Chapter 476: The Flying Thunder God
On the way back from escorting Konan, Ishiro took a detour to Obito Uchiha's base to collect another month's rent.
Obito claimed he had kicked out the other tenants, but Ishiro didn't believe him. In the end, Obito still had to give Ishiro two scrolls.
After returning to the village, Bella immediately summoned Ishiro to her office. "Ishiro," she asked, "are you pursuing a political marriage with that Konan girl from the Akatsuki?"
Ishiro felt the term "political marriage" was a bit strange for him and Konan. Shouldn't it just be called "dating"? Wasn't a political marriage something like the one between Ikura and Yumi Uzumaki? A marriage arranged by the village was a political marriage. He hadn't involved the village at all; it was a purely personal matter.
But on second thought, it wasn't a bad thing if that was the impression people got. At the very least, if Obito heard about it, he wouldn't deliberately target him and Konan. A political marriage wasn't about love, so how could you sabotage it?
So, Ishiro nodded.
Bella thought for a moment. "We don't object to the marriage. However, after you are married, your children must live in Iwagakure."
"If that Konan girl is willing, she can also live in Iwagakure."
"But regarding village secrets, you must maintain some reservations with her."
We're already thinking about children? Ishiro thought. As for village secrets, he didn't think Konan would casually pry, so he nodded again.
Bella said, "There's no need to hide these things from us. A marriage alliance with the Akatsuki is a good thing. Everyone will accept it."
Ishiro quickly nodded and admitted his mistake.
After leaving Bella's office, Ishiro took the opportunity to deal with his backlog of official duties.
Most of the work was routine, but one matter gave him a bit of a headache.
It was the request from Kirigakure's Ning Mizunashi.
As Ishiro had laid out in the village's new strategic policy, they had to maintain good relations with Kiri.
But Ning Mizunashi wanted Obito Uchiha's whereabouts. He had just collected rent from Obito; selling him out immediately afterward...
Ishiro wrestled with this shameless act for a full three seconds before deciding to do it.
After inviting Ning Mizunashi to his office, Ishiro said, "It's Senior Ning Mizunashi, correct? Please, sit. My apologies. I was in the Land of Rivers for a while and didn't know an old friend had arrived. Please forgive my neglect."
Ning Mizunashi sat expressionlessly in the seat Ishiro had prepared.
This is the man who cost me the position of Mizukage, yet he acts as if we're old friends.
Ishiro said, "Regarding your village's request for help in providing Obito Uchiha's location, we can assist."
"However, I have a proposal. I wonder if your village would be willing to agree."
Ning Mizunashi said flatly, "Lord Tsuchikage, please speak."
Ishiro smiled. "We are allies. Logically, it's natural for allies to help each other."
"But if one side is always helping the other, the side being helped will start to feel awkward, wouldn't you agree?"
Ning Mizunashi wanted to say, "We wouldn't feel awkward at all."
But he restrained himself and didn't retort.
Ishiro continued, "How about this? If an ally needs help, it can be done in the form of a mission."
"For example, this time, your village can pay a fee and issue an S-rank mission. Our Iwagakure will accept the mission, and upon completion, we will collect the payment."
"This way, your village won't feel indebted to us. What do you think?"
Ning Mizunashi considered it and didn't object. The payment for an S-rank mission was nothing; it wasn't worth haggling with the Tsuchikage over.
Ishiro smiled. "Senior Ning has come a long way. Iwagakure will front the payment for this mission. Your envoy can send it over after returning to your village."
Ning Mizunashi nodded.
Ishiro then put on a show, summoning an Anbu and ordering them to investigate Obito's whereabouts.
Afterward, he said to Ning, "Senior Ning, this kind of investigation will likely take some time."
"If you have other matters, you can return to Kirigakure first. When there's progress, I will inform your village."
Ning Mizunashi said expressionlessly, "I have no official business to attend to. I will wait here in Iwagakure. It's fine. If the exchange students get homesick, I can help pass on messages."
Ishiro: ...
He wasn't comfortable with Ning staying in the village. No Kage would be happy with an elite jonin from another country wandering around their village, especially when his own village had secrets that couldn't be discovered.
For example: Haku Mizunashi.
After Ning left, Ishiro gave a helpless smile.
Having finished his official duties, Ishiro finally had time to check on his students.
In a few more months, Squad 6 would have been training under him for a full two years.
Sōkai's strength was progressing rapidly. He could now hold his own against an elite jonin for a short time.
Sasagawa Ayumi, with Kanako's help, had learned the Super Beast Scroll technique. Although she was still clumsy with it, its unconventional attack style was very difficult to deal with, and she was more than a match for any chunin.
As for Chiga, her combat ability wasn't even outstanding among genin. Of course, if she had a blood sample beforehand, and it was late at night with poor visibility, she could fight a chunin. But that couldn't be considered her normal combat strength.
Fortunately, her growth path was never that of a combat ninja, but a sensory-type. Even without considering her unique talent, her conventional sensory abilities alone were enough for her to become a chunin through the special promotion track. If her blood perception was taken into account, her ability could be used as a strategic weapon.
