Feather Banner's Admonishment

If one were to categorize it, the "Shadow Control" Hanyu is currently using should be classified as a high-speed taijutsu within the framework of composite ninjutsu, which could be called a Body Flicker Technique... After all, any ninjutsu capable of large-scale displacement in a short time can be called a Body Flicker, yet this is by no means the same thing as space-time ninjutsu.

No matter how fast his speed is, it still involves crossing continuous space over continuous time; it does not involve the constant jumping and shifting between points in space-time like the "Flying Thunder God."

Furthermore, although Hanyu claims the technique he is using is called "Lightning Style: Shadow Control," in reality, that is not the case at all. Lightning Style is merely the facade of this technique; its true essence and core lie in the hidden Water Style pseudo-meridians, which are the vital foundation.

Pseudo-meridians are not actual meridians, which is why Hanyu refers to the ninjutsu that constructs these pseudo-meridians as "Water Style: Great Ancestral Record."

Hanyu's special Lightning Style state is precisely the product of combining these two styles; therefore, the correct way to refer to the technique he is currently using is "Lightning-Water Style: Shadow Control Great Ancestral Record."

Undoubtedly, in terms of rank, this should be an S-rank high-difficulty ninjutsu. However, in reality, such difficulty classifications are meaningless because, regardless of whether the difficulty is high or low, this type of composite ninjutsu is something only Hanyu himself can use.

Ultimately, it comes down to that same issue—the "problem of dual-attribute chakra fusion versus coexistence within a single ninja life architecture."

Currently, Hanyu seems to be the only special case capable of breaking through this shackle. Therefore, even if the entire training procedure for this technique were written down without reservation and taught hand-in-hand, it would be impossible for anyone else to learn it.

Even if someone were to achieve some results during such training, what they would learn would be "Kekkei Genkai: Storm Style," not the "Shadow Control Great Ancestral Record."

Comparing the two, Storm Style naturally possesses higher lethality and efficiency, but it loses the high-speed capability brought about by Lightning Style stimulating the body. Therefore, in a comprehensive comparison, even if Hanyu had a choice, he would still choose his own "Shadow Control" over Storm Style... Even if Lightning Style were weaker than Storm Style, in reality, Lightning Style lacks no lethality whatsoever.

When dealing with ninjas, there is often no difference in the lethal effect between five million tons of TNT equivalent and fifty million tons of equivalent... It is nothing more than an instant kill.

But a ninja with speed and a ninja without speed are two completely different creatures.

Lightning Style is a wild, unbridled energy. Most of the time, ninjas can only exert crude control over it. While it possesses immense lethality, it also places a great physical burden on the user. Chidori and Chidori Current, which share high similarities with Hanyu's development of the Shadow Control technique, both suffer from this situation.

Compared to Chidori, Hanyu's Shadow Control has clear advantages.

First, the Lightning Style Hanyu uses has reduced the physical burden that Lightning Style typically places on a ninja to an extreme degree; its negative effects are nearly non-existent.

Second, Shadow Control is essentially a cyclical Lightning Style, not a divergent one like Chidori. Therefore, the efficiency of Hanyu's chakra utilization is extremely high. Coupled with the aforementioned lack of burden on the user, Hanyu's technique can be sustained for a long time. It possesses both the pure, one-hit-kill attribute of Lightning Style and the ability to be used as a high-speed taijutsu during prolonged combat.

Third, because Hanyu's Lightning Style is controllable and cyclical, it possesses a docile side beneath its violent attributes. Therefore, he can further adjust his output rate through overclocking or underclocking, thereby adjusting the power and speed of the technique. He can maintain god-like speed while possessing greater flexibility. Thus, Hanyu will not be like Kakashi, who, when first using Chidori, could only perform linear assaults between two points... With that simple movement method, the advantage brought by speed is greatly diminished. Even if the speed is fast, how much effect can it have if the enemy calculates the path?

Finally, because the chakra within Hanyu's body is performing an orderly dual-cycle while using the Shadow Control Great Ancestral Record, this multiplied efficiency of chakra circulation further enhances his physical constitution. Whether it is strength or attack power, it far exceeds what it was before; this is the advantage brought by simple dual-threading. Based on this, Hanyu has even decided to maintain the second set of pseudo-meridians during his daily life.

