formulated supplents, and he also taught the Chakra Body-Enhancent Technique."
"What Chakra Body-Enhancent Technique?" Tsunade's heart skipped a beat, and she imdiately pressed him.
"Uh…" Minato hesitated for a mont before finally saying, "It's a body-enhancent jutsu he invented, it channels chakra to stimulate and strengthen the body's cells. Didn't he ever ntion it to you?"
Finally realizing everything, Tsunade punched a nearby tree, instantly shattering it, and roared, "That bastard! He told he was born with natural strength?! He's been lying to all along, I'm not letting him off the hook!"
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