Konoha's Hextech Ninja

The position of Hokage is both a source of power and a constraint.

As long as I don't push Hiruzen Sarutobi too far, he won't do anything that would affect the Hokage's dignity.

"Kakashi, you've stolen the spotlight again," Yagami Yoruichi joked with Hatake Kakashi.

"If you like it this way, I'll give it to you next time you have the chance." Kakashi Hatake still had that incredibly cold expression.

"Forget it." Yagami Yoruichi shook her head and said, "I'm not interested in these things. I'd rather spend that time studying ninjutsu."

"By the way," Yagami Yoruichi said, turning to Kakashi Hatake when the topic of ninjutsu research came up, "how's your ninjutsu research coming along?"

What Yagami Yoruichi was referring to was, of course, 'Chidori'.

Throughout the entire winter break, Kakashi Hatake devoted a significant portion of his energy to developing this ninjutsu.

However, the results were not particularly ideal.

The completion rate has improved significantly compared to before the winter break, but completing the ninjutsu is still a long way off.

"There are still some flaws in the body activation part, and the hand seals still need further optimization." Kakashi Hatake didn't hide anything from Yoruichi Yagami, saying, "As for the change of form you mentioned, I plan to try it after I have fully developed Chidori."

Since they haven't even developed the 'Chidori' technique, it's unrealistic to expect them to create ninjutsu like the 'Chidori Stream' or the 'Chidori Sharp Spear'.

'Chidori' is the foundation of a series of advanced ninjutsu. If you can't even lay a good foundation, you can't build a skyscraper.

"Hand seals?" Yagami Yoruichi thought for a moment and said, "I also have some knowledge of hand seals. Just say so if you need help."

"If you can help, that would be great." Kakashi Hatake was delighted and quickly said, "See you at the training ground after school this afternoon, we'll have a good chat then."

Yoruichi Yagami also knew that it was not appropriate to discuss ninjutsu in depth at a school.

Kakashi Hatake doesn't mind sharing the development progress of 'Chidori' with Yoruichi Yagami, but that doesn't mean he's willing to let other classmates have access to his unique ninjutsu.

"See you after school." Yagami Yoruichi waved and walked to the side with Yuhi Kurenai to continue their shuriken training.

Kakashi Hatake, however, did not continue training, but instead pondered how to ask Yoruichi Yagami a question.

After pondering his doubts, Kakashi Hatake found a notebook and wrote down all the problems he had encountered during the development of 'Chidori', especially the parts about chakra manipulation and hand seals, which he wrote down in great detail.

It took Kakashi Hatake two or three hours to fill an entire small notebook before he finally stopped.

By this time, it was already time for school to end.

Yagami Yoruichi, along with Yuhi Kurenai and Hatake Kakashi, headed towards the public training grounds of Konoha Village.

"This is the problem I'm facing." Kakashi Hatake handed the notebook to Yoruichi Yagami and said, "This ninjutsu is very close to completion, but it's just a little bit short. You know, with ninjutsu, even a small difference can have a huge impact."

Yagami Yoruichi opened the notebook in her hand and couldn't help but feel speechless.

"You wrote so much?" Yagami Yoichi glanced at the thickness of the notebook and said speechlessly, "I estimate it will take me more than an hour just to read through all of this."

"Please, Yoruichi."

Kakashi Hatake knew exactly how to ask for a favor, and said directly, "If you can help me complete this technique, then it will be considered that we developed it together, and we will both be qualified to use and teach it."

"That's not what I meant," Yagami Yoru said instinctively, but he didn't reject Kakashi Hatake's suggestion.

This is Chidori, a ninjutsu comparable to the Rasengan!

Yoruichi Yagami has already learned the Rasengan, but because she is unsure whether the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, has mastered the technique, she does not dare to use it openly.

Chidori, on the other hand, doesn't have this problem.

If she could learn Chidori, it would mean that Yoruichi Yagami would have another powerful technique.

Of course, Yoruichi Yagami doesn't have the lightning attribute, which is a bit of a problem.

However, developing the basic five elemental attributes from scratch is something that even a typical Jonin can do, and Yagami Yoruichi was confident that she could do it too; it was just a matter of how much time it would take.

We chatted all the way until we arrived at the training ground.

Yagami Yoruichi looked at Hatake Kakashi and said, "Alright, I'll train with Kurenai, and as for you, I'll mainly provide some theoretical support. We'll use Shadow Clones."

With that, Yagami Yoruichi created a shadow clone and walked with Hatake Kakashi to an open space to the side.

Chapter 56 Copying the Correct Answers

It took Yagami Yoruichi a little time to review all the problems that Hatake Kakashi had recorded during the development of 'Chidori'.

"Your current design uses the 'Ugly-Monkey' seals?" Yagami Yoichi looked at Hatake Kakashi and said, "Have you considered that such active Lightning Release chakra would require an abnormally high level of chakra nature and form transformation if you try to completely transform it with just two seals? It would be better to add more seals to reduce the difficulty."

"Add more prints?"

Kakashi Hatake understood what Yoruichi Yagami meant.

If one has sufficient control over chakra and a deep enough understanding of ninjutsu, theoretically, any ninjutsu can be performed without hand seals.

But in reality, no ninja can actually do this (in Kakashi Hatake's current understanding).

Even the most skilled ninja cannot perform ninjutsu at will, which is why hand seals are used to assist in completing ninjutsu and reduce the difficulty of performing it.

The more hand seals are formed during the release of a ninjutsu, the lower the difficulty of other aspects will naturally be.

Of course, this is on the premise that the hand seals must conform to the principles of ninjutsu.

Kakashi Hatake also considered reducing the difficulty of the 'Chidori' ninjutsu by increasing the number of hand seals.

