Shamu did not mind losing. After all, he still had much to learn.
Ever since killing Obito in the Land of Water, Shamu had been practicing swordsmanship in the Dream Realm while traveling.
That way, his Ama-no-Murakumo Style would not miss its targets in the future, and he could teach Sasuke as well.
Fortunately, the Faction Template contained plenty of skilled swordsmen within the Uchiha Clan.
They allowed Shamu to get the hang of it quickly.
Shamu had gained several talents after coming to the Hidden Sound Village, but he had yet to sort out which ones he could put to immediate use.
Shamu was very satisfied with Earth Attribute Enhancement, but there was one problem: the Earth Release techniques in the Konoha Ninjutsu Compendium were basically all ordinary stuff.
There were no advanced ones, and the flying ability he had been longing for—the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique—was not there.
As for the most precious Flying Thunder God Technique, sorry, but that required talent. Without the aptitude for it, no amount of effort would let one learn it.
It was like when Sarutobi Hiruzen taught Orochimaru ninjutsu. Orochimaru learned everything at once, yet in the end, he still failed to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.
So even though Shamu had gained Orochimaru's talent for analyzing ninjutsu and could quickly pick up other techniques, he still had no clue where to begin with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Susanoo-Mikoto's Eye could clearly see spacetime coordinates, but it consumed an enormous amount of ocular power. He could not possibly keep Susanoo-Mikoto's Eye open while using Flying Thunder God, could he?
After experimenting for several nights, Shamu finally had no choice but to temporarily abandon his research into this spacetime ninjutsu.
During tonight's sparring session, he suddenly wondered whether he could use ninjutsu