Konoha's lexicon of ninjas

The root, within the illusion.

Hoshita Shuichi looked at Uchiha Shisui and smiled, "Shisui, congratulations on mastering Fire Release."

Uchiha Shisui smiled broadly and remarked, "Training for a bloodline limit is much more difficult than I imagined, even with you by my side."

"Shuichi, you truly deserve to be called a genius unparalleled in the ninja world, being able to master so many bloodline limits."

Xingxia Xiu said, "You'll get used to it. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Once you have the experience of the first time, it will be much easier later."

Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but smile wryly upon hearing this.

It's true that everything is difficult at the beginning, but to cultivate a second bloodline limit would probably be no less difficult.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so few people who can master two or more bloodline powers.

Everyone has different talents. Although Uchiha Shisui was confident that he could master all seven chakra nature transformations, it would be very difficult to be as proficient in each one as he was in fire chakra.

This time, Shisui Uchiha's mastery of Fire Release was largely due to his high talent in Yin Release and Fire Release.

Moreover, quite a few of the Uchiha clan's ancestors mastered Fire Release, although it wasn't a bloodline limit.

"Shuichi, besides me, there must have been others who also mastered their bloodline limits during this special training, right?"

"Uchiha Shisui asked."

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "Xiao Nan has also completed her cultivation."

Uchiha Shisui was startled: "Wood Release?"

Wood Release itself is not necessarily stronger than other bloodline limits, but because of Hashirama Senju, Wood Release appears to be very special.

Hoshino Hideichi nodded and smiled, "You could say that, but I think 'paper magic' would be a more fitting description."

"However, Konan had already been trying to master Wood Release before."

Uchiha Shisui nodded, then asked, "Kakashi, and Shinnosuke-senpai?"

These are the two people he favors the most.

Their talents are all top-notch.

Hoshino Hideichi shook his head: "None of them are in a hurry to cultivate bloodline limits. For them, a single attribute has not yet reached its limit."

"You'll find out the specifics when the time comes, Shisui."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but chuckle, "It seems there's a special program planned for this training session?"

Hoshita Hideichi smiled and said, "Of course!"

……

After five years of intensive training, Xingxia Xiu gave Kakashi and the others a day to rest.

Of course, this day is a day of illusion.

The duration of 5 years is also the duration of the illusion.

After a day of rest, the 12 people gathered together again.

Without wasting any words, Hoshino Shuichi said directly, "Next is class assignment."

"Class 1, Huang Tu, Ringo Yuri, Kai."

"Class 2: Kakashi, Yamato, Yugito."

"Class 3, Konan, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Maki."

"Class 4: Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Shisui, and Darui."

As Hoshino Shuichi made the announcement, Kakashi and the others automatically stood with their respective teammates.

Hoshino Hideichi's gaze swept over everyone, and he said, "Next is the final test of this special training, to examine your training over this period of time."

"Our first mission: Teams 1 and 2 will work together to reinforce the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, defeat the Gold and Silver Brothers' forces, and kill the Gold and Silver Brothers who betrayed Kumogakure and killed the Second Raikage!"

Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this.

Darui couldn't help but ask, "The Gold Horn and Silver Horn troops, are they trying to recreate their battle with the Second Hokage?"

"Those two guys were once known as the two beams of light in the clouds, and were revered by all, but they suddenly betrayed us and assassinated the Second Raikage."

"They possess the power of the Nine-Tails and the legendary Six Paths Techniques; they have power surpassing even the Five Kage!"

These words made Kakashi and the others all look solemn.

They had witnessed the strength of the Second Raikage and the Second Hokage; to be able to defeat them both, one must possess strength surpassing that of a Kage.

Moreover, the Six Paths Artifacts are connected to the Six Paths Immortal, so it's definitely not a simple matter.

Kakashi memorized this crucial information almost instinctively.

Yu Muren shouted, "We must be careful of those Six Paths magical artifacts... At that time, the Amber Purification Bottle was still in their hands. That sealing artifact only requires you to call out your opponent's name. If you respond, you will be sealed away and there will be no way for you to escape."