However, he had little knowledge of the essence of hand seals and couldn't think of a starting point for the time being.

He sought help from Yagami Yoruichi because Yagami Yoruichi's research on hand seals far surpassed his own.

"Do you have any ideas?" Kakashi Hatake asked Yoruichi Yagami directly about her thoughts.

"With your chakra control, you don't need complicated hand seals. Adding one seal between 'Chou' and 'Shen' is enough. The most suitable one should be 'Mao', which is the hand seal sequence of 'Chou-Mao-Shen'."

Without much thought, Yagami Yoruichi directly stated the complete hand seal sequence for Chidori in the original work: "Try it in this order. The key point is that when you form the 'Ox' seal, you complete the change in form; when you form the 'Monkey' seal, you complete the change in nature; and the role of the 'Rabbit' seal is to transition from the change in form to the change in nature."

When Yagami Yoruichi was studying the 'Qian' seal and the 'Ren' seal, he had already conducted a relatively in-depth study of the basic twelve earthly branch seals.

By combining the hand seals of the completed 'Chidori' from the original work and working backwards from the answer, it becomes easy to understand why the hand seals that make up 'Chidori' are 'Ox-Rabbit-Monkey', rather than other hand seal sequences.

Of course, working backwards from the answer when you already know it is a form of cheating.

If she had truly started from scratch and researched it herself, even Yoruichi Yagami wouldn't have been able to arrive at the correct answer so quickly.

However, it's just that it can't be done 'that fast,' not that it's 'impossible'.

Thanks to Kosuke Maruboshi's unreserved guidance, he even helped Yoruichi Yagami gather relevant information from various sources.

Yagami Yoruichi's understanding of 'hand seals' has surpassed that of the vast majority of Jonin.

This is also Yagami Yoruichi's strongest advantage at present, besides her physique and chakra.

but……

If everyone knows the correct answer, why would anyone bother to research it themselves?

Yagami Yoruichi looked at Hatake Kakashi's notes and saw that Kakashi's development of the 'Chidori' technique was almost complete, with only one flaw remaining.

By making up for the shortcomings in the hand seal method, it can perfectly make up for the final flaw of this ninjutsu.

“I’ll try adding the ‘卯’ seal for the transition.” Kakashi Hatake pondered for a moment and immediately began to try forming the seals.

But this attempt also failed.

"'Mao' seal only serves as a transition. Here, you need to maintain the change in form and then transition towards a change in nature. As for the details..."

Yagami Yoruichi carefully explained the details that needed to be paid attention to when forming hand seals.

Kakashi Hatake developed 'Chidori' from scratch and has an extremely high understanding of this ninjutsu. After listening to Yoruichi Yagami's explanation, he immediately understood where he went wrong.

He began forming hand seals again.

Chou-mao-shen.

After completing the three seals, a ball of flickering lightning emerged from Kakashi Hatake's palm.

Compared to the previous 'half-finished product', this 'Chidori' has improved stability by several levels.

"The power has also increased. After reducing the difficulty of the technique by using the 'Rabbit' seal, I can focus more on chakra nature transformation and further enhance the power of the lightning attribute."

Kakashi Hatake didn't need to try it; just by sensing the chakra in his hand, he could roughly judge the power of this ninjutsu. He couldn't help but feel a little eager to try it out, saying, "Yoruichi, I have now fully mastered 'Chidori.' I wonder how much my strength has improved."

Even a half-finished version of 'Chidori' had greatly increased Kakashi Hatake's speed.

The now fully completed 'Chidori' is even more refined, with its speed further increased and its direct attack power also significantly enhanced.

This gave Kakashi Hatake an immediate urge to challenge Yoruichi Yagami.

"Let's call it a day. Although you've mastered this technique, you still need to practice more." Yagami Yoruichi waved her hand, refusing Hatake Kakashi's challenge, and said, "Your current level isn't enough. You need to continue developing this technique based on 'Chidori' before you can defeat me."

It wasn't that Yagami Yoruichi was arrogant.

The two had faced off so many times that they were very familiar with each other.

Yoruichi Yagami was able to roughly estimate how much Kakashi Hatake's strength would increase after completing 'Chidori'.

Although he is already very strong, he is still a bit short of being able to defeat himself.

Unless the opponent can master a series of advanced ninjutsu such as 'Chidori Stream' and 'Chidori Sharp Spear', they might not be able to threaten me.

And it's just a threat.

As long as she uses the Rasengan, Yoruichi Yagami can easily defeat most Chidori-style ninjutsu with her superior chakra.

However, if Kakashi Hatake can truly master the advanced 'Chidori' series of ninjutsu, his strength will put considerable pressure on Yoruichi Yagami.

“You helped me complete this technique, and according to the agreement, we should share it.” Kakashi Hatake was saying this when he suddenly remembered something: “Oh no, I forgot, you don’t seem to have lightning attribute.”

"It's alright." Yagami Yoruichi waved his hand and said, "Lightning attribute can be cultivated later in life. I don't have that plan in the short term, but I will have to master it sooner or later."

Yoruichi Yagami's attributes are currently Yang, Water, Fire, and Wind.

However, to truly stand at the pinnacle of the ninja world, in addition to the high stats brought by cheat codes, mastery of the seven elements is also indispensable.

Yin Release is a bit more troublesome, but the basic lightning and earth attributes can be mastered through self-training, which is also part of Yagami Yoruichi's future plans.

Of course, that will only happen after Yagami Yoruichi has developed her existing attributes to a certain extent, at least mastering several powerful ninjutsu of each attribute that can be used as core techniques, before she will try to develop new attributes.

Chapter 57 The Gap in Strength

Public training ground.

The two figures kept clashing, the short sword and kunai colliding repeatedly, producing a series of crisp sounds.