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He picked up the history book and flipped through it again and again.
Lost in reading, he didn’t notice the sun sinking into the western sea until only half remained.
“Alright, alright, alright~⭐”
Yagura Karatachi stretched, drowsiness creeping in.
“Ah~ Losing myself in study makes me happy.”
“Getting late. Time to head back. Grandpa’s gonna yell at me again~”
Yagura rolled up the book and stuffed it into his waistband, then jumped down from the tree with ease.
He used the landing momentum to spring forward, racing toward Kirigakure.
CRACKLE,SNAP,CRACKLE,SNAP—
Weak Lightning Release Chakra gathered across Yagura Karatachi’s body.
He controlled the chakra to stimulate his cells, increasing their activity.
This was one of Yagura’s daily training routines.
From the moment he’d refined chakra and tested his chakra nature, Yagura had started copying homework.
Yagura remembered that in the original story, the Fourth Raikage used this method to stimulate his cells, enhancing his body’s functions to gain tremendous strength and speed.
The original Naruto had many famous Lightning Release techniques.
The most famous were Sasuke Uchiha’s Chidori, Kakashi Hatake’s Lightning Cutter, the Lightning Release Chakra Nintaijutsu of Kumogakure’s Third and Fourth Raikage, and Fifth Raikage Darui’s Black Lightning.
Comparing these ninja’s Lightning Release techniques, Yagura decisively borrowed the Fourth Raikage’s approach.
Unlike Chidori and Lightning Cutter, the Fourth Raikage’s Nintaijutsu enhanced physical attributes across the board.
The piercing attacks Chidori and Lightning Cutter could achieve?
The Raikage’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode could do them just as well.
Yagura developed his own version based on the original’s description of the Raikage’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
The Raikage’s technique required coating the entire body’s cells with Lightning Release Chakra and stimulating them.
Put simply: when using this technique, your entire body is in a state of being electrocuted by your own discharge.
If you don’t want to knock yourself out with your own Lightning Release Chakra, building up your body’s electrical resistance is mandatory.
“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!”
Accelerating toward the village, Yagura gritted his teeth through the pain of his cells being stimulated by Lightning Release Chakra, like thousands of needles stabbing through his body.
“Raikage, you bastard, you really are a damn masochist! No wonder you traded an arm for one punch on Sasuke in the future! Are you an M or what?”
At the same time, far away in Kumogakure, the future Fourth Raikage A was training his lightning-resistant body under his father the Third Raikage’s guidance.
Though still young, he already showed the early shape of his future muscular build.
Suddenly, A sneezed for no apparent reason.
“Achoo!”
The Third Raikage frowned and barked, “Too lax! A! Increase the Lightning Release Chakra by one level!”
“Yes! Father!”
……
The Karatachi surname was a well-known major clan in Kirigakure.
Their estate in Kirigakure was both large and located on the first outer ring from the village center.
A few steps from home and you could reach the central Mizukage Building for work.
A residence of this caliber, Yagura, whether in his past life or present, had always envied but could never afford it.
But now that he’d transmigrated, he could live here for free!
As expected, being born well beats working well.
He shoved the main gate open with a bang.
Yagura raised a smile and shouted, “Grandpa! I’m back!”
SMACK!
A slipper hit him square in the face.
Grandfather Karatachi was so angry his handlebar mustache practically flew up.
“You little brat! Where did you run off to, coming back this late!”
Yagura pulled the slipper off his face, still smiling.
“Aiyayaya, Grandpa, don’t be so mad, you’ll look old. Didn’t I leave you a note? I went outside the village to read.”
He soothed his grandfather’s temper with gentle words while pushing him toward the inner courtyard.
Mentioning that note made Grandfather Karatachi even angrier!
“Leave a note? The characters you wrote were your own invention! I took it to the Cryptanalysis Unit and even they said they couldn’t decode it!”
Of course not.
The characters were Chinese, not the numbers or symbols ninja commonly used for codes.
The Cryptanalysis Unit naturally couldn’t decode it.
The two of them reached the inner courtyard gate, one ahead and one behind.
Just as Yagura breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the matter was over, Grandfather Karatachi spun around and struck him in the abdomen.
“Coral Palm!”
Starting from the point of impact, clusters of hard coral rapidly grew, crawling over Yagura’s entire body.
By the time he realized what was happening, his whole body was already covered and bound by coral.
Yagura gave a wry smile and tried struggling.
Yep.
Definitely couldn’t break free.
This was the Karatachi Clan’s Secret Technique: Coral Palm.
The coral created from chakra transformation was extremely hard.
Breaking free on your own required either immense brute strength or chakra release.
Unfortunately, Yagura currently possessed neither.
Even though Yagura had been training chakra since age 3,now 7, four years of training, he still wasn’t there yet.
Not every ninja’s four years were like Naruto Uzumaki’s or Sasuke Uchiha’s.
He didn’t have cheats.
But even bound in a coral cocoon, Yagura kept smiling.
“Grandpa, no need for this between us. Let’s talk nicely.”
His grandfather wouldn’t really do anything to him anyway~
At worst, he’d stand as punishment for one night without dinner.
Grandfather Karatachi sighed weakly and rubbed his forehead.
“Having a troublesome grandson like you is truly my blessing.”
Can’t beat him, can’t scold him, can’t even restrain him with Coral Palm for punishment.
This kid was utterly impervious!
His skin was thicker than this old man’s!
That was only natural.
Yagura chuckled inwardly.
Mere physical punishment, compared to the workplace misery he’d endured in his previous life, this was far too easy.
“Of course. You’ve been praising me for being clever since I was little.”
His fist clenched!
Damn it, if I’d known praising you would make you this insufferable!
When you were born and I held you, I should’ve let my hand slip and dropped you!
Grandfather Karatachi waved his hand and dispelled the coral on Yagura’s body.
Since it was useless, might as well forget it.
He really didn’t want tonight to start rumors throughout Kirigakure’s streets about how the head of the great Karatachi Clan was angered to death by his own grandson.
Yagura didn’t push his luck.
He raised both hands high, playing good, and massaged Grandfather Karatachi’s back.
“Thank you for letting me off, Grandpa.”
“Hmph! Harder! Haven’t you eaten?”
“Funny you mention it—I really haven’t.”
“…” Grandfather Karatachi nearly choked!
The reason was simple—fury!
Sometimes he truly wondered if Yagura was sent down by the God of Shinobi to punish their family.
He was.
And he wasn’t.
Setting aside his stubborn, infuriating, thick-skinned personality, Grandfather Karatachi dared assert that Yagura was a genius rarely seen in their clan’s history, in all of Kirigakure’s history!
This kid really was clever from a young age (through gritted teeth).
His talent and comprehension for ninjutsu training were superb.
He’d started training chakra at age 3.
After using chakra paper to test his chakra nature, he independently decided his future ninjutsu development direction.
Casting several C-rank jutsu was no problem.
The Karatachi Clan’s Secret Technique: Coral Palm, this kid mastered it in less than a month.
By comparison, Yagura’s father had trained for 3 months back then and was thoroughly mocked by Grandfather Karatachi for it.
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