So Ishiro no longer needed to worry about his three disciples' promotions.
What he needed to do now was to plan out their futures in the time they had left.
Sōkai didn't need any planning. He had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and the high command's eyes would always be on him. Ishiro didn't need to worry too much about his future.
But the other two were different.
Ishiro had high hopes for Chiga's ability.
"Chiga, how far has your blood perception training progressed?" Ishiro asked her at the training ground.
Chiga replied, "Teacher Ishiro, I can now use a blood sample to quickly calculate the target's exact position and distance relative to me."
"However, my blood perception is passive. As long as I ingest blood, I will perceive them. And each perception lasts for many days. I can't eliminate the interference from useless blood samples."
"Also, I've figured out that it must be relatively fresh blood. If it's too old, I need a large quantity."
"In addition, I can sense a maximum of ten different people's blood at once. Any more than that and it gets chaotic."
"However, once a person I'm sensing dies and their blood coagulates, my perception will slowly fail. When it fails, they no longer take up one of my ten slots."
Ishiro nodded. "Good. Very detailed."
Before he could say more, Chiga continued, "I also found another method. If I ingest the blood of a husband and wife at the same time, I can vaguely sense the presence of their child. But this ability isn't very refined yet. I can only roughly sense if the child is alive, not their specific location."
Ishiro's eyes lit up. "Excellent. Focus your research in this direction. This ability will be of great use."
Chiga quickly nodded in acknowledgement.
Finally, there was Sasagawa Ayumi. There wasn't much Ishiro could do, other than guide him on how to use the Super Beast Scroll to perform sealing jutsu.
The two things about the Super Beast Scroll that impressed Ishiro the most were its flight capability and its sealing capability.
The sealing ability of the Super Beast Scroll reminded Ishiro a bit of his own Porcelain Release. Both could be used in actual combat.
There were too few sealing jutsu in the shinobi world that could be used in a real fight. Traditional sealing jutsu required the enemy to be subdued first, then the sealing squad would come forward to perform the technique. This was especially troublesome when dealing with Tailed Beasts, because subduing them was an incredibly difficult task in itself. Performing the sealing takes time, which means the Tailed Beast has to be suppressed for a long period. This was why every village suffered so many casualties whenever a Tailed Beast went on a rampage.
Sasagawa Ayumi was very interested in using the Super Beast Scroll for sealing. As Ishiro's disciple, through constant exposure, he also knew that the upper limit of sealing jutsu was very high.
Watching the excited Ayumi begin his training, Ishiro felt both gratified and a little guilty.
After guiding his three disciples, Ishiro went to find Akino Atsumi again.
This time, Akino was free. Seeing Ishiro arrive, she became very excited, pulling him along and telling him about her recent breakthroughs.
Obito's "cooperation" had provided a lot of help for her experiments. His deliberate defiance of Iwagakure's barrier had allowed Akino to find a way to reinforce space-time.
After this period of experimentation, Akino had successfully applied this knowledge to her Heavenly Transfer Technique.
She led Ishiro to two Heavenly Transfer pedestals, not far from each other.
Then, she stood on one of them.
In front of Ishiro, she performed a complex series of hand seals.
Then, Ishiro clearly sensed Akino disappear from her position and reappear on the other pedestal.
Ishiro took a deep breath and uttered three words: "Flying Thunder God!"
Although the technique still had many areas that needed refinement, it was, in essence, the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Akino had instantly teleported from one marked location to another.
It was just that these "marks" were too complex and too massive. Setting them up was too much trouble. Compared to Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju, who could apply a Flying Thunder God seal to any object with a simple touch, the difference was like heaven and earth.
If it were the just-transmigrated Ishiro, he would have definitely looked down on this neutered version.
But now, understanding the wonders of chakra, his thinking was completely different.
Akino had taken the first step. She was still young and had plenty of time. Even until the protagonist grew up, there were still ten years. As long as she kept practicing, the miraculous nature of chakra would naturally help her improve her proficiency.
This was how Riori Uzumaki practiced ninjutsu. With hundreds of shadow clones working together, her training speed was hundreds of times faster than a normal person's. The number of times she practiced was also immense; the number of Great Fireballs Riori released in one day was more than what others released in a year. That was how even someone with Riori's intelligence could learn ninjutsu.
Akino had achieved the initial stage of the Flying Thunder God's instant movement. With regular practice, she would sooner or later improve.
Ishiro asked Akino for a detailed copy of her notes on the technique. Although he couldn't understand them, he still wanted to take them back and study them. The Flying Thunder God was the dream of almost every transmigrator; one could not forget their original aspiration.
In addition, Ishiro gave Akino another task: simplify the space-time perception barrier.
During Obito's invasion, one thing had greatly intrigued Ishiro: Akino's ability to accurately locate Obito even while he was in his phased state. This was incredible. Ishiro's own panoramic perception could not sense other dimensions.
If he could combine it with this ability, his perception could completely lock onto Obito Uchiha.
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