Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

"Teacher, do you think I'm strong enough right now? Can I suppress a tailed beast?"

Yahiko asked the question with a forced smile, which seemed somewhat reckless.

An Yan rolled his eyes: "What do you think? Yahiko, how come I never realized you were so brave, daring to go up against a tailed beast?"

Yahiko knew his idea was somewhat naive. He chuckled awkwardly and scratched his head, temporarily abandoning his plan to leave the village and return home. He realized that his current strength was not enough and he needed to continue learning.

However, Yahiko was still somewhat eager to try, wanting to see where the difference lay between himself and the tailed beasts.

"Teacher An Yan, could you let me see just how powerful the Tailed Beasts really are? I'm so curious."

Seeing that Yahiko still looked somewhat unwilling, An Yan sighed.

Since the apprentice has this request, how can the master refuse?

Unfortunately, Minato has left the village on a mission, and as for Kushina Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails isn't very cooperative, so it's best to skip it. If the Nine-Tails goes berserk, suppressing it would be easy, but Kushina would suffer, since tailed beast transformation can erode and burn away all the skin on her body.

If he really let Kushina take action, Minato might have a problem with him when he returns.

Therefore, An Yan decided to take action himself and put pressure on Yahiko with the strength of a Tailed Beast.

"Since you're so eager to experience the power of a tailed beast, then come with me."

An Yan sighed, reached into the void and took out the Yama Blade. With a single slash, he tore open space, revealing a passage leading to Limbo.

Over the years, the Spirit Prison has gradually expanded, and it is no longer just the size of Konoha Village. Its current area is almost the size of a small country, and An Yan can do whatever he wants here and unleash his full power.

However, dealing with his own disciple naturally doesn't require much strength; simply increasing his strength will suffice, lest this guy, unaware of his own limitations, directly go and try to capture a tailed beast.

Yahiko and Konan followed Anyan into Limbo Prison. They were quite unfamiliar with this place. Although they had been here a few times before, they had never explored the surroundings, and the environment was different each time they entered.

An Yan led the two directly to the border of Limbo Prison. Fighting here shouldn't affect the real world.

If the battles in Limbo are too intense, they will affect reality. Therefore, An Yan always chooses extremely remote locations in Limbo to fight, in order to minimize the impact.

Upon arriving at their destination, An Yan turned around and looked at Ya Yan with a serious expression.

"Are you ready?"

Yahiko was a little nervous because of An Yan's serious expression. He swallowed and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "I'm ready, Teacher An Yan."

An Yan sighed, made a hand seal and pressed it to the ground. The ground shook violently. To the astonishment of Yahiko and Konan, a huge stone statue slowly rose from beneath An Yan's feet, lifting him higher and higher until the entire statue appeared and then floated in the sky.

This is a giant humanoid stone statue about 150 meters tall. It has two pairs of ram horns, one large and one small, on its head. Its body is pure white, and each joint is decorated with a blue gemstone. Multiple huge energy rings float behind it, making it look like a god or a demon.

This thing comes from the ultimate artificial demonic weapon of the Order of the Sword in Devil May Cry 4, called "Savior," or of course, "God."

Although it looks like an incredibly heavy stone statue, it is actually an aerial unit that floats directly in the sky.

Looking at the terrifying colossal statue, which was forty or fifty meters above the ground, suspended in the sky, and exuding immense pressure, Yahiko instantly felt himself drenched in sweat.

"The tailed beast I want to deal with is actually such a terrifying being?"

Yahiko swallowed hard, while behind him, Konan had already transformed into an angel, floating in the sky, ready to watch the battle and provide assistance at any time.

An Yan stood atop the statue, looking at Yahiko who seemed to be terrified, and said loudly, "It seems you've lost the courage to make a move, Yahiko. Do you want me to give you some time to prepare?"

"Come on, teacher, I'm ready."

Yahiko was clearly gritting his teeth and holding on, but he was no longer a child, and An Yan had no intention of indulging him. He directly controlled the Savior and punched down, causing the mountain to collapse and rocks to fly everywhere.

At the crucial moment, Yahiko used a quick teleportation to narrowly avoid the attack.

"Damn it, although it's huge, its attack speed is quite fast. Is it really this difficult to deal with just its normal attacks?"

Seeing that Yahiko dodged the punch, An Yan had no intention of holding back. His goal this time was to hurt Yahiko, to make him feel ashamed and then improve his strength. He directly controlled the Savior to sweep his leg and kicked out. The movement was as standard as that of a national martial arts champion.

With a sweeping leg that was seventy or eighty meters long, the surrounding trees were instantly swept away. Yahiko immediately burrowed underground to avoid the attack. However, before he could come up with a countermeasure, he saw the Savior leap high into the air and unleash a million-ton slam in mid-air. With the enhancement of the Super-Heavy Rock Technique, it slammed into the ground.

At the critical moment, Yahiko swiftly leaped from the ground, rapidly donned his chakra-powered personal flight device, and took off from the spot.

The next moment, the enormous savior crashed heavily to the ground, and instantly a huge sound wave enveloped the soil and rocks, forming a massive shockwave. Yahiko was almost shaken out of his balance and fell from the air.

