Another Kage-Level Fighter

After being successfully brainwashed, Yakumo Kurama asked Yichen, "Lord Tsuchikage, how can I quickly obtain the power of the monster within me?"

Yichen said, "It's simple, you can do what Shion did. Let's go find her now."

With that, Yichen got up and flew towards Katsuya's laboratory.

Yakumo Kurama was taken aback. As he followed Yichen, he asked, "Lord Tsuchikage, does Shion also have such a monster inside her?"

Yichen nodded and said, "Yes, the monster inside Shion is even more terrifying than yours."

"The monster inside you only wants to show its ambition, while the monster inside Shion wants to destroy the Ninja World."

Yakumo Kurama's eyes lit up, and she said, "So I'm not alone after all."

Yichen said, "Of course you're not alone. In fact, all the Jinchuriki in the Ninja World are like you, with a monster inside them that everyone fears."

"Of course, the village nowadays no longer rejects Tailed Beast or discriminates against Jinchuriki."

"I'll introduce you to the village's Jinchuriki another day."

Yakumo Kurama quickly asked, "Is this Lord Han?"

Yichen nodded and said, "So you've heard about the Han Dynasty too?"

Yakumo Kurama nodded quickly and said, "I heard that Senior Han is now a village advisor."

"Senior Han previously took in three disciples, all of whom have long since become Jonin."

"Although he can't compare to the Lord Tsuchikage, Lord Han is still a renowned instructor in the village and an exceptionally skilled ninja."

Yichen was surprised; it turned out that Han's image in the villagers' minds had also changed to that of someone skilled at teaching disciples.

Or rather, it's unclear when exactly, but the ability to teach disciples has become a crucial indicator for Iwagakure) in judging a ninja's excellence.

Yichen added, "And even if we don't count those Jinchuriki, even if we don't have Shion, even if you're the only exception in the Ninja World..."

"You are not alone. Remember, the village will always be your home, and your family will never reject you."

Yakumo Kurama nodded vigorously, his bright eyes shining.

The two quickly arrived at Katsuya's laboratory, and Yichen handed Yakumo Kurama over to Katsuya and Natsuki.

Natsuki looked unhappy; she felt that her older brother, Yichen, was exploiting her again.

Natsuki, clearly displeased, Yichen said, who couldn't stand seeing her doing well, "Brother, if you're going to take on disciples, then take them on. Why do you keep sending them to me?"

"You've made it so I don't even have time to take on disciples anymore. I was originally planning to take on a few disciples after this graduating class."

Yichen thought for a moment and said, "Have you read Madara Uchiha's Yin Release?"

Natsuki said, "I saw it. No, don't change the subject."

Yichen said, "I have a set of Yin Release that are even more advanced than those of Madara Uchiha."

"Although I can't write it out exactly as it is, I can write it out according to my understanding for your reference. Would you like it?"

Natsuki's eyes lit up, and she quickly forgot her anger, saying, "Really? There are such good things?"

Yichen said, "Of course, come here, I'll write it for you now. But you have to promise me you'll teach Shion and Yakumo well."

Natsuki waved her hand and said, "Okay, okay, I've got it covered. Hurry up and write your book."

Yichen walked to Natsuki's desk, thought for a while, and then began to write.

The Yin Release that Hamura Otsutsuki demonstrated to Yichen was merely a process, not a written description.

It wasn't easy for Yichen to translate it into text.

Yichen wrote as he thought, sometimes going back to revise and occasionally crossing out what he had written earlier.

This made Natsuki, who was watching intently from the side, frown involuntarily.

She had finally managed to follow Yichen's line of thought, but then Yichen changed his mind again.

This happened repeatedly, leaving Natsuki feeling stuck in a rut, itchy and incredibly uncomfortable.

However, she didn't say anything. Although she found Yichen's actions strange, she still followed Yichen's train of thought seriously.

After a long time, Yichen finally managed to finish writing the Yin Release that Hamura Otsutsuki had given him.

Yichen looked up, about to say something to Natsuki, but he quickly froze.

Natsuki was already somewhat lost in thought, staring blankly at the scroll written by Yichen.

