Naruto: From Ninja Academy to an Early Grave Chapter 197 197: My Wood Release Is Far Too Extraordinary

Watching Tenten standing there with her eyes closed, wearing a blissful expression, Makoto felt a bit surprised.

"So comfortable? What do you an, comfortable?"

Tenten opened her eyes, sensing the changes in her body.

"It's just… it feels really comfortable. I feel like the strength I used up during training just now recovered really quickly."

Makoto imdiately leaned back in a tactical recoil.

So after all the effort I spent training for a whole damn year, what I ca up with isn't Wood Release—but massage release?

Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

He focused his perception carefully, and imdiately discovered the reason. And that reason filled him with imnse delight.

As everyone knew, living beings with chakra, if hanged beneath the Ōtsutsuki clan's Divine Tree, would be turned into batteries—just like the human energy matrix in The Matrix.

Those bound by Wood Release of Hashirama would quickly have their chakra drained dry. But Old Man Hashirama was kind-hearted—unless necessary, he rarely engaged in slaughter.

Wood Release originated from the Divine Tree. Perhaps that was why its bloodline ability could absorb chakra.

Naturally, Makoto's Wood Release could do the sa.

But perhaps due to his own uniqueness, the Wood Release he developed had also beco unique.

Under his perception, the living small tree in his hand was slowly absorbing all kinds of heterogeneous natural energy from the surrounding environnt, gradually converting it into pure, white natural energy.

At the sa ti, because it was transford through his ninjutsu, the annihilating and decomposing force within this white natural energy was not as violently domineering as the original.

Just now, Tenten had absorbed a trace of it, which was why she felt comfortable—relieving the fatigue from her intense training.

However, no matter how good this white natural energy was, it couldn't be overindulged.

Makoto knew that if soone absorbed too much, the result would still be soul annihilation and bodily death. There would be no exceptions.

Natural energy had never been sothing gentle—even after being filtered through his Wood Release.

Thinking of this, he imdiately checked on Tenten's condition. He discovered that aside from the initial passive absorption, the white natural energy had returned to its original extre inertness. After entering her body through breathing, it was directly expelled without any effect.

This made him let out a sigh of relief.

Still, he dispelled the Wood Release in his hand. The small tree ford from ninjutsu lost its chakra supply, and without taking root, it gradually withered, decayed, and fell to the ground.

Makoto's mind was very clear.

He quickly realized that he might have accidentally found a way for people around him to train in senjutsu—

If the annihilating force of the natural energy converted by his special Wood Release wasn't so violent, others could completely absorb it little by little for training.

Just like the creatures living in the three great Sage Regions.

At the sa ti, because this secondary white natural energy was produced by his ninjutsu, it naturally carried his imprint.

So those who trained using this natural energy would naturally beco his disciples.

And he, Higashino Makoto, would beco the source of this senjutsu.

Just like the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku, the White Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave, and the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest.

So what should he be called?

Human Sage? That sounded too strange.

It should be:

True Sage.

Allowing his family and friends to also train in senjutsu had always been sothing he wanted to achieve.

Unexpectedly, after successfully developing Wood Release today, he had finally glimpsed hope.

Now, there were only two problems left.

First: how to let others train using this secondary white natural energy?

That was manageable. The three great Sage Regions already provided ready-made models. Developing a system couldn't co out of thin air—but fortunately, he could figure it out step by step.

Second: did all his Wood Release have the ability to convert natural energy?

Wood Release wasn't all the sa.

Just like you couldn't compare Yamato's Wood Release with Hashirama's.

Makoto had extrely precise control over his body and ninjutsu. He could clearly feel that the first Wood Release he used was special—it was ford through a unique chanism, combining physical energy, ntal energy, and cellular activity under complete concentration.

That small tree contained his will—almost equivalent to another body of his.

But he couldn't use that thod as a standard ninjutsu.

That would be equivalent to casting techniques with his life.

He trained natural energy for longevity—not to gamble his life on ninjutsu. If he burned his life away, what longevity would be left?

Fortunately, once Wood Release had been successfully developed, his body cells had already recorded the fusion process. They could now autonomously generate Wood Release chakra—just like Ice Release.

This was the special nature of a Kekkei Genkai.

Once developed, it would be engraved into the body's genetics. Future usage no longer required recombination, and it could even be inherited through bloodline.

Now, Makoto mobilized his Wood Release chakra as the root, using the omnipresent white natural energy as water, and quickly generated another identical small tree in his right hand.

Beside him, Tenten widened her lively eyes, staring at the miracle in her teacher's hand.

"Sensei, sensei, is this a ninjutsu?"

Makoto smiled.

"Yes, Tenten. Can you feel the difference between this tree and the previous one? Close your eyes and sense it carefully."

Tenten followed his instructions.

After holding it in for a while, she finally said: "Sensei… there's no difference. Aren't they the sa?"

Makoto wasn't surprised.

Of course she couldn't tell.

She was just a child—there was no way she could perceive it. Even earlier, the only reason she absorbed that trace of natural energy was because her body passively received it at the mont of initial conversion.

Aside from having decent spatial affinity, Tenten truly didn't have much talent.

She was just an ordinary civilian child. Her father had even switched to blacksmithing because he lacked ninja talent.

Just as Makoto had told Minato—he hadn't taken her as a disciple because of talent.

It was simply because he was familiar with her parents…

But unlike Tenten, in Makoto's perception, this tree was completely different from the previous one.

This one was true, ordinary Wood Release.

Because it did not possess the ability to absorb heterogeneous natural energy and convert it into white natural energy.

Unlike the first tree—which already had certain characteristics of the Divine Tree, albeit in reverse compared to the Ōtsutsuki version.

Makoto raised his left hand.

A bird from the tree was swept by wind, falling uncontrollably onto the small tree.

Under his control, the branches twisted and grew, tightly binding the bird, while continuously absorbing its already limited chakra.

This was identical to Hashirama's Wood Release.

After verifying his hypothesis, Makoto loosened the branches.

The bird regained freedom, flew into the sky, chirped angrily while looking back—

Then fled without turning back.

The insults were quite vicious.

Makoto ignored it.

He only felt a bit regretful.

If ordinary Wood Release also had the conversion ability, then he would start planting trees all across the ninja world.

Well… he still could.

The only problem was the cost—he would be drained of life force and die from exhaustion.

After successfully developing Wood Release, his body began undergoing continuous transformation.

Soon, it started affecting his chakra itself.

Makoto felt that his chakra had changed.

It was as if the Yin and Yang poles were undergoing intense autonomous transformation—eager for him to explore.

He said: "Tenten, that's enough for today. You can go ho."

"Okay, Sensei… um… I also want to learn that ninjutsu from earlier."

"No problem. That's why you need to work harder. As long as you et my requirents, I can teach you anything you want."

"Then it's a promise! Sensei, you can't lie. Let's pinky swear!"

"Alright."

Makoto solemnly hooked pinkies with his disciple.

Satisfied, Tenten skipped ho happily.

Watching her small figure, Makoto smiled slightly.

Little girl… learning Wood Release isn't easy.

Without special circumstances, she probably wouldn't be able to learn it in her lifeti.

He vaguely rembered that in the original tiline, Tenten didn't have much ninjutsu talent. From start to finish, she mainly fought using weapon scrolls.

But as her teacher—

Makoto would definitely change her fate.

And if it still didn't work…

Then he'd just go to Kumogakure and snatch those Six Paths ninja tools for his disciple.

What?

You dark-skinned bastards can rob others, but I can't rob you?

Since when did such logic exist?

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