Chapter 97: Learning Sage Art.

Chapter 97: Learning Sage Art.

The next day.

7:00 AM.

Lady Katsuyu, seeing that the two humans and one dog had assembled, headed towards the forest, saying, "There's more natural energy in the forest, and it will be easier for you all to sense it. When we get to the spot later, you'll take off your clothes. I will cover your entire bodies with my slime. Then, you just need to close your eyes, calm your minds, and integrate yourselves with nature."

"If you can't control the natural energy properly, I will promptly expel it from your bodies, so don't worry."

After she finished speaking, the three of them had already reached their destination.

Shura's eyes were sharp, filled with a resolute determination. After a whole morning of meticulous guidance from Big Sister Katsuyu, he finally understood what this so-called 1:1 ratio meant.

"Not bad eyes," Lady Katsuyu praised.

"Woof woof woof! (Of course, Big Sister Katsuyu!)"

Because Tatsuro was afraid that everyone wouldn't be able to accept Shura suddenly speaking human language, he had specially instructed Shura that morning not to speak human words in front of Maki and the others, saying it wouldn't be too late to give them a surprise after everyone got used to it in a few months.

Shura had also nodded in agreement.

Tatsuro also hung his removed clothes on a tree, leaving only his underwear on. Turning his head, he saw Inumaki Toge seeming a bit embarrassed, and a wicked smile appeared on his lips.

He went straight up to "help" him take off his clothes.

Inumaki Toge struggled, "Bonito flakes! (Don't do this!)"

"We're all guys, what are you afraid of? Girls won't like you if you're so wishy-washy!"

A moment later.

Tatsuro had completely removed Inumaki Toge's clothes and hung them satisfactorily on a tree. To be honest, Inumaki Toge's physique was decent; although not particularly prominent, he still had muscles.

Shura was already covered in slime and lying on the ground. Lady Katsuyu walked up to the two humans and asked, "Which of you two wants to go first?"

"I'll go first." Tatsuro sat down cross-legged, placed his hands on his knees, and closed his eyes.

Lady Katsuyu crawled onto Tatsuro, covering his entire body with her slime. Then she looked at Inumaki Toge and said, "It's your turn..."

...

"Sense the natural energy..."

"Integrate with nature..."

Tatsuro, covered in slug slime, was using his skin to feel the wind flowing in the air. At this moment, he could only sense the curses contained within the air.

It was black...

He didn't know how much time had passed. His mind had completely emptied, and he silently chanted the word "nature."

His body felt as if it had merged with nature. He could sense that unique power contained within nature. The trees were lush and verdant, exuding a green vitality. No wonder he always felt cheerful every time he entered a forest.

So it was because of these green things. He then opened all the pores of his body, absorbing this natural energy into himself, letting it converge with that mass of cursed energy in his abdomen.

He let the two gently collide, merging into one, giving birth to the so-called Sage Art.

"Oh! Little Luo is really amazing! He started absorbing natural energy into his body after just ten hours of meditation."

Lady Katsuyu silently praised. She had now split herself into three. This way, if they made a mistake, she wouldn't be flustered, as even a one-second delay in expelling that natural energy could cause extreme damage to their bodies.

Although she knew Reverse Cursed Technique, the cursed energy consumed for healing would still be borne by Tatsuro.

As for Inumaki Toge, his talent didn't seem to be very good. It was more like he was overthinking things and couldn't completely calm his mind. She wanted to wake him up but couldn't disturb the other two. It was truly helpless.

Shura's progress was also good. He had already sensed it yesterday, and today he had already started to fuse it little by little with the cursed energy in his body in a 1:1 ratio.

If things continued like this, the two of them should be able to use 'Sage Mode' within a month. After all, sensing natural energy and fusing sage energy were just the first steps.

Her slime could effectively help in sensing natural energy. Once their bodies became completely familiar with natural energy, the slime definitely couldn't be used anymore. At that time, relying on their own senses to absorb it into their bodies would be much, much harder.

You can't expect someone to stand there and wait for you for two hours to enter Sage Mode during a battle, can you?

Your head would probably get knocked crooked.

Fastest, one month; slowest, indefinitely. 'Sage Mode' was just that difficult to train. This was also why she had advised them against learning it yesterday. Without talent, it was a waste of time; effort alone wouldn't suffice.

The sun was setting in the west. Inumaki Toge was now exhausted from hunger. He couldn't enter that state of mental emptiness; the slime on his body made him very uncomfortable. He then slowly opened his eyes.

Lady Katsuyu, seeing Inumaki Toge wake up, crawled onto him and said in a low voice, "Come with me, let's not disturb the others."

Inumaki Toge nodded and turned to look at Tatsuro and Shura, who were still meditating with their eyes closed. Strange markings had already appeared on Tatsuro's face, his breathing silent, as if he had completely merged with nature.

