Journey to the Land of Rain; Of All Martial Arts, Speed Is Unbeatable

Minamoto Takuya had no idea that Obito Uchiha had already approached the Akatsuki Organization and intended to recruit Nagato and the other two.

However, he had now received a message from a Crow in the distant Land of Rain.

In the past, from such a great distance, his Clairvoyance Technique could not have directly reached a Crow in the Land of Rain. But now, he had more than enough chakra.

Although it was definitely nowhere near Naruto Uzumaki's level, and perhaps had not yet reached Spirit 10, it was at least Spirit 9—roughly ten-odd Ka.

After all, chakra reserves increased exponentially the further one progressed.

Minamoto Takuya was fairly satisfied with his current chakra reserves. Moreover, he could clearly feel them continuing to grow. Sooner or later, he would reach Spirit 10, so there was no need to rush.

Still, Minamoto Takuya thought of Jiraiya and Might Guy's Spirit 10, as well as Naruto Uzumaki's Spirit 10...

All he could say was that even Spirit 10 had its differences. For Jiraiya and Might Guy, Spirit 10 was their limit. For Naruto Uzumaki, Spirit 10 was merely the upper limit of the scale!

Thus, compared to Naruto Uzumaki or Hashirama Senju, Spirit 10 was probably only a starting point.

Minamoto Takuya shook his head, then formed a hand seal and connected to the sight and hearing of the Crow in the distant Land of Rain.

Then, he saw several Amegakure Ninja discussing something.

"I heard Konoha has sent people here!" one of them said.

"Yeah, but why would Konoha send people at a time like this? The war isn't over yet." Another man sounded somewhat surprised.

"Who knows? Maybe they're here to discuss the war. It's probably about to end anyway—the fighting on the battlefields isn't nearly as intense as it used to be," the first man replied.

"Shh! Keep it down." Another man raised a finger to his lips, glanced around, and said, "I heard that guy from Konoha with a scar on his chin came to discuss our country's Akatsuki Organization with our Leader!"

"Huh? Is that really true?" The others looked at him in surprise.

Feeling everyone's eyes on him, he said with a hint of pride, "I was a guard at the door on the day of the meeting. I overheard a little!"

As he spoke, he puffed out his chest, completely unaware that a Crow atop the tree above them was preening its feathers with its beak.

In the Shinobi World, Crows were very common creatures, so few people suspected one of being a Summoned Beast gathering intelligence.

In their eyes, Summoned Beasts should have been the type capable of fighting or actively scouting for information, such as dogs.

As for Crows, their efficiency at gathering intelligence was too low. Under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to train one into a summoning beast.

In truth, that was correct. Even Minamoto Takuya's Crows could not gather intelligence on their own. He had to assign every one of them specific tasks, and even frequently use the contract to tell them what to do before they could reach this level.

Since the summoning beasts were unreliable, the summoner could only put in more effort~

Minamoto Takuya dispelled the Clairvoyance Technique. The moment he heard that Konoha ninja had gone to the Land of Rain, he had already figured it out.

The war had not yet ended. At this time, the only person who would go to the Land of Rain and directly seek out Hanzo was Shimura Danzō, who wanted to cause trouble for the Akatsuki Organization.

As for why Shimura Danzō was targeting the Akatsuki Organization, saying he wanted the Rinnegan made no sense. Even Hanzo, who was in the Land of Rain, had not known of the Rinnegan until before Yahiko was killed.

Shimura Danzō, far away in Konoha, knew even less. The reason he helped Hanzo was probably truly to find a sufficiently powerful backer for his bid to become Hokage.

All that could be said was that those who brought ruin upon themselves could not be saved. If he had not lived in a large village like Konoha, and if Nagato had not been reluctant to come knocking so easily, he would probably have long since been killed by Nagato's Six Paths, just like Hanzo.

At that moment, Minamoto Takuya looked at the Shadow Clones still training. They had finished practicing Leaf Cutting and Kunai Penetrating Trees, and had begun integrating the nature transformation of Wind Release into the Rasengan.

But in such a short time, they naturally had not yet mastered Wind Release: Rasengan.

And now, he no longer had time to continue studying in peace.

Before long, Minamoto Takuya found a suitable mission and left the village.

This time, he did not use the Summoning Technique. Although he had no summoning markers placed inside the Land of Rain, he did have some relatively nearby.

He simply was not in much of a hurry. Hanzo and Shimura Danzō wanted to make a move against the Akatsuki Organization, and their excuse for luring them out was...

They wanted to borrow the Akatsuki Organization's strength to present a Peace Negotiation Proposal to the Three Great Nations of Fire, Wind, and Earth.

As the Leader of the Akatsuki Organization, Yahiko had been taught by Jiraiya and was an idealist filled with hopes for peace.

Therefore, even if he knew this might be a trap, he could not possibly let such an opportunity to end the war slip away.

But they could not meet immediately. The Akatsuki Organization would certainly discuss it first, then arrange a time for the meeting.

That was already more than enough time for Minamoto Takuya.

For the first time in a long while, Minamoto Takuya relied on his own legs to head toward the Land of Rain. His speed was extremely fast, and it seemed the Body Flicker Technique was not the only reason.

That was right. The reason he had not chosen to travel with the Summoning Technique was to train his speed.

Speed = one's own ability - resistance

To improve one's own ability, in his previous life one would naturally train hard. The same applied in the ninja world. One could also use lightning to enhance the activity of one's muscles.

But Minamoto Takuya had not yet mastered that, so he could not use it for the time being.

What he was mainly practicing now was reducing the resistance he encountered. In other words, he used Wind Release to reduce air resistance while moving at high speed, and even used wind speed to accelerate his movement.

The effect of a tailwind on running was well known. Even in his previous life, world-class sprinters could easily break world records with huge blowers placed behind them. That showed just how much wind affected speed.

Minamoto Takuya's idea was to use Wind Release to reduce external resistance and provide external propulsion, then use Lightning Release to increase his own capabilities.

If he could train those two methods until they became instinctive, his speed would definitely not be slow!

Of all martial arts, speed was unbeatable!

Minamoto Takuya was training exactly that now. Merely knowing the theory was not enough.

In a battle that truly concerned life and death, he could not afford to divide his attention to manipulate Wind Release and Lightning Release. He had to train for a long time until it became instinct!

Thus, Minamoto Takuya trained as he hurried toward the Land of Rain!