4: Chapter 04: Flying Thunder God Technique!
4: Chapter 04: Flying Thunder God Technique!
Aoba’s nerves had been stretched taut this entire time, and he didn’t dare relax even for an instant.
The moment the kunai came flying toward them, he grabbed Satsuki and Kotoharu with one hand each and threw them toward the grass farther away.
As for Shota…
Sorry, but he only had two hands.
Aoba simply kicked him away.
It hurt a little, but staying alive was more important.
Unfortunately, the kunai was moving incredibly fast.
By the time Aoba wanted to escape, it was already too late.
Boom!
Smoke and dust billowed into the air, blasting a huge crater into the entire patch of grass.
Lying there alone was a wooden log.
“Hm?
Substitution Jutsu?” Kidomaru’s movements were extremely swift.
His kunai with the Explosive Tag attached had only been the opening move.
The next moment, a spiderweb shot from his mouth.
It headed straight for Aoba, who had relocated nearby using Substitution Jutsu!
This is bad…
Aoba realized the situation was troublesome.
Kidomaru’s spiderwebs possessed incredible stickiness and toughness.
If someone were caught in them, even two elephants probably couldn’t break free.
The reason Aoba had managed to escape the Explosive Tag was because he had already been prepared for it.
But the difference in strength between the two of them was simply too great!
Facing the spiderweb attack, it would be extremely difficult for him to dodge.
Once he was restrained, today would be the day he died here.
Should I draw from the gacha early?
Aoba hesitated.
He had originally planned to save up the full 100,000 ryo and perform a 10 pull.
But faced with the crisis before him, he couldn’t afford to worry about that anymore.
“Gentle Fist!” Just as the spiderweb was about to hit him, a girl in a white jacket struck out, breaking the strands of webbing in midair.
It was Hinata!
Aoba hadn’t expected Hinata to appear at such a critical moment.
But the girl was no match for Kidomaru.
Even though the Gentle Fist and Byakugan could counter his abilities to a certain extent, they couldn’t completely make up for the difference in strength between them.
At that moment, Hinata turned her head.
“Aoba-niisan, get away!
I’ll hold him off!” With that, she charged at Kidomaru without the slightest hesitation.
“Another one coming to die!” Kidomaru didn’t take the girl seriously.
However, in order to resolve this nuisance as quickly as possible, he activated Cursed Seal Stage 1.
Black markings immediately spread across his skin.
The Cursed Seal was an ability developed by Orochimaru.
When he bit someone, something indescribable was injected into their body, forming a Cursed Seal.
The Cursed Seal had two stages.
After activating Cursed Seal Stage 1, Kidomaru’s strength was enough to completely overwhelm even elite chunin.
“I won’t run…” Aoba looked at the stack of bills lying on the ground.
They had fallen from Shota’s pocket when Aoba kicked him away moments ago.
There were five bills in total, adding up to exactly 1,000 ryo.
He picked up the money from the ground.
In an instant, it vanished from his palm.
The balance on his Personal Status reached a full 100,000 ryo!
Aoba quickly switched to the gacha interface.
Purchase ten bags of Soldier Pills and perform one 10 pull!
His balance instantly dropped to zero.
The Items section of his Personal Status now contained ten bags of Soldier Pills.
Then the massive gacha display began spinning.
The ordinary rewards appeared first.
[Obtained: Transformation Jutsu, Soldier Pills ×4, Substitution Jutsu, Medical Kit ×2] Then useful ninjutsu began appearing.
[Congratulations, Host!
Your luck is off the charts!] [You have obtained Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall (B-rank)] Just before the tenth result appeared, Aoba felt as though the interface had briefly frozen.
A dazzling golden light began flashing at the center of the screen.
[Congratulations, Host!
Your luck has defied the heavens!] [You have obtained the Flying Thunder God Technique (S-rank).
Includes 3 specially marked kunai] Flying Thunder God!
The best reward in the entire prize pool!
The ninjutsu obtained from the gacha had to be manually confirmed before it would automatically be learned.
The Flying Thunder God Technique displayed on the interface transformed into a golden ball of light and quietly floated there.
