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Like rain and dew falling on thousands of trees.
The thousand senbon needles rained down on An Yan, gleaming with a chilling light. These needles were poisoned, and any ninja hit by them would surely die.
Ordinary ninjas have no time to use ninjutsu to defend against this move, as it is extremely fast.
An Yan immediately entered a state of focus, activated bullet time mode, quickly formed hand seals, and then slammed his hands on the ground, unleashing Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall.
When focused, the soil flow wall appears instantly, with almost no formation process.
Like a thousand drops of rain, the momentum was insufficient, and it failed to penetrate the earthen wall of Anyan.
The enemy ninjas immediately surrounded them from both sides, only to find that there was no one behind the earth wall.
The leader of the Rain Ninjas realized something was wrong and was about to warn them.
A dazzling white light flashed, and Hatake Sakumo swept across from east to west at an extremely fast speed, killing three people with a single strike, including two genin and one chunin.
The leader of the Rain Village shouted in grief and anger, grabbed his ninja sword, and charged towards Hatake Sakumo.
Hatake Sakumo leaped back, opening up the battle and preparing to fight the Rain Ninja leader one-on-one.
The remaining two Chunin cautiously jumped onto the tree trunk, away from the ground. An Yan had just demonstrated his Earth Release technique, so staying away from the ground was the right thing to do.
However, Hiruko suddenly appeared from above the trees and hit one of the ninjas with a Rasengan. The ninja was sent flying in a spiral, clearly not dead.
Hiruko kept An'an's teachings in mind: if you are hit by a Rasengan, as long as your body is not torn to pieces and twisted into a ball, you are definitely still alive. There are countless techniques in the ninja world that can protect you instantly, so you can't be careless.
Seeing the man spinning away, Hiruko didn't hesitate and immediately followed up with several shuriken.
The shuriken struck the target's body, producing a metallic clang. Hiruko sighed inwardly at his inauspicious start.
Another ninja nearby, Yotaka, a rogue ninja from Konoha, roared and swung the Thunder God Sword at Hiruko.
"Kid, don't be so arrogant!!!"
However, Hiruko ignored him and jumped directly towards the ninja who had been attacked by the Rasengan. As long as he was hit by the Rasengan, even with ninjutsu protection, he would still be injured. He had to strike while the iron was hot.
Ignored by Hiruko, Night Hawk's expression grew even more ferocious, and he chased after Hiruko directly.
However, just as he was leaping into the air with nowhere to grab his weight, three arrows came flying at him, blocking his escape route. The arrows were aimed directly at his leap trajectory, leaving him nowhere to dodge. In desperation, Night Hawk shrank back and used Thor's Sword to cleave one of the arrows in two, and the poison gas immediately spread.
Chapter 30 Task Evaluation Improvement
Night Hawk landed on the ground, no longer able to support the Rain Ninja who had been knocked away by the Rasengan. Although he had held his breath in time, this poison was a new concoction that An Yan had reconstituted after researching pharmacology. Once it came into contact with the skin, it would cause unbearable itching and skin ulceration, which would greatly affect the ninja's combat ability.
Night Hawk was in agony, his whole body itching unbearably. The more he scratched, the itchier it became, and he couldn't stop. He could only endure it for a moment before he couldn't take it anymore. Thor's Sword fell to the side, and he rolled around on the ground begging for mercy.
An Yan did not appear. This was also his first time using this kind of poison, and he could not yet accurately control its effects. The person in front of him was a suitable test subject.
Before long, Night Hawk had gone from begging for mercy to begging for death, but An Yan still hadn't appeared. Night Hawk couldn't hold on any longer and let go of the explosive tag in his hand.
The detonation tag exploded, and Nighthawk was blown to smithereens.
An Yan finally emerged, stepped forward, first put away the Thunder God Sword, then sealed Night Hawk's head directly into the scroll, put both into his ninja tool bag, and then turned and walked towards Hiruko's direction.
As expected, the Chunin who had been fighting Hiruko earlier had his internal organs injured by the Rasengan. During the fight, his body moved at high speed, which caused his internal organs to rupture and he died on the spot. This had exhausted Hiruko.
Seeing that Hiruko was in relatively good condition, An Yan headed straight for Hatake Sakumo.
The leader of the Rain Village is far stronger than an ordinary Chunin. In Konoha, he would easily be ranked as a Special Jonin, on par with Hayate Gekko. However, this Rain Village leader is also skilled in swordsmanship, and is a ninja of the same type as Sakumo Hatake. Moreover, he is older and has better physical qualities than Sakumo Hatake in all aspects, which makes this battle extremely difficult for him.
Until An Yan arrived.
An Yan didn't make a move. He just stood on the tree with his bow and arrow, occasionally drawing his bow and nocking an arrow. The arrows were aimed at the leader of the Rain Ninja, disrupting his attack rhythm and making him feel like he was being pricked at any time.
As Hatake Sakumo's pressure lessened, he also used this ninja, who was slightly stronger than him, as a whetstone. The two fought more and more rapidly, and the sound of swords clashing filled the air.
