Mayuri Kurotsuchi Card Game, starting from Naruto

Chapter 2 Shadow Coffin

Dog food made by Nara Shikaguchi:

Quality: Blue

Ingredients: Herbs, meat.

Effects: Enhances the physical fitness of ninja dogs with no side effects! The optimal time is during the puppy stage after weaning.

In conclusion, the stomach holds immense appeal for dogs; you can use it to capture an entire canine pack. The key to winning them over is their stomach.

Recognition rating: 780/1000 (The higher the recognition rating, the more inspiration and rewards will be received in similar niche areas)

Rewards: Physical Ability +1, Chakra Amount +10

Seeing Yamamaru hunched over, diligently working in a basin, Nara Shikano breathed a sigh of relief.

The original approval rating was only 10/100, which clearly means that some adults in the Inuzuka clan have recognized the effectiveness of this dog food.

As authorities in the dog-raising field, their endorsement has an exceptionally strong effect. Furthermore, the fact that Inuzukayama's father revealed he would be visiting his parents in the next couple of days clearly indicates his interest in this dog food and his desire to explore potential collaborations.

Nara Shikane has high hopes for this.

There's no way around it. If someone is a genius in the sense of a ninja, then it's possible for them to survive and develop. With the Nara clan's secret techniques, they don't need to worry about the origin of their ninjutsu or their teacher's instruction; they just need time to grow.

But Nirvana's research-oriented talent simply cannot be sustained. It's a talent that requires extremely high resources and money; in terms of resource consumption, there's practically no upper limit.

For its own future safety and growth, Nara Shikane must plan ahead, strive to demonstrate its value, and find ways to make money for itself in the early stages.

After all, although they have the Nara clan as their backing, the amount of resources the clan invests in nurturing its members, and the weight of their voice at crucial moments, all depend on their talent and importance.

If all goes well this time, he should be able to obtain a substantial amount of start-up capital from the Inuzuka family. Then he can begin some technological research that he is capable of undertaking.

Of course, survival is the primary concern. The essence of Nirvana's soul is that you can kill him on first sight, but you can never truly kill him. It's like in this world, you can defeat Snake, but you can't completely kill him.

In a dangerous world, only by surviving can one have a future.

Waaah.

He felt a touch on his knee. Looking down, he saw that Yamaru, having finished his meal, was rubbing against his leg contentedly, lying on the ground with his bulging belly exposed, making whimpering noises.

"I just made this today. You can take it home when you leave." Lu Nie handed an opened bag to Inuzukayama, who unsurprisingly reached out and took it.

The last time was the same; he took two portions back to the tribe and gave them to his parents. He knew just by lifting this bag that it would be enough for Shanwan to eat for three or four days, but if you included his parents' companions, it would only be enough for today's rations.

……

night.

Nara Shikakichi returned home exhausted, only to find Nara Shikane kneeling upright on the floor, looking at him with bright, sparkling eyes.

"I did it, Father."

Just as Nara Shikakichi was racking his brains trying to figure out how to deal with and appease his troublesome son, Nara Shikane's words brought his rapidly working mind to a standstill. He was even momentarily dazed, thinking he had misheard.

"What did you say?" Nara Shikakichi opened his lifeless eyes wide, quickly walked over to Nara Shikane and sat down next to him, asking in surprise.

Nara Shikano didn't speak again, but instead opened his palm to Nara Shikakichi. In the palm of his palm was a small peach. Under his unwavering gaze, a dark shadow quickly took shape in Shikano's small palm, forming a towering black coffin-like cuboid.

On the coffin, a black protrusion, like a rapier, suddenly pierced into the interior of the black coffin. When the black shadow faded, the small peach trapped inside the coffin was seen to be in a mess, as if it had been tortured by a series of blades.

Looking at Shikane, who was covered in sweat and breathing heavily, even Nara Shikakichi, with his clever mind, was speechless for a moment.

Although the technique that Lu Nie had tried so hard to demonstrate was not perfect in his eyes, and even the shape of the black coffin when it was formed was somewhat flimsy and unsightly, he still could not deny that it was a very profound shadow technique.

Recalling his previous consultations and discussions with Shikano, Nara Shikakichi was able to understand more deeply that the potential of this technique was not limited to this; it could even become a truly profound Yin Release technique, rather than being limited to shadows.

To give form to the formless, and to create form from nothingness! This is the characteristic of Yin Dun (陰遁).

Compared to illusion techniques, which also belong to Yin Release, the Nara clan's shadow techniques are closer to the deeper power of Yin Release.

Making shadows lethal is not uncommon in the Nara clan's secret arts, but that doesn't diminish the value of the Shadow Coffin! And if we add the fact that its creator was a child not even six years old, it becomes even more astonishing!

Although Nara Shikakichi was well aware that this technique was based on the secret treasures of the Nara clan, as well as the unreserved explanations and teachings of several Nara clan elders, including himself.

Even he, when he first heard of this technique, did not believe it could be created in such a short time. And by "short time," I mean in years.

The knowledge, experience, and understanding of Yin Release required for this technique are beyond what Nara Shikano, at his age, can grasp. Even if the elders of his family supplement his experience and knowledge, the difficulty is still considerable.

"Prepare a copy of your thought process and hand seals," Nara Shikakichi said, taking a deep breath. This technique could undoubtedly be added to the clan's new secret ninjutsu. And the clan would undoubtedly reward him accordingly. He knew that was exactly what his son needed.

Nara Shikano pushed some notes on the table toward his father almost without hesitation, as if he had been prepared for this all along. At the same time, another interface that had been frozen in his mind for a long time also appeared.

[Secret Ninjutsu - New]

Quality: A+ (+ indicates growth potential)

Basic requirements for cultivation: mastery of Yin Dun (a form of martial arts).

Advanced requirement: Shadow Arcane Arts

Effect: By imbuing the shadow with the power of Yin Release, it gains materialized lethality, gathers into a black coffin, and seals the target inside. The target inside will suffer numerous stab wounds simultaneously.

Conclusion: Do not enter into it.

Recognition rating: 10/1000. (The higher the recognition rating, the more inspiration and rewards you will receive in similar niche areas.)

The moment Nara Shikano saw the interface, his mind cleared up. Some knowledge that he had previously found obscure regarding the power of Yin Release suddenly became much clearer. Moreover, his brain began to generate inspiration for the next stage of development of this secret technique.

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(End of this chapter)