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Chapter 480: Mizuke's Stop-Water Pokemon Hatches
Chapter 480: Mizuke's Stop-Water Pokemon Hatches
"So Mizuke had discovered this Raijin Kunai long ago. What terrifying insight." The sudden change on the battlefield caught Hiruzen Sarutobi off guard.
He had thought Minato's plan would succeed, but he never expected Mizuke to be turning the tables on them.
"I'll have to properly comfort Minato at Mizuke's celebration later." Kushina, seeing that the battle was truly over, was already thinking about what dishes to prepare for the victory banquet.
"As expected, Teacher Mizuke is stronger," Obito breathed a sigh of relief and quickly muttered several prayers in his heart, worshipping the immortal Mizuke as penance.
He had just now almost believed that the invincible immortal Mizuke would fail, which would have been a grave sin.
"Teacher Mizuke is truly a jack-of-all-trades. Teacher Minato still has some ways to go," Kakashi remarked.
He felt that sometimes, ignorance was bliss. If Minato's opponents knew of his intelligence capabilities, they probably wouldn't even dare to think of fighting him.
Minato felt the hard object on his chest and looked down, surprised, at the chakra ball in his hand.
Even after learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
Mizuke had controlled the entire battle, and even what he thought was a chance at victory turned out to be her trap.
"You're incredible, Mizuke," Minato dispersed his chakra and said sincerely.
After mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique, he rarely felt pressured by other ninjas. But today, facing Mizuke, he felt a sense of oppression.
No matter what jutsu Minato used, he couldn't inflict any damage on Mizuke, who seemed to see through all his thoughts and actions.
Before the battle, Minato didn't think much of the Leaf Ninja's claim that they were the strongest rookie generation. But after this fight, he just wanted to tell them not to include him and instead acknowledge Mizuke as the superior one.
Minato was truly a bit deluded by the rumors. Before their clash, he didn't expect to be so suppressed, and he was basically dominated from start to finish.
"Your Flying Thunder God Technique is truly godlike speed, Minato. In a real battle, I wouldn't be able to defeat you so easily," Mizuke retracted her kunai and smiled as she spoke.
After this battle with Minato, Mizuke realized that he was indeed difficult to deal with.
Unless she used the Lightning Breath Chakra Mode from the very beginning, coupled with the Transparent World and Byakugan, and then combined it with the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, she might not be able to defeat Minato.
After all, Minato wasn't foolish. If he fought for a while and realized the situation was unfavorable, he would most likely use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape.
Minato's approach was simple—high proficiency in the Flying Thunder God Technique coupled with godlike reactions—but it was truly practical.
Those weaker than Minato would easily be annihilated by him, especially if they didn't have prior knowledge of his abilities.
And those stronger than Minato would still find it difficult to kill him unless they were significantly more powerful.
Minato's only shortcoming was his lack of high-damage output techniques.
Even with the Rasengan developed, Minato couldn't really hurt ninjas like the Third Raikage, who was tougher than a tortoise shell, unless he perfected the Rasengan by infusing it with chakra nature transformations.
"So the battle is over?" Might Guy scratched his head, feeling like he had watched something anticlimactic.
Aside from the initial exchange of jutsu between Mizuke and Minato, the rest of the fight consisted of them flashing around at high speeds before the victor was decided.
"The path to becoming stronger is still long. We must continue to work hard," having witnessed the battle, Itachi decided to return to the Southern Border Forest to continue his training.
Even Minato, who had lost to Mizuke, possessed the strength to instantly kill him. To change the future of the Uchiha clan and Mizuke's fate, he needed to become stronger, and quickly, as no one knew when the great war that would take Mizuke's life would begin.
The other disciples also didn't waste any time and soon began their respective cultivations.
Mizuke instructed her shadow clone to guide the disciples in their training while her main body used the Palm Sage Technique to heal Minato.
It was then that Minato discovered that Mizuke was also skilled in medical ninjutsu. If he recalled correctly, she had only learned medical ninjutsu two years ago when Jiraiya introduced her to Tsunade.
"One must never slack off. Even during leisure moments outside of missions, we must seize the time to cultivate," Minato thought to himself.