When Hiruko arrived, the leader of the Rain Village, who had been suppressing his desire to escape, suddenly lost his composure. "Damn it, what kind of teammates are these? They can't even take down two kids."
In a moment of slight distraction, Hatake Sakumo seized the opportunity, saw the opening, and severed his throat with a single stroke.
Blood flowed out, and the leader of the Rain Ninja clutched his wound, his eyes filled with a sense of lingering regret, before collapsing to the ground and dying.
An Yan stepped forward and sealed the corpse, intending to take it back to the analysis team to see if they could extract anything of value.
After killing the enemy, Hatake Sakumo breathed a sigh of relief, took a few steps back, and sat down on the tree roots behind him.
An Yan smiled and handed over the water pouch, teasing, "Brother Hatake, weren't you supposed to fight thirteen? How come you're so tired after just one?"
Sakumo Hatake rolled his eyes and said, "Who knew this guy was so strong? But it seems my sword isn't fast enough. I need to practice more when I get back."
Hiruko asked curiously, "Everyone's been killed, so why hasn't Master Danzo appeared yet? Did he go back?"
An Yan sighed: "Danzo-sensei didn't come at all. I already knew when I used the Chakra Sensing Technique, but I was worried that saying it would affect morale, so I didn't say anything."
Hiruko's expression changed slightly: "Why is Danzo-sensei like this?"
An Yan shrugged and said helplessly, "People must rely on themselves, understand? Bei Liu Hu, don't always rely on others. You can't count on others when it matters."
Sakumo Hatake chimed in, "Danzo-sensei is the kind of person who treats ninjas as tools. We subordinates are probably just tools in his eyes too."
An Yan clapped his hands. Hatake Sakumo hit the nail on the head. In the end, Shimura Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen were not the same kind of people. He completely treated ninjas as tools. Whether it was his subordinates or the ninjas of Konoha, he had the same attitude. Completing the mission was the most important thing. He didn't care whether his subordinates died or not.
Fortunately, Tobirama Senju is still alive, so Danzo doesn't dare to go too far in anything he does. However, once Tobirama Senju is gone, who knows what kind of trouble that guy might cause.
An Yan even secretly hoped that, given Danzo's personality, there might be a day when he would kill his master. After all, it was a tradition in Konoha. Or maybe this guy would do something outrageous that would make Tobirama Senju kill his own brother for the greater good, and the master and disciple would have a showdown. Just thinking about it was exciting.
Hiruko finally lowered his head in silence, his expression dejected.
An Yan hugged him tightly.
"Don't overthink things. The most important thing is to seize the time to grow stronger. Only when you have the strength will people listen to you."
Hatake Sakumo, who was standing to the side, nodded. An Yan's thoughts seemed more mature than his own. He truly deserved to be called a genius.
The three of them rested briefly, then looted the corpse, taking all the Rain Ninja's weapons, explosive tags, and other items. An Yan even found a ninjutsu scroll with the Rain Ninja's famous ninjutsu—"Like Rain Dew Thousand Sticks."
This is a ninjutsu that uses an umbrella to release thousands of needles for attack. An Yan felt that this ninjutsu was somewhat to his liking. Putting aside everything else, the feeling of fighting with an umbrella was just too elegant.
An Yan immediately learned this move and used the Rain Ninja's umbrella to perform a ninjutsu. After that, he felt that the Rain Ninja's umbrella was too ugly, so he decided to go back to Konoha and make a ninja tool umbrella by hand.
After packing up, the three of them rushed back to Konoha to submit their mission.
The Konoha Ninja Mission Hall is guarded 24 hours a day. An Yan directly submitted several sealing scrolls containing the heads of rogue ninjas and the corpses of Amegakure ninjas. After seeing the number of enemy ninjas submitted in the mission log and confirming that An Yan was not lying, the secretary immediately upgraded the mission rating for An Yan and his companions, raising the mission difficulty from B-rank to A-rank.
The next step is simple: just go back and wait for further instructions.
The ninjas in the analysis team are going to start working overtime again, using ninjutsu to extract information through the night. After all, the earlier you use ninjutsu on a corpse, the more information you can get. The later it gets, the more difficult it is to extract anything from the dead person's brain.
An Yan and his two companions walked out of the mission hall, high-fived each other to celebrate completing their first A-level mission, and then yawned as they went home.
An Yan got home too late today, took a shower as soon as he got home and went straight to bed. He is still growing and developing, and we can't let sleep problems affect his future height.
Chapter 31 Ninjutsu Development
The next day, as soon as An Yan opened his eyes, he suddenly remembered that there was something he hadn't handed in the day before: the Thor's Sword.
Thinking that the last guy who stole this thing had been killed, An Yan suddenly felt uneasy. He quickly washed up, ate a quick meal, and went out.
Upon arriving at the mission hall, An Yan discovered that the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was also there, so he simply took out the sealing scroll and handed it over.
"Lord Hokage, this is something I forgot to hand in after I finished my mission yesterday. I was so tired when I got back that I forgot."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took the scroll, opened it, glanced at it, smiled, and then handed it to An Yan.
