“Captain, I have dual Wind and Fire affinity Chakra.” Rinya did not hide anything.
“I currently only know two Fire Release techniques. I just used my Sharingan to secretly copy a few Earth Release techniques from the Iwagakure Ninja, but since I don’t have Earth affinity, forcing them out consumes too much Chakra.”
Hearing this, Senju Ken’s eyes lit up.
“Wind and Fire? Good lad, Wind feeds the Fire, that’s a purely offensive combination!” Senju Ken rubbed his chin and made a decision.
“In that case, I’ll teach you a couple of Wind Release techniques when we rest. As for Fire Release, go find Sarutobi Takumi; his mastery of Fire Release is quite solid.”
On the surface, he appeared generous and willing to mentor a junior, but Senju Ken was calculating his own schemes.
He would just teach him a couple of Ninjutsu to brush him off, and while at it, downplay Rinya’s heaven-defying achievement of killing a Jonin while being lower-ranked.
He would suppress the battle report slightly and just let this kid honestly serve as a Chunin.
After all, the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan had always been at odds.
If the villagers found out that the Uchiha had produced a freak capable of killing a Jonin at twelve years old, where would the Senju Clan’s face be?
Their own young master, Senju Nawaki, was the same age as Rinya, yet he was still just a Genin!
The comparison was too brutal; they absolutely could not let the Uchiha steal the spotlight.
Upon hearing this, Rinya was overjoyed.
He was just worrying about not having skills that matched his affinities!
He had been dealing with Iwagakure Ninja all along, and the loot he got from searching the bodies was all Earth Release.
Without Earth affinity Chakra to support it, casting Earth Release was basically a bottomless pit for his Chakra reserves.
Now he could finally get his hands on Wind Release!
“Thank you for your guidance, Captain! Senior Takumi, please teach me well!” Rinya hurriedly bowed to express his thanks, playing the part perfectly.
If he knew the twists and turns in Senju Ken’s mind, he would probably hug Senju Ken’s thigh and praise him as a good man.
Suppressing his battle achievements?
That was just great!
Don’t ever promote me to Jonin!
I just want to wear the skin of a Chunin and stay in the back lines to scavenge for loot.
As for leading teams to their deaths on the front lines, whoever wants that job can have it!
Senju Ken watched Rinya’s expression of overwhelming gratitude, unable to help but twitch the corner of his mouth, feeling smug inside.
This Uchiha brat was still too young, after all.
In the world of Ninjas, the most brilliant method is deception.
Today, I’ll give you a free lesson, letting you count the money even after being sold by others!
“Alright, stop grinning like an idiot. Everyone, clean up the battlefield immediately and prepare to retreat!” Senju Ken put away his thoughts and issued the order loudly.
Everyone dispersed quickly.
Senju Ken leaped to a high vantage point to keep watch and prevent enemy reinforcements.
Sarutobi Takumi efficiently sealed the two Jonin corpses into a scroll, then turned and walked over to Rinya.
“Rinya, about Fire Release…” Sarutobi Takumi rubbed his hands, his old face flushing slightly.
“The Uchiha Clan is best at using fire; you will definitely learn better techniques once you return to the village. I specialize in Earth Release, so my Fire Release is just passable.”
Seeing Rinya’s puzzled look, Sarutobi Takumi steeled himself and laid his cards on the table: “Let’s make a deal. I’ll teach you practical Fire Release techniques, and you teach me the Earth Release techniques you used earlier. How about it?”
He had seen it during the fight earlier; the rock projectiles Rinya spat out had extreme lethality.
This kid could unleash such power without Earth affinity; if he, a master of Earth Release, used it, the power would definitely double!
Taking advantage of the mission arranged by the captain, it was the perfect opportunity to pry the technique out of him.
Rinya was speechless after hearing this.
He thought this old guy was going to teach him everything he knew, but it turned out he was eyeing his skills.
But on second thought, this trade was worth it.
A direct exchange of benefits; neither owed the other any favors.
The Sarutobi Clan was the family of the Third Hokage; getting too deeply involved with them might not be a good thing, so a clearly priced transaction was the safest route.
“No problem!” Rinya pretended to think for a moment and nodded readily.
“Senior Takumi, let’s learn from each other!”
He would take things as they came; first, he would get the Ninjutsu for free.
“Alright! It’s a deal. Once we return to the base to rest, you teach me the Fire Release.”
Sarutobi Takumi’s eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed.
This Uchiha brat really hadn’t seen much of the world yet; he was so easily swindled!
In reality, the Fire Release techniques Sarutobi Takumi possessed were just the basic stuff that various clans had contributed when the village of Konoha was founded.
Rinya could learn them all in minutes just by finding any random Uchiha Clan member back at the camp.
Now, using these common goods to get a fairly powerful Earth Release technique for free—this trade was an absolute steal!
“No problem, little brother Rinya!” Sarutobi Takumi agreed immediately.
Afterwards, Rinya grabbed him and started asking about the theory of Chakra circulation for Fire Release.
