Huh? Developing Ninjutsu, Is It Difficult?

"Cooking isn't difficult at all, but creating a dish that satisfies someone is truly too hard."

By the waterfall, Kazama Kaguya was scrubbing a pot, his face full of resentment.

His schedule was already extremely tight, and now he had to serve a demanding master, which was even more torture.

The key point was that Kisame Hoshigaki was incredibly picky.

Although he looked like a shark, his palate was anything but shark-like.

He never ate fish, and raw sashimi was absolutely forbidden at the table.

But he liked to eat crab.

The border between the two countries was full of waterfalls and flowing rivers, so river crabs were not scarce and were quite plump.

However, these things had a lot of shell, a strong fishy smell, and were very difficult to prepare. Without some skill in seasoning, the resulting dish was truly hard to swallow.

Today, Kazama Kaguya had remade the dish eight times before he could barely manage to get by.

"Damn Shark Face, eating so many river crabs, he'll be eaten by river crabs sooner or later."

Kazama Kaguya manipulated the water flow, scrubbing the iron pot fiercely, wanting to wash away the fishy smell of the river crabs.

Kisame Hoshigaki picked his teeth on the side, saying contentedly, "Not bad, not bad. Your cooking has improved compared to the last two days. An excellent ninja must have a special skill besides combat."

He was now becoming more and more adept at playing the role of a "guiding Jonin," completely taking the lead.

After cleaning the bits of meat from between his teeth, he looked at Kazama Kaguya with satisfaction and said, "Since your river crab dish today is considered decent, I'll give you a little more guidance."

"For B-rank Ninjutsu, with your talent, developing it won't be difficult. But for A-rank, honestly, it's very hard. I've only developed one myself so far."

"A-rank Ninjutsu either possesses extreme shape transformation and sustained attack capabilities, or it has a special effect. To achieve this, you can start by focusing on composite Ninjutsu or multi-stage overlapping shape transformations."

Kisame Hoshigaki's guidance ended abruptly here.

Kazama Kaguya had intended to listen to him explain further, but before he knew it, Kisame Hoshigaki had vanished with a body flicker.

"Fine, what a demanding master."

Kazama Kaguya shook his head, put away the iron pot, and found a place to continue developing Ninjutsu.

The "Storm Release: Thunder Roar Cannon" he had developed was already a qualified B-rank Ninjutsu.

Next, according to the task given by Kisame Hoshigaki, he still needed to develop three more B-rank Ninjutsu and one A-rank Ninjutsu to meet the requirements.

However, Ninjutsu development, once you have the basic knowledge, is all about creativity.

And creativity was something Kazama Kaguya had in abundance.

Before his transmigration, he had seen too many bizarre and strange techniques. His concern wasn't how to develop the techniques, but how to use Chakra to manifest them.

"Three B-ranks, one A-rank. Start with the easier ones first."

Kazama Kaguya muttered, beginning to ponder the compatibility of the techniques and Chakra.

Soon, the first idea was confirmed.

Sage Art: Storm Release: Light Fang.

This was a technique used by Six Paths Madara, powerful enough that, by incorporating Sage Chakra, it could break through the defense of Truth-Seeking Balls.

Kazama Kaguya intended to develop this technique.

Even without the Sage Chakra, with this technique's attack power, it would definitely rank firmly in the B-rank category.

He acted immediately. With Madara's demonstration and Kazama Kaguya's absolute control over Chakra, the development of this technique only took two hours.

"Storm Release: Light Fang."

Without any hand seals, a pencil-thick purple beam of light was spat out from Kazama Kaguya's mouth, silently.

It lacked the immense power of the Thunder Roar Cannon; apart from a purple laser, there was no sound.

But this little finger-thick purple laser, with a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, pierced through several large mountains before disappearing into the distant horizon.

It was an extremely compressed Storm Release Chakra, possessing astonishing piercing and cutting properties.

"Very good, an excellent single-target attack Ninjutsu that pierces through defenses. Fast burst, as long as it can't be dodged, it's a one-hit kill."

Kazama Kaguya was very satisfied with this technique.

He began developing the second B-rank Ninjutsu.

