"You're getting a new special training course. Your new teacher will be teaching you kenjutsu."
Kenjutsu? I've never wielded a blade but conductive steel weapons are common for lightning-release users.
Sadly the greatest kenjutsu user Konoha has ever had Sakumo Hatake has long died without leaving much of his skills to his son Kakashi.
It can't be Kakashi, not only is he busy with his own team, but Anko knows the importance of not messing with the written plot as much as possible.
"So who's it going to be?"
Anko smiled.
"Don't worry, you're going to loooove~ her"
Anko is up to her antics again… I'm not sure if my punishments are serving as incentives instead in her head.
Should I start withholding on her?
No… the last thing she needs is to add neglectment to her fetish tier list.
While pondering what to do with Anko another woman with purple hair lands behind me, her hair was long and straight, wavering after her landing with body-flicker.
She doesn't have the mask on her pretty face but everything about her screams ANBU, black bodysuit with grey armor on top and even the Anbu mark tattooed on her shoulder.
This was Yugao Uzuki, I remember her mostly for how she got traumatized after her boyfriend Hayate died after spying on the Sand village entourage and learning about Orochimaru's Konoha Crush plan.
He died without being able to tell anyone and then got revived and sealed in the 4th war against Akatsuki after a sentimental fight against Yugao.
I look back at Anko for a moment and I understood what she was trying to do…
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I never mentioned Yugao but I did mention Hayate in the list of casualties which were inevitable if we were going to let Orochimaru spring his plan into motion before interfering.
I share a quick mental message with Anko.
'Really Anko? They are still very much in love…'
'You don't have to, but it would save her at least some pain…'
Without much time to dwell on it, I just give an open answer.
'I'll see how it goes, no promises…'
I turn back to Yugao
"Hello, Yami Yuumo, nice to meet you."
"Yugao Uzuki, I'll be teaching you kenjutsu."
Yugao turns to Anko.
"Are you really~ sure about this?"
"Yes, he can take it."
"Good luck Yami~~~ Now leave a clone with me and go have fun."
I let Anko leave with a clone, it does make sense my actual body get to exercise as I learn.
But I was vastly underestimating… exactly why I couldn't leave my clone to do this.
"Here, take this"
Yugao threw me a katana, it was relatively long, over a meter long with barely a curve but with a blunt edge, clearly for practice purposes as it didn't seem very sharp either.
Definitely not a weapon an Anbu would use while remaining alert or hiding, but more of a weapon to carry in a scroll and release once a fight has broken out.
"This is the first time I've picked up an actual blade so go easy on me."
"They didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"...guess you're about to find out."
In the first couple of hours, Yugao taught me the basic stances and moves to be used with a katana while having me repeat each dozens of times and correctly every move and mistake I made.
"You have talent for this Yami."
"Really? I thought I was doing pretty badly."
"You were, you have little innate feeling for it. But you are doing exceptionally well at correcting every mistake and not repeating them."
"I see…"
I was forced to learn to control most muscles voluntarily during my time as a zombie.
The experience I got from controlling each muscle and the mental endurance in keeping my cells alive translated into discipline.
Truth be told after the first week keeping all my cells alive had become an instinctive feeling to the point I think even if I got a limb cut off it would do the same as Hidan's and rely on any chakra it contained to remain alive as long as possible once my cells start starving for oxygen or sugars.
Once Yugao was adequately satisfied with my forms, she pulled out her blade and faced me.
"We can start your real training now."
I take the hint and assume a balanced stance, waiting for Yugao's instruction on what we were going to do exactly.
Her blade shined brightly with the sun.
... did I just see a leaf fall on it and get cut?
"Don't die"
Yugao says before charging at me with her sword.
Caught a bit in surprise I lose precious moments before focusing and moving my blade to deflect her's.
As I push her blade outwards Yugao follows the movement and rotates.
Seeing the incoming horizontal swing but with my sword deflected away from me I barely manage to take a step back resulting in her sword swinging right in front of me, cutting the tip of my short jacket.
As I got distracted by the narrow escape and my vision was covered by Yugao's flowing purple hair, spread out like an umbrella and hiding her body a familiar pain was felt once more…
Yugao's sword pierces and exits through my back as my face crunches in the familiar pain of getting my heart pierced.
"I just got that fixed you know?"
Yugao smiles.
"Welcome to your pain tolerance and death combat training. Next time I'm not stopping at just your heart, but I will spare your head at least."
Yugao pulls out her sword. After a couple of strings of blood shoot out over 5 meters into the distance the hole fixed itself.
Several drops of blood also shot randomly with a few few landing on Yugao herself.
Senju vitality is one hell of a cheat…
Over the next hour I had my heart pierced 5 more times, had countless deep cuts in my arms and chest and nearly got decapitated twice.
I also got my arm cut off 3 times, each time requiring Yugao's medical help to attach it back.
The objective of the training it turns out was both to train me to ignore pain during combat and interrogation while also preparing me to fight as my body is injured or in outright zombie-mode.
It was also the most extreme possible way to practice swordsmanship, constant life-or-death struggle without needing to fear actual dying was both the most realistic and fastest training one could possibly have.
