Deception Jutsu

Flying in the air, following the Two-Tails from a distance, Yichen thought for a moment and decided that it was best not to kill the Two-Tails yet.

Our family also has quite a few Ninja Cat. Dango has given birth to several litters of Ninja Cat herself. One of her first litters of Ninja Cat has already given birth to kittens, and Tuanzi is already a grandmother.

While the number of Ninja Cat in Iwagakure is still far from meeting the standard for ninja clans, it's not particularly rare anymore.

Furthermore, it's possible that the Uchiha Clan's Ninja Cats might fall into their hands, so improving Genin abilities is something they could consider.

So Yichen abandoned the idea of quickly chasing after it and killing the Two-Tails, and instead followed behind it at a leisurely pace.

He continuously using Mind's Eye to sense the Chakra within the Two-Tails.

The chase lasted for most of the day. After entering the Land of Fire, the Two-Tails constantly changed its route, taking advantage of the dense forests of the Land of Fire.

Having decided not to take action, Yichen gradually increased the distance between himself and the Two-Tails.

Finally, Yichen maintained a distance of over twenty kilometers, slowly dangling the Two-Tails.

Two-Tails' caution was beyond Yichen's expectations, or rather, Two-Tails' ability to sense danger was beyond Yichen's expectations.

Although Yichen was certain that the Two-Tails couldn't sense him, the Two-Tails still circled halfway around the Land of Fire before finally hiding in a tree hole.

Afterwards, it seemed that Two-Tails was still not at ease and changed its position several more times.

And no matter where it went, the Two-Tails no longer swaggered out to sunbathe like before, but instead carefully hid itself.

Yichen breathed a sigh of relief when the Two-Tails finally stopped. The Two-Tails had been running, which made his senses less clear.

Now that the Two-Tails beast has stopped, Yichen finally has a chance to observe it carefully.

However, before that, Yichen first went to the Northwestern Land of Fire, an area occupied by the Iwa ninja.

After fleeing for half a day, the Two-Tails was not far from this area and had not exceeded the range of Yichen's Mind's Eye perception.

Yichen had the patrolling Iwa ninja notify the village, and soon Atsumi Akino reappeared before Yichen.

Accompanying Atsumi Akino this time were three Ninja Cat and their owner.

They are Dango and her owner, the Shironeko; Little Flower and her owner, Matsutani Shinya; and Fenghuo and her owner, Suda Himezuki.

Yichen nodded to the group of people and cats, then asked Matsutani Shinya, "You're here. Who's guarding the Space-Time Tunnel?"

Matsutani Shinya was originally guarding the Space-Time Tunnel from the Land of Snow to the moon with Roshi. When Yichen informed the village, there were no specific arrangements, hence this question.

Matsutani Shinya said, "The Third Lord personally brought me back."

Yichen nodded, then asked about the construction progress there before telling the group, "There's a Tailed Beast about twenty kilometers away from us."

"It's Matatabi, the Two-Tails from Kumogakure. However, Cloud ninja hasn't retrieved the Two-Tails -Two-Tails yet, so it's in its natural state and not inside Jinchuriki."

"Originally, I wanted to eliminate the Two-Tails to weaken the Cloud ninja's strength, but I found this Two-Tails quite interesting, so I changed my mind."

Matsutani Shinya looked at his ninja cat Little Flower, Little Flower's mother Dango, and Little Flower's brother Fenghuo, and asked, "Teacher Yichen, is this related to the Ninja Cat?"

Yichen nodded and said, "Yes, the Two-Tails creature's form is that of a cat. I'm not sure if its body is related to a cat."

"But I want to try and see if Dango and the others can learn some of the Two-Tails' abilities."

At this moment, Suda Himezuki interjected, "Teacher Yichen, what special abilities does the Two-Tails possess?"

Yichen said, "The Two-Tails has a very strong ability to conceal itself. It can suppress the enormous Chakra fluctuations of Tailed Beast to a degree that even I find difficult to detect."

"And it can even run at high speed without letting its Chakra fluctuations leak out, which is simply incredible."

Suda Himezuki nodded as if she understood, unaware of just how monstrous the Two-Tails' ability was.

