Naruto: Experience Pain, Start by Copying the Entire Shinobi World

An embrace is warm.

Like the thickest blanket in winter, or the warmest sunshine in the afternoon.

For a moment, Tsunade's mind went blank.

She smelled that familiar scent on him, a faint blend of soap and sunshine.

I could feel the steady, powerful heartbeat in his chest, thump, thump, thump... like some ancient, soothing drumbeat.

Reason screamed at her, telling her she should immediately push this bastard away and then deliver a powerful punch to show him what it means for men and women not to touch each other.

But my body felt frozen in place, stiff and unresponsive.

The hand that was raised high, ready to give him a "flick on the head," froze in mid-air.

Time seemed to stretch out infinitely at this moment.

Qianxuan neither spoke nor moved.

He held her quietly, as if he were holding a rare treasure that had been lost and found again, his movements gentle yet unwavering.

After an unknown amount of time, Tsunade's stiff body finally softened little by little.

The anxiety and loneliness that had lingered in her heart for years due to the loss of her family and loved ones seemed to be quietly soothed in this warm embrace.

Her hand, which had been frozen in mid-air, slowly fell down.

My fingertips touched his broad back, and through the thin fabric, I could feel the firm contours of his muscles.

She hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she slowly closed her five fingers and gently grasped his clothes.

Then, she buried her face even deeper into his shoulder.

Like a weary bird that has been wandering for a long time and has finally found a safe haven.

Tsunade's lips involuntarily curved upwards into a very shallow, yet incredibly genuine, smile.

That bastard.

It doesn't seem like...it's that bad.

The hug didn't last long.

When Tsunade realized that she had actually hugged this bastard back, the heat on her cheeks instantly surpassed that of her drunken state the night before.

She shoved Qian Xuan away abruptly, her movements as swift as a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She sprang up from the floor, creating a safe distance of three meters between them.

"cough!"

She cleared her throat, forcibly suppressing the strange flutter in her heart, crossed her arms over her chest, and resumed her cold, unapproachable demeanor.

"Weren't you supposed to learn sealing techniques?"

Her voice carried a deliberately crafted coldness, but the slight redness at the base of her ears betrayed the turmoil within her.

"What are you all standing there for?!"

Qian Xuan was still sitting there, savoring the feeling of having a warm and soft woman in his arms, when she was yelled at and he finally came back to his senses.

He found it amusing to watch Tsunade's awkward expression—she was clearly shy to death, yet she insisted on putting on a fierce act—but he dared not show it on his face.

"Oh, here it comes!"

He quickly jumped up from the ground and followed Tsunade like a schoolchild ready to listen to a lesson.

The Senju clan's study is even more extravagant than the Hokage's office archives.

The towering bookshelves were crammed with all sorts of scrolls and ancient books, and the air was filled with a heavy historical atmosphere of paper and ink.

Tsunade casually pulled out a few old-looking scrolls from the bookshelf and tossed them onto the table.

"The sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan are profound and sophisticated. Their core lies in the understanding and balance of the two forces of Yin and Yang."

Once Tsunade entered teaching mode, her entire aura changed.

Gone was his usual irritability and earlier awkwardness; in its place was the confidence of a strong person and the rigor of a master teacher.

"The most basic sealing technique is to transform one's own chakra into a 'lock' through specific runes, 'locking' the target object or the target's chakra in a relatively independent space."

As she spoke, she picked up a brush and, with fluid grace, drew a simple sealing rune on a blank scroll.

"You give it a try."

Qianxuan took a deep breath and, imitating her, picked up the pen.

He thought that with his exquisite control over chakra, drawing a rune would be a piece of cake.

As soon as the pen tip touched the ground, he sensed something was wrong.

To inject chakra evenly and continuously into the tip of the pen, and then leave a mark on the paper through ink, is more difficult than controlling hundreds of chakra threads.

The moment he made the first stroke, his chakra was severed.

The drawn runes were crooked and twisted, like earthworms.

"Oh."

A soft, undisguised, mocking laugh came from the side.

Qianxuan's face showed a little embarrassment.

"Again."

Tsunade's words were concise and to the point.

