The Right Way to Use the [Lazy Ghost System]! (Please Bookmark, Please Recommend)

[C-Rank Jutsu: Wind King Barrier]

[Jutsu Effect: Self-developed jutsu, Invisible Blade]

[Jutsu Effect: Uses the [Camouflage Concealment] jutsu to precisely control water molecules in the air, wrapping them around a weapon's surface and rendering its shape transparent]

[Jutsu Evaluation: People keep running into my sword]

An A-Rank Jutsu [Camouflage Concealment] and a C-Rank Jutsu [Wind King Barrier]!

As he looked at the newly refreshed notification on the panel, Nara Kaikei's eyes immediately lit up.

This is like the relationship between the S-Rank Jutsu [Flying Thunder God Technique] and the B-Rank Jutsu [Flying Thunder God Slash], right?

The notifications popping up on the panel continued.

[You independently developed the C-Rank Jutsu [Wind King Barrier]. Your [Ninjutsu] attribute has been enhanced to a certain extent! Your [Sage Wisdom] attribute has been enhanced!]

[Sage Wisdom: C → C+]

My [Sage Wisdom] attribute directly went up a small tier! My Mental Energy increased again too!

Nara Kaikei was in an excellent mood.

It's just that my [Ninjutsu] attribute still hasn't changed... But that doesn't matter. Once my [Precision] attribute rises, everything will be easy.

The refreshed information on the panel gave Nara Kaikei extremely positive feedback.

Besides learning jutsu, developing additional derivative jutsu based on a foundational jutsu is also a good way to improve my [Sage Wisdom] attribute.

Nara Kaikei fondly played with the pitch-black kunai shrouded by [Wind King Barrier], now rendered transparent.

Compared to the complete A-Rank Jutsu [Camouflage Concealment], the C-Rank Jutsu [Wind King Barrier] not only consumed far less Chakra, but could also produce an effect no less impressive than the former in close-quarters combat.

However, Nara Kaikei did not let the successful development of a C-Rank derivative ninjutsu go to his head.

[Wind King Barrier] can make objects transparent. Its effect is indeed outstanding! But for me right now, close-quarters combat isn't a good fighting option at all.

Aside from the constantly mentioned [Precision] attribute, Nara Kaikei's [Taijutsu], [Strength], and [Speed] were equally abysmal.

As for swordsmanship, Nara Kaikei could be said to have mastered six of the seven openings—he knew absolutely nothing.

Trying to rely on [Wind King Barrier] alone to engage enemies in dangerously close combat would be nothing but a death wish!

My current foundation is the [Shadow Secret Technique]!

Nara Kaikei's thinking remained exceptionally rational.

The fusion of [Wind King Barrier] and [Shadow Gathering Technique] is the direction I should truly be considering!

Since [Wind King Barrier] could make the shape of a weapon transparent,

why not use it to conceal the traces of a shadow's movements?

However, developing the derivative ninjutsu [Wind King Barrier] from [Camouflage Concealment] alone

was on an entirely different level of difficulty from merging [Wind King Barrier] with [Shadow Gathering Technique].

[Wind King Barrier], or rather [Camouflage Concealment], was fundamentally a non-elemental jutsu.

Meanwhile, [Shadow Gathering Technique] was a Yin Release Secret Technique passed down through the Nara Clan for centuries.

Advancing the fusion of [Wind King Barrier] and [Shadow Gathering Technique] could roughly be seen as "adding the Nature Transformation of Yin-natured Chakra on the foundation of [Camouflage Concealment]."

The [Wind Style: Rasenshuriken] Uzumaki Naruto created in the future actually followed the same path.

Nara Kaikei withdrew the Chakra wrapped around the kunai, his thoughts drifting somewhat.

It's just that I don't have the [Multiple Shadow Clone Technique] to speed up my jutsu fusion practice... My Chakra amount and physical constitution don't support the [Multiple Shadow Clone Technique] either... If I want to advance the fusion of [Wind King Barrier] and [Shadow Gathering Technique], I'll have to take it slowly.

Actually, once Lacquer Eye resolves the hidden danger concerning my Physical Energy, taking up some weapon techniques as a secondary focus would be much more reliable and sensible than directly training my body and practicing hand-to-hand combat...

It wasn't that Nara Kaikei didn't know the upper limit of taijutsu.

But at present, his E-rank [Taijutsu] level still fell short even of "graduating from the Ninja Academy," let alone the pinnacle of ninja world taijutsu that had nearly kicked the story into its ending with a single kick!

The road ahead is long and arduous...

Nara Kaikei closed the [Jutsu Abilities] panel and instead examined another function of the [Lazy Ghost System].

Mission Guarantee System.

At present, the only known way to obtain [Ninja Scrolls] is to complete Ninja Combat Missions. For the same target, a B-Rank Ninja Combat Mission can be completed once per month. The completion frequency for combat missions of other ranks is unknown.

Nara Kaikei twisted his waist and resisted the urge to turn over.

With my current true level of strength, completing B-Rank or higher Ninja Combat Missions is basically impossible.

But the difficulty of obtaining high-rank [Ninja Scrolls] isn't actually that high...

Based on the functions the [Lazy Ghost System] had revealed so far, Nara Kaikei felt that he could completely go "challenge" some Kage-level experts, then, right before the fight began, claim the guaranteed reward first before saluting them with a French military salute.

