Chapter 148: Chapter 151: Learning Flying Thunder God Technique, Uzumaki Honoka
Konoha Anbu Base.
Natsuki was reading the file provided by Asayano.
The file recorded the recent situation of Amegakure.
Similar to before, nothing major had happened.
"Have you heard of Ice Release?"
Natsuki put down the file in his hand.
"I have heard of it."
Asayano immediately replied. "Kirigakure once had Ice Release ninjas."
"Go and investigate if Kirigakure still has Ice Release ninjas right now."
Natsuki instructed. "If not, investigate the villages in the Land of Water where it snows all year round."
"Yes, Lord Natsuki."
Asayano bowed slightly, turned around, and left.
Involving the Land of Water and Kirigakure, it was no longer suitable to let the Akatsuki organization or Kakuzu investigate.
Using the power of Konoha’s Anbu was the simplest method.
And Natsuki was not worried about Sarutobi Hiruzen finding out.
Because he planned to arrange for Haku’s mother just like he did for Chino and Fuushin, letting her join the Anbu.
This way, Sarutobi Hiruzen would not say much.
After all, this was Ice Release, a quite powerful Kekkei Genkai. Joining Konoha only brought benefits and no drawbacks.
Natsuki stood up, thought for a moment, and went to Jiraiya’s residence.
Namikaze Minato and the others usually trained at his residence.
Natsuki wanted to know how Namikaze Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique training was progressing.
After staying in the Land of Snow for two months this time, he understood the benefits of space-time ninjutsu even more.
Without space-time ninjutsu, returning to Konoha was really too troublesome and wasted a lot of time.
But unexpectedly, Jiraiya’s residence was completely empty.
Not only was Jiraiya absent, but Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kae, and the others were also not there.
After thinking for a moment, Natsuki returned to the Senju clan compound.
He had just returned to Konoha today.
After returning to Amegakure from the Land of Snow with Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato, he did not stay long and left Amegakure.
At the Senju clan compound, Nawaki and Uzumaki Kushina were still training.
"Do you know where Minato and the others went?"
Natsuki asked straightforwardly.
"Minato came by the day before yesterday, saying that Lord Jiraiya had returned and was taking them on a mission."
Nawaki immediately answered. "But he didn’t say where they were going."
Natsuki thought to himself, just as expected.
With all four of them absent from Konoha, there was only one possibility: they went out on a mission.
"Why are you looking for him?"
Nawaki let out a breath, stopped his Water Release training, and asked.
"I just wanted to witness his Flying Thunder God Technique."
Natsuki smiled and asked back. "Aren’t you curious?"
"Of course I’m curious."
Nawaki held his head high, very proud, and said. "Flying Thunder God Technique is an S-rank ninjutsu created by my second grandfather!"
"Have you and Lady Tsunade tried to learn Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Uzumaki Kushina suddenly asked.
"My sister tried, but she couldn’t learn it."
Nawaki shook his head and said. "I haven’t tried yet, but I guess I won’t be able to learn it either."
"Flying Thunder God Technique is an S-rank ninjutsu after all. Most ninjas can’t learn it."
Natsuki comforted him. "It’s fine if you don’t learn it."
"I actually think you can give it a try."
Nawaki gave his reason, saying. "Your reaction speed is very fast. Maybe you can learn Flying Thunder God Technique."
"I can go find Lord Hokage to check the Flying Thunder God Technique when I have free time."
Natsuki, who originally wanted to refuse, suddenly thought of something and agreed.
He would spar with Namikaze Minato later, and there was a high probability he could awaken a character template related to space.
At that time, he would need a reason to use it.
The best way was to say it was adapted from Flying Thunder God Technique.
Anyway, Natsuki had already proven his talent in creating his own ninjutsu.
It would be reasonable for him to create another space-time ninjutsu.
"Don’t you have free time right now? Hearing you say that, I also want to see the Flying Thunder God Technique."
Nawaki said with a smile. "Besides, it’s almost noon. We can go to the Hokage’s office and come back just in time for lunch."
"I’m going too!"
Uzumaki Kushina immediately stopped training and ran to Natsuki in a few steps.
Before he could speak, she hugged his arm, blinking her eyes at him.
"Let’s go then."
Natsuki patted her head and said.
It wouldn’t be good to refuse at this point.
Uzumaki Kushina cheered and pulled him outside.
Nawaki twitched the corner of his mouth and followed behind them.
