Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 180 Showing off a Rasengan

Uchiha Tsuchihan's eyes revealed three tomoe, seeing through the trajectory of the Phoenix Flower Technique's attack. While dodging left and right, he even had the spare time to counterattack. He leaped up, caught several shuriken between his fingertips, and threw them.

With a whoosh, several shuriken sliced ​​through the air, attacking from the side.

Aokiji dodged to the side.

Several shuriken missed their target and instead became embedded in the ground.

In mid-air, Aokiji felt a chill run down his spine as he suddenly sensed a figure circling behind him.

With a thud, their arms collided, and the two fell to the ground.

During the standoff, Uchiha Tsuchihan gathered his chakra in his eyes, preparing to cast a genjutsu on Aokiji through his optic nerve.

Aokiji anticipated his opponent's prediction and closed his eyes early, causing his scheme to fail.

The two distanced themselves, and Uchiha Tsuchihan, who was facing off, let out a soft snort, staring intently at his opponent with his scarlet eyes: "Looks like you're quite familiar with the power of the Sharingan."

Aokiji avoided eye contact, unable to meet the other's gaze: "I'm a member of the Uchiha clan, after all."

Besides possessing exceptional insight, the Sharingan also has the ability to cast genjutsu through the eyes, making it extremely difficult to deal with when facing this eye technique alone.

"So how are you going to fight now that you can't look me in the eye?" Uchiha Tsuchihan asked arrogantly.

Aokiji remained unfazed: "The Sharingan's abilities are indeed troublesome, but there are ways to counter them."

Uchiha Tsuchihan's expression changed.

Aokiji formed hand seals and summoned a hexagonal crystal mirror, reflecting his own image.

Ice Release: Ice Crystal Mirror.

Everyone was puzzled and couldn't understand why someone would use Ice Release to create a mirror.

Elder Itachi's eyebrows twitched slightly. He didn't recall ever teaching this Ice Release ninjutsu before. It seemed to be a newly developed ninjutsu.

After completing this step, Aokiji indicated that it wasn't over yet, and formed another hand seal. A moment later, several figures slowly emerged from the mirror, a total of six. After that, the ice mirror shattered and the ice disintegrated.

Ice Release: Ice Crystal Clone Technique.

In the past six months, Aokiji has not only been working hard to make money, but also hasn't forgotten to train.

This technique was inspired by a bloodline limit called Crystal Release.

Because the techniques of escaping are relatively similar, Aokiji drew inspiration from them and developed a more advanced form of shadow clone.

"Shadow clones?"

Uchiha Tsuchihan raised his eyebrows, his expression sharp and unsettling. Did a Shadow Clone Technique really require such complicated steps?

Aokiji saw through the other's thoughts and explained with a smile, "This isn't your average shadow clone. In short, you should experience it for yourself."

Driven by Aokiji, the five shadow clones launched a group attack.

Arrogance is a common flaw among most Uchiha clan members, and Uchiha Tsuchien is no exception: "I can defeat shadow clones of this level at any time."

Faced with a situation where he was outnumbered, Uchiha Tsuchihan was fearless and rose to the challenge.

His crimson eyes darted around, seeing through the shadow clone's attack while he launched a counterattack, delivering a heavy punch to the shadow clone's chest. At this point, the normal shadow clone was essentially finished.

However, the shadow clone, despite suffering this attack, only staggered back a few steps before continuing its attack.

Shadow clones are generally much weaker than the original body, both in terms of strength and speed, and they also consume a lot of chakra. Under normal circumstances, shadow clones are only used for probing and deceiving opponents.

Although Aokiji's technique is more troublesome to execute, it is much more powerful than a regular shadow clone, both in terms of reaction speed and durability.

"What...!"

Before Uchiha Tsuchihan could even be surprised for a moment, the other shadow clones had already pounced on him. For a time, even Uchiha Tsuchihan, who possessed the Sharingan, was overwhelmed and forced to retreat.

