"Usually, the best way to absorb Natural Energy is to sit still. The more Chakra you have, the stronger your Sage Mode will naturally be, but the preparation time will also be longer."
Katsuyu continued to persuade Kazuki, seemingly worried that he would imitate Hashirama's actions.
"You are still young and far from your peak. Once you reach adulthood, your Chakra might not be less than mine."
"And if you want to enter Sage Mode directly, it will probably take a long time."
Kazuki pondered for a moment, then asked, "Since the human body cannot integrate a large amount of Natural Energy at once, what about Susanoo?"
"The words you're saying, I know all of them, but why do I not understand what you're talking about?"
Kazuki sensed Katsuyu's confusion and explained, "Susanoo is a very special technique. It can contain special energy and can be regarded as an extension of the body."
"Since Hashirama can absorb Natural Energy through Wood Release, then can I absorb Natural Energy through Susanoo, and create a Sage Art: Susanoo?"
Kazuki remembered that in the future, Sasuke played around with Susanoo.
The Susanoo that absorbed the Tailed Beasts' Chakra in the future was considered by the Nine-Tails to have a level of integration with Tailed Beast Chakra comparable to the Sage of Six Paths.
In the later stages of Naruto, it's often praised as being comparable to the Sage of Six Paths.
Just like Obito in his Ten-Tails Jinchuriki state, he proclaimed himself comparable to the Sage of Six Paths.
Madara, as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, was called comparable to Kaguya by the Sage of Six Paths.
Of course, Kaguya is definitely stronger than Madara, there's no doubt about that.
But Kaguya's sense of oppression seemed to be less than Madara's.
Madara had too many foils, as he displayed his strength by stepping on the Ninja Alliance and the Five Kage, what about Kaguya?
She finally appeared in the Ninja World, but only took Obito's head, and in the end, even Black Zetsu was sealed. She achieved a record of 1-2 with zero assists. On the surface, her sense of oppression indeed seemed to be inferior to Madara.
But how many people did Kaguya meet?
Only Naruto's team and Obito. Others didn't even have the qualifications to meet her.
Even Naruto and Sasuke said that Kaguya was a lot stronger than Madara.
Looking at it from another angle, with Kaguya's lacking combat skills and experience, she could still perform better than Madara. Does that mean her stats are a lot greater than Madara's?
Leaving aside Sasuke's Susanoo that absorbed Tailed Beast Chakra in the future, even using Jugo's Cursed Seal to enter Sage Art state was commendable.
However, that ultimately borrowed Jugo's power, and Jugo's own strength was still a bit lacking. If Naruto were to supplement Sasuke with Senjutsu Chakra, that would be more appropriate.
Kazuki planned to start working on Sage Art: Susanoo once he became familiar with Sage Mode.
"I don't have Susanoo, so I don't know, but if you want to try, you can give it a shot." After a long silence, Katsuyu finally spoke.
It felt that Kazuki was indeed the reincarnation of Indra Chakra, just like Indra back then—simply too intelligent.
"Next, I'll need you, Katsuyu, to help me learn Senjutsu." Kazuki didn't ask Katsuyu if it could help him enter Sage Mode.
Those two Toad Sages could, so Katsuyu could also do it.
But since he had already managed to acquire perfect Sage Mode, why would he change himself?
Look at what those tricky Sage Modes look like.
Jiraiya's entire face almost turned into a toad's, and Kabuto even transformed himself into something that was neither human nor snake.
Afterward, Kazuki just needs to slowly develop his own Sage Mode. What if he develops a permanent Sage Mode?
Katsuyu, the Great Toad Sage, White Snake Sage—they can all do it, so why can't he?
He, Kazuki, can also become a Sage.
Next, he needs to master Sage Mode, become familiar with Susanoo, and also figure out Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
It would be even better if he could research a Lightning Release Rasengan.
"Jiraiya, a bet's a bet! Get the money ready!"
That day, Tsunade, who had routinely summoned Katsuyu to bring her food, learned that Kazuki had initially mastered Sage Mode. She then excitedly stormed into the main tent, shouting at Jiraiya, who was bothering Orochimaru while he worked.
Jiraiya didn't react at first, but quickly remembered his bet with Tsunade.
"What did you say? That kid earned Sage Mode?"
"Indeed! Katsuyu just told me."
"You wouldn't think Katsuyu would deceive me, would you? Or deceive you?"
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with a half-smile.
If Jiraiya were to express doubt, it would be questioning Katsuyu, and Jiraiya didn't have the guts to do that. Questioning a Sage, even Jiraiya couldn't do it.
Tsunade's heart was delighted. Although Katsuyu didn't tell her immediately after Kazuki first controlled Sage Mode, but after he had initially stably controlled it, it didn't matter much.
Anyway, she won, and that's all that mattered.
She, Tsunade, finally won against Jiraiya once and was no longer the person who always lost her bets.
For Tsunade, this was far more interesting than having Jiraiya pay for her.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." Jiraiya waved his hands repeatedly, "How could I possibly question Katsuyu?"
Jiraiya couldn't bear that responsibility.
"But did Kazuki really learn Sage Mode?" Jiraiya then asked again.
Orochimaru also perked up his ears and listened carefully.
He was also very interested in Sage Mode. It had been less than half a year since Kazuki began learning Sage Mode, counting everything. Is Sage Mode that simple?
Then, he thought about how Jiraiya had trained at Mount Myōboku for two and a half years, was Jiraiya too stupid, or was Kazuki too smart?
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