Overdrafting the Future, Starting in Naruto

Chapter 39: Full of Vigor, A World of Striving

Genichi, who was observing the cells, turned his head and smiled. "I do have that thought, but it depends on whether the tissue typing is successful."

Tsunade, of course, understood perfectly. "Even with a blood relationship, a perfect match is extremely difficult, let alone between two unrelated people. The possibility is minuscule."

Genichi naturally knew this. He smiled. "But what if it is a match?"

"In any case, it's just a waste of a little time."

Tsunade looked at Genichi and asked strangely, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Genichi was startled for a moment, then smiled. "If a youth doesn't strive, the old man can only grieve in vain!"

"If I don't work hard now, am I supposed to wait until I'm twenty to start?"

"The teenage years are the period of fastest learning efficiency. It's the right time to work hard."

"If I don't have some level of achievement before I'm twenty, then the rest of my life will most likely be ordinary."

If you don't become a Jonin or have Jonin-level strength by the age of twenty, you likely won't make much progress later on.

You have to make your name early. The same was true for learning and training.

Of all the famous ninja in the shinobi world, which one of them didn't achieve something at a young age? And forget the shinobi world. In his previous life, the vast majority of world-renowned scientists also had their most successful breakthroughs when they were young.

Late bloomers existed, but they were the minority!

If you can't do it when you're young, you think you'll be able to do it when you're old? If that were the case, it would only mean you didn't work hard enough when you were young.

Looking at Genichi's vibrant and positive face, full of life, Tsunade was involuntarily stunned. It made her think of her younger brother, Nawaki, and her lover, Dan. They had once been like this, too!

But...

A flash of pain crossed Tsunade's eyes. In a low voice, she said, "Being ordinary is also good."

"Being a ninja is not a good profession."

Genichi knew Tsunade's history, so he could understand the underlying meaning of her words. He smiled. "But we are already ninja, Lady Tsunade!"

"Since we've become one of them, of course we should do our best to be the best."

"This has nothing to do with being a ninja or not. Even an ordinary person has to take up some profession to survive."

"Just like a chef who constantly improves their cooking skills. Isn't that just natural?"

Hearing this, Tsunade's heart was shaken. If Jiraiya or Orochimaru had said these words, perhaps they wouldn't have been so moving. But it was Genichi who said them. A seven-year-old genin brat. A child from a commoner's family.

That positive, optimistic spirit, full of vigorous life, a world of flourishing competition—that emotion and state of being were like a warm current, invading her shattered heart.

Her hand trembled slightly, and a tide of emotion rose in her chest. The images of her brother's and her lover's deaths appeared in her mind. "Aren't you... afraid of death?"

Genichi tilted his head slightly, a clean smile on his face. His black eyes were clear as spring water, reflecting Tsunade's face. "That's a bit of a deep question. But then, who doesn't die?"

"Even if you don't become a ninja, you'll die sooner or later."

"Maybe from sickness, maybe from drowning while swimming once, or maybe something else. In short, this world has too many accidents, doesn't it?"

"We are alive now. Why should we think about the question of whether we will die?"

"Death is certainly terrifying, but its arrival never gives you advance notice. So why should we fear it in advance?"

"It would be better to wait until the moment of death arrives to be afraid, to be reluctant to leave this world."

"And right now, we should strive to live, to live well, and to do the things we want to do."

"That way, when the moment of death does come, we won't have so many regrets and feelings of reluctance."

Tsunade turned and walked away, not letting Genichi see the tears streaming down her face.

Back then, Dan had died right before her eyes. She still clearly remembered how reluctant he was at that moment. He had so many things he hadn't had time to accomplish...

Seeing Tsunade suddenly turn and leave, Genichi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and turned back to his work. He was someone who had died once before, so the words he had just spoken were not empty chicken soup; he truly thought that way.

Therefore, even with the overdraft panel in hand, he still had to work hard. Otherwise, when the day came that he had to die, he would definitely regret not having worked a little harder.

Continue, continue!

Genichi pushed Tsunade to the back of his mind and lowered his head to continue his work.

At ten o'clock, Shizune also came over to help.

And on the Hokage Monument, Tsunade stood, the wind whipping her blonde hair, her robes fluttering. Her gaze swept over the whole of Konoha, watching as the bustling village slowly settled into a quiet and peaceful state.

And in her mind, the faces and voices of Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, her brother Nawaki, and her lover Dan, appeared one after another. In the end, all of them were saying the same thing. The words that Genichi had just spoken.

...

In the laboratory.

Genichi sighed softly. Beside him, Shizune asked with concern, "It didn't work?"

Genichi nodded. "Yeah."

Then he smiled. "But it's okay. The probability was very small to begin with."

The tissue typing didn't match, which meant a bone marrow transplant was impossible. Unless he had a special constitution like Kabuto's. Of course, he could try again by overdrafting the future.

"Let's go, let's go home!" Genichi packed up his things.

Although the tissue typing was a failure, it wasn't as if he had gained nothing today. At the very least, his research experience had increased considerably.

The next day.

After eating breakfast and packing his things, Genichi left the house and went to Kakashi's home. His master, Sakumo, wasn't home, so he and Kakashi went out by themselves.

When they arrived at their spot, Genichi said to Kakashi, "Kakashi, use Earth Release to help me make a high wall!"

Kakashi nodded. Without asking why, he immediately formed the hand seals. "Earth Release: Earth-Style Rampart!"

He pressed his hands to the ground. The earth trembled, and a high wall quickly rose up.

Standing on the high wall, Genichi formed hand seals. "Water Release: Waterfall Basin Technique!"

Boom!

A torrent of water gushed out from behind him, then flowed down from the high wall, forming a waterfall. This was a jutsu Genichi had specifically learned from Sakumo during a previous mission.

With the waterfall created, Genichi leaped down. In front of the waterfall, he formed another seal. He first partially released his Yin Seal, then used the Shadow Clone Technique, creating nine shadow clones.

The shadow clones lined up in front of the waterfall, their palms pressed against it, and began to practice their Wind Release nature transformation.

After re-sealing his Yin Seal, Genichi turned around. "Kakashi, we can start now."

Kakashi, however, asked, "You're using a waterfall to practice Wind Release nature transformation?"

Genichi nodded. "Yes. I can already cut a leaf, but it's not enough, so I need to practice further."

He had achieved his Wind Release nature transformation during his second future overdraft. But during the third overdraft, his progress wasn't that great; he still hadn't reached the point where he could cut a waterfall. Although part of the reason was that Wind Release was not among his main training goals, his lack of natural talent was also an important factor.

Now that he had the Yin Seal, he could open up another "cheat" with shadow clones.