"The Third Raikage used this to seal the Eight-Tails several times."

"There is also the Banana Leaf Fan, which is a magical artifact that can be used to transform the five chakra natures."

"The Seven Star Sword, the Golden Rope, and the Red Gourd are a set of magical artifacts. As long as you are touched by the Golden Rope, it can draw out the power of words, making you temporarily lose all your ability to move. The Seven Star Sword cuts off the power of words and inflicts a curse, while the Red Gourd collects the power of words. As long as the cursed person utters their catchphrase, that is, their most commonly used phrase, then the Red Gourd will absorb and seal it away."

Upon hearing this, Sarutobi Shinnosuke exclaimed, "That's astonishing! If I didn't know the details... that's how the Second Hokage was defeated!"

Kakashi said, "In other words, Shadow Clone Techniques and Substitute Techniques are no longer effective."

Darui said, "It should be."

After watching Yugito and the others share the information, Hoshino Shuichi said, "Let's go. The battlefield is in the west!"

Huang Tu immediately shouted, "Action!"

The students from Class 1 and Class 2 immediately used their teleportation abilities to disappear.

With a flick of his finger, Hoshino Shizuka pointed, and the water vapor coalesced into a massive water curtain that appeared before Uchiha Shisui and the others. On the water curtain were Kakashi's two teams.

The six people sped through the forest and soon arrived at a clearing.

This open space was the battlefield, and many corpses lay there. Surrounded by numerous Cloud Ninja, the elderly Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, was a stark reminder of his past.

"In this situation, facing so many enemies, it's not surprising that even as a Shadow, he would be defeated."

Kakashi's gaze swept across the battlefield, quickly assessing the situation.

Besides the very conspicuous Second Hokage Tobirama Senju and the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers, there were also 13 members of Kinkaku and Ginkaku's elite troops, and many more lying on the ground.

Their arrival temporarily interrupted the battle, and everyone looked at these six unexpected people.

In particular, the headbands worn by these people do not belong to any of the major ninja villages.

"Yamato, let's work together to stop Kinkaku and Ginkaku!"

The loess was the first to open up.

Yugito immediately said, "Add me to the list, they have the power of the Nine-Tails."

Kakashi said, "Then it's decided. You guys hold them off for now, and the rest of you work with the Second Hokage to take care of the rest."

Upon hearing this, Jinjiao immediately laughed and said, "So it's reinforcements."

"That's quite a boast!"

Silver Horn said, "And it seems they know quite a bit about us!"

Tobirama Senju said, "Be careful of the magical artifacts they're carrying, especially that rope. Make sure you don't get touched."

"And that wooden bottle, absolutely do not respond, or you will be sealed away. So, do not reveal your names, not even temporary code names."

Kakashi immediately replied, "Don't worry, Second Hokage, we already have this information."

Golden Horn snorted coldly: "Looks like things are getting a bit troublesome. We'll have to finish this quickly."

"Silver Horn!"

Silverhorn nodded immediately, and the next moment, crimson tailed beast chakra appeared on his body, and tails quickly condensed.

The same is true for the Golden Horn next to it.

A terrifying aura of pressure swept across the entire venue.

"It only has six tails, but it's even more terrifying than Matatabi. It truly lives up to its reputation as the Nine-Tails!"

Yukito couldn't help but be secretly startled.

Fortunately, having witnessed the terrifying power of the Nine-Tails before, I was not intimidated by such power now.

Huangtu and Yamato acted swiftly.

The former used Earth Escape Technique, a Mountain Earth Technique, to sandwich Jinjiao between two giant rocks.

Yamato, on the other hand, uses Wood Release: Wood Release, with pieces of wood wrapping around Silver Horn.

At the same time, Yugito immediately summoned the Two-Tailed Matatabi, whose two tails roared out and headed straight for Ginkaku.

