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Chapter 46's value is still rising.
Chapter 46's value is still rising.
Although he said some very domineering things to Yahiko before leaving, Shiba Kiyokawa didn't dare to relax at all in the following days.
Strategically, we must remain confident, but tactically, we must always be cautious!
In the past few days, whenever he had free time during his training, he would go to the Cat Village with Xiaoyu, using the Uchiha connection to keep a close eye on Konoha's attitude toward this incident.
After a week, not only Uchiha Shisui, but many members of the Uchiha clan knew that the Cat Village had gained a new contractor from the Land of Rain.
Moreover, Aizen is gentle and polite, and even the most arrogant and temperamental Uchiha are willing to chat with him.
Now, Shiba Kiyokazu can be said to have lived up to the pseudonym he created.
Persistence pays off. On this day, Uchiha Shisui found him again and brought him the good news he had been waiting for.
"Aizen-kun, has anything major happened in your Land of Rain recently?"
"Why do you ask that?"
"We shouldn't tell outsiders about this, but I think it should be fine if it's Aizen-kun—"
The clan chief said that Elder Danzo in our village has been behaving very strangely lately. The day before yesterday, he even had a big argument with Orochimaru's subordinates, who were the frontline commander.
The clan chief suspected that he might be hiding something, so he wanted to gather more information from the surrounding areas of the village.
"Did you find anything at Aizen's place?"
At that moment, Shiba Kiyokawa smiled gently.
He finally confirmed what he wanted to know—Danzo, as expected, chose to conceal the death of Aburame Ryoma and did not report it to the village!
Perhaps they felt ashamed?
Alternatively, the fact that Aburame Ryoma was sent to the Land of Rain was Danzo's own decision and an illegal operation.
Shiba Kiyokawa's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, immediately relaxed a lot.
As long as Danzo doesn't drag the entire Hidden Leaf Village into the fray and simply follows the original storyline to intervene in the Land of Rain on his own, Shiba Kiyokawa has nothing to fear from him!
There was even an unexpected surprise in the news brought by Uchiha Shisui.
"Why is your Elder Danzo arguing with the frontline commander? Oh, sorry, you don't have to answer me if it involves Konoha's secrets."
He feigned an apologetic expression, but Uchiha Shisui didn't care at all.
Thanks to Shiba Kiyokawa's excellent disguise, Uchiha Shisui is now very willing to believe in the wise Aizen before him.
"If it's Aizen-kun, I think it's okay to know. Apparently, it's because Elder Danzo and Orochimaru had a dispute over personnel allocation."
After a moment's thought, Shiba Kiyokawa quickly understood.
So that's how it is. No wonder Aburame Ryuma's infiltration intensity was so low a few days ago when he came to the Land of Rain, like he was slacking off. He must have been forcibly transferred from Orochimaru, right?
Orochimaru is probably asking Danzo for people right now.
However, Danzo concealed the news of the death and couldn't return the man to Orochimaru, which led to their falling out.
This was like a godsend for Shiba Kiyokawa!
I never expected such a good thing to happen?
The quality of this kill is still increasing!
Hearing that Danzo was in such distress, he immediately felt relieved.
You've finally met your match, Mr. Guoying!
In order to play the role of an ordinary Amegakure ninja well, he reciprocated by briefly revealing some information to Uchiha Shisui.
"Now that you mention it, I do remember something. A while ago, our leader Hanzo received a letter. He didn't tell us the contents of the letter, but afterwards he warned us to be careful of Konoha going crazy."
I've overheard some colleagues discussing this privately. Apparently, a Konoha elder acted without authorization, leading to the deaths of several subordinates near the Land of Rain. This has put our leader on very edge."
Shiba Kiyokawa's casual words instantly changed the nature of the entire incident.
This was originally a premeditated ambush of Root ninjas by the Rain Village, but it was Akatsuki that took the initiative.
But now, with his blurring of the issue, it has become that the fault lies with Konoha: someone incompetent and foolish, who secretly orchestrated the deaths of the village's ninjas.
Uchiha Shisui's eyes lit up, seemingly moved that he had finally found useful information.
"Thank you, Aizen-kun. Your news is very important. I'll go back and tell the clan leader right away!"
Shiba Kiyokawa nodded with a smile.
That was exactly what he wanted.
As for how Fugaku Uchiha would react after receiving the news—whether he would publicly impeach Danzo forcefully or secretly spread rumors and damage Danzo's reputation—Kiyokawa Shiba didn't care.
He had already handed over the sword; as for what kind of bloody spectacle the Uchiha would create with it, that was up to their fate.
What is his relationship with the kind and approachable Aizen from the Land of Rain?
Upon receiving the good news, Shiba Kiyokawa left the cat village in high spirits.
He would still keep a close watch on the changes in Konoha, but he no longer needed to be as anxious as before.
Having finally gained some free time, he began to work on an idea he had already had—
I created my own ninjutsu!
He has already gained a lot of ninjutsu knowledge, including Fire Release, Wind Release, and Earth Release.
In addition to the Lightning Release and Water Release he had learned on his own without the system, Shiba Kiyokawa has now confirmed that his body possesses all five elements!
If he had another pair of Sharingan, he could become a copy ninja.
It's a real pity that someone with such outstanding natural abilities was born in a small country and couldn't learn ninjutsu.
In that case, it's better to rely on yourself than on others!
He decided to develop his own ninjutsu!
With the combined insights from the system, he has gained a considerable understanding of ninjutsu, especially Wind Release, with the two insights covering almost every aspect of Wind Release.
Developing ninjutsu seems less out of reach now.
"First, let's clarify the requirements—my current main combat style is to use illusion techniques to deceive the enemy at the start, followed by close-range sword techniques to suppress them. Therefore, the development of ninjutsu should strengthen this process as much as possible, and at least it should not conflict with the existing combat system."
He muttered to himself as he scribbled and drew on the ground with a twig.
"Based on this requirement, large-scale storm summoning is useless to me; on the contrary, the cutting attribute in chakra nature transformation is very valuable to me."
When testing chakra attributes with chakra test strips, if the result is wind attribute, the test strip will be cut open.
This demonstrates that cutting is a core attribute of Wind Release!
This is also the attribute that Shiba Kiyokawa needs.
"The core requirement is clear, and then comes the secondary requirement—the newly developed ninjutsu must not affect my swordsmanship."
Therefore, single-target offensive ninjutsu is not very useful to me; I'd rather just go up and slash a couple of times.
"A manipulation-type ninjutsu like Pakura's Blaze Release, which can be used multiple times with a single hand seal, would better suit my needs."
Yekura's Scorch Release only requires her to form hand seals once at the start to summon a fireball, after which she can fight with dual kunai and control the fireball with her mind.
Shiba Kiyokazu is very envious of this model.
Because his swordsmanship is now on par with Yekura's kunai fighting skills!
"Finally, there are extended requirements: ideally, it should be unmarked, but this is not mandatory. It's best if we can do it, but if we can't, that's fine too."
Having summarized the requirements, Shiba Kiyokawa was finally ready to get to work!
This may well be the first step he takes towards becoming a top-tier ninja in the ninja world!
(End of this chapter)