Yahiko flew several hundred meters in one breath before finally letting out a sigh of relief. He turned his head and saw the savior who had landed in a strange standing posture.

"It's the JoJo pose. The teacher is still playing around, huh? Is it really this dangerous without even taking it seriously? I guess I'm still too weak."

Chapter 120 The Art of the Ghost Sprout

Seeing Yahiko floating in the distance, and An Yan standing on the head of the savior in the "JOJO pose," he felt that Yahiko did not seem to have a direct understanding of the power of the tailed beasts, so he prepared to unleash his full power directly.

Mi Yanfei looked back in mid-air and saw An Yan controlling the Savior to fly up. It spread its arms, and within the halo behind it, countless dark particles gathered, clearly indicating that it was going to do something ruthless.

Yahiko's pupils suddenly contracted, and at that moment, in order to assist the savior in unleashing his ultimate move, An Yan directly concealed himself inside the savior's body, temporarily sharing magic power with this artificial giant weapon in the core power room.

The dim, dark magic condensed into a bright golden magical halo, with countless black particles gathering at the center of the halo. Then, a huge black energy beam shot directly towards Yahiko's location.

Yahiko began flying at high speed in an S-shape during the Savior's skill animation, intending to dodge the beam of light. He then discovered that the Savior needed time to charge up and moved slowly when casting this move, so he simply started circling around the Savior.

Yahiko immediately made a flanking maneuver, forcing the Savior to attack from the front and have to follow Yahiko's movement and spin around in place.

An Yan sensed Ya Yan's behavior and muttered to himself, "What kind of idiot Emperor's steps are these?"

Wherever the jet-black magic laser cannon passed, it was like a natural disaster, leaving the earth devastated and even the space at the edge of Limbo showed signs of cracking.

After that one attack, Yahiko had no intention of fighting such a calamity giant again, as their size was simply not on the same level.

"I surrender to Teacher An Yan! I surrender!"

Looking at the devastated land, Yahiko surrendered immediately.

For something the size of a savior, only bloodline ninjas or high-level Kage-level experts have any means of dealing with it. Ordinary Jonin are completely helpless. One or two ninjutsu hits are completely painless, and a slap in the face is enough to send them away.

Since Yahiko had surrendered, An Yan naturally stopped and directly took the savior back into his domain space.

The two fell directly from the sky and stood together. Xiao Nan, who had been floating in the sky, also came over when she saw this.

"Teacher An Yan, does every tailed beast possess this level of destructive power?"

Yahiko asked with a worried look on his face, clearly still not having given up.

An Yan raised an eyebrow: "For ordinary ninjas, all nine tailed beasts are about the same. As for me, I personally think that the strength of a tailed beast may be related to its tail. The more tails a tailed beast has, the stronger it is. I don't know about the others, but the Nine-Tails is the strongest, the Eight-Tails is second, and the other tailed beasts should be about the same. The key is to see the elemental advantage. However, even the One-Tail, which is theoretically the weakest, can still reach this level of destructive power."

An Yan pointed to the destroyed land around him, and his words made Yahiko's face turn grave.

"Teacher, I know I belong to the category of ordinary ninjas, but is there really no other way?"

Yahiko grabbed An'an's arm, his face earnest, wanting to get an answer from An'an.

What answer could An Yan possibly give? The ninja world is a world where bloodline is paramount. Whoever is related to the Otsutsuki clan gets promoted. Elite ordinary ninjas like Orochimaru and Hiruko can only become stronger through human experimentation, implanting all sorts of strange things into their bodies. Other ordinary ninjas have even fewer ways to become stronger.

In the ninja world, there is no such thing as someone who doesn't have water-style chakra suddenly having a surge in chakra levels after mastering water-style chakra nature transformation through hard work.

The extent to which a person can ultimately achieve strength through hard work is almost entirely capped at the moment of birth.

Given Yahiko's current strength, unless he continues to conduct human experiments and implants strange things into his body, it will be very difficult for him to become stronger. Even if An Yan were to swallow his pride and let Yahiko go to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode, it would still be quite difficult for him to use Sage Mode to fight tailed beasts. He would need to know some sealing techniques.

Faced with Yahiko's question, An Yan could only remain silent. He did not want Yahiko to continue conducting human experiments. It was fine to study this thing himself, as he was aware of all the physical problems. But if someone else did it, then Yahiko would become someone else's experimental subject, and problems would inevitably arise sooner or later.

Konan stepped forward, tugged at Yahiko's hand, and whispered, "Yahiko, don't make things difficult for your teacher. Teachers aren't omnipotent."

Somewhat disappointed, Yahiko released his grip on An'an's hand and stood there in a daze, lost in thought.

An Yan sighed and said, "If an ordinary civilian ninja wants to continue to improve their strength after reaching the limit, there is only one way: to learn forbidden techniques."

"Forbidden techniques?" Yahiko's eyes lit up slightly, while Konan looked worried. The term "forbidden techniques" didn't sound like a good thing.

