Half an hour later.
Inside an izakaya, Jiraiya, who had been beaten into a pulp, was happily drinking his sake.
Kakashi and Uchiha Obito were no longer there, only Sarutobi Asuma and Namikaze Minato accompanied him.
"Hey, Asuma, are you allowed to drink now? Won't the old man mind?"
Jiraiya said as he watched Sarutobi Asuma raise his wine cup.
After draining his cup in one gulp, Sarutobi Asuma lazily replied, "It's fine. I'll just say it was you, Jiraiya, who dragged me into drinking."
Jiraiya's face instantly turned grim. "You sly brat."
Sarutobi Asuma changed the subject and asked, "Brother Jiraiya, how's your Wind Style: Rasenshuriken coming along?"
"Of course, there's no problem!"
Jiraiya put down his wine cup, a proud look on his face. "I am Jiraiya, Sage of Mount Myōboku!"
Sarutobi Asuma immediately exposed his weakness. "If you don't use Sage Mode, you probably can't throw it, right!"
Jiraiya's expression stiffened. He glanced at Sarutobi Asuma. "You're really not cute at all."
"But how did you know about Sage Mode?"
"Did Tsunade tell you?"
Sarutobi Asuma nodded. "I noticed it when I was studying the information left by the First Lord."
"It's said that the First Hokage also mastered Sage Mode."
After a round of drinks, Sarutobi Asuma learned a lot of information about Sage Mode.
But he also understood more clearly how difficult Sage Mode was.
Jiraiya currently relied on the two Sages of Mount Myōboku to maintain Sage Mode for extended periods and use senjutsu.
Minato didn't need them, but he wasn't very proficient either.
It was related to his own chakra reserves, so it didn't have much practical meaning for Minato, and he used it very little.
After parting ways with Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Asuma went directly to the Hokage Office in the Hokage Building.
Seeing his second son, Sarutobi Hiruzen was about to reprimand him for drinking, but Sarutobi Asuma spoke first, "Father, I want to change my Summoning Jutsu."
"Summoning Jutsu?"
"Rashomon?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen asked.
If it were just an ordinary Summoning Jutsu, there would be no need to exchange it from the village; the Sarutobi Clan had them.
"Yes."
Sarutobi Asuma nodded, then took out a prepared small scroll.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen opened it, he saw a technique called "Lightning Armor," with a difficulty rating of S.
After browsing through it and confirming the ninjutsu's value, Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed. However, he immediately reminded him, "Although Rashomon's defense is very powerful, the more you summon, the more chakra it consumes."
"You have a unique talent in Chakra Nature Transformation. Earth Style's defense is not weak, and it won't consume as much chakra."
Sarutobi Asuma nodded. "I understand, but this technique is for dealing with extraordinary attacks, such as attacks like Wind Style: Rasenshuriken."
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a moment and said, "Follow me!"
With that, he created a Shadow Clone and took Sarutobi Asuma to the rooftop of the Hokage Building.
He bit his finger and quickly performed hand seals.
Sarutobi Hiruzen then summoned a yellow-haired monkey.
"Enkō!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled. "Bring out the summoning scroll!"
"Yes, Third Hokage!"
Enkō took off the large scroll on his back and unrolled it.
Sarutobi Asuma immediately saw the names on it.
His older brother Sarutobi Shinya's name was clearly listed.
Sarutobi Hiruzen explained, "The Sarutobi clan's monkey population is not large, and there aren't many monkeys specialized for combat."
"Generally, only a few outstanding clan members can obtain a Command Contract."
"Leave your name and chakra imprint here!"
"From today onwards, you can summon Enma to fight alongside you!"
Sarutobi Asuma couldn't help but have a strange expression upon hearing this.
Enma, who could transform into the Ruyi Jingu Bang?
This... didn't seem to suit him!
However, complaints aside, Sarutobi Asuma dutifully left his name and chakra mark.
After Enkō departed, Sarutobi Hiruzen once again formed hand seals and performed the Summoning Jutsu.
This time, he summoned Enma.
"Elder Enma!"
Sarutobi Asuma quickly bowed.
"Ah, it's little Asuma!"
Enma greeted him with a smile, then looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, "I understand, you can rest assured!"
After watching his father leave, Sarutobi Asuma asked Enma, "Elder Enma, can you turn into a sword?"
Enma chuckled, "Of course, no problem."
"However, if you want to use me as a chakra blade, that might not be possible."
Sarutobi Asuma was slightly disappointed but replied with a smile, "I understand, I'll have to trouble you then!"
"No trouble at all, just summon me whenever you need me. I'll be going back now!"
With that, Enma's form disappeared.
Having an additional summoned beast was a small surprise for Sarutobi Asuma.
He left the Hokage Building, noticing the sky was still bright, so he decided to go train.
Training should never be neglected, especially after just acquiring a new ninjutsu.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
In a world of ice and snow.
Sarutobi Asuma stood in the snow, with his hands clasped, his chakra surging within him.
Starting from his internal organs and moving outward, layers of lightning chakra formed.
Zzzt!
Tendrils of electric arcs flickered, and Sarutobi Asuma's entire body was enveloped in a faint blue electric light, as if he were wearing a thick coat of lightning armor.
But unlike the ninjutsu "Lightning Armor" previously given to the village, this was not a simple covering on the surface of the body.
Instead, his lightning chakra had tightly combined with his three hundred billion cells, as if they were all soaked in lightning chakra.
This was the same state as the Wind Release Chakra Mode.
Lightning Style Chakra Mode, achieved!
"Finally got it!"
Sarutobi Asuma let out a long breath.
He didn't know what the Cloud Ninja's Lightning Style Chakra Mode was like.
But based on his current knowledge and wisdom, this was the most ideal state he could conceive of.
In this state, Sarutobi Asuma could feel that his thought processing speed was definitely 10 times faster than usual.
Looking at the leaves swaying in the wind, he felt as if they were moving in slow motion.
Sarutobi Asuma knew that this wasn't an eye mutation, but rather a significant increase in his information processing speed, resulting in this super dynamic vision.
"Awesome!"
"At this level of neural reaction, if it were datafied, it would definitely exceed 80!"
Sarutobi Asuma, with a broad smile, then vanished from his spot.
His body flashed, moving like lightning.
A moment later, Sarutobi Asuma stopped and couldn't help but laugh heartily.
Under the Lightning Style Chakra Mode, his speed had reached its extreme, capable of reaching 10 km/s!
This couldn't compare to the speed of actual lightning.
Moreover, this measured speed was the speed for movement over short distances in an open area.
But it was already astonishing.
Sarutobi Asuma had first mastered the Wind Release Chakra Mode, and he was already very proficient in it, but his top speed was only 40 m/s.
This short-distance movement speed was on a completely different level!
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