Chapter 66: Skill Explosion
"Wow, not a single bit wasted!" Sasuke smiled knowingly as he stroked Shirotaka's head, continuing to develop his syrup whip.
Continuing the same operation, he extended the water whip towards the maltose, using his radar perception to understand the changes in the chakra's nature. However, this development attracted Shirotaka, who now silently squatted under the whip, waiting for the next batch of falling syrup. Soon after, the whip broke as expected.
Chirp!
Shirotaka spread its wings and flew at high speed, sucking up the falling syrup. Although it was fast, its mouth had limited capacity, and much syrup ended up in the sand, which the hawk avidly pecked at. In this way, Sasuke focused on his research, while Shirotaka took care of cleaning up the mess.
The training progressed exceptionally fast. After consuming another large bowl of syrup, Shirotaka decided to ignore what fell. Obviously, after ingesting a large amount, it could no longer eat more.
Ding, ding, ding...
Shirotaka flapped its wings and chirped pitifully. It seemed its stomach was too full and it had slight indigestion.
"Now you know the harms of gluttony; you have to learn from it," Sasuke said, stroking the hawk's head to calm it. "It seems that developing this ninjutsu is not difficult, but it is extremely expensive." In just half a day, he had consumed tens of kilograms of maltose, costing over 10,000 ryo. Fully developing this jutsu would cost a fortune.
"You're a very greedy fellow," he told Shirotaka, brainwashing it. With fish and syrup, it was receiving treatment its siblings weren't.
Crick, rick, rick...
Shirotaka rubbed its head against Sasuke's palm, its eyes full of grievance, desiring its master's comfort.
"Don't move, I'll help you," Sasuke said.
He placed one hand on Shirotaka's neck and the other on its chest, driving Yang Style chakra to penetrate its body. At the same time, he activated his infrasonic radar. A hawk's digestive system is different from a human's. It uses the gizzard to grind and the stomach to digest. Therefore, stimulating the stomach was more effective. With gradual adjustments, Shirotaka's stomach cells began to activate, enzyme secretion increased, and food was digested at an astonishing speed.
"It really works," Sasuke said with a radiant look. He had successfully applied his knowledge of the Akimichi Digestion Technique to another species.
In less than ten minutes, the food in Shirotaka's stomach had been digested. A large amount of energy filled its body, and the hawk's blood boiled, feeling inexhaustible strength.
Suddenly...
Clang!
Shirotaka chirped and spread its wings. Its sharp claws slid over a rock on the bank, as if it were tofu, and directly scratched it, leaving a meter-long furrow.
"Huh?" Sasuke said, surprised. Shirotaka was just a Genin-level beast, how could it have such strong attack power?
"Shirotaka, try again," he ordered, while activating his two radar techniques with the help of a clone to investigate.
Clang!
Shirotaka attacked the rock again.
"Wind Breathing? No!" Sasuke shook his head. It was similar, but it wasn't the contained method he used for training, but something violent and explosive. It was somewhat similar to the Seven-Day Breathing, or an inverse Wind Breathing.
"Let me try too."
Sasuke closed his eyes, and suddenly, his aura overflowed.
"Fish Slice!"
He took a quick step and cut down a nearby giant tree with his sword. The tree, which three people could barely embrace, was immediately felled, the incision smooth and perfect.
"I see," Sasuke felt relieved. It was truly different. The Wind Breathing he had learned was a training method to improve strength. This new one was a combat ability for explosive consumption. It was a bit similar to the "Wind Breathing" from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. 'Why not call it that? Yes, Wind Breath.'
He became very interested and performed a series of quick steps, using Wind Breath while wielding his sword. Suddenly, sword lights appeared everywhere, and the surroundings turned into chaos.
"Eh..." Sasuke fell to his knees, breathing heavily. His skin was red, and his body was completely exhausted. He had only delivered less than ten cuts, but he had consumed an enormous amount of energy. It seems that this Wind Breath, although the power increase was huge, could not last long.
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