Mizuke was the same age as him, yet she could develop multiple talents while ensuring that each skill was refined to perfection. Minato believed that Mizuke must have been diligently learning since becoming a ninja, which was why she was so exceptional now.
Minato decided that from now on, he would dedicate more time to cultivation. If someone more outstanding than him could be more diligent, he had no excuse to slack off.
"I thought I could give you a pleasant surprise, but I didn't expect that you had already almost completed developing that chakra ball jutsu," Minato changed the topic to the unnamed chakra ball jutsu they had both used during the battle.
It was clear that Mizuke's version was more refined and powerful.
"I guess you could say it's mostly completed, but this jutsu has a lot of potential. For now, it can only be considered a half-finished product, and I plan to further enhance it with nature transformations," Mizuke replied after some thought.
If Minato could develop nature transformations for his Rasengan, it would greatly increase his combat capabilities given his fighting style.
"I've had similar thoughts, but since it's not yet complete, I haven't considered it as thoroughly as you have," Minato nodded.
Having reached this stage of development, Minato already had a plan for the next steps.
Currently, he had mastered four types of chakra nature transformations, and among them, the Yin attribute was a special case that he didn't consider suitable for infusing into the Rasengan.
He was mainly considering the Wind, Fire, and Lightning attributes.
"The two most important factors for a stable and powerful chakra ball are compression and the direction of chakra flow. Sufficient compression of chakra can increase penetration power, and by rotating and flowing chakra in different directions, you can enhance the stability of the Rasengan," Mizuke explained the key points of the jutsu to Minato.
After finishing her explanation, Mizuke extended her right hand and began to gather chakra in her palm.
Streams of chakra swirled at high speed in different directions, forming a chakra ball the size of a head before compressing it down to slightly larger than a palm-sized ball under her control.
After hearing Mizuke's explanation, Minato fell into deep thought and extended his hand. Soon, a head-sized chakra ball appeared in his palm and gradually shrank.
Finally, Minato slapped the ground, creating a loud boom and a large crater beneath him.
"Thank you, Mizuke," Minato sincerely expressed his gratitude.
This kind of unnamed jutsu that could be used as swiftly as the Rasengan was very important to him. Without Mizuke's guidance, he didn't know how much time it would take to develop it on his own.
"What name do you think is fitting, Minato?" Mu Yue shook her head, indicating that she hadn't thought of one, and asked in return.
He was curious what kind of quirky name Minato would come up with.
Minato rested his chin on his fist, deep in thought. Suddenly, his eyes lit up as if he had a brilliant idea. Confidently, he said, "Mu Yue's Inspiration Slam Test Explosion Ball!"
Mu Yue's lips twitched uncontrollably at the corners, finding the name as abstract as ever.
"Why don't you go ask Kushina if she has any good ideas?" Mu Yue suggested gently.
He felt it would be better not to let Minato name it; otherwise, such a wonderful jutsu might be looked down upon simply because of its name, which would be a shame.
"Don't you like the name I chose, Mu Yue?" Minato asked, a little disappointed.
He thought the name he came up with was pretty good—it had a nice ring to it, and it also conveyed its origin.
"It's not bad, but we can consider other ideas as well." Seeing Minato's confident expression, Mu Yue didn't have the heart to be too harsh.
In the end, Minato could only disappointedly go back to Kushina for help.
However, he still couldn't let it go.
"Kushina, I just developed a jutsu. Help me brainstorm a name for it," Minato asked tentatively.
"Minato, your naming sense is probably as bad as your looks. It's bound to be both awful and long-winded," Kushina bluntly stated.
Minato's taste in names was the complete opposite of his handsome looks and kind personality. Kushina was speechless; how could someone name a jutsu 'Spiral Flash Super Rondo Howl Third Style' with such obscure meaning?
And to make matters worse, Minato seemed to think his names were brilliant and couldn't be stopped.
"This time, it's different. I feel it's really good, both in terms of coolness and its underlying meaning," Minato quickly explained.
"Then, go ahead and tell me about it." Kushina chose to tentatively believe Minato for the time being.
Minato gathered chakra in his palm, and a chakra ball rapidly formed.
"Hey, this jutsu looks a bit like the Tailed Beast Ball," Kushina, as the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, instantly realized that the jutsu Minato was using was not ordinary.
