Ninja Pot Shadow

Two hundred Narutos used an extremely clumsy but highly efficient method to quickly wear down the thickness of Ino's water barrier.

"Naruto's tactics are pretty good," Asuma commented quietly.

It seemed that Naruto's shadow clones were being rapidly depleted. In just over ten seconds, more than fifty shadow clones were destroyed by the rotating water wall. However, the water wall had undoubtedly become thinner. One of Ino's shadow clones, who was forming hand seals to prepare to release the Water Dragon Bullet, had to stop and help another shadow clone reinforce the water wall. Her battle rhythm was disrupted.

Kakashi chuckled dryly. Naruto doesn't have any subjective tactics; he relies entirely on instinct when fighting.

One shadow clone maintains the water barrier spell, while another creates fresh water to reinforce the rapidly depleting water barrier.

Ino's true form hasn't made a move yet. She wanted to use her sensory abilities to find Naruto's true form, but the result was obvious. She couldn't find Kaguya Otsutsuki, who possessed the "Progenitor's Eye." Since she didn't have any special eye abilities, she couldn't find him by relying solely on her sensory abilities.

She wasn't very skilled at using the Water Severing Wave, and given its immense destructive power, she didn't want to end up with the Nine-Tails, Minato's chakra, Kushina's chakra, Ashura's chakra, the Sage of Six Paths, and so on—that would be too embarrassing.

To deal with someone like Naruto who easily gets carried away in the heat of battle, you have to bring him to his senses.

Ino is using the same old tricks.

She took a deep breath, gathering water-style chakra in her throat, and then exhaled sharply: "Water Release: Great Exploding Water Wave!"

It was as if a huge hole had suddenly appeared above everyone's heads, and a massive torrent of water appeared out of thin air like ocean waves. Then, carrying immense force, it rushed towards Naruto, who had regained his two hundred shadow clones.

"Ah! Grab me!"

"I've got you!"

"hold onto!"

Two hundred Narutos were like actors in a movie, one pulling another. The Naruto at the front clung tightly to a tree, while the Naruto at the back was almost falling into the sea. The two hundred shadow clones seemed to be scattered at any moment under the impact of the water, but they persevered and formed a veritable "Naruto Bridge".

Tazuna's house is right by the sea, where water resources are incredibly abundant. Ino glanced at it and formed hand seals: "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet".

A water dragon rose from the sea, and a wave more than ten meters high crashed down on a large tree in front of it. The water dragon swirled violently behind it, and with the force of both sides, the "Naruto Bridge" lost its support and finally fell into the sea like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

Two minutes later, the last shadow clone disappeared, and Naruto swam back from the sea, soaked to the bone. The two stood up again, formed the "Reconciliation Seal," and completed the match.

Ino glanced at the panel, but unfortunately, no achievement like "crushing the Seventh Hokage" popped up. She shook her head and continued practicing the Water Break Wave.

Naruto quickly cheered up. Ino, who was so much stronger than him, was still training hard. What right did he have to slack off? Did he have to be depressed for days just because he lost?

nonexistent!

He gave himself a pep talk and then went back to find Kakashi.

The relationship between a Jonin leading a team and his subordinates is not a traditional master-disciple relationship. He has no obligation to teach his subordinates ninjutsu. If he likes you, he will teach you a few tricks. If he doesn't like you, you can just go away.

Kakashi was Minato Namikaze's personal disciple, while Naruto was Minato Namikaze's biological son; their relationship was definitely extraordinary.

He certainly wanted to teach Naruto everything he knew, but Naruto's foundation was indeed too weak and he needed a lot of extra lessons. The original plan was to give him lessons little by little during breaks in missions, but now that Ino had gotten involved with Team 7, he couldn't follow the original plan.

Saying Naruto's fundamentals are weak and I can't teach him? That's too hurtful to his pride.

