"What!?"
"A disciple of the legendary Sannin, Tsunade!?"
For a moment, Natsuhiboshi and Hotaruboshi were both shocked.
They stared at Akira Ren and Karin in disbelief.
Karin, meanwhile, looked at Akira Ren speechlessly. She hadn't expected him to go straight to the point and demand their secret technique right away.
How could they possibly agree to that?
"Little brother, is what you said true?"
Natsuhiboshi asked excitedly, "You're really disciples of that great medical ninja?"
"Cough… Natsuhiboshi, don't let your guard down!"
Hotaruboshi frowned, clearly wary.
The fact that Akira Ren immediately asked for their village's secret technique made him cautious.
"Absolutely true,"
Akira Ren shrugged.
Then he raised his right hand.
A gentle green glow appeared in his palm.
"That's… Mystical Palm Technique?"
Natsuhiboshi was shocked.
Having learned some basic medical ninjutsu herself, she immediately recognized this high-level A-rank healing technique.
And he used it without hand seals.
Incredible.
"May I ask your name?" she asked.
"Akira..Akira Ren."
He didn't hide it.
"Relax, you don't need to be so tense…"
He added casually. "If I wanted to kill you, it would be easy."
Chakra visibly gathered in his palm.
In an instant, it transformed—
"Zzz—Zzz—"
Countless wind blades formed, compressing into a massive spinning shuriken.
"That's… Rasengan?"
Even Karin was stunned. "And he added wind nature transformation—and compressed it to this level…"
She had seen him use ordinary Rasengan before, but never anything beyond that.
This… was on a completely different level.
Clearly, an S-rank forbidden technique.
The destructive power was unimaginable.
Just as Natsuhiboshi and Hotaruboshi grew tense, their instincts screaming danger—
The massive wind shuriken in Akira Ren's hand slowly dissipated.
Gone without a trace.
"…!"
They exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
Such precise control…
Even strong ninja would struggle just to maintain such a technique, yet he could casually cancel it.
"As expected of a Sannin's disciple…"
Natsuhiboshi took a deep breath.
Any doubt she had before vanished.
"How about it?"
Akira Ren smiled. "Deal?"
"…Sorry."
Hotaruboshi endured the pain in his body and shook his head. "Even so, we cannot hand over our village's secret technique."
"No… we agree."
Natsuhiboshi interrupted him.
She looked straight at Akira Ren.
"If you can save him, I will give you the Peacock Mystical Method."
"But I must warn you—the side effects are severe. His condition is proof of that."
In her mind, without the "star," it would be impossible for Akira Ren to cultivate it anyway.
And even if he could—the risks were enormous.
"..."
Hotaruboshi sighed.
If there was a chance to live, who would choose death?
He silently accepted.
…
By sunset, inside the flying wooden helicopter—
After several hours of treatment under Akira Ren's precise medical ninjutsu—
Both Hotaruboshi and Natsuhiboshi had fully recovered.
Karin assisted from the side, learning a great deal.
"Thank you so much, Lord Akira Ren!"
"As expected of a Sannin's disciple…"
They were filled with gratitude.
Their bodies felt completely relieved, free from the previous pain.
"It's just a trade,"
Akira Ren replied calmly.
He was already reading the Peacock Mystical Method scroll they had given him.
Without even looking up, he added:
"Don't use the 'star' for training anymore."
"Otherwise, the radiation-like chakra will affect you again."
Originally, Akira Ren had been somewhat interested in the "star."
But after analyzing everything during treatment, he fully understood the mechanism behind it.
It wasn't related to the Ten-Tails.
Just a meteorite with radioactive chakra.
Not very valuable.
In fact—
By absorbing a portion of that chakra from their bodies—
He could now replicate it perfectly.
Without any side effects.
"..."
Moments later—
In front of Karin, Natsuhiboshi, and Hotaruboshi—
Akira Ren set down the scroll.
He raised two fingers.
Boom—
A vast amount of chakra erupted behind him—
Spreading out like a peacock's tail.
"Peacock Mystical Method: Winged Beast!"
Under his control—
A smaller, two-meter chakra beast formed, roaring vividly.
But unlike theirs—
Akira Ren's version was pure blue chakra.
Brighter. Cleaner. More stable.
"ROAR—!"
The three of them stood frozen.
Completely stunned.
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