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

Once the investigation period was over, Akira Hatake naturally wouldn't give up on Orochimaru, this mad scientist.

Orochimaru represents the highest level of technology in the ninja world, and his role is no less important than that of the main damage dealer who charges ahead.

After bidding farewell to Orochimaru, Akira Hatake activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, expending nearly two-thirds of his chakra, and instantly arrived at the northeastern border of the Land of Fire.

It is worth mentioning that Akira Hatake's total chakra has increased slightly again, thanks in part to the One-Tailed Shukaku and the many ninjas who died in the Sand Village.

Of course, Akira Hatake's gold coin balance had now exceeded 2!

This is an outrageous number, enough for Akira Hatake to freely purchase his desired high-end equipment in the equipment shop.

Without hesitation, Akira Hatake bought himself another Scholar's Wrath item this time.

At this moment, Akira Hatake's ninjutsu talent bonus has reached 141.5%, and his ninjutsu power bonus has reached 90%.

These two values ​​are terrifying. An ordinary C-rank ninjutsu, in the hands of Akira Hatake, has surpassed the power of most B-rank ninjutsu and barely reached the threshold of A-rank ninjutsu.

With the remaining gold coins, Akira Hatake didn't invest in attack-boosting equipment; instead, he focused on defensive equipment, which he had always lacked.

High attack and low defense have never been what Akira Hatake was looking for. He wanted to become a high-attack, high-defense, high-agility, high-speed, and high-recovery assassin and initiator!

Without a second thought, Akira Hatake acquired two "Witch Cloaks" in quick succession.

[Witch's Cloak: Due to the influence of the Naruto world, the attributes of this equipment have changed:]

When this equipment is manifested and carried, it increases the user's defense against all ninjutsu by 20%, increases total life energy by 10%, and increases life energy speed by 1% after being injured (this effect is lost after the injury is healed).

Unique Passive - Mist: After disengaging from combat, the user will gain a transparent shield that can withstand A-rank ninjutsu attacks.

Passive - Magic Resistance: Increases resistance to illusions by an additional 12%.

Strong, too strong!

Aside from the fact that his unique passive ability cannot be stacked, after acquiring two Witch Cloaks, Akira Hatake's defense against ninjutsu reached 40%, and his resistance to genjutsu also reached 62%!

"If I had ten witch cloaks...would Tsukuyomi and Kotoamatsukami be ineffective against me?"

After muttering something, Akira Hatake's eyes lit up, and he then bought two more witch cloaks, fully demonstrating his current rich and willful nouveau riche lifestyle.

At this point, Akira Hatake's ninjutsu defense attribute reached 80%, and his genjutsu resistance broke through the 100% mark, reaching 124%!

Suppressing the urge to conjure a Rasengan and press it to his chest, Akira Hatake turned his attention to another piece of defensive equipment.

Chapter 134: The Beginning of Becoming an Insulator of Ninjutsu.

The defensive equipment in the equipment shop is really diverse, but after acquiring the Witch Cloak and strengthening his ninjutsu defense, Akira Hatake will naturally choose equipment to increase his physical defense.

After looking at it from all angles, Akira Hatake ultimately chose the "Thornmail" item.

[Thornmail: Due to the influence of the Naruto world, the attributes of this equipment have changed:]

When manifested and carried, the user will gain 3% more physical attack power and 40% more physical defense power.

Unique Passive - Thorns: When taking physical damage, 25% of the damage taken will be returned to the opponent as a ninjutsu attack.

Unique Passive - Counterattack: When the user receives physical damage equal to 10% of their own health, thorns will form around the user for 2 seconds, dealing ninjutsu damage equal to 8% of the user's health to surrounding enemies.

The attributes of the "Thornmail" item are truly outrageous, but because its passive attribute is unique and cannot be stacked, it undoubtedly greatly limits Akira Hatake's performance.

He then carefully examined all the defensive passive equipment in the equipment shop. He automatically ignored all the equipment with the prefix "unique" and put them aside without even considering buying them.

In the end, Akira Hatake chose a piece of equipment with very strong passive attributes, but this piece of equipment was somewhat different from what Akira Hatake had originally expected.

【Eternal Night Guardian: Due to the influence of the Naruto world, the attributes of this equipment have changed:】

When manifested and carried, the user will gain 36% increased defense against all ninjutsu and 10% increased maximum life energy.

