Ryusuke's Experiment

Haku had barely left when Kakashi Hatake fell unconscious from overusing the Sharingan.

Although, in Ryusuke's previous life, Kakashi Hatake had been jokingly called the unit used to measure chakra by countless netizens.

In reality, however, Kakashi Hatake's chakra reserves were as terrifying as the Sage Bodies of the Uzumaki Clan and Senju Clan.

At the age of five, Kakashi Hatake had already been able to use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Without the Sharingan being a burden in the original story, Kakashi Hatake had developed Purple Electricity within just a few years and attained strength on the level of the Five Kage.

His chakra reserves were so immense that he could even use Earth Release to encircle Konoha in a ring.

Fortunately, his chakra reserves had been extraordinary since childhood. Otherwise, after receiving the Sharingan transplant, Kakashi Hatake would have long since died from the chakra it consumed every moment.

Haku did not know that his enemy had also reached his limit. Even if he had known, given his personality, he would not have attacked Team 7.

After taking Zabuza Momochi away, Haku used the Body Flicker Technique at full speed, wanting to return to where they lived as quickly as possible to treat Lord Zabuza.

Just then, a shadow suddenly appeared before Haku.

More accurately, a huge shadow swept over him from behind.

The sound of surging waves reached his ears. Haku turned around, and the expression beneath his mask changed drastically.

A massive wave, like Sea God's Hand, came crashing down at him.

Already in the midst of using the Body Flicker Technique, Haku had no way to evade.

He did not even have time to consider how this wave had appeared, or why the person who had cast this ninjutsu had gotten so close without him noticing at all.

Haku instinctively formed a One-Handed Seal.

"Ice Release: Ice Rock Dome No Jutsu!"

The moisture in the air rapidly condensed, forming a massive wall of ice.

Haku held Zabuza Momochi in front of him and hid behind the ice wall.

The enormous wave slammed heavily into the ice wall.

The lethality of Water Release lay in its impact and weight.

The wave struck the enormous ice wall and immediately shattered the thick barrier, swallowing Haku and Zabuza Momochi behind it.

Fortunately, the ice wall had absorbed much of the impact. As Haku was swept away by the wave, he did not feel his insides churning, and Lord Zabuza's injuries did not worsen.

Just as Haku let the wave carry him away and gathered chakra beneath his feet, preparing to use the Body Flicker Technique to escape as soon as the wave subsided.

A large amount of white mist suddenly appeared in the air, turning the surroundings into a dense fog in the blink of an eye.

Upon seeing that all-too-familiar white mist, Haku's expression changed once more.

Hidden Mist Technique!

Had people from Kirigakure come to capture Lord Zabuza?

With that thought, Haku swiftly formed a One-Handed Seal, preparing to use his secret Ice Release technique to escape with Zabuza Momochi.

However, before he could complete the seal, red powder entered his field of vision.

The next second, Haku's movements froze. His body felt as though it had been tied to a tree, completely unable to move.

And that was indeed the case. From Haku's perspective, a large tree had appeared out of thin air, its countless vines wrapping around him and Lord Zabuza like tentacles.

Then Haku's vision went black, and he lost consciousness.

From beginning to end, he never even saw the attacker's face.

"Was I that unlucky?"

After the white mist dispersed, Ryusuke looked at the unconscious Haku, who had been knocked out by him but had not emitted any light, and muttered to himself.

Ryusuke had already been mentally prepared for this, so he was not disappointed.

Taking out two iron chains from his Space Backpack, Ryusuke bound the seemingly dead Zabuza Momochi and the unconscious Haku. Then, carrying one in each hand, he used the Body Flicker Technique to reach a secluded place in the Land of Waves.

After laying Zabuza Momochi and Haku on the ground, Ryusuke took out a mask and put it on. Then he formed seals with both hands, creating a Shadow Clone and beginning his experiment.

Ryusuke pulled the senbon from Zabuza Momochi's neck, while the Shadow Clone used Medical Ninjutsu to treat him.

