I teach in Naruto, and the system says I am Tsunade's student

Chapter 356 Cultivating Immortal Mode (First and Second Updates)

A new day, Wednesday.

Kitazawa arrived at the Anbu base early in the morning.

He told Kurenai about the summoning beast Mirage yesterday, but Kado's shipping company still hasn't found it.

If we wait any longer, we probably won't find it. Now, we only have one last option left.

That is to resurrect Hozuki Gengetsu using Edo Tensei, and then control him to summon the summoning beast Mirage.

He had just mastered the Impure World Reincarnation technique through system rewards.

The only problem is that the prerequisite for using Edo Tensei is having the physical body of the summoned target.

Hozuki Gengetsu is dead, so we need to find his body and take a part of it.

In other words, Kitazawa had to go to Kirigakure to become a tomb raider.

In the ninja world, toying with the souls of the dead is considered a highly immoral act.

If discovered, it will definitely affect the reputation of Konoha Village and Kitazawa.

Although Kitazawa is thick-skinned, his reputation often plays a good role.

Before he becomes invincible in the ninja world, he cannot be too reckless.

Besides, he also has his bottom line.

He wouldn't have used the Impure World Reincarnation technique if it weren't for summoning the mirage beast.

But leaving it lying around is a waste; we should make the most of it.

cough cough.

After much deliberation, Kitazawa finally decided to entrust the Akatsuki organization with this task.

At this stage, the Akatsuki organization will do anything for money.

Most importantly, they have the capability to accomplish this task; even the Konoha Anbu are not as efficient as them.

He didn't need to pay any money, because the Akatsuki organization, or rather Konan, owed him a lot of money.

"Xonan."

Kitazawa pushed open the door and went in. "I have a task for your Akatsuki organization to do."

"What mission?"

Xiao Nan stood up, looked at him, and asked.

"The body of the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu."

Kitazawa remained unfazed and reminded him, "We don't need the entire corpse, just a small portion will suffice."

Xiao Nan was slightly taken aback, not quite understanding.

The Akatsuki organization has taken on many commissions, but none of them have ever been this... bizarre.

Why steal the Second Mizukage's corpse, but not the whole thing?
“I understand. I will return to the Akatsuki organization today and arrange for them to do it.”

Xiao Nan didn't ask any more questions and readily agreed.

Why didn't you ask about the payment?

Kitazawa said with a smile, "You answered so quickly, I thought Akatsuki was an ANBU."

"You've helped the Akatsuki a lot, you don't need any reward."

Xiao Nan shook her head and said.

"It's a pity you're not a ninja from Konoha."

Kitazawa sighed.

Konan is smart and sensible, making her an excellent candidate for the Hokage's secretary.

It's unlikely now, but who knows what might happen in the future.

Xiao Nan paused for a moment, then fell silent.

"Notify me when the task is complete."

Kitazawa paused, then reminded him, "Try to finish it before next Saturday."

"Ah."

Xiao Nan snapped out of her daze and said, "Then I'll be going now. See you tomorrow."

After watching her leave, Kitazawa went to his office at the ninja academy.

"Senior Kitazawa."

Iruka Umino, who was waiting at the door, came up to greet him and said, "This is the exam paper for the theory test of the genius class."

"Time flies, and it's already the end of the semester."

Kitazawa took the exam paper and said with emotion.

"The main reason is that Kitazawa-senpai was delayed for half a month in the Land of Demons."

Iruka Umino opened the office door for him.

"Too."

Kitazawa walked into the office and sat down at his desk.

He opened the exam paper, about to look at it, when he suddenly remembered something.

"Iruka."

Kitazawa looked up at him and said, "Shion, the priestess of the Land of Demons, wants to join the genius class. Please handle her enrollment procedures."

"what?"

Umino Iruka was taken aback.

Isn't the priestess of the Land of Demons a daimyo?

A daimyo actually came to the Konoha Ninja Academy to attend classes? If this got out, probably no one would believe it.

"She should be in the gifted class classroom in a little while."

Kitazawa smiled and said, "After you complete her enrollment procedures, let her go to the playground and get to know the other students."

"Yes, Kitazawa-senpai."

