Name: Yuhara (Version 1.0)
Age: 16 (Konoha Year 48)
Ninja Registration Number:
Rank: Genin (actually Chunin)
Features: Art of the Holding Magnet + Cursed Seal Mode
Ninjutsu:
Three-Body Technique + Body Flicker Technique
Secret Technique: Mercury Lamp (no hand seals, effective range: medium to long, damage: A, area of effect: 10-meter-diameter sphere, Chakra cost: moderate)
Secret Technique: Seaweed God (no hand seals, effective range: medium to long, damage: B, Chakra cost: low)
Secret Technique: Thorn Bird (no hand seals, effective range: close, damage/defense: C/A, Chakra cost: low)
Secret Technique: Thorn Bird: Cold Plume Blazing Feather (no hand seals, effective range: close to medium to long, damage: A, Chakra cost: low)
Lightning Release: Self-Retribution Cursed Binding Chidori Stream (effective range: close)
Taking a look at Yuhara's "personal panel," it was clear that he had truly become a ninja by this point. He had already gained a certain degree of combat ability.
With a "Kekkei Genkai" foundation, an all-around information advantage in this world, and a clear way of thinking, it was only natural that Yuhara could rapidly increase his strength. In particular, Mercury Lamp, which could instantly condense a mass of mercury into countless metallic filaments possessing both rigidity and resilience, was a powerful ninjutsu capable of posing a lethal threat to the vast majority of ninjas.
The twin blades of extreme cold and heat, created by altering the frequency of atomic vibrations, were likewise highly threatening.
As a relatively common Kekkei Genkai in the shinobi world, Magnet Release was used differently by every Magnet Release Ninja. Restricted by his Chakra reserves, Yuhara's attacks were actually closer to "point-targeted damage." That was also why his defense had always been fluid defense rather than directly shielding his entire body... Poor people could only live by pinching every penny.
In truth, Yuhara lacked the ability to fight continuously. That was one of the reasons he had fled directly earlier.
However, through this battle, he had also learned a few things from the enemy Magnet Release Ninja...
As he walked through the Konoha camp, clusters of non-elemental Chakra appeared on the middle and index fingers of his left hand. The two clusters sometimes attracted and merged with each other, and sometimes repelled and separated... Once his thinking had opened up, he could even give Chakra more direct controllability.
After arriving at the command center and being announced, Yuhara saw Orochimaru again.
"Yuhara, you came back much earlier than I expected. Given how suddenly the situation on the battlefield changed, I thought you might never return." Orochimaru was surprised that Yuhara had returned so quickly—and that he had managed to return at all.
Yuhara did not waste words. He directly pulled two scrolls from the Ninja Tool Bag behind him. "This one is Kinkaku, and this one is the Second Hokage and Ginkaku... I found them all."
"Excellent."
Since Yuhara had returned so quickly, Orochimaru had subconsciously assumed that the mission had failed. He had not expected Yuhara to actually succeed.
Then Orochimaru paused and instinctively voiced the question in his heart. "Why are they grouped like this?"
Yuhara had taken quite a few storage-sealing scrolls. After finding the three of them, he could have put one person in each scroll, grouped the Kinkaku-Ginkaku brothers together with the Second Hokage separately, or put all three together. So why was Kinkaku alone, while the Second Hokage and Ginkaku were together?
"Time was short. I stuffed them into the sacks directly and didn't look carefully at the time."
Yuhara truly had not done it on purpose, but he had indeed made a mistake, making it seem as though he did not respect the Second Hokage very much. Fortunately, the Second Hokage was already dead and should not mind such a minor matter.
Orochimaru was slightly speechless. After a while, he pulled a scroll from inside his robes and handed it to Yuhara. "Your mission reward."
Although he could not examine it immediately, Orochimaru believed that Yuhara would never lie about something like this.
"For a Magnet Release Ninja, I think this should be a very good reward."
Yuhara reached out and accepted the scroll. When he opened it, he found that it contained an A-rank advanced ninjutsu... Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu. It could make a single shuriken instantly become thousands upon thousands, then send them raining down on the enemy. This was a ninjutsu developed by the Third Hokage.
It was indeed a good technique. The problem was that it consumed an enormous amount of Chakra. If Yuhara had Chakra reserves on that scale, he could actually play with iron sand like the Third Kazekage. He could even make it far more elaborate.
"It's a good technique, but it isn't something I can use right now... Lord Orochimaru, could you throw in another practical little ninjutsu, such as B-rank Shadow Clone Jutsu?" As he spoke, Yuhara had already stuffed the scroll into his Ninja Tool Bag. Although he felt the technique was impractical, he had never said he would not accept it.
Trading the Second Hokage's corpse for an A-rank ninjutsu was hard to say who had gained or lost. But considering that Yuhara had thrown in two huge turnips, would Orochimaru really have the nerve not to give him something extra?
Shadow Clone, Multiple Shadow Clone, and Shuriken Shadow Clone were all techniques from the same system. There was no reason Orochimaru would not know Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Orochimaru was nearly rendered speechless by Yuhara. It was the first time he had ever seen a ninja haggle over a mission reward. Moreover, since Yuhara had done such a fine job, Orochimaru could not say much about it. Otherwise, he would seem stingy.
For an instant, Orochimaru even had the strange feeling... Could the sudden change in the Cloud Ninja situation have something to do with this boy?
"Shadow Clone Jutsu? I can give it to you, but... in the future, try not to call a high-level B-rank ninjutsu a little ninjutsu."
Orochimaru took out a scroll on the spot and recorded the formula and key casting points for Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Strictly speaking, B-rank ninjutsu were advanced techniques that only jōnin could use. How had one become a little ninjutsu in Yuhara's eyes? Even haggling could not disregard reality. It was like someone buying a hundred-square-meter house and asking the sales department to give him a refrigerator, but demanding that they throw in the sixty-square-meter house next door as well.
Regardless, this had been a successful bargain.
No one dared haggle with Orochimaru. That did not mean Orochimaru himself could not haggle. For one of the lofty Three Legendary Sannin, quibbling over trivial details was beneath him. Since he had obtained what he wanted, Orochimaru did not mind satisfying Yuhara's small request.
Yuhara naturally did not dare push things too far. After receiving the freshly handwritten reward, he felt that it was time to disappear from Orochimaru's sight. He knew very well that people who were too conspicuous tended to suffer misfortune.
Just as Yuhara was about to reach the entrance, Orochimaru suddenly spoke from behind him. "Yuhara, what prompted you to honestly cross the enemy lines and complete such a difficult mission, even though you knew that what you were looking for was nothing more than a few corpses?"
Orochimaru knew that Yuhara had seen the mission details in advance.
Those mission details had instead prompted Yuhara to carry out the mission for real.
Yuhara paused. His mind raced as he slowly turned his head.
When Orochimaru could see the Konoha symbol on his forehead protector, he spoke. "Lord Orochimaru, I didn't have the right to refuse the mission, did I?"
"That's right."
Orochimaru waved his hand, and Yuhara truly walked away.
After Yuhara's figure disappeared, Orochimaru's gaze remained fixed on the tent entrance. Then an unreadable smile appeared on his face.
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