This time, his inspiration was the same as for "Thunder Roar Cannon," originating from the same place.

This Ninjutsu didn't have much attack power, but it definitely had strong control capabilities.

Furthermore, this Ninjutsu could be linked with the Byakugan, giving it a very high ceiling.

"Storm Release: Nine Luminaries Bind."

Nine bright blue, wedge-shaped light nails, each about a foot long, rapidly formed, entwined with flickering lightning.

When facing an enemy, as long as the Byakugan could see through the acupoints, the guidance function of the Storm Release could bypass defenses and hit 100% accurately.

It would suppress chakra flow by striking acupoints while also using lightning to paralyze the enemy's body.

When necessary, those light nails that pierce the enemy's pressure points can also explode, destroying the opponent's chakra circulation points and causing real damage.

However, there are no enemies right now, so the specific practical combat capabilities need to be tested later.

But without a doubt, this is an excellent B-rank Ninjutsu.

Finally, because he didn't lack attack power, Kazama Kaguya developed a B-rank Ninjutsu with purely supportive effects.

Kazama Kaguya prepared this Ninjutsu specifically to deal with Ninja who rely on their eyes to fight, such as the Uchiha clan.

"Storm Release: Solar Flare."

As Chakra surged, a ball of light the size of a bowl suddenly condensed.

It was entirely silver-white, initially resembling a smooth Dragon Ball, but the next moment, an unbearable bright light erupted.

Everything between heaven and earth was a blur of white.

The light, exceeding the upper limit of retinal reception, covered a radius of over a hundred meters.

This is the ultimate burst of Storm Release's "light" nature. Any eye that dares to look directly at the light will have its retina burned out in an instant, rendering the viewer blind.

Of course, this doesn't apply to the Byakugan, which can close its eyelids.

The Byakugan's field of vision is not affected by light.

"Storm Release: Light Fang," "Storm Release: Nine Celestial Bindings," "Storm Release: Solar Flare," plus the previously iterated "Storm Release: Thunder Roar Cannon."

In just one day, Kazama Kaguya developed four B-rank Ninjutsu, greatly supplementing his combat power.

"Very good, then the next step is A-rank Ninjutsu."

Kazama Kaguya sat down and began to ponder the tips given by Kisame Hoshigaki.

Compound Ninjutsu is ruled out first.

Currently, besides Water Release, he doesn't know any other elemental Ninjutsu, and their compatibility isn't very high.

Therefore, he can only start with multi-stage shape transformations.

Ever since Kazama Kaguya became an Otsutsuki, he has essentially gained administrator privileges over the energy known as Chakra.

After studying for these past few days, combined with the experience gained from developing B-rank Ninjutsu, he has made initial progress in multi-stage shape transformation stacking.

He condensed beams of laser light and began practicing adding secondary, even tertiary, shape transformations to the lasers.

The blue-silver lasers constantly changed shape around him.

Sometimes they turned into chains, sometimes into dragon forms, sometimes exploding into dense lightning, and sometimes becoming exceptionally stable.

"Ultimate shape transformation, multi-stage, sustained combat capability."

Kazama Kaguya muttered the standards for A-rank Ninjutsu. The more he thought about it, the clearer an idea became.

He couldn't develop an A-rank Ninjutsu with special abilities for now.

However, he was confident he could create an A-rank with explosive attack power that met the aforementioned conditions.

"I need to develop an A-rank Storm Release with extremely long attack range and immense attack power."

If he's going to do it, he'll do it the best and strongest.

This was the first A-rank Ninjutsu he, Kazama Kaguya, had ever developed.

When it was released, it had to be explosive, eye-catching, and shock the world.

With his mind made up, Kazama Kaguya began to work on developing Ninjutsu day and night.

For two full days, he was like a madman, failing countless times yet getting back up.

The light and roars of Storm Release echoed throughout the borderlands, attracting Ninja patrolling from Konoha and Takigakure to observe from a distance.

His body was covered in scorched marks.

These were the results of being injured by the explosive Storm Release due to development failures.

Until the last day, as the last ray of the setting sun disappeared, a pillar of light that pierced the heavens began to rise.

A-rank Storm Release was successful.