The three of them arrived at the Hokage’s office shortly.
"You want to learn Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said. "Of course, no problem."
For Konoha, the more ninjas who learned Flying Thunder God Technique, the better.
After all, Flying Thunder God Technique had strategic significance.
If the ninja who learned Flying Thunder God Technique was from the Hokage lineage, it would be even more perfect.
Natsuki and Nawaki perfectly met this condition.
"Follow me."
Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and said.
The ninjutsu storage room contained ninjutsu below S-rank.
Ninjutsu of S-rank and above were kept in another room.
"There are two types of ninjutsu in this room."
Sarutobi Hiruzen introduced while opening the barrier. "One type is conventional S-rank ninjutsu, and the other is powerful forbidden jutsu."
"The Scroll of Seals?"
Nawaki asked subconsciously.
"Correct."
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and said. "The Scroll of Seals records all the forbidden jutsu of Konoha."
Natsuki looked at the surrounding barriers and traps, becoming even more certain that Uzumaki Naruto stealing the Scroll of Seals in the original work was tacitly approved.
Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for even a Jonin to break in, let alone a Genin who hadn’t graduated yet.
"Flying Thunder God Technique is an S-rank ninjutsu. Taking the ninjutsu scroll outside is not allowed."
Sarutobi Hiruzen took out a ninjutsu scroll from the bookshelf and said. "Memorize it first."
After speaking, he handed it to Natsuki.
"Kushina, since you are here too, learn it together."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a chuckle.
If the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki could learn Flying Thunder God Technique, it could only be described in one word: invincible.
Just imagine, during a ninja world war, how terrifying a Jinchuriki who could teleport to the enemy’s base camp at any time would be.
She could shoot Tailed Beast Balls while running away.
Moreover, the teleportation distance and the size of the objects teleported by Flying Thunder God Technique depended on the user’s chakra.
In the original work, although Namikaze Minato learned Flying Thunder God Technique, his teleportation distance was limited.
For example, he couldn’t teleport directly from Konoha to Sunagakure.
But if Uzumaki Kushina learned Flying Thunder God Technique, as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, her chakra was practically endless.
However, fantasy is fantasy, and reality is reality.
There was a high probability that Uzumaki Kushina wouldn’t be able to learn Flying Thunder God Technique.
But there was no harm in trying.
"Okay."
Uzumaki Kushina nodded.
The three of them began reading the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Sarutobi Hiruzen stood there waiting.
He thought to himself that if even one of these three could learn Flying Thunder God Technique, it would be a huge power boost for Konoha.
Half an hour later, the three of them had memorized the Flying Thunder God Technique.
"If there is anything you don’t understand, you can come and ask me."
Sarutobi Hiruzen put the ninjutsu scroll back in its original place.
Natsuki and the others nodded.
"Natsuki, I remember you are very interested in Summoning Beasts."
Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly remembered something and asked. "I have a mission related to Summoning Beasts here. Do you want to take it?"
"We’ll take it!"
Nawaki immediately said excitedly. "Our team hasn’t done a mission in a long time!"
"You can take a look at what the mission is."
Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and took out a mission scroll.
Natsuki took the mission scroll and began reading.
The Anbu discovered an island named the Island of Oblivion in the Land of Water, where many Summoning Beasts lived.
A group of researchers established an experimental base there, attempting to research the Ultimate Summoning Beast.
Their mission was to investigate what this so-called Ultimate Summoning Beast was all about.
Natsuki immediately remembered after reading it.
There was indeed such a storyline in the original work.
It involved Uzumaki Naruto, Might Guy, Yamashiro Aoba, and Yamato.
They stumbled upon the Island of Oblivion and saw the Ultimate Summoning Beast.
How to put it?
This Ultimate Summoning Beast was extremely weak.
But the key point was not the Ultimate Summoning Beast.
On the Island of Oblivion, they encountered a ghost named Honoka.
Ghosts, or some kind of spiritual entities, did indeed exist in the ninja world.
Honoka was clearly a ninja from the Uzumaki Clan. She had red hair and knew the Uzumaki Clan’s Fuinjutsu.
She was invited by other researchers to study Summoning Beasts together.
As a result, the Ultimate Summoning Beast once lost control and killed her along with the other researchers.
But her will remained and turned into a ghost.
"We will take this mission."
Natsuki snapped out of his thoughts and said.
"Great!"
Nawaki said very happily.