As long as he understood the theoretical foundation, combined with the Sharingan’s copying ability, learning a few Fire Release techniques would be a piece of cake.
“Takumi, Rinya, the Captain has finished cleaning up, prepare to retreat!” As the two were chatting enthusiastically, Takagi waved and shouted from a distance.
Rinya and Sarutobi Takumi hurriedly stopped talking and caught up with the main group in a few leaps.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Senju Ken gave a look to Hyuga Shinichi and took the lead, sprinting towards the temporary base.
Rinya followed behind, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Hyuga Shinichi not following the team, but instead turning and diving into the depths of the forest in the opposite direction, disappearing quickly.
Rinya was puzzled and turned to lean closer to Takagi, asking in a low voice: “Takagi, where is Shinichi going?”
“Shinichi?
The Captain arranged for him to stay behind and keep watch.” Takagi explained while hurrying along, “In case other Iwagakure squads hear the commotion and come to investigate, he’ll be there watching from behind.
That way, we can follow the vine to find the melon and wipe out their base directly.”
Rinya suddenly realized.
Isn’t this just like finishing a jungle camp and not returning to base, but camping in the bushes waiting for the enemy to come and clear the lane!
These old veterans really had a whole set of tactics.
Understanding the reason, Rinya stopped wasting words and followed Takagi, hurrying along silently.
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Before long, the group arrived at the hidden temporary base.
“Takumi, arrange for people to take turns on watch. The rest of you, hurry up and recover your Chakra!” Senju Ken issued instructions methodically. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
Afterward, he turned his head and pointed at Rinya, who was crouching in the corner trying to be invisible.
“Kid, come here.” After saying that, Senju Ken walked straight to an open space at the edge of the base.
Rinya understood immediately; this was him fulfilling his promise to teach Wind Release.
He immediately trotted after him.
“Kid, don’t blink; I’ll only demonstrate this once.” Senju Ken’s mouth curled into a smile, and he raised his hands to prepare the hand seals.
“Sharingan! Activate!” Rinya did not hesitate at all; his Chakra instantly surged into his eyes.
In his scarlet pupils, two pitch-black Tomoe spun wildly, locking tightly onto every one of Senju Ken’s movements.
To show that he was “teaching seriously,” Senju Ken deliberately slowed down the speed of the hand seals.
“Dog-Dragon! Wind Release: Gale Palm!” With just two simple hand seals, Senju Ken slammed his palms together and let out a low shout.
Rinya muttered to himself, isn’t this the technique Jiraiya taught Nagato in the original work?
Do people from the Senju Clan also use this?
He had no time to think; the Sharingan had already etched the hand seal movements deeply into his mind.
He saw a burst of high-pressure airflow erupt between Senju Ken’s palms.
The moment the airflow left his hands, it transformed into a visible, violent hurricane, roaring as it swept toward the forest directly in front.
As the gale passed, thick tree trunks were blown violently, and the falling leaves flew everywhere like sharp blades.
Senju Ken looked with satisfaction at the forest ravaged by the Wind Release and turned to explain it to Rinya.
“The principle of this Gale Palm is very simple. It’s just changing the nature of Chakra in your hands and converting it into wind.”
“Then, by clapping your palms together, you compress the wind to the extreme, and finally release a violent gale to perform mid-to-long-range attacks.”
“The greatest use of this technique is not to directly injure people, but to use it in conjunction with shuriken or Kunai.”
“Using wind pressure to accelerate the Ninja tools, not only is the speed too fast to be seen by the naked eye, but the lethality can also be multiplied several times over!”
“Don’t look down on it just because it’s a C-rank Ninjutsu; the actual combat effectiveness is very good.”
“For a novice like you who has just come into contact with Wind Release, it is the most suitable for building a foundation.”
Senju Ken spoke high-sounding words, but in reality, he had already calculated his plan.
High-level Wind Release?
Don’t even think about it!
Giving a C-rank Ninjutsu to brush off a beggar, and conveniently calling it “building a foundation”—it was simply perfect.
A C-rank Ninjutsu with only two seals had no secrets at all in front of a two-Tomoe Sharingan.
Rinya could even see the flow trajectory of the Chakra clearly and mastered the essentials instantly.
Rinya didn’t mind at all.
He knew better than anyone that the “copying” function of the Sharingan had far more hype than reality.
The limit of the two-Tomoe was, at best, copying a B-rank Ninjutsu.
If he were really forced to watch an A-rank or S-rank high-level Ninjutsu, he wouldn’t be able to learn it even if he stared until his eyes went blind.
After all, the nature transformation and shape transformation of Chakra cannot be understood just by looking.
The reason he was able to release those Earth Release techniques with astonishing lethality before was purely because the system cheat had forcibly instilled the skills into him.
If it weren’t for the system, with just these two-Tomoe eyes he had now, he could only stare blankly even if he saw Earth Release.
The Sharingan as a shield was just something to use to fool these unsuspecting teammates.