Super Beast Imitation Drawing and Water Severing Wave
"Alright, let's talk about it later." Shuichi said to the Third Hokage, "But after all this talk, you've basically split an S-rank Ninjutsu in two for me."
"Actually, there's another Ninjutsu I really want today, one that I feel would be very useful to me. Don't worry, it's just a B-rank Ninjutsu called Super Beast Imitation Drawing."
The Third Hokage: "... Why would you want this Ninjutsu? It takes a lot of time to learn! And its direct combat ability is very weak. In the Anbu, only a very small number of people responsible for intelligence gathering would learn it."
"Because I feel I really need a better Ninjutsu to compensate for my reconnaissance skills, and this Ninjutsu is also quite functional..."
After repeated explanations, Shuichi also revealed some of his learning progress, indicating that he had time to study and would not neglect his regular Ninjutsu training.
A few minutes later, he left the Hokage's Office, completely satisfied. This time, he had both the Water Severing Wave and the Super Beast Imitation Drawing, ensuring he wouldn't lack training projects for at least a year or two.
In July of Konoha Year 46, in the center of a forest near the village, Shuichi was half-squatting on an open ground, drawing something on Scroll with a pen in his hand.
The months after returning to the village were uneventful. Orochimaru was busy with his experiments and research, and Shuichi also had a lot of training tasks to complete. Occasionally, Shuichi would also have to help him get various experimental materials.
The two also demonstrated their utmost efficiency in handling the tasks forcibly assigned by the Third Hokage.
Fortunately, Sunagakure, which had a more intense conflict with Konoha, has been much more peaceful lately. This is probably because Konoha has sent several small teams to the Land of Rivers over the past year, stirring up trouble there. After all, Konoha doesn't need the land of the Land of Rivers; destruction and disruption are much easier than construction.
Therefore, they did not encounter any tricky or time-consuming tasks. Throughout the Shinobi World, the situation in the small countries remained as chaotic as ever, while the Five Great Nations remained very peaceful.
"Ninja Technique· Super Beast Imitation Drawing!"
Shuichi stopped writing and made a hand seal. Immediately afterwards, the little black mouse on the Scroll seemed to come alive, leaping off the paper and then running around on the ground, a little unsteady.
"No wonder almost no one learns this Ninjutsu; it's extremely difficult and not very practical."
Since obtaining the complete Water Severing Wave and Super Beast Imitation Drawing, Shuichi has not stopped his training for nearly half a year, but unusually, he has not been able to fully master these two techniques.
Judging from his talent after the system points were allocated, even the A-rank Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique wouldn't take too long, which just shows that these two techniques do have unique features.
Among them, the conditions for Super Beast Imitation Drawing are extremely complicated, requiring many conditions to be met.
The caster must first possess the Nature Transformation Water Release beings, and also be able to use Yang Release.
The training of Yang Release involves two aspects. One is infusing objects with Life Energy, which is slightly less difficult than the Healing Mystical Palm Technique in Medical Ninjutsu. However, it is still quite difficult for ordinary ninjas. Even a genius like Haruno Sakura needs 3 months to complete the training to save a live fish.
Another ability is to enlarge objects, somewhat similar to the Akimichi Clan's secret techniques. Although not particularly complicated, it is still quite difficult.
After fulfilling these two requirements, Shuichi still had to spend his own money to buy Scroll that could hold chakra. In addition, he had to shamelessly ask the Third Hokage for help with the pen that could conduct chakra, and was ultimately ripped off.
As for drawing skills, it's not too difficult. Just choose a few commonly used animals to practice. These are the appearances of animals, or the special requirements of Super Beast Imitation Drawing. Users cannot just draw them randomly.
Speaking of which, we should mention a few drawbacks of the Super Beast Imitation Drawing.
Its most obvious weakness is its vulnerability to water. Since all the creatures it creates are made of ink, they become almost unusable even in light rain. On the battlefield, if it encounters a ninja who can Water Release, even if the caster draws Ink Monster the size of Susanoo, the enemy can easily destroy it with a single Water Release.
It's no better against other escape techniques, so it basically has no ability to fight head-on.
The second drawback is the limitation on the types of animals that can be drawn. Animals like eagles, snakes, and rats are the most suitable ones that Konoha has compiled after research.
At first, Shuichi thought about whether he could draw smaller and more agile insects, such as cockroaches and dragonflies, but after studying the technique, he found that it was completely impossible.
Because these ink animals are made of the caster's Water Release chakra, they are essentially a mass of chakra rather than real animals. The dragonfly's wings tremble countless times in a second and the cockroach's thin legs could not possibly move like in reality. Forcing them to be drawn would only result in them remaining motionless on the paper.
Therefore, one can only draw pseudo-animals like mutated fat rats, whose limbs can be constructed to achieve the purpose of autonomous movement.
The third weakness, which isn't actually a weakness, lies in the difficulty of transmitting information. These ink creatures can't gather information like Shadow Clone; they can only return to the caster's paper and become text. If they're destroyed when the caster's vision disappears, the caster won't know what happened.
"I feel a little cheated. No wonder not many people in Konoha practice this technique." Shuichi slightly regretful. This was the first time since his transmigration that he had made a mistake in choosing Ninjutsu.
Because the Flight ability is a rare ability in Hokage, he naturally longed for it and tried it out after successfully training it initially.
The eagle he drew is currently a work in progress. According to his calculations, the chakra required to fly 30 kilometers is roughly equivalent to the chakra required to run 100 kilometers at full speed. The speed difference is also significant, almost twice as slow as running in a straight line on the ground.
Once fully mastered, the effect should improve somewhat, but overall it's just passable, suitable for high-altitude reconnaissance within a certain range.
While catching a real eagle for flight would certainly be more effective, it would be heartbreaking to accidentally kill it, so the Ink Monster's fearlessness is a good advantage.
Compared to Super Beast Imitation Drawing, which is progressing rapidly, Water Severing Wave's progress is much slower.
After reviewing the usage requirements, Shuichi discovered that Konoha's own chakra strength was still quite insufficient, which was due to the limitations of his meridians. He could compress and control his chakra, but his meridians would not be able to withstand it.
The latter part is about how to convert a small portion of a large mass of chakra into water, and then quickly replenish this portion with chakra through a special flow pattern, which is also an extremely difficult training topic.
"This is much more troublesome than Wind Release: Rasenshuriken," Shuichi a hint of helplessness.
The Rasenshuriken can be made easier to release by using Shadow Clone, but the Water Severing Wave can only be performed by the main body. Such high-pressure water can easily blow your head off if not controlled properly, resulting in death. No wonder the Third Hokage didn't dare to use it even though he knew how to use it in actual combat.
The training methods provided by the Second Hokage explained how to safely practice the transformation abilities at multiple stages, but the best way to ultimately use them was to practice with Shadow Clone. Only after being fully proficient could they be used in actual combat. Shuichi estimated that he would need a long time to learn.