Sakura and Sasuke were also waiting expectantly. Kakashi was in a dilemma and couldn't think of an excuse, so he had no choice but to go ahead with it!

Kakashi briefly explained the theory of chakra nature transformation. These were things that had been learned at the Ninja Academy. Sakura and Sasuke had already developed their own chakra natures, so they understood them. Only Naruto was confused and didn't know what the white-haired teacher was talking about.

Regardless of whether they understood or not, Kakashi gave each of them a chakra paper and retested their chakra attributes.

The result was not unexpected: Sakura was water, Sasuke was fire and lightning, and Naruto was wind.

Chapter 81 Learning Wind Release

Seeing the test results, Kakashi felt a headache coming on again.

He claims to possess all seven chakra natures: fire, wind, lightning, earth, water, yin, and yang, and he does indeed possess seven chakra natures, though some are stronger than others.

Without a doubt, Kakashi's Lightning Release is the strongest. His self-created Lightning Blade is recognized as an S-rank ninjutsu. He is definitely at the Kage level in terms of Lightning Release. His Water Release is on par with Zabuza, and his Earth Release is also extremely impressive. These two release techniques are roughly at the Jonin level. His Fire Release is relatively weak, and he can only release one Great Fireball Technique. As for Wind Release... Kakashi has never used Wind Release ninjutsu in his life. He just has that chakra attribute.

When Naruto was practicing Wind Release: Rasenshuriken in the original timeline, Kakashi told him to ask Asuma for guidance instead of teaching him himself, because Kakashi's Wind Release skills were simply not up to par.

If we were to switch to Ino's side and quantify it using stats, Kakashi would be at the level of Lightning LV5, Water/Earth LV4, Fire LV2, and Wind LV1.

Kakashi first used a D-rank genjutsu, Naraku Sight Technique, to get rid of Sakura. Sakura's hand seals were top-notch, but her ninjutsu comprehension and chakra reserves were barely third-rate. After studying for many days, she still hadn't mastered the Water Prison Technique, so Kakashi decided to let her try it out in the realm of genjutsu.

Sasuke is easy to deal with. The two had interacted before when the Sharingan was awakened, and their personalities are quite compatible. Kakashi is confident in Sasuke's training. At this moment, he gave him a scroll on lightning-style chakra nature transformation and told him to practice.

Naruto was in a bind; Kakashi's Wind Release was really no good.

Left with no other option, he asked Asma for help, hoping that he could teach the basics himself and then Asma would provide some assistance.

Hearing that they were practicing Wind Release techniques, Ino, the queen of infighting, also came to listen in.

She happened to have Danzo's scroll for learning wind-style chakra nature transformation. She hadn't had time to practice before, and no one had taught her, so now she could learn along with him.

Although Kakashi's Wind Release technique is only at a beginner level, he is definitely an expert in the field of chakra nature transformation.

Leaving aside Yin Release and Yang Release, there are five basic chakra natures: fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water.

For ninjas, the first chakra nature is the easiest to develop. It is the chakra nature with the highest personal affinity. Anyone with brains and the ability to endure hardship can basically develop it.

Why is it considered fundamental? Because some people just can't develop it, like Rock Lee, or Might Guy's father, who turned the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist into a bunch of lucky charms.

These two just have very low ninjutsu skills. They are naturally immune to chakra nature, and they don't have any of the seven natures. There's nothing that can be done about it.

They have chakra, but no chakra nature. According to traditional beliefs, such people cannot be ninjas.

Might Guy was able to enter the Ninja Academy because of the Third Hokage's special permission, which led to the later emergence of Rock Lee.

These two are exceptions; most ninjas can develop their first chakra nature.

If the difficulty of developing the first chakra nature is 1, then the difficulty of developing the last nature, due to the mutual restraint among the various natures, might be 10, or even higher.

Jiraiya lacked a lightning attribute, Tsunade lacked a wind attribute, and the Third Tsuchikage lacked a water attribute. It's not that they lacked talent or comprehension, but rather that spending so much time and energy developing new attributes was unnecessary and counterproductive. Wouldn't it have been better to use that time to spy or gamble?

