Swish! Swish!
At a seemingly ordinary hill.
Akira Ren brought Tsunade, Shizune, and Karin to this place.
"Is this the place?"
Tsunade was surprised.
Her current sensing ability was quite strong.
But she hadn't detected anything unusual.
Shizune was also surprised. With the Hōko clan's abilities.
She hadn't sensed anything either.
"I didn't sense anything at all!"
Karin was also puzzled.
Her God's Sight, which had reached another level after obtaining the artificial Devil Fruit and had been trained to perfection these past few days, hadn't detected anything unusual either.
"Put your hand on it… and sense again!" Akira Ren smiled and reminded her.
Karin didn't doubt him.
She reached out her right hand and placed it on the surface.
But soon, her expression changed slightly. "Eh? That's not right. It feels a bit strange…"
In an instant.
Karin's gaze sharpened.
She formed hand seals and shouted in a low voice, "Adamantine Sealing Chains: Activate!"
"Clang… Clang…"
Her red hair danced in the air.
From her back, golden chakra chains shot out.
They stabbed straight into the seemingly ordinary hill.
Rumble…
The ground shook.
Under the shocked gazes of Tsunade, Shizune, and the others.
The ten-meter-tall earthen hill split open from the middle at a visible speed.
And slowly opened to both sides.
An underground passage leading straight into darkness.
Was revealed before them.
"This is…"
"Probably a barrier set up by the ancestors of the Uzumaki clan. It requires the Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Sealing Chains as the key to open this door…"
Akira Ren shrugged. "To prevent outsiders from intruding!"
He didn't hesitate and stepped inside first.
In his palm, dazzling firelight appeared, illuminating the pitch-black passage.
Tsunade, Shizune, Karin, and the others followed closely behind.
Soon, after passing through an extremely long dark passage.
They had gone hundreds of meters deep underground.
They arrived at a secret room.
"This is…"
Tsunade, Karin, Shizune, and the others.
All couldn't help but widen their eyes.
In the spacious secret room.
There were row after row of bookshelves.
They were filled with all kinds of scrolls and documents.
Some familiar sealing technique catalogs caught the eyes of the four.
Three-Sided Seal, Four Violet Flames Formation, Four Symbols Seal, Five Elements Seal, Iron Armor Seal, Four Red Yang Formation…
"I didn't expect the Uzumaki clan's true collection to be here…" Tsunade took a deep breath, somewhat incredulous. "It looks like the sealing techniques that various nations seized back then were only a portion of them!"
"Not only the sealing techniques themselves, but also these related sealing technique materials, involving the development of sealing techniques and the cultivation insights of past Uzumaki clan members, are equally precious…"
Picking up a relatively recent scroll.
After opening it, he found that it recorded information related to the Five Elements Seal, even involving the process and principles of developing this technique.
Akira Ren's eyes narrowed slightly.
He revealed a smile.
These were exactly what he needed most.
"With these Uzumaki clan materials, Sister Tsunade, the forbidden technique I mentioned to you last time…" Akira Ren said confidently, "At most, I only need three months to perfectly develop it!"
The reason he was so confident.
Was because he wasn't fighting alone.
The Wood Clone training sharing mode was created precisely for developing this kind of ninjutsu and forbidden techniques.
"What?"
Shizune and Karin.
Both couldn't help but widen their eyes.
At the beginning, Akira Ren's grand vision had left a deep impression on them.
But now, he was claiming that such an impossible forbidden technique could be developed in just three months.
It was simply unbelievable.
"You're staying here?"
Tsunade raised her eyebrows and asked Akira Ren directly.
"Yes…" Akira Ren nodded slightly and looked at Tsunade seriously. "You can understand, right, Sister Tsunade!"
"Indeed, there's nothing more for you to learn by staying by my side…"
Tsunade nodded.
She had anticipated this and wasn't surprised. "Forcibly keeping you by my side would indeed be detrimental to your growth!"
"At first, I was just worried you would cause trouble, but you're far more outstanding and mature than I imagined. I believe you won't become the second Orochimaru!"
She stroked Akira Ren's face and smiled.
This bold little rascal who made her both love and hate him was indeed far more outstanding than his teacher had imagined.
Although she was reluctant, she couldn't restrain his future.
"Akira Ren…"
For a moment.
Shizune and Karin, who felt it was too sudden and weren't prepared, both looked at Akira Ren with reluctance.
"Don't worry, it's not like I'm disappearing completely…"
Akira Ren gently patted the two girls' pretty faces and smiled. "Don't forget, I've mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique. With my current chakra reserves and mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique, even if you go anywhere in the ninja world, I can instantly appear by your side!"
Although he yearned for power.
He had no intention of becoming an ascetic monk.
He wasn't at the point of wanting women every night, but he also wouldn't deliberately suppress his desires.
Whether it was Sister Shizune or Teacher Tsunade.
After two years of effort, their relationships had gradually developed to the point of being intimately close…
He had never intended to give up halfway.
"Then I'll be counting on you, Akira Ren…"
Karin looked at Akira Ren with teary eyes and nodded lightly.
Although she didn't know what burdens he was carrying.
She didn't make a fuss.
"Rest assured. I'll come find you whenever I have time!"
Akira Ren smiled and said.
He looked at Tsunade and Shizune with a double meaning. "How could I bear to abandon Sister Tsunade and Sister Shizune?"
"…" Tsunade and Shizune's pretty faces couldn't help but flush slightly.
They both lightly spat in response.
But the wonderful experience from yesterday…
Had undoubtedly broken through that final barrier in their hearts.
They both felt like they had gradually let go.
They no longer deliberately avoided their relationship with Akira Ren.
"What about me?"
Little Karin quickly raised her little hand.
Emphasizing her presence.
"You?"
Akira Ren's eyes carried a hint of a smile as he looked up and down at the "ordinary" Karin with full disdain. "You're still just a little girl. Wait until you grow up a bit more!"
"Damn Akira Ren, what kind of look is that?"
Karin was furious.
She glared at Akira Ren, grinding her teeth in anger.
Baring her fangs and claws, she pounced at him ferociously. "Don't look down on me! I'll grow up eventually…"
One day.
She wanted to become as big as Lady Tsunade.
At that time, she would definitely make that playboy Akira Ren fall for her completely.
Did he think she hadn't noticed those strange glances he kept throwing at Lady Tsunade's magnificent pendant?
Oh, and Sister Shizune's fair, toned legs too.
This rascal had all kinds of weird preferences.
"Stop messing around…"
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