Chapter 184: The Forbidden Jutsu Scroll
After Yagura and the others returned to the Mist Village, they first sent a letter expressing a ceasefire. Then, in the letter, they demanded that Konoha unconditionally return the many prisoners of war and the two special ninja swords that had been seized by Kyosuke.
Upon hearing this news, the Eastern Army was of course not having it. For this, Hiashi Hyuga, who had temporarily taken over the command, under the "persuasion" of the crowd, sent three consecutive letters to Konoha to express the Eastern Army's attitude.
Unfortunately, the Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, for the sake of peace, clearly rejected the crowd's request and ordered Hiashi Hyuga and the others to return the prisoners and ninja swords as soon as possible.
Since this was the case, even if the members of the Eastern Army were unwilling, they could only obey the Hokage's order.
Afterward, Hiashi Hyuga represented Konoha in negotiations with the Mist. In the end, the two sides set the time for the return to a certain day two months later, which was a few days before the New Year.
Kyosuke had been lying in bed for more than half a month since the end of the war. Yagura's full-power attack had directly left him seriously injured and on the verge of death. Fortunately, the medical ninja with the army were skilled, and they were able to help him recover in less than a month. Otherwise, Kyosuke didn't know how long he would have to lie in bed.
During this time, perhaps because he had been stimulated by the deaths of the Tailed Beast and Kiyoshi Mitarashi, he took advantage of the rare free time to frantically sweep the dungeons.
His purpose was clear: to challenge the dungeons where there were Uchiha members, for the last "Sharingan" skill scroll.
Unfortunately, perhaps because his luck was not very good, in countless deaths and battles, although he had successfully completed many dungeons, the scroll he had been longing for still had not dropped.
For this, Kyosuke's mood had been very volatile recently. Besides the two clan shinobi, almost no one dared to approach his tent.
Even the two clan shinobi, who were with him day and night, rarely saw Kyosuke except for necessary matters. In the end, the crowd could only attribute it to the fact that he was blaming himself for Kiyoshi Mitarashi's death, and it was also possible that he was using this to express his dissatisfaction with the village's decision.
Hiashi Hyuga, upon hearing this news, had even come personally to try to console Kyosuke. He, who was a bit at a loss for whether to laugh or cry, could only send him away with a mix of bluffs and deceptions.
Although the Eastern Army did not quite understand why the village, as the victor, was being so weak, Kyosuke's heart still expressed a certain degree of understanding.
After all, Konoha was currently facing the threat of both the Sand and the Cloud. It was really not good to cause any more trouble. Not to mention, the Stone would probably attack Konoha soon. If the Mist were to be pushed too hard and launch a counterattack again, no one could bear that responsibility.
So, Kyosuke did not raise any objections to the village's order to return the ninja swords. For this, the distant Hiruzen Sarutobi once again praised his broad perspective.
Of course, Kyosuke took this opportunity to directly make a certain request to Hiruzen Sarutobi, which was to learn some of the forbidden jutsu that Konoha did not easily pass on.
With the military achievements Kyosuke had gained at this time, this request was completely within a reasonable range. In addition, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt that he did owe him something in this matter. He simply waved his hand and, besides hiding a few limited forbidden jutsu such as "Edo Tensei" and "Reaper Death Seal," he directly copied a "Forbidden Jutsu Scroll" and gave it to him.
During this time, besides frantically sweeping the dungeons, Kyosuke had spent all his time learning the forbidden jutsu on the scroll.
This forbidden jutsu scroll contained almost all the powerful ninjutsu that the successive Hokage had mastered.
The first Hokage's various Wood Release ninjutsu, including "Wood Dragon Jutsu," "Deep Forest Emergence," and even the training method for "True Several Thousand Hands" were recorded.
The second Hokage, Tobirama Senju's various Water Release secret techniques, as well as "Tandem Paper Bomb," "Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique," and "Flying Thunder God Technique."
The third Hokage's five elemental jutsus, and his endless secret techniques.
Besides these, including Might Duy's Eight Gates, and the Uzumaki clan's sealing jutsu, there were also many records.
Kyosuke had even seen the secret techniques unique to the Uchiha clan on the scroll: Izanagi and Izanami.
At first, Kyosuke thought that it was a record that Uchiha Madara had voluntarily contributed after the founding of Konoha. But then he thought of the Senju clan during the Warring States Period. It was likely that the training of this jutsu was what they had gained from their battles with the Uchiha clan.
After all, judging from Madara's personality, he would never have so easily handed over such intelligence.
Faced with such a dazzling array of forbidden jutsu, even with Kyosuke's knowledge, he couldn't help but be overwhelmed.
After a careful selection, Kyosuke first set his sights on the "Flying Thunder God Technique." The power of this space-time ninjutsu could be seen from Minato Namikaze.
Perhaps because of his transmigration, Kyosuke's grasp of spatial abilities did indeed meet the learning requirements for the Flying Thunder God. But unfortunately, due to the limitations of his own aptitude, his learning process was a bit difficult.
From the current progress, without a year and a half, he might not be able to master this powerful ability. For this, Kyosuke had no choice but to temporarily put this training task aside and choose to train some of Tobirama Senju's other forbidden jutsu.
Because his Summoning Technique had been successfully maxed out, learning the Tandem Paper Bomb was not a difficult thing for Kyosuke. It only took him less than half a month to successfully master this powerful forbidden jutsu.
But there was one problem, and that was that Kyosuke did not have that many explosion tags to consume. Even if he had embezzled some of the spoils of war, it was far from enough to meet the requirements for using this forbidden jutsu. In the end, Kyosuke could only pay out of his own pocket and begin to purchase a large number of explosion tags from various different channels.
Although explosion tags were a first-class contraband, Kyosuke, or rather, the Uchiha clan behind him, was indeed wealthy. So, countless people still transported a large number of explosion tags to his hands through various channels.
By the time these explosion tags had been sealed with a special method, Kyosuke's Tandem Paper Bomb was finally completely mastered.
Besides the Tandem Paper Bomb, Kyosuke focused his training on the "Bringer-of-Darkness Technique." This was a large-scale group genjutsu, and there were many places it could be used on the battlefield in the future, which was why Kyosuke had chosen it first.
Time flew by, and it was the end of Konoha 43. Kyosuke, having mastered multiple forbidden jutsu and a large number of Tobirama Senju's Water Release secret techniques, his strength had been further improved.
However, this progress still did not satisfy him. It had to be said that the Stone would probably attack Konoha soon. At that time, he would inevitably be sent to the front lines to support them. And there, besides the Stone's forces, there was another threat that he had to face.
That was Uchiha Madara, who was hiding in the underground cavern of the Kannabi Bridge.
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