blogombal Chapter 21: A Battle of Wits, Rasengan vs. the Fourth Hokage Minato
Chapter 21: A Battle of Wits, Rasengan vs. the Fourth Hokage Minato
"Brown fur with a black 'king' character stripe on its forehead, and a red bow on its head. Haha, I finally caught you!!" As the sun set, Ishikawa, panting, shouted happily after catching the cat, Koko.
Although it was already afternoon and he had spent a lot of time and energy, he was still the first person to catch his target, Little Tiger.
A thousand taels is guaranteed!!
Although the two underlings were also trying their best to narrow down the area where the target might appear, their stamina, chakra, and chakra control skills were not as good as Ishikawa's. The continuous exertion forced them to stop and rest from time to time, which naturally slowed them down considerably...
[Mitarashi Ishikawa, with his ninja skills, he's already considered an elite genin. I didn't expect him to give me such a surprise! I just wonder how talented he is at learning ninjutsu? Has he mastered either of those two techniques?]
Hidden in the shadows, Kakashi was filled with mixed surprise and delight. Such strength, combined with dual-attribute chakra, already made him a prodigy among ordinary people!
"Well then, you can go home and rest now. We'll meet at the usual place tomorrow." With a whoosh, Kakashi appeared and called out to Ishikawa.
“Kakashi-sensei…” Ishikawa was not surprised to see Kakashi appear. Since it was Kakashi who proposed the plan, he would definitely observe it secretly.
Glancing at the sky, and remembering that he still had to train hard that night, Ishikawa immediately put down the cat and prepared to leave.
However, before that.
"One thousand taels, thank you for your care, teacher." Ishikawa stepped forward, his eyes shining as he stared at Kakashi and spoke directly.
Couldn't this guy have waited until tomorrow??
Kakashi's forehead immediately lit up with satisfaction, but he still reached into his pocket and took out a thousand taels of silver, handing it over.
"OK, then I'll leave Taro and Jiro in your care, teacher!" Ishikawa made a gesture after receiving the money, then immediately turned around and went home with a big smile on his face.
Anyway, the cat Xiaohu is right here, and his two underlings are nearby. With Kakashi around, he doesn't need to worry about anything.
"Damn it, my thousand taels of bonus..."
"The second place prize of 300 taels is definitely mine, kitty, don't run away!!"
A moment later, the two underlings' grief-stricken shouts echoed through the woods, instantly igniting the atmosphere...
Night, a time-traveling room.
"Finally, I can get down to business again!" Upon waking up and seeing the changes in the room, Ishikawa was filled with passion and immediately began practicing Earth Flow Wall.
Just as he was about to make a move, he saw Nohara Rin forming hand seals on the side, "Ninja Art: Shadow Clone Technique..."
With a bang, Ishikawa saw a physical clone appear next to Rin, which immediately caught his attention.
[Shadow clones! If I learned this, I could sneak into the Third Shinobi World War timeline! Anyway, it's just a clone, so I'm not afraid of any unexpected situations.] Ishikawa's breathing quickened, and his eyes burned with desire.
"Um, Miss Lin, can I learn Shadow Clone Technique from you?" Ishikawa asked shamelessly, eager to do as he pleased.
"You?" Lin was slightly taken aback, then looked at him with a strange and speechless expression. "Ishikawa, with your chakra, you've already reached your limit in training Earth Release: Earth Wall! Why are you learning Shadow Clone Technique, which distributes chakra evenly?"
"Even for me, I can only use Shadow Clone Technique for a maximum of five minutes. If it were you, you probably wouldn't even last a minute." Nohara Rin couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness as she said this.
She was being too naive! Just as Minato-sensei said, shadow clones were not very effective against her.
Five minutes? That's not enough time to get anything done!
"Uh..." Hearing that he couldn't even last a minute, how could Ishikawa, as a man, say that he couldn't do it?
But even after opening his mouth, Ishikawa couldn't refute this undeniable fact and could only temporarily abandon the ninjutsu with a frustrated expression.
Admittedly, Shadow Clone Jutsu is an excellent support skill and a cheat code for training. However, without Naruto's level of chakra and vortex physique, even the best Shadow Clone Jutsu is a joke.
Shadow clones are, in some ways, a privilege reserved for the main character!
"We'll talk about that later. I'll focus on cultivating the Earth Flow Wall first." Ishikawa chuckled awkwardly and turned to walk towards the inner wall portal.
A one-minute shadow clone isn't as useful to him as Earth Flow Wall right now. He should master Earth Flow Wall first!
"Crack..."
Another burst of tingling, numbing, and exhilarating energy surged through every cell in Ishikawa's body, causing him to collapse stiffly onto the sofa once more.
Opposite him, Nohara Rin nodded to her shadow clone, then touched the doorknob as if struck by lightning.
Almost the instant Lin fainted, the shadow clone immediately picked her up and gently placed her on the ground, then with a bang, it turned into white smoke and disappeared!
Two minutes later, Nohara Rin slowly woke up and began to move, feeling her restored strength.
He raised one hand in a claw shape, focusing intently on gathering chakra in his right palm...
Although I have experience with the Palm Healing Technique, that's a ninjutsu that requires hand seals to activate. While it may seem somewhat related, it doesn't offer much practical help.
Rin Nohara's cheeks turned bright red, and in the end, only a few streams of chakra appeared in her palms before quickly dissipating...
Trying to condense it into a highly compressed chakra ball in Minato Namikaze's hand is practically impossible!
All of this was exposed to Ishikawa, who was leaning against the sofa.
"That's... the Rasengan. How could this be? How could Nohara Rin also know how to use the Rasengan? Is it the butterfly effect?" Ishikawa, unable to move, narrowed his eyes, his heart churning with turmoil.
Based on the timeline, Kakashi developed Chidori at the age of 12. At the time, it was said that he couldn't integrate lightning chakra into the Rasengan, so he developed the A-rank Lightning Release: Chidori, which combines the nature transformation and form transformation of lightning.
Rin and her friends are 11 years old now, so the Rasengan they've been learning during this time is theoretically correct.
But did Minato Namikaze really teach the Rasengan to others back then?
"As expected, I still can't stabilize my chakra. This technique is too difficult for me. No wonder it's an A-rank ninjutsu that even Kakashi couldn't master." Feeling her chakra being drained, Nohara Rin looked at her palm with a bitter expression.
"If you want to learn the Rasengan, I can help you!"
Suddenly, just as she was about to touch the doorknob again to regain her strength for training, Ishikawa's voice suddenly rang in her ears.
"Rasengan? You actually know about Rasengan??" Nohara Rin asked incredulously in disbelief.
A look of disbelief on his face!
Ishikawa was just Kakashi's disciple, and they had a normal master-disciple relationship. How could he possibly know about a secret ninjutsu like the Rasengan?
This is unreasonable!!
"Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan. The signature techniques of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, who became known as the Yellow Flash. As Kakashi's student, how could I not know them?" Ishikawa, with a determined look at Rin, unleashed his trump card.
In order for Rin Nohara to learn the Rasengan and have a trump card for self-defense, he has to take some risks...
"The Fourth Hokage! Minato-sensei is the Fourth Hokage of Konoha!!"