Winged Suit Flight

Rocks with somewhat unusual chakra signatures were scattered all around the Iwa Camp.

Guard posts, both hidden and exposed, were densely positioned beside the rocks. Hyuga Ao's Wind Cloak could only conceal her presence; it could not make her invisible. The entrances and exits were clearly being checked by Sensory Ninjas, and Hyuga Ao still had no way to block sensory perception.

It seemed there was no way to get in from the ground unless she forced her way through.

The underground route was out, too. Hyuga Ao's Earth Release had not reached that level yet.

Water Release? Her Water Release was not good enough either.

What other way was there?

Hyuga Ao looked around and noticed a mountain range behind the Iwa Camp. Judging by eye, its highest point could reach 4,000 meters.

Hyuga Ao stared at the peaks, her gaze becoming hazy. Something came to mind, but she could not grasp it no matter how hard she tried.

Suddenly, a group of bats flying out to forage passed by Hyuga Ao's side. As she watched their wings, inspiration flashed through her mind, and she remembered the news reports about winged suit flight she had seen before transmigrating.

A Winged Suit, also known as a flying squirrel suit, was mainly a special piece of equipment modeled after bat flight. By wearing it, a person could glide through the air.

Hyuga Ao had never directly studied winged suit flight before transmigrating, but knowing the principle was enough for her.

Taking advantage of the night, Hyuga Ao circled around to the mountain behind the Iwa Camp and began researching how to make her own Winged Suit.

"Bang." Hyuga Ao created a clone and had it put on the crude Winged Suit she had made.

In her previous life, Winged Suits were made from high-density nylon. Hyuga Ao obviously could not find the same material now, but you had technology, and she had chakra.

Hyuga Ao slightly modified the clothes she had brought with her, shaping them into the Winged Suit she remembered. Then she took out the chakra metal wires from her clothes and used them to support the Winged Suit.

Hyuga Ao's idea was simple: she did not have high-density nylon, but she did have high-density chakra.

Hyuga Ao planned to attach the Wind Cloak to her crude Winged Suit and use it to make up for the suit's density and toughness. As for the flight problem, she could simply use clones to test it slowly.

If one attempt failed, she would try twice. If two failed, she would try three times. After flying a few more times, Hyuga Ao would naturally figure out how to improve the Winged Suit and fly it through the air.

With Shadow Clones, she really could do whatever she wanted! Hyuga Ao could not help sighing.

Two days later, at night.

With faint dark circles under her eyes, Hyuga Ao continued modifying the clothes in front of her. She no longer had the arrogance of before, when she had believed that having clones meant she could do whatever she wanted.

When Hyuga Ao's clone made its first jump, it had been extremely cocky. It shouted, "Let's go!" fearlessly before jumping.

But because the Winged Suit was crude, even though Hyuga Ao did her best to maintain it with the Wind Cloak, it still lurched and swayed. In the end, it spiraled headfirst into the ground and died on the spot.

Hyuga Ao, who had been waiting for the result, was startled by the memories sent back. The sensation of falling from such a height, the fear, and that final splat lingered in her heart, nearly giving her a psychological trauma regarding winged suit flight.

So she learned her lesson. After retrieving the previous Winged Suit materials and the most important chakra metal wires inside it, she made some minor modifications and created another clone to test it. Before the clone jumped, she specifically instructed it to dispel itself before it died.

But not long afterward, there was another splat, and the memories returned to her mind.

After digesting this death memory, Hyuga Ao began examining why the clone had not dispelled itself.

She discovered that this clone, after realizing that the Winged Suit worked, had become extremely excited. Various aerial combat novels she had read in her previous life had drifted through its mind. At the very end, it had thought, As long as I still have altitude, I can't give up!

Hyuga Ao could not help complaining. Was this clone some kind of pilot from another world?

The clones afterward continued to have problems despite Hyuga Ao's repeated warnings. The biggest problem was the Winged Suit itself.

Hyuga Ao had been working behind closed doors, and no matter how she modified it, something felt wrong. After spending a great deal of time on it, she obediently squatted outside a bat cave and observed how bats flew.

Then she modified the Winged Suit according to the way bats flew.

This time, there was finally a great improvement.

After working overtime for two days, she finally managed to produce a relatively complete Winged Suit. Hyuga Ao was now making the final adjustments.

"Hmph. Fortunately, I'm pretty good at needlework. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have known what to do this time."

Hyuga Ao tidied up the Winged Suit in front of her and picked it up to put it on.

The girl stood atop the mountain, looking at the scattered lights in the distant Iwa Camp, her expression exhilarated.

"The clones have had their fun so many times. It's finally my turn!"

"Iwagakure, here I come!"

With that, she leaped into the biting, cool wind.

Some people might ask why she did not use a clone and had to go herself.

That was because the distance was too great. The ideal glide ratio for winged suit flight could reach one to three. In other words, for every meter descended, it could advance three meters.

The mountain where Hyuga Ao stood was only about 4,000 meters high. Even if she reached the ideal speed immediately after descending, she could only fly around 12,000 meters. The Iwa Camp was still far beyond 12,000 meters away.

Therefore, she had to rely on the Wind Cloak to provide additional propulsion so that she could reach the Iwa Camp and cross the Iwagakure defensive perimeter.

And a clone was far from capable of carrying out those maneuvers.

Hyuga Ao fine-tuned her flying posture. Ideally, on this trip to the Iwagakure camp, she would fly straight over the heads of the Iwagakure shinobi, sweep the area once with the Byakugan, and leave.

But that was not very realistic. The next best option was to land inside the Iwa Camp, hide for the time being, investigate it thoroughly, and then leave.

The worst possibility was that she would fail to reach it or be discovered the moment she landed. But Hyuga Ao would do her best to avoid that outcome.

The chilly night wind blew against Hyuga Ao's Anbu mask, but she could not feel a thing. The Wind Cloak blocked it all and used it as part of her propulsion.

"The wind direction is pretty good tonight."

The heavens seemed to be doing her a favor tonight. Hyuga Ao was flying with the wind, greatly reducing the consumption she had estimated.

Earlier, Hyuga Ao's clones had simply been carried away by the wind. It seemed that after playing with her for two nights, the heavens had grown tired of it and decided not to play with her tonight.

Putting her distracting thoughts aside, Hyuga Ao's speed had now reached its limit. From here on, she had to accelerate on her own.

Actually, if your speed was fast enough, air was no different from water.

Just like surfing: you could surf in the sea, but you could also surf through the air.

Hyuga Ao brought her legs together and swung them like a fish's tail. With the Wind Cloak wrapped around her legs to form a fish tail, she began swimming through the air.

At the same time, Hyuga Ao began converting large amounts of Wind Release chakra. The Wind Release chakra was the fuel, the Wind Cloak was the engine, and the Hyuga Ao-brand jet fighter took flight through the air.

The Northern Bear had once said that as long as the thrust was strong enough, even a brick could fly.

Hyuga Ao did not currently have enough power to take off from a standstill, but she had an aerodynamic advantage.

And so, Hyuga Ao crossed mountains and rivers, finally arriving above the Iwa Camp.

Hyuga Ao pulled on the hidden clasps she had prepared earlier. The Winged Suit immediately transformed into the shape of a parachute, and she continued using the Wind Cloak to reinforce it.

Thus, under the cover of night, Hyuga Ao silently landed inside the Iwa Camp.

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