Chapter 125 Rashomon, Open!
Even now, Tsunade still harbors fear because she was unable to save her lover, Dan Kato, in the past.
Blood deficiency is a major weakness in battle.
In her current state, forcing her to participate in the battle would be pointless.
Moreover, as mentioned before, he is not lacking in combat power. His desire to recruit Tsunade is more due to her status and position in Konoha, as well as her ability to train medical ninjas.
Tsunade has now agreed to return to Konoha as a medical advisor. She will not fight, nor will she directly participate in medical treatment. She will only be responsible for teaching medical ninjutsu.
The process didn't require much effort; I simply persuaded them with the pursuit of the future, and the result is already quite good.
After all, I am not Naruto. I am already over twenty years old. Although I can't be called an old man in the ninja world, I am not a young man either. I can't be like Naruto when he was twelve or thirteen years old, having passionate dreams and touching people's hearts.
We're all adults, so I can only say something practical.
Of course, even in reality, there are dreams involved.
He claimed that he would unify the five major ninja villages, end the constant warfare of the ninja village era, and usher in a new era for ninjas.
This should still be somewhat attractive to Tsunade.
Otherwise, if she simply wanted to promote the training of medical ninjas, even though she was rejected by the Third Hokage in the past, she could easily have done so by going to Jiraiya or Orochimaru and offering them support in exchange.
She herself has all the qualifications to compete for the Hokage position.
The main reason for not doing so is that it would only be a temporary solution. Training more medical ninjas could indeed save more lives, but if the ongoing war situation does not change, saving a few more people would be meaningless.
That's why Tsunade became interested when he said he wanted to unify the five great ninja villages.
Now that we've successfully recruited Karin's mother and persuaded Tsunade, there's nothing we can do about the Seven-Tails not having a Jinchuriki for the time being...
Even though the three things that were set beforehand have all been accomplished.
So, the next step is to head to the Underworld to grind dungeons.
Souji led everyone to a secluded mountain forest far from Takigakure Village, chose a relatively open spot, and then said to them:
"Well then, everyone, we are going to a special place to cultivate next."
"There are quite a few strong individuals over there, so everyone must be careful."
"Something special about it?"
The crowd was somewhat confused.
Without saying much, Souji formed hand seals in the order of Boar → Dog → Rooster → Monkey → Ram, then gently bit his fingers, pressed his hand to the ground, and unfolded the spirit communication array.
A massive Rashomon rose from the ground with a thunderous roar.
"Rashomon?"
Sasori and Kakuzu glanced at the demon face on Rashomon. To them, a single Rashomon was no different from a paper doll, so they were not surprised by this technique. They were just a little puzzled as to why Rashomon was suddenly summoned.
However, the next moment, the two saw Souji form hand seals again.
The hand seals formed this time were numerous, numbering in the hundreds, clearly indicating an extremely high-level secret technique.
There aren't many techniques that reach this level, but even with their knowledge, they couldn't tell what kind of technique it was.
"This technique is..."
Finally, Souji clasped his hands together, forming the "Self" seal, and shouted:
"Rashomon, open!"
At Souji's voice, Rashomon shuddered, and the tightly closed demon-faced door creaked as it slowly opened outwards!
"This, this is..."
Sasori and Kakuzu's eyes widened instantly!
The others, lacking knowledge, naturally didn't react. However, they knew that the Rashomon Technique was used to summon the gates of the underworld to defend against enemy attacks, and was known as the strongest defensive ninjutsu.
But I've never heard of any other application methods.
Souji suddenly used this secret technique and actually opened Rashomon!?
Rashomon is the gate to the underworld, so opening Rashomon... could it be...?
As the gate to the evil spirits slowly opened, a strong light emanated from within. When both doors were fully open and the light dissipated, a huge vortex of black light, slowly rotating and exuding a sinister aura, was revealed inside.
"By opening the Rashomon Gate, the gate to the underworld, we can create a passage connecting the human world and the underworld!"
"This is the passage to the underworld!"
"Our next destination is the underworld!"
"What!? The underworld!?"
Everyone was astonished.
Even those who didn't know much about ninjutsu could understand the meaning of the underworld.
Nagato asked:
"The underworld... could it be the world of the dead...?"
"That's right, it's the underworld literally."
"We...we're going to the underworld to cultivate?"
"That's right, everyone follow me."
Souji smiled slightly, waved to the crowd, and took the lead in stepping into the vortex of black light before disappearing from sight.
"this..."
"What...what do we do..."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Not to mention ninja newbies like Yahiko and Karin's mother, even Kage-level veterans like Sasori and Kakuzu were momentarily confused.
Go to the underworld? Us?
Looking at the passage to the underworld, everyone felt a strange chill.
After a long silence, Sasori was the first to make a decision.
"snort..."
Sasori snorted coldly, said nothing, and strode into the passage.
With two people taking the lead, the others followed suit and entered one by one.
...
The underworld.
Souji looked at a place in the distance where the environment had suddenly changed, his eyes filled with curiosity.
Seeing that everyone had followed them into the underworld through the passage, Souji addressed them:
"Now, I will explain the characteristics of the underworld."
"First of all, this is the world of the dead, and we will encounter the souls of countless dead people here."
"After all living beings die, their souls go to the underworld and gradually dissipate over a long period of time. The more powerful the soul, the longer it takes to dissipate. Therefore, we have a chance to meet many powerful people who have died in recent decades in the underworld."
"For example, the third Kazekage." Souji glanced at Sasori.
"..."
Sasori's expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
Souji continued:
"The souls of the dead are in a dreamlike state in the underworld. They are somewhat confused and seem not to be fully conscious, but they still retain self-awareness and the same personality and memories as in life."
"In terms of combat, simply using ninja tools has no effect on undead, but as long as they are imbued with chakra, they can be damaged."
"However, be careful, the undead are not easy to deal with. Not only can they use all the ninjutsu they used in life, but because they have become part of nature, they are natural energy... which means they have unlimited chakra!"
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