Chapter 95: The Flying Thunder God Technique Isn't That Hard Either
"Do you want to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Inside the Hokage Office, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Kakashi with some surprise, as well as Hyuga Makoto who had been dragged along.
He had originally been busy with other matters, but when he turned around, these two had arrived and told him news that even he found surprising.
"I'm not against this, but Kakashi, you should understand how difficult the Flying Thunder God Technique is, right?"
"I understand, Hokage-sama."
Kakashi nodded earnestly. Although he had been guided by Hyuga Makoto, those words had truly struck a chord with him.
Moreover, he had made this decision after serious consideration.
"Obito possesses space-time ninjutsu capabilities. I cannot do what Makoto does—judging things by observing Chakra—so..."
"Are you intending to use a space-time ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God to deal with him?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded in realization. After all, not everyone was Hyuga Makoto.
"I can agree to this, but I also hope you prepare yourself for failure. This technique is truly too difficult."
"Makoto said that Obito's space-time ability might come from his eyes. Perhaps I have something special, too."
Kakashi said it jokingly, but his gaze was incredibly serious.
"Actually, I have already prepared myself mentally. I understand that the barrier to entry for this technique is extremely high; it requires super-high precision in Chakra control..."
"And unparalleled body coordination and reaction speed."
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed from the side and added,
"At the same time, it also requires knowledge of Sealing Techniques, as well as a massive amount of Chakra. You..."
Kakashi fell silent. In truth, his Chakra reserves weren't exactly low.
It was just that this Sharingan was constantly draining his Chakra, leaving him with not much that he could actually use.
Yet, his expression remained unchanged, looking very serious.
"I understand. I will do my best to overcome all the problems!"
"Good, keep working hard."
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded gently. He actually didn't have much confidence in his heart, but he still chose to believe in him.
Although Uchiha Obito had been beaten into a retreat by Hyuga Makoto, what if that guy avoided Hyuga Makoto?
Having an extra backup plan was an extra layer of protection!
"Eh?"
But slowly, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly realized something.
His gaze turned towards Hyuga Makoto with a strange look.
Not only him, but even Kakashi turned his head to look over.
"What's wrong?"
Hyuga Makoto was a bit confused, but the two of them became even more silent.
Because they suddenly realized that Hyuga Makoto seemed to perfectly fit every characteristic required for the Flying Thunder God Technique!
His Chakra was extremely vast, so much so that it was almost absurd.
And because of his cultivation of the Gentle Fist, his body coordination and reaction speed were extremely exaggerated, and his control over Chakra was also incomparably precise!
As for Sealing Techniques...
He was the one who mastered the Yin Seal instantly, and also the one who sealed the Caged Bird Seal!
For a moment, they were both dazed.
"Makoto, do you want to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique?"
After a long while, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but ask, and Kakashi nodded along as well.
"Give it a try. I feel like you seem very suitable; maybe you really can do it!"
Hyuga Makoto scratched his head. He hadn't been trying to trick Kakashi into learning it to see if he could handle Obito, had he?
How did the tables turn, and now this matter had fallen onto him?
"Then let's give it a try. Anyway, there really isn't anything else to do during this period."
However, there didn't seem to be any need for him to refuse this kind of thing, after all, he really did know space-time ninjutsu!
Letting him learn the Flying Thunder God, in a sense, wasn't that just allowing him to use it more reasonably?
Besides, to learn the Flying Thunder God, he would have to look at Senju Tobirama's notes anyway.
"Hmph, that guy Genshi is becoming more and more excessive!"
Land of Water, inside the Hidden Mist Village.
Uchiha Obito, who was currently controlling the Fourth Mizukage, looked at the documents in his hand and couldn't help but snort coldly.
The Hidden Mist at this time really couldn't be considered peaceful; every Family had its own thoughts and calculations.
Especially under his iron-fisted methods, a batch of bloodline clans had already perished, but he still felt it was far from enough!
He hadn't forgotten what happened back then; this debt was one he had to settle clearly, it's just that...
"Obito, you're the one being too ruthless."
Black Zetsu pursed his lips to the side and spoke helplessly.
"Genshi is the Great Elder of the Hidden Mist after all; others will naturally seek his protection."
"Hmph, then let them go."
Obito's gaze held a hint of disdain, and he spoke indifferently.
"This is just right. When the time comes, I'll use rebellion as an excuse and deal with them one by one!"
Black Zetsu curled his lip. Did he not know what Obito was thinking?
Unfortunately, Obito had miscalculated who to blame.
If it were normal, he wouldn't care what Obito did; he could just walk away.
But during this period, he had also been tortured to the point of exhaustion, and he was already seriously thinking about one thing.
