Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

"Really? Can you tell me why?" Uchiha Touko didn't care about Tsunade's teasing. Tsunade was different from Jiraiya. Tsunade was the legitimate granddaughter of the First Hokage. In addition, with her contributions to medical ninjutsu, it could be said that almost every ninja in the village had benefited from her kindness. Her reputation in the village was terrifyingly high.

Chapter 125 Slug Immortal

That's not all. The most important thing is that Tsunade, with her terrifyingly high status yet complete lack of political ambition, is practically invincible. She's treated like royalty wherever she goes in the village, even when she goes to the Uchiha clan's territory, which is always at odds with the Senju.

Even though he was the Hokage, Uchiha Tokō, as long as Tsunade didn't set up a gambling den in the Hokage Building, she could only treat him with kindness and politeness.

"Reason?" Tsunade slumped into her chair without any decorum, looking up at the ceiling of the Hokage Building. "Is it okay if I just don't want to go back to the village?"

“Of course.” Uchiha Touko nodded. “The village respects Lady Tsunade’s choice.”

"Hey, you Uchiha brat." Tsunade looked at Uchiha Touko. "I've read your plan, and it is indeed very feasible. But haven't you considered how much more money this way of training medical ninjas will cost compared to the current method?"

"It seems that you don't need to worry about funding, Lady Tsunade. That's something I, as the Hokage, need to consider," Uchiha Touko said with a smile. Although Tsunade said she didn't want to return to the village, she was quite concerned about the plan proposed by Uchiha Touko, which meant that inviting her back to oversee the village's medical school was negotiable.

"Your plan to train medical ninjas will require several times the current amount of funding, and it will take at least ten years to see results. During this period, it's basically burning money, and it's the kind of money that can't be stopped. Otherwise, once it stops, all the initial investment will be wasted. Are you really willing to do that?" Tsunade asked, puzzled.

"What's there to be reluctant about in terms of the survival rate of our comrades in the village? As for the money, I've already said that's something only I, as the Hokage, should be concerned with," said Uchiha Touko.

Tsunade gave Uchiha Touko a deep look, and after a long while, she finally spoke, "Let me think about it some more."

“Of course, no problem. The position of Dean of Konoha Medical School will always be reserved for you,” Uchiha Touko said.

"Putting everything else aside, you're much more straightforward than the old man in this matter," Tsunade said with a smile. "Do you have any wine?"

"Lady Tsunade..." Shizune, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore. After all, this was the Hokage's office, and it was inappropriate for Tsunade to be doing this.

"Inahikasa, go buy a few bottles of wine for Lady Tsunade, and bring back some snacks to go with them." However, Uchiha Touko turned around and shouted towards the outside of the office.

"You Uchiha brat are quite amusing," Tsunade said, laughing at the sight.

"Lady Tsunade, I am, after all, the Fifth Hokage of the village," Uchiha Touko said helplessly.

"Alright, I got it! I won't call you that in front of outsiders," Tsunade said casually, waving her hand dismissively.

"By the way, Lady Tsunade, I have a personal matter I need your help with," Uchiha Touko said.

"Personal matters?" Tsunade looked at Uchiha Touko suspiciously. "Is there something wrong with your health? You don't seem to be."

"It's like this, I've recently encountered some confusion regarding my cultivation. While browsing through the clan's records, I came across an ancestor named Uchiha Asato, who was a contractor of Shikkotsu Forest. The problem I'm facing is similar to what he went through. However, the records in the clan's records are not very clear due to the passage of time. Therefore, I would like to ask the Slug Sage for help in resolving my doubts," said Uchiha Touko.

"Shikkotsu Forest has a contractor from the Uchiha clan?" Tsunade was taken aback when she heard this. She then took out the Shikkotsu Forest contract scroll from the sealing scroll, opened it, and searched upwards from her name. She actually found a contractor named Uchiha Asahi.

"Oh, there really is one." Tsunade hadn't expected that the Uchiha clan's name would appear in the contract scroll passed down to her by her grandfather.

