Chapter 695: Chapter – 688 Explosion Release
On a deserted volcanic island, somewhere near the Land of Lightning.
'Katsu!'
As soon as the sound was heard, a rumbling explosion occured on the island, Booooom! Following this, the ground shook, a shockwave swept the island and a large cloud of dust and smoke rose into the sky.
Looking at the aftereffects of the explosion in front of her, the corner of blonde-haired kunoichi's lips arched in a proud smirk.
Undoubtedly, this blonde-haired Kunoichi is one of the two causes of the explosion just now, as for the other cause, well, it's the white bird made up of the explosive clay that exploded just now.
Yes, you heard it correctly… The white bird is made up of explosive clay… And not just any explosive clay, but the explosive clay that Kuroto configured himself.
Based on observation and tests, Kuroto has confirmed that the power of the explosive clay he configured is as high as the power of the explosive clay configured by Deidara, and not just explosive power, even its malleability and chakra conduction and many other properties are as good as that of Deidara's clay…
After seeing the results of the improvement, the blonde-haired Kunoichi looked at the white clay in her hand and grinned, "Well, it wasn't as hard as I thought!"
The blonde-haired Kunoichi configured her own composition of the explosive clay using the sample she had obtained from Konoha, although they weren't the latest, they were more than enough for her to research various types of explosive clays used in the Shinobi World, and carry out a comprehensive analysis of her own…
So, after her research, she collected various types of materials, carefully studied their properties, and finally combined the most suitable ones into this product in her hand.
Now that the explosive clay is nearly ready, the next step is to master the Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai, it's a very important step.
It's not that without learning Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai she won't be able to use the explosive clay to create explosions, she can, but those explosions won't be as effective and damaging as she wants them to be.
The reason why Deidara's clay puppets are so terrifying and destructive is that he infuses his Explosion Release chakra into the clay figurines. Because of the Explosion Release chakra infused in them, when they explode, their destructive power greatly increases by several folds… Even an inconspicuous little spider made of that clay becomes extremely deadly.
If Kuroto wants his Earth Chakra Nature Clone to have as much destructive power as Deidara, then mastering the Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai is essential.
With that understood, the blonde-haired Kunoichi walked towards the shore of the island.
She took a deep breath and looked at the endless sea in front of her… the stillness of the sea calmed her nerves, and freed her of all her thoughts, allowing her to be able to clearly feel the chakra inside her body.
After stabilizing the Earth Chakra, her primary chakra Nature, she frowned her brows and focused on the Chakra of the Lightning Chakra, which is her secondary Chakra Nature.
Controlling the Lightning Chakra is somewhat troublesome, but nothing too difficult for someone with her experience in controlling the chakra.
'This is perfect…'
Explosion Release is a Nature Transformation Kekkei Genkai, a combination of Earth Chakra and the Lightning Chakra, and since the blonde-haired Kunoichi has both the chakra as her primary and secondary chakra nature respectively, so mastering Explosion Release shouldn't be too difficult for her, especially if you consider that she already has experience in mastering several Kekkei Genkai prior to this.
Anyway, after feeling the two Chakra natures, she controlled them simultaneously, this was nothing new to her.
With a calm expression, she brought the Earth Chakra Nature in her left hand, gathered it in her left palm, and the Lightning Chakra Nature in her right hand, gathered it in her right palm, and then, "Nice and slow…" Muttering such words under her breath. She started to slowly fuse them into a single chakra Nature.
Earth Chakra Nature is a chakra that increases the solidity and composition of all things. Lightning Chakra Nature, Chakra that electrocutes. Under her control, these two chakra natures with different properties slowly and steadily began to fuse into a single chakra nature.
The process and speed of fusion went nicely and smoothly.
It didn't take very long before she started to feel the changes in her body too, as a new chakra property took birth, and was added to her body…
When the small sparks and very small explosions appeared on her palms, she knew… "It's a success… This is Explosion Release!" and cheered.
