Ninja World: I'm really a support-type ninja

"As long as this problem is not solved, even if the Flying Thunder God Kunai is incorporated into the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, the Flying Thunder God Kunai that are cloned will only have the appearance and will not have the characteristics of activating the Flying Thunder God Technique."

Minato Namikaze's mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique has surpassed that of its theoretical creator and first actual user, Tobirama Senju. Minato had long considered many possibilities for improving the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The reason it wasn't put into practice was naturally because Minato Namikaze encountered various unsolvable problems.

"I have a solution!"

Akira Hatake's words were forceful and clear, causing Minato Namikaze to sit up straight, despite his weakness.

"any solution!"

"Improved Flying Thunder God Technique!"

After saying that, Akira Hatake took Minato Namikaze's hand and drew a modified version of the Flying Thunder God Technique on his palm with his index finger.

As Minato felt Akira Hatake's fingernails glide across his palm, his emotions surged uncontrollably with each stroke of Akira's fingertips.

When Akira Hatake finished drawing the last stroke, Minato Namikaze's eyes shone brightly as he looked at the simplified Flying Thunder God Technique formula taking shape in his palm!

He could sense that this simplified Flying Thunder God Technique, derived from Akira Hatake, not only functioned exactly like the original, but also possessed a very unique attribute.

Self-replicating!

"Is this... a storage principle similar to a sealing scroll?"

"As expected of the teacher, you saw through the essence of this simplified Flying Thunder God Technique at a glance." Hatake Akira said with admiration, and then began to explain the principles to Namikaze Minato.

"This simplified Flying Thunder God Technique formula has the function of storing chakra. And although it appears to be a single formula, it actually contains thousands of identical simplified Flying Thunder God Technique formulas!"

"In this way, as long as the simplified Flying Thunder God technique formula is inscribed on a Flying Thunder God kunai, and then the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique is applied, the Flying Thunder God mark can cover the entire battlefield in an instant!"

"Ming, you are truly a genius!"

Minato Namikaze patted Akira Hatake's shoulder hard, his smile finally coming out. "Right now, I just want my body to be back to normal so I can learn, experiment with, and apply this new, simplified Flying Thunder God Technique!"

"Then let's begin, teacher." Akira Hatake raised his hand and shot out a chakra chain that bound Minato Namikaze to his body. Without further ado, he used his third skill, Tai Gua: Longevity, to transfer a large amount of life energy to Minato.

Chapter 126: The Third Raikage's Evaluation.

The profession of ninja has existed for over a thousand years, from its inception to the present day.

Over the course of a thousand years, countless geniuses have emerged in the profession of ninja.

Although there are differences between geniuses, these differences may seem insignificant to outsiders.

But even this tiny, insignificant detail led to two extreme outcomes for the two geniuses.

To put it simply, the difference between an ordinary person and a genius is like the difference between a score of 60 and 98 on a test, while the difference between geniuses is like the difference between 98 and 99.

Although they were only one point apart, the result was already determined, and their future paths diverged from that point on.

Akira Hatake is also a genius, with a talent score of 90 or higher, but to reach 98, 99, or even 100 points, there is a gap of difficulty equal to that of Madara Uchiha.

Don't forget that equipping the city's equipment will increase all of Hatake Akira's ninjutsu talents by a percentage.

In other words, the higher Akira Hatake's base talent, the greater the percentage increase.

In order to make up for the shortcomings of the Flying Thunder God Technique as soon as possible, Akira Hatake went all out and used all 6003 gold coins he had saved up to buy the Scholar's Wrath equipment.

The item "Rage of the Scholar" costs 2300 gold coins in the item shop. With his current gold coin balance, Akira Hatake can only buy two of them.

With just the two manifested artifacts of the Scholar's Wrath, Akira Hatake's current ninjutsu talent bonus has reached a terrifying 117.5%!

Furthermore, the passive effect of the item Rabadon's Deathcap—Destruction—is not unique. This means that as long as Akira has enough gold, he can buy it without limit and stack the passive effect.

So far, Akira Hatake has been equipped with a total of 3 pieces of Rabadon's Deathcap, so the passive effect of Rabadon's Deathcap has been stacked 3 times.

[Passive - Destruction: Increases the attack power of all ninjutsu by 30%.]

This is the passive effect of Scholar's Wrath, which means that the power of the ninjutsu released through Akira Hatake's hands will be directly increased by 90%!

There's no need to go into the details of what this means; an S-rank ninjutsu in Akira Hatake's hands instantly becomes an S+!

If the Wind and Lightning Release: Rasenshuriken couldn't break through the Third Raikage's Lightning Release Armor defense before, then now, Akira Hatake is no longer concerned about whether he can break through the Third Raikage's defense, but rather about the range of the Wind and Lightning Release: Rasenshuriken's explosion.

After purchasing two items of the Scholar's Wrath, Akira Hatake's previously abundant gold coin balance reached 1403.

But this time, Akira Hatake didn't feel bad at all, because the money was well spent!

After Akira Hatake materialized the two items of the Scholar's Wrath and sealed them into the scroll, he felt a sudden clarity in his mind and his thinking speed increased significantly.

Moreover, many problems with ninjutsu in the past were solved almost without a teacher. Hundreds of solutions might have flashed through his mind one after another, and in the end, Akira Hatake keenly found one or three feasible solutions.

The simplification of the Flying Thunder God Technique was a breakthrough that Akira Hatake found, thanks to his greatly increased talent in all his ninjutsu.

Moreover, Akira Hatake now even has ideas for the Flying Thunder God Tri-stage, which is yet to be developed, and has even initially built a highly feasible theoretical model in his mind.