Iruka Umino suppressed his surprise and turned to leave.

Kitazawa started looking at the exam paper.

The theory exams for the gifted class are now set by Iruka Umino, and he did not participate.

However, as the vice principal of the ninja academy and the homeroom teacher of the genius class, he needs to check the test papers in advance.

If there are no problems, take it down to print.

After two or three years of training, Iruka Umino is no longer the inexperienced ninja academy teacher he once was.

Kitazawa looked at the exam paper but found no mistakes.

In the original work, Iruka Umino's eventual appointment as the principal of the Ninja Academy proves that he is extremely skilled in teaching.

Although there was the reason why Naruto Uzumaki became Hokage.

After putting down the exam paper, Kitazawa started thinking about the grouping for the practical exam.

He has led each of the top eighteen students in the gifted class at least twice.

The grouping process is now more flexible.

Kitazawa suddenly thought of Hozuki Gengetsu.

He felt it was a waste to just have a magical beast called Mirage.

Hozuki Gengetsu is a perfect target for the genius students to defeat in this practical exam.

Kitazawa used the original version of Edo Tensei.

Hozuki Gengetsu's strength after his resurrection should be less than half of what it was before he was alive, making him a perfect opponent for the students in the genius class to practice on.

We need to carefully consider who to choose.

Even though Hozuki Gengetsu's strength has decreased by half, he is still the Second Mizukage and has a wealth of combat experience.

Thinking about it carefully, the only choices are Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.

The others were slightly weaker, and facing Hozuki Gengetsu would not serve as any training opportunity for them.

As for Yakumo Kurama, forget about it, since his genjutsu at the level of the Mangekyou Sharingan is too outrageous.

Kitazawa stroked his chin.

After thinking it over, he decided to bring Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Hyuga Hinata with him.

Although they had just been to the Land of Demons, they did not fully unleash their full potential in the battle.

Both the demons and the undead army were defeated by Kitazawa's Wood Release technique.

They only fought the undead legion for a short while earlier.

Kitazawa picked up a pen and paper and began dividing the group into teams.

In no time, the six sets were freshly made.

Kitazawa glanced at the time and headed to the playground.

The playground was already quite lively at this time, because of Ziyuan.

Neither the Land of Demons nor the Shrine Maiden were familiar to the students in the genius class.

Ziyuan didn't get angry when asked all sorts of questions, and patiently answered them.

After all, she didn't even have two people to talk to in the Land of Demons.

Of course, a small number of students did not participate.

For example, Hinata Hyuga.

When she saw Kitazawa, she ran up to him.

"I have other things to take care of."

Kitazawa patted her head and said.

After he finished speaking, he found Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others and told them about the group assignments.

nine in the morning.

Training for the gifted program has officially begun.

Ziyuan was already familiar with the students in the gifted class before class, so she skipped the self-introduction process.

Kitazawa led her to a tree on the edge of the playground.

Training in chakra control naturally begins with classic exercises like tree climbing and wading.

Shion took a deep breath, gathered her chakra at her feet, and then climbed the tree.

She took one step at a time and quickly climbed over the tree trunk, heading towards the top.

Kitazawa seemed to be deep in thought.

Shion's chakra control was stronger than he had expected.

But he soon understood why.

Ziyuan has been learning sealing techniques since she was a child.

Sealing techniques inherently require a high level of chakra control, so she has a good foundation in this area.

This was an unexpected surprise.

However, this level of chakra control is still insufficient.

Kitazawa's goal was to enable her to control her power without the bell.

In that way, she could become another Yakumo Kurama.

The morning passed quickly.

After having lunch with the students of the genius class, Kitazawa went to the Hokage's office.

He pushed open the door and saw Tsunade sitting cross-legged on the sofa with her eyes closed.

Kitazawa's gaze fell on the undulating fabric of her clothes.

She was practicing Yang Release Chakra Mode, and her clothes appeared less calm due to the effects of cellular activation.

Kitazawa secretly regrets it.

He was abandoned after helping Tsunade activate the Yang Release in both hands, without helping her activate the Yang Release in the other parts of her body.

Kitazawa thought for a moment and stepped forward.

As he got closer, he could see her snow-white, slightly trembling skin more clearly.