The small explosions that appeared on her palm out of thin air are direct proof that she has succeeded.
Having mastered the Explosion Release, she thought of Deidara and compared herself to him.
Deidara's application of Explosion Release is different, he infuses his Explosion Release chakra into the explosive clay… that's just his method of using it, not all use the same method… it would be better to say that most if not all the shinobi use the Explosion Release in the most conventional method.
Just think about it, Explosion Release is Kekkei Genkai allows users to create explosions while touching something, heck, they can even explode their own chakra, so truth be told there is no real necessity of touching something. Just like the blonde-haired Kunoichi did just now.
At first, she thought that her method of using Explosion Release was correct, but upon rethinking, she felt otherwise.
Although her method of using Explosion Release is very good, it has its limitations.
First and foremost, the range within which she can create explosions is limited… and as if that wasn't bad enough, she can't create large-scale explosions since it will end up hurting her.
So while very useful in close-quarters hand-to-hand combat, when it comes down to long-distance shinobi warfare, her method of using Explosion Release sort of becomes less effective.
Therefore, it makes sense that Deidara chose to change his approach and opted to use clay figurines and infuse his Explosion Release Chakra into them… using those clay figurines to create explosions gave him more range and also allowed him to use large-scale explosions without getting involved in them.
Since the blonde-haired Kunoichi was able to think of this problem, she decided to use Deidara's method as well… but, unlike Deidara, she doesn't plan on giving up the conventional method of using the Explosion Release. Close-quarter combat is a very common form of shinobi warfare, in close-quarter combat, Explosion Release has its own advantage.
Of course, she also has some plans in her mind and some different approaches she has thought of. These different approaches will improve her combat methods.
Now that she has mastered the Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai, she has to test it…
With this thought in her mind, she took out a white figurine from her shinobi bag, infused Explosion Release Chakra into it, and then tossed it on the ground.
With a poof of white smoke, a giant bird made up of white clay appeared on the ground.
She jumped on the back of the giant bird, and said, "Let's take off…"
Following her order, the giant bird spread its large wings and took off.
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Chapter 696: Chapter – 689 In the Blink of an Eye
Somewhere in the Land of Hot Springs.
A middle-aged man with black hair and a distinct cross-shaped scar on his chin sat inside a small, dark cave, absentmindedly chewing on tough meat and contemplating something. This middle-aged man is none other than Shimura Danzō, who has been hiding in this cave to rest for a while. After rumors about him spread throughout the Shinobi World, he has been pursued and attacked countless times. His current situation is no different from a stray dog; he has nowhere to go.
However, he isn't concerned about this at all. What worries him more is, "I don't understand... why is Amatsukami completely silent? They ought to have made some kind of movement after hearing all those rumors about me, but I haven't seen or heard anything about Amatsukami since that day at the volcano."
This question has been haunting him, making him feel more and more puzzled.
Initially, Danzō thought that the female Homusubi of the Amatsukami must have the same intentions as him. She must also be eager to absorb the visual prowess of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan so that her own Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan can evolve to a higher level of Dojutsu. As such, he was quite confident that rumors about the problem in his soul and about his weakness would draw out Homusubi.
However, he has been waiting for weeks for her to appear, thinking that she will definitely come. However, it turns out that Amatsukami made no movement. Heck, Homusubi didn't even appear in the Shinobi World for the past few months. It's as if Danzō's guess was completely off the point. It's as if she isn't interested in his pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan at all.
You must know that the effect of the rumors is so potent that even small shinobi villages such as Kusagakure and Takigakure, as well as some small mercenary organizations, are out to kill him. Yet, Amatsukami has shown no interest at all. This lack of movement couldn't help but make Danzō more suspicious and inexplicably doubtful. "Is it possible that Homusubi still doesn't believe in the rumors and is doubtful about this whole problem in the soul? But Homusubi was present there during the ritual; she should have noticed something. So, she should definitely believe in the rumors, right? Or maybe not? But if that's the case, then how do I make her believe it? How do I convince her that currently, I am weak, and she can kill me easily?"
