Preparations for the Kekkei Genkai

The first step only took Yichen two days. The second step was more troublesome. Both Yichen and his Earth Style Clone could perform Ninjutsu independently, but after their Chakra permeated each other, they could no longer form Ninjutsu.

When two different types of Chakra permeate each other, they interfere with each other and will dissipate and disappear before they can be formed into Ninjutsu.

This is also the first difficulty in the process of Chakra Fusion training. If you can't even control the Chakra after they have permeated each other, then don't even think about fusion.

Fortunately, Yichen had a good foundation; his Earth Release had far exceeded the minimum Chakra standard during his training in S-rank Ninjutsu.

Furthermore, Yichen's understanding of Water Release far surpasses that of Earth Release, after all, he has already completed the development of A-rank Water Style Jutsu.

In addition, Yichen's Chakra Control ability far surpasses that of ordinary Elite Jonin.

So although the process was difficult, Yichen had mastered it after a month.

However, when Yichen began his third step of cultivation, he still encountered trouble.

For a ninja, multitasking isn't difficult at all, unlike in Wuxia novels where they need to draw a circle with their left hand and a square with their right.

The miraculous Chakra not only enhances a ninja's physical constitution but also their spirit.

Therefore, ninjas are able to multitask, or even perform multiple tasks simultaneously.

The most skilled are the Puppet Master, who can control multiple puppets with perfect dexterity.

However, it is too difficult for a ninja to simultaneously transform the Chakra in their body into two different attributes.

After numerous attempts, Yichen discovered that what limited him from achieving this step was his insufficient understanding of the Earth Release.

Therefore, after returning to the village, Yichen did not plan to participate in the Chunin Assessment his disciples. Instead, he planned to use these few days to further improve his training progress in S-rank Ninjutsu.

Yichen had already reached the bottleneck in his cultivation of gravity perception, so he decided to go and find the Yichen Akatsuki Organization.

Since the Akatsuki Organization left the Land of Rain, Yichen has lost contact with them.

Yichen was initially unaware of the Akatsuki Organization's future direction. However, more than a year has passed since the Akatsuki Organization left the Land of Rain, and through Yichen's deliberate observation, he has learned some of the Akatsuki Organization's movements.

The Akatsuki Organization actually abandoned the territory that the Land of Rain had left them as a base, and instead, all its members entered some small countries between the Land of Birds and the Land of Bears, countries that didn't even have ninja villages.

After a year of development, the Akatsuki Organization has successfully persuaded the daimyo of these small countries to establish branches of the Akatsuki Organization in these countries.

Furthermore, the Akatsuki Organization bypassed medium-sized countries like the Land of Rain, the Land of Birds, and the Land of Bears, and began promoting the concept of peace among the countless small countries in between.

For these small countries that didn't even have ninja villages, the Akatsuki Organization could provide some protection for their previously unprotected peaceful lives, and the daimyo all expressed their support.

Because the Akatsuki Organization did not make the unreasonable demands that the surrounding major powers did, the daimyo of these smaller countries showed an unexpected level of enthusiasm.

Judging from this, the Akatsuki Organization is planning to take a small-country approach.

Unlike Yichen, who simply washed his hands of the matter, Ōnoki kept a close eye on the Akatsuki Organization's movements. Almost every time the Akatsuki Organization controlled a small country, Ōnoki would send someone to reach a trade agreement with that country.

So although Yichen hadn't paid much attention to the Akatsuki Organization over the past year, after explaining the situation to Ohno, he was immediately informed of the Akatsuki Organization's recent developments.

After learning of Yahiko and the other two's whereabouts, Yichen made a special trip to Ikura's house to ask Ikura to look after the three disciples, and then hurriedly flew out of the village.

Leaving aside Yichen's departure from the village to search for the Akatsuki Organization, the fact that the three children participated in the Chunin Assessment caused quite a stir among the village's Genin.

The news of this special promotion in the village spread far and wide, and most of the Genin had heard about it, but at first most people didn't pay much attention to it.

Everyone knows their own strength; Chunin.

This lowering of promotion requirements will only have a certain effect on veteran Chunin and genius ninjas who have graduated for one or two years.

Most Genin could only express their envy verbally.

For example, this four-person patrol team in front of us consists of three Genin (lower- Genin.

The three of them had only graduated a little over a year ago, and since they weren't exactly geniuses, they hadn't paid much attention to the news that had been circulating widely among the Iwagakure genin recently.

The three of them only chatted occasionally. Someone from their class had also signed up, and some genius from one or two classes above them should already have the strength of Chunin. They would definitely pass this test, and they probably wouldn't take up any of the spots for this special promotion.

But today seemed a little different. Chunin Captain Narita Rei looked at one of the three girls and frowned. The girl's name was Meiko. Like the other two, she was from a commoner background and had average talent. If nothing unexpected happened, she would only Genin of her life.

However, the young girl was very serious about carrying out the mission. Although her skills were lacking, her theoretical knowledge was good, and she had also helped the team avoid some dangers with her exceptional wisdom.

