Kurenai Yuhi took away many of Bai’s firsts.
First time sleeping in a bathroom, first time sleeping with a drunkard, first time staying completely motionless all night…
Bai wanted to break through Tree Bind Death on his own, but his strength was too weak, and Kurenai was a Special Jonin promoted specifically for her Genjutsu mastery.
Unable to endure the exhaustion, he eventually fell asleep.
The next morning, Kurenai woke Bai up.
“Shiro-chan?” Kurenai’s voice was cautious and nervous as she softly called out.
Bai opened his eyes groggily.
Seeing Kurenai sobered up in front of him, after a moment of daze, a thousand words swelled in his mind.
He pursed his lips and asked, “Sister Kurenai, do you remember what happened last night?”
At those words, Kurenai’s pretty face flushed bright red…
After all, Kurenai was not even twenty years old yet.
Having made such a fool of herself in front of Bai last night and binding him with Genjutsu, she naturally felt embarrassment and guilt—as for cuddling Bai while sleeping, Kurenai felt nothing of it, since Bai was only four years old, and as everyone knows, kids under six are genderless.
Seeing her reaction, Bai scrunched up his face and said helplessly, “Sister Kurenai, you should really drink less in the future!”
“Uh…” Kurenai scratched her cheek embarrassedly.
Meeting Bai’s calm gaze, her resentment toward Anko grew even deeper.
“Um…
Shiro-chan, can you still not move?” Seeing Bai motionless, Kurenai grew nervous again and blurted, “I already dispelled the Genjutsu!”
“It has nothing to do with Genjutsu.” Bai looked at Kurenai and said, “Stars are growing inside my body.”
“What?” Kurenai blinked her big eyes in confusion.
Bai explained calmly, “Pins and needles!”
Hearing this, Kurenai felt even more embarrassed and quickly carried Bai to his bed to massage his limbs and restore circulation.
Thanks to Bai’s Sage Body, his recovery speed far exceeded ordinary people.
Before long he was mostly back to normal, and Kurenai let out a sigh of relief.
“Shiro-chan, should we go to the hospital to check?” Kurenai suggested anxiously.
“No need!” Bai shook his head.
Staring straight into Kurenai’s crimson eyes, he asked word for word, “Sister Kurenai, do you remember what you promised me last night?”
“Last night…” Kurenai choked, attempting to play dumb.
“A B-rank Genjutsu!” Bai pressed on.
“Ah!” Realizing she couldn’t trick him, Kurenai offered a playful grin and said solemnly, “Shiro-chan, you see, practicing Genjutsu requires Yin nature chakra.
Have you tested your chakra natures?
Do you have Yin chakra?”
Bai stared at Kurenai and said flatly, “Sister Kurenai, lying to children means you’ll never find a boyfriend!”
As Bai’s words fell, Kurenai’s face flushed brilliant crimson!
While practicing and casting Genjutsu indeed required Yin chakra, Yin and Yang natures differed from the five basic elemental natures (Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning)—everyone possessed Yin and Yang.
Yin Release chakra utilized spiritual energy to create form out of nothing; the Uchiha clan’s Susanoo was the ultimate expression of Yin Release.
Yang Release chakra utilized physical energy to inject life and vitality into inorganic matter, acting as a force multiplier for jutsu; adding Yang Release to any jutsu amplified its power exponentially!
A major reason Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release was so legendary was his ultimate Yang Release nature transformation.
But the entry barrier for Yin and Yang Release wasn’t as high as people thought; in fact, everyone was born with these attributes.
Genjutsu and Medical Ninjutsu were the most widespread forms of Yin Release and Yang Release techniques.
After all, wasn’t basic chakra just the fusion of spiritual energy and physical energy?
Kurenai really treated Bai like a clueless four-year-old!
Seeing that fooling him was impossible, Kurenai spoke gently, “Shiro-chan, B-rank Genjutsu is too dangerous.
How about we swap for another jutsu?”
“Okay!” Bai nodded immediately.
But before Kurenai could celebrate, Bai continued, “Then I want to learn the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!”
“No!” This time, Kurenai’s refusal was firmer than ever!
Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was a Kinjutsu (Forbidden Jutsu)!
If her reluctance to teach Tree Bind Death was out of concern that Bai might hurt others, her refusal to teach Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was out of fear that he would hurt himself!
The Multiple Shadow Clone Technique returned all accumulated fatigue back to the main body upon dismissal, and its chakra consumption was monstrous.
Kurenai didn’t want Bai ruining his body from overusing it.
Bai had a Sage Body and strong mental stamina, nor would he spam clones mindlessly, but he hadn’t expected Kurenai to teach him Multiple Shadow Clones now anyway.
He simply leveraged his age, staring stubbornly at Kurenai without giving an inch, adopting an all-or-nothing stance demanding either Tree Bind Death or Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!
In the end, Kurenai conceded defeat.
After all, she had made a promise, and Tree Bind Death was relatively low-lethality among B-rank jutsu, being used mostly for interrogation.
Kurenai ruffled Bai’s hair aggressively and instructed seriously: “Alright, alright, I’ll teach you Tree Bind Death!
But Shiro-chan, remember, you must never cast this Genjutsu recklessly on others, understand!?”
Bai naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
Over the next few days, Kurenai came every day to coach Bai on Tree Bind Death and offer guidance on his general training.
Though she didn’t reveal every single secret, she was thoroughly diligent.
Bai deliberately delayed “mastering” the technique to prolong her visits—one-on-one coaching from a Special Jonin was a privilege many elite clan children couldn’t even enjoy!
Kurenai was happy to play along with his little scheme, partly out of apology and partly out of genuine fondness and admiration for Bai.
An obedient, cute, hard-working genius who also happened to be the only surviving son of her late senior disciple sister—Kurenai had no reason not to adore him.
Unfortunately, Kurenai was a Konoha shinobi, not Bai’s sensei.
Once her one-month leave ended, she left the village for missions again.
Bai couldn’t do anything about it—he wasn’t Konohamaru, and Kurenai wasn’t Ebisu.