"Actually, I think we can restrain ourselves a little."
"Hmm?"
At Black Zetsu's words, Obito's brows instantly furrowed.
"What do you mean? Are you trying to make me stop?"
"It's not that far, I just want you to change your method."
Black Zetsu was like someone coaxing a child, using gentle persuasion on Obito.
"The life or death of the Hidden Mist isn't important, but I think they might still have other value."
"Other value?"
Obito raised an eyebrow, seeming to realize what Black Zetsu meant.
"Are you talking about the Nucleus Organization?"
"Exactly!"
Black Zetsu nodded quickly. This organization was his true thorn in the side!
And this organization was also truly too mysterious.
He had already sent White Zetsu to find people, to search for the traces of these guys as much as possible.
The Akatsuki Organization had also mobilized all its members, but there had been no Breakthrough intelligence.
At most, they had only found out that they seemed to be executing some missions to earn money.
As for more personnel, more information, there was absolutely none!
Under these circumstances, Black Zetsu had to come up with other ideas.
"Although the Hidden Mist is a mess right now, as one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, its Foundation is still there, and its intelligence System is more complete!"
"Indeed, these guys in the Hidden Mist still have some value."
Obito touched his chin, pondering what to do.
"Then make good use of their intelligence network; we can't let them benefit for nothing!"
"Good."
Black Zetsu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been afraid that Obito would refuse, but just then, White Zetsu spoke up.
"Ah, I thought Obito would refuse, after all, they are..."
Before White Zetsu could finish his sentence, his mouth was immediately covered by Black Zetsu. He now had the urge to kill White Zetsu!
"Hmph, who told you I was going to let them off?"
However, Obito appeared very calm and spoke softly.
"If you want to fully master their intelligence System, don't you have to stabilize the entire Hidden Mist first?"
Black Zetsu gasped, a bad premonition quietly emerging.
"Obito, don't listen to this idiot's nonsense!"
"He is an idiot, I am not."
Obito had some gaps in his self-awareness, and he smiled indifferently.
"With those vermin like Genshi around, how can I make good use of the Hidden Mist's intelligence?"
"What if they send us fake information? What if they notice something?"
"Only by completely rooting them out and leaving behind those loyal to the Mizukage can I be at ease!"
Black Zetsu fell silent. Looking at Obito, who was seemingly intent on "exterminating pests," he knew that saying anything now was useless.
He really wanted to crack open Obito's head to see exactly what its structure was.
Had he never thought about the consequences of doing this?
If he wins, Genshi and his massive followers are all finished, and the Hidden Mist is basically done for too!
Even if quite a few remained, how would you appease the hearts of the people?
And you don't think that after killing them, no one will resist, do you?
Admittedly, these people would quiet down for a while, but it would also incite greater fear and hatred.
At that time, they would hide even deeper, and the danger would be even greater!
If he loses, then there is nothing left, and don't even think about the resources of the Hidden Mist.
"Can't you choose to compromise a little? You don't have to come forward yourself; just control the Fourth Mizukage to come forward and that would be it, right?!"
Damn it, what kind of thing did Madara choose, and what kind of thing did Konoha teach?
"I understand..."
But no matter how bitter, Black Zetsu could only swallow it into his stomach.
"I will find 'evidence' of their rebellion for you."
"Actually, you don't need to find it too detailed; just go through the motions."
Obito shook his head gently, his gaze looking out the window.
"Didn't you say recently that some strangers have quietly entered the Hidden Mist?"
"Aren't they ready-made evidence?"
"How did the Hidden Mist become like this?"
Inside the Root base, Danzo Shimura looked at the files in his hand with astonishment.
This was the intelligence passed back by the people who had snuck into the Hidden Mist.
Just looking at this intelligence, he himself fell into silence.
Although his people had snuck in quietly, they hadn't observed the Mizukage, and even staying alive was a problem.
But the key point was right there!
It was too chaotic...
Danzo himself hadn't expected that the Hidden Mist would be in such a chaotic state!
The Genshi faction and the Mizukage faction were at odds, and riots would appear in the Village from time to time.
That the Village hadn't collapsed under such circumstances could only be said to be worthy of being one of the Five Great Ninja Villages!
"And, Genshi could actually do this?"
Thinking of this guy Genshi, Danzo couldn't help but feel a bit jealous; he really envied such power!
"But in the end, he is not a Kage..."
Taking a deep breath, Danzo forcibly pulled his thoughts back.
Subsequently, a smile appeared on his face.
"However, I can basically confirm some things!"
Making the Hidden Mist this chaotic had clearly shaken the Foundation of the Village.
If it were a normal Kage, they obviously wouldn't have made it into this ghostly state.
