As Shinji's right fist landed, the entire training ground's surface immediately trembled.
From the center point of Shinji's fist, the ground struck by the punch instantly cracked into many fissures, like a spiderweb. The ground churned, only slowly stopping when it had spread to a quarter of the training ground.
Within a few meters around Shinji, earth and rocks splattered, blasting out a small crater. The surrounding trees were also uprooted, tilting and falling, lying on their sides.
Shinji then raised his fist, looking at the changes caused by that single punch.
"It's very similar but not quite." Shinji mumbled.
The scene caused by that punch was very similar to Tsunade's Chakra Enhanced Strength. However, Shinji himself knew it wasn't because when he threw that punch, he saw the spatial vibration cracks that appeared on his fist. Although very slight, Shinji still caught it.
Instead of Chakra Enhanced Strength, it was more like an alternative form of Armament Haki.
Shinji's expression was strange as he dispersed his Chakra.
This was a method he had explored on his own after studying the Yin and Yang Release scrolls. To actually produce such an effect, it really was marvelous.
However, Shinji felt that its power was far from limited to this. If he were to add Yin Release...
Uh—
Shinji quickly cut off the dangerous thoughts in his mind. After all, just manifesting the Yang Attribute Nature Transformation was tough to handle. If he were to add Yin Release now, it would purely be asking for trouble.
At least for now, Shinji admitted he didn't have the ability to control it.
"Sensei! Are you alright?" Naruto's voice sounded from far to near.
Shinji turned to see Naruto and Shikamaru running quickly.
Seeing the scene around Shinji, they all had shocked expressions.
Shinji reached out and stopped the leaping Naruto, patting his head and saying, "Alright, don't be so agitated, I am fine."
Shinji naturally sensed everything that had just happened. He naturally saw Naruto and Shikamaru's actions. Even Sasuke was concerned about him at that moment.
How should he put it?
Shinji was quite happy that his disciples could be like this.
Naruto finally relaxed upon hearing this, reaching up to scratch the back of his head.
Shinji then turned to Shikamaru and said, "Shikamaru, well done. You were able to make the optimal choice immediately."
Shikamaru's face flushed slightly from the praise, but he still said awkwardly, "Sensei, I still think it would be better if you gave us a heads-up next time."
Shinji shook his head and chuckled softly, then said to Sasuke and the others, "You all did well too. Sometimes knowing how to accept others' suggestions is also a form of growth."
[Detected Sasuke's trust level has increased to intermediate, gaining Yin Release Chakra advancement (Proficient+)]
As soon as his words fell, Shinji received a system prompt.
Whoa—
Should he say it was worthy of the Uchiha clan, or worthy of Sasuke?
A simple admiration for strength could make Sasuke's trust increase from the bottom of his heart. Not bad, it was an unexpected gain.
"Sensei, what was that jutsu you just used?" Sasuke asked with a curious expression.
This time, he was genuinely curious. After all, Shinji's jutsu was very different from what he had seen before.
"Hmm, it's a kind of alternative application of Chakra, I suppose." Shinji stroked his chin, he truly couldn't describe it right now.
But he wasn't wrong, as this was an application of Yang Attribute Chakra.
Sasuke nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this explanation.
Choji narrowed his eyes. He had just felt a fluctuation from Shinji's burst of Chakra that was similar to the Akimichi clan's Partial Expansion Jutsu.
No, it should be said that it was a more advanced application of Yang Attribute Chakra than the Partial Expansion Jutsu.
Clap clap—
Shinji clapped his hands, interrupting his students' thoughts, and said with a cheerful smile, "I am happy today, how about we go to the barbecue restaurant to celebrate?"
"Yay!" Choji and Naruto immediately jumped up with joy.
"I have no objection, sensei." Shikamaru replied lazily. After all, he'd be thrilled to go home later.
"Sasuke, what about you?" Ino turned to Sasuke and asked.
Sasuke, caught off guard by the question, hesitated a bit. After all, he preferred to go home for dinner.
"Yo, our Sasuke isn't scared, is he?" Naruto said with a provocative expression, as if Sasuke's unwillingness to go meant he was a coward.
Hearing this, Sasuke immediately glanced at Naruto and retorted, "Tch, idiot, if you want to go, then go."
"Alright, before we go, I will speak to each of your parents."
Shinji interrupted the squabbling between Naruto and Sasuke, immediately creating several Shadow Clones to inform the disciples' families.
"Let's go."
Seeing Shinji's Shadow Clones disperse, Naruto immediately raised his hands and shouted.
"Let's go!"
Choji pulled Shikamaru and Sasuke, running directly out of the training ground.
Ino, seeing this, also quickly chased after them.
They really were full of energy.
Shinji, walking behind, shook his head with a light chuckle and followed after them.
— — —
Night.
At the Konoha Memorial Stone.
A faint figure replaced an old bouquet of flowers with a new one on a tombstone, then stood there lost in thought.
After a long time, he slowly disappeared. A gentle breeze blew, and the name on the tombstone clearly read Rin.
At the former Root Second Base, the figure who had just disappeared from the Memorial Stone reappeared.
"So Danzo is really dead."
As the words fell, the semi-transparent figure finally took a step onto the Root base, which had been ravaged by Ninjutsu.
"Oh?"
"There's actually still someone? No, are they specifically waiting for me?"
The semi-transparent figure had just taken a step when he stopped, turning his head to look at the place behind him.
Under the moonlight, a spiral-patterned mask was revealed to Shisui, who had just arrived.
At this moment, Shisui's single open eye had already transformed into the Mangekyo Sharingan. His face was full of solemnity as he slowly drew the standard long sword from his back.
In Danzo's memories, even Kotoamatsukami couldn't make him specifically describe this mysterious person.
"Who exactly are you, sir?"
As Shisui's words fell, several figures instantly appeared around the masked man.
Kakashi, along with Yamato and Itachi, formed a circle, trapping the masked man.
"Heh."
Obito, wearing the spiral mask, glanced at Itachi and Shisui, scoffing.
"I didn't expect the current Uchiha clan to have two individuals with the Mangekyo Sharingan."
The ease in his tone made Itachi, who was part of the encirclement, frown involuntarily.
"Sir, would you be willing to come with me?" Kakashi, dressed in Anbu attire, said calmly, his left hand already resting on the eye patch on his left side.
Seeing Kakashi's movement, Obito, beneath the mask, showed a look of disgust.