Chapter 034: The Unorthodox Genin

Now, a thousand years had passed since the era of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

Chakra had long since spread throughout the ninja world, with ninjas emerging in endless streams and experts as numerous as hairs on an ox. Even monsters like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had been born.

During the Fourth Great Ninja War, the five great ninja villages mobilized all the forces of the ninja world, gathering an army of one hundred thousand ninjas.

But even so, there were still people unfit to be ninjas, who were inherently unable to extract chakra from their bodies.

However, Wang Bo didn't mind.

What he needed was the chakra extraction technique. As long as he had that, everything would be fine.

Seeing Wang Bo's calm demeanor, Shizune looked at him with newfound respect. She quickly explained the key points of the chakra extraction technique to Wang Bo one by one, and even carefully elucidated its mysteries.

Wang Bo soon grasped the subtlety of it.

But understanding and learning were two different things.

Wang Bo immediately sat cross-legged and began attempting to extract chakra from his body.

At first, it was a bit difficult, but as time passed, he gradually got into the groove. Finally, three hours after he started trying, he successfully extracted a bit of chakra.

Although this chakra was extremely tiny, not even comparable to that of a genin.

At least it meant Wang Bo could extract chakra.

"Congratulations." Shizune also sensed the faint chakra within Wang Bo's body. No matter how weak, it meant Wang Bo now possessed chakra.

"Thank you."

Wang Bo opened his eyes, nodded to Shizune, and then stood up.

He had now learned the chakra extraction technique. Becoming stronger was only a matter of time, and he had plenty of that.

After the two returned to Tanzaku Town from the remote area, Wang Bo took his leave from Shizune.

They parted ways on the street.

As soon as Shizune returned to the casino, she found the staff looking at her with delighted surprise. "It's her! Don't let her get away! Catch her!"

"Pay up! Pay up now!"

A group of people shouted and charged at her.

Seeing this, Shizune immediately understood: Lady Tsunade had lost again. Not only had she lost the five hundred thousand from selling the chakra extraction technique, but she had also borrowed money from the casino and lost that too.

And then Lady Tsunade had taken off.

These people couldn't find Lady Tsunade, so seeing her, of course they got excited.

Shizune had seen this scene many times and was used to it. She certainly wasn't going to stay and pay off Tsunade's gambling debts, especially since she had no money herself.

"I'm very sorry." After saying this, Shizune used a Body Flicker Technique and vanished from everyone's sight.

Although she was a medical ninja, she still knew the Body Flicker Technique.

After escaping the casino with a Body Flicker, Shizune moved in a few bounds to the back of a small house, avoiding the debt collectors rushing down the street.

Then she used the Transformation Technique to become an ordinary woman, walked out from behind the small house, and strolled boldly down the street.

No one bothered her anymore.

Not long ago, Shizune had found Tsunade at a hotel. Tsunade had also used the Transformation Technique, turning into a red-haired woman. Shizune recognized her identity at a glance.

Hashirama Senju's wife, Mito Uzumaki.

That was why she was certain that the person who had become this whirlpool Mito was none other than Senju Tsunade.

"Tsunade-sama." Shizune walked over helplessly, sat down beside Senju Tsunade, and asked, "What are we going to do tonight?"

She had no money left.

"It's fine." Senju Tsunade cheerfully pulled out a money pouch containing several thousand ryo, enough for food and lodging without worry.

Shizune knew at a glance that this pouch wasn't Senju Tsunade's, since Tsunade's own pouch was on her person.

This was clearly some unlucky person's pouch, who had somehow offended Tsunade-sama, and even their money pouch had been taken.

But she didn't sympathize with that unlucky person, because she knew well that Senju Tsunade's standards weren't low enough to rob an innocent person's money pouch.

"Great." Shizune relaxed, it seemed they wouldn't have to sleep on the street tonight.

Senju Tsunade asked, "What about that guy?"

Shizune knew who she meant and quickly said, "I've already parted ways with him."

"So what's the result?"

"He's already refined his first bit of chakra."

Senju Tsunade clicked her tongue. If he hadn't been able to refine chakra, it would have been fine—at least he could live peacefully as an ordinary person. But now that he had refined chakra, he might soon become arrogant enough to think he could take revenge.

She had seen too many fools like that, who lacked self-awareness and didn't know their own limits.

She remembered that after leaving Konoha, a group of ninjas had once tried to kill her to claim a bounty at the exchange.

They had no self-awareness at all.

She hadn't even needed to act herself; just relying on Shizune, she had completely routed those fools.

"So now there's one more fool who overestimates himself." Senju Tsunade sighed, but quickly put that thought behind her.

After all, this was just a transaction.

Whether the other party lived or died had nothing to do with her.

On the other hand, Wang Bo, whom Senju Tsunade considered a fool, settled into another inn and began to push his body to the limit, frantically refining chakra.

Chakra is energy extracted from the cells of one's body. If one pushes their body too hard, it can lead to various consequences.

After all, the cellular energy in the human body is limited.

If overextracted, it can cause cell death and various adverse reactions in the body.

Wang Bo certainly wasn't unaware of this.

But for Wang Bo, this wasn't much of a problem, because Wang Bo had the Force.

The Force could not only comprehensively enhance physiological functions but also heal injuries and even prolong life.

Wang Bo could simultaneously push his body's cells to extract more chakra while using the Force to repair cellular damage and restore his spirit.

After all, Force practitioners could achieve telekinesis and even mental links—this was because the Force unconsciously strengthened the practitioner's mental power.

Wang Bo was no exception.

Over the next few days, Wang Bo stayed indoors, refining chakra in his room.

A week later, Wang Bo quickly accumulated enough chakra, comparable to that of a proper genin in any ninja village.

By 'proper genin,' Wang Bo meant a real genin, not irregular ones like Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto.

Those two simply couldn't be classified as genin.