Becoming the Tsuchikage in the Naruto World

Chapter 222: Ōnoki's Sage Jutsu

When Ishiro arrived at White Cat's residence with Himeki Suda, Dango was about to give birth.

Dango's delivery was a major event for Iwagakure. Ōnoki had specifically entrusted this matter to Ishiro, asking him to take personal charge.

Right now, two Anbu squads arranged by Ishiro were standing guard nearby, and the ones delivering the kittens were Medical Jonin from the Medical Department.

Ishiro covertly made a series of hand signs to the Anbu hidden in the shadows, then led Himeki Suda into White Cat's residence.

There were quite a few people inside. Shinya Matsutani was already there, and the Medical Department was personally led by Nakata Hajime.

However, Nakata Hajime was not personally delivering the kittens but was directing from the side. Seeing Ishiro enter, Nakata Hajime immediately came up to him. Before Ishiro could ask, he began to explain the situation.

"Advisor, Dango is in good condition and is about to give birth. The vital signs of the four kittens are also very normal. There shouldn't be any problems with this delivery."

Ishiro breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Dango carried the great responsibility of cultivating Iwagakure's ninja cat clan.

Otherwise, with Dango's status as a ninja cat, there was actually no need for her to get pregnant and give birth to kittens so early. But the village needed Dango to produce as many offspring as possible, to give birth to as many ninja cats for the village as she could, which led to Dango's current pregnancy.

Ishiro nodded at Nakata Hajime and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Continue with your tasks, don't mind me. You must ensure the safety of Dango and the kittens."

"Yes." Nakata Hajime was a practical man. After agreeing, he directly left Ishiro and went back to focus on Dango's situation.

"Teacher Ishiro." Seeing Nakata Hajime leave, Shinya Matsutani came over to greet Ishiro with a grimace.

Ishiro looked Shinya Matsutani over and then asked, "How is your balance training going?"

After disbanding Squad Two, Ishiro had given each disciple some instructions. For Shinya Matsutani, it was to do some preparatory work for Sage Jutsu training.

Several months had passed since then, and Ishiro was unsure of Shinya Matsutani's training progress.

Shinya Matsutani scratched his head and said, "Teacher Ishiro, the balance training seems to suit me quite well. I completed it not long ago. I can now stay at a height of one hundred meters for a whole day."

Ishiro's breath caught, but he quickly calmed down and said, "Very good. This is preparatory work for training in Sage Jutsu."

He paused and then added, "Since the balance training is complete, you should focus your training on chakra control next. Natural energy is not so easy to control; your foundation is still insufficient."

Shinya Matsutani scratched his head and said, "Understood. But, Teacher Ishiro, why do I have to raise a ninja cat too?"

Shinya Matsutani was quite close with animals, but being naturally lazy, he found even managing his own daily life troublesome, wishing he could just lie in bed and wait for death every day. Now Ishiro was asking him to take care of a kitten, and Shinya Matsutani could only see a future of darkness.

Ishiro found it rather amusing and said, "Dango has absorbed a lot of natural energy. The possibility of her kittens successfully training in Sage Jutsu is higher than other ninjas or ninja animals."

"I hope you can gain some insights into training Sage Jutsu through your interactions with the kitten."

After speaking, fearing Shinya Matsutani would slack off, Ishiro added, "Don't forget the feeling of powerlessness when your companions are in danger."

Shinya Matsutani gave a bitter smile and could only go to a corner to adjust his mentality.

Ishiro shook his head with amusement and didn't say more. After two years of getting along, Ishiro had some understanding of this lazy otaku who liked to "lie flat" (do the bare minimum). Shinya Matsutani wouldn't take the initiative to do things, but he would still conscientiously complete tasks that his superiors strongly demanded.

Moreover, because he was a slacker and usually had nothing else to do, he appeared even more serious when he did work.

Ishiro looked around. Just as he was about to go talk to White Cat, who was waiting anxiously on the other side, something seemed to be happening with Dango.

"Master Nakata, Dango is giving birth!"

"Team A, deliver according to plan. Team B, be ready for a C-section at any time."

After a long while, everything went smoothly. The mother and kittens were safe; Dango and her four kittens were all fine.

Dango had a strong body, and with timely treatment from the medical-nin after delivery, she was in no danger. She had already fallen asleep from exhaustion.

White Cat sat by Dango's side the whole time, her heart aching for her.

Nakata Hajime and the other medical-nin gave the four kittens a detailed check-up before leaving one after another, leaving only one Medical Jonin behind for periodic checks.

Then, Shinya Matsutani, Himeki Suda, and Ishiro sat around the four little kittens' small bed, discussing in low voices.

Himeki Suda carefully poked one of the kittens with her finger and then asked Ishiro, "Teacher Ishiro, why are the four kittens all different colors?"

Indeed, Dango was black, but among the four kittens, only one was black. The other three were one white, one gray, and one black and white.

Ishiro was an amateur on this topic, so he looked at Shinya Matsutani and asked, "Shinya, you're closer to animals. Do you know the reason?"

Shinya Matsutani shook his head helplessly and said, "Little animals don't even know this kind of thing themselves, so I know even less."

"Then let's not worry about that for now. You two pick one first," Ishiro said.