Aoba gently tapped the ball of light.
It immediately transformed into a streak of light and entered his body.
━━━ NOTIFICATION ━━━ ✨ Flying Thunder God Technique detected at Beginner.
Flying Thunder God Mark has been comprehended.
━━━━ ⬆️ Ninjutsu proficiency upgraded.
New abilities can now be comprehended.
━━━━ 🗑️ Dismantling unwanted ninjutsu can yield Skill Points for upgrades.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Aoba quickly scanned the explanatory text on the interface.
To raise Flying Thunder God from Beginner to Proficient required 50 Skill Points.
Every subsequent proficiency level would cost ten times as many Skill Points as the previous one.
As for dismantling ninjutsu…
E-rank ninjutsu like Substitution Jutsu and Transformation Jutsu could only yield 5 Skill Points each when dismantled.
Earth-Style Wall, as a B-rank ninjutsu, could yield 100 Skill Points.
Aoba simply dismantled all three ninjutsu and obtained 110 Skill Points.
“Upgrade Flying Thunder God Technique!” With a thought, the proficiency of Flying Thunder God rose.
[Flying Thunder God Technique detected at Proficient proficiency.] [Flying Thunder God Slash has been comprehended.] Satisfied, Aoba closed the interface.
Excellent.
Now I finally have the strength to fight!
Looking back at the battlefield, only a short time had passed, yet Hinata and Kidomaru were already locked in fierce combat.
The girl was clearly at a disadvantage.
The Hyuga clan specialized in the Gentle Fist, favoring close-range combat.
Kidomaru’s abilities, however, were practically those of a real spider, making him extremely proficient in long-range attacks.
As a result, Hinata could only defend passively and couldn’t find an opportunity to attack.
Every so often, Kidomaru threw kunai made from Spider Sticky Gold.
It was a special type of hardened spider silk with a strength comparable to metal.
He seemed to take great pleasure in tormenting his prey, just like a spider playing with something caught in its web.
Gradually, more wounds appeared on Hinata’s body.
But the girl never chose to run.
She continued stubbornly resisting.
Her powerful conviction filled her heart with strength!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Three specially marked kunai flew from Aoba’s hand.
His aim seemed to be somewhat questionable.
One landed beside Kidomaru’s left foot.
Another landed behind him.
Only one struck directly toward the target.
It was easily blocked.
With six arms, Kidomaru found it ridiculously easy to defend against long-range attacks.
“Hinata, you’ve done well.
I’ll handle him from here!” Aoba stepped in front of Hinata.
Looking at the tall figure standing before her, the girl was filled with an overwhelming sense of security.
She didn’t stop to wonder why the boy hadn’t listened to her and left.
Nor did she question how Aoba-niisan, who had always been a genin, could possibly deal with an enemy possessing Special Jonin-level strength.
At this moment, Hinata felt only warmth.
“Okay.” Without wasting any more words, she chose to trust the boy standing before her.
No matter what happened, she would stay by his side!
Aoba didn’t waste any time.
Holding a standard-issue kunai, he quickly charged toward Kidomaru in the distance.
“Hm?
Looking to die?” Kidomaru couldn’t understand what he was doing.
A mere genin, holding nothing but a kunai, actually dared to claim that he was going to deal with him?
It was simply foolish, arrogant, and ignorant!
Using spider silk and Spider Sticky Gold, he rapidly constructed an enormous bow and arrow.
He drew the bow, nocked the arrow, and fired in one fluid motion!
The arrow moved incredibly fast, reaching Aoba in an instant.
That was far too fast for a genin to dodge!
A twisted pleasure flashed through Kidomaru’s eyes.
He was already looking forward to the sight of his prey’s head exploding in the next instant.
But Aoba wasn’t about to give him what he wanted.
At precisely that moment— Flying Thunder God Technique!
The boy disappeared from where he stood, leaving behind only a flash of golden light.
Pfft!
The smug expression on Kidomaru’s face had not yet faded when a huge mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips.
He stared at his chest in disbelief.
A standard-issue kunai had pierced straight through his body!
Blood was gushing violently from his heart!