"Why didn't you knock on the door?"

Tsunade opened her eyes and asked.

"I guessed you were cultivating, so I didn't knock on the door to avoid disturbing you," Kitazawa said seriously.

Do you think I don't know what your purpose is?

Tsunade glared at him and asked irritably, "Are you still looking?"

"Tsunade-sensei, you've misunderstood. I was observing your training."

Kitazawa stared intently at her and said, "If there's a problem, I can point it out immediately."

"Is there a problem?"

Tsunade lowered her legs, leaned back, her clothes ask in a very unladylike manner, and asked.

"No."

Kitazawa shook his head and praised, "Tsunade-sensei, truly deserves to be called the most outstanding medical ninja in the ninja world."

After he finished speaking, he walked over and sat down next to her.

Just as Tsunade was about to speak, Kitazawa grabbed his hand.

She instinctively tried to pull back, but couldn't.

"Did you come here just to interfere with my training of Yang Release Chakra Mode?"

Tsunade couldn't help but ask a question.

"Cultivation requires a combination of work and rest."

Looking at her beautiful and fair face, Bei Ze said, "You've been cultivating for a while now, you should rest for a bit."

"Full of fallacies."

Tsunade pursed her lips, but did not pull her hand away again.

Feeling Kitazawa's movements and the warmth he sent back, she felt a strange sense of peace.

"Have you been learning Wood Release lately?"

Tsunade relaxed her body and asked in a lazy tone.

"Ah."

Kitazawa nodded and said, "I'm learning Wood Release: Wood Transformation Technique."

"You have already learned Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees and Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique, which is sufficient for your Wood Release skills for now."

Tsunade thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to learn Sage Mode?"

Putting chakra aside, what truly made Hashirama Senju invincible in the ninja world was his Wood Release combined with Sage Mode.

For example, the Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, which rendered Madara Uchiha and Kurama powerless against it.

Kitazawa has already mastered Wood Release; now all that's missing is Sage Mode.

Although Sage Mode is difficult to learn, Tsunade thought he might be able to.

After all, ever since he met Kitazawa, he has created countless surprises.

"Of course you have to learn it."

Kitazawa answered without hesitation.

“It’s better to choose a different day than to hit it, let’s do it today.”

Tsunade stood up and said, "Let's go to Shikkotsu Forest together."

Kitazawa paused for a moment, thought about it, and did not refuse.

Although he most likely doesn't have the talent to learn Sage Mode, learning Sage Mode isn't something that can be done in a short time.

It could take a year and a half, or even several years.

He can try it first; maybe it will trigger the relevant system task.

Tsunade pulled her hand away, but when he still wouldn't let go, she immediately raised her leg and stomped on his foot.

"I forgot, sorry."

Kitazawa released her hand and then tickled her palm.

Tsunade rolled her eyes but didn't say anything. She bit her thumb and slammed it to the ground.

From within the smoke, a slug the size of a fist appeared.

"Lord Live Slug, please use the Reverse Summoning Technique to summon Kitazawa and me to the Wet Bone Forest."

Tsunade got straight to the point, saying, "Kitazawa wants to learn Sage Mode."

"Yes, Lady Tsunade."

After the live slug finished speaking, it disappeared from the spot.

Kitazawa waited a moment, then felt a call from the depths of his being.

He gave up resisting, his body swayed, the scenery before him changed, and he appeared in the Wet Bone Forest.

Kitazawa was visiting Shikkotsu Forest for the first time.

He looked around and found trees everywhere, but couldn't see anything special about them.

"follow me."

Tsunade then appeared and walked into the depths of the forest.

Kitazawa followed her, and a moment later, he saw the real live slug, or rather, the true form of the live slug.

As far as the eye can see, there is only its enormous body, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Nearby, there are many tiny slugs, but they are actually its clones.

Kitazawa suspected that its size might even exceed that of the Nine-Tails.

After all, it has lived for over a thousand years, and it is the only slug in the entire Wet Bone Forest, so it can be said to enjoy this natural energy all to itself.

"Lady Tsunade, Lady Kitazawa, welcome."

The live slug lowered its head, looked at them, and spoke.