Qianxuan refused to believe it and tried again.

This time, he concentrated his mind highly, and the chakra within his body flowed slowly, like a gentle stream.

This time, he succeeded.

A sealing rune, though not perfect, but at least fairly solid, appeared on the scroll.

"good."

Tsunade's evaluation remains stingy.

"He has some talent, but not much."

Qianxuan pursed his lips but did not refute.

He knew this woman was just being stubborn.

For the rest of the afternoon, Qianxuan immersed himself in this tedious yet novel learning experience.

From the most basic runes to the simple Four Symbols Seal, and then to the slightly more complex Contract Seal.

Sengen's learning speed was so fast that even Tsunade was shocked.

He grasped the theoretical knowledge almost instantly, even though she had to explain it several times.

Some rune combinations that require repeated practice to master, he can draw quite well after trying two or three times.

That bastard...

Tsunade looked at the man who was practicing on the scroll with his head down and a focused expression, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

She had to admit that, putting aside his unconventional personality, in terms of ninja talent alone, this guy was definitely among the top few she had ever seen.

It is even better than the Watergate of yesteryear.

What is the principle behind the Yin Seal?

Just as Tsunade was lost in thought, Sengen suddenly looked up and asked her an unexpected question.

Tsunade was taken aback.

She looked at Qian Xuan's half-closed eyes, which were now sparkling with a thirst for knowledge, and remained silent for a moment.

Yin Seal, the art of a hundred heroes.

This is already her most closely guarded secret.

"The essence of Yin Seal is also a form of savings."

Tsunade finally spoke, her voice much lower than when she was teaching the basics.

She stretched out her finger and tapped her smooth forehead, where there was a light purple diamond-shaped mark.

"The excess chakra that we usually refine is stored here, day after day."

"Ten years, twenty years... until a power large enough to destroy the world accumulated in this 'container'."

"Then, when needed, they are released all at once. That is creation and regeneration."

Qianxuan listened quietly, but his mind was racing.

"Therefore, the key to this technique lies in the stability and capacity of the 'container'."

He quickly grasped the key point.

"How to construct a perfect sealing space that can withstand a massive amount of chakra without dissipating over time."

"That's right."

Tsunade nodded approvingly; she hadn't expected Chigen to grasp the core concept so quickly.

"It's like..."

Qian Xuan stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of a brilliant metaphor.

"He artificially created a 'Tailed Beast' inside his own body using sealing techniques."

"However, this 'Tailed Beast' is made of pure chakra, and it absolutely obeys its own will."

Tsunade's pupils suddenly contracted.

She looked at Qian Xuan, and for the first time, her face showed undisguised shock.

This metaphor...

That's too daring!

Turn yourself into a "human jinchūriki"?

She had never had this idea before.

"Your idea... is very dangerous."

Tsunade's voice became extremely serious.

"But it's interesting, isn't it?"

A confident smile curved at the corners of Qianxuan's lips.

He looked at Tsunade, and in her eyes gleamed a light called "ambition".

Tsunade looked at him and suddenly realized that she might have underestimated this man.

Beneath his lazy exterior lay a ferocious beast, yearning for power, which even terrified her.

Just as the atmosphere was becoming somewhat tense.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud.

Qianxuan received a solid flick on the forehead.

"Aww!"

He clutched his head and cried out in pain.

"Aiming too high!"

Tsunade withdrew her hand and glared at him fiercely.

"You haven't even mastered the basics, yet you're dreaming of instant success? First, copy all the runes on this scroll a hundred times!"

After saying that, she threw a scroll covered with dense and complex runes in front of Qianxuan.

Qianxuan's face turned green when he saw the scroll that resembled "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

One hundred times?

Are they expecting him to keep copying until next year?

"Um... Lady Tsunade,"

He looked miserable and tried to bargain.

"Could you... give me a discount?"

"Two hundred times."

Tsunade coldly uttered three words.

Qianxuan immediately shut his mouth.

He resignedly picked up his pen, looked at the woman beside him who had regained her queenly demeanor, and silently shed tears.

Instructions for using the Tsunade card.

Sure enough, it came with a loving iron fist.