64. Mystic palm jutsu!!

"Spar with him, Shizune. And make sure the injury is only surface level."

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Tsunade looked at Shizune before ordering her to fight Reko.

Reluctant, but Shizune left her pet Ton-Ton to come forward and spar with Reko.

The room was big enough and they did not need to change the venue for their little spar.

'Level 74?'

Reko glanced at the level 74 denoted by strength meter. Shizune was higher in level than the likes of Kurenai and Tsume!

'She didn't seem that strong in the series, always sidelined. But I should be able to surprise Tsunade no??'

As the battle started, Reko began with his taijutsu. He attacked the non lethal spots but was blocked effortlessly by Shizune.

With seconds passing, he increased his speed and Shizune followed. There were no visible injuries on their bodies as of yet.

As the battle progressed, Reko was finally beginning to use his full raw strength.

'It's time I begin using chakra in my attacks.'

Reko decided that he would begin using chakra in his strikes to continue the battle. The situation was a stalemate because Shizune kept matching his strength.

Excited, Reko went for a upper cut, finding an opening.

The punch almost connected, Shizune's hair disheveled from the air, but before his fist could make contact, he was sent skidding and rolling from a kick on his stomach.

"Argh"

'Again'

Reko stood up quickly, running at Shizune, ready for round two.

Shizune kicked him fiercely, her legs aiming for his shoulder. Reko turned sideways and threw a fist at her calves. But this time, he did not get careless and kept an eye on Shizune for counterattacks.

He was slowly adapting to Shizune's style of combat with his reflex and Dynamic vision.

Shizune flipped, her body turning mid attack and backed out. She went at it once again, staggering as she felt a slight injury on her calves. Reko's attack boosted by chakra was capable of injuring her.

Seeing the injury, Reko smiled but his smile froze soon after. The bruise healed instantly, and Shizune charged at him.

Reko was happy to comply as he could use and practice his chakra based attacks on Shizune. He was self taught, different from Shizune.

'Her chakra control... She is toying with me!'

As the battle progressed, Reko realized that he was the only one getting injured. Shizune on the other hand understood Reko's strength and countered with precise chakra based attacks.

'What would I expect from someone who learned from Tsunade for so long.'

'At least, I am learning to control the chakra reinforcement in my attacks.'

It was not that his attacks were not landing. No, he had connected many hits against Shizune, but she used chakra based defense to strengthen her body and avoided injury.

"It's enough!"

Tsunade ordered them to stop. She had already assessed Reko's battle strength. And her intention to put surface level injuries on Reko was also executed well by Shizune.

'He is strong. Almost on par with Shizune's Jonin level raw strength. The ability to use chakra based attacks gives Shizune an edge in both attack and defense.'

Tsunade made then stop before beckoning Sakura to come closer and watch.

Sakura was standing aside, watching the spar in awe. She had thought that Reko was just a Chunin but this spar had made her change her views on Reko.

She stood close to Reko, Tsunade began with the Mystic palm jutsu to heal the bruises on Reko's body.

'Steal!!'

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[Mystic palm (basic) level 27]

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'Done! And its level 27! Highest of all!'

Not a Genin level technique, otherwise, it would have been copied exactly with the same level.

But Reko was happy nonetheless. He did not need to go through the arduous process of converting his chakra into yang nature and managed to directly learn the jutsu.

Also, Reko happened to experience the minute control of chakra by Tsunade. This sensation alone, if experienced for longer, would improve his chakra control.

'Why is this boy smiling like that? Does he like pain?'

Tsunade glanced at Reko smiling weirdly. She was not sure what this expression meant. His upper body was full of bruises, nothing serious but lots of surface level injuries.

'I need more experience, sparring is the only option.'

Reko thought, after having learned the mystic palm. Now that he had a jutsu go heal surface level injuries, he could experiment on his own.

"Now that we are done with the little demonstration. Let's begin with the training."

Tsunade clapped to gain attention. Since, the demonstration ended successfully, they could move to the next step.

"Use this mystic palm jutsu to heal the fish. Get familiar with the chakra supply."

Pointing at the table with fish lying on the scroll, Tsunade instructed them to begin with the next step of their training.

'Now this looks like the real medical ninjutsu training.'

Looking at the injured fish in front, Reko understood that his chakra control was enough to start.

"Mystic palm!"

Excited, Reko made the hand signs for mystic palm technique. A warm green light emerged from his palm which Reko pointed at the fish.

The fish moved, flipping, the healing was effective, causing the fish to once again move. It's cut wound on the flesh also seemed to be healing quickly.

Unfortunately, the flesh of the fish began to be destroyed soon after, causing Reko to stop.

'Once again!'

Reko pointed to the next fish on the table. This time he was more careful, slowly increasing the output of chakra to heal the wound on fish.

And he succeeded!!

'Let's hope it doesn't get suspicious for them!'

The healing was too easy for Reko. He was getting the feel of using yang chakra in the first attempt. In the second attempt, he controlled it with familiarity and healed the fish with precision.

"Oh? Good work there."

Surprise, Tsunade could only mutter these words after realising that Reko had so easily used a healing jutsu for the first time and even managed to heal the fish in second attempt.

Part of this was his skill, other was his kekkei genkai. He was familiar with anatomy, and chakra control. Using Steal on Tsunade only helped him save a day or two.

"Seems like your training in the forest paid off."

Tsunade complemented, aware that he was training on his own.

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