A few days later, the five of them arrived at a remote border village to rest before heading to the Land of Lightning.
Jin felt more and more accomplished, thinking happily, "First, I defeated Sasori of the Red Sands from Akatsuki—and completely defeated the Third Kazekage. Even though it was only a puppet, and its abilities in every aspect were nowhere near their peak, that was still enough to be proud of. After that, Kakashi followed the five of us for several days. He said he wanted to protect us for the time being, and I knew he truly meant it. Handsome Kakashi is a friend worthy of great respect. But I didn't want him following us forever. We had to complete our own journey of training ourselves. So I gave him three ninjutsu and sent him back to Konoha to train. Who would have thought that the immensely popular Jonin Kakashi would actually agree? Could it be that he saw how outstanding my strength was?"
Of those three ninjutsu, one was an upgraded version of Lightning Cutter—a Super S-rank ninjutsu! Lightning Slash. Another was an S-rank ninjutsu! One-Finger Thunderclap. A ball of lightning was condensed at the fingertip. Its size could freely expand or shrink depending on the user's chakra control, then chakra was used as propulsion to attack distant enemies. If one's chakra control was good enough, the released lightning ball could even be manipulated with chakra threads, allowing its attack to be altered at will. The last ninjutsu was an enhanced version of One-Finger Thunderclap, a Super S-rank ninjutsu! Lightning Beam. It was a pillar of lightning that could only attack in a straight line. One-Finger Thunderclap could also be upgraded into a Super S-rank ninjutsu! Ten-Finger Thunderclap! That would depend on Kakashi's talent.
"Jin, how many