"Even if he is doing it for the Blood Mist policy, he is still pushing it despite everyone's opposition, and it's even becoming more extreme..."
Danzo tapped the table gently and slowly stood up.
"This approach is more like a brat who doesn't understand anything deliberately taking revenge!"
He knew Uchiha Obito's background, and even Hyuga Makoto had made some analyses.
Now it seemed that everything really did match up!
"Hyuga Makoto, that brat, it's really a pity..."
Thinking of this, Danzo couldn't help but shake his head.
These days, he had been crouching in the Anbu dealing with this intelligence, after all, in his view, this was the ladder to his "return to the Peak"!
He really didn't know much about other things happening in the Village, especially since his Root had already been cut down to only having intelligence personnel outside the Village...
"Let's go notify Hiruzen first."
At the thought of this, Danzo felt his heart dripping blood.
He was truly hateful!
Uchiha Obito had cut off his hand and, together with Uchiha Itachi, had caused his Root to become the ghostly state it was now.
He would remember this blood feud for a lifetime...
"I really didn't expect the Flying Thunder God Technique to be harder than I imagined."
At a training base in Konoha, Kakashi panted weakly.
Even though he had known long ago how difficult the Flying Thunder God was, once he actually got his hands on it, he found that he had still greatly underestimated the difficulty of this technique.
Even though he had obtained the notes and insights left by the Fourth Hokage and the Second Hokage, the situation was about the same.
"Don't be anxious, Kakashi."
Jiraiya saw this and couldn't help but offer a word of comfort.
"When Minato was learning this technique, he also faced many difficulties. And look, Makoto's mindset is very good."
"That's right, being anxious is useless."
Hyuga Makoto was flipping through materials on the side, and upon hearing this, he spoke without raising his head.
"Besides, Third Hokage-sama and the Pervy Sage don't know it either, don't worry."
Jiraiya rolled his eyes. How did this kind of thing get dragged back to him again?
"Hey, I don't want to learn it, not that I can't learn it. You need to make that clear!"
"Oh."
Hyuga Makoto raised his head and looked at Jiraiya expressionlessly, which made Jiraiya laugh in anger.
"Stop doing that. Look at you, Kakashi is studying so hard, why are you slacking off all day?"
"Stop slandering me. How do you conclude that I'm slacking off?"
Hyuga Makoto snorted lightly and raised the scroll in his hand.
"Do you know what 'to do a good job, one must first sharpen one's tools' means? If the materials haven't been studied thoroughly, how do you want to learn it?"
"What have you studied?"
Kakashi was a bit curious. During this period, he had almost memorized these materials.
But he still didn't know how to do it.
Just on the first step, he was already stuck!
Condensing a curse Seal with "space attributes" to act as a coordinate...
Condensing a curse Seal was in the realm of Sealing Techniques, which Kakashi could still do, but wasn't "space attributes" a bit too abstract?
Even in the notes, there didn't seem to be any clear records.
"Actually, the Flying Thunder God isn't that hard."
However, Hyuga Makoto spoke nonchalantly at this moment, which made Kakashi and Jiraiya's eyes widen.
"What are you saying? Not hard?"
"Yeah, actually, you guys are just overcomplicating things."
Hyuga Makoto stood up, casually picked up a leaf, and then condensed Chakra to fly it towards Kakashi and Jiraiya.
"Captain Kakashi, I know what you are struggling with, it's just that your direction seems to have been wrong from the start."
"Wrong?"
Watching the leaf flying over quickly, Kakashi felt a bit strange, and Jiraiya was also full of confusion.
"What do you mean by that?"
"It's very simple. You have probably been struggling with'space attributes' all along, while ignoring the most critical thing."
Hyuga Makoto chuckled, his Byakugan instantly activated, and his gaze locked onto the leaf.
"I don't know what the Fourth Hokage and the Second Hokage meant, but I have my own understanding. I treat it as a summoned spiritual coordinate that has been sealed."
"A summoned spiritual coordinate?"
Kakashi and Jiraiya's eyes were suddenly a bit dazed, and that flying leaf skimmed past them, heading behind them.
"That's right, a summoning coordinate that can be seen, locked onto, and activated by me, so..."
Hyuga Makoto nodded. In an instant, his figure disappeared, and when his voice sounded again, he was already behind the two of them!
"That's why I said, the Flying Thunder God isn't that hard!"
Jiraiya and Kakashi were both stunned. They turned around quickly and sure enough, they saw Hyuga Makoto standing behind them with a smile. At this moment, their brains were in a mess; they opened their mouths slightly but didn't know what to say!
However, it was also at this time that Yamato ran over quickly...