Naruto: Long Live Hokage's

Chapter 19: Shikkotsu Forest

On a mountain behind the Libra village, Masahiko and Hashirama go there looking for something.

“Finded him! The concentration of natural energy in this place is the highest.” Masahiko shouted, “By!”

Masahiko slammed the Rasengan into the rock wall, Boom following explosion revealed a cave behind the stone wall that leads deep into the mountain.

The two looked at each other and nodded, then they entered into the cave.

After walking for fifty or sixty meters, they saw a vast underground hall with a large gate at its end.

There were five giant doors in the hall. The pattern on the gate contained a death badge.

“This... Goju Rashomon?” Masahiko thought to himself, the two then checked the surrounding area and found the summoning contract scroll.

“Second grandfather, do you want to sign a contract?” Hashirama already has his wood style. So he thought he didn't need a defensive Jutsu.

“Hashirama, take a good look.. This is not the usual defense Ninjutsu, feel the power of this gate. This is the ultimate Ninjutsu defense. I don't know if my chakra is enough to call this. It would be better if you signed it yourself. ” Masahiko refused.

After researching the contract, Hashirama bit his thumb and used his blood to write his name on the contract scroll.

After doing this, a sentence appears, “Watch and Participate in Small Events in This World: Five Rashomon Gates, Rewards: 2 points witness.”

Despite obtaining witness points, Masahiko was not satisfied, as this was not what he was looking for.

“Second grandfather, we've searched around the place, Nothing else, come on.” said Hashirama.

“No, there's something else here!” Masahiko interrupted Hashirama. He used his sense skills, suddenly Masahiko felt something behind the middle gate.

“Hashirama, use Kuchiyose-no-Jutsu to remember the middle gate.”

Hashirama used the summoning technique/Kuchiyose-no-Jutsu to call back the middle door.

Hashirama became confused for a moment; he did not know that remembering the middle gate would consume so much chakra.

“Shocked, yes? I'm afraid the current Hashirama will not be able to call more than one gate, not until he reaches his peak.” Masahiko thought about it.

At the place where the middle gate was standing earlier, a tunnel appeared.

“Another tunnel, let's go, Hashirama,” Masahiko said.

Hashirama nodded, Masahiko taking the lead. They're venturing deep underground. The walls of the cave seemed to turn deeper and deeper they went as if they had entered another world.

“Good nature energy ..” Masahiko took a deep breath and whispered. “Is this Shikkotsu Forest?

Shikkotsu Forest, Myobu Mountain, and Ryuchi Cave are the three legendary realms where the summoning creatures of Katsuyu, Gamabunta, and Manda originated. The three legendary Sannins have also practiced in this legendary realm; Jiraiya in Mount Myobu, Tsunade in Shikkotsu Forest, and Orochimaru in Ryuchi Cave.

In the original, there is no clear information about where Hashirama studied his Sage transformations. But judging from the healing abilities of his sage mode, it was similar to the characteristics of the Shikkotsu Forest. Also, the mark on his face upon entering sage mode was identical to Tsunade's mark. So it is likely that Hashirama has learned his sage mode in the Shikkotsu forest.

“Most likely he studied ascetic Mode in Shikkotsu forest, right? Can I also learn it?” Masahiko said to himself, but he felt like he had forgotten something.

The Shikkotsu Forest is not a lush forest where birds chirp, and flowers bloom. It was a place covered in mud.

“Again, this is the place where “itu” lives.” Masahiko thought to himself, then looked up to find a large snail staring at him from above.

Masahiko was stunned, “Ah, this is really here... Can a snail read minds?”

Instead, he looked at Hashirama, then said, “Asura! What are you doing here?”

Hashirama was confused, he looked around, but there was no one beside Masahiko there.

“Is that talking to me? But my name is Hashirama..” No one but that, still, he looked at her.

“Wait... Wow, that big snail just spoke!” Hashirama's expression was like a child who had just seen a snail for the first time. Masahiko felt like wiping his face, he ended up humiliating him in front of a sage!

“No, it's not him?” Snails muttered, “It has been hundreds of years, Asura should have died long ago. But this sensation, this chakra, is he the reincarnation of Asura?”

“So, you two, what's your purpose in coming to my forest?”

“What is this place?” Although he knew, Masahiko still asked.

“This is Shikkotsu Forest, one of the three legendary realms. I am a wise man in this place.”

Slug sage says this slowly, like a snail.

“O wise, can you teach us Sage Mode?” masahiko.

As he understood that this Snail was a legendary sage, Hashirama became excited.

“Wise way?” The snail paused for a moment, then he shook his head slightly.

“Not that I won't teach him. You were the first to visit us for hundreds of years. But you..”

Masahiko replied coldly: “Why not me?”

“Well, you are not ready, Chakramu has not met the standards, I can teach you with Hashirama, but you will not be able to use it.”

“It's okay, as long as I can learn Senjutsu,” Masahiko replied, considering in the future there will be many people who can learn this Senjutsu, for now Masahiko is satisfied.

“For chakra attributes, I will find the solution sooner or later.”

“Alright, then I will teach you both about Transformation Sage.”

“The human chakra consists of spiritual chakra and physical chakra. Sage transformation or Senjutsu is the practice of absorbing natural energy from nature and then mixing it with human chakra; thus, these three energies will be perfectly mixed. First, you need to learn how to understand the nature of Senjutsu..”.

After explanation, Hashirama and Masahiko understood the specific cultivation process of the Senjutsu Shikkotsu Forest.

Suddenly a word flashed through Masahiko's mind, “Watch and Engage in the Small Changes of the Great Events in This World: Senju Hashirama Sage Mode Acquisition, witness points earned 10 (*2).

Small changes? What difference? Masahiko did not understand.

After he thought about it for a long time, Masahiko realized that it was too early for Hashirama to study Senjutsu.

“Madara will receive the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan at least after five more years... Both are no longer on the same level!!!”

What am I supposed to do? If Hashirama had obtained an absolute victory over Madara, Konoha might not have been the same!

It's a serious matter…