"Is this 'Sage Mode'?" Inumaki Toge thought to himself as he followed Lady Katsuyu away to a place where speaking wouldn't disturb the other two.

Lady Katsuyu said, "You can't seem to calm your mind at all. Can you explain why?"

Inumaki Toge squatted down and wrote characters on the ground with his index finger.

[The slime on my body makes me uncomfortable. I can't ignore it.]

Lady Katsuyu glanced at it and said, "Is that so? That's indeed troublesome."

After thinking for a moment, she suddenly thought of the Toad clan's toad oil and continued, "Then I'll try to communicate with someone from the Toad clan and borrow some toad oil. That way, you shouldn't feel uncomfortable."

[Toad oil?] Inumaki Toge asked, puzzled.

"How should I explain this?"

"My slime helps you sense natural energy, and then you absorb it into your body autonomously. Toad oil, on the other hand, forcibly injects natural energy into your body. By the way, failure will turn you into a toad statue!"

"My slime is safer than toad oil, but if you can't calm your mind, I can't help it. I'll go borrow some toad oil for you."

[...I won't really turn into a toad statue, will I?]

"With me here, no, you won't. Inumaki Toge, go back and wash your body first, have a meal, and get a good night's sleep."

Hearing this, Inumaki Toge finally relaxed. He wrote the words "thank you" on the ground and then went back to get his clothes.

Lady Katsuyu watched Inumaki Toge leave. Her main body inside the scroll also began to move, saying, "Let's see where those toads are locked up. I'll call Little Luo over later."

On Tatsuro's side, as the last bit of cursed energy in his body completely fused with natural energy to form sage energy, he opened his eyes.

He looked down at his hands, able to feel it. The him of today could instantly defeat the him of yesterday. Just as he was about to test the power of his ninjutsu, Lady Katsuyu beside him said in a low voice:

"Shura cannot be disturbed right now. If you want to try out the power in your body, please go elsewhere, preferably further away."

Tatsuro nodded.

He instantly disappeared from his spot, and in less than a minute, he arrived at a place a kilometer away. He looked at the dense forest around him and said, "I hope Principal Yaga won't slaughter me tomorrow."

With that, he splayed the five fingers of his right hand. A Rasengan consuming two hundred sage energy instantly appeared. Compared to a normal Rasengan, this one was a purer blue, and its destructive power was even more terrifying.

As sage energy was slowly infused, the Rasengan in his hand began to grow larger. Finally, after infusing about 400 sage energy, Tatsuro stopped. After all, he still had other tests to do later and couldn't drain all his sage energy for one [Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan].

Looking at the massive Rasengan in his hand, Tatsuro slammed it into a nearby tree, shouting, "[Sage Art: Giant Ball Rasengan]!"

The moment the Rasengan touched the tree, it instantly expanded from its original basketball size to four meters wide. Everything it touched was annihilated, its destructive power extremely horrifying.

Gulp—

Tatsuro swallowed hard. This power was truly awesome; it even gouged a large crater in the ground. Just this one shot could definitely instant-kill a first-grade cursed spirit.

After testing the Rasengan, Tatsuro also had a baseline for his ninjutsu enhancement. There was no need to use Fire Release; otherwise, Principal Yaga really would kill him tomorrow.

"[Sage Art: Painful Sky Leg!]"

Tatsuro covered his foot with sage energy and kicked out at the ground. With a loud crash, the originally neat ground fractured inch by inch, forming a crater with a destructive radius of up to two meters.

He hadn't even used his full strength, just a stomp...

"[Sage Art: Konoha Strong Whirlwind!]"

After a simple leverage, Tatsuro's body spun rapidly, and with one kick, he directly snapped a one-meter-thick tree in half at its waist, demonstrating the immense amplification of 'Sage Mode.'

"Next is [Sage Art: Earth Release Wall!]"

With rapid hand seals, he slammed his hands on the ground. A huge rock, five meters long, one meter high, and one meter wide, appeared before him. From an enemy's perspective, it even had a dog's head on it.

That was Shura's.

"[Sage Art: Lightning Tiger Annihilation!]"

...

Ten minutes later, Tatsuro, tired from playing, sat on the ground, the sage markings on his face already faded.

He opened his system panel and took a look.

[Host: Tatsuro]

[Cursed Energy: 1300, Second-Grade Sorcerer]

[Stamina: 21]

[Dojutsu: Two-Tomoe Sharingan]

[Ninjutsu: Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation, Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Summoning Technique, Substitution Technique, Rasengan, Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall, Lightning Release: Lightning Tiger Annihilation, Fang Passing Fang.]

[Taijutsu: Self-Defense Arts, Military Fist, Sanda, Jeet Kune Do, Two Months' Sky Sword Style, Painful Sky Leg, Konoha Strong Whirlwind.]

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