Tsunade looked at Jiraiya and Naruto. One was already too shocked to speak, and the other was drinking tea as if nothing had happened. Her patience was completely exhausted.
She punched Jiraiya on the head, a large bump swelling where the fist landed. "What kind of riddle are you two playing? Explain it to me clearly right now."
Jiraiya clutched the bump on his head and told his previous speculation in detail.
After listening, Tsunade fell silent.
Naruto not only fused two elemental Chakra to form a Kekkei Genkai, but also learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, Rasengan, and Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
What kind of talent must this be?
Tsunade suddenly had the urge to crack open Naruto's head to see how it was grown inside. But she quickly suppressed this unscientific urge.
"Um... Naruto, since your Chakra control has reached the level where you can fuse two kinds of Chakra, your understanding of the essence of Chakra should already exceed that of most Jonin. Have you ever considered learning Medical Ninjutsu?" Tsunade spoke, her tone carrying a hint of anticipation.
The best student she had taken in until now was Shizune, but Shizune had always been stuck at a bottleneck in Chakra control and could not break through. Many forbidden-level Medical Ninjutsu that required extremely delicate operations could not be mastered.
The Chakra control Naruto displayed during the battle just now, compressing the Rasengan to the size of a ping-pong ball while maintaining stable rotation, was even higher than the Chakra control requirements for Medical Ninjutsu.
Naruto was stunned, then realized what Tsunade meant. She wanted him to learn her Medical Ninjutsu.
Naruto thought about his fighting style. He was more adept at eliminating the source of threats directly on the front lines of the battlefield, while Medical Ninjutsu required precise operations in a stable environment at the rear. Fundamentally, these two roles were not very compatible.
However, he was very interested in Chakra Enhanced Strength, so he nodded.
"That's fine, but after learning Medical Ninjutsu, I don't intend to follow the path of a medical ninja, and I need to learn Pervy Sage's Sage Mode first."
Tsunade nodded. "That's fine. You can learn it whenever you want, just come see me when you're ready."
Jiraiya clapped his hands and said, "Then it's settled. We will set off for Konoha early tomorrow morning."
"With the old man gone, the village is leaderless. Every day we delay, there is a greater risk of Danzo taking advantage of the situation."
"We must return as soon as possible to hold the Hokage inauguration ceremony."
Tsunade nodded.
...
After the group discussed the departure time and route for tomorrow, Naruto returned to his room to rest.
After Naruto left, Tsunade leaned against the window, looking at the sky outside. "Jiraiya, how much do you know about Naruto? Setting aside his strength, tell me your opinion of this child."
Jiraiya leaned against the wall with his arms crossed. "Naruto is even more outstanding than his father. I'm not talking about his talent for Ninjutsu, Minato's talent was already astonishing enough."
"I'm talking about other aspects. The greatest regret Minato had after becoming the Hokage was failing to change the structural problems of the Ninja World through the system. He pinned his hopes on the next generation."
"And Naruto is only twelve, yet he is already thinking about both becoming the Hokage and changing the Ninja World."
"The causal order of these two things in his mind is the opposite of Minato's."
"That is why I say that in the future, Naruto will surely lead Konoha to a brand new height."
Tsunade said, "Your evaluation of this kid is higher than I thought."
Jiraiya said, "Tsunade, you don't know what kind of environment Naruto grew up in. As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he was isolated by the entire village from a young age, and no one was willing to get close to him."
"No parents, no clan members. He lived alone in an apartment. He had every reason to hate the village, but he didn't."
"He stood on the Hokage Rock and told me that he wanted to gain everyone's recognition and change the Ninja World, so that orphans like him would never appear again."
"Tsunade, a person who has spent over a decade in the darkest of environments, yet can still think from the bottom of his heart about preventing others from repeating the same pain—you tell me, if a person like this doesn't become the Hokage, who will?"
Tsunade fell silent.
As Hashirama's granddaughter, she had listened to the teachings of the will of fire since she was a child. Her grandfather had given his all for the will of fire until his death, her granduncle had sacrificed himself to cover the retreat for the will of fire, and the two people she loved most had died on the battlefield for the will of fire.
But now, Jiraiya was telling her that there was a child who, in the darkness, had lived into the will of fire itself in his own way.
He wasn't taught to love the village. Rather, without anyone teaching him, he chose to light the way for others.
She suddenly understood what was in Naruto's eyes when he called her a coward at the izakaya earlier. It wasn't mockery, but a kind of grievance.
Naruto was probably thinking: I've suffered so much and never gave up, what right do you have to give up?
"I guess Naruto's Negative Emotions Sensing was awakened in such an environment, right?"
"A child surrounded by malice from a young age, in order to distinguish who was genuinely good to him and who was just disguising their disgust while pretending to be friendly, naturally awakened this ability." Jiraiya's voice grew softer.