Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals
"Excluding the Rainbow Ice Wall, there are a total of 15 geothermal generators nationwide, generating enough heat to cover about 0% of the villages and towns..." Kazahana Koyuki looked at the report with a worried expression, the excitement from the discovery of the geothermal generators had completely vanished. "So, the heating system left by my father isn't actually finished yet? It seems that at least 50 such geothermal generators are needed to cover all the settlements in the country."
"Hey, hey, hey, where am I going to get the funds, manpower, and resources to invest in this?! My father spent 10 years and only built 15!" Kazahana Koyuki scratched her hair, turning her newly combed hairstyle into a bird's nest again. "And the Land of Snow needs at least 5 more!"
"To be precise, we still need at least 45 more, because covering the entire country requires at least 60 geothermal units." Sakura sat with her legs crossed, sipping her tea, and casually shattered Kazahana Koyuki's wild dreams with a single sentence, "So you'll need to work for 60 years."
"Sixty years," Kazahana Koyuki muttered, slumping onto the sofa, looking utterly listless. "I feel like I'm a useless person now..."
"This can be taken slowly. But there's something I need to remind you of," Sakura said, straightening up after putting down her legs and speaking seriously, "There aren't any more missions to do here, so we're about to finish our mission and return to Konoha. The Provisional Government's historical mission is complete, and it's about to disband. Have you thought about what your next step should be?"
"Ah... are you already going back?" Kazahana Koyuki asked, sitting up in surprise.
"Yes, the task has been dragging on for a long time, but everything that needed to be done has already been done."
Furthermore, she acquired a considerable number of Ice Release Ninjutsu scrolls, greatly enriching her Ice Release Ninjutsu library—which previously only contained Haku's Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death and Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals —preventing her from falling into the predicament of possessing Kekkei Genkai but having no Ninjutsu to use.
Although Kazahana Dōtō was incompetent in governing the country, she was quite knowledgeable in the study of Ice Release. She had browsed through the Ninjutsu library of the Snow Ninja Base, which contained a dazzling array of ingeniously designed and powerful advanced Ninjutsu such as Ice Release - One-Horned White Whale and Ice Release: Dragon-Shattering Fierce Tiger, as well as a vast amount of notes and experiences written by the Snow Ninja over the years of practicing Ice Release.
The Snow Ninja's accumulated wealth of over twenty years filled the girl's pockets. Sakura felt that this mission was eye-opening, worthwhile, and incredibly rewarding.
Sakura's Ice Release technique was taught by Yuki Haku, who was an orphan who had been wandering since childhood and didn't have a deep understanding of Ice Release. Naturally, the disciple he trained was only a mediocre one. With this information, Sakura's understanding of Ice Release was greatly deepened, saving her at least one or two years of time that would have been spent researching Ice Release.
Although the Snow Ninja do not possess Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, they can still unleash powerful Ice Release Ninjutsu thanks to their snow-covered natural environment. For Sakura, who possesses Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, the same Ice Release Ninjutsu, when performed with her Ice Release Chakra, becomes even more powerful.
Of course, given Sakura's personality, she would definitely disdain learning other people's Ninjutsu in a completely conventional way. As long as she can figure it out, she will definitely be unable to resist making extensive modifications, changing other people's Ninjutsu beyond recognition, until it is filled with her own personal characteristics.
Tsunade's Monstrous Strength Technique and Body Pathway Derangement are already cautionary tales... I just wonder what the Ice Whale and Ice Tiger will become then.
She had already set her sights on the Ice Body Flicker Technique Movement technique that the Snow Ninja had used to escape. It was Body Flicker Technique that used ice as a medium, and it was very fast and consumed little energy. It was the Ninjutsu she valued most among the Ice Release scrolls she had acquired this time.
"The essence of all Ninjutsu- type Body Flicker Technique is Space-Time Ninjutsu." Sakura took out her notebook and read the notes she had taken while researching.
Near the Snow Ninja Base is a vast training ground filled with ice and snow, perfect for Sakura Haruno to test her Ice Release Ninjutsu. With the decrease in political affairs in the Land of Snow, she has had a lot of free time to practice her newly acquired Ice Release here.
Ice Body Flicker Technique was the first Ice Release she learned from the Snow Ninja Scroll.