Matsutani Shinya reacted quickly, thinking for a moment before saying, "Teacher Yichen, you probably don't just want the Ninja Cat to learn this ability, but also want ninjas to learn it, right?"

"If Senior Brother Kawakita learns this ability and then uses it to approach the enemy silently, that would be terrifying!"

Yichen nodded and said, "That's right. If this ability could be used on us ninjas, it wouldn't just benefit close-combat ninjas like Kawakita, but even my strength could be raised by half a level."

Imagine if Yichen could conceal his aura when using a large-scale Light Release Light Release: World Splitter Jutsu, so that the target could not detect him, or would detect him later.

Na Yichen felt he could sneak into Kirigakure and single-handedly take down several Kirigakure from there.

Then all the ninja villages except Iwagakure, Konoha, and Akatsuki can be wiped off the map.

Of course, Matsutani Shinya couldn't have imagined these things, and Yichen himself didn't say them out loud.

Yichen said, "The Two-Tails is currently within my perception range. I will describe its condition to you, and then you can tell your Ninja Cat and see if you can find anything."

Matsutani Shinya, Suda Himezuki, Shironeko all nodded in unison, all three of them showing some anticipation.

Then Yichen calmed down and began to carefully using Mind's Eye to gradually discern the state of the Two-Tails, and then tried to describe it to everyone in writing.

Although Yichen Mind's Eye strong perception abilities, the distance was too great, so he couldn't clearly sense the state of the Two-Tails and could only describe it roughly.

After a long while, the Shironeko shook its head and Yichen said, "Dango said that you can't learn it this way at all."

"This might be a special ability that the Two-Tails possesses as Tailed Beast. Even if it isn't, it's similar to Ninjutsu. Unless the other party teaches it step by step, it's impossible to learn."

Yichen thought for a moment and said, "Teaching you step by step? That's something we can try."

After saying that, Yichen looked at Atsumi Akino and said to her, "Akino, take us to the location closest to the Two-Tails."

Atsumi Akino nodded, and after confirming the exact location of the Two-Tails with Yichen, she immediately determined the Flying Thunder God Coordinates closest to the Two-Tails.

Then, the group quickly flew to the vicinity of the Two-Tails using Atsumi Akino's Flying Thunder God Technique.

Although Two-Tails hadn't noticed Yichen spying on it, it still tried its best to hide, because its Hon told it that the danger hadn't disappeared.

Therefore, the Two-Tails is on high alert right now. As soon as Yichen and the others appeared in its perception, it was so frightened that it jumped out of the tree hole.

Once the Two-Tails has chosen a direction, it prepares to escape.

"How did it suddenly appear so close? Could it be Space-Time Ninjutsu?" Two-Tails wondered as it ran.

Just then, Yichen's voice came from afar. "Matatabi, stop running. I don't want to kill you. Let's make a deal."

Two-Tails heard Yichen call its name, it was a little strange that Yichen knew its name from somewhere, but it did not stop walking or reply.

As Yichen flew rapidly toward the Two-Tails, he said, "Matatabi, do you remember what the Sage of Six Paths said? That in the future, someone will be able to get along with all the Tailed Beast and become their friend."

"I am the person the Sage of Six Paths was talking about. You should be able to sense the aura of the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' brothers on me, right?"

Two-Tails Fox paused, stopped, turned around, and looked in the direction where Yichen was.

A moment later, Yichen led the four people and three cats to Two-Tails.

At that moment, the Two-Tails beast's cold voice rang out. "Stop!"

Yichen obeyed and stopped two hundred meters away from Two-Tails.

The Two-Tails asked, "I know you. You're the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure. Don't try to fool me. You're the ones who killed me last time."

Yichen looked at him earnestly and said with a serious expression, "That's right, I am the Tsuchikage. But I also have another identity; I am a disciple of Hamura Otsutsuki, the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths."

"I am still the Child of Prophecy Sage of Six Paths spoke of!"

"I didn't kill you last time to kill you; I killed Yugito to give you your freedom."

Hearing Yichen say such things so casually, Matsutani Shinya and the others felt like a thousand horses were galloping inside, but they had to put on a blank expression.

They didn't believe a single word Yichen said.

Two-Tails Yichen as well as the other four. It frowned and thought for a moment, then finally said, "Impossible. The Child of Prophecy is a child. How old are you?"