Seeing this, a flash of envy crossed Uzumaki Kushina’s eyes.
She couldn’t go with them.
The three of them said goodbye to Sarutobi Hiruzen and returned to the Senju clan compound.
After lunch, Natsuki went to the Anbu.
"I need the names of all the members of the Uzumaki Clan."
Natsuki called Aburame Kenpei and instructed.
"Yes, Lord Natsuki."
Aburame Kenpei immediately responded.
Although this task was somewhat sensitive, it was not difficult.
The Uzumaki Clan had previously relocated many members to Konoha.
These members all had to be registered.
The remaining members were also easy to look up. After all, Natsuki only needed to know a name.
In the original work, Honoka looked to be in her twenties.
But she was a ghost, maintaining her appearance from before she died.
In other words, no one knew exactly when she died or how old she was when she met Uzumaki Naruto and the others.
Natsuki’s idea was very simple.
He wanted to confirm if there was someone named Honoka among the current Uzumaki Clan members.
If there was, and she had already been invited to the Island of Oblivion, then he could pull some strings and have her join the Akatsuki organization.
Natsuki always felt that the Akatsuki organization’s research department lacked a person in charge.
She would be perfect.
Thinking of this, Natsuki couldn’t help but laugh.
He felt that he was becoming more and more like Orochimaru, bringing back any genius he saw to Otogakure.
But he was better than the darkened Orochimaru. At least he wouldn’t make the geniuses kill each other.
Natsuki returned to the Senju clan compound again.
"Natsuki, when are we going out on the mission?"
Nawaki asked impatiently.
"Wait two more days."
Natsuki found a random excuse and said. "We’ll go after I learn Water Release: Wild Water Wave."
He had been learning the seven chakra nature ninjutsu recently.
Especially during the two months in the Land of Snow, he was basically learning them all the time.
Because he had the Hatake Kakashi template’s seven nature talent, he learned quite fast.
Now, there were only five Yang Release ninjutsu left, which were five medical ninjutsu.
Natsuki’s original plan was to make Mystical Palm Technique one of the five medical ninjutsu, but thinking about it carefully, there was no rush.
Because Mystical Palm Technique was very troublesome to learn.
It would be better to learn five less difficult medical ninjutsu first to unlock the Hatake Kakashi template’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
With the assistance of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, learning Mystical Palm Technique and other ninjutsu would be much easier.
Of course, the reason he gave Nawaki was just an excuse.
He was just waiting for the Anbu’s investigation results.
Two days passed in a flash.
At the gate of Konoha.
Natsuki, Nawaki, and Yakushi Nonou were registering.
There were only the three of them on this mission.
Tsunade said that since they were all Jonin, they could try doing missions as a three-person team to accumulate more experience. Natsuki suspected she was simply lazy.
After the three registered, they headed toward the Land of Water.
The Island of Oblivion was within the territory of the Land of Water, but it was far from Kirigakure, so there was a high probability they wouldn’t encounter Kirigakure ninjas.
While traveling, Natsuki took out a scroll.
This scroll was given by Aburame Kenpei, recording the names of all the Uzumaki Clan members.
Natsuki looked through it and found Honoka.
She was indeed a member of the Uzumaki Clan, but not a core member.
Because she was of mixed blood, and her father was not a ninja.
Even in large ninja clans, not everyone had the talent to be a ninja.
For example, there were many ordinary clan members in the Uchiha clan compound.
These ordinary clan members were also very important to the Uchiha Clan.
Because they could make money.
If they couldn’t be ninjas, they would become merchants.
Honoka’s father was the same.
While doing business, he met Honoka’s mother, a ninja from the Land of Water.
Natsuki suspected that her father was also involved in the experiment on the Island of Oblivion.
As everyone knew, experiments were a bottomless pit requiring massive amounts of money.
For the Island of Oblivion to gather so many researchers, there must be many intricate forces backing it.
But Natsuki didn’t care.
After all, Konoha was backing him.
On the morning of the third day.
The three of them arrived at the Island of Oblivion by boat.
"Why are there so many Summoning Beasts on this island?"
Nawaki asked with a puzzled face.
As soon as they landed on the island, they encountered many Summoning Beasts.
The sheer number of them exceeded their expectations.
"Perhaps the environment here is very suitable for their survival."
Natsuki said casually.
"The only pity is that the Summoning Beasts here are not strong enough."
