Uchiha Yorin's thoughts went fuzzy for a few seconds, then he decided not to overthink it.
Entertainment in this world is so barren that people get nosebleeds over Make-Out Paradise or a Harem Technique; something as high-tier as "Thunder–Fire Sword"? Most haven't even heard of it, much less seen it. So naming his move that is totally fine.
Name quibbles aside, Thunder–Fire Sword packs serious punch.
Back then, Uchiha Two-Sword Style: Dance of the Crimson Moon could fight Shisui's finisher to a draw.
Now, upgraded to Thunder–Fire Sword Dance, it should edge ahead. If Shisui hasn't cooked up new tricks lately, he might just get blasted off the stage by the Uchiha Two-Sword Style: Thunder–Fire Sword Dance.
Too bad Shisui's out "long-hauling" right now; otherwise Yorin wouldn't be stuck with no one to test on.
Having a shiny new move and no one to use it on—frustrating for anyone, Yorin included. He couldn't help a long sigh.
Uchiha Yorin: "Should I push harder and get Raikiri too?"
He kept mulling.
The canon often equates Chidori and Raikiri, but a closer read says: same lineage, yes—yet Raikiri is Chidori's advanced form, with greater power and lethality.
So Yorin figured he should evolve Chidori Blade into Raikiri Blade, boosting damage and making a true Thunder–Fire Sword.
Of course, instead of grinding Chidori, Yorin started on another track:
Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
…
Three "Lightning Armor" styles are recorded in the clan library. One is from Kiri's Seven Ninja Swordsmen—Kurozuchi Raiga, wielder of the Thunder Swords: Fang.
His lightning armor is nothing fancy—just a defensive shell of lightning.
Kiri's trump is Water Release, not Lightning—so Raiga's lightning arts being mid is normal.
Not everyone's an Uchiha: when jutsu are lacking, just open the Sharingan and presto—an open-source golden age.
…
The other two are Kumo's Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and the strongest Lightning Armor.
Lightning Release Chakra Mode is also called "Lightning Armor." Some hype it as "Raijin Armor" or "Thunderstrike Armor."
It buffs offense, defense, and speed—full spectrum, no blind spots.
At max power your hair spikes like a Super Saiyan, and you can still trade with sky-high endgame Sasuke. Says enough about the quality.
The Third Raikage used that move to stalemate the Eight-Tails and fight ten thousand ninja for three days and nights—dying not from wounds, but from exhaustion.
If you can run that, why touch the mid stuff?
Against Kumo's mode, Kiri's lightning armor is a joke.
If the former is a voluptuous big-sister type, the latter isn't even a washboard—just a forgettable background extra.
Uchiha Yorin—the Flame Claw of Konoha—eats on speed, power, and taijutsu.
If he masters Lightning Release Chakra Mode, his strength gets a fresh bump—surge, spike, explode. Then Shisui might not keep up with his speed.
Before, Yorin lacked Lightning nature and couldn't learn it. Now? The Raijin Armor is his.
Recalling what he'd read in the scrolls, he began training Lightning Release: Raijin Armor.
He opened the Sharingan and observed his own chakra flow: "Use lightning to stimulate the body, enhancing muscle and neural response speed to boost strength and speed.
"Under sustained lightning stimulus, the body keeps strengthening. Training in armor mode beats normal training, compounding gains until your physique skyrockets."
"Ke-ke-ke—so that's it!"
Confirming it, Yorin let out a delighted Uchiha cackle. "I'm beginning to understand everything!"
There were still steps before use-in-combat, but no matter—Yorin already saw a brilliant future.
Open Raijin Armor—open Eight Gates—Thunder–Fire Sword, Thunder–Fire Sword Dance—in a blink of blade-light he minces an Ōtsutsuki to bits, unifies the ninja world, gets crowned its emperor, drags those trash daimyo and nobles out to "appease heaven," and opens a new golden age.
Just thinking about it made him a little giddy.
"Ke-ke-ke—hahahahaha…"
…
Hearing Yorin's Uchiha cackle, Uchiha Itachi—walking in the distance with his parents—frowned and looked up at his father, Fugaku.
He could tell that the recently famous Uchiha Yorin didn't like him. He didn't know why, but the guy treated him like a random passerby.
If it were someone else, being a passerby would be fine. But he'd inherited the Will of Fire—he would be Hokage one day. By rights, Uchiha Yorin had inherited that will too.
"You're 'fire,' I'm 'fire'—shouldn't we be on the same side?" But Yorin wasn't—he just treated Itachi like a stranger.
"Is it because I'm too young?" Itachi wondered.
If Yorin could be frank with him, he'd correct that on the spot:
"No. I treat you this way because you slaughtered more than seven hundred of your clan—men, women, and children. From grandmothers of eighty to infants of eight months—you spared no one. It was madness—cold-blooded to the core.
"Even knowing that on the line where I exist it won't happen—just thinking about it makes me furious; in the heat of summer I shiver as if frozen, tears slipping out before I notice.
"Some say the Weasel was forced by Danzō—that he had no choice. That his 'education' was messed up. That if I mentor him he won't turn out so warped.
"But I can't. Just thinking of what he does in the future makes me physically sick—literally nauseous.
"So I've decided this—keeping it to 'passersby' is best. For me and for him. Let's live separately—what's wrong with that?"
Fugaku, of course, thought differently.
With Yorin so strong and on good terms with him, why not teach Itachi like Shisui does—train him up?
Yorin had dodged twice—clearly not enough sincerity on Fugaku's side. This time he'd brought the whole family; surely Yorin wouldn't refuse again?
Unexpectedly—
Yorin really did refuse again.
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