Yichen smiled and said, "I will grow up too, and in the eyes of my teacher Hamura Otsutsuki, and the Sage of Six Paths, I will always be a child."

Seeing that the Two-Tails clearly didn't believe him, Yichen said, "Think about it, what are the characteristics of the Child of Prophecy that the Sage of Six Paths told you about?"

The Two-Tails said, "The Child of Prophecy can gain the recognition of all the Tailed Beast."

Yichen said, "That's right, feel it again, do I meet this condition?"

Two-Tails used its senses to detect Yichen, and sure enough, there was something wrong with Yichen's aura.

"What are these auras?" Two-Tails' heart skipped a beat.

After a while, the Two-Tails Fox said slowly, "I sensed the auras of Son Goku, Saiken, and Chōmei on you."

Yichen nodded and said, "That's right, you should be able to see that I have gained their genuine approval."

"The three of them gave me their power without reservation, just like the Gyūki and Killer B."

"I remember you didn't completely hand over your power to Yugito before, did you?"

"Think again, who could possibly gain the approval of all three of your companions at the same time?"

"Besides the three of them, Kokuō and I are also very close. However, Kokuō had previously become Jinchuriki named Han in our village, and they get along very well."

"Therefore, I did not ask Kokuō to directly hand over its power to me, but Kokuō is willing to hand over the power to me at any time if I wish."

"Of the nine Tailed Beasts in total, the four that have interacted with me have all fully acknowledged me. If I am not the Child of Prophecy, then who is?"

Two-Tails hesitated for a moment, then said, "But you are not Jinchuriki."

Yichen said, "That's right, I am not Jinchuriki. Precisely because I am not Jinchuriki, I am the Child of Prophecy."

"Jinchuriki only associate with you for the power of your Tailed Beast, but I could have obtained your power, yet I chose not to become Jinchuriki because I consider you my friends. I don't covet anything from you."

Two-Tails remained silent, feeling that Yichen's words made a lot of sense.

Matsutani Shinya and the others felt they couldn't hold back anymore, wanting to laugh or roll their Byakugan at Yichen —what kind of robber logic was this?

Two-Tails thought for a moment and said, "Tsuchikage, then why are you chasing me?"

Yichen said, "I'm pursuing you mainly because I don't want you to fall into the hands of the Cloud ninja again."

"They were used by those ambitious individuals and became their weapons of war."

"Also, I have something I'd like to ask you for help with."

As he spoke, Yichen pointed to Dango, Little Flower Kazekaze, saying, "My teacher Hamura Otsutsuki, said that your abilities are very special, and I hope you can teach them."

Two-Tails looked at Dango, then at Little Flower Kazekaze, thought for a moment, and asked, "If I teach them, will you let me leave?"

Yichen nodded and said, "Of course, I mean you no harm, I just hope you can do me a favor."

"Although you are Tailed Beast, you are also a cat. They have a chance to learn your abilities."

Two-Tails asked again, "You do have some of the Sage of Six Paths' aura on you, but it's not strong. I don't believe what you're saying."

Yichen sighed and said, "The Sage of Sage of Six Paths' token is too important; I didn't bring it with me."

"If you don't believe me, I'll send someone to the village to retrieve it. Don't worry, Space-Time Ninjutsu works, it'll be quick."

As he spoke, Yichen nodded to Atsumi Akino and whispered a few words of advice.

Then, Atsumi Akino hand Hand Seals and disappeared from everyone's sight.

The two waited quietly for a while, and soon, Atsumi Akino returned.

At this moment, Atsumi Akino was holding a small white ball in her hand.

Two-Tails examined the small white sphere carefully for a while, then said, "Not bad, there is indeed the aura of the Sage of Six Paths on it."

"Did the Sage of Six Paths give this to you?"

Yichen nodded and said, "Of course, only Sage-level being can make this. Who else in the Ninja World besides the Sage of Six Paths could do it?"

"This was given to me by the Sage of Six Paths so I could learn how to Five Elements Fusion."

What Yichen said was the truth, so his tone was very natural.

After hearing this, the Two-Tails beast relaxed a little; it finally began to believe it.

The Sage of Six Paths has not shown himself for a thousand years, yet he sent something to Yichen this time. It's quite possible that Yichen is the Child of Prophecy.