Ino already possesses the Water and Earth attributes, which are her most compatible attributes and are considered innate. Learning Wind would be somewhat difficult. Fortunately, the Wind attribute can counter the Lightning attribute but is countered by the Fire attribute. It has nothing to do with her existing Water and Earth attributes, so there is no counter relationship. In addition, with a high "Ninjutsu" score of 9, her learning progress is extremely fast.

With Danzo's development methods, Asuma's guidance, Kakashi's experience, and Ino's own high attributes, she temporarily gave up practicing Water Break Wave. The nine shadow clones gathered together and practiced day and night. After three days, they finally completed the learning of Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation.

This is reflected on her panel as a cloud of white mist appearing next to the water and soil, followed by clouds of white mist forming at both ends of the water and wind and the soil and wind.

The combination of water and wind is the Ice Release used by Haku, while the combination of earth and wind is the Magnet Release used by Sunagakure.

Two wisps of white mist were indistinct, their interiors unclear. Ino didn't have a pot in her hand, but judging from their appearance, like the white mist that seemed to be Wood Release before, the conditions were still insufficient.

She was prepared for this and was not surprised.

Ino learned how to use "Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall" from Kakashi. Well, it's the Earth Flow Wall with a dog's head on it.

Kakashi explained that when he was working in the Anbu, he added four dog heads to the earth wall during a mission so that his teammates would know that it was set up by their side.

Ino doesn't believe it at all. Trying to shift the blame onto your teammates? Who are you kidding? I saw right through your repressed nature!

Having mastered the Earth Flow Wall technique, she split her shadow clones into two teams, like playing soccer. At a command, the left team used Water Wave Interruption, and the right team used Earth Flow Wall. After 45 minutes, the left team used Earth Flow Wall again, and the right team used Water Wave Interruption…

The genin were training with every second to spare, while the jonin took one of Ino's shadow clones out to search for Zabuza's whereabouts.

The three students from Class 7 experienced firsthand the intense competition in Class 10, and they felt immense pressure.

Sasuke turned pressure into motivation and also spent three days developing his own lightning chakra nature transformation. Kakashi really admired this kid, and after thinking for a moment, he taught Sasuke his signature technique from his youth, Chidori.

Lightning Blade (Raikiri) is an improved version of Chidori, but it's not a ninjutsu. The former is an S-rank ninjutsu, while the latter is an A-rank ninjutsu. Lightning Blade is more solid, while Chidori is more loose. Just like the Second Hokage's improvements to Water Dragon Bullet and Water Wall, Lightning Blade only requires three hand seals, while Chidori requires five.

Sasuke was incredibly excited. An A-rank ninjutsu! How many people in the ninja world know an A-rank ninjutsu?

Ino put immense pressure on him, and he began to train relentlessly day and night, enduring countless injuries while still gritting his teeth and persevering.

This technique is too difficult. His foundation in Lightning Release is also weak. Ino's team progressed step by step from D-rank to C-rank to B-rank, while Sasuke is like someone who has just learned Arabic numerals but hasn't even learned addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and is jumping straight into a linear equation with two variables. How can he possibly handle that?

Kakashi had never taught a disciple before. After teaching Chidori, he realized this problem and wanted to teach Sasuke a simpler Lightning Release ninjutsu as a transition. However, Sasuke refused to learn it and insisted on practicing Chidori!

Chapter 82 Surprise Attack

Although everyone considers Sasuke a genius, he has a fairly clear understanding of himself: What kind of genius is he? Itachi Uchiha is the real genius!

Without needing the Sharingan to copy, without elders repeatedly explaining the secrets of ninjutsu, and even without explaining the hand seal sequence, Uchiha Itachi could perform the "Great Fireball Technique" in the blink of an eye by simply watching it once and relying on his own comprehension.

