"Shikamaru, did you hear the thunder yesterday? It was so loud!"
On the training ground, while the disciples of Hagoromo were resting, Naruto suddenly asked a question.
"Lightning?" Shikamaru was taken aback when he heard Naruto's words.
He then realized what Naruto had said.
He shook his head and said, "That's not lightning, it's Ninjutsu."
"Ninjutsu?!" Naruto was visibly stunned upon hearing Shikamaru's answer.
After all, if that destructive lightning was Ninjutsu, how strong would the ninja who unleashed it have to be?
Sasuke remained silent, also pondering the same question.
"Hmm, yesterday was the test for Hagoromo -sensei to be promoted Jonin, did you guys forget?"
Shikamaru sat up, stretched, and asked.
"I forgot... you mean that Ninjutsu might have been used by the teacher?"
Naruto scratched the back of his head, only realizing what Shikamaru meant halfway through his sentence.
"I don't know, after all, my dad didn't say much to me when he got home last night," Shikamaru shook his head.
Naruto nodded and said, "Then we'll find out when Master comes over and we'll ask him."
Turning his head, he saw Sasuke's eyes shining. Curious, he waved his hand in front of Sasuke and asked.
"You Sasuke, why are you making that face?"
Sasuke slapped Naruto's hand away impatiently and said very seriously, "I think that must have been something our teacher used."
"Last night my father told me that Teacher Hagoromo is very strong and that I should study hard."
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.
Sasuke said that, then it's probably pretty much true.
"What should I study properly?"
A voice rang out from not far away, and Naruto and the others quickly turned to look.
Unlike usual, Hagoromo wasn't wearing his Chunin vest; he was dressed casually instead.
"Teacher!"
Naruto and Sasuke immediately walked towards Hagoromo's direction.
"Hey! Teacher, was that Ninjutsu you used yesterday? The Ninjutsu with the loud thunder?"
Naruto grabbed Hagoromo's hand and quickly asked.
Sasuke, standing beside Naruto, also wore an expectant expression.
"That's right," Hagoromo replied to Naruto.
"That was so cool!" Naruto shouted immediately upon hearing the response.
Sasuke then asked from the side, "Sensei, what's the name of that Ninjutsu?"
"Lightning Release: Kirin."
Hagoromo chuckled and put his arm around Naruto and Sasuke's shoulders, leading them toward Shikamaru and the others.
"Kirin?" Naruto scratched his temple, somewhat confused about what it was.
"An auspicious creature, a legendary mythical beast."
Shikamaru answered directly.
"A divine beast? Teacher, can I see it?" Naruto turned his head and asked Hagoromo.
Snap--
Hagoromo simply reached out and flicked Naruto's forehead with her fingers.
He then pointed to his right hand and said, "This technique is too risky. I used it yesterday, and my hand hasn't recovered yet."
"Oh? Teacher, are you alright?"
Upon hearing this, Naruto quickly grabbed Hagoromo's right hand to examine it.
As Hagoromo's first disciple, Naruto knew Hagoromo's regenerative abilities well; they were almost as good as his own.
"It's nothing. If there were something wrong, you wouldn't be seeing me today."
Hagoromo patted Naruto's head and answered.
His right hand only suffered a minor injury to the meridians, which is why it's recovering more slowly.
In short, of the four people on the field yesterday, only the Hyuga Clan Jonin some injuries.
After all, he was the only one who could directly challenge Hagoromo in a Taijutsu.
"That's good. Why don't you rest here today, teacher?" Shikamaru said from the side.
Ino and Choji nodded in agreement.
"It's alright, did you finish your morning training?"
Hagoromo waved her hand and asked casually.
"Yes, it's all done." Naruto and the others nodded in response.
"Huh? Where's Hinata?" Hagoromo turned around but didn't see Hinata, so she asked curiously.
"Um, teacher, it seems Hinata's clan is having an internal conflict today, so she hasn't arrived yet."
Ino raised her hand and spoke.
Intra-clan conflict?
Hagoromo stroked his chin, seemingly noting that the Hyuga Clan often did this.
After all, Taijutsu is different from Ninjutsu; it requires a lot of practice and sparring to improve.
Seeing that Hagoromo remained silent, Sasuke finally dared to ask, "Sensei, could you tell us about that Ninjutsu you used?"
After all, that powerful Lightning Release hit Sasuke right in the heart.
Yesterday, because the Uchiha Clan's territory was relatively close to the final venue...
Therefore, Sasuke was able to see the full picture of that Ninjutsu.
"Lightning Release: Kirin?" Hagoromo didn't react for a while before asking.
"Mmm." Sasuke nodded quickly.
"Teacher, me too! Even if I didn't see it, I still need to know what it looks like."
"Actually, you can see it," the Cat San San, who had been lying down, suddenly said.
"Huh?" Even Hagoromo looked puzzled upon hearing this.
After all, although there are video recorders and such nowadays, he didn't seem to have seen one at the meeting yesterday.
"My Sacred Land has something that can store a video."
"Yesterday I sensed you were using Symbiosis Technique, so I ran over and happened to see your battle, which I then recorded."
As the Cat San San spoke, it licked its front paws.
"Hey, Cat Teacher, let me see that thing of yours." Naruto squatted down next to Cat San San and said with a fawning expression.
"No, you little fox." Cat San San turned her face away in annoyance.
"Cat Teacher, if you show this to me, all the snacks I brought today are yours."
Choji looked at Naruto, who was filled with curiosity, thought for a moment, picked up his backpack, opened it, and spoke to the Cat San San.
"Deal!" As soon as the Cat San San finished speaking, the backpack in Choji's hand disappeared, leaving only a round bead that looked like a cat's eye.
"Cat Teacher! You still haven't told us how to use it!"
Naruto stared in astonishment at the bead in Choji's hand, then shouted loudly in the direction where the Cat San San had run off to.
"Your teacher just knows how to use it~" Cat San San's cheeky voice drifted over from afar.
Hagoromo, curious, came to Choji's side, Choji quickly handed the bead to Hagoromo.
"This bead..."
After carefully sensing it, Hagoromo knew its purpose.
There's no other reason than that it's the eyeball left behind by one of the Cat San San ancestors after their ascension, simply because of Yokai Power.
It exhibits a jade-like state.
Its function is exactly what the Cat San San mentioned: it can record things.
Unlike ordinary recorded footage, this bead can be called a "demon version of VR".
It can make people feel like they are there.
It's much simpler to operate than the Hagoromo Mirage Vapor Pearl.
This can be achieved by injecting energy from the Symbiosis Technique.
But... how can this fat cat be so shameless? It just throws out a bag of snacks—something left behind by its ancestor after his ascension?