Yichen 'Mind's Eye told him that Natsuki's Soul fluctuation greatly.

Yichen panicked at first, thinking something had happened to Natsuki, and was about to wake her up, but then Yichen realized what had happened.

Yichen withdrew his hand from patting Natsuki's arm, thinking to himself, "Could it be that Natsuki's Yin Release is about to advance from the second stage to the third stage?"

After thinking for a moment, Yichen picked up his pen again and began to write about Yin Release as he recalled the events.

Yichen racked his brains, constantly writing down his impressions of Hamura Otsutsuki's Yin Release techniques.

Yichen could sense that as he wrote, Natsuki's Soul fluctuation became increasingly intense.

However, Yichen, who observed using Mind's Eye, discovered that Natsuki was still a little short and had not yet reached that critical point.

Yichen was getting anxious. He hadn't fully grasped Hamura Otsutsuki's insights, and now he simply couldn't write anything down.

At this moment, Natsuki's Soul fluctuation also began to slow down, clearly indicating that her advancement was about to fail.

Even if Natsuki fails, her gains this time will likely be minimal, but Yichen still doesn't want to let this opportunity slip by.

Suddenly, Yichen had a flash of inspiration and picked up his pen to write about the strange feeling he had when he used the Spirit Transformation Jutsu to possess Neji.

When Yichen possessed Neji, he experienced the transformation Neji underwent during the Tenseigan, and the feeling was magical.

Although the process primarily aimed to elevate Neji's Life level, Yichen from the ride, did indeed experience a spiritual uplift.

As Yichen began to try his best to describe the feeling, Natsuki's Soul fluctuation, which was calming down, began to fluctuate violently again.

It worked! Yichen was overjoyed.

Yichen continued writing rapidly without stopping, while simultaneously using his Porcelain Release to stop Katsuya Yichen, who was about to approach.

Katsuya, being quick-witted, immediately understood what was going on when he saw the situation and quickly led Shion and Yakumo Kurama to the laboratory.

After a while, Natsuki's violently fluctuating soul suddenly stopped, and then a completely different kind of fluctuation emanated from Natsuki.

Such substantial fluctuations could not have been generated by Natsuki, who was previously in the second stage of Yin Release.

Only those who reach the third stage, like Yichen, can make Yin Release give people a tangible feeling.

Without a doubt, Natsuki finally succeeded. From this moment on, Natsuki successfully advanced to the third stage and became Kage Level.

Overjoyed, Yichen let out a long sigh of relief; it was finally over.

It's too difficult! Although Yichen has read a lot of information about Yin Release and his own Yin Release skills are not low, he has spent too little time on Yichen Yin Release.

Asking Yichen to write his reflections was really too much for him, but thankfully he persevered in the end.

Whether it was a misperception or not, Yichen found that, under Natsuki's passive encouragement, his understanding of Yin Release seemed to have taken another step forward.

After a while, Natsuki's Soul fluctuation completely stopped, and she finally came back to her senses from her dazed state.

Yichen looked at Natsuki and asked, "How are you feeling?"

Natsuki was unaware that her Yin Release had advanced. She said, "I think I understand it, and I feel like I've gained something, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

Yichen patted her head and said, "Natsuki, I'm giving you a task: write down your insights from just now, and make sure it's at least 100,000 words long."

After saying that, Yichen got up and walked out.

When Natsuki heard about writing a summary, she nodded, not paying much attention. Over the years, she had been doing research with Katsuya and was already used to writing data.

But just as Yichen was about to reach the door, Natsuki vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

She asked instinctively, "One hundred thousand words?"

As Yichen walked, he said, "That's right, not a single word can be missing. Also, copy what I wrote on the table and give it to Katsuya. Give me this scroll along with your insights later."

After saying that, Yichen left the office.

A few seconds later, Natsuki's roar echoed from the office, "What?! 100,000 words?! Bro, why don't you just die?!"

Upon hearing Natsuki's shout, Katsuya and the other two walked out of the experimental area together and went to Natsuki's office.

Katsuya, puzzled, "Natsuki, what happened?"

