Three Body Technique

Kakashi felt that Keiyun was thinking about something unhealthy, but he had no proof.

"You mean having Ninja Beasts use the Transformation Technique? But the Transformation Technique is a ninjutsu tailored for humans. Ninja Beasts can't learn it!" Kakashi said.

"Huh? Transformation Technique?" Kamiya Keiyun blinked. Going by the name, it let you transform?

There was a technique like that?

"Right, the Transformation Technique, Substitution Technique, and Clone Technique are collectively known as the Three Body Technique. We should be able to learn them in our second year!" Kakashi said proudly. "But I've already learned them!"

"There's even a Clone Technique?" Kamiya Keiyun's interest immediately soared. Hadn't he been annoyed that classes wasted too much time? If he had a Clone Technique, couldn't he send a clone to school while he found somewhere to train?

He could even use a clone to create an alibi while he went off to carry out assassinations.

"Can you teach me?" Kamiya Keiyun immediately grabbed Kakashi's arm. "Brother—no, big brother. From today onward, you're my big brother!"

"Uh..." Kakashi had never seen someone so shameless. He hurriedly shook off Kamiya Keiyun's hand and said, "Ninjutsu is personal classified knowledge. Don't do that in the future—begging to learn whenever you see someone else's ninjutsu is taboo!"

"Is that so?" Kamiya Keiyun nodded. He had suspected as much. The village seemed to keep knowledge under very tight control.

But hadn't Kakashi just said that they could learn the Three Body Technique in their second year? Clearly, these three techniques weren't the sort that needed to be kept secret.

"Still, these three are universal ninjutsu that can be learned at the academy. If you want to learn them, I can teach you. Don't be fooled by how basic they are—they're difficult to learn. Some people attend school for four or five years and still can't master them!" Kakashi said smugly.

Kamiya Keiyun felt that Kakashi was still showing off.

"It's fine. I'll give it a try!" Kamiya Keiyun said. "How do I do it?"

"Let's go to class first. I'll teach you after class!" The teacher had already arrived.

It was another boring literacy lesson. After class, the two headed to the academy's backyard.

"Which one do you want to learn first?" Kakashi asked.

"The Clone Technique!" Kamiya Keiyun answered without hesitation.

"Alright, I'll demonstrate it once first!" Kakashi formed Hand Seals, and with a bang, another Kakashi appeared beside him.

"Holy shit!" Kamiya Keiyun jumped. He really could make a clone!

Curiously, he reached out and poked it. The clone burst like a bubble at the touch of his finger!

"Uh..." Kamiya Keiyun was speechless. "It's an illusion?!"

"That's right. A clone created by the Clone Technique is just an illusion. It disperses as soon as it receives the slightest external stimulus!" Kakashi said.

Kamiya Keiyun nodded. That was not its only problem. The clone was not particularly detailed either. Compared to a real person, it was like comparing 4K Blu-ray to 720p HD—many parts were blurry.

Forget ninja; even an ordinary person could spot the difference between the real person and the clone if they paid attention.

It seemed like using this clone to impersonate himself in class would not work very well.

"This technique is generally used to lure enemies or distract them!" Kakashi said. "The seals are Ram-Snake-tiger. At the same time, follow the feeling of the seals and mobilize the Chakra inside your body. Give it a try."

Kamiya Keiyun was excited. Although the Clone Technique looked pretty lousy and had many flaws, it was still the first ninjutsu he had ever learned!

Tsk, it was already Chapter 26, and he was only learning his first ninjutsu. That was a little ridiculous.

Hand Seals.

When Kamiya Keiyun had practiced Hand Seals before, he had not possessed any Chakra. This was the first time he had formed Hand Seals while Chakra existed within his body.

Sure enough, the Chakra inside him began flowing on its own in response to the Hand Seals.

And that flow was even far more responsive than when Kamiya Keiyun controlled it with his spiritual power!

"Amazing. I've practiced the Bright Virtue Method for so many days, yet my Chakra Control is worse than the very first Hand Seals I formed?" Kamiya Keiyun immediately realized that these twelve seals seemed to be the orthodox method of controlling Chakra, while methods like his—training Chakra Control and directing Chakra through various meridians—were the unorthodox path!