Hearing the Two-Tails's tone soften considerably and watching its body gradually relax, Atsumi Akino and the others maintained a serious expression, but inwardly they couldn't help but roll their eyes at Yichen.

Fox of Stone, you've once again lowered the bar for shamelessness in our eyes. Don't you feel any remorse for deceiving such an innocent and kind cat like this?

They were also very surprised that the small white ball was actually given to Yichen by the Sage of Six Paths.

Matsutani Shinya thought to himself, "No wonder Teacher Yichen mobilized the entire village to study this Little White Ball."

"Perhaps this place truly holds the secret to reaching the Sage level."

Yichen, however, did not care at all about his image in the eyes of his disciples.

He gently coaxed the Two-Tails, saying, "Matatabi, the Saiken and the others have gradually accepted me through our interactions."

"I don't expect you to hand over your power to me like they do right away. I just hope you can give me a chance to get to know you."

"It's okay if you don't like me now. Just give the Sage of Six Paths some face and believe in the Child of Prophecy once, okay?"

Two-Tails hesitated for a moment, then said, "How do you plan to get along with me? Let me tell you, I dare not get too close to you."

Yichen gave a friendly smile and said, "Don't worry, I can stay far away from you."

"How about this, let Dango, Little Flower, and Fenghuo, these three Ninja Cat, spend some time with you."

"During this time, you can teach them some skills. After you've finished teaching them, if you still don't want to have any contact with me, then you can just leave."

"Think about it, even if it weren't for the Sage of Six Paths, just teaching them your skills in exchange for us not hunting you down, you'd still be making a profit, right?"

Two-Tails Fox thought about Yichen's logic for a while and couldn't see any flaws in it, so it nodded and said, "Alright, you all go first. I'll take the three of them to a secluded place. You're not allowed to follow."

Yichen said with righteous indignation, "Rest assured, I am the grand-nephew of the Sage of Six Paths Child of Prophecy. I keep my word."

Then Yichen turned to Dango and said, "Dango, Little Flower, Fenghuo, you should learn well from Senior Matatabi. I'll come back to pick you up in a few days."

After saying that, Yichen put down the three Ninja Cat and then led the four of them quickly away in the direction they had come from.

Two-Tails was very cautious. Only after Yichen had flown ten kilometers away did she slowly walk up to Dango and the three cats.

It first glanced at Little Flower, who had successfully lost weight but was still much fatter than a normal Ninja Cat, and then pouted.

Then it glanced at the very tense Fenghuo and felt it was pointless.

Finally, it looked at Dango and said, "Are you their mother?"

Dango could understand, but couldn't speak. It replied in cat language, "Yes, it's you Matatabi."

Seeing that Dango couldn't even speak human language, Two-Tails stopped caring about the three cats and said to them, "Come with me."

Yichen, who was flying in the distance, breathed a sigh of relief when he sensed that the Two-Tails had led the three cats to a corner and was beginning to teach them how to control their Chakra fluctuations.

This is the first time I've ever tricked a cat, so I'm a little unaccustomed to it. I'll need to practice more in the future.

To establish oneself in the complex world of Ninja World, simply being able to deceive others is far from enough.

We also need to expand our skills in "deception"!

If we could create a Deception Jutsu, it might be on par with verbal sparring and Pretense Jutsu in the future, which wouldn't be bad.

Atsumi Akino then asked Yichen with some concern, "Teacher Yichen, will the Two-Tails discover the Flying Thunder God mark on Fenghuo?"

It turns out that Atsumi Akino had already set up the Flying Thunder God Coordinates on Fenghuo and Kaze as requested by Yichen.

Yichen rolled his eyes and said, "Of course it could spot such an obvious mark."

"But since Fenghuo's name is Fenghuo, it's not surprising that he has a Great Fireball mark on his body."

"A normal person, a normal cat, would definitely think that Fenghuo's name was given by its owner based on this mark."

"Who would think of Space-Time Ninjutsu coordinates if nothing's wrong?"

Atsumi Akino and the others thought it made sense, but just now you were righteously telling the Two-Tails that you wouldn't approach it while it was teaching the Three Cats, but behind its back you put the Flying Thunder God Mark on the Wind and Fenghuo.

This is just too... too Yichen!