Passive - Guardian: When taking damage exceeding 30% of your own health energy within three seconds, you will temporarily gain invulnerability and recover a total of 12% of your health energy over the next three seconds. The invulnerability effect ends after three seconds.

At first glance, the stackable passive effect of "Eternal Night Guardian" doesn't seem like much, but if Akira Hatake buys several of these items, the benefits it brings to him after stacking will be astronomical.

The only drawback is that the "Eternal Night Guardian" equipment still only increases ninjutsu defense, and its defense against physical damage is almost zero.

However, this is unavoidable, because the defensive equipment against physical damage in the equipment shop has unique passive effects, and if these effects cannot be stacked, the cost-effectiveness will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

If we're talking about offensive equipment, the percentage-based ninjutsu talent bonuses, as well as the corresponding percentage-based recovery effects or percentage-based ninjutsu attack bonuses, provide a considerable boost to Akira Hatake's own attack attributes.

However, when it comes to defensive equipment, although it also provides a percentage increase in defensive attributes for Hatake Akira, this percentage increase is based on Hatake Akira's own defensive attributes.

Even if the percentage increase in defensive attributes reaches 200%, it only increases Hatake Akira's own defensive attributes by 2 times.

Given the inherently high-attack, low-defense nature of ninjas, even with these two-fold increases in physical defense, there will still be many situations in actual combat that threaten their lives.

After all, with the knife aimed at the neck, normally it would be a one-hit kill. With the defense attribute increased by 200%, although it's impossible to behead someone in one hit, it would still cut off half of the neck.

Even a 200% increase in physical defense is insufficient when facing ninjutsu attacks, especially against top-tier ninjutsu.

According to Akira Hatake's plan, in order to achieve complete immunity to conventional C-rank ninjutsu, his own ninjutsu defense attribute must reach 400% or even higher.

By the same token, if Akira Hatake wanted to withstand a Tailed Beast Ball, the amount of ninjutsu defensive attributes he would need to stack would be astronomical.

Although this is not too difficult for Akira Hatake at his current rate of gold coin acquisition, it is not his intention to develop solely in the direction of the tortoise shell.

Therefore, in order to maximize one's own benefits, stackable equipment passives undoubtedly become the most cost-effective choice.

Without hesitation, Akira Hatake directly purchased four "Eternal Night Guardians," instantly pushing his own ninjutsu defensive attributes to a whole new level.

With 224% defense against all ninjutsu, and thanks to the second passive effect of "Witch's Cloak," Akira Hatake's resistance to genjutsu has reached 268%!

Illusion, also known as illusion.

After the base defense percentage of all of Akira Hatake's ninjutsu is increased, coupled with the second passive effect of "Witch's Cloak", Akira Hatake can become completely immune to genjutsu!

According to Akira Hatake's own rough estimate, he could withstand C-rank ninjutsu under normal conditions, and even some B-rank ninjutsu whose auxiliary function was greater than its offensive function.

Moreover, after the passive effect of "Eternal Night Guardian" was stacked four times, the effect that Akira Hatake wanted had been initially achieved.

When Akira Hatake suffers damage exceeding 30% of his own life energy within three seconds, he not only gains immunity to death for three seconds, but also recovers a total of 48% of his life energy within three seconds after taking damage.

In other words, when the enemy attacks Akira Hatake, not only can they not seriously injure him, but after three seconds, they also "owe" Akira Hatake 18% of his life energy!

Ridiculous, right?

That’s outrageous!

Moreover, he has an extra three seconds of invulnerability. Even if his head is severed, as long as Akira Hatake is confident that he can put his head back on within three seconds and heal his internal and external injuries, then Akira Hatake is no less immortal than Hidan.

What's even more terrifying is that the more Hatake Akira is injured, the more his life energy increases. The stronger the attack he receives, the more his life energy will increase as long as he doesn't die.

In other words, within six seconds, Akira Hatake can increase his life energy by 18% without suffering fatal injuries. After six times, or half a minute later, Akira Hatake's life energy can double!

Moreover, because it is a percentage-based bonus, no matter how strong Hatake Akira's own base life energy value is, the growth rate will not change!

However, correspondingly, the further along the journey goes, the more difficult it becomes for Akira Hatake to suffer damage equal to 30% or more of his own life energy within three seconds.

