Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 73 Return Gift

In the training grounds of the Uchiha clan compound, the battle between Kirito and Chizuru came to an end.

Kirito naturally came out on top.

With her Magnet Release ninjutsu, which combines offense and defense, Chizuru is unable to defeat Kirito with any of her ninjutsu unless she uses her Lightning Flash technique.

Kirito, with his terrifying mental calculation ability and powerful control over lightning chakra, can manipulate the iron sand as freely as an arm. He can attack from a distance with iron sand kunai and iron sand waves, and defend with iron sand shields. Once Chizuru enters the area covered by the iron sand, she will always face the crisis of being bound by the iron sand.

"You flatter me. I think you should wait until you've mastered the Water Release chakra nature before you fight me. Your Fire Release and Lightning Release ninjutsu can't break through my Magnet Release defense."

Kirito held an iron rod in his left hand and made a clenching gesture with his right hand, smiling as he spoke to Chizuru, who was being held by a large hand of iron sand.

"snort."

Chizuru snorted coldly and turned her head away with a look of resentment.

Damn it, it still doesn't work.

That guy's smile is still so smug. I should have used Lightning Bolt on him from the start.

I'm so unhappy.

I must master the Water Release chakra nature as soon as possible, otherwise I'll always be under this guy's thumb.

Kirito didn't dare let Chizuru stay angry for too long. After the battle was over, he immediately removed the iron sand bindings from Chizuru's body and asked with concern, "You've been training your Water Release chakra nature for almost a month and haven't succeeded yet. Are you having some difficulties? I'm someone who has successfully trained my Water Release chakra nature. Tell me your problem and I might be able to help you."

When Chizuru heard Kirito's words, her first reaction was to refuse, but when she thought that Kirito, like her, did not have an affinity for water, yet he had mastered the water chakra nature in less than three weeks, she felt both unconvinced and eager to know the secret behind it.

It wasn't that her family lacked methods for cultivating Water Release chakra nature, but for some reason, very few members of the Uchiha clan had ever successfully cultivated Water Release chakra nature.

She also sought advice from someone in her family who had successfully cultivated the Water Release chakra nature, but the method they provided was not very reliable.

Who would risk their life to explore the nature of Water Release chakra in the deep sea?

She's not out of her mind.

"You just promised to do me a huge favor, and I haven't reciprocated yet. How about I use this as a small token of my gratitude?"

Seeing Chizuru's hesitant and awkward demeanor, Kirito knew that her overly proud nature had flared up again, so he promptly found a way for her to accept his kindness.

"Hmph, I don't want any return gift, but if you're so eager to give it to me, I'll reluctantly accept it. So, tell me, what's the secret to your mastery of Water Release chakra nature?"

Upon hearing this, Chizuru's eyes lit up, then she snorted coldly and said indifferently.

"You should first tell me what the problem is with your cultivation. Only by addressing the root cause can we successfully resolve the issue. My cultivation secrets may not be suitable for you."

Kirito shook his head.

Chizuru thought Kirito's words made sense, so she explained her current problem with cultivating the nature of Water Release chakra.

"I see. Now, let me see your training in Water Release Chakra Nature."

Kirito, having learned of the inexplicable obstacles Chizuru encountered each time she attempted to cultivate Water Release chakra nature, spoke thoughtfully.

Chizuru looked at Kirito with suspicion, but seeing that Kirito looked confident, she patiently went to the artificial waterfall again to train her Water Release chakra nature.

At that moment, a blue light shone in Kirito's eyes as he quietly activated his Spirit Transformation Technique, awakening his Spirit Vision.

The next moment, Kirito saw the soul inside Chizuru's body that had three colors: red, yellow, and black. This meant that Chizuru had mastered the three chakra natures of fire, lightning, and yin.

Soon, he saw a fourth color appear on Chizuru's soul, which was blue, representing the nature of water-style chakra.

However, this bit of blue is very small, and it appears in the red area.

Even after Chizuru failed to cultivate again, the blue color on Chizuru's soul still did not expand successfully, and was eventually swallowed up by the red color.

"This may be related to the excessive amount of Fire Release chakra in your body. Fire Release chakra and Water Release chakra are mutually exclusive, and the excessive amount of Fire Release chakra in your body has been hindering the formation of Water Release chakra to some extent."

After observing the process of the soul's color changing, Kirito deactivated his spiritual vision and shared his conclusions with Chizuru, who was looking over.

"So what should we do?"

Chizuru wasn't interested in the conclusion; she only wanted the solution.

"The method is simple: consume all the fire chakra in your body, and then train in water chakra nature."

Kirito smiled.

When he was cultivating Yang Release chakra nature, he actually encountered a problem similar to Chizuru's. At first, it went smoothly, but he was unable to break through to the final step for a long time.

Later, when he unintentionally used his spiritual vision to observe the souls of other ninjas, he discovered that the color of their souls would change when they used a certain type of elemental ninjutsu.

After numerous observations, he concluded that the color of the soul changes depending on the amount of chakra of various attributes within the body.

Once the chakra of a certain attribute in the body is exhausted, the color corresponding to the soul will temporarily disappear.

Based on this discovery, he exhausted all the Yin Release chakra in his body before cultivating Yang Release chakra nature, and then proceeded to cultivate Yang Release chakra nature, eventually succeeding in cultivating Yang Release chakra nature.

Chizuru was skeptical of Kirito's method, but with no other option, she decided to give it a try.

She began to use Fire Release ninjutsu continuously until her Fire Release chakra was almost completely depleted, and then she once again trained her Water Release chakra nature under the waterfall.

This time, she found that her training in Water Release chakra nature was much smoother than before, and the inexplicable obstacles she had encountered before were also greatly reduced.

A moment later, she looked at the small water ball in her hand with a look of surprise.

"Congratulations, you can now proudly say that you are a rare Uchiha Water Release ninja."

Upon seeing this, Kirito smiled and clapped his hands in congratulations.

"Hmph, at least you have some skill."

Upon hearing this, Chizuru crushed the water sphere and said in a feigned indifference.

However, the joy on her face was now completely undisguised.

That's for sure. She worked hard for almost a month to master the Water Release chakra nature, and now she's finally seeing results and hope of defeating Kirito's Magnet Release ninjutsu.

The joy of achieving satisfactory results after such hard work is indescribable.

In short, she is very happy now.

Kirito was also very happy; the happier he made Chizuru, the greater his chances of getting the Root members' list.

"Lord Chizuru, this is something the clan leader asked me to give you."

Suddenly, a voice broke the two's happy moment, and Uchiha Kari appeared holding a scroll.

When Chizuru saw Uchiha Kari suddenly appear, the joy on her face vanished instantly, replaced by a chilling expression.

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(End of this chapter)