"Orochimaru, you've never led any subordinates, have you?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, puffing on his pipe.
Upon hearing this, Orochimaru said, "I have no intention of taking brats on missions. That would just be a waste of time. Mr. Kiyosuke has decent talent, much better than that Jiraiya fellow. But apart from his Kekkei Genkai, there's nothing that really impresses me."
He knew exactly what the old man was up to. He didn't want to lead a team; it was a waste of time. He'd rather use that time to figure out exactly how Asakawa Kiyosuke's ability worked.
Changing the subject, he added, "However, it's no problem for me to guide his training occasionally."
"Alright then. Develop his potential. Originally, this should have been Jiraiya's job. After all, he's good at Fire Release. But he's currently in the Rain Country, saying he wants to teach the three disciples he took in well."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was a bit frustrated. Among his three disciples, Jiraiya was teaching students in the Rain Country. Tsunade, due to the death of her lover, had developed hemophobia, effectively ending her career as a medical ninja and leaving the village long ago. As for Orochimaru, to be honest, he was always immersed in the laboratory. It was a cause for celebration that he was interested in Kiyosuke.
"Let it be then."
"Okay. I'll take these files away and study them." Orochimaru picked up the files on the table and left without a backward glance.
Hiruzen Sarutobi smoked his pipe for a while and said, "The ability to turn into flames and use Fire Release ninjutsu without hand - seals... is indeed convenient."
With that, he left the archives room, rewrote Kiyosuke's file, and sealed it. Without his order, no one was allowed to read it.
The matter of the Kekkei Genkai wouldn't be leaked for the time being. Before that, they needed to teach him the Will of Fire.
Hmm, I'll go teach a class at the school tomorrow...
...
After obtaining the Shadow Clone Technique, Kiyosuke started to experiment with his Fire... cough, cough, the Fire Bomb!
He created a Shadow Clone and began the experiment.
The Shadow Clone's body was soon engulfed in a large amount of flames, raising the heat to the maximum. Even if it couldn't blow up the target, it could at least scald off a layer of the opponent's skin.
The energy in its body was compressed, and then it rushed towards a tree, hugged the trunk tightly, and then released all the energy in its body at once.
BOOM!!!!
A deafening explosion occurred. Wood chips flew everywhere, and countless small stones were sent flying like bullets by the shockwave of the explosion, piercing several holes in its body. The flames filled the holes.
"Cough! Cough! Damn, the Shadow Clone is good in every way, but sharing the pain is really not good."
The final sensation of the Shadow Clone hit him. The feeling of his body being torn apart was really unbearable. He should have turned into an element, but he didn't have enough chakra, so he could only make the Shadow Clone disappear for now. That tearing feeling was not something an ordinary person could endure easily.
As the smoke cleared, he looked at the charred tree stump that was all that remained of the big tree and the messy surroundings. He knew that the Fire Bomb was a success. However, when using a Shadow Clone, it was the Shadow Clone Explosion!
Although he didn't have an Ultra Heart, he still had a way to recreate this move.
He really admired Orochimaru's imagination. A move that he himself hadn't thought of was so easily thought up by him.
"Alright, increase the power. Anyway, I'm not afraid of death."
The Shadow Clone Explosion used the chakra he had allocated. Theoretically, if he used this move himself, the destructive power would be even greater.
He created a new Shadow Clone again, allocating even more chakra this time. He directly divided half of the remaining chakra in his body.
The Shadow Clone Explosion used the Shadow Clone as a decoy and could be used to perish with the enemy. The Fire Bomb, on the other hand, was for him to use a large amount of his own chakra to take down a ninja and then use his elemental transformation ability to regenerate.
The advantage of the Shadow Clone Explosion was that he didn't have to do it himself, and the power was considerable. The disadvantage was that the Shadow Clone could easily be destroyed by an attack and couldn't catch the target as quickly as possible.
After all, the premise of this move was to hug the enemy.
The Fire Bomb was for the main body to take action. With elemental transformation, he could ignore physical attacks. As long as there was no Water Release, he would be fine.
There was also a premise for this. The opponent couldn't use the Substitution Jutsu or a clone. Otherwise, if he painstakingly grabbed someone and then detonated, only to find it was a substitute, that would be a big problem.
It would be a huge loss to be tricked into using a big move by a substitute.
The Shadow Clone's whole body was ablaze with flames. This time, it hugged a rock about the size of a house.
Detonate!
BOOM!!!!
This explosion was earth - shattering. It could be heard in almost half of Konoha. A blast of air was set off, and countless stones were blown into the air. He was also sent flying a long way and only stopped when he hit a tree.
His body was battered and in excruciating pain. If it weren't for the elemental transformation that allowed those rocks to pass through his body, that impact just now could have cost him his life.
He ran to the site of the explosion and found a crater with a diameter of twenty to thirty meters. The surrounding trees were broken, and flames were burning brightly on it.
Hmm, it also has magic - like damage!
"Great, it worked. Yay!"
This destructive power was very much to his liking. Why bother with fancy ninjutsu? Just blow things up. Isn't that great?
At this moment, several people wearing animal - shaped masks and carrying long swords appeared beside him.
"What are you doing?" The person who spoke had a cold and emotionless voice.
"Testing a ninjutsu," Kiyosuke swallowed hard and raised his hands. These were Konoha's Anbu. Of course, they could also be from ROOT, which was founded by the old scoundrel Danzo.
It was better to tell the truth when facing these guys.
The Anbu had been attracted by the explosion. Such a big explosion in Konoha couldn't be ignored.
Not long after, a group of black - haired, spiky - haired people wearing green vests with the symbol of the Konoha Police Force on their arms arrived and surrounded the area.
The leader was a young man with scarlet eyes. "What happened here?"
It was the captain of the Konoha Police Force, Fugaku Uchiha!
The Anbu said, "We're still investigating. What we can confirm for now is that this kid caused the explosion just now."
Oh no!
I'm doomed!
Even Fugaku Uchiha had been drawn here.
The Konoha Police Force was composed of members of the Uchiha clan and was responsible for maintaining the village's order. Naturally, the explosion had attracted them.
"A kid? You must be joking. How could this kid cause such a big commotion?" An Uchiha clansman didn't believe that Kiyosuke could cause such extensive damage and sneered.
The Anbu said, "He's the only kid here, and he's admitted to doing it."
"Stop kidding. Is this how the Anbu handle things? Believing the one - sided words of this kid? Let me use my Sharingan to make this kid tell everything."
The Uchiha clansman spoke arrogantly. Kiyosuke took a step back and said to the Anbu, "I'm a disciple of Teacher Orochimaru. I was just testing the ninjutsu taught to me by my teacher."
At this point, he could only use Orochimaru's name to protect himself.