Yet he had indeed come a long way down that unorthodox path. Compared to forming Hand Seals, he was still somewhat behind, but catching up was only a matter of time.

"So maybe mine is actually the orthodox path, but because it's too slow, this shortcut of using Hand Seals to control Chakra became mainstream!" Kamiya Keiyun thought about it. Wasn't that an example of bad money driving out good?

Kamiya Keiyun did not know which method was right, but since nothing major had gone wrong on his own path, he could continue practicing the Bright Virtue Method.

Besides, look at this—he still had to form Hand Seals just to make a clone. If he formed Hand Seals in battle, wouldn't his opponent become wary?

But if his control over the Chakra in his body became strong enough, he could use ninjutsu without Hand Seals. How would the enemy guard against that?

His thoughts took only an instant. Beside him, a clone had already been created.

The clone looked extremely similar to Kamiya Keiyun, and it was quite clear as well. There was barely any visible difference between it and the real Keiyun!

"So... it worked?" Kamiya Keiyun froze for a moment, then looked at Kakashi.

He had learned it from Kakashi, so whether it counted as success still had to be judged by Kakashi.

Then he saw that Kakashi's expression was extremely complicated.

"Are you messing with me?"

"What?"

"You hadn't learned this before?"

"No. I hadn't even heard the name of this technique before!"

Kakashi stared seriously at Kamiya Keiyun, studying him for a long while before reaching a conclusion.

What he said might be true.

So someone who had never learned ninjutsu before had not only succeeded in using the Clone Technique on his first try, but had created a clone even more perfect than Kakashi's?

Was that even scientific?

Or was I, this so-called genius, actually a fake, while he was the real genius?

"Let's try the Transformation Technique!" Kakashi refused to believe it and decided to struggle one last time.

"The seal is Ram. Cover yourself with Chakra, then picture the person or object you want to become. But the object cannot be too large!" Kakashi said as he raised his hands and formed Hand Seals.

The next second, there was another bang, and Kakashi transformed into Kamiya Keiyun.

As usual, Keiyun reached out and poked him. This time, he did not burst!

"Objects transformed through the Transformation Technique have physical substance!" Kakashi said. He formed Hand Seals again and turned back into Kakashi. Then he formed Hand Seals once more and turned into a Wooden Stake!

Keiyun hurried over and circled around it, examining it from every angle. To his astonishment, it really was a tree stump!

Bang!

The tree stump turned back into Kakashi.

"Give it a try!" Kakashi said.

"Alright!" Kamiya Keiyun raised his hands and formed Hand Seals, picturing a sword in his mind.

Bang!

He himself had transformed into a silver-glinting, gold-tipped double-edged Han sword!

Dragon patterns were engraved on the blade, and it gleamed with a chilling light beneath the sun.

It was the Han sword he had bought in his previous life to keep in his dorm room and supposedly suppress bad luck. Really, he had just bought it for fun.

The next second, Kamiya Keiyun released the Transformation Technique, his face filled with shock.

I really turned into a sword!

But when I became a sword, I didn't seem to lose my perception of the outside world. It was as though the one that became the sword wasn't me.

This technique is kind of terrifying. Was the sword I transformed into a real sword? Was it made of steel?

If it was, then why would I need to buy materials? Couldn't I just transform materials into existence—or directly make Paraquat?

This isn't a Transformation Technique. This is a godly creation technique!

"Th-this is a technique we can learn in our second year?" Kamiya Keiyun asked shakily.

"Yeah. You learned it again, just as expected!" Kakashi's mood was complicated. He almost wanted to leave.

So this was what it felt like to teach a genius and then get crushed by him. I could kind of understand all those teachers from the Hatake Clan who had taught me.

"Enough nonsense. I'll teach you the last technique." Kakashi raised his hands and formed Hand Seals. "Ram-Boar-Ox-Dog-tiger. But the prerequisite for this technique is preparing a substitute object. We generally use Wooden Stakes. Leave your Chakra on the Wooden Stake, then it can swap the positions of your real body and the stake. This is a very useful escape ninjutsu."

The Substitution Technique?

This was spatial coordinate swapping!

If I had Ruri carry a Wooden Stake out of the village, then used this technique, could I leave the village without anyone noticing?

This was the Three Body Technique?

More like the Three Divine Techniques!