Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 35 Bloodline Elimination

"Be prepared, my training is going to be very tough. I won't stop easily until you meet my standards."

As he spoke, Uchiha Akara pulled two pieces of paper from his pocket and explained, "Before the formal training, I'll test your chakra attributes to prepare for the individualized instruction that follows."

Aokiji and Fugaku nodded in succession and accepted it.

Fugaku asked, "How do you test chakra attributes?"

"Good question."

Uchiha cleared his throat and explained in detail the knowledge about the properties of chakra, fully demonstrating his love of teaching.

Fugaku understood immediately and eagerly poured chakra into the chakra test paper. Before long, the right side of the paper caught fire, and the left side became wrinkled.

"You possess Fire Release and Lightning Release, both of which are extremely powerful ninjutsu."

Uchiha Akira was not surprised by this. Uchiha Fugaku's father, Uchiha Raika, possessed both lightning and fire chakra natures, so it was normal for Fugaku to have an affinity for both of these chakra natures.

Chakra nature has a certain degree of heritability. The more proficient one is in a certain elemental jutsu, the more likely their offspring will have an innate affinity for that chakra nature, making it easier for them to cultivate.

This is especially true for older families, such as the Uchiha clan, where 9 out of 10 Uchiha members are skilled in Fire Release techniques.

Upon hearing that he possessed two highly destructive chakra natures, Fugaku raised an eyebrow at Aokiji in a provocative manner.

Although he can't beat Aokiji right now, he doesn't think his talent is inferior to Aokiji's.

Aokiji chuckled. As expected of the protagonist's father, their affinity for chakra attributes is exactly the same.

Now it's my turn to perform.

Aokiji picked up the chakra test paper and injected chakra into it. He had tested this thing before, and it only showed one reaction: burning. After that, Aokiji awakened Ice Release. He wondered what would happen if he injected chakra into it again.

A moment later, the chakra test paper reacted. First, the left side caught fire, and then the right side also changed. Unlike any of the reactions that Uchiha Akira had mentioned before, it froze directly, exuding a chill.

Fugaku was astonished: "What's going on? Why is it frozen?"

After speaking, she looked at Uchiha Akane beside her, her eyes questioning.

Uchiha Akari was completely dumbfounded; he had never seen anything like this before in his entire life.

(P.S.: The original work doesn't seem to mention the reaction of a bloodline limit ninja being directly tested, so let me just brag a little.)

At this moment, Elder Itachi, who had been mostly silent, spoke up: "This is Ice Release."

Ice Release?

Uchiha Akara exclaimed in surprise, "You've awakened Ice Release?"

This surprised and delighted him. Although it wasn't the Sharingan, it was still a bloodline limit.

Aokiji asked curiously, "What? Didn't Elder Itachi tell you?"

"..."

Uchiha Akane only received the task of teaching Aokiji; he did not receive any other tasks.

He finally understood why Elder Itachi had given Aokiji special training.

But he couldn't understand what Elder Itachi was thinking, sending such a promising talent to the medical corps to become a medical ninja; it was simply a waste of his time.

However, since Elder Itachi made this arrangement, he must have his own reasons. As his subordinate, it's not appropriate for him to inquire, at least not now.

The problem is, he's not a ninja with the Ice Release bloodline limit.

How can he teach him?

Although Aokiji has a high affinity for fire-style chakra, it's impossible for him to abandon his bloodline limit and focus solely on training fire-style chakra.

Under normal circumstances, the escaping techniques of bloodline limits are generally stronger than those of the five great escaping techniques, and are not easily countered, since they are a combination of two attributes.

Seeing the questioning look in Uchiha Akane's eyes, Elder Itachi closed his eyes, as if to say: Don't ask me, I don't know either.

Uchiha Akira:......

Behind the scenes, Madara Uchiha lowered his head slightly, his gaze deep, as he seriously considered the matter.

He only learned about Aokiji's Ice Release yesterday, so it was a pleasant surprise.

After monitoring Aokiji for several years, Madara Uchiha discovered that Aokiji seemed to have victim paranoia. Sending ninja cats to approach him rashly might be detected, so he only monitored him to the minimum.

Madara Uchiha wasn't afraid that Aokiji at his age had the ability to perceive things; what he was truly worried about were certain unstable factors, such as chance and luck—things that are very mysterious.

Moreover, the number of ninja cats he dispatched to Konoha was small (the more they were, the easier it would be to be exposed), and they also had to monitor other things. As a result, it wasn't until yesterday, when Aokiji revealed that he had the Ice Release bloodline limit, that Madara Uchiha realized that this kid was an extremely rare double bloodline limit ninja, and he was even more satisfied with him.

