Chapter 16: All Five Chakra Natures
Yoruha didn't stop in the middle of the lake.
Instead, he walked toward the base of the waterfall.
He also wanted to test what his limit really was.
But when Kihon Toichi saw Yoruha heading toward the waterfall, he was startled.
He quickly stopped him. "Yoruha, that's enough. Don't go any farther. It's too dangerous."
But Yoruha didn't stop.
The closer he got to the waterfall, the pounding sound of water striking the lake and the splashing spray made his heartbeat quicken.
Still, he steeled himself and wanted to find out exactly where his limit lay.
When Kihon Toichi saw that Yoruha had no intention of stopping and was getting closer and closer to the base of the waterfall, he grew anxious and ran toward him.
But when he got within a few meters of Yoruha, he stopped.
Because he saw how focused Yoruha looked.
At once, he understood Yoruha's purpose.
Though he was worried, he still respected Yoruha's resolve.
Rumble, rumble...
Listening to the thunderous roar of the waterfall smashing into the water, with the spray already soaking his clothes, Yoruha still walked expressionlessly toward the place where it crashed down.
At this moment, his body rose and fell with the surging waves.
Yet he still stood firmly on the water's surface.
Under his feet, Chakra clung tightly to the water.
When he got to within five or six meters of where the waterfall hit, Yoruha stopped.
Not because he had fallen in, but because the spray from the waterfall was too intense.
The constant impact of the water made it hard for him to move any farther forward.
Still, Yoruha had already probed his limit.
"Heh, even if I walked right into the center of the waterfall, I probably wouldn't fall into the water... but the waterfall itself would smash me down into it."
Yoruha understood clearly that although he could stand steady on violently surging water, the terrifying force of the waterfall would batter him straight into the lake.
The waterfall's force was too great.
At his current level, his body still couldn't withstand it.
After all, he was only testing the limit of his Tree/Water Walking Practice, not risking his life.
Yoruha had no intention of dying here.
After stepping back a few paces, Yoruha turned and looked at Kihon Toichi, who was standing there on high alert, ready to rush in and save him at any moment.
At that moment, Yoruha truly acknowledged this teacher of his.
Though his personality was cold and stern, Yoruha could feel how worried he was for him.
Yoruha smiled. "Sensei, looks like I've mastered it."
Kihon Toichi let out a breath of relief.
He walked over, looked at Yoruha's soaked clothes, and patted him on the shoulder.
"You really push yourself too hard. Even if you wanted to test your own limit, that was too risky."
"You're still just a rookie. The force of that waterfall is something you can't bear yet."
Yoruha said nothing, only smiled.
The two of them returned to the shore.
Yamada Juki and Tanako Hon were already stunned.
Even now, the image of Yoruha walking toward the center of that raging, wave-tossed waterfall still lingered in their minds.
At that moment, Yoruha had seemed almost godlike.
They hadn't expected the gap between them and Yoruha to be this huge.
"Mom, Yoruha is definitely not someone who can't be trusted."
At that moment, Tanako Hon had already rejected her mother's warning to keep her distance from Yoruha.
Yamada Juki, meanwhile, looked at Yoruha with outright admiration.
What he had just seen was too shocking. He couldn't believe Yoruha was the same as him—just another rookie who had recently graduated from the Ninja Academy.
"Yoruha, how did you even do that? You really scared me just now."
"I just didn't expect you to be able to stand steadily on the water even under those conditions."
Yoruha said nothing, only gave a faint smile.
Because Yoruha had already mastered Tree/Water Walking Practice, cleaning the trash out of the lake became much easier afterward.
Even the garbage near the waterfall could be pulled out by using a Kunai tied to wire.
At the Ninja Academy, aside from the Academy Three Basic Techniques, Yoruha had also practiced ninja tool throwing until he was very skilled.
And after having his Chakra Limitation解除 and gaining excellent learning ability, he had become almost masterful with ninja tools.
Kihon Toichi's own skill in throwing ninja tools might not even surpass Yoruha's.
After working all afternoon, they finally finished cleaning the garbage out of the lake.
The three of them sat under a tree on the shore to rest.
Yamada Juki and Tanako Hon were sweating heavily from exhaustion, but aside from his clothes being wet, Yoruha didn't feel tired at all.
Today's mission might actually have gone faster if he had done it alone.
But the mission had to be done by the three of them together to serve its purpose.
Whether they completed the mission wasn't the important part; what mattered was that Yoruha and the others gained training from it.
"Tired, right? A mission like this counts as relatively easy. There's basically no danger."
"When you start taking combat missions, that's when you'll really understand how hard life as a ninja is."
"Alright, it's getting dark. After we turn in the mission, I'll treat you all to barbecue."
Yamada Juki, who had been panting from exhaustion just a moment ago, immediately jumped up when he heard "barbecue." "Sensei, you're the best! Let's go eat barbecue!"
Even for ninja, barbecue was considered fairly expensive.
If someone ate a lot, they could empty even a Jonin's wallet.
Of course, none of the three of them could eat like Choji.
Yoruha also stood up and smiled. "Sensei, this is generous of you for once."
Tanako Hon stood up along with Yoruha. "Yeah, I used to think you were really hard to get along with, Sensei."
Kihon Toichi didn't say anything.
In the past, Kihon Toichi really had been hard to get along with—very stern.
But because these three were the first students he had ever led, and because he was especially satisfied with Yoruha, even wanting to take him as a direct disciple, naturally he treated the three of them differently from others.
After turning in the mission and finishing their barbecue meal,
Yoruha went home to rest.
Lying on his bed, Yoruha let his consciousness sink into his mental space.
"Your control over Chakra has doubled."
"Today, you have obtained Chakra of five attributes."
Hearing the reward, Yoruha nearly jumped off the bed.
"No way, Chakra of all five attributes!"
"This reward is way too generous."
"If that's the case, doesn't that mean I have All Nature Chakra now?"
"I'm only missing Yin and Yang Chakra attributes now. But even without those two, having all five elemental Chakra natures is already incredibly rare."
Across the entire ninja world, there were very few ninja who possessed All Nature Chakra.
Otherwise, Kakuzu wouldn't have killed so many ninja just to obtain Chakra of all five attributes.
And now he had gotten it all at once. How could Yoruha not be excited?
Before, Yoruha hadn't known what his Chakra nature was, but now it no longer mattered.
He now had all five Chakra natures.
That also meant that from now on, aside from ninjutsu requiring Yin or Yang attributes, he could learn them all.
At this moment, Yoruha was even more excited than when he had obtained the ability to解除 Chakra Limitation.
After all, All Nature Chakra—this was basically standard for the protagonists of the Fourth Great Ninja War.
Although Naruto's Chakra nature was Wind Release, by the end both he and Sasuke had Chakra of all attributes.
"At this rate, getting Yin and Yang Chakra attributes in the future might not be impossible either."
"This 'Idle System' really is kind of terrifying."
"It's called idle, but who would've thought it does far more than just idle?"
Yoruha hadn't expected the Idle System to provide him with so many abilities.