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Right here, right now.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Thank you for watching!

Right here, right now.

Right here, right now.

Uchimaru, are you okay?

Quick, your medicine!

I just got back. Now I have to clean the room.

Please be sure to take your medicine, will you?

That medicine will do nothing for me, you simpleton.

But I made it specifically for you.

It should ease your pain, at least a little.

It's burning in my arms.

I never imagined the suffering would be this great.

It was Sarutobi, after all. The third Hokage.

This was his final curse.

Enough of your prattling. Tell me, have you found the one I seek?

Yes. The trail led to a place called Tanzaku Town.

Tanzaku Town?

I see.

Lest you forget, your opponent's one of the legendary Sannin.

This isn't going to be easy.

The best medicines are always bitter.

Take a look.

It's the same mark.

I don't get it. How's this supposed to help?

You're the kind of kid who got yelled at in the academy for a lack of

concentration, aren't you? I don't see what that has to do with this.

Look at this piece of paper.

I've seen it.

All right. Now, if you will, give it a second look.

What am I looking at?

Well, I don't think it's going to help a whole lot if I explain too much right

away. But the first time you looked at this paper, your eyes just glanced at

whole thing. Am I right?

Probably. And what about the second time you looked?

Most likely the point in the middle.

Anytime that a person's eyes gaze on a blank sheet of paper, they don't focus

where to look. The eyes just wander the page.

But if you put even a dot on it, the mind is drawn there.

You're then concentrating on a single point.

And with that focus comes spiritual stability.

Letting you tap into unimaginable power.

When you finally broke open the hole in the rubber ball, I'm sure you must have

been trying desperately to gather up the chakra you needed in the palm of your

hand. Yeah, that's right!

When you concentrate, you draw out power.

But without some sort of target, concentration can be difficult.

Hence that mark.

Now listen, Naruto. From now on, when you're storing up power in your right

hand, make sure that you concentrate only on that mark.

Concentrate.

All right! I guess I can handle that!

Focal point!

The mark of belief!

Concentrate!

I don't think that's going to cut it. It has to pop.

Concentrate!

Hi there. I was hoping you could help me with something.

Concentrate Concentrate

It's now you.

I thought I knew what concentration was.

All right, then. I gotta go back and scrounge up some more information.

What? You just got here.

Sorry, kid, but I don't have any time to waste.

Hey!

That's it? Not even a soulful little game of catch between a pupil and his

master?

You lousy bum!

There you go, kid. Game over.

See you around, sport.

Who needs that pervy sage?

I'll just dig in and work this out on my own.

There's no other way, Naruto.

This training you must do alone.

You can attain the level of the fourth Hokage someday, but you must grab it on

your own.

Nope,

never laid eyes on her.

I see.

Sorry to have been any trouble.

I know who you're talking about.

And I can tell you where she is right now, too.

How about a drink, friend?

That's all right, thanks.

I made out like a bandit not too long ago.

Thanks to the lady.

Yes! You are indeed the legendary sucker!

She lost again, did she?

Lovely. Her losses were really piling up, so she went looking for a change of

scenery. Where to?

Hanzaku Town.

Tsunade, legendary Sanin, is somewhere within those walls.

These arms can at last be restored.

She may be good medicine, but she'll leave you with more than just a bitter

taste in your mouth.

Not to worry.

She number 44 just caught the fever.

Don't stop now. Keep that flutter coming.

Into every life a little luck must fall. Isn't that right, my lady?

I got three sevens.

Holy smokes, lady.

Yeah, not a bad haul.

Wish I had that kind of luck.

Oh, she did it again.

Never hit it this big.

I'm getting a bad feeling here.

I have a little knowledge of Lady Tsunade myself.

I was a member of the Medical Corps after all.

She was the first to propose what's now a very common practice.

For each squad to have a medical specialist included.

Simple but brilliant.

It was a landmark idea.

What becomes of a squad on the battlefield with no one to administer

medical treatment?

The answer is clearer than a fire in the night.

Countless years on the battlefield have simply taught them how to cope with the

ravages of war.

All those who were sacrificed led to the method you speak of.

And one only truly grasps the value of something once it has been taken away

from you.

This revolutionary idea, enacted by one of the legendary Sanin, hailed for her

medical prowess, was spawned in that sacrifice.

It's no good.

I have to concentrate even harder.

Concentrate.

Concentrate.

Concentrate. Concentrate.

Concentrate.

Concentrate on 1 .01.

What do you know?

Some gal out there must be talking about me.

Jiraiya, how do you do it?

Lady Tsunade, wait up, will you?

What's the matter? For you, doing this much is, well, a miracle.

But you don't look happy in the least.

This town.

Huh?

Something's not right here.

Hurry up, we're leaving.

What?

Rest Resort, we should take our time. Go see that historic castle.

Well, look that, so we can get out of here.

But, Lady Tsunade... Lord Orochimaru, let's get this business

over with.

Even if we need to get a little more forceful.

I've got to do it.

I can't even build up chakra. It hurts so much.

I think he's almost at his limit.

I just

need a little more time to rest, that's all.

We're still in class here!

You foolish ruts!

You guys don't have a single ounce of concentration between the four of you!

You are all far from the path to becoming excellent shinobi! Sorry, but I

made to sit still at a desk. Right, Akamaru?

Man, I'm hungry.

Sensei, is this lecture almost done?

You little... From now on, you guys are staying after school to work on your

concentration.

What's this for?

You're about to take up a custom path down through generations of the Hidden

Leaf Village for sharpening the mind.

By concentrating all your energy on the leaf on your foreheads, you will learn

to build up your chakra.

It is an ancient wisdom. By focusing on that single leaf, nothing can distract

you. He who hones his concentration is truly a great ninja.

This is the origin of the leaf symbol that we wear.

Quit pulling our leg.

You sure you didn't just make that story up to get us to work harder?

No, I'm not making it up. It was all true. Anyway, you can't become a great

ninja just by polishing your concentration.

Besides, everyone knows if you want to be an awesome ninja, you've got to be

strong. He does have a point.

Stuff like this.

Catch you later, Sensei. Hey, you boys, wait a minute.

No time, sorry.

You ungrateful little misfit.

This is the same thing.

I should have paid more attention to what Iruka -sensei was telling us.

I'm so stupid.

Well, I guess there's no use crying over spilled milk.

All right, here we go. I'm doing this no matter what.

Concentrate. Concentrate.

Concentrate.

Wow!

Tanzaku Castle sure does have a commanding presence.

Oh, they didn't designate it a cultural landmark for nothing, I suppose.

Stop lollygagging around. We have to get out of this town.

But don't you want to get a better peek at it?

It doesn't cost anything to look, you know.

Lady Tsunade?

What is this chill I'm feeling?

This kid is something else. The chakra was so dense it burned his palm.

One surprise after another.

What do you know? It finally popped.

Well done.

It looks like you've mastered the second step.

Come on, then.

Let me hear the third one.

That'll have to wait for now.

It's time for us to meet up with Dunar.

I'll watch Mario.

I finally found you.

Thank you for watching!

Thank you for watching!

concentrate on my training while we're walking. Give me a minute.

You half -wit. If we don't hustle here, we're going to lose her. And anyway,

kid, I'm running out of patience with you.

Where are we headed? If she's in this town, we'll need a higher vantage point

look from, so we're climbing up the castle.

Castle? It's over there. Can't you see it? Which way's over there?

I'm telling you.

What in the world?

Next time on Impossible Choice, the pain within Tsunade's heart.