Natsuki pointed to the scroll Yichen had left on the table and said, "My brother wrote down my thoughts for me, and then insisted that I write one too."

"Writing my reflections is one thing, but what's infuriating is that he actually demanded an outrageous 100,000 words! I'm so angry!"

Although Katsuya was listening to Natsuki speak, his attention was focused on the fluctuations in Natsuki's aura.

His senses were naturally no match for Yichen's, so he had to make a close assessment for quite some time before he could barely confirm his guess.

Seeing that Katsuya silent, Natsuki felt a little wronged and said pitifully, "Brother Katsuya."

Katsuya snapped out of his daze and laughed, "Natsuki, feel your soul and see if you've reached the third stage?"

Natsuki was taken aback, not understanding why Katsuya was asking this when he seemed perfectly fine.

However, she still trusted Katsuya completely and quickly sensed his presence.

A moment later, Natsuki excitedly jumped up and down several times on the spot.

While jumping, he shouted, "Really, I've really reached the third stage! Katsuya, that's great! I've become Kage Level like my brother!"

After saying that, she hugged Katsuya and kissed him on the cheek.

Katsuya's face immediately turned red, and he quickly stole a glance at the two little girls, Shion and Yakumo Kurama, standing to the side.

Sure enough, both of their eyes were blazing with gossip.

At this moment, Natsuki also realized that although she and Katsuya You were close, they had not yet made their relationship public.

I felt a little embarrassed, not to mention there were two little burdens next to me.

At that moment, Shion was whispering to Yakumo Kurama, who was sitting on a small ink-wash dog, "The rumors were true after all. Senior Brother Katsuya and Natsuki really are a couple."

Yakumo Kurama nodded repeatedly, and said in a low voice, "Yes, I noticed it a long time ago. Just now in the lab, Senior Brother Katsuya seemed distracted, and was obviously very worried about Natsuki- senpai."

Their supposedly quiet conversation did not escape Katsuya and Natsuki's notice, making the atmosphere between them even more awkward.

Finally, Katsuya and said, "Alright, Natsuki, hurry up and write down your reflections. Besides the teacher, you are the first person in the village to reach the third stage of Yin Release."

"Your insights are very important to the village, which is why your teacher has such high expectations of you."

"Your insights will be of great help to Sakura, Shion, and Yakumo in the future."

Natsuki nodded and quickly picked up her pen to write.

Before writing, she handed Yichen's scroll to Katsuya and said, "Brother Katsuya, this is my brother's reflection. He asked you to make a copy, and I need to return the original to him."

Katsuya took the scroll from Yichen, gave Natsuki a few more instructions, and then left the office with the two strange-looking children.

Natsuki did start writing her reflections, but as she wrote, she would let out low chuckles.

I don't know if he's happy about his improved skills.

On the other side, after arranging the training for Shion and Yakumo Kurama, Katsuya picked up Yichen's scroll and began to read it. Then, a strange expression appeared on his face.

As an outsider, he could naturally see the distress Yichen was going through while writing this scroll; his writer's block and near-discontinuation were obvious.

Among Yichen's many disciples, Katsuya was one of the more intelligent ones, and he quickly understood.

Yichen's decision to have Natsuki write her reflections wasn't entirely for the sake of the village; it was probably more about revenge—revenge for Natsuki's slow advancement, which forced him to rack his brains and write so much.

With a smile and a shake of his head, Katsuya. The Iwagakure could never have too much of this Yin Release knowledge; keeping it would be helpful to Sakura and the others later.

That's why, although Katsuya noticed Yichen's strong malice, he didn't warn Natsuki.

Let Natsuki write as much as possible.

The next day, Yichen sat in Tsuchikage's Office, deep in thought, holding two copies of his insights.

Natsuki never finished writing 100,000 words. After experiencing the same pain as Yichen, she only wrote tens of thousands of words of filler.

Yichen only glanced at it once before putting it aside and ignoring it.

Yichen was really looking at carefully was his own disorganized, unclear, and heavily edited reflection.

A day later, Yichen reread his reflections and discovered that he had gained new insights in many areas.

