Success
Accompanied by the unique sound of Summoning Technique, Uchiha Hikari, accompanied by Jiraiya, arrived at Mount Myōboku.
"Oh, so this is the Uchiha brat Jiraiya was talking about?"
Instead of two immortals, they were greeted by Gama Bunta with a pipe in his mouth.
Upon hearing the rude address, Uchiha Hikari frowned and abruptly turned to look in Gama Bunta's direction. A strong killing intent instantly enveloped the giant Toad, causing him to instinctively grip the short sword on his back.
"Not bad, you actually managed to scare me."
However, Gamabunta quickly regained his composure, and knowing that his opponent was not to be underestimated, his tone softened considerably.
This brat managed to scare Gamabunta away with just a glance.
Jiraiya's fear of Uchiha Hikari deepened.
Indeed, it's best to keep this ticking time bomb by Kazashiro's side.
If we're going to blow something up, we should only blow up that wretched brat.
Led by Gamabunta, Uchiha Hikari quickly spotted Kazehaku sitting Kazashiro on the ground.
More than a month has passed since Kazashiro arrived at Mount Myōboku. Nagato's Sage Mode is already taking shape, but Kazashiro is still the same as when he first arrived, simply absorbing Natural Energy without any sign of awakening.
What is he doing?
After watching from a distance for a while, Uchiha Hikari turned to look at Jiraiya.
"By absorbing Natural Energy, I guess he wants to combine the Senjutsu Chakra from Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest to make Sage Techniques even more lethal."
Jiraiya has now guessed Kazashiro's purpose, knowing that the other party probably wants to integrate the cultivation methods of the Three Great Sage Locations.
And indeed, his guess came true.
At this moment, Kazashiro was squatting in the consciousness space, idly circulating the Natural Energy within his body.
"Sigh, as expected, success isn't so easy."
Kazashiro yawned, carefully guiding his abilities through his meridians.
However, he wasn't very lucky, and each attempt ended in failure.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Kazashiro's eyebrows twitched as he sensed a familiar Chakra and quickly recognized the other party's identity.
"Holy crap, why is that guy here? Wait, I don't think I told her I was leaving."
Kazashiro instantly sensed something was wrong, and then, without realizing it, he diverted the Natural Energy to another meridian.
"Oh no, Isobu, I need to get back to reality!"
Kazashiro jumped up from Isobu's head in a panic, ready to end his cultivation immediately.
This is no joke. If these Natural Energy are allowed to run rampant in the body, one might end up like in cultivation novels, suffering a qi deviation and exploding to death.
"Huh? What did you do?"
Isobu belatedly looked up, not understanding why Kazashiro was suddenly so flustered.
Just as Kazashiro was in a flurry of activity, he suddenly realized that his internal condition wasn't as bad as he had imagined.
Or rather, that Natural Energy seemed to be functioning very well. Although there was some stinging in the meridians at first, as the circulation began, this Natural Energy quickly merged with the Chakra in the body, becoming Senjutsu Chakra.
"Oh? Did it work?"
Fukasaku, who was teaching Nagato, suddenly turned his head and nodded with satisfaction.
This kid is indeed exceptionally talented.
In the field of vision of several people, the facial makeup patterns on Feng Bai's face gradually deepened, and yellow eyeshadow appeared on his eyes. As his eyes opened, a "one" pattern appeared in his pupils.
A brand new Sage Mode.
"Drink!"
Kazashiro unleashed a palm strike, and an invisible attack emerged from his palm, piercing through a distant boulder and leaving a sizable hole.
"This move is somewhat similar to the Frog Kumite, which gathers Natural Energy in the palm and then strikes outwards, with an attack range far exceeding that of the Frog Kumite."
Fukasaku immediately saw through the secret of Kazashiro's moves.
"Not bad, Little Kazashiro. I thought it would take you much longer to comprehend it..."
Fukasaku jumped onto Kazashiro's shoulder, about to praise him, but noticed that Kazashiro's expression seemed a little strange.
Following the other person's gaze, Fukasaku saw the Uchiha girl that Jiraiya had mentioned.
"What are you doing here?!"
Kazashiro never expected that Uchiha Hikari would appear here, and even more unexpectedly, his appearance helped him find the correct path to the operation.
"Hmph, of course I'm here to see how you fail in your cultivation and kick the bucket."
Uchiha Hikari's tone remained the same as always.
Their relationship was always accompanied by conflict.
"Cough, how could I possibly fail? If anyone's going to fail, it'll be you."
Kazashiro was speechless at Uchiha Hikari's words, and retorted sharply.
"Heh, that's hard to say. I heard you almost died in the Land of Snow? What a pity, I didn't get to see you in such a sorry state."
"What a joke! What people in the Land of Snow could possibly defeat me? The strongest Artificial Human was utterly pulverized by me."
"Oh? You're that good. So the person I saved the other day who got shot through the knee, you must not have been you, right?"
"You bastard!"
Jiraiya, who was watching the two argue, twitched at the corner of his mouth and suddenly realized that his fear of Uchiha Hikari was completely meaningless.