It took Sasuke a full week to learn the "Great Fireball Technique," making him a complete waste compared to his older brother.

Having been defeated by Ino once, and seeing Ino diligently practicing "Water Break Wave" and "Earth Flow Wall" these past few days, it's clear that Ino is a genius who combines hard work and talent. The pressure remains, but he no longer considers himself a genius...

Since he wasn't a genius, it's understandable that he didn't learn Chidori instantly.

Sasuke is learning Chidori. Although he is not making much progress, he is eventually able to master this A-rank lightning ninjutsu through practice.

Sakura is learning illusion magic while also learning water prison magic.

In terms of illusionary skill level, the people living in Tazuna's house are all about the same. Ino knows the Naraku Sight Technique, Kakashi only knows it to a certain extent and is far from being proficient. Asuma has a girlfriend who is a master of illusionary arts, and they often talk about illusionary arts to find common topics. Over time, he has learned a couple of illusionary arts.

All three of them are skilled in illusion magic, but they have all devoted relatively little effort to this area.

Sakura has matured a bit and isn't as obsessed with romance anymore. Plus, because she's in a good position, she's sure she can win Sasuke's heart. And seeing that Ino is busy practicing ninjutsu every day, she's not so hostile towards her anymore.

During her break, she asked Ino for tips on illusion techniques, then asked Kakashi, and then Asuma.

She discovered that the three of them had three different approaches.

Ino has a wild imagination; her Naraku-mi illusion technique is all about grandeur.

Sakura had Ino cast a genjutsu on her, which led her to a ninja academy called "Suzuran." There, she witnessed the ninjas fighting every day, a phenomenon known as "Suzuran Domination." Goodness, there was rain, umbrella-throwing, and finally, the leaders, Uzumaki Genji and Uchiha Tamao, along with their respective underlings, engaged in a fierce battle in the mud.

As if she couldn't control herself, she shouted from the side, "Stop! Stop fighting!"

As she rested that night, Sakura seemed to hear someone whispering in her ear, "Genji, you must conquer the world."

This illusion was neither real nor fake. After Sakura left the illusion, she couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion for a long time, and she looked at Naruto and Sasuke strangely.

Kakashi used the Naraku Sight Technique on her. In Kakashi's illusion, all she saw was something extremely dark: heads rolling on the ground, blood flying everywhere, and corpses scattered all over the place.

Asuma's Naraku-sight technique was very ingenious, with one layer upon another. Sakura broke free of the illusion through sheer willpower, only to find after a long time that she was still in the illusion, albeit on the second layer.

One illusion is real, one is terrifying, and one is ingenious. The three of them have different styles of illusion magic, which makes Sakura extremely confused.

Both Sasuke and Sakura gained something from their experiences.

Naruto was in a bad situation; his foundation was far inferior to that of the Naruto who was taught by Jiraiya three years later.

Kakashi is really bad at teaching apprentices. He's a genius himself; he can learn ninjutsu by himself after just a little practice. He'll teach Ino "Earth Release: Earth Wall" once, and she'll say, "Okay, go practice it yourself." He'll teach Sasuke "Chidori" once, and that'll say, "That's enough, go practice it yourself." Many things that he takes for granted and don't need explaining, Ino and Sasuke can grasp thanks to their natural talent, but Naruto can't.

A wind-style chakra nature transformation, which was so complex and difficult to explain that it tormented Kakashi to the point of near ecstasy.

Naruto creates a large number of shadow clones every day and trains diligently, but he still hasn't mastered the basics.

……

The eight stayed at Tazuna's house for six days. On the evening of the sixth day, Ino's shadow clone found Zabuza's trail. After waiting for two more days, news came from Mitokado Homura that Kirigakure was willing to make limited contact with Konoha. Konoha hoped that the two teams would join forces to capture Zabuza and Haku, especially Haku, alive and bring them to Kirigakure.