Naruto: Starting from the time when the Six Paths of Pain was Kira Yoshikage

After the incident involving the flesh buds, Kakyoin and Yoshikage Kira, like Avdol, temporarily stayed at the Kujo family's residence.

The Kujo family was originally a wealthy family, with so many rooms that even ten times the number of people could easily live there. After all, Holly was born into the Joestar family, and even if her chosen marriage partner couldn't compare to the Joestar family, he was still no ordinary person and was quite rich in Japan.

Of course, the Kira family originally had a large mansion, but it was sold by Kira Yoshikage.

At the Kujo family mansion, Joseph summoned Yoshikage Kira to the courtyard.

"You really want to become a... Ripple Messenger?"

Joseph cut to the chase and asked directly. After receiving an affirmative answer from Yoshikage Kira, his tone became serious: "Ripple training is not an easy thing. It is very hard. I suffered a lot when I was young."

"If I were afraid of the hardship, I wouldn't have made a special trip to visit you."

In response to Yoshikage Kira's reply, Joseph shook his head slightly: "You didn't understand what I meant."

Joseph has witnessed the decline of the Ripple clan; in the past fifty years, the Ripple tradition has almost been severed.

Ripple users are incredibly strong, capable of pushing their physical abilities to their limits. In ancient times, Ripple users would undoubtedly be considered superhuman...

But there are limits to human capabilities.

With the advancement of technology, even if the human body's potential is fully developed... perhaps a single cannonball could solve the problem...

Therefore... it's already a sunset profession... and is being phased out by the times.

More importantly, cultivating Ripple requires extremely high aptitude.

Even at the height of Ripple's popularity, those who could cultivate Ripple Qi Gong were extremely rare.

If you don't have the aptitude for cultivation, the effort and reward of Ripple Qi Gong are disproportionate.

If possible, Joseph would certainly prefer that Ripple continue to be passed down, instead of just watching it become a thing of the past... a legend...

The key question is... is the other party qualified?

In his youth, Joseph possessed top-tier aptitude for Ripple.

Although he has hardly trained in Ripple since the Kars incident, otherwise he could have unleashed the power of an A-rank Stand even without a Stand, despite being a mortal.

"What I mean is..."

Joseph suddenly reached out his right hand and pressed it on Yoshikage Kira's shoulder, and a force that was difficult for an ordinary person to resist came from Yoshikage Kira's shoulder.

"Let me see your strength!"

To learn ripples, one must have a strong physique.

It's not that people with weak constitutions can't learn it, but... they simply can't control that power.

If you can't control it, you'll suffer the consequences.

The simplest way to test someone is to see how physically capable they are. That's exactly what Joseph is doing right now; his right hand, lost in battle years ago, is now equipped with the world's most advanced robotic arm.

The strength of this arm is unimaginable; it can easily crush even stones!

However... Kira Yoshikage, who directly bore the brunt of the force, was completely unaffected, as if nothing had happened.

"Mr. Joseph, what's your opinion?"

Joseph was startled when he saw Kira Yoshikage's calm expression.

Although he didn't use his full strength, his physical abilities are probably comparable to Jotaro's.

Since we're going to test it, let's test it properly... to the limit of the opponent! With that thought, Joseph's strength increased instantly.

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Sensing Kira Yoshikage's questioning gaze, Joseph was shocked and secretly began to compete with him.

He quickly used all his strength... but Kira Yoshikage still felt nothing...

"Hey, I don't believe it!"

At this moment, Joseph became completely serious, and a faint golden light emanated from his body.

Ripple, he used the power of Ripple!

Although he hadn't used it for many years, Joseph still had a very high level of mastery over this power.

He truly is a genius at cultivating Ripple!

Finally... he saw a slight change in Kira Yoshikage's expression...

Before he could even feel smug, the other person's expression quickly returned to normal.

Joseph: '???'

"This power must be Ripple, right? I knew it...it feels so much like Yang Release chakra..."

Kira Yoshikage thought to himself as he sensed the energy fluctuations emanating from Joseph's palm.

In reality, Yoshikage Kira was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

He noticed it from the moment Joseph started exerting force, but he also wanted to know where this body would stand in this world.

Since becoming one of the Six Paths of Pain, Yoshikage Kira's physical abilities have been greatly enhanced, easily surpassing those of ordinary people in this world. After all, the number of cells in the human body in the Naruto world is naturally several times that of humans in other worlds.

The conclusion was that even Joseph using Ripple could not cause himself any harm.

In other words, Yoshikage Kira's physical abilities in this world are equivalent to... a mini-Superman.

This is without the cultivation of ripples.

"Huh, it's over?"

Just as Yoshikage Kira was about to try to imitate the energy fluctuations emanating from Joseph's palm, Joseph stopped what he was doing.

On one hand, the test was over, and Kira Yoshikage's physical condition was undoubtedly up to standard. On the other hand, for Joseph, who hadn't used Ripple for many years, the exertion was truly considerable.

At this moment, a thin layer of sweat appeared on Joseph's forehead.

Let's make a long story short.

Before Kira Yoshikage could speak, Joseph cut to the chase and said, "I will not be your master."

Kira Yoshikage simply looked at him quietly, waiting for him to continue.

Joseph said he wouldn't be your mentor, not that he wouldn't teach you Ripple.

These are two concepts.

"My personality is really not suited to taking on apprentices."

Joseph scratched his messy hair at the back of his head as he spoke: "I don't have much of a talent for teaching."

"However... I can introduce you to a professional teacher in this field."

To be honest, Joseph himself is a naturally gifted player. In his youth, he was a playboy who didn't put much effort into training in Ripple. If it weren't for the Pillar Men incident, he wouldn't have seriously studied it. In recent decades, he hasn't even used Ripple much.

If Yoshikage Kira's aptitude were average, it wouldn't matter; he could just teach him for fun to prevent the Ripple lineage from being broken. But Yoshikage Kira's physical attributes were practically tailor-made for Ripple.

Letting him teach... is such a waste of talent.

Although the Ripple clan has declined to the point where there are very few people left, their heritage still exists.

"Now I can teach you some basics about ripples. As for how much you can learn, that depends entirely on your ability."

After saying that, he quietly looked at Yoshikage Kira, waiting for his reply.

"Old Mr. Joseph."

Kira Yoshikage slowly opened his mouth and said something that Joseph had never expected.

"Let Jotaro and the others study together too."