In any case, this Impure World Reincarnation body learned Cloud Release incredibly quickly.
It was nearly on par with Hogen. There was not the slightest hesitation as the chakra continuously gathered; everything went exceptionally smoothly.
Before long, he had successfully fused around fifty percent of the three types of Chakra.
It was a major breakthrough.
Windcloud Mountain was brimming with confidence as well, convinced that he would definitely master Cloud Release.
"Ah, this truly is a light at the end of the tunnel. If only I'd learned Cloud Release while I was still alive. Then I wouldn't have had to let you grow up all alone."
Torikaze had assumed his father would say that learning Cloud Release would make the clan stronger.
He had not expected his father to say something like that.
"If I'd learned Cloud Release, I would have become stronger and surely wouldn't have died so easily out there... What a shame."
Torikaze sighed as well. "Father, I never felt that my childhood was particularly hard. I remember all the love you and Mother gave me."
No one wanted to experience death, but it was not something the two of them could decide.
With insufficient strength, all one could do in the Shinobi World of that era was wait to die.
Back then, villages competed for resources. The moment they met, they fought to the death. It was nothing like the world today.
"Even if you say that, as your father, I still feel guilty."
"My greatest regret is that I never got to watch you grow up with my own eyes."
Torikaze felt regret as well, but there was nothing he could do about it. "Father, let the past stay in the past. There's no need to keep dwelling on it."
Windcloud Mountain looked up at