After saying that, Tsunade bit her finger and activated the Summoning Jutsu. After the smoke cleared, a slug the size of a thumb appeared on Uchiha Touko's desk.

"Lady Tsunade, is there something you need?" The summoned slug sage's clone raised its two tentacles and looked at Tsunade.

"It wasn't me looking for you, it was him." Tsunade gestured for the Slug Sage to turn around, and the Slug Sage wriggled back to look at Uchiha Touko.

"I've met the Slug Sage," Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

"You have fluctuations of natural energy around you. Are you also a user of immortal arts?" the slug immortal asked.

“Yes.” Uchiha Touko nodded. “I called you out to ask you about my clan’s ancestor, Uchiha Asahi.”

"A descendant of Lord Asahi? You're from the Uchiha clan?" Slug Sage was taken aback upon hearing this.

“That’s right,” Uchiha Touko said. “In the clan’s ancient records, I found a clue that our ancestor Asahi used natural energy to solve the problem of blindness caused by overuse of the Mangekyou Sharingan. However, because it has been so long, the technique he left behind is severely incomplete. Therefore, I would like to ask the Slug Sage for help.”

“I understand, but I don’t have an answer as to how to solve your eye problem. Although Lord Asando learned his immortal arts in my Shikkotsu Forest, he later embarked on a completely different path from the immortal arts of the three holy lands,” said the Slug Immortal.

"However, Lord Asahi left something for your Uchiha clan in Shikkotsu Forest. He said that if any descendants of the Uchiha clan come in the future, they should give it to him. Please wait a moment while I go look for it."

After a while, as a summoning spell appeared on the table, a scroll appeared on Uchiha Touko's desk.

"This is it. It's the scroll that Lord Asando asked me to keep safe," said the slug sage's clone.

"Thank you, Slug Sage." Uchiha Touko nodded and unfurled the scroll. The text on the scroll was chaotic, with two completely different sealing techniques engraved above it.

Uchiha Touko carefully examined the sealing technique for a while.

"Does this seal require the combined power of Mangekyou Sharingan and Sage Chakra of the same origin to open?" Uchiha Touko frowned. It seemed that this was the real deal, compared to the one Black Zetsu had given him.

Uchiha Tokō put away the scroll and said to the Slug Sage again, "Thank you for your help, Slug Sage."

"It's alright," said the Slug Sage. "This was originally something that Lord Asahi left to his descendants. I'm just helping to keep it safe."

"Slug Sage, could you tell me about this Uchiha Asahi-senpai?" Tsunade asked curiously. "I didn't know that there was a Uchiha clan contractor in Shikkotsu Forest before this."

“It’s normal that you don’t know, because it’s been so long that even your grandfather, Lord Hashirama, didn’t know about it,” the Slug Sage said.

“However, Lord Asando is indeed the most talented contractor in the Wet Bone Forest over the years,” said the Slug Immortal.

"Including my grandfather?" Tsunade said somewhat indignantly upon hearing this.

“In a sense, yes.” The Slug Sage said. He was one of the witnesses to the entanglement of the chakra of the brothers Ashura and Indra for thousands of years. When Hashirama Senju first came to Shikkotsu Forest, he also recognized that the other party was the reincarnation of Ashura’s chakra.

Although Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha can be considered the strongest ninjas in thousands of years, in terms of talent, Asahi Uchiha, who had no special identity and relied solely on his own exploration, was superior to the reincarnations of Ashura and Indra of his generation.

It's a pity that Uchiha Asahi failed to reach a higher level.

At this moment, Uchiha Inahashi returned to the Hokage's office with the food and drinks he had bought. Upon seeing this, the Slug Sage said, "You guys continue your conversation, I'll head back now."

"Slug Sage, take care," Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

"Child of the Uchiha clan, you give me a very special feeling. Seeing you is like seeing Lord Asahi in his youth. I hope that when we meet again, you will have already completed the path that Lord Asahi did not finish walking," said the Slug Sage.

"Then I'll take your kind words, Lord Slug," Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

After saying that, the slug sage's clone turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared, returning to the Wet Bone Forest.