It wasn't difficult, and she learned it quickly. However, she didn't seem to have much talent for the Body Flicker Technique. Even though she was so compatible with Ice Release, she still felt awkward using this Ninjutsu.
It was just like the feeling she had when learning Ice Release: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals. She originally thought that with long-term practice, she could overcome this discomfort, but the result was not very optimistic. When she used this technique in sparring with Sasuke and Naruto, neither of them found it difficult to deal with her.
"There's always a slight pause after your Body Flicker Technique movements." Sasuke, with his Mitsudomoe activated, could clearly see Sakura's problem. "This is a common flaw in the Body Flicker Technique, and it's very noticeable with the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals. The essence of this technique is to continuously perform rapid Ice Body Flicker Technique on the ice mirror, looking for openings in the enemy's defenses, and attacking when they can't react. However, if you always pause after the Body Flicker Technique, it slows you down and prevents you from achieving the effect of a surprise attack."
Sasuke is right. The problem with Ninjutsu- type Body Flicker Technique is that the body cannot immediately adapt to the new spatial location after changing spaces, leading to a sense of imbalance.
Body Flicker Technique -based techniques like Sasuke's Taijutsu Body Flicker Technique don't have this problem because it's essentially just high-speed movement, not a spatial shift like the Substitution Technique, so it doesn't cause a sense of imbalance. Prodigies like the Fourth Hokage, on the other hand, have an extraordinary sense of balance, something even Sakura can't match.
After developing Cherry Blossom Impact, things improved considerably; the sense of imbalance still existed, but the time it took to recover from it was greatly reduced.
Even so, she still couldn't use the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals Ninjutsu well—or rather, she could use it reasonably well, but it was far from the Ninjutsu feeling she had when using her other Ice Release and Water Release.
One reason is that her physical aptitude for high-speed combat is indeed quite ordinary. Of course, the original Sakura's aptitude was even worse. In comparison, her situation is much better, after all, she is diligent in training, and her Ice Release Kekkei Genkai is slowly improving her aptitude.
Secondly, the development of the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals Ninjutsu... well, she wasn't secretly criticizing Yuki Haku, it's just that the development was really quite poor. But you can't blame her, Zabuza, that rough guy, doesn't seem like the type to guide others in developing Ninjutsu. As a wandering ninja, to achieve this with little information and guidance is already quite amazing.
Since Haku has now become medical-nin and no longer cares about fighting, the development and maintenance of these Ice Release Ninjutsu have fallen entirely on Sakura Haruno's shoulders. Previously, she struggled with a lack of Ice Release data, making it difficult to develop and improve Ice Release; now, having obtained over twenty years of data from the Snow Ninja, developing Ice Release is no longer a case of "a skilled cook cannot make a meal without ingredients."
Especially after learning the Snow Ninja's Ice Body Flicker Technique.
"Both Ice Body Flicker Technique and Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals are Ninjutsu -type Body Flicker Technique that use ice as a medium. The former is characterized by a single, long-range attack, while the latter is characterized by multiple short-range attacks. Moreover, Ice Body Flicker Technique incorporates a large amount of Ninjutsu knowledge left behind by the Snow Ninja, making Ninjutsu very powerful, at least in terms of escaping."
Sakura had made up her mind. Two scrolls were spread out in front of her, one containing the secret techniques of Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals and the Ice Body Flicker Technique. As she looked at them, she pondered how to combine the advantages of these two Ninjutsu while discarding their respective disadvantages.
The environment of the Land of Snow is very suitable for the use and research of Ice Release. When Yuki was about to leave the Land of Snow, the second stage of this Ninjutsu - Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals - had already begun to take shape.
She also had some initial ideas on how to use this technique in tactical setups.
Ideally, it should be like this: start with a large-scale Ice Release, taking the opportunity to lay down a large number of ice blocks in the environment, and then use these ice blocks as Body Flicker Technique to cast the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, so that you can appear in any corner of the battlefield at any time...
Yes, Sakura Haruno thinks the fighting style of the Fourth is pretty cool.
Of course, relying solely on the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals - Stage Two and Cherry Blossom Impact - Stage Two may not be enough to achieve the same effect Fourth. To fully realize the feeling of the Flying Thunder God Technique in actual combat, it is estimated that we will have to wait until the Stage 3 of these two Ninjutsu is fully developed.
Besides the second stage of the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, Sakura Haruno also had another idea for Ice Release.
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