Jixo

410 Learning Ninjutsu in a Glance

Added 2025-12-31 06:09:01 +0000 UTC

"Inukaitakerunomikoto!"

The shout had barely fallen when several monsters with dragon heads and serpent bodies, formed from earth, burst out of the ground and slammed toward Shinju!

Shinju countered smoothly, spreading his hands and shouting, "Shinra Tensei!"

"Crash!!"

Centered on Shinju's body, an invisible repulsive barrier exploded outward!

"Rumble rumble rumble!!"

Wherever the repulsion field passed, everything was reduced to nothingness—turf ripped up, flat ground blasted into deep craters! Including the monsters Momoshiki had just created!

Watching his Inukaitakerunomikoto turn to dust in an instant, Momoshiki panicked!

After devouring Kinshiki's chakra, he had also gained Kinshiki's space–time abilities.

He desperately wanted to run—but he couldn't!

That red-haired guy's mastery of space–time far surpassed his by who knows how much!

"Damn it!"

"Monkey Rock!"

Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki roared again, throwing everything into this last gamble!

"Boom!"

The ground within the space shattered, earth and stone flying up and slowly assembling into a colossal ape-shaped beast hundreds of meters tall!!

Momoshiki's plan was simple: draw the red-haired guy's attention, then make his escape…

But the thought had barely formed when the Monkey Rock he created was pulverized into dust by some unknown release technique from that red-haired guy!

After blasting the Monkey Rock apart with Dust Release, Shinju asked,

"How many Ōtsutsuki are above you?"

Momoshiki stubbornly turned his head away. He wasn't going to say a single word more to this kid!

Seeing Momoshiki stay silent, Shinju activated his dōjutsu and instantly restrained him with an Aoki-no-Mikoto clone.

Then the real body flashed over to Momoshiki's side, intending to read the guy's memories with the Mind Body Switch Technique!

Just as Shinju's fingertips touched Momoshiki's head, Momoshiki suddenly twisted around—the Byakugan that had turned golden locked eyes with Shinju!!

And then—

Momoshiki vanished!

Shinju: (๑ʘ̅ д ʘ̅๑)!!!

There was no detectable space–time fluctuation. He shouldn't have escaped using a space–time ninjutsu.

Then where did he go?!

Shinju suspected Momoshiki had used some kind of concealment technique. He searched through another dimension as well, but still found no trace of him!

"Strange…"

Amid the ruins of Kaguya's palace, Shinju murmured to himself.

Then he lowered his head and looked at his palm—only then did he notice a strange diamond-shaped mark had appeared there…

He hadn't noticed it earlier because there were already too many seals on his hand—things like Mōryō, the Dragon Vein, even remnants of tailed beast seals—so the patterns were a mess and it slipped his attention!

"This definitely wasn't here before. It just appeared!" Shinju said with certainty.

After that, he tried using spiritual perception, but found he couldn't sense anything inside the strange mark at all!

Still, all signs pointed to this being something Momoshiki had left behind!

Shinju didn't dare be careless. He layered more than a dozen seals over it, planning to go back and have people study it carefully…

...

Konohagakure.

Chūnin Exam arena.

More than ten minutes had passed since Shinju left.

After witnessing the godlike power of the Ōtsutsuki, the people in the arena were panicking.

"The Sixth-sama should be fine, right…? He chased them out just like that, and there's still no news. It's really scary!"

"Nothing's going to happen! That's the Sixth! The one who ended the Fourth Great Ninja War! Even Kaguya wasn't a match for him—what are those fat-and-skinny kids supposed to be? ¯\(ツ)/¯"

"But I heard that skinny one say he might be even stronger than Kaguya… and there were two of them. Can the Sixth-sama really win? ˃ ˄ ˂̥̥ "

"Win? No way he can win!"

"I said it from the start—this Shinju won't do. He shouldn't be Hokage. He's only seventeen this year, young and reckless!! If he dies, fine, but don't drag us down with him! He provoked the Ōtsutsuki and even locked us inside this vine cage! ヽ('⌒´メ)ノ"

"Yeah, yeah, makes sense!"

"Why don't you listen to what you're saying? If it weren't for Shinju, how could you even be alive here talking trash right now!"

Shikamaru was the first to snap, stepping forward to retort.

Everything Shinju had done for the village these past six months—he had seen it all clearly!

He never imagined that the peaceful era Shinju had worked so hard to create would breed trash like this!

Unlike Shikamaru's verbal rebuttal, Sasuke not far away had already drawn his blade…

Just as Sasuke was about to make a move, Tsunade appeared, pressing down on the hand drawing the sword and shouting loudly,

"Guards! This man is making inappropriate remarks—throw him into Konoha's prison for half a year! ╰_╯"

Hearing the punishment, the man panicked. "I'm not from Konoha! I'm just here traveling! You have no right to deal with me! Σ( ° △ °|||)︴"

Tsunade smiled. "All the Kage and the daimyō of every nation are here right now. Tell me—what country are you from? I'll speak to your daimyō and have you extradited immediately."

"And you still dare refuse? Such a lousy attitude! Two years! (ꐦ ಠ 皿 ಠ) "

After saying that, Tsunade looked toward the daimyō on the platform, as if asking for their opinions. (ㅎ‸ㅎ)

But with Tsunade's fierce gaze at that moment, she looked more like a ruler than the flustered daimyō ever could…

Those daimyō were currently stuck in Konoha, trapped inside Shinju's vine domain, with dozens of chakra cannons set up nearby. How would they dare say a single word…

And just like that, a few people who loved gossiping were rewarded with prison time…

After finishing all this, Tsunade walked over to Sasuke.

"You, honestly—you're too impulsive."

Sasuke clicked his tongue. "Got it. Next time I'll just quietly slit their throats."

Tsunade: "That's not the issue! It's that their crimes don't warrant death. ┑(￣Д ￣)┍"

Sasuke stared straight at Tsunade and shot back, "On the battlefield, should people who shake morale be put to death or not?"

Tsunade was speechless. "You can't expect every civilian to be a soldier. You have to allow some tolerance. There are so many idiots in this world—are you going to kill every single one? A small punishment is enough. --003d_--003d"

Shikamaru, listening to their exchange from the side, felt his temples throb. (≖╻≖;)

So Sasuke had actually planned to just cut the guy down—and the Fifth Hokage thought two years in prison counted as a 'small punishment'…

You had to know, once you entered Konoha Prison, you'd have a permanent record. His descendants wouldn't even be able to sit for public service exams!

With a few loudmouths arrested, the exam hall instantly quieted down.

With Shinju gone, the Fifth Hokage Tsunade stepped up to take charge.

"The Chūnin Exams will continue!"

The moment those words fell, the arena exploded in uproar!

"Are you kidding me?! Something that huge just happened—how can the exams continue?!"

"Exactly!"

Even Shikamaru felt it was inappropriate.

"Fifth-sama, something this big just happened. The candidates' mental states will definitely be affected, at least a little. How about—"

Tsunade: "Something that big happened—did a single one of you get hurt? Aren't all of you perfectly fine right now?!"

Raikage: "Uh… _"

Tsunade: "You, shut up."

"If you can't even handle this much pressure, what kind of ninja are you supposed to be? (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡)"