……

Minato Namikaze and Kakashi, who had been recuperating in the field hospital for less than half an hour, walked out looking refreshed amidst the astonished gazes of the medical ninjas.

Did you understand just now?

"No……"

"Is it all thanks to Akira Hatake?"

"Otherwise what? I heard that Akira Hatake was a disciple of Tsunade-sama."

"Even if you're a disciple of Lady Tsunade, you can't disregard common sense..."

"I noticed that when Akira Hatake was healing Jonin Minato and his brother Kakashi, he infused them with a large amount of life energy!"

"Hiss...this is a bit scary..."

After the three left, the medical ninjas in the field hospital chatted amongst themselves, discussing what had just happened. The healing methods that had broadened their horizons had opened the door to a new world for them.

But while they may have opened up the door, putting it into practice is like climbing to the sky on foot—it's simply impossible for them.

Akira Hatake didn't hide his abilities this time either, because he felt there was no need to conceal them anymore.

This is largely due to Akira Hatake's rapidly growing strength; now, there are almost no people in Konoha who can pose a direct threat to him.

Even with a multitude of underhanded tactics, Akira Hatake was confident that he could use the Third Shinobi World War to enhance his own reputation.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura have gradually fallen behind Akira Hatake.

Akira Hatake's fangs are about to be revealed to everyone!

"You...you're being discharged already?!"

Jiraiya, who was studying the battle situation and arranging his troops in the tent, was slightly surprised when he saw the three people lift the tent flap and walk in.

"It seems it's because of you." Then, Jiraiya realized, and looked at Akira Hatake with some surprise. "You're not planning to keep it a secret any longer?"

"I didn't hide anything."

Akira Hatake was slightly dissatisfied with Jiraiya's choice of words, "It's just that the timing wasn't right before, so I only let people I trusted know. But now that I've revealed my abilities, it doesn't matter."

"You can make the decision yourself."

Jiraiya nodded, then beckoned to the three of them, "Now that you have fully recovered with Akira's help, I have another task for you."

"Another mission?!" Hatake Akira's eyes widened. "Master, you can't just keep using the three of us to the point of exhaustion!"

"But besides you, I can't think of anyone else who can carry out this mission." Jiraiya felt a little embarrassed, but still explained the mission details: "According to the intelligence Danzo sent, the Land of Earth intends to put aside past grievances with the Land of Lightning and join forces to attack us."

"Your mission is simple: to penetrate deep into the Land of Waterfall, investigate the movements of the Land of Earth's ninja forces, and find out if the Tsuchikage, Onoki, has already left Iwagakure."

"This isn't a very dangerous mission..." Akira Hatake was a little confused. "I think an elite scout squad could handle this mission."

"At first, I thought so too, but according to the information Danzo sent back, of the three elite scout teams he dispatched, only one team managed to gather some useful intelligence before being wiped out, while the other two teams died without a trace..."

"Although a full-scale war has not yet begun, it is foreseeable that the number of our Konoha ninja forces is definitely at a disadvantage. Therefore, we cannot waste any ninja now."

"So, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you a little longer..."

Jiraiya's eyes were full of apology. "Only you can obtain relevant intelligence while avoiding battle or safely evacuating."

Akira Hatake was somewhat helpless. Could it be that the development of the new ninjutsu, Flying Thunder God Kunai: Shadow Clone Technique, which would fill the gaps in the Flying Thunder God Technique, would have to be delayed for a while longer?

"Master, shall we set off now?" Hatake Akira asked tentatively, still somewhat unwilling.

“Of course not now.” Jiraiya’s answer relieved Akira Hatake, but the departure time Jiraiya gave was also tight. “I prefer that you rest for another three days and then depart on time three days later.”

Three days...

Akira Hatake thought about it for a moment and felt that although three days was still tight, it wasn't impossible to achieve results.

The three exchanged glances, then nodded in unison, accepting the task.

……

Meanwhile, the severely injured Third Raikage was also escorted back to Kumogakure.

At the Cloud Village Hospital, a group of medical ninjas bowed their heads, enduring the reprimands and scoldings of the Cloud Village elders.

"Elder, this is not our problem."

After being thoroughly scolded, one of the medical ninjas from Kumogakure finally couldn't help but whisper a retort.

Bang!

Instead of an explanation, he was met with an enormous fist.

"Am I talking about whose fault it is? I'm talking about the Third Hokage's injuries. If they can't be healed in time, then it's your incompetence! It's dereliction of duty!"

"I don't want to hear the reasons, I just want the results. I want to see the Third Hokage fully recovered!"

"Enough! Let them go."

Just as this powerful elder of Kumogakure was still roaring, the Third Raikage, who was in the hospital room, spoke up to stop him.

“I know my own body and I am also aware of their abilities. Criticizing them too much will not help at all.”

Although the Third Raikage looks like a humanoid beast when fighting, he is a kind and approachable middle-aged man when interacting with people.

However, after having his life energy significantly reduced by Akira Hatake's third skill, the Third Raikage had officially entered old age, and most of the vigor and spirit he had at the end of his peak had dissipated.

"Third Hokage, how are you feeling?"

The elder in charge pushed open the door and rushed in, his words filled with urgency.

"My injuries have stabilized and I'll be fully healed soon, but my body... it's aging terribly..." The Third Raikage clenched his fist, his eyes filled with melancholy. "After that battle, I feel like I've aged instantly..."

"I will immediately notify A at the front and have him organize troops to launch a general offensive against the northeastern border of the Land of Fire!" The elder in charge looked at him with hatred. "While crushing the Konoha ninja forces, capture the culprit who caused your injury and bring him to Kumogakure so that he can personally treat your wounds!"