Chapter 291: The Soul of Shisui Uchiha
Tsunade's reunion with the Second Hokage this time was a complete and important turning point in her life. Upon returning to the village, she sought out many of the First Hokage's notes, the Second Hokage's work diaries, and the Third Hokage's Will of Fire series of books. She read through all of them, learning from the thoughts of her predecessors.
Apart from his dealings with the Uchiha clan, the Second Hokage was an extremely bold and upright man in his daily life.
Compared to the First Hokage, who had much on his mind but couldn't articulate it, and the Third Hokage, who was often verbose, the written records left by the Second Hokage were the most pragmatic. These included his diaries, notes, work experiences, historical accounts, and so on.
All these items were preserved by the village.
When Tsunade requested to borrow them, even Danzo couldn't say anything. He still held respect for his teacher in his heart. If you want to read them, then read them.
Tsunade's team pored over the records in the archives.
Ino picked up a volume titled "Tobirama Senju's Work Diary," flipped through it casually, then chuckled twice and began to read aloud.
"September, Konoha Year 17. Official duties are overwhelming. It has been three months since the outbreak of the Great Ninja War. Brother, if only you were still alive, that would be wonderful. I truly can't imagine how you dealt with these troublesome matters. Your granddaughter is noisy and disruptive, even snatching my calligraphy brush. It's so annoying."
Shizune and Tonton, who were listening attentively, both snorted with laughter like pigs. Tsunade felt a bit awkward. This great-granduncle, why was he badmouthing her in his diary?
"Nonsense! I didn't disturb him at all back then!" Tsunade took the diary and looked closely. Then her eyes darted around, a little embarrassed. "I was only 4 years old at the time, I didn't understand any of these things."
The Second Hokage was in power for nearly twenty years, and almost all of those twenty years were spent during the First Great Ninja War. Seeing the First Hokage's death, various ninja villages came to take advantage of the situation. He responded forcefully with military means. Twenty years of war not only didn't weaken Konoha but made it stronger with each battle. Internally, he carried out various reforms, established the Ninja Academy, moving away from the traditional family-based ninja training model, and spared no effort in discovering talented individuals.
From Ino's current perspective, Konoha's F4 (the elders Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, alongside Hiruzen and Danzo) hindered the village's development and were outdated figures who needed to be phased out. But back then, not to mention Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, or Danzo Shimura, even Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado were heroes who had made outstanding contributions on the battlefield countless times.
Later, the Third Hokage trained the Sannin, and Jiraiya trained Minato Namikaze. Konoha Village's system of succession was established during that era of relentless warfare.
The First Hokage was a hero with great ambitions. He knew what he should do but didn't know how to do it. It was the Second Hokage who turned his dreams into reality, bit by bit.
"Lord Second Hokage is a remarkable figure," Ino praised sincerely.
Shizune and Tonton both nodded, while Tsunade wore an expression of great honor.
The Akatsuki, waiting for the Three-Tails to revive, had now chosen to lie low as an entire organization, leaving the stage to the five great ninja villages.
Since they weren't causing trouble, Ino also planned to behave herself for a while. In the preceding days, there was Danzo fighting Kurotsuchi, then her masquerading as Deidara to dispense justice, and then the sneak attack on Ao. The ninja world was rife with undercurrents, and outside the ninja world, there was a great war involving hundreds of thousands. She was afraid that if she continued to stir things up, the currently extremely fragile balance would collapse!
Tsunade's worries were swept away. Recently, she planned to stay in the village and organize the numerous notes of the First, Second, and Third Hokages. It was clear that the Second Hokage's month-long earful had greatly influenced her. She was a very emotional person. Setting aside the Will of Fire, at least now she wanted to do something for the village.
Jiraiya, of course, welcomed this. The three advisors had nothing to say either.
The Medical Squad and the Ninja Academy were both brought under Tsunade's management.
Shizune was formally promoted to Jounin and then, as Tsunade's representative, became the head of the Medical Squad, working at the Konoha Hospital.
Everyone held reservations about Ino's medical skills. After some discussion, she represented Tsunade and loitered around the Ninja Academy for two days.
Tsunade was busy organizing the Second Hokage's notes, trying to find more ways to deal with the Uchiha clan. Shizune went to work at the hospital and was swamped every day. Tonton was left in Ino's care.
Tsunade was still at ease with this. If she handed the pet pig to the Akimichi family, she wouldn't be able to sleep a wink all night. Handing it to the Yamanaka family was safe, right? The Yamanaka family was the friendliest to pigs.
Ino held Tonton and taught a class of little brats at the Ninja Academy.
Knowing she was like an imperial envoy, the school had no requirements for her. You can teach whatever you want; even if you lecture on postpartum care for sows in class, we'll agree.
The teaching tasks at the Ninja Academy were extremely boring. The school had little profit, and few teachers, so there was no corruption for her to investigate. With nothing to do, Ino secretly calculated the "blame points" she currently needed.
To upgrade her Wood Release to a state where it could be further upgraded, she needed to raise her Yang Release to Lv5, meaning she was short 4 blame points. After that, whether upgrading Wood Release from Lv2 to Lv3 required 2 blame points was still unknown.
If she were to practice the Flying Thunder God Technique, the gap would be enormous.
Her Ninjutsu and Essence were maxed out. Among the remaining stats, Taijutsu was 7, Wisdom 8, Speed 8, and Seal 9; all were lacking.
Taijutsu lacked 3 points, Wisdom 2 points, Speed 2 points, and Seal 1 point.
If she used blame points to increase them, that would be 9 + 7 + 7 + 4 = 27. She was short 27 blame points!
Conservatively estimating, she would need to pin at least 7 or 8 blames on Danzo. Danzo... Danzo was also finding it a bit hard to bear now.
Comparatively, upgrading Wood Release first had the highest cost-effectiveness. She could practice Flying Thunder God on her own for now and add points when she had spare blame points.
The core of the Flying Thunder God Technique was the Body Flicker Technique. Among the living in Konoha Village today, many were skilled in the Body Flicker Technique, but as for proficiency? There weren't many.
Izumi Uchiha spent nearly two months and finally found the master of the Body Flicker Technique among the dead: the soul of Shisui Uchiha!
Shisui of the Body Flicker; just hearing this nickname, one knew how skilled this person was at using the Body Flicker Technique when he was alive.
Ino followed Izumi to the riverside. On-site summoning plus necromancy awakened the slumbering Shisui Uchiha.
Before his death, Shisui was a powerhouse who had reached the Mangekyo Sharingan level, and his spiritual energy was even stronger. His soul was more solid than Izumi's.
His expression was solemn. After clearly seeing Ino's ninja headband, he immediately showed a hint of "No regrets in this life for entering Konoha, will be a Hokage person in the next life."
Izumi didn't have such thoughts. In Izumi's view, following her mother to Konoha Village was truly a streak of terrible luck spanning eight lifetimes. She hadn't done anything wrong, hadn't provoked anyone, hadn't lived long enough, and was killed by the masked man. What an injustice to herself!
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