Ninja Pot Shadow

Ino wasn't enthusiastic about forming an alliance with Kirigakure. Kaguya Otsutsuki would be back in three years, so what good would an alliance do now? But she was powerless and couldn't possibly tell the Third Hokage about Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha's conspiracy.

She couldn't stop the events between the two villages; she could only try to glean some benefits from the situation.

What kind of scheme are these two countries plotting in secret? She felt she couldn't just sit idly by; she needed to know at least what they were doing.

The fat subordinates who had negotiated the settlement, along with the elegantly dressed nobles from the Land of Water, left the farm one after another. She didn't move from the two of them, but looked in the direction the skinny samurai had gone. Ino released the eagle from its control and chased after them herself.

……

"Who?"

The lean samurai, galloping on horseback, reacted quickly. While on horseback, he sensed a gust of wind passing behind him. Without thinking, he put his feet in the stirrups, straightened his body, and was about to jump to the side. His right hand was on the hilt of his sword. He twisted his waist and turned around, assuming the stance of Iaijutsu.

He's fast, but Ino, who has already increased her speed to 6, is even faster.

The kunai pierced the samurai's back hard, and with a swift slash, the skinny samurai, who had just jumped up, had his back wound aggravated, his jump was distorted, his right foot got stuck in the stirrup, and he fell face down to the ground with a "thud," being dragged more than a hundred meters by the galloping warhorse.

Ino waited a while, and seeing that the samurai had no way to escape, she threw a kunai and cut the rope on the stirrup.

Worried that the other party wasn't telling the truth, she didn't ask, but punched him unconscious and dragged him to a secluded spot to begin mind reading.

"Ha, you're actually a samurai of the daimyo of the Land of Water... Tan He... Daikokuten Zen of the Land of Fire? A nobleman of the Land of Water..."

Ino carefully reviewed the other person's recent memories.

On the surface, this appears to be a private meeting between nobles from the Land of Water and the Land of Fire, with no substantive issues discussed.

The core of the matter is not surprising: ninjas, who make up less than one-thousandth of the world's population, control 99% of the world's military power. The Ninja World War, to put it bluntly, was just a war between a few villages, but the ninjutsu of the Jonin could destroy an entire village or level two mountains at the drop of a hat.

Those who own 99 percent of the world's wealth have become dissatisfied, and more so, insecure. What use are power and money when one's life is precarious?

They believed that since the ninjas were provided with everything they wore, ate, and used, they should have more rights. They colluded to try to control more military force.

This matter involves a considerable number of people, including the daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Land of Water.

Ino shook her head inwardly. She really wanted to say to those two, "Daimyo, why are you plotting a rebellion!"

Chapter 79 Water Release: Water Severing Wave

Are the daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Land of Water plotting a rebellion? Ino wasn't particularly concerned. Anyway, if the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. Knowing that they are secretly plotting something is enough for her.

This project is extremely valuable, but if we sell it now, we can't guarantee either the returns or the scale of the business. We need to stabilize it first.

The skinny warrior could not be left alive. His neck was snapped, and his body was thrown into the sea. The current swept it away cleanly and without a trace.

After cleaning up the traces at the scene, Ino returned to the home of bridge builder Tazuna.

She gave the snacks to Choji and practiced cooking with the four fish she had just bought.

Without exception, all four fish died from her treatment.

The initial hurdle in learning medical ninjutsu is just too difficult...

Ino handed the dead fish to Choji, saying, "Let's have grilled fish for dinner tonight."

After dinner, while everyone was around, Ino asked Asuma about the Water Dragon Bullet.

"Teacher Asuma, do you think there's something wrong with the hand seal sequence for my Water Dragon Bullet?"

"Teacher Asuma, do you think the Water Dragon Bullet can attack distant targets? What's the furthest it can hit?"

"Asuma-sensei..."

She rattled off a series of questions, leaving Asuma completely bewildered. "I'm a ninja who uses fire and wind release techniques, and you're asking me about Water Dragon Bullets? I'm not even as good as you at water release techniques."

Ino talked about the Water Dragon Bullet for a full ten minutes, then glanced at the Sixth Hokage rolling his eyes to the side.

