Chapter 231: Shimura Clan’s Wind Release Experiment
Ding closed the scroll and charged toward the battlefield of Sakumo Hatake and Two-Tails Ryuuha before the large group of Cloud Ninja could surround them.
He formed a hand seal and used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
To receive the code name Ding in Root, this Shimura Ninja had decent Wind Release skills.
Under the powerful Wind Release, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki retreated slightly, then firmly adsorbed its four limbs to the sea surface.
Sakumo Hatake shouted: “Ding! No need for your help!”
He was just short of shouting for him not to cause trouble.
However, Ding continued to provoke Two-Tails Ryuuha.
This time, after forming 5 hand seals, Ding took a deep breath and spat out a long Wind Blade.
Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!
This was the Shimura Clan’s top Wind Release Ninjutsu, with destructive power second to none among Wind Release techniques.
Like Water Severing Wave, this long Wind Blade sliced toward Two-Tails Ryuuha.
However, Ryuuha’s Tailed Beast Cloak was extremely tough; the Vacuum Wave could not break the defense and could not inflict any injury.
Then, with Sakumo Hatake’s restraint, Ding continuously formed hand seals, successively using Vacuum Sphere, Vacuum Great Sphere, and other Wind Release techniques.
Yoru figured out what Ding was doing and recorded on the scroll:
Ding joined the battlefield, testing Wind Release’s destructive power against the Tailed Beast Cloak; Great Breakthrough, Vacuum Wave, Vacuum Sphere all failed to injure the Two-Tails Jinchuriki;
The only effective one was Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Wave; under five or six Vacuum Waves, it broke open the Tailed Beast Cloak, briefly exposing the Jinchuriki’s own skin;
However, it was merely a brief break, without injuring Ryuuha under the Tailed Beast Cloak.
Unexpectedly, Ding’s Wind Release attainment was so high, almost fully inheriting Danzo’s Wind Release Ninjutsu system.
Danzo was truly greedy, still imagining what his performance would be like against a Perfect Jinchuriki.
Yoru felt somewhat tempted; should he extract a Wind Release from him?
Yoru observed Ryuuha’s state and continued writing:
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki seemed enraged, firing Tailed Beast Balls one after another;
After Ryuuha’s guards died, Ryuuha became even more unrestrained;
She took the direction of the port, using Tailed Beast Balls to force Sakumo Hatake and the others toward the sea surface.
The next scene left a deep and shocking impression on the pursuing Mist Ninja.
The Hidden Cloud Village’s top attack method, the Jinchuriki’s Tailed Beast Ball, was actually slashed and exploded one by one by white Blade Aura?
Sakumo Hatake got the feel, gained experience, and boosted morale.
This was his first time dealing with Tailed Beast Balls; head-sized Tailed Beast Balls were nothing much.
The sea surface was filled with successive explosions, blasting up mushroom-shaped columns of water spray.
Yoru watched Sakumo Hatake and the others retreat calmly and orderly, then stunnedly looked down at himself.
What was going on? He had been left behind?
Yet he could not leave.
There was still key information not recorded: the Jinchuriki’s mental state after battle, whether a large number of Ninja were needed to suppress Tailed Beast Chakra, etc., all required someone to observe.
He could only watch Sakumo Hatake and the others go far away.
Ding, who had disrupted Sakumo Hatake’s attack rhythm, followed Sakumo Hatake away.
To assess his own combat power against a Jinchuriki, Danzo sent Ding from the Shimura Clan, disregarding whether the mission succeeded, to forcibly test the Shimura Clan’s Wind Release effects.
No wonder Danzo could achieve major events.
Yoru watched the Cloud Ninja situation on the sea surface from afar.
The Cloud Ninja stood dumbfounded one by one, unable to believe that Tailed Beast Balls could be slashed and exploded by a blade, with the explosion’s aftermath not harming White Fang at all.
The battle ended, and the Cloud Ninja formed a large semicircular arc, not daring to approach the Two-Tails Jinchuriki Ryuuha.
The terrifying legend of the Jinchuriki made the Cloud Ninja fearful.
The four guards familiar with Ryuuha had died early; the others unfamiliar with her did not dare to approach.
