Water Escape, Water Palm Prison Technique!

A week passed quietly. After a week of rest and replenishment, Jiogan and the others were in peak condition, ready to take on the second phase of their patrol mission!

Inside the command tent, the six members of Patrol Squad 36 stood in formation before the desk. "Maruboshi Kosuke, your Patrol Squad 36's patrol area this time is in the southern forest area of the eastern front!" Torifu Akimichi pointed to a location on the map on the desk.

This area was the second defense zone after the coastline defense zone, surrounded by woods. The size of this patrol area was basically the same as the last one, but it was farther from the outpost. It would take half a day to travel there, whereas the previous eastern coastline only took three hours.

After accepting the mission, Patrol Squad 36 immediately set off for the new defense zone.

It was worth mentioning that this defense zone was very close to Jiogan's hometown. Jiogan's father, Takoyakiwan, grew up in a fishing village on the southeastern coastline of the Land of Fire. However, there were no relatives of Jiogan left in the fishing village.

The fishing village was located in the adjacent coastline defense zone of Patrol Squad 36. Under normal circumstances, Jiogan was not allowed to go to a neighboring defense zone without authorization.

Jiogan himself was fine. After all, he was a transmigrator. In his heart, Blue Star was his true home. However, if he had the chance to visit his cheap father's hometown, he imagined his cheap father would be pleased.

Time passed quickly. Ten days went by. Since this defense zone was entirely within the woods, the team assignment was simple. The six members set up an outpost in the central area of the defense zone and established three isolation belts. Each isolation belt had a two-person team, and they would return to the outpost at fixed times each day to communicate intelligence.

Everything had been peaceful for these ten days. Jiogan had also taken this opportunity during the patrol mission to master the Qi Sensing Technique. He scanned the defense zone daily, so Kurama Feiyun, who was in the same team as Jiogan, was the most relaxed mentally. She even had time to practice genjutsu. This was the benefit of being around a sensor ninja: peace of mind and security.

Jiogan also sparred with Kurama Feiyun, guiding her in taijutsu. Inuzuka Yoru's dog-like sensing ability had also greatly improved due to the continuous patrol missions, making him look more like a sensor ninja!

Moreover, since his last enlightenment and merging with heaven and earth, Jiogan's understanding of Water Release Ninjutsu had also improved significantly. He had even developed a unique Water Release Ninjutsu, the Water Release: Water Palm Prison Technique!

When cast, a two-meter-wide, palm-shaped water release appeared in front of him. It would rush towards the enemy at extreme speed, then grasp the enemy and transform into a water prison, sealing the enemy's ability to move. It lasted for two minutes, which could be considered an upgraded version of the Water Prison Technique!

It got rid of the many limitations of the Water Prison Technique, such as needing to be cast at close range and requiring physical contact with the water prison to continuously consume chakra to maintain it.

In creating this ninjutsu, Jiogan had referenced Gaara's Sand Binding Burial. However, unlike the bloody lethality of Sand Binding Burial, the Water Palm Prison Technique focused on sealing and controlling the enemy. The future development direction would prioritize increasing the speed of the water palm for now.

According to Jiogan's vision, the Water Palm Prison Technique was a highly mobile control-type ninjutsu. On the battlefield, the elusive water palm would quickly control the entire area! Becoming the enemy's nightmare.

Currently, only Kurama Feiyun knew about this newly developed ninjutsu by Jiogan. However, Jiogan had no intention of deliberately hiding it. As the first ninjutsu truly developed by himself, he intended to make it his signature move, not a trump card.

The difficulty level of the Water Release: Water Palm Prison Technique was A-rank, while the ordinary Water Prison Technique was already B-rank.

What Jiogan didn't know yet was that in the future, this ninjutsu would earn him the nickname "Cage Maniac" on the battlefield!

Soon, the fifteenth day arrived. This was the last day of Jiogan and the others' second patrol mission. They had expected to continue without incident until they returned to the outpost to report.

However, a red signal flare shattered the peace of the last day!

"Feiyun! We have a situation! Towards the coastline! It's a signal for reinforcements!" Jiogan saw the signal flare immediately and said to Kurama Feiyun.

With that, Jiogan immediately mobilized the Qi in his Dantian and activated the Qi Sensing Technique!