"Kakashi-sensei, when I practice Water Break Wave, I always have difficulty accurately controlling the water pressure. Could you please use Earth Flow Wall to test its power for me?"

Kakashi is such a cunning guy; how could he not realize that his plan to get the Water Dragon Bullet for free had been exposed?

It wasn't that he intentionally stole the knowledge; it was just that he happened to pass by the training ground that day and, seeing the water jets shooting into the sky, he habitually glanced at them a couple more times.

Compared to the ordinary Water Dragon Bullet, the simplified version created by the Second Hokage was a work of art. He felt he would be letting down the Sharingan Obito had given him if he didn't copy it.

Compared to the Second Hokage's ingenious design, his addition of four dog heads to the Earth Release: Earth Wall was simply awful and incredibly low-class.

"Hehehe..." Kakashi laughed a little awkwardly: "...No problem."

The Land of Waves is such a small place, and there are so few buildings on the island. Ino just learned "Water Release: Water Cutting Wave" and felt uncomfortable if she didn't cut something.

Unfortunately, there was nothing to cut on this small island.

Cutting down trees? Cutting down houses? Neither is appropriate.

She could only learn from the Second Hokage's spirit and use Water Release to cut through Earth Release.

The best way to deal with a B-rank Water Break Wave is to use a B-rank Earth Flow Wall. Currently, Kakashi is the only one on the island who knows how to use Earth Flow Wall.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!" The two went outside, and Asuma followed them out. Kakashi quickly formed three hand seals, slammed his hands on the ground, and a thick earthen wall rose up from the ground.

The most eye-catching feature is the four dog heads at the center of the earthen wall...

Ino didn't know if this thing was harder than a regular earthen wall, so she cut it and tried!

Unlike the widely circulated water-style ninjutsu that he later modified, the Second Hokage's Water Severing Wave was a unique water-style ninjutsu created by him.

It's easy to learn but hard to master. Anyone can spit, right? But to increase the pressure on water-style chakra to the point of severing the Earth Flow Wall or even cutting off the roots of the Divine Tree, that's very difficult.

If you learn this skill roughly, you can be rated as B-level without any problem. But if you want to have enough killing power, you need both talent and hard work. The minimum learning difficulty is A-level.

Ino gathered water-style chakra in her mouth, increased the pressure by forming hand seals, and after reaching her limit, spat it out onto the earthen wall in front of her.

The earthen wall was only punched with a hole about an inch deep, and then cut less than half a meter in length before it ran out of energy.

"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"

"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"

Ino used "Water Severing Wave" more than ten times in a row. This technique does not consume much chakra. She has enough chakra now, so this kind of consumption is nothing.

There is only one way to fully master this ninjutsu and increase its power: practice!

At this moment, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura also came out to watch. Ino didn't intend to keep it a secret. Under Naruto's somewhat strange gaze, she put her index and middle fingers together, crossed her hands into a cross, formed the "Ren" seal, and created nine shadow clones in one breath. Including her original body, ten Inos continuously released water-breaking waves at the earthen wall.

Debris and water flew everywhere. Kakashi increased his chakra output and reinforced the earthen wall again before moving to the side.

Naruto held his head in his hands, squinted, and sized up Ino's nine shadow clones.

He looked puzzled, wondering what Ino was doing by creating so many shadow clones. After thinking for a while, he asked his students Sakura and Sasuke, but they didn't get an answer. So he had to ask Kakashi. Sakura and Sasuke also wanted to know the answer, so they both listened intently.

Naruto asked curiously, "Kakashi-sensei, what is Ino doing? Why is she creating so many shadow clones?"

Scratching his head, Kakashi knew the answer, but felt there was no need to tell them now, as it would only add to their pressure. But Naruto was determined to get to the bottom of things; the less they told him, the more he wanted to know.

“Okay, okay, actually this isn’t exactly a secret, um…” Kakashi carefully chose his words: “Naruto, you also know the Shadow Clone Technique, right? Every time you release a Shadow Clone, you gain the experience and memories that the Shadow Clone gained after separating from your original body, you know that very well, right?”