Before long, Zabuza Momochi's eyelids twitched, and he opened his eyes, instinctively complaining, "Too slow, Haku..."

Smack!

Before Zabuza Momochi's hazy vision could clear, a chop landed on his neck and knocked him unconscious again.

"Continue!"

Looking at Zabuza Momochi, who still showed no flickering light, Ryusuke said expressionlessly.

The Shadow Clone, with chakra reserves enough to make Kakashi Hatake cry, continued using basic Medical Ninjutsu on Zabuza Momochi.

Ryusuke's father had been a combat-type ninja skilled in Water Release.

His mother, on the other hand, had been a support-type ninja skilled in Medical Ninjutsu.

Hinata and Sakura's Medical Ninjutsu had actually both been taught by Ryusuke.

Perhaps because of his Sage Body and Asura's Chakra, Ryusuke discovered that his Medical Ninjutsu was extremely powerful, even more effective than a Rank A Mystical Palm Technique.

He did not dare imagine whether, once he mastered the Mystical Palm Technique, he would be able to rapidly heal even the most severe injuries.

Under the Shadow Clone's treatment, Zabuza Momochi soon regained consciousness.

This time, when he opened his eyes, Zabuza Momochi finally saw Ryusuke and noticed Haku tied up nearby.

"You..."

Before he could widen his eyes and ask who Ryusuke was, another chop from Ryusuke landed on his neck.

"...Continue."

Seeing that Zabuza Momochi still had no flickering light, Ryusuke frowned slightly and gave the order again.

The Shadow Clone said nothing and continued treating Zabuza Momochi.

Smack!

Smack!

Smack!

Zabuza Momochi woke up again and again, only to be knocked unconscious again and again.

After repeating this an unknown number of times, just when Ryusuke thought the experiment had failed.

Whoosh—

After knocking Zabuza Momochi out once more, he finally saw what he wanted.

A white light flickered to life on Zabuza Momochi's body.

Then, a beam of white light flew from his body and landed nearby, forming a floating orb of light.

At the sight of the orb, Ryusuke finally smiled in satisfaction.

Sure enough, victory in any form could trigger the equipment drop mechanism.

So Ryusuke stopped tormenting Zabuza Momochi and began farming equipment from Haku instead.

Just like Zabuza Momochi, Haku woke up time and again, was knocked unconscious time and again, and was treated time and again.

However, even by nightfall, after Zabuza Momochi had naturally awakened many times and been mercilessly knocked out by Ryusuke each time, Ryusuke had not seen a single light on Haku's body—not even the lowest-grade white one.

Ryusuke was very familiar with this situation.

Ino and Hinata had been the same.

Over the past few years, Ryusuke had never managed to get the Yamanaka Clan's Mind Body Switch Technique from Ino, nor the Kekkei Genkai, Byakugan, from Hinata.

Sasuke Uchiha, who had often fought Ryusuke during small tests and surprise quizzes over the years, had only provided him with one blue and one red orb.

And Sasuke's strength was second in the class, the only one who could hold his own against Ryusuke for a while.

Ryusuke had originally thought that the reason he had never obtained anything valuable from Ino and Hinata was simply because he was too unlucky.

But now, after experimenting with Zabuza Momochi and Haku, along with the example of Sasuke Uchiha, Ryusuke felt that bad luck was only one factor. More importantly... the drop rate had decreased!

Just as Taijutsu duels that required following rules affected the invisible evaluation and made it difficult for items to drop.

If Ryusuke wanted to use this method of repeatedly knocking out his enemies to obtain the red-grade Kekkei Genkai, Ice Release, as well as the surely blue-grade One-Handed Seal, the evaluation and drop rate would become even lower.

Moreover, his strength and Haku's were unequal. As the stronger party defeating the weaker Haku, his evaluation would definitely be worse than when he defeated Yuhi Kurenai and Zabuza Momochi.

The reason Ino and Hinata had never dropped anything should be these two factors!

The more Ryusuke thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Thus, he stopped farming equipment by knocking people unconscious and prepared to try another method.