Still Not Enough. He Needed Stronger Sealing Jutsu

The outcome of the battle between Konoha and Sunagakure in the Land of Rivers quickly spread throughout the Ninja World, and the various ninja villages, large and small, reacted differently. Some remained indifferent, these being the smaller ninja villages far from the two great nations. Of course, there were also ninja villages that cared deeply about this matter, with Iwagakure and Cloud Village being the most concerned.

In Ōnoki's eyes, Sunagakure was utterly useless, losing every battle they'd fought against Konoha since the start of the war. They were even holding Konoha's attention back then, yet Sunagakure was performing so poorly. Weren't they supposed to be so formidable against Iwagakure?

If he hadn't known it was impossible, he would have suspected that the Fourth Kazekage was supported by Konoha and was there specifically to send people to Konoha deaths.

As for the Third Raikage, this great battle was undoubtedly great news for him. The Sunagakure's defeat meant that their strength would suffer a significant loss, which was a huge boon for the Cloud Village forces that were about to infiltrate the Land of Wind, as they would face far fewer Sand Village Ninja.

Overwhelmed with excitement, Raikage unconsciously added two more weights to the dumbbells he was holding, trying to suppress his elation. He was now eagerly anticipating that his troops would bring him even more spoils!

While the entire Ninja World was speculating whether Konoha and Sunagakure would once again turn people's brains into dog brains, no one expected that the two villages would, contrary to their usual behavior, maintain considerable restraint and refrain from launching a new war.

Everyone in the Ninja World believed that the two villages were licking their wounds and redeploying their forces in preparation for an even bigger conflict.

Amidst this eerie tranquility, at the Konoha Camp in the Land of Rivers, Jiraiya finally received orders from the village.

In the Central Army Tent, Jiraiya looked at the orders in his hand and sighed helplessly. What was bound to happen would happen. From the moment of victory in this battle, he had already thought that the village would cut spending on the Southern Front and instead support other fronts.

Jiraiya casually handed the order to Shikaku, asking him to take a look as well.

Shikaku didn't say much. He took the order and started reading. He read it very quickly, almost skimming through it. He finished reading the long order in no time. When he saw the list of people to be sent back to Konoha, the village's list of personnel, his gaze lingered on one of the names, and he looked puzzled and confused.

He handed the order back to Jiraiya, and seeing his distressed expression, he comforted him, "Lord Jiraiya, why do you have to do this? It's understandable that the village is doing this. The losses in Sunagakure are increasing day by day, and if it's not stopped, it will surely drag down the entire Hidden Konoha."

"Now that we've achieved a great victory, and Sunagakure seems unable to fight any longer, the village will naturally reduce its support here. Isn't that also a contribution we've made?"

Jiraiya naturally understood these principles; he was only disappointed because he hadn't been able to completely defeat Sunagakure.

"However, Lord Jiraiya, there's nothing wrong with the order itself, but why is Taiichi's name on the list of those rotating back to the village? Didn't he just go back? And there's only his name here, not the names of the other members of his squad."

Jiraiya frowned. He had only read the contents of the order, not the attached list, and he hadn't expected the village to issue such an order. Taiichi was an important fighting force on the front lines, and to recall him to the village like this would be a major loss for the Southern Front.

He frowned, pondering the key to this matter, but he couldn't figure it out no matter what. To say that the village was worried that Taichi would achieve Taiichi much merit and become the second White Fang in the future was a bit premature. How old is this guy now? No matter how much merit he has, he can't become the Fourth Hokage.

"Shikaku, what do you think the village means by this?" Unable to figure it out, Jiraiya and directly asked the smartest person in the village.

"Could it be that they're sending Taiichi back to be promoted to Jonin?" Shikaku joked. In reality, he suspected it was because of Jiraiya. After all, Taiichi was practically Jiraiya's disciple. Now that he had made contributions, some of it would naturally be attributed to Jiraiya, which would boost his prestige. If this continued, it would inevitably threaten the Third Kazekage Hokage's position.

Although Shikaku thought this was a bit of an overreaction, well, you never know what politicians are really thinking.

Of course, he would keep all this to himself and wouldn't tell anyone. After all, they were master and disciple, and he, as a third party, shouldn't try to ruin their relationship.

Jiraiya was taken aback by this, realizing that it was indeed a possibility. However, he also knew that Taiichi went back, he probably wouldn't have many chances to return.

