Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 190 Erosion

For Naruto Uzumaki, who has never experienced the missions of the Land of Waves and the battle against Gaara, this is the most tragic battle he has ever experienced, plotting and fighting, desperate and sacrificed.

To some extent, this battle seems to have all the factors that should be included in a small-scale battle, even including behind-the-scenes politics-although Naruto Uzumaki doesn't know this now-but the purpose of this battle, Uzumaki Naruto has not forgotten.

The task of their Konoha team is to find Tsunade who is qualified to inherit the Fifth Hokage and return to the village, and to defend against possible attacks.

Although I always like to hang the phrase "become Hokage" in my ears, when I first received this task, I also had resistance in my heart, but I witnessed the post-war reconstruction of Konoha Village, and Mr. Hatake Kakashi and Mr. When Mr. Iruka's face was exhausted, Uzumaki Naruto also understood that at this time, Konoha Village really needed a leader—he might only be able to be the Sixth Hokage.

Of course, before meeting Tsunade, Naruto Uzumaki also had imaginations about "defeating" himself and becoming a strong competitor of the Fifth Hokage, but in these imaginations, all of these imaginations are not the image of the other party who is extremely wise and powerful.

It's a pity that when Naruto Uzumaki really faced Tsunade, the only thought that echoed in his mind was to beat him up violently. This was not because the other party took the throne of Hokage, but because she failed the trust of everyone around her.

Before meeting Tsunade, Jiraiya was also not stingy with praise when talking about her occasionally. Choji Akimichi hoped that Asma Sarutobi would be healed as soon as possible, and he also had longing for her character and strength.

But when Tsunade's sneer at Hokage blurted out in the izakaya, Naruto Uzumaki only had an emotion called anger lingering in his mind. She ridiculed Shikamaru's performance in saving Asma, which made Naruto Uzumaki even more chilling.

His anger comes from being betrayed in his trust, and from being worthless to Choji Akimichi and even Konoha Village.

Until now, Jiraiya is also poisoned, Shikamaru fought desperately with Jonin but ended up in a dead end, Akimichi Choji risked his life to repel Orochimaru, everything, just for the trembling of this one in front of him, A woman who once sniffed at Hokage who needed to protect others! ?

"I know you look down on Hokage and think it's a foolish move to protect others." Uzumaki Naruto didn't roar or even beat Tsunade violently, but said calmly, even indifferently: "But I want to tell you , The reason why those of us came here to participate in this battle is because we accepted the task of protecting Hokage."

"Because every Hokage will regard Konoha as something more precious than his own life, we will trust him without reservation and guard him to the death—even if we are still ninja, even if we have to face Orochimaru, even if The enemy is a jounin!" Uzumaki Naruto looked up at Tsunade, who was staring blankly at him, and said word by word: "It is Hokage's duty to protect Konoha, and it is Konoha Ninja's responsibility to protect Hokage. Responsibility, but you are a coward! So you are not qualified to be Hokage, nor worthy of our desperate protection!"

"I quit this task, and I will take responsibility for any faults when I return to Konoha Village!" Naruto Uzumaki spat on the ground as he spoke, and turned to Shikamaru, Choji, and Jiraiya. The technique of shadow clone took a few people back to Muye Village overnight.

Naruto Uzumaki didn't help much in this battle, and now it's the only way to make up for the guilt in his heart. He doesn't sleep, and with his physical strength, he should be able to persevere. As for the punishment for abandoning the mission, he can only I admit it, because he really can't do it and watch Zilaiye and the others wait to die.

Uzumaki Naruto was about to seal and use the Shadow Clone Technique, but suddenly there was a slightly hesitant voice behind him: "Wait, wait a minute!"

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Severe mental illnesses cannot be cured by a few words from outsiders. Although the medical ninjutsu in this world is miraculous, it only targets physical injuries and has no effect on psychology.

The cause of the phobia, in the final analysis, is the patient's own psychological escape. Although Naruto Uzumaki's words could not immediately dispel Tsunade's illness, it gave her a reason to face her fear.

After all, Tsunade couldn't witness Naruto Uzumaki's recklessness, so he brought Jiraiya, Shikamaru, and Choji back to Konoha, which was no different from murder.

She began to try to overcome the trembling of her hands, and used a technique that was even more unfamiliar than that of Genin. She used medical ninjutsu to wake up Shizune Kato first. Naruto Uzumaki briefly explained what happened after Shizune fell into a coma, and then looked at her Helped under the command of Tsunade, who gradually regained his energy.

When a person puts most of her attention on one thing, she has little energy to focus on other things, and she will forget some things, just like Tsunade now, as she devotes her energy to treating herself Her fear and trembling had dissipated a lot when she came to discuss medical issues with Shikamaru, Choji and the others.

Jiraiya's injury is not serious, with Tsunade's ability, combined with medicine, he can be easily cured. What Tsunade cares about is Shikamaru and Choji's injuries.

When the tattoo-like three-curved jade pattern formed on Shikamaru's neck caught Tsunade's eyes, she couldn't help but let her heart skip a beat.

Orochimaru's defection had a huge impact on Konoha, and Mitarai Anko was also strictly investigated at that time. The curse mark injected by Orochimaru on her body was even more important. As a medical ninja Tsunade also participated in the research at the beginning, but even if she is strong, she has to admit that neither she nor Jiraiya can compare with Orochimaru's talent in "skills".

She was able to figure out part of the ability and source of the curse seal, but there was still no effective way to cure it.

What is certain is that the subject will gradually be eroded by Oshemaru's personality due to the use of the curse seal, and become his puppet, or a killing tool without his own thoughts. If there is no way to restrain the power brought by the curse seal Will, the subject will slide down the abyss of hell sooner or later, and end up in a situation where life would be worse than death.But the frightening thing is that fierce battles can easily cause this curse to spread naturally, and the specially developed "Evil Seal" can only rely on the subject's will to suppress this force. , This power will also spread, but for ninjas, how can it be possible that they will never face the danger of running out of oil and lamps?

(By the way, please take a look at the "Nara Shikamaru character card" related to the work. Every important period of Shikamaru, the servant will open a new chapter, which records the "skills" mastered by Shikamaru and related information , and even Chunin’s recommendation comments, and the comments of the third generation of Hokage in the next ninja’s admission, more importantly, have specific ability data, and also have other ninja’s data as a reference.)