Chakra Cloak

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't explain how he knew the locations of so many spies, Kawaki Aoba would have done so long ago.

Even so, just by occasionally spending time screening for spies, he had already discovered as many as seven enemy village agents. It was a pity, however, that through their conversations, he learned they were all insignificant small fry, and the intelligence he could gather from them was pitifully scarce.

If he could find a big fish, Kawaki Aoba wouldn't mind staging an accidental encounter when they were meeting their contacts to give them a huge surprise.

Beyond that, it was worth noting that whenever Kawaki Aoba went out these past few days, he always encountered small, seemingly ordinary things that happened with high frequency, and he always ran into "good people" who radiated malice toward him.

The most ridiculous one even tried to marry off his own sister to Kawaki Aoba right on the street.

Although he knew these were all individuals arranged by the Hyuga Clan to scheme against him, the level of their enthusiasm was something Kawaki Aoba found hard to handle.

It was precisely because of these people's existence that Kawaki Aoba had developed the good habit of staying indoors whenever possible.

He believed that as time went on, the probability of those people appearing in his life would decrease significantly.

"Huh." Suddenly, Kawaki Aoba let out a sound of surprise, for in his Observation Haki, something worth rejoicing about was happening.

At the Yuhi Clan residence, Yuhi Shinku was draped in a pink Chakra Cloak, looking utterly thrilled.

That's right, he had succeeded; he had developed a Chakra Cloak similar to the Tailed Beast Cloak.

Moreover, the boost this technique provided him was far greater than he had anticipated.

Yuhi Shinku threw a few punches and kicks in the courtyard, and gusts of impressive force were unleashed with each movement. In the past, achieving such an effect was only possible when he was seriously using taijutsu against an enemy, but now it was so effortless—how could he not be excited?

He proceeded to test a few low-level ninjutsu that wouldn't cause much environmental damage, all of which showed a significant increase in power.

Next, Yuhi Shinku tested his genjutsu. Unfortunately, the Chakra Cloak provided no assistance in casting genjutsu.

Although he was a bit disappointed, this was within his expectations. However, after donning the Chakra Cloak, a ninja's resistance to genjutsu was unexpectedly high.

At the very least, most of the genjutsu that Yuhi Shinku's Shadow Clones cast on his own main body could be immunized, and the few genjutsu trump cards he kept hidden were significantly weakened by the Chakra Cloak.

After repeatedly confirming this, Yuhi Shinku fell into deep thought. He seemed to have personally developed a technique that countered himself; its suppression capability was even more terrifying than the Darkness Technique's suppression of the Uchiha Clan.

Furthermore, as time passed and more chakra leaked from his body, the effect of the Chakra Cloak grew stronger.

Yuhi Shinku looked at the three remaining medium-sized blue potions and felt extremely fortunate.

It was lucky that the Chakra Cloak he developed required this magical potion to take shape; otherwise, he would have single-handedly created a disaster for genjutsu-using ninjas.

Just as Yuhi Shinku was pondering this, the tide of chakra surging continuously from his body suddenly cut off.

Yuhi Shinku was stunned, realizing the potion's effective duration had ended.

However, although the potion's effect was gone, the Chakra Cloak remained.

Feeling the Chakra Cloak stop increasing in power and instead begin to dissipate energy, Yuhi Shinku didn't dare to be careless and quickly continued to test how long the cloak could be maintained.

After another large-scale consumption of chakra, the color of the Chakra Cloak on Yuhi Shinku's body gradually faded until it dropped to roughly the total chakra volume of a dozen jonin, at which point it finally collapsed and dissipated.

After experiencing it firsthand, Yuhi Shinku had thoroughly grasped the data on the Chakra Cloak.

First, to condense the Chakra Cloak, the total amount of chakra leaking from the body must reach at least 30 units to allow the cloak to take initial form; to stabilize it, at least 60 units of chakra were required.

This was only achievable one minute after drinking a Large Blue Potion.

Second, before the potion's effect ended, as long as he didn't use large-scale ninjutsu that consumed excessive chakra, the cloak's boost to his own strength would only grow stronger.

At the very least, it could allow a genin to possess the combat power of an average chunin, a chunin to possess the combat power of a special jonin, and as for a jonin like him, he could possess the combat power of an elite jonin.

Additionally, if the opponent hadn't been defeated by the time the potion's effect ended, one could drink a medium-sized blue potion to maintain the Chakra Cloak's consumption.

Finally, once the total chakra volume of the Chakra Cloak was consumed to less than 10 units, the technique would automatically disintegrate.

In summary, the conditions for using the Chakra Cloak developed by Yuhi Shinku were extremely harsh, and it required a one-minute preparation time before use, but once successfully cast, the boost to a ninja was quite exaggerated.

Just like Yuhi Shinku, Kawaki Aoba, who was constantly observing the scene with his Observation Haki, also understood the details of this technique.

Kawaki Aoba was quite satisfied with the effects this technique could achieve. If he were to don the Chakra Cloak himself and use the Six Powers, his strength would definitely reach the jonin level.

If he were to fight Teacher Yuhi Shinku like last time, he wouldn't be unable to even touch the hem of his clothes; he might even be able to trade blows back and forth.

Well, that was assuming Yuhi Shinku didn't use the newly developed Chakra Cloak.

But then again, since Teacher Yuhi Shinku was working so hard, he, as a genius disciple, couldn't afford to be too far behind.

The Darkness Technique he had just obtained was about time to be sacrificed, as well as that Gentle Fist Manual sponsored by the Hyuga Clan. Although he had no time to practice it because he was constantly being watched by a pair of Byakugan, that didn't stop him from sacrificing it.

Once again sinking his consciousness into the Sacrificial Altar, Kawaki Aoba familiarly selected the items to be sacrificed: the A-rank ninjutsu he had just learned, the Darkness Technique.

The training method for the Darkness Technique was poured into the altar, transforming into a memory orb the size of a fist.

Sacrifice initiated!

Sacrifice complete!

The memory orb representing the Darkness Technique had vanished, replaced by a skill orb emitting a ghostly purple light.

He got a hit.

Judging by past experience, the ability gained from this sacrifice wouldn't be bad; the minimum value would definitely not be lower than the Shave or Finger Pistol from the Six Powers.