On the other side, Two-Tails, who was teaching Three Cats, did indeed see the Flying Thunder God mark on Fenghuo's bodies, which resembled the Great Fireball.

It simply asked Fenghuo, "Your name is Fenghuo?"

After Fenghuo nodded, Two-Tails pouted. What a tacky name. And there's only fire, where's the wind?

As for Little Flower, it didn't even bother to ask; it was named Little Flower simply because its fur was of different colors—that's even more tacky.

Two-Tails diligently taught the three Ninja Cat for three days, finally teaching them how to control their Chakra fluctuations.

Then Two-Tails had time to ask some questions about Yichen.

When it heard that Yichen was teaching them Ninja Cat Sage Jutsu, Two-Tails's eyes lit up. It subconsciously asked, "Senjutsu? That guy even teaches you to practice Senjutsu?"

Dango nodded and said, "Yes, but my talent for Senjutsu is only average, and I haven't fully mastered it yet, so I can't use Senjutsu in actual combat for the time being."

"Little Flower's talent for Senjutsu is better than mine, but it hasn't been training for long and hasn't mastered it yet."

Two-Tails doesn't care whether Three Cats can use Senjutsu; what it cares about is Senjutsu itself.

It thought for a moment, and it seemed that it had heard of Senjutsu in Iwagakure when it was inside Yugito's body, but at the time it didn't care about such things at all.

Every day, all I do is encourage Yugito to sunbathe and then sleep in.

Now, hearing from Dango that Yichen has actually figured out a way to cultivate Senjutsu techniques on his own, Two-Tails is very concerned.

"Could he really be the Child of Prophecy? Otherwise, how would he know about Senjutsu and even devise his own method for cultivating Senjutsu?"

"That's Senjutsu! It's said that the Sage of Six Paths defeated Kaguya Otsutsuki using Senjutsu."

The claim that you figured it out on your own is definitely false; it must have been taught by the Sage of Six Paths.

Two-Tails's mind was in turmoil. It told Three Cats to shut up and walked around alone.

After a while, it suddenly remembered something and said to Dango, "You just said that guy taught you Senjutsu?"

The Dango meowed and replied, "Yes."

Two-Tails overthought it further. "The Sage of Six Paths transferred his Chakra to others, establishing the Ninja Sect."

"The Tsuchikage revealed the method of cultivating Senjutsu to everyone; could he truly be the Child of Prophecy?"

"Should we do as he suggested and try getting to know him?"

"No, that's too dangerous. The Tsuchikage seems to possess a Kekkei Tōta. Last time Yugito was driven to the brink of death by this Kekkei Tōta."

After thinking for a moment, Two-Tails asked Sanmao about Yichen.

Of Dango, we should pick the best ones to talk about.

Through Dango's words, Yichen is directly described as: a positive hero who studies in order to bring peace to the Ninja World.

Later, Dango even quoted the words that the Shironeko had seen in the Iwa Village Bi-Monthly Report.

The Two-Tails creature was immediately shocked, and gradually, the image of Yichen, the savior, began to form in its heart.

However, Two-Tails was still worried, so it took the three cats directly to the area in the Northwestern Land of Fire that was occupied by Iwa ninja.

The Two-Tails was very clever; it wanted to conduct an on-site investigation to see if the common people of the Land of Earth were satisfied with Yichen's rule.

However, it overlooked one thing: the Northwestern Land of Fire was occupied by the Iwagakure, and the common people there dared not speak ill of the Iwa ninja.

On the contrary, the people here are often brainwashed by the Iwa Village Bi-Monthly Report and have long held a high level of respect for Iwagakure.

Furthermore, under the rule of the Iwa ninja, commerce flourished, and their lives, even if they didn't improve, were still relatively stable. At least the bandits and wandering ninjas who used to harass them were gone.

In addition, everyone has been talking about immigrating to the moon lately, which makes them, who are already members of the Land of Earth, feel very proud.

Therefore, in their conversation, they all expressed their satisfaction with Iwagakure's treatment of Yichen.

So, when the three Ninja Cat returned to Yichen, there was an extra kitten beside them.

This kitten is not the Two-Tails Fox's true form, but rather a clone created by the Two-Tails Fox, much like the Four-Tails Son Goku.