The Shadow of Konoha

"This is the Wet Bone Forest? Katsuyu."

Tsunade thought in the Wet Bone Forest with a curious voice, and Katsuyu hanging on her now was no different from the one hanging on Hanyu before.

The Wet Bone Forest, one of the three secret realms of the Ninja World, has finally welcomed its second visitor after a long time - and compared to Hanyu, Tsunade is now the Katsuyu's "master" in the most orthodox sense.

"Yes, Lady Tsunade, this is the Wet Bone Forest, a secret place that few people have heard of and even fewer people have visited. I have lived here for thousands of years." said Katsuyu.

"I have never heard of this place before, nor of you."

"Lady Tsunade, it has been a long time since I signed the contract with the Senju clan, so long that I can't remember it clearly, but recently, Lord Hashirama did not need the assistance of a summoned beast, and Lady Sansho... So, it was only now that Lady Tsunade saw me." Katsuyu continued to explain.

The first Hokage didn't need to summon slugs when he was fighting, because most of the time, he had enough time to cast the summoning technique, which was enough to beat the enemy to death. Even if he really had to deal with a large target, his Wood Release was far more powerful than the summoned beast.

As for Sansho, she is not a ninja.

Therefore, after three generations, Katsuyu once again became a summoning beast that the Senju clan could actually summon. Being able to play the role that a summoning beast should play is a gratifying thing for Katsuyu.

It is a psychic beast. Even though it likes to stay in the Wet Bone Forest, what does it matter if it is not summoned by spirits?

However, when Tsunade signed her name on the contract summoning scroll, Katsuyu felt quite sad, because Tsunade was just Tsunade, not Senju Tsunade... not because the name was not nice, but because there was no Senju in the world anymore.

Tsunade nodded silently at Katsuyu's statement. She thought that the last time she saw Hanyu summon the slug, she thought he had signed a summoning beast from somewhere, but she didn't expect that he was just showing off his skills in front of an expert and squandering a large sum of money in front of the lender.

Tsunade gritted her teeth secretly and felt a little jealous of Hanyu. It was he who got Katsuyu's recognition before her... She really didn't know what her mother was thinking. Why did Katsuyu go through Hanyu before coming to her, and be exported and sold domestically?

Then she thought about how she had burst into tears in front of Hanyu before, and then Tsunade became a little angry and embarrassed... Wouldn't she look too ugly when she cried?

As for the other two, Jiraiya and Orochimaru, who watched her cry for a longer time, firstly, Tsunade did not notice them at that time, and secondly, it would not matter if she cried in front of them. At most, she could beat them back and make them cry, and then admire them in return, which would be considered equal and compensation.

But Hanyu seems a little different.

But no matter what, crying is a good thing after all. The dead are gone, and the living will continue to live until their last moment. Isn't that what life is all about? At Tsunade's age, she probably can't explain this, but her mood at the moment is just like this, which is enough to explain everything.

Although she was still grieving, and would continue to grieve, she could not grieve forever.

You can't just think about nothing and do nothing because of sadness.

For Tsunade at this moment, the Wet Bone Forest and the slugs were obviously more of a novel toy that could distract her attention than the secret realm and the summoning beasts.

Many times, for many things, Hanyu is too lazy to think about or do them, but if he really thinks about them, he is a very meticulous person.

Tsunade looked around curiously. The stuffy feeling was invading her. She was about to take off her coat, but suddenly she seemed to remember something and asked Katsuyu, "Hanyu isn't here, right?"

"Lord Hanyu has left Konoha to carry out a mission, Lady Tsunade." said the slug. It knew Hanyu's whereabouts very well, so it made this report to Tsunade.

Tsunade nodded and continued her hand movements. Then she felt a little cooler, although still a little stuffy.

So why is Tsunade said to be the most orthodox successor of the slug? At least when she came here through reverse summoning, she didn't have the feeling of having to vomit and then having to swallow it back. For her, all this was as easy and relaxed as going out for a walk.

"Katsuyu, you said that your real body is in the Wet Bone Forest, but why can't I see it?" Tsunade then asked the slug again. She remembered that the slug was extremely large when Hanyu summoned it, but now she couldn't see it.

"Lady Tsunade, I am right under your feet and in front of your eyes... Shigetokoi is me, and I am Shigetokoi. Depending on the chakra consumed by the summoner during the summoning, the size of my body will be different when I leave the secret realm and appear in the real world.

My life form is very special, and it can split and merge infinitely. The me you saw last time was actually just a tiny part of my body. As long as the chakra is large enough, it can even drag me out of the Wet Bone Forest...

Or it could be said that the entire Wet Bone Forest could be spiritualized away, but I have never encountered such a situation so far." Katsuyu explained.

Of course it would not encounter such a situation. Assuming that someone really had that kind of chakra, he would definitely be like the first Hokage and would not need the help of summoned beasts in any battle.

"Right... under your feet?"

Tsunade was stunned. Of course she understood what Katsuyu was saying, but it was still quite difficult for her to suddenly believe that there was a creature as huge as a continent here... It was a bit like breaking common sense and destroying her three views.

Tsunade thought for a moment and continued, "You just mentioned the secret place... I think the Myoboku Mountain that Jiraiya visited before is one of them."

"Well, it is indeed a place that can be called a secret place. The Great Toad Sage of Myōboku Mountain has a long life just like me. But unlike me, although it calls itself a great sage, it is actually just a little guy." Katsuyu said.

This is a bit biased... Compared to it, everyone is a little guy. But if a creature can grow as "strong" as a slug, it is something it can be proud of.

While the two chatted about the secrets of the ninja world, they continued to travel through the Wet Bone Forest under the guidance of Katsuyu. Soon, they came to the entrance of the inner barrier.

After entering the barrier, a cool feeling came over me, and the humidity and heat outside were completely isolated.

The passage of the barrier was deep and silent, as if it had been silent for a thousand years, but as Tsunade walked in, a "room" with a strong contrast and full of life soon appeared.

Beds, tables, chairs, furniture, various papers stuck on the "walls", placed on the tables, and scattered on the ground, there seems to be everything here, just like a secret base built by someone in the primeval forest.

There is nothing wrong with this idea. Eating, sleeping and studying ninjutsu, this is Hanyu's secret base.

Tsunade came to the Wet Bone Forest to return the slug's contract summoning scroll. Now that she had seen everything here, she couldn't help but ask, "Can I take a look at what's here?"

"It's okay. Hanyu said you can look at it as much as you want, as long as you don't mess up his information or take these things out of the Wet Bone Forest." said Katsuyu.

Part of the information here is the legacy left by Senju, and the other part is the research results of Hanyu himself. There is no problem with showing Senju's things to Tsunade, but as for Hanyu's things... He has never been afraid to show the ninjutsu he designed to others, so even if it spreads, there is no big loss . Someone wants to copy it? Sure, if he can copy it, he loses.

Hanyu is specifically used to restrain various copy ninjas.

In just a short moment, Tsunade began to like the Wet Bone Forest. She wondered if she should also set up a secret base here to quietly study medical ninjutsu?

While thinking this, Tsunade casually flipped through the information left by Hanyu on the table, and what she happened to turn to was the ninjutsu designed by Hanyu. Of course, there was a large part of it that Tsunade could not understand, but just the parts that she could understand were enough to make her a little confused.

Yes, it is precisely because one can understand it that one feels very confused... None of the ninjutsu that Hanyu is developing can be used by humans.

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