Yichen took out a Blank Scroll and started writing down his new ideas as he looked at it.

After Yichen finished reading his reflections from yesterday, he wrote another reflection that was even longer than the one from yesterday.

Next, Yichen wrote a third one. This time, there wasn't much new content; Yichen mainly organized his previously chaotic thoughts.

After tidying up, Yichen tied the three scrolls together and wrote "One," "Two," and "Three" on them in order.

After doing all this, Yichen closed his eyes in his office and began practicing Yin Release.

This Yichen session lasted for about five days, neither too long nor too short.

During these five days, Izumi Uchiha, who was the Head of the Tsuchikage Assistant Squad, came to see Yichen, but she, who was also skilled in Yin Release, immediately sensed that Yichen was training.

She didn't disturb them. Instead, after discussing with Ikura and the others, she had the Anbu guard around Yichen's office, preventing anyone from getting close.

Five days later, Yichen opened his eyes, snapping out of his Yin Release cultivation state.

Then he took out his pen again and began to write intermittently, but this time, Yichen didn't write about his insights, but rather about the various questions he encountered during his cultivation.

As the person who has gone the furthest in Yin Release Iwagakure, and even in the Ninja World, Yichen has many questions that he can't find answers to.

So Yichen wrote down these questions, planning to see if he could learn anything from them the next time he hitched a ride with Neji.

After finishing writing, Yichen let out a long sigh of Yichen. He had gained a lot from this training, as it was a rare opportunity for him to put the Yichen Yin Release theory into practice.

Yichen felt that his Yin Release technique was becoming more similar to that of beings like the Moryo and the Death God.

Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Yichen called in the Anbu who were guarding outside.

After inquiring about why they were guarding the door, Yichen simply summoned the advisors who had nothing urgent to do for a meeting.

At this High-Level Meeting, Matsutani Shinya the Land of Snow, Kawakita was in the Land of the Moon, and Ōnoki and Sokai were monitoring Shinno; none of the four attended.

Therefore, only Yichen, Ikura, Kitsuchi Tu, Tomoko, Deidara, Han, and Izumi Uchiha.

Yichen looked at the group and said, "I have some good news to share. My sister, Natsuki, reached the third stage of Yin Release a few days ago."

"As I analyzed before, reaching the third stage of Yin Release is roughly equivalent to Kage Level."

"It's just that because the village has so few Yin Release Ninjutsu, her attack power might be slightly Kage Level, but it's definitely above that of Elite Jonin."

Yichen obtained a lot of Yin Release insights for Iwagakure through various illegitimate means such as deception and fraud, but the Yin Release Ninjutsu he learned was pitifully few.

Neither Madara Uchiha Hamura Otsutsuki left behind any specific Yin Release Ninjutsu.

Perhaps in the eyes of these people, the importance of technique is far less than that of realm level.

The only Yin Release Ninjutsu that Iwagakure can currently boast about is the Spirit Transformation Jutsu.

The Spirit Transformation Jutsu is considered an S-rank Yin Release Ninjutsu, capable of killing silently and remotely.

Next came the Yamanaka Clan's spiritual techniques, which Danzo had obtained. However, the Yamanaka Clan techniques Danzo gave him primarily focused on enhancing spiritual power, with offensive capabilities as a secondary function.

The only real attacks are some conventional Ninjutsu like Mind Body Switch Technique and Mind Disturbance Jutsu.

These Ninjutsu are very effective among low-ranking ninjas, but their effectiveness is greatly reduced among Kage Level- level ninjas.

Moreover, these abilities are support-type; they might be surprisingly effective when used in conjunction with others, but in a one-on-one encounter with another Kage Level opponent, Natsuki would likely be doomed.

As for the most commonly used Genjutsu in Yin Release, Iwagakure doesn't have many of them. The most important ones are the ones that Katsuya and Natsuki researched before.

However, given Katsuya's rank, the Genjutsu he developed was only effective against Genin and lower, at most enhancing the combat power of Jonin.

However, these Genjutsu are almost useless at the Kage Level.

