After school, Ebisu followed Uchiha Ling, grimacing in pain but thrilled at the thought of learning a new secret art.
It had felt so satisfying to pound Shiranui Genma!
In the woods beside the training ground, Uchiha Ling said solemnly:
"The Sexy Transformation Technique is only the foundation. It's the beginning of your own Ninja Way.
"Teacher Yamano calls our Ninja Way vulgar, but any technique that defeats an enemy is a good Ninjutsu.
"And the technique I'm about to teach you? No man can resist it!"
Uchiha Ling formed a hand seal and created a shadow clone.
Ebisu looked from one to the other in confusion. The Shadow Clone Technique was advanced Ninjutsu. Was Ling going to teach it to him?
And what did shadow clones have to do with being irresistible to men?
The shadow clone snorted. "Original, you're rotten. Rotten to the core!"
"Shut up, shadow clone! Don't hold us back from pursuing our Ninja Way!"
"Ninja Way? Yours is more like a sewer!"
Uchiha Ling said, "Ignore my shadow clone. There's something wrong with all my shadow clones.
"Listen closely, Ebisu. This S-rank secret art is called the Double Sexy Transformation Technique!"
With that, white smoke burst from Uchiha Ling and his shadow clone. When it cleared, two buxom, scantily clad women stood in their place.
"No enemy can resist a pair of sisters! Let them learn what it feels like to be distracted, Ebisu!"
Ebisu pushed up his sunglasses. Blood streamed from both nostrils.
He looked left, then right. Th-this really was impossible to resist!
Poof! Poof! Two clouds of white smoke rose, and Uchiha Ling reappeared.
"To help you master the Double Sexy Transformation Technique, I'm putting you through special training. First, you need to master the Shadow Clone Technique!"
"What?" Ebisu exclaimed. "You're willing to teach me advanced Ninjutsu like the Shadow Clone Technique?"
"Of course. I've accepted you, Ebisu. You're my brother on the path of deception!"
Ebisu was beside himself. Uchiha Ling was the biggest troublemaker in class—and the strongest. He had actually earned Ling's approval!
Over the weeks that followed, Uchiha Ling began to regret his decision.
Ebisu was so slow!
Ling held nothing back when teaching him the Shadow Clone Technique, yet it took Ebisu more than two full months to learn it.
Spring passed, and early summer arrived.
During training class, Uchiha Ling ran Akimichi Takashi ragged as usual, then left the training ground satisfied.
He gave Ebisu a firm nod.
Ebisu understood what he meant.
He had mastered the S-rank secret art of the Transformation Technique. Now it was time to use it in a real fight!
"Teacher! I want to challenge Shiranui Genma!"
Genma tensed. Instinct told him something bad was about to happen.
More than two months ago, Ebisu had humiliated him with the Sexy Transformation Technique. It had taken him a long time to recover.
The two stepped into the center of the training ground.
"Form the Opposing Hands Seal!"
After forming the Opposing Hands Seal, Ebisu immediately made another hand seal.
Yamano's eyes lit up. That hand seal—wasn't it the one for the Shadow Clone Technique?
Poof!
When the white smoke cleared, a shadow clone stood beside Ebisu.
Genma breathed a quiet sigh of relief. Thank goodness. It was only a shadow clone.
The Shadow Clone Technique was powerful, and he couldn't use it himself, but at least it wasn't humiliating. At worst, they would attack him from both sides and beat him up.
Yamano nodded repeatedly. As expected of Team Leader Huìdài's son—he had learned the Shadow Clone Technique at just six years old.
Ebisu shouted, "Witness my Ninja Way!"
Isn't your Ninja Way just the basics? Genma thought. What good will using them with a shadow clone do?
Then he saw something terrifying.
Ebisu and his shadow clone took two running steps and leaped into the air.
"S-Rank Ninja Art: Double Sexy Transformation Technique!"
Both Ebisu and his clone used the Transformation Technique in midair.
Two buxom, scantily clad women appeared amid the white smoke!
"Huh? Uh... Th-this... You!"
Those curves, those legs, those smoldering gazes and flushed cheeks—Genma looked left, then right. Blood sprayed from both nostrils, rushed to his head, and he toppled backward.
His last thought before he passed out was, I'm done for. I'm really done for!
Winning or losing no longer mattered. His reputation was ruined.
[A nearby ninja has suffered a mental breakdown. System activating...]
Under Ling's instruction, Ebisu had improved at a startling pace. He had surpassed his teacher in the Seduction Ninja Way. Those two women looked even more vivid and lifelike than Ling's transformations, drawing the eye at once.
That was talent.
Effort wasn't completely useless, but talent determined a ninja's ceiling.
Ebisu had found the path that suited him. The boy's deceptive technique was practically flawless!
[Shiranui Genma's mental breakdown detected. Extracting an ability related to Shiranui Genma. Host may choose one of the following three options. Option one: Fire-Nature Chakra; Option two: 0.1 Kā of Chakra Amount; Option three: Senbon throwing skill.]
Stupid system. It never gives me anything good.
The first option was Fire-Nature Chakra, which he already had. The system was just padding the list.
The third was a skill Genma had been secretly practicing: throwing Senbon.
Ninja tool throwing was next semester's course. Uchiha Ling didn't like Senbon, so the skill would be no use to him.
In the end, Uchiha Ling chose the Chakra Amount.
With that extra 0.1 Kā, his Chakra Amount reached 0.5 Kā.
"Ebisu!"
Teacher Yamano was too angry to have the pair form the Reconciliation Seal. He stormed onto the field, pulled out his steel-wire Kunai, and hung Ebisu upside down from a tree again.
He tugged the upside-down Ebisu's ear and roared:
"Is this what you learned the Shadow Clone Technique for?
"You've made a mockery of it! What's wrong with you? Didn't I beat any sense into you last time?"
Ebisu hung there without a trace of embarrassment, grinning foolishly.
He had learned the Shadow Clone Technique and mastered the S-rank Double Sexy Transformation Technique. He was so strong!
Yes. This is my Ninja Way!
"Teacher, a ninja has to do whatever it takes to win! My father says ninjas are tools. How can a tool have anything wrong with it?"
Yamano had no idea what to do with Ebisu. He just hoped Team Leader Huìdài wouldn't beat him half to death this time.
After all, the boy had mastered the Shadow Clone Technique, even if he'd taken it in a bizarre direction.
Shiranui Genma left the field with his head hanging.
His classmates avoided him, and he felt isolated.
Why is Ebisu so strong?
Genma looked toward Uchiha Ling, who also had no one within three meters of him.
It has to be him!
After school, Genma followed Uchiha Ling.
"Uchiha Ling! I want you to train me!"
"Train you? Who, me?"
Uchiha Ling could hardly believe it. Am I really this popular now?
Do I look like someone who gives people proper training? Follow me, and you'll end up just as twisted as Ebisu.
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