Konoha's lexicon of ninjas

The Nine-Tails disappeared, and Hoshino Shuichi appeared in front of Kakashi and the others.

Ringo Ameyuri immediately asked, "Lord Shuichi, shouldn't Shisui's Body Flicker Technique also be at the level of a Kage?"

Hoshino nodded: "Without the Nine-Tails, he'd be about the same as Madara Uchiha before he awakened the Rinnegan."

Huang Tu asked, "Currently in the ninja world, besides you, Lord Shuichi, the only others who have become Kage are Madara Uchiha (who awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan), Hashirama, and Nagato (who obtained the Rinnegan), right?"

"It could even be said that, apart from you, Madara Uchiha, and Lord Hashirama, only a Jinchuriki could have accomplished this."

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "You could say that."

"With your talent, becoming a Kage-level expert wouldn't be a problem at all."

"But to surpass Kage and become someone like Nagato, Madara Uchiha, or Shisui, it's not just a matter of ninjutsu; there also needs to be a foundation."

"That's a massive amount of chakra."

Hoshino Shuichi's gaze swept over everyone, and he said, "Apart from Shisui, Kakashi, Kisame, and Guy, the others are all quite lacking."

Kai was quite surprised: "Eh, is my chakra considered a lot?"

Hoshino Hideichi laughed and said, "No, but if you open the Eight Gates and squeeze out your life force, I believe that once you open the Seventh Gate, you will be able to rival any Kage."

"As for opening the Eight Gates, I believe Super Shadow will have absolutely no problem."

The others were shocked, but Kai scratched his head and laughed, "Since you say so, Shuichi, then I need to work even harder from now on!"

However, no one knew that Hoshino Shuichi not only didn't exaggerate, but actually downplayed the extent of his claims.

According to the original work, Night Guy in the final battle was at least a near-Six Paths level, and Hoshino Shuichi felt that defeating Hashirama Senju in Sage Mode was not a problem.

Even the True Thousand Hands - Top Transformation Buddha should not be able to stop Night Guy.

"Lord Shuichi, according to your logic, aside from Shisui and the others, none of us can become Super Kage?"

The wooden figure asked.

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "That's how it's theoretically said."

"Of course, you're an exception, since you have two tails."

"I will teach you Sage Mode. With the Two-Tails working together, you won't need to use Jinchuriki mode to unleash power that is no less than, or even surpasses, that of Jinchuriki mode. You'll have no problem reaching Kage level."

"As for the others, the first thing they need to solve is the problem of chakra."

"Of course, for me, solving the chakra problem is not difficult."

"Therefore, you don't need to worry about this issue. Instead, you need to seriously consider how to realize your talents and find a path to become a Super Shadow."

"You need to understand that chakra quantity is just a basic requirement. Not having enough chakra doesn't necessarily mean you can't become a Kage, but having enough chakra doesn't guarantee you'll become a Kage."

Everyone fell into deep thought.

Hoshino Hideichi changed the subject, saying, "Think it over carefully in your hearts."

"Next, I'll show you the power of the former God of Shinobi, which is the strength of a near-Six Paths."

"Let me show you how the God of Ninjas wields his power!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xingxia Xiu instantly appeared on the high wall.

Uchiha Shisui and the others turned around. A hundred meters away, the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, stood with his hands raised in a hand seal.

Yamato immediately shouted a warning: "Get ready, it's Wood Release!"

Before the words had even finished, Hashirama Senju had already completed the hand seals and clasped his hands together: Wood Release - Advent of a World of Trees!

In an instant, thick trees roared out and swept in like a torrent, surging towards the crowd.

Huang Tu's expression was grim: "Earth Escape is completely useless against this kind of large-scale technique."

Xiao Nan has already taken off.

Yamato used the same Wood Release techniques, but his techniques were nowhere near as powerful as Hashirama Senju's.

Kakashi created a clone and shouted, "We must prevent ourselves from being submerged by the Sea of ​​Trees!"

He leaped into the air, his main body and clone connected by lightning, forming a sharp blade of lightning that hurtled towards the surging sea of ​​trees.

Wherever the lightning struck, the swirling sea of ​​trees was severed.

But more and more grow, seemingly inexhaustible.