"Signal flare direction! A large-scale battle is occurring! The enemy is from Kirigakure! There are ten of them! Our side has only four ninja left! Two have already been casualties! We are retreating! We need support as soon as possible!" Jiogan relayed the perceived situation to Kurama Feiyun, and the two quickly moved towards the location of the incident.

Jiogan and Kurama Feiyun's defense zone was in the second tier, the center of the defense zone, five kilometers away from the incident site. The first tier was Inuzuka Yoru and Okamura Taro, who were closest to the incident site. Maruboshi Kosuke and Anima were in the third tier, the farthest away.

"Yoru and Taro have already gone to support and will reach the battlefield soon!" Jiogan sensed. "Feiyun, let's speed up! There are three Chunin among the enemy! I'm worried Yoru and the others won't be able to hold on and will be in danger!"

With that said, the two sped up again. The distance between them was very close now, and they could already hear the sounds of battle ahead!

Inuzuka Yoru and Okamura Taro quickly arrived at the scene. The Konoha ninja in the defense zone were retreating steadily, led by a Chunin who was struggling to hold on.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!" Okamura Taro immediately used Earth Release Ninjutsu to block some of the Kirigakure attacks! Inuzuka Yoru also threw several Shuriken towards the Kirigakure ninja!

The Kirigakure offensive paused briefly, giving the Konoha ninja a chance to catch their breath and regroup!

Six against ten, the advantage was still with the Kirigakure side! Two Kirigakure ninja unleashed the Great Waterfall Technique, spewing streams of water towards Inuzuka Yoru and the others. Okamura Taro immediately used Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall again for defense, but it clearly couldn't withstand the combined assault of two people! The water flowed around and attacked from behind again. Two Konoha ninja used the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique to cancel out this wave of Kirigakure attacks, but it also produced a large amount of dense fog!

Seeing this, the Kirigakure ninja showed fierce smiles! Kirigakure ninja were most skilled at fighting in fog.

The Konoha ninja temporarily lost sight and fell into a very passive situation.

"Woof woof!" Ranmaru's bark rang out, and Inuzuka Yoru immediately warned, "Taro, there's an enemy in front of you!"

Okamura Taro reacted immediately, shooting out a few Shuriken forward, and then heard a scream. One Kirigakure ninja was eliminated!

"So there's a Sensor Ninja? From the Inuzuka Clan!" the leading Kirigakure ninja said fiercely, "Take him out first!"

With that said, a Kirigakure Chunin charged towards Inuzuka Yoru's position and swung his sword, but was kicked flying by a sudden kick!

"Leaf Great Whirlwind!"

It turned out Jiogan had arrived in time!

"Tch, more reinforcements! Eliminate them all!" the leading Kirigakure ninja said.

Jiogan clasped his hands together, "Water Release: Water Wall!"

A rapidly spinning Water Tornado appeared, carrying airflow, dispersing all the Kirigakure attacks and the surrounding mist!

Seeing that the first person had neutralized all their attacks, the leading Kirigakure ninja immediately understood that a troublesome opponent had arrived!

But Jiogan didn't give them a second chance to attack. He used Water Release: Water Gun, spitting out three dark blue water balls in succession, attacking the closest Kirigakure Chunin and two Genin. The three were eliminated before they could react!

Meanwhile, Kurama Feiyun also arrived at the scene and stood directly at the forefront, attracting the attention of the Kirigakure ninja! She immediately used the genjutsu Hell Viewing Technique! Pulling several Kirigakure ninja into the illusion!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Inuzuka Yoru immediately used Fang Over Fang, instantly eliminating two people!

However, the commotion was too great, causing the remaining six Kirigakure ninja to break free from the illusion and immediately retreat!

Jiogan didn't give them a chance to retreat. He unleashed Water Release: Water Palm Prison Technique! Six water palms flew towards the six Kirigakure ninja. The closest Genin was caught by a water palm and immediately trapped, losing all ability to move!

Then came the others. The leading Kirigakure ninja fled the fastest. Seeing that he couldn't dodge, he immediately threw an Explosive Tag, and the water palm was blown apart!

Jiogan frowned. Three more water palms flew out. The leading Kirigakure ninja was terrified and threw another Explosive Tag, blowing apart one water palm. However, he didn't have time to use the third one. The remaining two water palms slammed together fiercely, knocking the leading Kirigakure ninja unconscious, and then formed a water prison, trapping him inside!

Thus, the Water Palm Prison Technique made its debut in the ninja world! The battle also ended with it!