The Dying Will Bullet and the handgun were the System rewards Tatsukaze received for taking Mina in as a disciple.
To be precise, it was:
Reborn’s Handgun.
Rank: A-
Magazine Capacity: 7 rounds.
Maximum Range: 400m.
Special Effect: Automatically regenerates seven Dying Will Bullets every hour.
Maximum capacity is seven bullets.
Note: This gun was created exclusively for firing Dying Will Bullets.
Although it looks like a handgun, its internal mechanics are unknown and operate on completely different principles.
Please do not attempt to dismantle it.
Dying Will Bullet: A special type of ammunition.
If a person shot in the head has no regrets at the time of impact, they will die.
If they do have a regret, they will resurrect and attempt to resolve that regret with their “Dying Will.” Upon resurrection, a Dying Will Flame will ignite on their forehead, and their clothes will be destroyed, leaving them in only their underwear.
Note: The Dying Will Bullet carries a risk of death.
Please use with caution.
Simply put, after being hit by a Dying Will Bullet, the target will dedicate everything they have to accomplishing the very thing they regretted right before getting shot.
Both the ‘Dying Will Bullet’ and ‘Reborn’s Handgun’ originated from the anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn!.
Well, as a fellow teacher, there were naturally things worth learning from him—like his teaching tools, for instance.
Regarding this, Tatsukaze’s stance was clear: he wouldn’t trade this for an S-Rank Devil Fruit (unless it was the Clear-Clear Fruit)!
Looking at Mina, who was panting heavily as she rested, a profound sense of pride as an educator welled up within Tatsukaze—this is what being a teacher is all about!
Sexually harassing his female students every day.
Leaning over them daily, teaching them while simultaneously catching a glimpse of the fair skin on their chests.
Engaging in joyful and wonderful activities with his female students every single day…
Tatsukaze crouched low.
He extended a single finger and poked the chest of Mina, who was fully concentrated on recovering her stamina.
‘As expected.
In the Dying Will state, they ignore absolutely everything else and focus solely on the regret they had when shot,’ Tatsukaze thought to himself.
Of course, the Dying Will Bullet carried the risk of death, but for someone as skilled at manipulative guidance as Tatsukaze, it wasn’t a problem at all.
In a vast, empty training ground, in front of a rival like Tsunade who constantly mocked her, and being unable to continue training due to sheer exhaustion…
it was incredibly easy to induce the thought: ‘It would be so nice if I could just rest.’
As long as he successfully guided the first regret, wouldn’t the second time be even easier?
Three minutes quickly passed.
The moment Mina opened her eyes, she let out a piercing scream.
“AHHH!!!
Not again!
I’d rather die than experience this kind of ‘rest’ ever again!”
See?
Is there a single girl in the world who wouldn’t regret waking up in public to find herself stripped down to her underwear?
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Although we’re out in the open, I can guarantee there isn’t a single man within my sensory range.”
Tatsukaze chuckled and said proudly, “Even though the Second Hokage’s stealth techniques are fiercely impressive, even he can’t completely hide his presence from your Sensei!”
“So you won’t be seen by any men.
Rest assured!”
“Rest assured my ass!” Mina’s face was flushed completely red as she indignantly slammed her delicate fist against the ground.
“Aren’t you a man?!
Aren’t you standing right here?!
How is this ‘not being seen by any men’?!”
“How can Sensei count?
Sensei is your Sensei!”
“Sensei is still a man!”
Tatsukaze cleared his throat lightly.
Reaching into his ninja tool pouch—which was acting more and more like a four-dimensional pocket—he pulled out a perfectly pristine palace dress.
“Here, put this on first.
It’s the exact same style as the one you were wearing.
I specifically bought spares.”
Only then did Mina remember her half-naked state.
With another ear-piercing scream, she violently snatched the clothes from Tatsukaze’s hands.
Completely ignoring the fact that Tatsukaze was standing right there, she frantically scrambled to put them on.
Once she was mostly dressed, Mina suddenly froze.
“What’s wrong?
Is there a problem with the clothes?” Tatsukaze, who had been quietly enjoying the live show of a young maiden changing clothes, asked casually.
“Sensei, why does this dress fit me so perfectly?”
“Naturally.
I prepared it specially for you, after all.”
“No!
What I mean is—how the hell do you know my exact measurements?!”
From a distance, Tsunade snorted coldly and spoke in a highly sarcastic, mocking tone:
“Isn’t it obvious?
He ‘personally’ measured you with his own hands while you were sleeping!”
“Pervert!”
After a brief bout of commotion and bickering, the two girls’ training continued.
With the Dying Will Bullet serving as a resting mechanism, the efficiency of their training skyrocketed.
“Resting with their Dying Will” meant that those short three minutes provided recovery equivalent to a full day’s normal sleep—deep sleep, at that.
Of course, a fair bit of intimidation was involved…
Tatsukaze remained sitting comfortably, watching the two girls run laps.
Suddenly, he raised his chin slightly and said, “Hiruzen?
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As soon as he spoke, Hiruzen’s figure materialized right behind Tatsukaze.
“Shouldn’t you be busy teaching those two brats of yours?
How do you have the time to come visit me?”
Just like in the original story, Orochimaru and Jiraiya were still Hiruzen’s disciples, but there was no third member to fill the spot left by Tsunade.
After all, not just anyone could keep up with the progress rate of the Sannin!
However, Hiruzen didn’t answer directly.
Instead, he looked at Tsunade for a moment and said, “Is this the disciple you were willing to fight me over to obtain?
She truly lives up to being Lord Second’s granddaughter!”
“It’s because my teaching methods are excellent,” Tatsukaze corrected.
“You really don’t know how to be modest, do you?”
“I’ve never been modest.
Why should I be?
Too much modesty is just hypocrisy.”
“Haha…”
“Haha…”
The two shared a laugh before Tatsukaze asked, “So, Hiruzen, looking at Tsunade right now, how does she compare to those two brats of yours?”
Hiruzen narrowed his eyes, mentally weighing their strengths, and smiled.
“I’d say they’re evenly matched.”
“You’re quite confident.
She’s my disciple, you know,” Tatsukaze said with a smile.
“So what?
Does being your disciple automatically make her stronger than mine?
Is your tutelage some kind of legendary brand name?” Hiruzen laughed heartily.
Tatsukaze, however, spoke faintly but with absolute, unwavering conviction: “Hiruzen, you might as well take this opportunity to memorize the defining characteristics of my disciples right now.”
“Characteristics?” Hiruzen paused in surprise.
“Disciples have characteristics?”
“My disciples will be incredibly famous in the future,” Tatsukaze smiled gently, a dazzling, divine light shining in his eyes.
“Invincible within the same rank, as it should naturally be!
Defeating opponents of a higher rank, as easy as flipping a hand!”
“In the future, these sixteen words will become an absolute truth in the ninja world!”
Hiruzen couldn’t help but freeze.
Looking at Tatsukaze’s supremely confident face—which practically had “this is just common sense” written all over it—he didn’t know what to say.
It took him quite a while to regain his composure.
“It seems you’re extremely confident.
That’s perfect, actually, since that’s exactly what I came to tell you about.”
“Tell me about what?” Tatsukaze turned his head, genuinely curious.
“Lord Second has decided to hold a promotion exam to determine who advances to Chunin.
At the same time, it serves as a demonstration of Konoha’s military might to deter certain restless factions within the Land of Fire, as well as the other hidden villages.”
“This ‘invincible within the same rank, defeating opponents of a higher rank’ you mentioned is exactly what we’ll be able to witness.”
“Oh, by the way, Lord Second has named this test—the Chunin Exams!”