Nawaki said regretfully.
If the Summoning Beasts they encountered were strong enough, he could take them for his own use.
"What’s the deal with that Ultimate Summoning Beast?"
Nawaki changed the topic, speaking with interest. "It sounds like it would be very strong."
"You will naturally know when you see it later."
Natsuki smiled and said. "I advise you not to place too much hope in this so-called Ultimate Summoning Beast."
Following the map provided by the Anbu, the three of them found the laboratory on the Island of Oblivion.
"Let’s infiltrate it first."
Natsuki thought for a moment and said.
"Then let’s compete to see who finds the Ultimate Summoning Beast first!"
Nawaki said, full of fighting spirit.
With his current strength, infiltrating a laboratory was not difficult.
"Alright."
Natsuki turned to Yakushi Nonou and said. "Nonou, wait for us here."
He wasn’t worried about her safety.
Because he had brought a team of Anbu ninjas.
After speaking, Natsuki and Nawaki entered the laboratory one after the other.
He turned on his electromagnetic wave sensing.
The next second, he sensed a violent and chaotic chakra.
Obviously, this was the Ultimate Summoning Beast.
It felt to Natsuki like an amalgamation of various chakras.
Looking at it this way, the Island of Oblivion experiment was to stitch all the Summoning Beasts on the island together to form a new Summoning Beast.
Natsuki thought of Hiruko’s Chimera Technique.
Its effect was to fuse five Kekkei Genkai into one body. But before that, Hiruko used Summoning Beasts for experiments.
In the original work, he summoned a fused Summoning Beast made of a dog, a bird, and a two-headed snake.
Compared to the Chimera Technique, the Island of Oblivion’s Ultimate Summoning Beast was very unstable.
These chakras felt like they were forcibly glued together, and problems could occur at any time.
Natsuki wasn’t in a hurry to find the Ultimate Summoning Beast.
He quickly sensed all the researchers in the experimental base and finally determined who Honoka was.
The reason was simple.
The Uzumaki Clan generally had a lot of chakra.
Whoever had the most chakra was Honoka.
Natsuki walked directly toward her location.
Arriving at her room, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Please come in."
Honoka’s voice rang out.
Natsuki pushed the door open and walked in.
The first thing he saw was a red-haired girl, looking quite a bit older than Uzumaki Kushina.
"Who... who are you?"
Honoka felt Natsuki looked somewhat familiar, but she wasn’t sure.
"Konoha’s Natsuki."
Natsuki introduced himself.
"You are Natsuki? Why are you here?"
A look of surprise appeared on Honoka’s face.
A long time ago, when Tsunade and the others supported the Uzumaki Clan to repel the ninjas of Kirigakure and Kumogakure, she had seen Natsuki from afar.
Not to mention the Third Great Ninja War, where Natsuki’s excellent performance made him famous throughout the ninja world.
Honoka had also heard his stories many times.
"Lord Hokage’s orders, telling me to come over and investigate the Ultimate Summoning Beast."
Natsuki said truthfully.
"What are Lord Hokage’s thoughts?"
Honoka remained silent for a moment and asked.
"I just took a look at the Ultimate Summoning Beast."
Natsuki didn’t answer directly, changing the subject. "Judging from the current situation, the Ultimate Summoning Beast will probably be hard to complete successfully."
"Why?"
Honoka hurriedly asked. "Even using Fuinjutsu won’t work?"
"Fuinjutsu can only forcibly stitch all the chakras together, but it cannot make them fuse."
Natsuki shook his head and said. "Without fusion, it is destined that the Ultimate Summoning Beast will become a mindless monster."
"I should have known earlier."
Honoka sighed and said.
After all, she had already tried many times, but not a single time succeeded.
"If you really want to try, I actually know a forbidden jutsu that can achieve a similar effect."
Natsuki smiled slightly and added. "I have established a research department and happen to be short of a person in charge."
Honoka couldn’t help but be stunned.
Was he inviting her to be the head of the research department?
Truth be told, going to Konoha definitely had a better future than staying on this Island of Oblivion.
"The researchers you know can also go together."
Natsuki added.
Honoka immediately made her decision.
She was invited to the Island of Oblivion because her father was also involved.
But Natsuki’s conditions were too generous, even allowing her to bring familiar researchers along.
Moreover, Konoha had saved the Uzumaki Clan before. Both out of emotion and reason, she shouldn’t refuse.
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