"My initial inspiration for this jutsu came from the Tailed Beast Balls used by Jinchuriki," Minato briefly explained his battle in Iwagakure.
"Mu Yue's Inspiration Slam Test Explosion Ball!"
After explaining, Minato proudly shouted out the name of the jutsu with a confident expression.
Kushina couldn't hold it in anymore. "What kind of name is that? You even included Mu Yue's name in it!"
"It's so long and corny," Kushina said, exasperated.
Minato looked dejected, not understanding why neither Mu Yue nor Kushina liked the name he had chosen.
...
In the afternoon, at the Southern Border Forest.
Kakashi had been practicing his swordsmanship for two hours before taking a break. He called out to the playful Iwadog, who was running around.
"Rock! Rock!"
Upon hearing Kakashi's call, Iwadog became excited, wagging its big tail as it circled around Kakashi, full of energy.
Kakashi couldn't help but smile, reaching out to pat Iwadog's head.
However, Kakashi soon noticed something strange—there was sand on Iwadog's paws.
"That's odd. Where did this sand come from in the Southern Border Forest? Did you go to the park to play?" Kakashi wondered.
Then, he shook his head. They were deep in the forest, and the nearest park was quite far away. Iwadog was very obedient and wouldn't wander off that far on its own.
"Maned Rock, where did the sand on your paws come from?" Kakashi decided to ask Iwadog directly.
Iwadog displayed a high level of intelligence, as it could understand his words, although it couldn't speak.
"Rock!"
Upon hearing Kakashi's question, Iwadog gathered chakra and performed a nature transformation, extending its claws into the ground and pushing forward. The mud turned into sand under the influence of Iwadog's Earth Release chakra nature, and it flung the sand forward.
Kakashi was astonished. What was going on? Iwadog had only been born a few days ago, and it had already mastered Earth Release chakra nature transformation on its own.
Kakashi knew that Iwadog could use chakra, as there were times when Iwadog would protect itself from Tobirama's accidental bumps with a chakra shield.
But Kakashi never expected Iwadog to intuitively understand nature transformation as well.
This made Kakashi feel a bit inferior to a dog. Some ninjas only started training in nature transformation at the age of twelve, yet Iwadog, not even a month old, had already grasped Earth Release chakra nature transformation.
After performing the sand-splashing technique, Iwadog looked up at Kakashi expectantly, seeking praise.
"Amazing! I have a feeling you'll be able to help me in battles very soon," Kakashi praised generously.
"Rock!"
Iwadog showed its joy by rubbing its head against Kakashi's leg.
"Pfft, it's just splashing some sand. My ninja beast will definitely be stronger," Tobirama, who was also resting, muttered as he held his egg.
As for why he didn't say it out loud, it was because Iwadog had an innate evil streak. If it heard him, it would definitely splash sand on him, dirtying his clothes.
Tobirama wiped his egg with his clothes. "You must be a tall, mighty, and powerful ninja beast. Then, we'll beat up those annoying white-haired guys together."
As Tobirama fantasized about whether his egg would hatch into a dragon or a tiger, a dazzling white light appeared.
Tobirama expressionlessly stared at the source of the light.
If it had been his egg that hatched, he would have been enveloped in the white light instead of just seeing it.
Tobirama didn't need to think to know whose egg it was. Only two people's eggs hadn't hatched yet—his and Genryusai's. Rin Nohara hadn't become a jounin yet, so she hadn't received an egg.
The dazzling white light of the hatching Pokemon egg attracted everyone's attention, including the disciples who were cultivating. They all paused their training to look in Genryusai's direction.
"Another one has hatched. I wonder what it is this time. Will it be another canine?" Kakashi wondered as he stroked Iwadog's head, curious about what would emerge from the egg.
As the white light gradually faded, everyone could finally see the Pokemon in Genryusai's hands.
"A fox..." Kakashi's face twitched as he noticed something odd—a fox was also a mammal.
However, Kakashi quickly pushed those thoughts aside. It was a ninja beast, after all, so it wasn't unusual for it to be unique. It wouldn't be normal if a sword had hatched from the egg—that would truly shatter Kakashi's worldview.
(End of Chapter)
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