Therefore, the original direction of training Aokiji as a "tool" will undergo a significant change.

If I remember correctly, there is a ninja with the bloodline limit of Ice Release living in the Land of Water. He can look up training materials on Ice Release there and then provide them to Aokiji for training.

Whether they would give it to him or not was not within Madara Uchiha's considerations; he simply used his Sharingan to control the situation.

In addition, the Land of Water has produced ninjas with the Boiling Release Kekkei Genkai in the past, which means that they should have some experience with the fusion of water and fire chakra.

To become Madara Uchiha's perfect tool, having talent alone is not enough; one must also possess immense strength. Therefore, Aokiji's Ice Release and Sharingan are insufficient; in his eyes, Aokiji is merely an ordinary ninja in the conventional sense.

If Aokiji were to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan in the future, he might be qualified, but the side effects of the ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan are too obvious. He has never heard of Aokiji having any brothers. Moreover, even if he did have brothers, it would be difficult for them to have those straight Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Straight Mangekyou Sharingan" is a special term that Madara Uchiha gave to his own unique Mangekyou Sharingan based on its pattern characteristics.

Although the conditions for the Mangekyou Sharingan to appear are harsh, it has appeared quite a few times in the long history of the Uchiha clan. Because of its obvious side effect of blindness, losing one's eyes is worse than killing oneself for the Uchiha clan.

The Uchiha clan has been desperately searching for a way to resolve the side effects.

Through generations of tireless research, it was discovered that the Mangekyou Sharingan would eventually lead to blindness, perhaps because the eyes could not withstand the powerful pupil energy. Therefore, they devised a theoretically feasible solution: to fuse two pairs of eyes to enhance the eyes' capacity.

To minimize rejection, both pairs of eyes must be of the same level and they must be direct relatives. This makes the already demanding conditions even more stringent. Even if you manage to find a pair of direct relatives with Mangekyou Sharingan, it is still difficult to succeed, as if a crucial catalyst is still missing.

It wasn't until Madara Uchiha, in a state of utter despair, miraculously gave birth to the first pair of "straight" Mangekyou Sharingan in history.

Therefore, Madara Uchiha's "main" direction for cultivating Aokiji's strength was not the Mangekyou Sharingan, but the elimination of bloodline limits. Only in this way could Aokiji be considered a truly qualified tool.

Unless it's Wood Release, a simple bloodline limit wouldn't catch his eye.

As a power that transcends bloodline limits, the Bloodline Elimination technique naturally piqued the interest of Madara Uchiha, who was always interested in power.

Bloodline limit is the fusion of two types of chakra, while bloodline elimination is the fusion of three types of chakra.

However, this explanation is not entirely correct. To be precise, it is the fusion of two bloodline limits. And these two bloodline limits are not just any two. The principle is somewhat similar to the fusion of two pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan into the "Straight Tomokazu" Mangekyou Sharingan. The primary condition is to reduce exclusivity.

Both bloodline limits must share a common chakra attribute, taking the existing bloodline elimination in this world as an example.

(Wind + Earth) + (Earth + Fire) = Dust Release

Based on the above, it can be concluded that the direction of Aokiji's training is no different.

Aokiji was born with Ice Release (Wind + Water) and, being born into the Uchiha clan, possessed an innate affinity for Fire Release chakra.

Therefore, Aokiji's training direction is undoubtedly:

(Wind + Water) + (Water + Fire) = ?

Wind + Water = Ice Release

Aokiji is already there.

Water + Fire = Boiling Escape

There is also relevant fusion data in the Land of Water, so in a sense, Aokiji is really "lucky".

The Land of Water possesses both Ice Release and Boil Release training methods, and this Land of Water happens to be under the control of Uchiha Madara.

Of course, if it were just based on that, it would be very difficult for Aokiji to develop the Kekkei Tota on his own. It would take at least twenty or thirty years. But isn't there Madara Uchiha behind him helping him develop it?

"I'm really looking forward to it. What kind of bloodline limit will you develop...?"

The thought of creating a bloodline limit under his control brought a smile to Madara Uchiha's lips. Even the puppets he controlled wore the same expression.

At the same time, Aokiji noticed that Elder Itachi suddenly gave him a meaningful smile, which made him feel very uneasy.

I thought to myself, I don't think I've offended you, so why are you giving me such a strange smile?

P.S.: I guess I made fewer typos today... o(╥﹏╥)o

(End of this chapter)