Thinking about what Taiichi had done on the front lines since the start of the war, he couldn't help but sigh. With Taiichi gone, the entire Camp was like a pillar that had been lost. If the fighting hadn't subsided, the Camp's operations would have been in chaos for a while.

"Alright, let's not think about that anymore. Go and make the arrangements. Notify the ninjas who are returning to the village to escort the wounded back first thing tomorrow morning, as ordered!"

"Yes, Lord Jiraiya!"

While Jiraiya the others were worrying about Taiichi's return to the village, our main character was exercising in the grove next to the Camp. There were no special tasks at the moment, and Taiichi's only task was to take care of the Medical Camp, which was also being handled by his four Shadow Clones, leaving his main body free.

These past few days Shukaku, Taiichi has been training in the grove, focusing on self-improvement. Although he ultimately defeated Shukaku in his battle, he also realized his own shortcomings.

If it weren't for the immense Chakra provided by the Yin Seal, he could at best remain undefeated against the Tailed Beast; to think he could win would be wishful thinking.

However, the Chakra in the Yin Seal requires a long period of accumulation and is not a conventional method.

Just like now, the once vast Chakra lake in his Sealing Space has shrunk by half. It would be impossible to restore it to its former state in less than a few months.

If a series of major battles were to occur in the future, Chakra within the Yin Seal were to be exhausted, would he then become just another ordinary top-tier Jonin?

Just thinking about it made Taiichi feel resentful. He was not lacking in powerful attack methods. Whether it was the Water Style: Water Severing Wave, the Wind Style: Vacuum Wave, or even the Rasengan, all of them could cause real damage to the Tailed Beast.

But the Tailed Beast are just too big. Shukaku is relatively short, only about 50 meters tall, while the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails are behemoths over 60 meters tall. With such a size, let alone Ninjutsu attacks, even their normal movement causes the earth to shake and mountains to tremble. The destructive power is beyond what ordinary people can withstand.

This time, the battle went so smoothly because of the terrain and the fact that Water Style were somewhat effective against Shukaku. However, it wouldn't be so easy if they encountered other Tailed Beast in the future.

Therefore, what Taiichi lacks most right now is a way to effectively bind the Tailed Beast, and after thinking it over, Taiichi realized that this ultimately comes down to Sealing Jutsu or Genjutsu.

Sage Art like Hashirama Senju Hashirama's Sage Gate of the Great God: Kuan Entering Hand, and the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu: Adamantine Sealing Chains are all powerful Sealing Jutsu that can target Tailed Beast. However, these Sealing Jutsu either utilize Natural Energy or are similar to bloodline inheritance, making them difficult to learn.

But after thinking about how he had already reached level 12 in Sealing Jutsu, Taiichi was filled with confidence again. At worst, he could just develop his own Sealing Jutsu. With the impressions of these Sealing Jutsu and the help of his own panel, he believed that this was not an impossible task.

As for Genjutsu, that's even more difficult to deal with. Genjutsu in the Ninja World is okay against ordinary ninjas, but those that are slightly more powerful almost all involve Kekkei Genkai, such as the Five Senses Control of the Kurama Clan and the Sharingan of the Uchiha. Among these, the Mangekyō Sharingan has a great restraining effect on Tailed Beast.

Taiichi felt a headache coming on. It seemed he would have to go and discuss it with Yohei. It was a pity that Yangping was also not good at Genjutsu. Otherwise, with his Mangekyo foundation, becoming a Genjutsu master would be a relatively simple matter.

Taiichi stopped his frog jumps, having completed his goal of 1000 frog jumps for the day. With his current strength and agility of 26, increasing his attributes further would not be an easy task.

It's not just because his physical strength and agility are high enough, but also because of his age; his body won't officially begin to develop until next year at the earliest.

If this weren't the Ninja World, and if there weren't such miraculous Chakra, he would have ruined himself with this level of training long ago.

After finishing today's practice, Taiichi tidied up the area and headed towards the Camp. He wanted to find Minato and discuss his ideas on Sealing Jutsu to counter the Tailed Beast. In Konoha these days, there weren't many people skilled in Sealing Jutsu, and Minato was one of them.

As soon as Taiichi entered the Camp, he heard a shout directed at him. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a ninja with an anxious expression walking towards him.

What's going on? Given the current situation, what could be so urgent?