Kisame Hoshigaki rapidly formed hand seals: "Creating a suitable environment for myself might also be a solution."

Water Release: Exploding Water Wave!

Kisame Hoshigaki puffed out his cheeks and his chest swelled up. Then he opened his mouth and spat out a torrent of water, instantly turning the surrounding area into a vast body of water.

Kisame then drew his sword, moved at high speed on the water's surface, and swung his long blade to cut the attacking vines.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Maki teamed up, using Wind Release and Fire Release to unleash a sea of ​​fire that ignited the engulfing forest of trees. However, the ever-growing forest of trees quickly engulfed the sea of ​​fire.

"Too powerful, even Fire Release techniques can't stop it..."

Maki was speechless.

The wooden puppet summoned the Two-Tails and shouted, "We must deal with Lord Hashirama first, so that Matatabi can break through the Sea of ​​Trees and have a chance."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Guy, and the others nodded, then leaped onto the Two-Tails. Uchiha Shisui activated Susanoo and clad the Two-Tails in armor.

The Two-Tails immediately rushed towards Hashirama Senju, while Shinnosuke Sarutobi and the others on its body used various ninjutsu to help open a passage.

Upon seeing this, Konan in the air immediately fired a large number of paper shuriken, which then exploded, sending wood chips flying everywhere.

However, the earth shook violently, the wooden dragon tumbled, and Erwei was quickly entangled in its limbs and tail, unable to move an inch.

Guy, Shinnosuke Sarutobi, Yotsuchi, and the others on the Two-Tails were quickly entangled and hoisted up by the vines.

It's sizzling!

Kakashi flashed forward, his Chidori spear sweeping across the land, severing thick vines and rescuing Guy, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and the others.

Yukito shouted, "Another traveler!"

"clear!"

Then, with a loud shout, he opened his mouth and condensed a tailed beast jewel.

Konan, who was in the air, was about to provide support to prevent the vines from interfering, but Hashirama Senju unrolled the scroll and summoned a large number of ninja tools.

The vines were incredibly flexible, wrapping around or hooking onto gigantic ninja tools as they attacked Konan, forcing her to take them seriously.

"Eight Gates Formation, Sixth Gate, Open!"

Kai, now in his explosive form, was enveloped in green light. He swung his fists at high speed, unleashing bursts of flame that shattered the vines.

Uchiha Shisui landed on the Two-Tails, and the Perfect Susanoo rose up, its spiral spear waving, temporarily blocking the surging sea of ​​trees.

Finally, the Tailed Beast Ball took shape and was launched by the Two-Tails, carving a path through its path.

Hashirama Senju simply raised one hand, and wooden strips rose and wrapped around him, forming a spherical defense.

The Tailed Beast Ball struck, but instead of piercing through, it expanded and contracted with the spherical defense, gradually moving upwards until it was finally pushed off by the spherical defense and flew up in the astonished gazes of Yugito and the others.

Rumble!

The Tailed Beast Ball exploded, its intense light expanding and turning everything in its path to ashes.

When the storm passed, Kakashi and the others looked and saw that the layers of wooden planks had been opened, and Hashirama Senju was completely unharmed.

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Shisui immediately thrust his spear through the hole, and Senju Hashirama clasped his hands together, his two enormous wooden hands grabbing the spiraling spear.

Immediately following the Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique, a giant wooden golem rose up and punched Susanoo backward. Then, with a sweeping motion, Susanoo's spiral spear flew up and then slammed into the ground with a bang.

Huang Tu shouted, "It's difficult to get close like this."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke looked at Konan in the air and said, "Perhaps we still have to rely on Konan."

Darui brandished his greatsword, severing a vine, and shouted, "Then find a way to get her to deliver the kunai there!"

Kai shouted, "It's time for Konoha's Azure Beast to make its appearance!"

"Seventh Gate, open!"

boom!

A terrifying burst of power caused the airflow to shatter all the nearby vines.

Enveloped in blue light, Kai shouted, "Kakashi, get ready!"

Kakashi nodded solemnly: "Understood!"

"superior!"

With a loud shout from the wooden man, the two-tailed beast charged again, joining forces with Susanoo to deal with the wooden man.

Meanwhile, Kai, who had opened seven gates, seized the opportunity and, with the cover of the others, stormed onto the wooden dummy at an extremely fast speed.