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Touko placed the food and drinks that Uchiha Inahashi had bought on the Hokage's desk.

Tsunade took the bottle and poured two glasses of wine.

"Lady Tsunade, this isn't right," Shizune quickly advised upon seeing the situation.

"What are you talking about? Even the Hokage doesn't care, so why are we saying so much?" Tsunade waved her hand dismissively, then placed one of the cups in front of Uchiha Touko.

"Come on! Drink!" Tsunade said domineeringly.

"Lady Tsunade, I'm not old enough to drink alcohol yet," Uchiha Touko said.

"Don't give me that. I've heard everything Jiraiya has said about what you did in the village," Tsunade said. "You've already ousted the old man, and now you're telling me you can't drink? If you drink this today, I'll agree to let you stay in the village and become the dean of the Konoha Medical College."

"Alright, since it's Lady Tsunade who invited me, I'll gladly accept." Uchiha Touko raised his wine cup.

"Disrespecting the Will of Fire?" Tsunade said, raising an eyebrow.

"Lady Tsunade is too kind." Uchiha Touko was also amused and exasperated by this lady. "It's just a private banquet, there's no need to be so formal. Come, Lady Tsunade, I'll toast you with the first cup to thank you for saving my life on the battlefield a few years ago."

"That's more like it." Tsunade nodded, clinked glasses with Uchiha Touko in a hearty manner, and then drank the wine in her glass in one gulp.

After finishing his drink, Uchiha Touko turned to Shizune beside him and said, "Don't stand there, sit down and have something to eat."

Chapter 126 Ancestor’s Letter

"This...isn't that a bit inappropriate?" Shizune hesitated, but Tsunade pulled her to sit beside her without saying a word, and gave her a bowl and chopsticks.

"Don't be shy, the Hokage told you to sit down and eat, so please sit down and eat," Tsunade said.

It was the middle of the day, but Uchiha Touko and Tsunade were drinking and chatting in the Hokage's office until the afternoon. Tsunade finally relented and agreed to serve as the dean of Konoha Medical School, and signed her name on the proposal.

After sending the old lady away, Uchiha Touko resumed his official duties.

Uchiha Tokō didn't return home until evening.

After returning home, Uchiha Tokō activated Sage Mode and, after confirming that Kurobuchi was spying on him, opened the scroll that the Slug Sage had given him.

Subsequently, Uchiha Touko channeled the power of his Mangekyou Sharingan and Sage Chakra into the two seals within the scroll.

After the seal was broken, the chaotic characters on the scroll began to arrange and combine, quickly transforming into clear ninja script:

[Hello, descendant of the Uchiha clan. When you received and opened this scroll from the Slug Sage, you must have already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan and learned Sage Mode.]

As your ancestor, I first express my regret for the loss of someone important to you after you awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, because I have felt the same way.

[Furthermore, I must remind you not to become obsessed with power. The path we have chosen is fraught with danger. Only by maintaining absolute composure can we have a chance of survival. This is why I did not leave the complete legacy to the family. Most people in the family are blindly pursuing power, and I hope you will not be like that.]

"This ancestor is quite interesting." Uchiha Touko couldn't help but laugh when he saw the ancestor's instructions at the beginning of the scroll. The words his ancestor said were not at all like those of an Uchiha.

[You've found this scroll, and I think you've also noticed the problem of the Mangekyou Sharingan causing blindness due to overuse. Furthermore, having trained in Sage Mode, you should have also discovered that natural energy can slowly repair the Mangekyou Sharingan damaged by the depletion of its power.]

You might be wondering, can natural energy restore the kaleidoscope?

Unfortunately, that's not possible. To give an analogy, the Mangekyou Sharingan is like a mirror. With use, cracks will appear on the mirror. The method for advancing the Mangekyou Sharingan recorded on the stone tablet enshrined in the family shrine can be understood as using similar ocular power as a furnace to remelt the damaged mirror, making it stronger. Natural energy can only act as an adhesive to delay the time it takes for the mirror to completely shatter.

