Lightning Tower

In the afternoon, Qingcheng led a large group of Konoha High Command and used Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique to fly to the Lightning Gorge of Konoha. This gorge, built using Earth Release Ninjutsu, is enormous and located in the very center of the Konoha Forest. Ten kilometers away lies the Forest of Death.

The Konoha has now made Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique public; any legitimate Hidden Konoha Ninja can learn this flying Ninjutsu."

Just like back then, when Qingcheng led the victorious Konoha Ninja back to the village from the Konoha Camp in the Land of Earth, he used Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique to directly transport a large group of Konoha Ninja back to Konoha."

Furthermore, Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique can reduce the weight of the target. During the Fourth Great Ninja War, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, used this Ninjutsu to lift Turtle Island and fly it through the sky.

This Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique is indeed an incredibly powerful Ninjutsu. As soon as it was introduced to Konoha, many Konoha Ninjas skilled in Earth Release Ninjutsu Ninjutsu rushed to learn it.

The members of the Police Force were even more extraordinary; out of a total of one thousand members, more than five hundred had mastered this Ninjutsu, and more than three hundred had learned it.

Secondly, there's the Hayakumo Sōma's Fat Water Squad, with a total of 2,200 members, of whom over 800 have practiced this Ninjutsu, and nearly 300 have mastered it.

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, accompanied by Shouhon Yihan, arrived at the Lightning Gorge in Konoha. Looking at the enormous gorge, Mitokado Homura exclaimed in astonishment, "It's truly a masterpiece of nature! Our Konoha now has its own Lightning Gorge!"

Looking at Mitokado Homura, who was filled with emotion Shouhon Yihan said seriously, "Elder Homura, you still haven't been to Hidden Cloud Village. When I was doing shady business there, Cloud Gorge thundered every night. It was at least twice as high as the Lightning Gorge built by Yamato. Let's go to the top of Lightning Gorge first. That's the territory of Lightning Armor Corps."

The Lightning Gorge is 1,000 meters high, half again as tall as the Hokage Rock. Yamato, Yamato with dozens of Ministry of Agriculture ninja, several hundred Anbu Ninja, and several hundred Konoha Ninja, worked for three days straight to build such a massive gorge.

Lightning Gorge is five kilometers wide and is an oval-shaped mountain. At the summit is a circular training ground covered with a layer of black, tough wooden planks. On the other side, a row of wooden barracks has been built for the members of Lightning Armor Corps to live in.

In the center of the training ground stood a tall tower, its sides covered with Lightning Stones. At the very top of the tower was a massive lightning rod. This tower was also known as the Lightning Tower.

This tower is 500 meters tall, with a 100-meter-high lightning rod at the top. It cost 1.2 billion Ryo and was built by more than 2,800 ninjas working overnight, taking four days to complete.

This Lightning Tower constantly releases electricity, covering the training ground with a layer of electromagnetic force, making it ideal for training Lightning Release Ninjutsu or Magnet Release.

When Qingcheng, Kakashi, and Hayakumo Sōma landed, a large group of fierce-looking Konoha Ninjas immediately surrounded them. These Konoha Ninjas were all members of the Lightning Release Corps; some had their clothes charred black by the electric shock, some had their skin turned black, and some even had their lips curled up from the shock.

When these team members saw Qingcheng, they immediately shouted, "Hokage live the Hokage!"

A group of pouty-faced members were also muttering "Long live the Hokage!"

Looking at this group of elite Konoha Elite Jonin, all of them were bald, or had receding hairlines, some were even bald men, and some had pouty lips. Qingcheng thought to himself, "These team members must have been training in Lightning Armor. They probably didn't control their lightning well and were injured by the backlash from Lightning Release, which is why they're like this."

Qingcheng recalled their previous appearance; they were all high-quality male ninjas, but now they looked like this, even their own mothers wouldn't recognize them.

Then Qingcheng muttered to himself, "We should inject them with the Second-Generation Uchiha Enhancement Vaccine as soon as possible! Otherwise, these Konoha Ninjas are comparable to those dark-skinned Cloud Shinobi from Hidden Cloud Village, and it's quite disgusting to look at them."

"Training Lightning Release Ninjutsu is very dangerous. Lightning Release is extremely difficult to control, especially Lightning Armor, a Lightning Body Technique. Without a body resistant to electricity, it's simply impossible to train it."

Looking at the dark-skinned team members, Kumo-ma said awkwardly, "Didn't I tell you to take it easy? Why are there so many pouty-lipped guys? Isn't this just stabbing me in the trachea? Ding Kun, get out here! I told you to watch them, and how did you do it? Isn't this making me lose face in front of the Hokage?"

Just then, a bald young man dressed entirely in black stepped out from the line.

Looking at Kumo-ma's stern face, Ding Kun said with a wronged expression, "Captain Kumo-ma, we were training around the training ground when suddenly there was thunder, and the Lightning Tower emitted a lot of lightning. We were all electrocuted. We all know that Lightning Release are dangerous, so we didn't dare to train rashly. But this was an accident."

Upon hearing this, Qingcheng couldn't help but laugh. He then said with a smile, "Don't you know you can't stand around iron towers during thunderstorms? Especially lightning towers like this one, which are completely inlaid with Lightning Stones. It's a natural collector of electricity. You deserve to get shocked. I guarantee you'll all be shocked without making a sound."

Ding Kun touched his eyebrows again, then said with a pained expression, "Hokage, my eyebrows were electrocuted! I can't face anyone now, waaaaah!"

Another group, with pouting lips, spoke haltingly, saying, "Lord Hokage, we understand."

Qingcheng looked at the pouty-mouthed team members, then at the charred Ding Kun in front of him, completely unable to believe that this person was the same energetic and spirited Inuyasha Dingkun.

Seeing Ding Kun still sobbing, Qingcheng immediately comforted him, "Don't be afraid, it's just eyebrows, they'll grow back. But it's no longer appropriate for you to be called Ding Kun, how about I change it to Jiao Kun?"

Upon hearing this, Ding Kun said with a pained expression, "Understood, from now on I will be called Inuyasha Jiaokun."

Qingcheng pulled out forty-three doses of the Second-Generation Uchiha Vaccine, then seven doses of the First-Generation Enhancement Vaccine, and said, "Don't cry, just come over and get a shot, I guarantee you'll all be full of energy again."

Ding Kun was overjoyed when he saw the Uchiha Enhancement Vaccines. He said excitedly, "Thank you, Hokage- sama. I don't know what to say. In short, Jiao Kun am grateful to the Hokage- sama."

Kakashi watched as Qingcheng began receiving the vaccine, thinking to himself, "Hokage- sama, how come there are still so many? There's an endless supply of Uchiha Enhancement Vaccines, we can't possibly use them all!"

Seeing Kumo-ma's still embarrassed expression, Qingcheng said directly, "Try to avoid practicing the Lightning Armor in the morning and evening."

Kumo-ma asked, puzzled, "Lord Hokage, why is that? Is it because you can't see at night?"

Qingcheng laughed and said, "Throughout history, those who wield lightning have always been destined for trouble."

Upon hearing this, Kakashi was immediately filled with surprise and exclaimed, "There's actually such a saying?"

Kumo-ma was also quite surprised and quickly replied, "Understood, Lord Hokage. From now on, we will train for the Lightning Armor in the morning, noon, afternoon, and late at night, and rest in the morning and evening."