Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
The graduation of the young master of the Senju clan and his ascension to clan head had gradually faded from the public eye.
To the villagers and shinobi of Konoha, it was not considered a particularly groundbreaking event.
Aside from the fact that the Senju clan members would once again proudly carry their family name, there wasn't much else that stirred the public.
After all, the Senju were no longer the invincible clan from the Warring States era. People's perception of them had shifted over time.
Konoha.
Senju Clan Grounds.
It was still the same training field.
Senju Yukika and Nawaki stood beneath the blazing sun, punching repeatedly at the wooden training posts in front of them.
Meanwhile, a curvaceous woman lounged lazily in a chair nearby, occasionally barking out orders.
"That's enough."
Suddenly, Yukika's eyes lit up with clarity, as if he had reached enlightenment. His punches became visibly faster.
Boom!
What looked like an ordinary punch suddenly exploded the wooden post into countless splinters.
Monster Strength—successfully learned!
Exhaling sharply, Yukika shook his fist.
Monster Strength—a unique ability of the Senju clan.
It was a pinnacle of taijutsu.
Mastering it required extreme precision in chakra control.
Similar to the shockwave chakra coating that Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama displayed when they were resurrected via Edo Tensei, intimidating Sasuke and Orochimaru.
Originally, Yukika hadn't planned to learn Monster Strength.
He had his own unique legacy. The Ulquiorra template had already been unlocked to a considerable extent, and he had even mastered Cero, a slightly weaker but faster variant of the energy blast.
But there was no helping it.
He glanced at Tsunade in front of him, warmth spreading in his chest.
Despite seeming a bit miffed after he had criticized their great-granduncle during the clan assembly, she was genuinely concerned for him.
She had returned in a hurry, sneaking away from the battlefield.
Although the Third Hokage hadn't punished her harshly, a new campaign was about to begin.
She wasn't sure she could protect both her brothers on the battlefield, so she had turned into a relentless demon over the past three days, putting them through brutal special training.
And the minimum requirement for completing that training was mastering Monster Strength.
She never said it out loud, and she appeared fierce, but the urgency in her eyes couldn't be faked.
In truth, Yukika had already grasped Monster Strength on the very first day.
But he hadn't stopped there. He continued training, trying to integrate Monster Strength into his other techniques for all-around improvement.
When it came to taijutsu,
The Senju clan were pioneers in the shinobi world.
Even the Eight Gates technique—the one Might Guy would later use to nearly kick the final boss out of the story—originated with Tobirama.
Senju Tobirama had first proposed the concept of the Eight Gates. Might Duy had merely refined it later.
Yukika had already realized this after reading Tobirama's handbook.
But he always felt that Might Duy had gone in the wrong direction.
The reason was simple.
Tobirama's original idea behind the Eight Gates was to improve the Senju clan's close-combat capabilities.
And he had taken into account the severe side effects. For ordinary people, using it would cause irreparable damage. But the Senju had an unusually strong regenerative ability.
Even the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, could use...