Starting with the troublemakers of Konoha, the pressure extends throughout the entire ninja world.

Qingyu now understands why Nawaki died so tragically in the original story.

There's nothing wrong with Nawaki idolizing Hashirama Senju.

The First Hokage was the god of the ninja world and the faith of the entire Senju clan.

But Nawaki went too far in his learning, even imitating her fighting style.

Hashirama's vitality is extremely strong; he can heal instantly from injuries, and even if he's stabbed through, he can still laugh and continue fighting.

At most, Nawaki only has a larger amount of chakra, so he can barely cosplay Grandpa in that respect.

Once you're on the battlefield, you don't care about anything else, and you don't even scout out the terrain.

If you're caught in an explosive tag trap, in this situation, if you don't get blown up, who will?

However, Qingyu still has one question.

From the beginning, Nawaki has been using taijutsu to entangle with him, never letting up with ninjutsu.

With such a large amount of chakra, even just throwing out a few fire-style techniques to seal his movements would be enough.

He couldn't possibly have used his teleportation ability to keep maneuvering until now.

He spoke during the brief moment he was dodging.

The sound was just enough to travel through the wind from the punch to Rope Tree's ear.

"Nawaki-senpai, why didn't you use ninjutsu to block my movement?"

Rope Tree's fist froze in mid-air, seemingly choked by the question.

Then he scratched his head and said in an explanatory tone, as if explaining why he hadn't poured tea for the guests.

"Although this is a battle without rules... I don't want to hurt you too badly."

"Ninjutsu is hard to control. What if it hurts you?"

These words left Orochimaru, who was observing from the side, speechless and facepalming.

Did this kid just take his talk of no-rules battles for granted?

Qingyu sneered.

It seems that this Thousand Hands Nawaki has really been under the spotlight for too long.

This junior brother needs to teach this senior brother a good lesson.

Don't you know that even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit?

Even against the weakest enemy, we should go all out.

They're all enemies now, why hold back?

If Qingyu were to switch places, he would immediately deliver a powerful punch and kill the person instantly.

Otherwise, what if the other party survives and tries to scheme against me?

Breathe on yourself, wouldn't that be counterproductive?

Now Qingyu has ideas and the opportunity to put them into practice.

Nawaki was unaware that he had created the Rasengan.

This was the only card he had that could break through the defense, and the only card that could teach his senior a lesson.

He only has one chance; he must unleash a burst attack right in Rope Tree's face.

He had just used his teleportation ability to escape the attack range when Rope Tree appeared in front of the landing point.

When he bent over, he found that his heels were less than a hand's width away from the edge of the pit.

If you step back one more step, you'll be facing the tree trunk, and the branches overhead are shaking down, their leaves falling in a flurry.

But he had one last option.

Chakra gathered in his palm, swirling and compressing into shape; the yellowish sphere of light was still dazzling under the midday sun.

He needs a weakness.

Rope Tree's attacks have a wide range, and after each full-force attack, there is a very short interval to retract its power.

He mentally converted that gap into minutes: it was roughly a little over one beat, less than two beats.

Rope Tree's right fist swept in from the side, the force of the blow bending the nearby bushes before it could react.

Qingyu did not retreat.

He stepped forward toward the direction the fist came from, crouching down and sliding under the rope tree's armpit.

He slammed his fist into the trunk of the old tree behind him.

The bark burst open, and wood chips flew out like shrapnel.

He heard a slight grinding sound from Rope Tree's joints as he pulled his fist back.

Right now.

Qingyu used his transformation technique to turn his clone into a kunai and threw it at the front of the rope tree.

Without much thought, Nawaki planned to use the force directly to knock the kunai down, just like before.

In the blink of an eye, the kunai transformed back into human form in mid-air, using the clone technique to feign an attack on Rope Tree's face.

Rope Tree instinctively raised his hand to block, his vision being blocked by the clone in an instant.

Qingyu's main body has broken through from another direction.

The chakra beneath his feet created a short, explosive sound as he stomped on the hard ground.

When Nawaki noticed the sound of wind coming from the side, he caught a glimpse of the discarded kunai spinning in mid-air as it fell down.

Then he saw a yellowish light appear in Qingyu's free right hand.

The pellet struck him at an extremely high speed, slightly to the left of his abdomen.

Aoba avoided fatal spots as much as possible; the spot she chose to take the hit would only temporarily suffocate Rope Tree.

Since Rope Tree has been so accommodating to him for so long, he naturally has to express his gratitude properly!

The Rasengan explodes upon contact, and the rapidly spinning airflow spreads out from the point of impact.

Rope Tree was pressed to the ground by Qingyu.

The rope tree's body smashed a shallow crater into the hard ground.

The training suit had a hole in the abdomen area, revealing completely torn skin and flesh underneath.

The flesh beneath the skin had been shredded by the Rasengan.

Rope Tree looked down at his stomach.

He looked up again at the lingering chakra in Qingyu's hand that was dissipating.

"That one just now..."

Rope Tree grinned, but his eyes remained serious.

"That's amazing."

Then he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Blood splattered around the hole in his chest.

Although Rope Tree didn't expect his junior brother to have this skill, Rope Tree wasn't someone who didn't know what he was talking about.

A ninjutsu that requires no hand seals, can be released instantly, and deals considerable damage.

It's a ninja's dream come true, a true weapon of cunning.

"Idiot! What are you doing?!"

Tsunade, who had been observing from the shadows, finally couldn't help but speak up.

She pushed aside the branches and strode out of the woods, her face ashen.

Today, Nawaki and Aoba will have their first sparring match with Orochimaru.

She just came over to take a look since she had nothing else to do.

Then he saw his younger brother take a Rasengan head-on using the same technique as Hashirama Senju.

Extensive rupture of capillaries in the soft tissues of the chest and abdomen, with subcutaneous bleeding covering an area at least the size of a palm.

They neither parried, nor dodged, nor even took a single step back.

Does he really think he's some kind of big shot?

Even if Tsunade perfected the Hundred Healings Technique and Creation Regeneration, she wouldn't dare to recklessly withstand attacks like that.

Rope Tree, on the other hand, was caught out of his way, forced to eat his fill, and then praised the other person for being amazing.

"What happened to the ninjutsu I taught you? What happened to your judgment?"

It's obvious that Tsunade knows that Nawaki is copying Hashirama in every way.

The fact that no one in the ninja academy dared to actually hurt Nawaki allowed him to act so recklessly.

But this is also a good thing.

Modern ninjas are not the same as they were thirty years ago; all sorts of underhanded ninja techniques have emerged.

Besides, Hashirama has the Wood Release, a nuclear bomb, while Nawaki has nothing and still wants to learn it.

Tsunade shifted her gaze from Nawaki's wounds to Aoba, who was standing by the pit.

Aoba's right hand remained in the position after the Rasengan dissipated, his fingertips trembling slightly.

That's a sign of an instantaneous overload of chakra output.

Only Rope Tree remained lying on the ground, looking up at the three people who had gathered around.

Then Nawaki gave a genuine, satisfied smile, even though he had been badly beaten.

"Sister, did you see that? That spell was really amazing!"

Rope Tree turned his head and gave Aoba a thumbs up.

"Haha, you're full of energy!"

Jiraiya brought Minato here as well, and Minato had already passed his test perfectly.