"This is a special ninja sword made by Lord Tobirama Senju. It's a pity that the material is a little inferior. You can play with it, Yasuie. Anyway, it'll just collect dust in the storage room. Who knows, some fool will steal it someday."
When An Yan heard Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, he was both pleasantly surprised and somewhat puzzled, as the saying goes, one should not accept a reward without merit.
An Yan was puzzled by Hiruzen Sarutobi's sudden generosity. Since it was a matter of speaking his mind, An Yan asked directly.
"Why did the Hokage give me this? The Thunder God Sword must be a very important item, right?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a drag of his cigarette and said slowly, "What makes the Thunder God Sword so precious is its history of being wielded by the Second Hokage. The sword itself isn't particularly valuable. Konoha already has the technology to mass-produce this kind of sword, but it's not cost-effective, so it's not being mass-produced."
An Yan looked thoughtful. This thing looks like a lightsaber, and it can actually be mass-produced? The research capabilities of this second generation are truly incredible.
Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped his cigarette ash, pulling An Yan back to his senses. He looked at An Yan with a solemn expression and said:
“An Yan, you are an excellent child. I am entrusting this Thunder God Sword to you in the hope that you can inherit the will of your ancestors and grow into a towering tree of Konoha to protect the village. Do you understand?”
The time to express his determination had come. An Yan stood at attention, his eyes fixed on Hiruzen Sarutobi, and said solemnly, "An Yan will certainly not let the Hokage down."
Hiruzen Sarutobi offered a few more words of encouragement to the Will of Fire before turning and leaving, satisfied.
An Yan walked out of the mission hall with light steps.
How could you not be happy to get a decent ninja tool for free?
However, An Yan also understood that the third generation valued his personal worth, which was why he invested in him. But it didn't matter to him. He would take what was given and listen to what was said. As long as the attitude was right, that was enough. If one day personal interests conflicted with collective interests and he was to be sent away, then he would still turn against him.
With nothing else to do today, An Yan came to the Senju clan's territory specifically to visit Mito Uzumaki, who would be his biggest backer in Konoha for the next twenty years.
Mito Uzumaki remained as serene as ever. Upon seeing An Yan's arrival, she simply smiled and inquired about his recent situation. An Yan, in turn, only reported good news and showed off his newly acquired Thor's Sword.
Mito Uzumaki praised him a few times and then assigned homework to An Yan.
There are many things related to sealing techniques, such as barrier techniques. With a Four Purple Flame Formation, the entire Hidden Leaf Village would have to watch Hiruzen Sarutobi die in battle, and with a Four Red Sun Formation, even the Ten-Tails would be imprisoned.
The Uzumaki clan is born with the bloodline ability Vajra Sealing Technique, which is both a sealing technique and a barrier technique. Many of the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques are used in conjunction with this ability.
An Yan is not a member of the Uzumaki clan. To fully utilize the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques, he needs to develop a similar technique.
Mito Uzumaki extended her golden chains, explaining as she guided An Yan to observe and perceive them. Through her simple yet profound explanations, An Yan understood the chakra of these chains and the structure of the sealing techniques.
Although it's a bit difficult for him to cultivate it himself, if he could give Nagato some pointers, maybe he could cultivate it too.
Fortunately, An Yan possessed extremely strong chakra manipulation abilities. He simulated the structure of the Adamantine Sealing Chains and also unleashed an extended blue chakra chain. The densely packed sealing runes on the chain constantly wriggled and then disappeared into the chain, and the blue chakra gradually transformed into gold.
Mito Uzumaki was somewhat surprised. However, after testing, it was found that An'an's chakra chains were much weaker than the Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Lock, far from being able to bind the Nine-Tails like a dumpling. They could probably only be used to bind the One-Tails, a youth version of that.
An Yan was also helpless. The Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Sealing Technique was a bloodline ability, not a ninjutsu. It required a huge amount of life force and chakra to be used. An Yan could only simulate it to this extent.
However, after learning this technique of combining sealing runes with chakra, An Yan suddenly had a new idea.
An Yan thought of the ultimate move of the monk Miroku in the old anime Inuyasha, the Wind Tunnel. There is a similar skill in the ninja world, the sealing technique of Granny Chiyo, the Three Treasures Absorption.
If sealing techniques are used as an aid, is it possible to develop a ninjutsu with a similar effect?
An Yan raised this question with Mito Uzumaki, who replied that she was powerless to help, as she was not actually good at developing ninjutsu, but only specialized in sealing techniques.
However, An Yan quickly came up with a solution. He thought of the Wind Vortex Sword from a certain god and began experimenting with it with great interest.
Most wind-style ninjutsu involve releasing energy, and very few involve drawing energy back. An Yan had experience researching the Rasengan, but he hadn't incorporated chakra nature transformation before because he was worried about accidentally injuring his arm like Naruto. He didn't have Naruto's top-tier physique; if his cells and meridians were cut open, he would be ruined.