Copying Ninjutsu

"Sasuke, don't give up. With your skills, becoming a Jonin specializing in Tool Manipulation won't be difficult. All you're missing is a record of completing S-rank missions."

Akimichi Toribo patted Umino Sasuke's shoulder, looking at him with great expectation. He even promised, "You already have one S-rank mission completion record. When the time comes, I'll take you on another S-rank mission, and you'll soon be a Konoha Jonin."

Akimichi Toribo burst into laughter after speaking. It was truly a joy to be able to train a Jonin himself, especially one who was his capable subordinate and so sensible.

What leader wouldn't want to promote such a good subordinate?

Konoha Jonin had the right to vote for the Hokage, which also invisibly increased the political influence of the Akimichi Clan, didn't it?

In peacetime, two S-rank mission completion records might not be enough. But now, during the Ninja Wars, talent was scarce, and rapidly promoting some ninja had become commonplace. Two S-rank mission completion records would be entirely sufficient to pass the Jonin exam.

If one came from a prominent Konoha clan, during wartime, one S-rank mission completion record might suffice. Let alone two S-rank records, with his recommendation as a leader, passing the Jonin exam would be absolutely foolproof.

Once he became a Konoha Jonin, all sorts of hidden income would start coming in. Where would there be a shortage of Nara Secret Medicine then?

Moreover.

Once he became a Jonin and his political status rose, occupying a decent piece of property in Konoha would become a natural progression. And with Sasuke's exquisite culinary skills and sharp mind, opening a restaurant in Konoha would surely bring in a fortune daily.

And as Sasuke's benefactor, and an original shareholder of the restaurant, wouldn't he also make a substantial profit?

Thinking of earning a large sum of money again, and thus being able to eat more delicious food, Akimichi Toribo became even happier.

Thus, he taught Umino Sasuke the Shadow Clone Technique with even greater dedication. Besides the hand seal sequence, he also imparted knowledge on the circulation and application of chakra within the body, along with some of his experience.

"Sasuke, I'll demonstrate once, and you can see the effect first. You can practice slowly later. We're not in a hurry; I have plenty of time to teach you later. You just need to make more delicious food then, hahaha!"

After speaking, Akimichi Toribo slowly began to form hand seals. At a speed of almost one seal per two seconds, he completed the six seals: Snake-Ram-Monkey-Boar-Horse-Tiger.

Simultaneously, the chakra within his body flowed in sync with the hand seals.

Umino Sasuke stared intently at the hand seals formed by Akimichi Toribo. He also released the Infrasonic Radar Technique to perceive the details of Akimichi Toribo's chakra circulation.

Just as Akimichi Toribo completed the Tiger seal.

Umino Sasuke's hands blurred into afterimages, forming six hand seals at a speed of five seals per second.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Almost simultaneously, the two of them released the same ninjutsu, and both succeeded.

Akimichi Toribo: ???

What was going on?

Wasn't that hand seal speed too fast?

Moreover, after just one explanation, Sasuke had learned this B-rank ninjutsu. This was a B-rank ninjutsu, not a D-rank one. Was Sasuke's talent in ninjutsu simply too powerful?

"Sasuke, you didn't happen to have learned this ninjutsu before, did you?"

Akimichi Toribo still couldn't quite believe that someone's ninjutsu talent could be so incredible. Not everyone had the Sharingan to copy ninjutsu at will.

B-rank ninjutsu was still very difficult to learn. Without Jonin-level strength, who could learn a B-rank ninjutsu without accumulating years of practice?

Furthermore, judging by this hand seal speed, it was likely already reaching five seals per second.

There were very few people in all of Konoha with such terrifying hand seal speed. The only one who could surpass him was probably Orochimaru.

"Captain, how would I dare to secretly learn ninjutsu? I just felt that this Shadow Clone Technique, aside from its relatively large chakra consumption, wasn't difficult at all."

Umino Sasuke truly didn't find this ninjutsu difficult, especially with Akimichi Toribo teaching him hand-in-hand and slowing down the chakra circulation within his body to such an extent.

Moreover, he possessed the Infrasonic Radar Technique, which inherently provided internal vision. It was merely a matter of replicating a ninjutsu from Akimichi Toribo one-to-one, so what difficulty could there be?

"What?! Not difficult at all?"

Akimichi Toribo rolled his eyes. Were these words that a normal person would say? Not difficult at all? This was a B-rank ninjutsu, a technique that generally only Jonin had the strength to practice. You, a Chunin, dare to speak such arrogant words!

Well, alright, learning it in one go did indeed give him the capital to utter such bold words.

"Sasuke, you actually have such good ninjutsu talent. Alas, what a pity, what a pity."

Akimichi Toribo sighed, feeling incredibly regretful.

If not for the limitations of his bloodline, which resulted in insufficient chakra, with the ninja talent Sasuke was currently displaying, becoming a Jonin would be a certainty. And not just a "watered-down" Jonin like those specializing in Tool Manipulation, but there was a high probability he could even become an Elite Jonin.

"Sasuke, don't be discouraged. With your ninjutsu talent, as long as you apply tactics properly, even low-level ninjutsu can achieve something."

Akimichi Toribo offered some words of encouragement, and finally left with a sigh, as if the one lacking talent wasn't Umino Sasuke, but himself.

Watching Akimichi Toribo's retreating back, Umino Sasuke felt no dejection whatsoever.

Who said one must have the bloodline of the Ninja Sect to possess a large amount of chakra?

Among the disciples of the ninja clans, how many could confidently guarantee they would become Jonin?

And at the very least, if he wanted to become a Jonin now, it wouldn't be difficult. No matter how "watered-down" a Tool Manipulation Jonin might be, they were still Jonin, weren't they?

Besides, other than innate bloodline, who said chakra reserves couldn't be increased?

Orochimaru's core technology, Sealing Jinchuriki, the Ninja Sword Samehada, fusing Kekkei Genkai, cultivating Sage Mode, Gelel Ore Vein, Hiruko's Chimera Technique, Eight Inner Gates and Seven Days Breathing Method, etc. – which one couldn't increase chakra?

Take the Akimichi Digestive Technique he learned today, for example. Although it couldn't compare to those powerful forbidden techniques that directly increased chakra, if developed properly, who could say for sure it couldn't achieve the effect of directly increasing chakra?

The fat members of the Akimichi Clan could store energy in their fat. He might not be able to improve upon it and achieve other storage methods.

Moreover, even if he couldn't develop and improve it, simply using dietary therapy to nourish his depleted body could significantly solve the problem of severe chakra deficiency.

Once his body was nourished and no longer depleted, developing a second chakra nature and reaching Jonin-level chakra wouldn't be too difficult.

"Ugh, I'm feeling a bit hungry again. It seems the intestinal stimulation was a bit too intense."

Umino Sasuke didn't feel like cooking or grilling fish; he was too hungry to wait. Fortunately, he had smoked nearly a hundred pounds of dried fish this afternoon, which would be perfect for the occasion.