With that thought, he stopped studying the training method and briskly unrolled another section of the scroll, eager to see what other goodies lay farther down. Ideally, he could scoop them all up in one go.
But what followed was a little unexpected. He had assumed there would be at least three or five devastating forbidden techniques to round things off. Instead, the entire next stretch consisted of expansions and variations on the Lightning Release Armor.
There were techniques like the Hell Stab: Piercing Hand series, Liger Bomb, Heavy Stream Bomb, Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, and Lariat.
Although there were none of the mysterious forbidden techniques he had imagined, these extensions were plenty powerful, so Hibari wasn't exactly disappointed. After finishing the section on Lariat, he unrolled the scroll a little farther.
This time, the words that appeared made him pause. It wasn't that he couldn't understand them. The contents were just a little unnerving.
"Forbidden: Lightning Release Living Body Secret Technique? Incomplete... extremely high mortality rate... physical constitution unable to withstand..."
Hibari scratched his head and muttered, "What the hell is all this?"
He tilted his head to listen for movement outside the hidden door. He could still faintly hear the Second Raikage speaking. After a moment's consideration, he figured he couldn't get out right now anyway, so he might as well see what this so-called Living Body Secret Technique was about.
Once he started reading, he was completely absorbed. Time flew by, and when Hibari finally came back to his senses, everything outside had long since fallen silent. Presumably, the Second Raikage and the others had gone off to rest.
"Good grief... these ninja really dare to dream. There's nothing they won't try tinkering with." Hibari smacked his lips, but a greedy gleam shone in his eyes. "Still,