After all, a ninja's base defense stat is linked to their life energy.

If Akira Hatake's total life energy reaches or surpasses that of Hashirama Senju, then only by directly withstanding the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball can he inflict damage exceeding 30% of his own life energy.

Although self-harming methods to enhance life energy are no longer advisable in the later stages, they are still possible now!

Without even thinking, Akira Hatake made a dumpling and pressed it against his chest!

vomit.

He vomited a mouthful of blood, and felt as if a huge hole had been torn in his chest, with a constant, agonizing pain stimulating his nerves.

Akira Hatake pulled aside his shirt and carefully examined his chest.

"A 224% increase in defense against all ninjutsu—this is a truly immediate and effective counter to ninjutsu!"

The Rasengan, which was supposed to pierce through Akira Hatake's chest and shred his internal organs, only managed to shred a large amount of flesh and some of his sternum. It was far from enough to threaten Akira's internal organs.

In other words, the Rasengan, an A-rank ninjutsu and a deadly technique, has been weakened to the point that it can only seriously injure Akira Hatake.

Akira Hatake was overjoyed, and his self-harming attack also triggered the passive attribute of the "Eternal Night Guardian" equipment.

A warm current, in a way that Akira Hatake could not have imagined, rapidly surged into his limbs and bones, and then, as if finding a breakthrough, rushed towards his chest, which was covered in white bones and blood.

With the help of the surging life energy, the cell activity in Akira Hatake's body increased dramatically without any side effects, and the body's self-healing system, including hematopoietic, regenerative, and healing abilities, began to operate at full speed.

The exposed white bones on the chest began to sprout flesh in the blink of an eye, with muscle fibers clearly visible, as if they were sentient beings, wrapping around, moving, adhering, and growing!

In the blink of an eye, the flesh and blood on his chest, which had been shredded, were re-outlined as the buds of flesh began to writhe wildly, revealing the shape of his pectoral muscles.

Immediately afterwards, brand new skin is rapidly generated from the inside out. If it weren't for its slightly white and overly delicate appearance, it would be impossible to distinguish the new skin from the original skin.

He reached out and poked the chest, which had recovered completely in less than three breaths, and Hatake Akira's eyes brightened slightly.

"A masterpiece!"

"The human body has a strong self-healing ability, and with the help of a large amount of life energy, this speed is still exaggerated, but it is within an acceptable range."

"But if I combine the slugs of Shikkotsu Forest with Tsunade's Hundred Healings Technique... wouldn't I be able to regenerate severed limbs and be alive and kicking the next second without dying?"

Talking to himself about the future, Akira Hatake felt it was all too possible, and he was quite satisfied with his shopping trip.

Even if he was extremely satisfied and the shopping experience was outstanding, Akira Hatake still had to face one thing: his gold coin balance was running low again.

"Looks like I still have to mow the grass, otherwise after the Third Shinobi World War, my gold coin earning speed will definitely return to its previous snail-paced state."

After taking off his shirt and changing into a new outfit, Akira Hatake disappeared from the spot in a flash once again.

He had to hurry back to Jiraiya's unit, and even more so, get to the front lines to have a good fight with the ninjas of Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning!

……

Just as Akira Hatake rushed back to Jiraiya's unit, the Third Raikage, who had been recuperating for some time, was also discharged from the hospital.

Although his body had aged considerably, his imposing presence remained as strong as ever.

Even as a lion ages, its claws and teeth remain sharp!

"That guy Ohnoki finally couldn't hold back anymore..."

Looking at the letter before him, the Third Raikage sighed, his eyes trembling slightly.

"Third Raikage, I have doubts about the authenticity of Onoki's proposal to form an alliance with us to attack the Land of Fire."

An elder from the Hidden Cloud Village expressed his concerns, saying, "After all, our Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth have a long-standing feud, and it is quite difficult to completely set aside our prejudices."

"Of course I know that, but I have to risk it." The Third Raikage put down the heart he was holding, resting his chin on his hands. "The Konoha Twins, the Konoha Silver Flash Duo, the pressure they put on us is just too great..."

"Third Raikage, even though the Hatake brothers and Minato Namikaze have recently risen to prominence, we still have ways to keep them in check."

After all, our AB duo is quite capable; they can definitely go toe-to-toe with them!