Taiichi stood still, waiting for the ninja to approach. Seeing that although the ninja's face was anxious, there was nothing else wrong with him, so he felt relieved. At least it shouldn't be anything bad.

"Lord Taiichi, I've been looking for you for ages!" The man was clearly impatient; before Taiichi reply, he shoved a scroll into Taiichi hands. "Here, this is your transfer order. You'd better pack it quickly, or you won't make it to tomorrow morning's departure time!"

Taiichi was completely bewildered. A transfer order? Where was he being transferred at this time without any prior warning?

He opened the scroll and looked at the order on it. The content was very simple, only stating that he would leave with the main force early the next morning, and that his destination was still Konoha. Looking at the signatory of the transfer order below, there was also the seal of the Hokage's Office, which meant that the village had specifically requested that he return.

Otherwise, given that he had only been on the front lines for two months and would have to return to the village again, unless it was a special mission, he shouldn't even consider it.

"Okay, I received the transfer order. Please look for me everywhere!" Taiichi thanked him politely, always maintaining the proper kindness towards those who helped him.

"It's what I should do. You might not remember, but you saved my life!" Hearing Taiichi's gratitude, the ninja became extremely excited, as if he were seeing an idol.

After Taiichi looked him over carefully again. "You are—the poisoned patient, your name is Yuta, right?"

"Yes, yes, it's an honor that you still remember my name." Yuta seemed very happy, but then he remembered something and hurriedly urged, "The mission was issued a long time ago, you should hurry up and pack up. I heard that many other ninjas who are going back are busy handing over their missions, and the whole Camp is in chaos."

"Okay, thanks for reminding me!" After saying goodbye to Yuta, Taiichi held the transfer order, completely puzzled. He had originally wanted to go find Minato, but now he had to give up on that idea.

He turned and walked towards his tent, preparing to pack his things. He also needed to go to the Medical Camp to hand over his mission; after he left, they wouldn't have so many free laborers available.

Fortunately, there haven't been any major conflicts here yet, and I believe the ninjas in the Medical Camp will be able to complete their tasks well after such a long period of training.

Lifting the tent flap, Taiichi found Yohei and Saori inside. To Taiichi surprise, they were still chatting leisurely, showing no signs of packing their things.

"Did you just get back too? Haven't you received your orders to return to the village yet?" Taiichi asked curiously.

"Back to the village?"

"Transfer order?"

Yohei and Saori looked at each other, clearly unaware of the transfer order.

"We've been meditating in the tent the whole time, we haven't gone anywhere, and no one has sent us any orders."

"How could that be? Just now, Yuta, the ninja who delivered the transfer order to me, said that the transfer order was issued a long time ago. You were in the same team as me when you came, so you should have left together, unless—" Taiichi was a little uncertain. Could it really be as he thought!

"Unless you're the only one going back to the village, the two of us will have to stay on the front lines." Saori reacted quickly, directly stating what Taiichi hadn't said.

Taiichi was truly baffled. They were in the same squad, had come together, but now they were being transferred back to the village alone. This didn't make sense.

Thinking of this, and remembering that there was someone in Konoha High Command who disliked him, and considering his recent great contribution, who knows what might have gotten into him and he might feel offended, find an excuse to transfer him back, and actually try to kill him on the way.

Although these are just Taiichi's own wild thoughts, it is precisely because of the actions of the higher-ups in the past that Taiichi no longer trusts them.

"If we can't go back, then we can't go back. It's wartime now, so we naturally have to obey the village's orders. Anyway, there's not much fighting on the front lines right now, so going back to the village is pretty much the same as staying here. Besides, there are so many ninjas here we can spar with, but we won't have that opportunity if we go back to the village."

Yohei lay on the bed, speaking lazily. But Taiichi knew that he was only saying this because he didn't want him to worry about them, and Taiichi understood his intention.

"In that case, Yohei, I'll treat your eyes one more time. If I go back to the village, there's no set time when I can come out again."

Upon hearing this, Yohei immediately jumped up, looking at Taiichi with anticipation. "Perfect, perfect! I feel like I've been practicing too intensely these past two days, and my eyes are getting blurry. Taiichi, please treat them for me quickly!"

Taiichi did not hesitate and came behind Yohei, placing his hands on either side of Yangping's temples. A faint green light emanated from his hands, slowly nourishing Yohei's eyes.

Silence fell over the tent for a moment.