"I want the white one," Himeki Suda said immediately.

Ishiro nodded and looked at Shinya Matsutani again.

Knowing he couldn't escape, Shinya Matsutani could only say, "I'll choose the black and white one."

The one Shinya Matsutani chose was the largest and strongest. This guy was definitely thinking that this one would grow the fastest, so he could spend less time taking care of it. Ishiro didn't expose his thoughts.

Seeing that both had chosen, Ishiro went over to White Cat and asked in a low voice, "Is Dango okay?"

White Cat nodded and said, "Dango is fine. She's resting with her eyes closed right now."

Just then, Dango opened her eyes and let out a soft meow.

White Cat quickly said to Ishiro, "Dango wants to see the kittens."

Ishiro turned to Shinya Matsutani and said, "Shinya, bring the kittens over."

Himeki Suda and Shinya Matsutani carried the four kittens to Dango's side. Dango painstakingly licked each of the four kittens one by one, then went back to sleep again.

Seeing Dango sleeping soundly this time, White Cat finally chatted with Ishiro about adopting the kittens.

Ishiro said, "The kittens are still small and can't leave their mother yet. So for the first month, let Shinya and Himeki come over every day to see them and play with them to build some affection. We'll take them away when they're a bit older."

White Cat nodded, looking at the four kittens with some reluctance. She then asked, "What about the other two?"

Ishiro said, "I have already discussed this with Lord Tsuchikage. He will choose two suitable ninjas to adopt them. They will most likely also be students who graduated in the last year or two."

This time, White Cat just nodded without speaking.

Ishiro watched as Shinya Matsutani and Himeki Suda played with the little kittens for a while. Only after all four kittens had fallen asleep did he lead the two of them away.

On the way out, Himeki Suda was very excited, chattering with Ishiro about what to name her little white cat. But Shinya Matsutani looked as if all life had been drained from him.

The six disciples Ishiro took this time, like the last, also graduated early. About a month after Ishiro had trained them, the other students of their year had also graduated and begun undertaking missions.

So Ishiro also decided to start taking the six of them on missions.

Ishiro divided the six into two squads. To distinguish them from the previous two batches of disciples, this time they were Squad Three and Squad Four.

Squad Three members: Kazumasa Yoshimura, Himeki Suda, Katsumata. Squad Four: Yuran Kawazoe, Takuhiro Uchiyama, Kanako.

Every day, Ishiro would take one squad out to perform D-rank missions, while the remaining squad would conduct daily training at the training ground.

During this period, Ishiro had to absorb natural energy once every day, trying to maintain himself in Sage Mode as much as possible.

After more than a month, Ishiro felt that his body had been enhanced. It was just that Ishiro was already in a period of rapid strength growth, so for a moment, he couldn't confirm whether it was the effect of Sage Jutsu.

Early this morning, Ishiro came to the valley as usual to practice Sage Jutsu.

However, two things were different today. First, today Ishiro was going to try to independently complete entering Sage Mode. After more than a month of practice, Ishiro's speed of integrating natural energy was far faster than at the beginning. Ishiro guessed this was also related to him constantly maintaining Sage Mode. Ishiro's body was changing to become more suitable for Sage Jutsu.

Second, today besides Ishiro, another person was also going to conduct Sage Jutsu training. This person was naturally Ōnoki. After a month of practice, Ōnoki had completed the balance training. After a few days of buffer, today Ōnoki was finally going to start practicing Sage Jutsu.

Ishiro went first. Under everyone's gaze, with a drop of liquid natural energy on the back of his hand, Ishiro smoothly entered Sage Mode not long after.

This time in Sage Mode, Ishiro reached the upper limit of fusing natural energy for the first time. It was also the first time the entire process was completed within the natural energy seal.

Ishiro was surprised to find that when he reached the limit, the back of his hand immediately stopped absorbing natural energy. Perhaps the natural world sensed that he had become a part of it, Ishiro explained to himself.

Saka said, "Ishiro's progress is very fast. The markings on his face are about half of what they were at the beginning."

The sage markings on Ishiro's face were not so dense now. The patterns that had once covered almost his entire face now appeared much more sparse.

Ōnoki nodded, looked at the ninja responsible for recording data on the side, and said, "During this period, how has Ishiro's progress been in his various attributes?"

The ninja responsible for recording immediately took out a booklet and handed it to Ōnoki, simultaneously saying, "Advisor Ishiro's strength is progressing very rapidly, especially his physical strength, which is slowly increasing almost every day."

Ōnoki nodded while flipping through the data in his hand. After reading it, he also couldn't determine whether Sage Jutsu played a role in Ishiro's progress.

After Ishiro woke up from his training state, Ōnoki said, "Alright, prepare yourself. I'm about to start too."

Everyone nodded, and Ikura immediately became alert. Although Ishiro had still called him for his Sage Jutsu training during this period, the black rod in his hand hadn't been used for a long time.

Ōnoki entered the natural energy seal. After he calmed his mind, the liquid natural energy on the other side was also ready. Ikura personally dripped the liquid natural energy onto the back of Ōnoki's hand.

Then, under the expectant gazes of Ishiro and the others, Ōnoki began his first attempt at Sage Jutsu training.

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