Chapter 46 - Ambush ambushed (1/2)
Minato reviewed his abilities and came onto one that could really help him in this war 'Jiton kekkei genkai that I acquire from Kagura. Even if I say I will not learn elemental ninjutsu, I said it for elements like fire, water... This ability could permit me to take control of enemies weapon if I developed it well, it's completely different: even a minor mastery could become a big help.
Even if weapons are made of steel, it doesn't change a thing. From what I gathered from small experiments, the Jiton release is a magnetic power before all, it just depends on what one specializes. Sand, Copper, Iron, Steel...One has to choose his specialization and stuck with it. It has no specialty in the beginning contrary to what I thought. The Third Kazakage and Rasa chakra have the same properties, so even absorbing only the latter blood will not have changed anything.
And what better than Jiton Steel release? The majority of weapons, kunai, shuriken, tanto, and others are made of steel.
I don't need the sand release of the Kazekages, Sharingan's Susanoo is a better defense and the other elements do far more damage, with Mokuton having the ability to control the battlefield like sand. It's far more useful to focus this magnetism on incapacitating my enemy's weapon and use it against them.'
Thinking so, he made only two clones, possessing a third of his chakra each, so around mid-chunin level, and gave one some weapons to try to move with the magnetism, knowing that it will take a good amount of time to have decent control over it, while the other focused on his Fuuinjutsu project 'Bloodlines Clone', the faster he complete it the better.
Having decided on what to focus during the war, he then began to 'play' with his new sword, slashing and thrusting it to have a feel of it. The first thing to do in order to become a swordsman is to find a comfortable grip and posture with the sword. And to do that, only continuous grinding is the solution.
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The next day, 2 hours before dawn, Chisato who took the night guard for the first night to let his subordinates acclimate a bit before doing difficult tasks was astonished to see Minato come out of his tent.
”We will not depart anytime soon, you can rest a bit more if you want”
”No need Chisato-san, even if I can't do heavy training, I can still do some light training in the morning to not become rusty”
Training? Chisato looked at Minato with strange eyes. This guy woke up early for training? No wonder he became genin at such a young age. With such motivation, everyone could become one.
With a bit of respect in his eyes, he exclaimed ”Okay, but don't tire yourself nor go too far, if something happened it will be dangerous if you're not near me”
Nodding his head, Minato entered the forest and began to run in the vicinity of the camp, doing all sorts of acrobatics between trees to train his agility despite the poor visibility, using his Hyper Intuition and sense of smell to dodge the obstacles.
Minato returned two hours later, when the sun began to rise, fresh after having taken a bath in a nearby river with some rabbits that he chased during training. At the same time that he arrived, his 'team' members began to wake up and exit their tents.