Although its voice was gentle, Kitazawa still felt a sense of visual oppression due to its enormous size.

"Master Lively."

Tsunade nodded and said, "You already know why we're here. Let's begin."

"Ah."

After a moment's thought, the live slug said, "Let me first explain the principles and cultivation steps of Sage Mode."

The so-called Sage Mode is actually a special mode that allows one to use Sage Chakra.

The essence of cultivating Sage Mode is to synthesize Sage Chakra.

Sage Chakra is a mixture of natural energy, physical energy, and spiritual energy in a one-to-one ratio.

The cultivation process consists of two steps: first, sensing natural energy and introducing it into the body; second, synthesizing Sage Chakra.

Once the Sage Chakra is successfully synthesized, eyeshadow or a mask will appear on the user's face, indicating that they have entered Sage Mode.

The most difficult step is naturally the second step.

Because an imbalance in the ratio of the three energies can have serious consequences.

The consequences of practicing the Sage Mode of Mount Myōboku are frogification and petrification.

Kitazawa was unaware of the consequences of practicing the Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode.

Now the live slug has told him that it is slugification and forestification.

In other words, one of the trees in Shikkotsu Forest may have once been a ninja.

However, this situation is relatively rare, because the live slug will give a warning and stop it, and it can be saved as long as it doesn't get out of control all at once.

Just like in the original work, when Naruto was training in Sage Mode, Fukasaku would use a stick to wake him up.

But most ninjas fell at the first step.

If someone can't even complete the first step, it means they have absolutely no talent for cultivating the Immortal Mode.

"Let's begin with the first step."

The live slug opened its mouth and spat out a bucket.

The container contained a translucent liquid that looked clean and free of impurities.

"You can apply the liquid to your upper body, and then take off your clothes or not."

"This liquid can help you better perceive the presence of natural energy," the live slug explained.

Kitazawa glanced at the translucent liquid but ultimately didn't ask what it was.

Mount Myōboku also has a similar item to aid in Sage Mode training, called toad oil.

Kitazawa took off his clothes and casually waved his hand, using chakra to evenly spread the liquid onto his body.

A chilling sensation then spread.

But other than that, I didn't feel anything else.

Kitazawa sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to feel the natural energy in the air, as taught by the live slug.

He inexplicably felt that this procedure resembled the "qi-induction" technique in fantasy novels.

Tsunade stood to one side, sizing up Kitazawa.

Hmm, nice figure.

After watching for a while, she looked away and left the Wet Bone Forest.

Training in Sage Mode is extremely time-consuming, and as the Hokage, she couldn't stay with Kitazawa indefinitely.

Time passes slowly.

Kitazawa, who had been sitting idly for an entire afternoon, opened his eyes.

Well, to put it simply, nothing was gained.

"It's normal not to sense natural energy on the first day."

The live slug spoke.

"I'm in trouble today, Lord Live Slug."

Kitazawa stood up and put on his clothes.

"No trouble."

The live slug shook its head and said, "You can come here every day to cultivate Immortal Mode from now on."

"I have a lot of work, so I can't always come here every day."

Kitazawa casually replied, "I'll come over when I have time."

"can."

The live slug paused for a moment, then reminded him, "Cultivating Immortal Mode takes a long time, so there's no need to rush."

"I understand, Lord Live Slug."

Kitazawa nodded and said.

"I'll take you out."

The live slug said gently, "See you next time."

Kitazawa stood still, his body jolted, and he was back in the Hokage's office.

"How about it?"

Tsunade noticed the chakra fluctuations and looked up at him.

"It didn't work out."

Kitazawa stated the truth.

"Try it more."

Tsunade was not surprised at all upon hearing this.

If Kitazawa could sense the natural energy on the very first day, then she would find it unusual.

"Tsunade-sensei, how long did it take you to give up back then?"

Kitazawa asked curiously.

"About a year."

Tsunade thought for a moment and said, "If you can't learn it in a year, continuing will just be a waste of time."

"Then I'll try learning for a year first."

A year should be enough time in the Kitazawa Secret Passage to trigger the Sage Mode system quest.

　Five thousand words, two chapters combined

　　
　
(End of this chapter)