"You know me?"
"Of course! Naruto and Sasuke talk about you all the time. chinatsu-nee, you're super pretty! And you smell so nice too. What perfume are you using?"
Tenten pressed herself against chinatsu curiously, sniffing the faint scent coming from her body. chinatsu's shoulders stiffened slightly; she had clearly not expected such an enthusiastic reaction.
But… perfume? Do I really smell that good?
chinatsu raised her arm suspiciously and sniffed herself, yet she couldn't detect anything special. Whether it was the original Uchiha Chinatsu or her transmigrated self, neither of them had ever used perfume before.
Seeing chinatsu's genuinely confused expression, Tenten froze for a moment before quickly recovering. After all, she still had something important she wanted help with.
" chinatsu-nee, can you help me with one tiny little thing?" Tenten asked with a bright grin, clasping her hands behind her back.
chinatsu already had a fairly good impression of Tenten. Although Tenten didn't receive much focus in the original manga compared to Naruto, Sasuke, or Neji, she was still one of Konoha's rookie genin and a disciple personally trained by Might Guy.
Without even realizing it, chinatsu naturally radiated the warm aura of a dependable older sister and casually unleashed her signature technique
The Head Pat.
This move had maintained an almost one-hundred-percent success rate ever since chinatsu transmigrated into the Naruto world. Naruto couldn't resist it, Sasuke couldn't resist it, Gaara couldn't resist it, and naturally Tenten couldn't either.
The moment chinatsu's hand landed on her head, Tenten's affection instantly shot upward.
"Quick, quick! Come inside!"
With slightly reddened cheeks, Tenten grabbed chinatsu's wrist and hurriedly dragged her into her family's ninja tool shop.
The instant she entered, chinatsu nearly felt blinded by the dazzling display of ninja tools lining the shelves. Kunai, shuriken, explosive tags, steel wires, fuma shuriken, sealing scrolls everything was neatly arranged in overwhelming quantities.
This wasn't a ninja tool shop anymore.
This was practically a mountain made out of ryo.
Although the original manga never explicitly stated that Tenten was rich, her obsession with ninja tools already spoke volumes. In Road to Ninja, where personalities and circumstances were reversed, Tenten was portrayed as poor, which indirectly suggested that the real Tenten actually came from a rather wealthy background.
" chinatsu-nee… could you look at this latest batch of ninja tools for me? The quality is fine, but I always feel like something is missing. Could you help me think of some improvements?" Tenten asked shyly.
Hearing this, chinatsu immediately understood what was going on.
After the Chunin Exams, Tenten had clearly been stimulated by the monstrous growth of Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara. Even Rock Lee had the terrifying Eight Gates, while Neji possessed the Byakugan and the Gentle Fist.
Compared to them, Tenten's specialization in ninja tools seemed too ordinary.
After thinking quietly for a moment, chinatsu finally put down the fuma shuriken in her hand and turned toward Tenten.
"To be honest, I'm not really an expert in ninja tools either. But I do have a few ideas that might help you break through your current bottleneck."
"R-really?!"
"First of all, have you mastered advanced shurikenjutsu? Not ordinary throwing I'm talking about techniques that can forcibly alter trajectories mid-flight. Also, can you use the Shadow Shuriken Technique the Third Hokage used?" chinatsu asked seriously.
Tenten immediately nodded.
"Good. Then stop focusing entirely on improving the tools themselves. Instead, improve how you use them. For example, mix explosive-tagged kunai together with normal ones. Your opponent won't know which blades are real threats and which are bait."
Tenten's eyes widened.
"And then," chinatsu continued while gesturing dramatically, "you manipulate the trajectories with steel wire, force them to dodge in the direction you want, and while they're distracted by the explosions bam! Sneak behind them and stab them directly in the kidney."
Tenten: "!!!"
At that moment, it felt as though a completely new world had opened before her eyes.
So ninja tools could be used this shamelessly?!
Tenten looked at chinatsu with sparkling eyes, her admiration rapidly increasing.
"I never even thought of that! chinatsu-nee, thank you so much!"
chinatsu crossed her arms and nodded with the expression of a veteran senior guiding a clueless junior.
Girl, you still have a long way to go.
The ninja tool shop didn't even bother opening for business afterward. The moment she heard chinatsu's suggestions, Tenten immediately dragged her toward the forest training ground frequently used by Team Guy.
As expected, the familiar trio was already there.
Might Guy, Rock Lee, and Neji Hyuga were all present. Surprisingly, even Sakura Haruno had joined the training session.
"Sakura! The Fourth Gate is completely different from the previous three! The Fourth Gate the Gate of Pain places tremendous strain on the body. If you want to continue learning the Eight Gates technique, you must overcome that burden through youth!"
Might Guy passionately lectured while Sakura struggled beneath heavy training weights tied to her wrists and ankles. Sweat soaked her clothes, and her breathing was already ragged.
"Sakura, your outfit simply isn't suitable for youthful training! Why not change into our green tights? Breathable, flexible, and full of youth! Lee, tell her!"
"Yes, Guy-sensei!!!"
Rock Lee instantly gave a sparkling thumbs-up beside him.
Sakura's entire body trembled violently the moment she saw the terrifying green jumpsuit in Guy's hand.
Previously immobilized by the weights, she somehow forced herself several steps backward purely out of fear.
Sakura: This is absolutely my limit! Don't push me any further!!!
Seeing Sakura actually move while carrying such weight instantly moved Guy to tears.
"So youthful, Lee! Quickly, let's increase our own weights too!"
"Yes, Guy-sensei!!!"
Meanwhile, nearby, Neji completely ignored the chaos around him. Standing before a massive tree, he imagined Naruto's face on the trunk and unleashed a relentless barrage of Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms strikes.
Far away inside the Uchiha compound, Naruto suddenly sneezed repeatedly.
"Why do I suddenly feel like someone's trying to kill me…?"
Tenten and chinatsu soon joined the gathering of "youthful monsters." The instant chinatsu appeared, Might Guy immediately grabbed her and enthusiastically tried recruiting her into promoting the glory of green tights.
Under Sakura's desperate "Please save me" gaze, chinatsu reluctantly forced out a thumbs-up with an extremely pained expression.
Meanwhile, under chinatsu's guidance, Tenten officially began experimenting with a luxurious combat style that only the rich could afford.
Within minutes
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Continuous explosions echoed through the training ground alongside Tenten's increasingly excited laughter.
From that day onward, Konoha lost an innocent young kunoichi…
…and gained a future "artillery specialist" whose artistic philosophy would probably earn even Deidara's approval.
At the very same time, far away from Konoha, Hidan and Kakuzu finally returned to the Akatsuki hideout.
The two stood shoulder to shoulder, arms awkwardly wrapped around each other while forcibly pretending to be best friends.
Kakuzu: "We're good partners… good partners…"
Hidan: "Best friends! We're definitely best friends!"
The two continued hypnotizing themselves while walking deeper into the Akatsuki base.
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