"Burn, passionate youth!"

Kai shouted, his figure suddenly rising from the sky, and then he threw the Flying Thunder God Kunai in his hand.

The next moment, with a loud bang, Kai was whipped away by a vine.

At the same time, the Two-Tails was entangled by the Wood Dragon and had its chakra extracted.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke and the others leaped and bounded to avoid being surrounded by vines.

Kakashi dodged while keeping an eye on the flying kunai.

Suddenly, his figure vanished and reappeared behind Hashirama Senju, grabbing the kunai that Hashirama had dodged.

Raikiri!

Kakashi's palm pierced through Hashirama Senju's body.

Yamato, who had just been hoisted up, suddenly changed his expression: "It's a wood clone!"

Kakashi also noticed that the wood clones were entangled with him. Just as he was about to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to break free, he discovered that his time was rapidly passing.

"not good……"

Kakashi's body went limp, and the tailed beast chakra within him rapidly dissipated.

At this point, besides Konan, there was also Uchiha Shisui piloting a Gundam; everyone else was suspended in mid-air.

Hashirama Senju emerged from the top of the wooden dragon head entwined with the Two-Tails, then lowered his eyes.

Sage Mode!

True Thousand Hands - Transformed Buddha on Top!

The wooden Buddha rose up, and Hashirama Senju leaped to the top of its head.

The next moment, to Kakashi and the others' astonishment, a barrage of fists slammed down, knocking the newly launched Perfect Susanoo down and causing it to collapse with a bang.

Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but smile wryly: "As expected of the God of Shinobi, Kotoamatsukami is completely ineffective."

He couldn't determine whether the Hashirama Senju before him was the same as the real one, or whether it was being manipulated by Shuichi Hoshino.

If it's the latter, then it's fine, because his Kotoamatsukami really doesn't work on Hoshino Shuichi.

But if he's like the real Hashirama Senju, then he'd be the second person whose eye techniques could be ignored.

Neither Madara Uchiha nor Kaguya Otsutsuki could do that.

……

As expected, Uchiha Shisui and his companions were defeated.

Although Konan wasn't captured, she couldn't handle Hashirama Senju alone.

After the battle ended, a group of people stood on a thick tree. Xingxia Xiu said, "The reason for these battles is to give you a clearer understanding."

"So, who can tell us how they plan to become a Shadow, or even surpass a Shadow?"

Kisame Hoshigaki said, "Lord Shuichi, if you become a Kage, I believe that Water Release techniques alone will be sufficient."

"But to reach the level of a Kage, one would at least need to master a bloodline limit, right? In the ninja world, there shouldn't be anyone who has achieved this with a single ninjutsu."

"However, developing a bloodline limit seems to require more than just talent; it also requires a bit of luck."

Hoshino Hideichi smiled and nodded, "That's true."

"So, Kisame, which bloodline limit do you plan to train?"

Kisame asked, "How's the Ice Release?"

"However, it seems that Lord Shuichi does not possess this kind of bloodline limit."

Hoshita Shuichi smiled but didn't speak. Kakashi suddenly spoke up: "It's frozen!"

Everyone looked down at the tree, where the water that Kisame had created was rapidly freezing over.

Kisame's pupils contracted, then he exclaimed in admiration, "Truly worthy of being called Shuichi-sama!"

Hoshino Shuichi looked at Kisame and said, "Then, the path you need to take next is to develop Water Release, to the point where you can suppress Jonin with Water Release."

"Ice Release is obtained by fusing Water Release and Wind Release nature transformations, so you also need to be proficient in Wind Release."

"Maki, for the training in the illusionary realm from now on, you and Kisame will be in the same team."

Maki was taken aback, then quickly nodded, "Yes, Lord Shuichi!"

He understood what Hoshino Shuichi meant; he needed to help Kisame with his Wind Release techniques.

Then, Hoshino Shuichi asked Maki, "Maki, what are your thoughts?"

After pondering for a moment, Maki said, "Lord Shuichi, if one cannot cultivate a bloodline limit, is it impossible to become a Super Kage?"

Hoshino Hideaki shook his head: "Of course not."

"Theoretically speaking, any ninjutsu has infinite possibilities."