Of course, the common flaws of high-speed taijutsu also exist in Hanyu's Shadow Control. The most iconic problem is that using this technique requires extremely high insight. Hanyu possesses neither the Byakugan nor the Sharingan. Even if his dynamic vision is excellent, this excellence remains within the conventional category... When the movements are too fast and the spectators' eyes cannot keep up, it is also difficult for Hanyu's own eyes to keep up.

Fortunately, the Shadow Control Great Ancestral Record is merely a foundation; it has not yet been fully developed.

"The first phase of the experiment seems successful, so let's proceed with further attempts." Saying this, Hanyu stepped back from Koga and the others and walked to a more distant place.

"There is a second phase?" Hatake Sakumo was even more astonished.

The training Hanyu had been doing over the past few days was nothing more than turning himself into a water-logged pig and then struggling to restore his form... Could such a simple process allow a ninja to have an epiphany and develop such a powerful ninjutsu?

Do pigs actually have such high value?

Hatake clearly had not seen the situation where the price of pork across the Land of Fire skyrocketed due to swine fever, so if one were to answer his question simply... Yes, pigs have exactly that much value.

Hanyu ignored Hatake's surprised words. He thought to himself, could it be that he had gone to such great lengths just to insert a Lightning Style wire into his body? Could that be enough to satisfy him?

Standing on the lake surface once again, Hanyu began to mobilize the special Water Style within his pseudo-meridians. Previously, it had only remained within his body, but now he intended to disperse this Water Style within a ten-meter radius around his body... The Great Ancestral Record was developed as a special type of Water Style, possessing extremely high conduction efficiency and exceptionally high sensory agility.

Afterward, the blue electric arcs that occasionally radiated from Hanyu's body became more frequent and brighter.

Although the Water Style dispersed outside was far less concentrated or dense than that within the pseudo-meridians—to the point that, to the naked eye, there was nothing around Hanyu's body—the Lightning Style he radiated was precisely filling the ten-meter radius around him along this arrangement.

After completing this, Hanyu attempted to move in the same way as before, and then...

He achieved an even greater movement speed than before!

This point could not be observed by the naked eyes of others, as their eyes had already failed to keep up from the very beginning, but Hanyu could feel it clearly himself.

What he had just done seemed simple, but it exerted an unimaginable effect. Through that arrangement, Hanyu had pre-set a weak electric field filled with faint Lightning Style around his body. It was precisely because of this "pre-heating" and environmental assimilation that when Hanyu moved within this electric field, his high-speed Lightning Style would once again break through the limits of his movement speed.

This undoubtedly increased Hanyu's chakra consumption, but the benefits brought were far more than just a further increase in speed—by utilizing that dispersed chakra, Hanyu could achieve a massive improvement in his sensory capabilities. During the process of using high-speed Lightning Style, the lack of insight from his eyes could be completely compensated for by more delicate dynamic perception.

This was inspired by the previous Mist Village technique, and Hanyu's Water Style: Great Ancestral Record possessed far more delicate and powerful sensory capabilities than the Mist Village technique.

Thus, in the blink of an eye, Hanyu no longer needed to be a blind man.

Compared to the Chidori-series Lightning Style ninjutsu, the disadvantage of Hanyu's Shadow Control is that it lacks the high-level paralysis effect of the former. Shadow Control does not carry control effects, but Hanyu does not need that kind of Lightning Style paralysis... Paralyzing others requires one to first invest skill points into paralysis resistance; to put it bluntly, it is still a helpless method of "killing a thousand enemies while suffering eight hundred losses."

It is precisely because they cannot avoid the paralysis brought by Lightning Style that they are forced to use it as a weapon.

But Hanyu is different. He can avoid the negative effects of Lightning Style, discarding the dross and selecting the essence; all he needs is the extreme speed brought by Lightning Style.

Therefore...

If one were to ask: Between you and that Kakashi, who is faster?

One may answer: The master is faster; how could that Kakashi ever hope to compare?

Lightning-Water Style: Shadow Control Great Ancestral Record is a ninjutsu far superior to Lightning Style: Chidori.