Becoming a God by Increasing Favorability in Naruto

In the Hokage's office, Tsunade sat in her chair, visibly relaxed. The backlog of missions had mostly been cleared after the death of the Third Hokage, and Konoha was gradually regaining its former strength. The third batch of ice weapons was en route from the Land of Snow, and these new tools had notably boosted mission efficiency.

When the second shipment of ice weapons arrived, prices dropped significantly for both Ice Release Explosive Tags and Ice Senbon, bringing them close to the cost of regular explosive tags and senbon. Even non-combat ninjas in the medical division started to purchase them as collectibles. The medical ninjas were surprised to find that the Ice Senbon had specific types designed for acupuncture and hemostasis, significantly enhancing Konoha's medical treatment standards.

Regarding the Ice Release Explosive Tag, it had already surprised numerous enemies in its initial uses. The influx of these tools played a substantial role in accelerating the mission completion rate, and with the backlog of missions finally cleared, Tsunade found herself in high spirits and with a favorable view of Furen.

"Are you ready for a mission?" she asked in a lighthearted tone. "We're running out of them!"

Furen shook his head. "Lady Tsunade, I came here to show you this…"

He placed an Ice Release Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag on her desk.

Tsunade, curious, leaned forward. "This is…?"

"This is an Ice Release Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag I created based on the original Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag," Furen explained.

Both Tsunade and her assistant Shizune widened their eyes in shock, realizing that Furen had spent the past month modifying the Second Hokage's renowned technique. Knowing that Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, had created most of the forbidden jutsu stored in the Leaf Village's forbidden scrolls, Tsunade doubted there was room to enhance such a high-level jutsu.

"Furen, you…"

Tsunade picked up the Ice Release Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag from the desk, aware of the terrifying "infinite explosion" effect documented in the scrolls for the original jutsu. Furen confidently claimed that if the Second Hokage had personally demonstrated this jutsu, it would have been classified as S-rank, not A-rank.

"It actually works?" Tsunade asked, still holding the explosive tag.

Furen nodded. Tsunade, without a second thought, decided to test it and was about to throw it to trigger the explosion. Furen quickly grabbed her hand to stop her. "Lady Tsunade, if it detonates here, it'll keep exploding for quite a while."

Though Furen wasn't concerned about the explosion getting out of control, given his ability to control the Ice Release, he didn't want to risk unnecessary damage.

"Can you control this type of explosive expansion?" Tsunade inquired.

Furen nodded, reassuring her.

"Well then, that settles it." Tsunade, unfazed, tossed the Ice Release Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag across the room without regard for the fact they were still in the Hokage's office.

As soon as the tag left her hand, it began to emit a blue light. A massive ice flower, with sharp edges, bloomed outward, followed by more ice flowers emerging from each crystalline petal within moments. Reacting swiftly, Furen reached out and halted the rapidly expanding ice flowers by applying Ice Release, minimizing their growth to a fraction of their original size, to about half the size of a palm.

As the flowers continued to split, even more ice crystals appeared, quickly accelerating in growth. Furen exerted his full power to restrain the continuous chain reaction of the Ice Release Explosive Tag, containing each explosive instance to the smallest possible scale. Still, the office glistened with refracted light from the ice crystals for a solid ten minutes before the chain finally ceased.

Near the end, both Tsunade and Shizune had to intervene to help Furen suppress the expanding explosion of the Ice Release tags. Fortunately, Furen's mastery over Ice Release prevented any catastrophic damage to the Hokage's building.

"Furen… is this really the power of the Ice Release Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag?" Tsunade asked, wiping the sweat from her brow.

If Furen hadn't intervened, Tsunade doubted she could have contained the chain reaction by herself.

Furen nodded, feeling exhausted after ten minutes of full concentration. After witnessing the Ice Release Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag's complete detonation, he fully understood its potential. "A fully unleashed ice blast like this… it's as if an entire icy landscape has taken over."

While the range of its destruction was vast, Furen understood that the Ice Release Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag didn't have the sheer concentrated power of the original Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag. The latter's strength lay in the chained explosions converging at a single point, generating a relentless barrage with no escape for the target, its explosive force exponentially magnified.

On the other hand, the Ice Release version lacked this amplification. Instead, it had an unparalleled, widespread freezing effect, capable of covering an area as large as the Divine Tree or the Moon's surface.

"Perhaps this could be an excellent sealing tool," Furen mused, considering how effective it would be for restraining a Tailed Beast.

"How many of these tags do you have?" Tsunade asked after regaining her composure.

Furen answered a few of her questions about the tag's properties before she finally assigned it a rating: "This deserves an S+."

Furen then added, "Calling it an Ice Release Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag doesn't quite fit. Let's rename it… the Mutual Ice Sealing Tag."

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