"If you want to return to the Land of Rain and cause trouble in the future, the forbidden techniques of Konoha cannot be taught to you, lest it cause international disputes. Fortunately, my close friend has made some achievements in his research over the years and has developed a technique called Oni-Garra, which can solve your strength problem. However, this technique belongs to someone else, and if you want to learn it, you will need his permission."

An Yan sighed as he thought of Hiruko's Oni-Garra Technique. In the original timeline, Hiruko had never seen much of the world, and the bloodline ninjas he chose were all mediocre. In this life, after An Yan's guidance, Hiruko set his sights on the Senju, Uchiha, Uzumaki, Hyuga, Kaguya, and other clans, intending to directly synthesize a Sage of Six Paths.

Although the path seems correct, it is actually very complicated for the bloodlines of the great ninja clans to be fused together. How to perfectly fuse several bloodlines together is a big problem that has been stuck for Hiruko for many years.

An Yan's current idea is that since it's so difficult to synthesize a great ninja clan, why not follow the original timeline and select a few ninjas with Dark Release, Swift Release, Explosion Release, etc. to temporarily make up for Yahiko's shortcomings? This would also raise his strength to a decent level. Putting aside everything else, he should be able to rival a tailed beast without any problem.

Yahiko had some doubts, and he asked, "What is the main function of this Oni-Garra Technique?"

An Yan glanced at Yahiko, then at Konan, before saying, "The Oni-Garra Technique allows ninjas to devour and plunder the bloodlines of other ninjas, and not just one, but five."

Yahiko gasped. He never expected that someone in the righteous and honorable Konoha would develop such a cannibalistic ninjutsu. No wonder it was a forbidden technique. If it got out, all bloodline ninjas would be in danger, and Konoha would be in chaos.

Chapter 121 The White Teeth Incident

Yahiko was somewhat reluctant to accept the Oni-Garra Technique. He was essentially a kind-hearted child and did not want to become stronger through methods like cannibalism, even though An'an had explained that the ninjas being devoured were artificial humans from the laboratory.

However, in Yahiko's view, artificial humans are still human beings. Since they have already been created, they cannot be treated as such. Once a person finds an excuse to cross their own bottom line, they don't even know what they might do in the future. Those who gaze into the abyss will also be gazed into by the abyss. Yahiko stubbornly wants to maintain his pure, kind and other beautiful qualities.

An Yan felt helpless about this, feeling that those things were all illusory and that doing whatever one wanted without overstepping the bounds was the right thing to do. However, since Ya Yan did not want to learn the Ghost Ragu technique, An Yan did not force him.

"This forbidden technique is actually very suitable for you. However, since you are unwilling to learn it, the only way to improve your strength is to become an experimental subject of Konoha's Technology Research and Development Department and try to transplant bloodline limits or something similar to enhance your strength. In addition, you have previously transplanted demon bloodline, so the bloodline rejection phenomenon must also be considered."

While chatting with Yahiko, An Yan casually opened a spatial tunnel, and the three of them walked out of Limbo and returned to the real world.

This is a forest far from Konoha Village, but at this moment, many trees have fallen, looking as if they have suffered a great battle, seemingly affected by the Limbo Hell.

An Yan looked around and, not finding any humans who had been accidentally injured, put his hands together in a mudra and pressed them directly to the ground.

Wood Release: Great Forest Technique

Trees sprang up from the ground, burying the traces of the previous battle and restoring the ecological environment to its original state. An Yan looked at his achievements and nodded in satisfaction.

"Let's go back to Konoha."

An Yan clapped his hands, patted Yahiko on the shoulder, and used the Super Light Heavy Rock Technique. The three of them flew up and sped towards Konoha Village.

The three landed not far from the village and then returned to Konoha through the main gate. In recent years, due to the addition of the Uzumaki clan, Konoha's barrier has been updated almost every year, making it not easy for ninjas to sneak in now.

When the group returned to Konoha, An Yan suddenly sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the village. There was a dull and oppressive feeling. The villagers were whispering everywhere. An Yan's expression changed slightly when he heard just a few words.

Have you heard? Konoha's White Fang abandoned his mission to save his comrades, causing the village to suffer enormous losses?

An Yan gave Ya Yan a few words of advice and then hurriedly left.

We were originally planning to have a meal together, but now I'm not in the mood for it anymore.

An Yan was in a state of confusion. Now that Danzo was dead and the King of the Pot was gone, how could the White Fang incident still happen? Who was the mastermind behind this?

In the original timeline, there are many different opinions about the death of White Fang. Some say that Danzo was behind it, some say that the Third Hokage tacitly approved and did nothing, and some believe that spies from other villages launched a propaganda war.

An Yan believed that a strong person with a firm will like Bai Ya would never commit suicide easily. His death was more like a sign of disappointment with the higher-ups and a confrontation with certain rules.

Regardless, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, has to take the blame. Although many tragedies in the original timeline were not caused by the Third Hokage, they were largely related to his inaction.

As the highest leader of Konoha, the Hokage's incompetence is evident in his inability to take responsibility and make decisions at crucial moments.