Splash!
In the late autumn, the already icy water poured down over his head, splashing onto the cold floor.
Hah!
Amid the sound of falling water droplets, a long exhale of relief slowly rang out.
That feels so refreshing! Having washed away all his exhaustion, Chiba took a deep breath.
It seemed that his stroke of luck—surviving a great disaster and being blessed afterward—was still with him. Not only had his Forbidden Jutsu training gone well, but today he had also gained considerable insight into Fire Release Nature Transformation. It was just that, because he needed to practice the Forbidden Jutsu, he could not create Shadow Clone Jutsu like Naruto did to train.
Otherwise, his progress should have been much faster.
Although he could not create thousands of clones at once like Naruto, with his current amount of Chakra, maintaining five to eight Shadow Clone Jutsu was still possible. Combined with Hirohiko's insights, which were far easier to understand than Asuma's, he should have been able to master Fire Release Nature Transformation much earlier.
What a pity! Still, compared to the Forbidden Jutsu, Fire Release Nature Transformation was far less cost-effective.
In terms of priority, there was no way he could give up the Forbidden Jutsu to focus on training Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation.
As for Sealing Jutsu, he had also come up with quite a few new ideas.
Everything was going remarkably smoothly.
It seemed there had not been anything going wrong yet.
Slowly setting down the wooden basin of water, Chiba picked up the towel, a series of faintly relieved thoughts passing through his mind.
Hm? Smoothly?
Nothing going wrong?
However, just as that thought passed through his mind, the hand reaching for the towel froze. A flash of insight struck him, and he suddenly thought of