With his arms braced against the boulders on either side, Jinjiao was somewhat shocked to see the appearance of the Two-Tails. His Wood Release further enraged him, and his tail whipped around, whistling through the air as it hurtled towards the yellow earth.

Earth Escape - Earth Current Wall!

Boom boom boom!

Completely unable to withstand it, the wall that rose from the ground exploded, and its tail, like a spear, pierced through the loess.

But the next moment, the loess turned into a stone figure.

On the other side, while Gintoki was being restrained by Yamato and the Two-Tails, the two-tailed creature above the Two-Tails opened its mouth and spat out a huge fireball. The fireball then dispersed and transformed into rat-tail orbs, which slammed into Gintoki at an extremely fast speed.

This is a Fire Release Kekkei Genkai, not the power from the Two-Tails.

After a series of booming explosions, Silverhorn's tailed beast cloak was forcibly blasted open.

Seeing this opportunity, Yamato immediately prepared to use the Wood Release: Sealing Technique to seal Ginkaku's Nine-Tails power.

But the Golden Horn on the other side moved solemnly upon seeing this. With a huge roar, the two giant rocks collided, but the Golden Horn disappeared.

"Be careful!"

The loess soil roared.

The next moment, the two-tailed creature was flipped over.

Yugito was startled and leaped into the air, dodging Golden Horn's tail attacks one after another. He had barely landed when he heard Silver Horn's furious roar: "Die, all of you!"

Silver Horn opened its mouth, and the Tailed Beast Ball rapidly condensed.

At the same time, Kakashi, Guy, and Ringo Ameyuri worked together to quickly wipe out the rest of the Gold and Silver Horns' forces.

Just as the Tailed Beast Ball was about to be launched, Kakashi stepped in front of the Two-Tails and unleashed the Flying Thunder God Technique.

At the same time, Kai, who had opened the seven gates and transformed into a blue beast, kicked Golden Horn away.

Yamato's kunai flew out and accurately pierced Kinkaku's body.

Ringo Yuuri raised her twin swords, lightning shooting into the sky, then descending from the heavens to strike the fallen Golden Horn.

As Huang Tu pressed his hands to the ground, the area where Jin Jiao was located sank, while the surrounding area rose.

The next moment, the Tailed Beast Ball launched by Silver Horn was transferred by Kakashi to Gold Horn's body, and then exploded.

Rumble!

The golden horn was engulfed by a terrifying force, and the rising earth around it was destroyed. Yamato and the others retreated one after another.

The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, who had become an observer, smiled.

He is real; today's appearance is just a cameo.

On the other side, Maki, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but say, "In that case, one of them should be taken care of, right?"

Darui said, "Although he's not a real Jinchūriki, he shouldn't be so easily defeated."

At that moment, Uchiha Shisui shouted softly, "Come out!"

The others' gazes sharpened, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke couldn't help but exclaim, "That's too fast!"

……

On the battlefield, with only three tails remaining and the tailed beast cloak covering only part of his body, Golden Horn suddenly charged out at an extremely fast speed.

Bang bang!

The Wood Release defense in front of Yamato exploded, and Kinkaku's arm, wrapped with the Hōkin Rope, slammed into Yamato, sending him flying.

"not good!"

Everyone's expression changed.

Seeing the Golden Horn charging towards him, Huang Tu clasped his hands together, and his body rapidly petrified and expanded, transforming into a rock giant with a surface covered in honeycomb holes. He then punched the Golden Horn that was charging at high speed.

Yukito reminded him, "We must not let Ginkaku sever the power of words."

As they spoke, the Rat-tail Jade had already hurtled towards Silver Horn, creating a continuous booming sound.

But Ginkaku was too fast. He dodged both Yugito's and Two-Tail's attacks, wrapped his tail around the Seven Star Sword, and slashed at the incantation that Yamato spat out.

Just as it was about to succeed, the Thousand Bird Spear appeared and severed its tail.