[However, don't rush. There are ways to use natural energy to drive the evolution of the kaleidoscope, but the requirements are quite demanding. I don't know which of the three holy lands you learned your immortal techniques from. Although the immortal forms of the three holy lands are powerful, ultimately, when the three immortals created them, they all used the body structures of slugs, toads, and snakes. This is why, even if the immortal forms of the three holy lands are cultivated to perfection, non-human traces will still remain on their bodies.]

The ultimate goal of using natural energy to advance the Mangekyou Sharingan is to acquire Sage Mode that is perfectly compatible with the human body.

Although the Sage Mode of the three sacred lands maintains a 1:1:1 ratio of natural energy, physical energy, and spiritual energy, the natural energy portion of their Sage Modes contains a degree of modification to the human body. This is why, after completing their Sage Mode training, the bodies of those from the three sacred lands all exhibit varying degrees of mutation. Furthermore, attempting to use natural energy to advance the Sharingan would be counterproductive due to this natural energy. Therefore, only a Sage Mode perfectly adapted to the human body can achieve this.

"Junior, you're lucky. I've already taken this step. I'll write the training method for Sage Mode for humans at the end of the scroll. However, I must remind you, if your Mangekyou Sharingan doesn't possess a dojutsu like mine that can reverse one's own state, you only have one chance to try."

[The optimal ratio of Sage Chakra for humans—the balance of physical energy, spiritual energy, and natural energy—is an extremely delicate one. I cannot describe the specific figures, but I have sealed a perfect human Sage Chakra within this scroll. However, one must proceed with extreme caution when attempting to synthesize it. If the Sage Chakra synthesized under this ratio becomes unbalanced, even the black rods of Mount Myōboku and the slug-like slime will not be able to expel the natural energy within the body. I myself used my eye technique to conduct countless experiments before finally finding that point of balance before my eye power was exhausted.]

As your ancestor, I don't actually want future generations of the family to try such a dangerous way to gain power. However, if you need this power to protect what you cherish, then I can only wish you ultimate success.

[Furthermore, I also sealed a segment of my eye technique within this chakra crystal using a transcription seal. If you fail, this eye power will revert your physical state to before you attempted to synthesize Sage Chakra. This is why I said you only have one chance.]

Following this passage is a long description of the Sage Mode, a training method exclusive to humans, and a crystal storing a special Sage Chakra.

After carefully examining the training method, Uchiha Touko picked up the crystal.

Upon acquiring the chakra crystal, Uchiha Touko in Sage Mode immediately noticed the special nature of this Sage Chakra.

Compared to the 1:1:1 synthesis model of the three holy lands, this chakra is very special. The ratio of physical energy to spiritual energy is a very special ratio, while the ratio of spiritual energy to natural energy is the same.

"What is this ratio? The golden ratio?" Uchiha Touko roughly sensed the specific number of this ratio, and then suddenly realized that the ratio of the three energies of this Sage Chakra was exactly the golden ratio of 1:0.618, which was known in his previous life.

"No wonder it's so difficult to synthesize." Uchiha Touko sighed, compared to the precise ratios of the three holy lands, the ratio of this special Sage Chakra is an infinite non-repeating decimal. When synthesizing it, one can only rely on intuition to grasp that delicate balance.

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Chapter 127 Sanqing Education

"However, our ancestor probably didn't foresee that my eye technique would be even more monstrous than his time-reversal technique, allowing me to choose the future." Uchiha Touko chuckled, exiting Sage Mode. He touched the chakra crystal and began to learn the Sage Chakra ratio within it, refining his Sage Chakra. At the same time, Uchiha Touko opened his Mangekyou Sharingan, activating the Eighty Calamities of the Sun in his left eye. Countless branching futures began to appear before him.

Although the vast majority of these were due to Uchiha Touko's failure to refine Sage Chakra, causing his natural energy to surge within his body, and ultimately being reverted to the state before the chakra refinement by Uchiha Asahi's eye technique sealed in the Transfer Seal, during this process, the power of his left eye was also being consumed rapidly.