Kekkei Genkai and Lightning Armor

Ryosuke sent out two more Shadow Clones.

This time, their targets were the two Cloud Ninja besides the Magnet Release user.

But the enemies were prepared this time and immediately erected earthen walls around themselves.

However, Ryosuke's Shadow Clones had now mastered a powerful offensive technique like Lightning Release: Piercing Technique.

The earthen walls were no match for them.

One of the men was surprised to see the ninjutsu Ryosuke's Shadow Clone was using.

"You—you can use one of our Cloud Ninja techniques?"

Ryosuke's Shadow Clone didn't waste time talking. It pierced straight through the man's chest.

But the other Shadow Clone was taken out by the Chunin.

He turned around just in time to see his comrade fall.

"You little Uchiha brat! How dare you kill my comrade? You're going to die!"

Electric arcs covered his body. His armor looked almost identical to the Raikage's Lightning Armor.

[Ding! The system detected the ninjutsu Lightning Release: Lightning Armor. Recording count increased by one.]

[System notice: After recording five ninjutsu of A rank or above, you will automatically learn them.]

There was a mechanic like that? Ryosuke couldn't help feeling delighted.

Still, the threshold for learning A-rank ninjutsu was ridiculously high.

Ryosuke grumbled to himself, then continued watching the battle on the other side.

Although the Shadow Clone's Lightning Release: Piercing Technique had impressive penetrating power, it was no match for Lightning Release: Lightning Armor.

The Shadow Clone was taken out soon after.

"One Magnet Release user and one shinobi skilled in Nintaijutsu. This is going to be tricky."

Ryosuke thought with a bitter smile.

But there was no way he could just give up.

A Skill Selection Card was on the line. He only needed to take out one more enemy.

With that in mind, Ryosuke stepped out from behind the rock where he'd been hiding.

The Magnet Release user and the Nintaijutsu specialist immediately looked over.

"Another Shadow Clone? Those Uchiha sure are a pain."

"Who knows? But Shadow Clones split the original's chakra. This kid's not even ten, so he can't have much chakra left."

After exchanging a few words, the two of them walked toward him.

They stopped when they were ten meters away from Ryosuke.

"Hey, little Uchiha. How about we make a deal? Surrender or hand over your Sharingan, and we'll let your comrades go. What do you say?"

The Magnet Release user spoke first.

"My comrades?"

Ryosuke froze for a moment.

Had Sanhe and Miyuki been captured?

Or was it Teacher Shisui?

No, that couldn't be. Shisui was so powerful that there was no way they'd captured him.

Sanhe and Miyuki were dozens of kilometers away. Had their whereabouts been discovered?

No. They were trying to trick him.

Ryosuke suddenly snapped out of it.

The Nintaijutsu specialist was already charging at him with a cruel grin.

"Die, brat!"

He raised both hands above his head, electricity crackling over his body, then leaped into the air and brought them down on Ryosuke.

"Sonido!"

Ryosuke didn't retreat. He surged forward, blue arcs of electricity flaring around him, then vanished from where he stood.

"Huh?"

The Nintaijutsu specialist's attack hit nothing. He turned around and saw Ryosuke standing behind the Magnet Release user.

The Magnet Release user grinned instead of looking surprised. "You fell for it, brat."

His body suddenly turned into iron sand, which swirled around Ryosuke.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"

Ryosuke unleashed the Fire Style technique at point-blank range, then activated the Eight Inner Gates and stomped down.

A scream immediately came from underground.

"Leaf Whirlwind!"

Ryosuke launched a flying kick, stomping the Magnet Release user, who had just poked his head out, straight back into the earth.

[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have killed an enemy and randomly obtained a ninjutsu.]

[Congratulations, host. You have obtained the ninjutsu Earth Release: Clone Technique.]

Ryosuke felt a little disappointed when he heard the system notification. As expected, Kekkei Genkai weren't easy to obtain.

[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have completed the timed mission and received 1,000 experience points and one Skill Selection Card.]

A smile spread across Ryosuke's face.

He immediately used the Skill Selection Card.

A list of skills appeared in his mind, containing all the ninjutsu used by the three Cloud Ninja he'd just fought.

There were dozens of them.

But Ryosuke didn't hesitate at all. He chose Magnet Release.

Why would he pick anything else? He could learn and master the other nature transformations on his own, but Kekkei Genkai weren't so easy to come by. He wasn't about to pass up this opportunity.

After he made his choice, a wealth of knowledge about ninjutsu flooded into his mind—the techniques developed by the Magnet Release user.

"You bastard! You killed another of my comrades! I'll make you pay in blood!"

Seeing the Magnet Release user die, the Nintaijutsu specialist immediately went berserk.

The electric arcs around him crackled louder and multiplied, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

But Ryosuke wasn't afraid. If anything, he looked eager to try it out.

"Perfect. I'll use you to test out the Kekkei Genkai I just acquired."

"Magnet Release: Explosion!"

Ryosuke reached out and grabbed at the air.

The Cloud Ninja specializing in Nintaijutsu suddenly floated into the air.

"You bastard! What did you do to me?"

The Cloud Ninja flailed wildly in midair, but with nothing beneath his limbs to push against, he couldn't do a thing.

"This feels a lot like Magneto. Magnet Release is awesome!"

That move hadn't been one of the Magnet Release user's techniques. Ryosuke had come up with it himself, using Magnet Release and a little imagination.

As for the name, he'd just made it up. The idea was to control the magnetic substances in a person's body.

He'd only meant to test it out, but it seemed to work quite well.

Maybe the move had a special advantage against shinobi with Lightning Release?

Either way, Ryosuke was having a great time.

"Lightning Release: Funeral!"

At Ryosuke's words, the ground began to shake. Then countless iron ore deposits surged up from beneath the earth, surrounding the Cloud Ninja in the sky and forming a sphere that grew larger and larger.

"That's a cool move. It does use a lot of chakra, though."

When Ryosuke finished speaking, his face had gone deathly pale. He sank to the ground.

To control the move, he had to infuse all the iron ore underground with his chakra.

The technique was powerful, but its chakra consumption was just as staggering.

At Ryosuke's current level, even with his chakra reserves completely full, he couldn't sustain it for long.

It seemed chakra was his weak point.

[Congratulations, host. You have killed an enemy and randomly plundered a ninjutsu.]

[Congratulations, host. You have obtained the ninjutsu Lightning Release: Lightning Armor.]

Ryosuke was sitting on the ground resting when he suddenly perked up.

He hadn't expected to obtain the Fourth Raikage's signature technique so easily.

What was this guy's relationship with the Raikage? Could they be related?

Ryosuke suddenly realized something, and a chill ran down his back.

If that was true, he'd made himself a powerful enemy in the Raikage.

But after thinking about it, Ryosuke decided it didn't matter.

They'd already fallen out. Why worry about all that now?