However, after Sakumo Hatake and the others went far, Ryuuha slowly raised her two front limbs, standing upright on her body.
Tailed Beast Chakra slowly seeped into Ryuuha’s body, disappearing extremely smoothly.
Her two tails changed from brownish-red to semi-transparent, then from semi-transparent to completely vanishing.
Yoru hurriedly recorded:
After intense battle and firing over a dozen Tailed Beast Balls, Ryuuha could autonomously retract her Tailed Beast Chakra;
In the First Great Ninja War, when Ninja Villages deployed Jinchuriki, the victorious side still had to suppress the rampaging Jinchuriki; that situation did not exist with Ryuuha;
Ryuuha’s Two-Tails Chakra was retracted and released at will, fully rational throughout;
From the Cloud Ninja’s attitude toward Ryuuha, most Cloud Ninja had some confidence in Ryuuha, no longer purely despising and fearing the Jinchuriki.
After thinking, Yoru added a line:
Sakumo Hatake’s White Fang Short Sword possessed super strong power comparable to Tailed Beast Balls, capable of directly shattering fist-sized to head-sized Tailed Beast Balls.
The village’s mission ended, and Yoru closed the mission scroll.
He pondered in his heart: after returning to the village, he would actively promote White Fang’s feat of slashing and exploding Tailed Beast Balls, build momentum for Sakumo Hatake, and continue accumulating prestige.
In the distance, Sakumo and the others raced across the sea surface.
Behind them followed three Cloud Ninja reconnaissance squads, not approaching, just chasing Sakumo Hatake and the others from afar.
If they could not shake off those reconnaissance squads, they would eventually be caught up by large pursuing forces from the Hidden Cloud Village.
Konoha actually sent people deep into the Land of Lightning to deal with a Jinchuriki; this was practically slapping the Hidden Cloud Village in the face, digging at its roots, and the Hidden Cloud Village would absolutely not let it go lightly.
Yamashiro Aoba said: “I’ll handle it!”
Ding thought to himself: Was Yamashiro Aoba going to cover the rear? Sakumo Hatake was not as companion-focused as in the legends.
After Yamashiro Aoba formed hand seals, a massive water flow surged from the sea surface, enveloping everyone.
When the water wave disappeared, they all vanished into the seawater.
Ding found himself carried by an undercurrent in the water, stealthily moving underwater.
He noted in his mind: This was new information; Yamashiro Aoba could carry multiple people in underwater stealth.
They disappeared under the seawater, surfaced again far away, and vanished into the mountain area.
Along the way, Sakumo Hatake had Gekko Shizuma continuously leave codes, hoping the fox could catch up.
Their speed was very fast, running south along the Land of Lightning’s coastline, not daring to stop, to avoid being caught by the main Cloud Ninja force.
Several days later, a figure appeared with Body Flicker around Sakumo Hatake and the others.
Everyone tensed up, then relaxed upon seeing it was the fox.
Yoru glanced at Ding; this troublesome guy was too troublesome.
This time was fine; next time dealing with Root, you have to stand in front.
The group returned to the formation with Sakumo Hatake’s five in front and the fox and Ding in the rear.
During rest, Ding said: “Give me your scroll to see; what happened at the coastline after I left?”
Yoru was stunned and said: “Is the Shimura Clan so lacking in manners, reaching out to take others’ things? Do you think everything you see belongs to you?”
Ding’s hand slowly lowered, but his whole body’s chakra surged even more intensely.
“Lord Danzo is the Anbu Minister; Root is Lord Danzo’s direct subordinate internal organization. What qualification do you have not to cooperate with me?”
Yoru got really angry.
But thinking that if Ding died, neither Sakumo Hatake nor he could escape unscathed, he could only suppress this anger.
Ding was not unkillable, but could not die in this mission.
Once Yakushi Nonou gave him Ding’s whereabouts, the next time Ding left Konoha would be his death date.
“I refuse.”
Ding was just about to form hand seals, then slowly put his hand down. He said:
“Fox, this mission exposed many problems in Anbu and Root coordination.
Anbu will issue new rules: Root is an organization above Anbu’s Four Major Divisions.
In the next mission, I hope you can still be this tough.”
