[Shimizu Kangetsu: Chūnin (Overall)]
Chakra: Chūnin (Nature Chakra)
Affinity: Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, Lightning
Taijutsu: Chūnin
Genjutsu: Chūnin
Ninjutsu: Chūnin
Ninjutsu —
Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Technique) (E): LV5 (0%)
Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique) (E): LV5 (0%)
Kawarimi no Jutsu (Substitution Technique) (E): LV5 (0%)
Kihon Shunshin no Jutsu (Basic Body Flicker Technique) (D): LV6 (12%)
Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Great Fireball Technique) (C): LV5 (1%)
Chakra Refining: LV7 (11%)
Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Multiple Shadow Clone Technique) (A): LV5 (1%)
Shōsen Jutsu (Mystical Palm Technique) (A): LV5 (0%)
Genjutsu —
Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique) (D): LV6 (89%)
Taijutsu —
Kihon Konohagakure Taijutsu (Basic Konoha Taijutsu): LV6 (32%)
Fūinjutsu —
Gogyo Fūin (Five Elements Seal): LV2 (41%)
Comfortable.
Kangetsu—pinned tight in Komachi's arms, face-to-face—closed his eyes and savored the warm afterglow.
Yeah.
His strength had climbed again.
He was very satisfied with the "results" of his hard work.
A good chunk of time had passed already, and Kangetsu hadn't been idle.
Playing around was playing around—strength still needed to go up.
Since the day he adopted Yukine and the other one, more than half a year had gone by.
Kangetsu figured that by the one-year mark, he'd most likely be able to push his template stats up to jōnin.
Add the Nature Chakra buff on top of that…
Hiss.
That was dangerous.
He might even be able to sit down and "discuss the Dao" with the Kage of the Five Great Villages.
At this point, Kangetsu didn't even look twice at B-rank techniques anymore.
Unless it was genjutsu, a hidden technique, or anything A-rank and above.
Unfortunately, those old men kept a very tight grip on high-level jutsu.
And they also had a certain misunderstanding about his actual strength.
Kangetsu had no intention of showing them the real thing.
That was just asking for trouble.
Those "still-in-their-prime" old men absolutely couldn't tolerate someone's chakra improving this fast.
Hell—he started out as a sewer-tier genin.
Half a year later: chūnin.
One year later: jōnin.
That growth rate would make even Konoha—the so-called cradle of geniuses—stare like idiots.
Having the "moneybags" halo was already enough.
The "genius" title meant nothing to Kangetsu right now.
After all—
The main reason those old men were being so "openhearted" with him was because…
Kangetsu's strength was low, which meant they could control him easily.
Try showing even a hint that you could slip the leash, and see what their attitude turned into.
Besides.
I, Shimizu Kangetsu, devote myself to Konoha with all my heart. How could I possibly climb by brute force?
I needed people to be convinced.
I needed people to adore me—so they'd push me up of their own accord…
In other words:
If you wear the dragon robe yourself, it's easy to put on and hard to take off.
But if someone else puts it on you, then it's only natural.
There was also this:
Once a jutsu hit LV5 on the panel, it skipped the hand seals entirely.
That alone would spike Kangetsu's real combat power by a huge margin.
While you're still forming seals, my technique is already in your face.
Even against high-end fighters, that gave him a substantial advantage.
He hadn't neglected genjutsu or taijutsu, either.
He wanted to develop evenly—become a shinobi without weak points.
That left only Gogyo Fūin…
Kangetsu's expectations for it were enormous.
If LV5 universally meant "no seals required," then at LV10, would Gogyo Fūin unlock some kind of anti-jutsu Domain?
It wasn't impossible.
Lastly—
The matter of Senju bloodline still left Kangetsu completely at a loss.
Maybe the Senju really had dissolved into Konoha.
But whether he had any Senju blood at all was still unclear.
Even if he did, he had no method to purify it.
Even Orochimaru had no solution.
All Orochimaru could do was transplant.
And the fatality rate was absurdly high.
Envy…
Kangetsu simply closed the panel—out of sight, out of mind.
He was insanely jealous of the original Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.
Those two—hands together, and boom, they were piloting a "mech."
Even when facing tailed beasts that the Five Great Villages treated as ultimate weapons, they could just grab one by the neck and say—
"Kurama, you're damn dangerous."
Then slam Kurama into the ground and grind him into the dirt.
Kangetsu couldn't help wondering if Kurama had been cursing them out back then.
He needed to find an opportunity to read through the Scroll of Seals.
Kangetsu had his eye on it.
Konoha's major factions and clans would never let him look at their strongest techniques.
And even if they did, he might not be able to use them.
Most of those jutsu were stamped with obvious bloodline characteristics—
like the Byakugan and Sharingan.
So he had to pin his hopes on the Scroll of Seals.
"Mm…"
Komachi finally came back to herself.
Her cheeks were flushed, and she looked like she'd just been fished out of water—sweat-damp, soft, and unsteady.
A few strands of hair clung to her face, fluttering lightly as she breathed.
She mumbled as if half-asleep.
"Yamete… yamete…"
"Any more and I'm going to die…"
"I'll call you big brother, okay? Just—don't—"
She trailed off, burying her face.
Nine times…
She felt like she'd been drained dry.
Her body trembled again—whether from fear or lingering sensitivity, she couldn't even tell.
Komachi was still too young in the sense of experience, and her only method of "stopping" this terrible man was to cling to him like her life depended on it.
Arms locked.
Legs hooked.
No room at all.
Even a tiny shift made her tense up instantly.
"Jerk…"
"I told you, that was just now!"
"I'm sensitive, you know?!"
Kangetsu only chuckled.
"This is barely the start."
"Do you know Lady Mikoto?"
"That time, it was two days and two nights."
"Not even a blink."
"Pfft!"
Lady Mikoto's face turned red as she spat out the sound.
"L-Liar!"
"Like I'm that kind of person!"
"It was only two days and one night."
"Not that long."
Chabashira Sae's brows were tightly knit as she pressed a hand to her abdomen, still trying to recover herself.
"…No more."
"I need a minute."
Her lower belly felt uncomfortably full, like it might burst.
And besides—
Two days and two nights, two days and one night… was that really a meaningful difference?
Haruno licked her lips as she tidied up the aftermath, looking delighted by the chaos.
"Big difference!"
"So far, the longest record is four hundred days and two nights."
"I remember it clearly."
"We can't let a mere Lady Mikoto beat that."
Yukine, cradling herself, shot her rebellious daughter a flat, exhausted look.
That "record" was something she never wanted to think about again.
Because by the one-day-one-night mark, she'd already been at her limit—desperate to escape.
But Haruno had pinned her down and refused to let her run.
It still made Yukine boil with anger just remembering it.
(End of Chapter)
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