In addition, these shadow clones are immune to illusions.

Uchiha Tsuchihan cursed inwardly: Damn Aokiji, he knows so much about the Sharingan.

Meanwhile, Aokiji wasn't idle either. With the shadow clones holding him back, he began to show off his ninjutsu.

With a single gesture, he spread his palm out, and with the help of his shadow clone, a sphere of blue chakra, large enough to be grasped in one hand, condensed in his palm.

This is the Rasengan that Aokiji learned from Naruto.

At this point, Aokiji actually had a better option; he used the Rasengan to show Elder Itachi his talent.

Only by constantly demonstrating his potential can he gain more support from his family and be as willful as he is, such as frequently going on trips in the past six months when he has nothing to do.

The appearance of groundbreaking ninjutsu like the Rasengan immediately surprised the Uchiha members.

"What kind of ninjutsu is this? When did our Uchiha clan acquire this kind of ninjutsu?"

The Uchiha clan head turned to Elder Itachi beside him and asked, "Elder Itachi, did you teach him this ninjutsu?"

Elder Itachi stared at the blue Rasengan in Aokiji's hand, a slight smile playing on his lips. "No, I don't know that kind of ninjutsu. He must have developed it himself during his six-month trip."

"That's unbelievable."

The Uchiha clan leader stared intently at the Rasengan in Aokiji's hand, his crimson eyes wide. If he wasn't mistaken, the ball of chakra in Aokiji's hand had no elemental affinities.

After analysis, Elder Itachi concluded, "This is truly an interesting ninjutsu. It can even evolve chakra into this form. This reminds me of the Tailed Beast Ball."

The Uchiha clan leader was taken aback: "Tailed Beast Ball?"

The Tailed Beast Ball is a deadly move of the Tailed Beasts. A single strike can be devastating. Elder Itachi compared Aokiji's move to the Tailed Beast Ball, which shows just how powerful this move is.

Elder Itachi continued to comment: "To be able to develop chakra form transformation to this extent, the learning difficulty alone is probably at the A-rank level. If he can integrate chakra attribute transformation into it in the future, I think it can be called an S-rank ninjutsu."

S-rank ninjutsu!?

The Uchiha clan leader's face was filled with disbelief.

How old is this child? He's already developed such ninjutsu. Although S-rank ninjutsu hasn't been developed yet, it's already quite remarkable that he's developed a prototype.

Seeing his performance, the Uchiha clan leader couldn't help but feel ashamed, thinking how he himself had once been called a genius.

Elder Itachi gazed at Aokiji, who was engaged in battle, and said calmly, "Seeing the talent this child is displaying reminds me of the man I mentored back then."

The Uchiha clan leader gasped for breath upon hearing this.

Although the other party did not say it explicitly, it was obvious that the man was referring to Uchiha Madara, the strongest Uchiha in history.

Elder Itachi taught Madara Uchiha when he was young, so his words still have a high degree of feasibility.

The thought of the Uchiha clan rebuilding its past glory under Aokiji's leadership ignited a burning passion in the Uchiha clan leader's eyes, and his breathing became rapid.

This wasn't because Madara Uchiha was intentionally trying to elevate Aokiji behind the scenes; rather, it was because the ninjutsu Aokiji had developed this time was truly amazing.

At the very least, he hadn't developed this level of ninjutsu when he was young.

After saying all that, Elder Itachi closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, he glanced at a black-haired man of average appearance and build without revealing his thoughts. If he weren't a member of the Uchiha clan, he would definitely be the kind of person who wouldn't attract any attention in a crowd.

However, besides his identity as a member of the Uchiha clan, he also had another special identity: he was a traitor planted by the Third Hokage within the clan.

Elder Itachi sneered inwardly.

A traitor to the family...

However, it is precisely because of this that it has value.

Go tell that brat, the Third Hokage, exactly what we just talked about. With that kid's brains, there's no way he wouldn't notice something fishy.

(End of this chapter)