Haven't you noticed that even Sokai, who possesses the Mangekyō Sharingan, rarely uses Genjutsu in battle?

In the original work, only a Genjutsu like Itachi Uchiha frequently used Genjutsu in battles at the Kage Level.

In short, Iwagakure is currently in dire need of powerful Yin Release attack methods.

After everyone calmed down from the excitement of Natsuki becoming Kage Level, Yichen said, "Next, we need to find a way to get some advanced Yin Release attack Ninjutsu."

Tomoko said, "That might not be easy. Even Danzo only gave us the Yamanaka Clan's standard offensive Ninjutsu before."

"It's even harder to get from other people."

Ikura said, "I estimate that Danzo probably only possesses these conventional offensive Ninjutsu. Perhaps the Yamanaka Clan's main secret techniques are only known to the successive Yamanaka Clan leaders."

Everyone nodded, agreeing that it was possible.

Izumi Uchiha said, "The Yūhi Clan's Genjutsu is also quite good. When I was in Konoha, Clan Leader Fugaku told me that some of the Yūhi Clan's powerful Genjutsu are comparable to our Uchiha Clan's Genjutsu."

"It's just that the Yūhi Clan hasn't produced any strong individuals in a long time, so I wonder if these powerful, hidden Genjutsu have been lost."

Yichen nodded.

In the original work, Kurenai Yūhi was an ordinary Jonin, probably someone who had only Jonin been promoted, and her Genjutsu was broken by Itachi Uchiha with just a glance.

Yichen once thought that the Genjutsu of the Yuhi family were worthless.

The impression given by that incident was that any ordinary Uchiha with only three tomoe could break the powerful genjutsu of the Yuhi clan with a mere glare.

But Yichen doesn't think that way anymore. What level is Itachi Uchiha's Genjutsu?

That's the level that would make Uchiha Sasuke truly believe he'd won.

The only thing causing this misconception is the huge level difference between Kurenai Yūhi and Itachi Uchiha.

If Itachi Uchiha had used the Uchiha Clan's Kunai-Throwing Technique to defeat Kurenai Yūhi back then, it might have given people the impression that the Yuhi clan's Genjutsu was countered by Kunai.

For example, Yichen could seal the Seven-Tails directly with his hands in his pockets using Porcelain Release.

However, this does not mean that Yichen's descendants, after inheriting the Porcelain Release, will be able to subdue the Seven-Tails.

Yichen was able to do this simply because he possessed strength far exceeding that of the Seven-Tails.

Yichen nodded and said, "I understand. If there's an opportunity in the next phase, we'll focus on trading advanced Yin Release Ninjutsu from the Yamanaka and Yuhi clans."

Everyone nodded, each one seemingly lost in thought, sensing that Yichen was about to cause trouble.

Yichen didn't notice the strange looks from the crowd; he was used to those kinds of gazes.

Yichen said, "Because Natsuki has advanced, some of our tactical arrangements need to be adjusted. Keep an eye on Ikura."

"Don't let this high-end combat capability go to waste."

Ikura nodded and said, "Understood. I will look into Natsuki's detailed abilities later."

"A pure Yin Release reaching the Kage Level —this is the first case in the village. I need to carefully consider who would be the best match for her."

Izumi Uchiha was also very Natsuki's strength, and she wanted to go and see for herself with Ikura.

Logically speaking, she should also be a strong practitioner of Yin Release, but she relies entirely on the Mangekyō Sharingan as her external technique.

At this moment, Tomoko asked, "Natsuki has become Kage Level, should we assign her to the Honorary Advisor?"

Tomoko and Natsuki were quite familiar with each other. When Natsuki came to Iwagakure, it was Tomoko and her sister who took care of her one after the other.

She knew Natsuki quite well and knew that the girl was also carefree, so she only asked Yichen about his plans and did not directly suggest that Natsuki become Honorary Advisor.

Yichen naturally knew his sister's personality, so he said, "Let's wait a bit longer, until she learns the Spirit Transformation Jutsu."

"When the time comes, Tomoko, you'll have to teach her a thing or two."

Tomoko nodded.