Naruto looked blank. Kakashi knew he hadn't understood, so he explained in more detail: "Actually, this is a very unconventional training method. It utilizes the fact that shadow clones possess chakra and that the clones' memories can return to the original body to accelerate training."

Naruto's foundation was too weak, and he still didn't quite understand. Sasuke, however, understood and was astonished: "There's such a method?! That means creating one shadow clone can double the speed, and creating ten can increase the speed tenfold?!"

With his Sharingan fully awakened, he felt he had surpassed Ino, but now, upon hearing that Ino's training speed was ten times that of a normal person, he was completely unsettled.

Kakashi chuckled dryly, "It's not ten times as much. Some ninjutsu still require the user to train them personally..."

Naruto finally understood, and he was overjoyed: "Kakashi-sensei, can I train like this too? Can I create a hundred... no! Two hundred, no, five hundred shadow clones!"

Kakashi smiled without saying a word, while Naruto ran off to a distance, shouting and creating two hundred shadow clones in one go. It wasn't that he couldn't create more, but the space at Tazuna's residence was limited, and any more would not be able to accommodate them.

"Hey? What are you doing?" Shikamaru was sleeping in the shade of a tree when Naruto rushed over and created shadow clones, pushing him aside.

Naruto ignored him, and the two hundred shadow clones excitedly raised their hands in unison: "Let's begin training! Two hundred times the speed!"

Half a minute later, the two hundred shadow clones looked at each other and all thought of the same problem: they had clones, and quite a lot of them, but the question was, what should they practice? It seemed like they didn't know anything!

Chapter 80: Crushing the Seventh Hokage

After thinking for five minutes, Naruto realized that he could only practice water-walking using the Shadow Clone Technique. Normally, this kind of practice wouldn't be impossible, but seeing Ino's "Water Severing Wave" cratering the earth wall and sending torrents flying everywhere, coupled with the powerful ninjutsu he had seen before when he wiped out the mountain bandits, such as "Exploding Water Wave" and "Water Dragon Bullet," he was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. His classmates had reached this level, but what about him?

Naruto was dejected. He dispelled the Shadow Clone Technique, and his gaze fell upon Sasuke's clenched fists and resentful profile. Sasuke must be feeling terrible in this situation too, right? Naruto felt he understood Sasuke better now; at that moment, their hearts were connected…

He felt he had to do something for Sasuke and for himself.

"I challenge you!" Naruto suddenly jumped in front of Ino, left hand on his hip, right hand pointing at her: "Speak your mind and keep your word, that's my ninja way! I want to know exactly where the difference between us lies!"

Naruto was very serious, and Sakura tried to persuade him, but Sasuke stopped her.

Ino was baffled by Naruto's actions.

I'm practicing breaking waves in the water, what's it to you?

Shikamaru, lying on a tree branch, chuckled. "Look at you, you've dragged me and Choji into this, you've dragged Class 8 into this, and now even Class 7 is getting agitated by you!"

He jumped down from the tree, went back into the house, and called Choji, who was still eating in silence, out to come and see Naruto getting beaten up.

"Are we really going to fight?"

"Correct!"

"Fine……"

Ino and Naruto stood five meters apart and, according to the rules of the Ninja Academy, formed the "opposition hand seal".

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!" Naruto started by bringing his index and middle fingers together, crossing his hands into a cross shape, forming the "Ren" seal, and using his ultimate technique!

Two hundred Narutos surrounded Ino.

At this moment, she understood the feelings of the original Mizuki. Seeing so many shadow clones was truly shocking.

"Naruto, you have so much chakra..."

Ino's current chakra only allows her to use Shadow Clone Jutsu; using Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu would be somewhat dangerous.

She also formed the "Ren" seal and created two shadow clones. At this moment, Naruto rushed up, shouting.

Ino's shadow clone quickly formed hand seals.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

A water curtain appeared out of thin air and swirled around the three of them.

"Ah—!! I won't lose!" Naruto, relying on a continuous stream of shadow clones, forcefully broke through her water barrier.

The water wall was spinning with tremendous force, and Naruto's shadow clones turned into white smoke one by one. Seeing that they couldn't find a blind spot in the water wall, they stopped looking and started punching, kicking, and some even ramming it with their heads.