Just when Danzō was trying to figure out how to fool Homusubi, suddenly, his senses tingled, and his eyes turned towards the entrance of the cave.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As Danzō looked outside, he noticed that several shinobi had appeared and surrounded the cave.
Intending to check the identity of the people trying to kill him this time, Danzō quickly finished up the tough meat, then slowly walked towards the entrance of the cave. After walking out, he found that the people surrounding the cave were none other than Konoha Anbu.
Moving his gaze and looking at each one of them, Danzō quickly recognized two people, 'Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi...!' and thought to himself, 'It seems Sarutobi has transferred Kakashi to Team Rō... Well, at least Uchiha Shisui is not here; his presence would have made things rather troublesome.' Although each one of them was wearing Anbu masks, Danzō was able to recognize them at first glance, especially those with iconic silver hair.
While Danzō was observing Kakashi, Itachi, and the rest of Team Rō, the members of Team Rō were also observing Danzō.
The first thing they noticed about him was that he looked quite young and vigorous compared to the frail old man appearance that he used to maintain in Konoha. Secondly, he was giving off a very malicious vibe that not everyone, but the keen ones, was able to sense. Kakashi, being one of the keen ones, pointed his Kunai at Danzō and said, "The target is in front of us… Execute him!"
Danzō's eyes flashed. He quickly shook his head in panic and tried to reason, "Wait… wait… You people are from Konoha, right? Please save me… I don't want to die… I am not Danzō, I am not him. Why should I have to die?" The Anbu members quirked their eyebrows, thinking of the rumors circulating throughout the shinobi world about how Danzō's body hosts multiple souls. After pondering a little, Kakashi questioned, "If you are not him, then who are you?"
Danzō immediately replied, "I am… Katsuki… Uzumaki Katsuki… I am innocent, and I have nothing to do with him… please… please don't kill me!"
Kakashi replied, "I see, you are a remnant of the Uzumaki that Danzō used in his ritual… well, in that case, be obedient and come with us…" Danzō, aka 'Katsuki,' questioned, "How do I know you people won't kill me?"
Kakashi shrugged, "Regardless of what you know or think, if you are obedient, you won't be killed, but if not, then we'll execute you… Believe if you want to, don't believe if you don't want to…"
"In that case…" muttered Danzō, "I'll be on my own…" and then disappeared from his position in the blink of an eye.
Not so surprised, Kakashi immediately instructed, "Use plan F…" and then he too disappeared from his position. At the same time, the other members of Team Rō started to chase after Danzō.
While running, Danzō looked back from time to time and noticed that the Konoha Anbu, including Kakashi, were closely following him. Seeing them desperately chase after him, he suddenly had a brilliant idea!
Having been part of the senior management of Konoha and also serving as the temporary Hokage for a few months, Danzō is aware of the agreement between Konoha and Amatsukami. So, he feels that he can use these Anbu members to convince Homusubi. If he were to suffer at the hands of these Anbu, then no doubt, Homusubi should believe that currently, he is extremely weak. And this is the perfect time to take advantage!
With such a plan in his mind, Danzō nodded to himself. And just as he was about to act on it, several Kunai were shot at him by one of the Anbu following him. Danzō sensed the Kunai coming towards him, he turned his head, and was about to avoid them, that's when it happened.
Before he could take a single step to dodge anything, all he saw was a strange red world. At the same moment, a silver flash appeared in front of him out of nowhere, and the next thing he knew, he was feeling a sharp pain coming from his chest.
Drip…
"What?" Unable to figure out what just happened in that blink of an eye, Danzō looked down and noticed an arm covered in lightning running through his chest… and three black tomoe spinning in the scarlet pair of eyes of another Anbu…
"Cough…!"
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