Kai appeared behind Silver Horn, grabbed one of Silver Horn's tails, and raised it with a roar.

Ringo Ameyuri raised her twin swords, crackling with electricity, and struck Silverhorn in mid-air, paralyzing his body.

Yugito's Rat Tail Ball followed immediately, striking Ginkaku. Then, the Two-Tails' two tails slammed down, creating a deep crater in the ground with a loud bang, completely destroying Ginkaku's tailed beast cloak.

Almost simultaneously, the rock giant formed from Golden Horn and Yellow Earth collided, accompanied by a terrifying roar, the earth cracked open, and then it sank and exploded.

Rocks flew everywhere, and cracks appeared on the rock giant's body, but they blocked Golden Horn's attack.

Golden Horn accelerated, roaring, "Die!"

shhhhhh!

One by one, the tails plunged forward toward the rock giant.

This time, Golden Horn doesn't want to use the Six Paths Magic Weapon.

The rock giant was about to raise its other arm to smash down when it was entangled by its tail, and then its legs as well.

The next moment, the rock giant was pierced through, and with the force of its three tails, the rock giant collapsed with a crash. Huang Tu was then whipped by one of the tails and sent flying.

But Jinjiao followed closely behind.

Kakashi, who was about to seal Ginkaku first, had no choice but to give up and disappeared from the spot.

Immediately afterward, Huang Tu vanished from Jin Jiao's sight, and his attack missed its mark.

Swish!

Golden Horn vanished and reappeared beside Silver Horn.

Kai appeared beside Yamato, holding the Seven Star Sword: "Hey, how do you use this?"

Yukito said, "As long as they don't take it back, then this attack is useless."

Kai nodded, then looked at Yamato: "So how do we solve this?"

Yamato is the key to sealing Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

"I'll do it!"

Tobirama Senju spoke, then appeared beside Yamato, forming hand seals and pressing them against Yamato's body.

The next moment, Yamato slowly withdrew the incantation he had uttered, and immediately resumed his movements, hurriedly expressing his gratitude: "Thank you, Second Hokage!"

Tobirama Senju nodded slightly.

If it weren't for the Soul Imprisonment technique back then, he wouldn't have been able to hold out until he was exhausted before being sealed by the Golden Horn and Silver Horn using the Red Gourd.

It was precisely because of the Soul Imprisonment technique that the Golden Rope lost its effect on him and failed to pull out his Word of Power.

However, the strength of the Golden Horn and Silver Horn is far more than that.

……

On the other side, Huang Tu also thanked Kakashi.

He just used Earth Release to harden his body, so he wasn't injured.

However, Kinkaku and Ginkaku are indeed terrifyingly powerful. The Rock Giant technique he used just now was a new ninjutsu he learned from Hoshino Shuichi. He was confident that he could suppress the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails, but he failed against Kinkaku.

On the other side, Gold Horn stared at Kakashi and the others, shouting, "Gold Horn, how's it going?"

Silver Horn slowly got up from the ground, the little tailed beast chakra left in his body gurgling, as if he was recovering little by little.

Looking at Kakashi and the others, Ginkaku exhaled two puffs of smoke from his nostrils and roared, "Damn it, it's been a long time since I've been this pathetic!"

"I'm going to kill them all!"

Jinjiao nodded: "Then let them see the true strength of us brothers!"

He then put away the golden rope, leaving only the banana leaf fan.

Silver Horn also swallowed the red gourd.

Because the Seven Star Sword was lost, these two magical artifacts became useless.

Holding onto it would only give the enemy an opportunity.

As for the amber vase, the information has already been leaked, so it needs to be taken by surprise and hidden for the time being.

On the other side, Kakashi, enveloped in Tailed Beast chakra and surrounded by lightning, said, "Me, Guy, Huangtu, and the Two-Tails will face the enemy head-on. We'll work in pairs."

"Ringo Ameyuri and Yugito, you two are responsible for flanking attacks and assisting Yamato in the sealing!" (End of Chapter)