"Sorry, Shin. I didn't trol my strength back there. Here, let me heal you."

  Tsunade approached Shin, a green glow of Chakra f in her hand. She was about to use Mediinjutsu.

  Shin didn't feel a thing. He wasn't ihere was nothing to heal.

  Even if he had been injured, with his Perfect Sage Body, he would have recovered in moments.

  Tsunade's expression shifted from to anger.

  "You little liar!"

  She threunch. Shin dodged just in time.

  "Busted," Shin mumbled, rubbing his nose sheepishly. Tsunade was the best Mediinja in Konoha; fooling her was a long shot.

  "Ahem, Lady Tsunade, as you see, I'm not that strong. How about we call it a draw?"

  Tsunade looked at him, then nodded.

  She felt she had a det grasp of his abilities. He was strong and fast, likely at Elite in level, maybe even higher.

  He had used the Perfect Sage Body profitly, but hadn't dispyed any other Jutsu.

  It was hard to gauge his bat experience from just a few exges, especially since she hadn't gaihe upper hand.

  She watched Shin chatting with Kushina, seemingly unharmed, then flexed her slightly numb arm. 'Monster,' she thought.

  No wonder he wao hide his strength. If it were exposed, it would only cause him trouble.

  If only she knew he hadn't even used his full power...

  "Umm, Lady Tsunade, about that A-rank Jutsu..."

  Shin looked at her expetly.

  "I keep my promises. What's your Chakra Nature?" Tsunade asked.

  "o ask, Lady Tsunade. I want to learn the Multi-Shadow e Jutsu."

  Shin had already decided. The Multi-Shadow e Jutsu would be incredibly useful to him.

  "The Multi-Shadow e Jutsu?"

  Tsunade frowned. "You should choose another Jutsu. The Multi-Shadow e Jutsu is dangerous. It's forbidden."

  The Multi-Shadow e Jutsu could be fatal if not used carefully. Tsunade was hesitant to teach it to Shin.

  "Lady Tsunade, I uand the risks. I'm an Uzumaki, remember?"

  Shin smiled. The Multi-Shadow e Jutsu would accelerate his training signifitly.

  He already had the Shadow e Jutsu, but creating es one by one was ineffit.

  "Fine. I don't know why you want to learn this Jutsu, but I'll teach you. Just promise me you'll be careful."

  Seeing his insistesunade agreed, but she stressed the dangers of the Jutsu.

  Even for an Uzumaki with rge Chakra reserves, it was a Jutsu to be treated with caution.

  "I haven't learhe Multi-Shadow e Jutsu myself, but I have a scroll with the trainihod. Here you go."

  Tsunade pulled out a small scroll and ha to Shin.

  "Uh, you're just going to give me the scroll a me figure it out myself? Aren't you worried I won't be able to learn it?"

  "You have the scroll; it's up to you to learn it. Holy, I'd prefer it if you didn't," Tsunade said bluntly.

  Shin shrugged. Not learning the Multi-Shadow e Jutsu wasn't an option. It wasn't that difficult for him.

  It only required a single hand seal. For ninjas with limited Chakra, it might be challenging, but Shin had Chakra to spare.

  "Oh, I almost fot."

  Tsunade smacked her forehead. "You two o eet my grandmother."

  Shin's heart skipped a beat. Tsunade's grandmother was Uzumaki Mito, the wife of Hashirama Senju and a former princess of the Uzumaki .

  Mito knew all the Uzumaki Sealing Jutsu and was the previous ails Jinchūriki. She must be powerful.

  Shin guessed her strength might even surpass the Sandaime's. Of course, this was just specution. Perhaps she wasn't a bat specialist.

  Tsunade called the other three Uzumaki survivors. They were all going to meet Mito.

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  They followed Tsunade deep into the Senju pound, arriving at a small, Elegant Courtyard.

  There, they met Uzumaki Mito. She looked quite old, which made sense, sidering she had lived through the Warring States Period.

  But Shin was fused. Didn't Mito have the Strength of a Hundred Seal? Why did she look so old?

  The Strength of a Hundred Seal was an S-rank Jutsu that allowed the user to store Chakra in their forehead, marked by a diamond-shaped seal.

  When he stored Chakra could be released by using the Release teique.

  And it had another be that women would kill for: eternal youth.

  Mito khe Strength of a Hundred Seal. Why didn't she use it to maintain her youth? Perhaps she no longer cared about her appearance.

  After all, she was nearing the end of her life. Why bother with such superficial things?

  "Grandmother, I'm sorry. The Uzumaki ... Only these few remain." Tsunade hung her head, uo meet Mito's eyes.

  Mito sighed. She hadn't expected the Uzumaki , with its thousand-year history, to meet such a tragid.

  Her gaze swept over Shin, Kushina, and the others, finally settling on Shin.

  Shi a strange sensation as Mito's eyes locked onto him. It was as if she could see right through him, even more so than the Sandaime.

  Mito gave Shin a kind smile. "What's your name, young man?"

  "Uzumaki Shin."

  Shi her gaze. He could sense no hostility from her.

  "Shin, I sense araordinary Power within you. I hope you use it wisely," Mito said, her voin.

  "Extraordinary Power?" Tsunade looked at Shin, surprised.

  Shin's heart pounded. Was she referring to his Perfect Sage Body? Had she seen through him?

  Then he remembered Hashirama Senju, who also possessed a Perfect Sage Body. And Mito was his wife. It wasn't that strange for her to be able to sense something like that.

  In truth, Mito didn't know about the Perfect Sage Body. She simply sensed a life force within Shin that was simir to Hashirama's, vast and vibrant.

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