"For example, with Fire Release, if you can make the temperature comparable to the sun, you can surpass the Kage level."

"When this road is difficult."

"Training in bloodline limits is certainly difficult, but if you succeed, developing bloodline limits is actually much easier, because it's a new nature change that you synthesize yourself."

"Maki, if you want to specialize only in Wind Release, then I suggest you first develop a Wind Release chakra mode that suits you."

"Using Wind Release Chakra Mode as a foundation and starting point, we can then climb to even higher levels."

Maki was startled: "Wind Release Chakra Mode?"

Hoshino nodded: "Back then, in order to raise my power ceiling, the first problem I solved was the amount of chakra."

"Next came the development of A-rank and S-rank ninjutsu. For example, the first one I developed was Fire Release."

boom!

A blue flame chakra cloak appeared around Hoshino Shuuichi: "This is the Fire Release Chakra Mode I developed back then. It not only requires a huge amount of chakra, but also amazing chakra control."

Then, as the fiery lotus bloomed layer by layer on his body, Hoshino Shuichi's figure flew up under everyone's gaze and landed on the frozen water.

Suddenly, Maki and the others' gazes sharpened.

With a deafening roar, the ice surface exploded, and pillars of fire shot into the sky, encircling an area of ​​about 100 meters.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw flames connect and form a barrier, with the pillars of fire as nodes, and then fire lotuses bloomed in the area within the barrier.

Rumble!

Their vision was distorted, and even Maki and the others felt that space itself was warped.

The raging fire, ice, and water below the barrier vanished in the blink of an eye.

When the ninjutsu ended, all that remained was the dry, cracked, and scorched ground.

Xingxia Xiu said, "This is the Fire Hell Lotus. Back then, I used a chakra blade to inject fire chakra into the ground to perform it."

"After Fire Release Chakra Mode, I incorporated Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation, which increased the temperature of the flames while making them more controllable."

As they spoke, everyone noticed that Hoshino Shuichi's chakra cloak had become even more solid.

Immediately afterwards, Hoshinoichi casually waved his hand, and a sword light combining wind and fire release whistled out, easily cleaving the ice layer and splitting the water in two.

Hoshino Shuichi continued, "After incorporating Wind Release, it's a fusion of two nature transformations, not a combination; in other words, it's Scorching Release!"

His chakra cloak immediately transformed into a scorching chakra cloak.

Back then, Hoshino Shuichi also showed Kakashi this development process approach.

"Not just Maki, you can all refer to this development process."

Hoshino Shuuichi said, "Chakra Mode is a ninjutsu with great potential for growth. Its only drawback is that it requires a huge amount of chakra to support it."

"Darui, Kumogakure has a Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Since you have mastered Storm Release, the requirements for training Lightning Release Chakra Mode can be lowered. You don't necessarily need a strong physique."

"Furthermore, at your current age, your chakra reserves are already quite substantial. Once you reach adulthood, you will be able to overwhelm most ninjas, and maintaining Lightning Release Chakra Mode will not be a problem."

"Of course, your chakra mode doesn't have to be exactly the same as the Third or Fourth Raikage's. Just develop one that suits you."

Kisame Hoshigaki immediately asked, "Lord Shuichi, is Water Release also possible?"

"certainly."

Hoshino Shizuka dispelled the fire-style chakra cloak from his body and landed on the water's surface.

The next moment, the surrounding water converged and enveloped his entire body, and at the same time, Hoshino Shuichi's body also turned into water.

In the blink of an eye, a giant water spirit materialized.

Kisame Hoshigaki and Ameyuri Ringo both exclaimed in surprise, "Water Transformation Technique!"

Hoshino Shuichi, however, controlled the Water Man, raised his hand and punched down, creating a large crater in the ground.

"In water, this is a good ninjutsu."

Xingxia Xiu said, "Of course, even without mastering the water transformation technique, it can still be used."

As he spoke, his figure reappeared, standing inside the water giant's body.

"Furthermore, the Water Release chakra mode may not only have this one form."

Splash!

The water giant collapsed, but Hoshino Hideichi was still covered in water, forming a layer of armor-like substance.

But the water is not still; it is flowing.

Kisame Hoshigaki couldn't help but remark, "Such astonishing chakra control."

"Perhaps this is the most difficult part?" (End of Chapter)