That way, he could at least get a B-Rank [Ninja Scroll]!

But if he did that,

damaging his personal reputation would be the least of his concerns.

The problem was, with Nara Kaikei's social circle, where was he supposed to find Kage-level experts he could "challenge"...

In the Nara small room, the washroom door was once again pushed open from the inside by a narrow crack.

Tsunade poked her head out. Droplets of water slid down from her gorgeous, tassel-like golden hair, while pale mist shrouded the smooth, fair skin of her bare shoulders.

"N-Nara!"

Tsunade's tone was curt.

Upon hearing her voice, Nara Kaikei, lying on the bed, suddenly had an idea and was just about to get up.

"Do you have any clean clothes here?"

Nara Kaikei lay back down. His already muddled brain nearly crashed outright.

"You... aren't wearing clothes?"

"Who wears clothes while bathing?"

"Wait!"

Nara Kaikei suddenly realized something.

"Why are you taking a bath?"

Didn't you tell me to wash up?

Tsunade had wanted to retort.

But now she finally realized that she had merely wanted to find somewhere to wash and clean her hands. How had that turned into taking a bath? And in Nara Kaikei's room, no less!

"I got covered in dust during the fight..."

Tsunade smoothed back her wet golden hair, using a spoiled tone to conceal the panic in her heart.

"Hurry up and find me something to wear! I don't want to put on those bloody, filthy clothes!"

What ninja was this fussy!

And there wasn't even any blood on her clothes!

Nara Kaikei had no choice but to find a nun's habit in another room of the orphanage and pass it to Tsunade through the crack in the door.

"This belongs to Sister Nonou. The size might be..."

Nara Kaikei had covered his eyes, but before he could finish, the sound of the door closing cut off the rest of his words.

Not long after,

Sister Tsunade emerged from the washroom, steaming with heat. A fragrant scent quietly spread through the small room.

The baggy, solemn nun's habit looked inexplicably exaggerated on Princess Tsunade, giving her the impression of an anti-demon ninja who merely happened to be wearing a nun's habit.

The size really is too small...

"It's a little tight."

Tsunade's words undoubtedly confirmed Nara Kaikei's assessment.

"If that outfit is too tight, I can borrow clothes from the other old nun at the orphanage—"

"Stop!"

Age was a taboo subject to begin with, and Tsunade immediately cut Nara Kaikei off.

She tugged at the collar of the nun's habit, shuffled along in slippers that did not quite fit either, and swayed over to Nara Kaikei's bedside. Then she plopped down, and the nun's habit and bedboard seemed to let out miserable groans at almost the same time.

Nara Kaikei pinched his thigh again. At that moment, he missed both the Great Compassion Mantra and the Ice Heart Art.

Seeing how tense he was, Tsunade found it rather amusing. She crossed her legs and shifted into a more comfortable sitting position on the bed.

"By the way, Nara, I left those hundred thousand ryō in the bathroom. Remember to collect them later."

P-Payment?

Nara Kaikei raised his head and glanced at Tsunade's large, round breasts.

Completely unaware that the atmosphere, location, activity, process, and clothing were all wrong, Tsunade continued explaining.

"Originally, those hundred thousand ryō were... cough, payment for the mission to protect you on your way home. But after what happened just now..."

Tsunade's cheeks looked flushed, though they were actually burning with embarrassment. She did not finish her sentence, but her meaning was already clear.

As one of the Sannin, it had been wrong enough for Princess Tsunade to extort a genin. Not only had she extorted a full hundred thousand ryō, but the protection mission she had so confidently promised had also failed. Not only had she failed to protect the "client," but the "client" had ended up protecting her...

If the circumstances had not been special, Tsunade would have wanted to retire on the spot!

Nara Kaikei nodded. "Understood."

"Good..."

The flush on Tsunade's cheeks faded slightly. She extended an index finger toward Nara Kaikei and crooked it a few times.

"Now come over here. I'll check your body."

"..."

Nara Kaikei's rationality told him Tsunade definitely meant nothing else by it, but he was truly about to lose that rationality!

He slowly shuffled over to the bedside, where Tsunade grabbed his left hand in one swift motion.

"Didn't I ask earlier..."

Before Tsunade could finish speaking, Yakushi Nonō entered through the door carrying a food box.

A blonde big sister in a nun's habit sitting on the bed, a black-haired shota standing obediently beside it, their hands tightly clasped together, and the steaming mist and warm atmosphere permeating the air...

The Glasses Girl could barely keep her glasses from slipping.

"I'm sorry! Excuse me!"

"Nonō? Come in!"

Tsunade failed to notice Yakushi Nonō's awkwardness and merely assumed she was greeting them. She instinctively let go of Nara Kaikei's hand and called out to her.

"Sorry to disturb you today."

Watching the black sleeve Tsunade swung as she moved her arm, Yakushi Nonō's eyelid twitched again.

Why was Lady Tsunade wearing her clothes?

Freed from Big Fat Sheep's "demonic claws," Nara Kaikei hurried over to Yakushi Nonō, took the food box from her, then casually grabbed a piece of Hand Roll Sushi and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Sister Nonou, listen to me—"

[Eating... Your [Precision] attribute has received a Slight increase...]

"Cough, cough!"