But today the girl seemed a bit distracted and absent-minded while carrying out her task.

Normally, Narita Rei wouldn't have cared; perhaps the girl was tired or hadn't rested well. But the situation was different now. A major war was about to break out, and although this place wasn't far from the village, no post was safe during wartime.

Narita Rei didn't want his subordinates to lose their lives due to carelessness, so he stopped at a location with a relatively good view.

He first signaled his subordinates to rest, then Narita Rei asked the young girl if she was feeling unwell.

Meiko felt a little embarrassed, not wanting her captain to notice her distraction. She glanced at her two companions, gritted her teeth, and said, "Captain Narita, I'm fine. I just received some news this morning and got a little distracted."

Meiko's two companions are her classmates, one named Kimura Yosuke and the other named Murai Tetsuya.

The two had noticed Meiko's unusual behavior earlier, but because they were on a mission, they hadn't said anything. Now they were both looking at Meiko curiously, wondering what had gotten into her.

Meiko continued, "I have a neighbor who is the same age as me. When we were in the Ninja Academy, her talent was about the same as mine. When she graduated, she was Jonin as a disciple by a Jonin."

"This neighbor of mine was out on a mission the whole time. I ran into her this morning before I left home, and that's when I found out she was also going to participate in the Chunin Assessment."

Upon hearing Meiko's words, Narita Rei Chunin, hadn't even reacted yet, while Kimura Yosuke and Murai Tetsuya.

Kimura Yosuke spoke first, "Meiko, the neighbor you're talking about isn't Tomoko, is she?"

Kimura Yosuke clearly remembers that a few days before graduation last year, news suddenly spread from the Ninja Academy that Ninja Academy Jonin was going to take on a student, causing a sensation among all the graduating classes.

This sensation reached its climax when it was announced that Tomoko, a student from a Regular Class, had been selected by Yichen. At that time, countless geniuses were furious about this, while it also aroused the longing of many ordinary students.

The name Tomoko became widely known among all the graduating students that year, and even among the younger students at the Ninja Academy, her name became a household name.

When Tomoko's graduation exam results came out, everyone was devastated.

If Tomoko were a genius, everyone would accept it, but this little girl clearly doesn't excel in any particular area.

Some people compared their report cards with Tomoko's and found that they scored higher than Tomoko in most subjects. Many others said that their scores were all higher than Tomoko's.

It could be said that because of Yichen's taking on a disciple, Tomoko's fame among her peers surpassed that of the top-performing geniuses of her year.

Furthermore, Tomoko successfully drew fire from Kajiyamari and Kawakita.

Originally, the geniuses were not satisfied with Yichen taking Kajiyamari and Kawakita as his disciples, especially Kawakita, Kawakita strength was at the bottom of the Advanced Class.

But Kajiyamari and Kawakita are at least Advanced Class, Tomoko? It's one thing if it's Regular Class —the top students in the Regular Class aren't necessarily worse than some students in the Advanced Class —but why would a student who barely passed the graduation exam be Jonin by a Jonin?

At the time, some people were even curious and Tomoko's appearance, wondering if Tomoko too beautiful.

The result was even more disappointing. Although Tomoko was quite cute, she was definitely not going to be chosen as the class beauty.

The year passed in a mix of envy and suspicion.

Originally, this matter was gradually forgotten as everyone Jonin, but Meiko directly frightened her two companions.

After a year of ninja life, they have realized the gap between themselves and Chunin. Among the three, only Murai Tetsuya has better talent. It is estimated that he can work hard in the Genin stage for five or six years and then sign up for the Chunin Assessment.

If the war is still ongoing five or six years later, Murai Tetsuya is still alive, he might be promoted exceptionally because the village has lost a large number of ninjas.

But he can only reach the Chunin. Basically, barring any unforeseen circumstances, it's highly unlikely that Murai Tetsuya will become Special Jonin.

So while everyone envied Yichen, who had been taken in as a Tomoko by Yichen, knowing that she might have remained Genin her entire life, she could potentially become Chunin. If Yichen truly discovered some hidden talent in Tomoko, she might even become Special Jonin.

But no one expected that just over a year later, she would be participating in the Chunin Assessment. Murai Tetsuya had already foreseen that, regardless of Tomoko could pass the exams, she would inevitably be the protagonist of this exam.

Then, while the captain and his two companions were still in a daze, Murai Tetsuya said to the captain, "Captain Narita, I'd like to go and watch the Chunin Assessment tomorrow."

Narita Rei was initially reluctant to agree, but now that many ninjas from the village had been sent to the front lines, the village's missions were quite demanding. To encourage everyone to actively participate in missions, the village was offering significantly higher rewards than before.

However, Narita Rei himself wanted to see how quickly an ordinary student would grow after being Jonin as a disciple by a Jonin. So Narita Rei nodded and said, "Alright, I'll go with you. I'm also a little curious about this Tomoko."

Upon hearing Narita Rei's words, Meiko and Kimura Yosuke also said, "Captain Narita, I'll go with you too."

I've been too busy with work lately, sorry.