According to Tsunade's words, learning poison extraction jutsu after this much training would make them advanced level medic, Jonin level.
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"With this, your training of advanced ninjutsu begins."
Tsunade looked at Reko and Sakura with a serious face. The operation was successful and she had demonstrated the use of poison extraction jutsu to them.
"The poison extraction jutsu is a very important part of being a medic."
Shizune made a comment from the side. She nodded at Tsunade's words, agreeing with her.
The poison extraction had initiated their progress into an elite medic shinobi, only a few shinobis could ever reach that.
"I am very impressed with your progress. It would not be a lie to say that you both have the potential of reaching my level and even surpassing me."
Tsunade waited for her students to understand before she complimented them. It was true that she was very surprised by their progress.
She had expected them to learn quickly but this was something else. Especially Sakura, that little girl had worked really hard and mastered the mystic palm jutsu at her age.
Before the operation, Tsunade had made them show their skills and she was more than satisfied with it.
'Where do I start? Should I go to that place? I am not sure if they would allow me to stay there just for training.'
'Let's skip going to that place for now. Instead, I should call her here for assistance.'
"However, you would not be training in the leaf hospital for this. You would be doing it in the forest of death."
Tsunade decided on their training spot. She had wanted to get to a safer and secluded location but she was not sure if the land owners there would accept the request. It was one of the three holy places they would not. So, she rejected the idea.
It was good as long as they had an isolated space and forest of death had quite a few traits which she could use in the training.
'Forest of death? It's ok for me but what about Sakura? She would be in trouble if she wonders alone.'
Reko was fine with the location. There was nothing in the forest of death which could harm him as per his knowledge. Since he was already a Jonin level, he didn't mind.
But Sakura was another case altogether. She was barely a Chunin and her fighting skills were really average.
Reko glanced at Sakura, wanting to see her reaction. Because she had participated in Chunin exams, the location was not unknown to her.
'Level 40? She was in level thirty something from what I can recall.'
With the help of another kekkei genkai from the system, Reko was able to guess strength level of individuals. Sakura's current level was shown to be 40 which was a big progress.
Sakura appeared to be worried because of the location of their next training but she was not scared.
'Forest of death? It's ok. This time, I will not be useless!!'
Sakura seemed confident in herself after the grinding she had done in the hospital.
Unfortunately, neither Reko nor Sakura were aware of their future.
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(Two months later)
Reko was seated on the big rock placed near the lake, surrounded by trees. His hands held a roasted fish, fished from the nearby lake.
He was devouring the hot fish with quick gulps like a beggar who rarely chanced upon a feast.
Adding to his bad manners, his clothes also appeared to be in a really bad condition, tattered from various spots on his limbs, showing his bare skin underneath.
"It's tough. I regret it."
Reko gulped, swallowing the meat to satisfy his hunger. He was muttering to himself with a look of melancholy on his face but his eyes remained alert.
"If I knew I had to train like this, then I would have never bothered climbing that mountain."
Finishing his meal, Reko stood up and kicked the rock he was seated on, cracking it slightly. The muscles on his calves and thighs looked super tough, strong enough to turn rock into dust.
Though, it was not that his strength had grown so high. No!
Instead, it was his control over the chakra nature, Earth release, that allowed him to do so. He also experienced an exponential growth in physical strength but it was not enough to break a five feet wide rock with a light kick.
"Are you talking behind my back again??"
Suddenly, Tsunade appeared in front of him. She looked at Reko with a dissatisfied face, internally amused by his constant muttering.
"Come on, boy! Don't be a baby now!!"
Tsunade laughed as she teased Reko. He was dressed in tattered clothes and looked like a homeless boy.
"Look at that girl over here. Isn't she doing alright?"
Tsunade pointed to another direction, towards Sakura who was gracefully eating her meal on another spot.
Unlike Reko, Sakura looked okay. Her dress was dirty but not tattered like that of Reko. She was eating peacefully while sitting on the branch of a tree.
"Talk to me when you stop throwing punches at me at every chance you get!!"
Reko retorted, unable to take her insults. He would have spanked Tsunade for this behaviour if not for the massive difference between their strength.
This thing has been going on from the second week of their training in the forest of death.
In the beginning, Tsunade had given them a set of exercises which she monitored. At the same time, she also brought them wild beasts to treat the poison inside them. The first surprise was that they could not leave the forest of death.
They had to spend their days and nights in the forest without getting to village. It was almost like a survival exam but they had to survive Tsunade.
But that was just the beginning!!
Tsunade began to increase the difficulty of the training. She no longer just sparred with them to exhaustion. She began beating them, injuring them in the process.
The injuries were supposed to be healed by themselves only, without any assistance from Tsunade.
However, Reko and Sakura could team up and assist each other. It was not much help against the legendary Sainin though.
From the third week itself, Tsunade began to beat them harder if they teamed up. Her intentions were clear that she wanted them to work alone.
But if that was it then Reko would not have been that frustrated with the training. The problem was that Tsunade was going extra hard on him.
He had less time to rest than Sakura, which he didn't mind, but he was also beaten more severely than Sakura. The number of times he had gotten his bones broken was uncountable that he could activate mystic palm on his body without using hand signs.
The tattered clothes of his did not even come close to show how badly he was being thrashed every day.
Sakura on the other hand was getting similar treatment but at least she did not get battered every day. Tsunade was lenient to her, letting her off with minor fractures and small cuts.
Sakura was not even bothered while eating her meal but Reko on the other hand had to remain cautious of a sudden tree accidentally bumping into Tsunade's hands and landing precisely at his head.
It was tough but he had remained hopeful. Hopeful that one day he would reach Tsunade's level and beat her up.
He had continued training his earth release even when under constant beating by Tsunade. Although he did not use Rasengan against her, he knew that the jutsu would also become more powerful after this training.
"Huh?"
Tsunade smiled hearing Reko complain. She picked a rock up from the ground and aimed it at Reko before throwing hard.
'Wall'
Reko tapped on the ground with his feet as he imagined a wall made of earth. The ground moved instantly, including the rock he had just broken and formed a wall to defend against the rock.
He did not use hand signs and he did not require any creation time. Reko had made it his second nature to control earth, just like with Rasengan.
"Lady katsuyu. Stop treating that wild beast and bring it to him please."
Tsunade glanced back as she ordered. From behind her, small clones of her sumon arrived, bringing two purple wild boars.
The boars were purple because of their poison consumption. The only mercy that Tsunade had shown to them during this one month was that she did not use poison in her attacks.
She only beat them to injury and that was it. But the training for poison extraction jutsu continued with the help of wildlife in the forest.
Both Sakura and Reko were made to treat different animals with poison regularly. This time it was a wild boar.
Tsunade's summon kept track of the beasts and healed them if the poison seemed too severe for the beast. She was a refrigerator in short, helping Tsunade preserve meat.
Lady katsuyu brought the wild boars to their side, one for each to treat.
"Poison extraction jutsu!"
"Poison extraction jutsu!"
Without wasting a second, both of them casted their ninjutsu.
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