As the cherry on top, after I was left dead as a tired dog from training with Yugao, I then had my clone dissolve and flood my brain with Anko's infiltration training she had been working on during that time.
The afternoon training wasn't any better...
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In the afternoon I was brought by Anko to one of the deepest floors in Konoha's prison, usually reserved for the most heinous of criminals…
There I got to meet one of my possible future fathers-in-law…
"So he's the one Anko?"
"Yes, he-"
"No, I want to hear it from him"
"Yami Yuumo, Konoha Genin."
The man approaches my frame and gives me the classic father stare-down from up close, trying to judge my worth.
I don't back away from eye contact and stare back at the blonde man's green eyes.
"ino's blue eyes are prettier"
Inoichi Yamanaka, the current head of the Yamanaka clan and alsoIno's father, smiles, finally easing down the pressure.
"Inoichi Yamanaka, wish I could say she got them from me or her mother but she bullied the heavens for them."
"Truly, she must have met a god before being born and asked for them"
"But kid...You think I wouldn't realise Ino arrived in Konoha the day before she showed up home?"
"She's and adult, free to make her own choices."
Inoichi's face sours but he lets up.
"I understand it the mission was an exception but do try to let her have time to bond with her team.
"There is also the matter that you've been seen a bit too close to that Haruno girl…"
Inoichi also stares down at Anko while saying this. But Anko acts unbothered and simple keeps to her smile.
Understanding he was overstepping and we were going to offer answers Inoichi was reasonable enough to back out and we get to the main point we were here for.
"So Anko tells me you've been able to use an accurate lightning release to control people. She wants you to practice on some inmates and thinks you might be able to extract memories as well."
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I had suggested as much to Anko, from learning the parts of the brain that govern movement to the part that governs memory isn't that great of a stretch.
Especially since I got some form of mental aptitude from Ino, besides the telepathy I've been able to more intuitively analyze animal brains using chakra.
"Yes, I might be able to turn it into a Hijutsu (hidden technique), but the lightning control requirements and knowledge necessary would make it vastly unusable. As far as I know, only I meet the requirements in Konoha but there might be a couple in Kumogakura who meet the control but good luck getting a kumo blockhead to learn."
"That would be an interesting ability. If you get it to work it could prove valuable in extracting information in cases where our conventional jutsu has been countered but don't think that's enough to earn you a spot in the Yamanaka clan."
"I'll be founding my own clan in the future, so don't worry about it"
It is the only clear way to remain fair to every girl. I refuse to be bound by the Yamanaka, Hyuga or any other power I get connected with.
"Why does every genius have to be so infuriating… like a Nara except you're trying to be an arrogant playboy instead of a lazy wastrel."
"That's a pretty high compliment."
"Yeah, since Ino refuses to listen to her parent's advice, at least try not to die again, now let's get down to business."
Inoichi says sarcastically.
As the head of Konoha's Intelligence Department, he probably looked up my information when he found out Ino stayed a night with me, if not earlier when she was leaving with us on a mission.
Inoichi brought us to a dark room, in the middle of said windowless room a man could be seen sitting and bound to a chair with his eyes covered and mouth muffled.
Inoichi puts his hand on the shoulder of the man.
The man with an average build, looking to be in his thirties doesn't react.
"Meet Mr.A, your first test subject."
"And what did Mr.A do to deserve sitting on this chair?"
"You can find out yourself later, all you need to know for now is that he's an enemy of Konoha.
"For now just mess around gently, and see what you can find"
I head closer to the men.
There are apprehensions… unlike before when I was messing around with just frogs or snakes, an actual human mind is different, more complex and relatable.
During my genjutsu training with Anko, I killed around 10 snakes and a couple of frogs.
I can't currently guarantee the safety of the subject in front of me.
I had fewer concerns when we had to kill those bandits in our first mission than I have now but I can't tell why, maybe it's probably because Mr.A here is currently defenseless and I've not proven his crimes.
In the end, killing a man or messing with his brain comes down to the same. The strong exerting their power over the weak and doing what I have to do to protect myself and the girls.
Although not obvious, what I do here will matter in the future, being able to collect intelligence directly from an enemy's brain has priceless tactical value. It's the main reason the Yamanaka clan is valued so highly and their Hijutsu tightly guarded
I put both my hands on Mr. A's head and close my eyes in concentration.
The sense I got from Ino lets me sort of map his brain, he's currently sleeping and dreaming something, but it's not what I'm looking for at this moment.
I look into the hippocampus, one of the deepest parts of the brain and where memories are stored.
It's occasionally firing as his dream accesses random pieces, but I'm not sure where to go from here.
"I can see his brain accessing memories but I don't know how to read the signals."
"Hmm, it's similar to our techniques, once you identify the flow of memories you need to read it with your own brain."
I open my eyes.
"That's insane!"
"Ohh I see the problem, hmmm…
"In our case we merely use chakra to copy the chakra around the brain, so even though it's not completely without risk, reading that chakra we place around our brain is still safer than using lightning transformation inside your own brain…"
"I definitely would welcome more experience before messing around in my brain."
"Sounds reasonable, in that case, I have a better idea for practice first."
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