Chapter 50: You've Already Surpassed Your Teacher!
Yoruha didn't notice the gratified look on Kakashi's face.
After gathering Chakra, he followed the method he'd envisioned, compressing the Chakra into a single point and firing it out.
"Lightning Release·Chidori Sharp Spear!"
"Crackle~"
"Pshh—"
"Rumble..."
A golden beam instantly shot out from Yoruha's hand.
In a flash, the golden lightning pierced through the forest several hundred meters away, blasting a gap dozens of meters wide in the woods on the opposite side of the lake.
Every tree in that opening had been cut down by the lightning.
Dozens of large trees collapsed to the ground, their cut surfaces smooth as mirrors.
Even Kakashi stared in shock.
"This jutsu is unexpectedly powerful."
He truly hadn't expected it to be this strong.
Setting aside the range, even the power at the far end was enough to carve out a vacuum strip dozens of meters wide in the forest.
Originally, Kakashi had thought Chidori Sharp Spear having a range of ten meters would already be impressive.
But Yoruha had achieved a range of several hundred meters, and even at the end it still retained S-rank lethality.
And it was far too fast—already comparable to natural lightning.
Lightning produced from a ninja's Chakra normally couldn't compare to real lightning in nature.
But the lightning Yoruha had just unleashed absolutely could rival that speed.
In terms of lethality alone, Yoruha's improved Chidori Sharp Spear had already reached the level of an S-rank ninjutsu.
And it was an extremely practical S-rank ninjutsu at that.
Its attack range was simply too great.
Several hundred meters, and instantaneous on top of that.
From the look of Yoruha, it also hadn't consumed much Chakra.
Yoruha himself hadn't expected this jutsu to be so powerful.
He even felt its practicality far surpassed Chidori.
After all, if you can attack at long range, who would willingly fight up close?
"The power really did exceed my expectations a little."
Yoruha frowned as he spoke.
Kakashi smiled. "You don't seem very happy?"
Yoruha shook his head. "I am happy. It just doesn't feel real."
"My control over my own power is still too poor. Right now, I still can't judge how strong the ninjutsu I release actually is."
"In battle, a flaw like that would be fatal, wouldn't it?"
Kakashi paused.
Looking at Yoruha's troubled expression, he honestly didn't know what to say.
If another ninja had possessed this kind of power, they'd probably be strutting around with their nose in the air.
But not only was Yoruha not arrogant, he had instantly identified his own weakness.
"No wonder you were so quiet during your six years at the Ninja Academy."
"Control isn't something you can achieve in a day or two. You still have plenty of time, so don't rush it."
Yoruha nodded. He knew he was overthinking things a bit.
There was no way he could fully master all of his power at once.
"Do you still have Chakra? The next jutsu also consumes a lot."
Kakashi asked worriedly.
Yoruha had already used two jutsu with S-rank-level power in succession.
And their power had been so immense—if it were Kakashi, even one would have drained all the Chakra in his body.
But Yoruha didn't seem tired at all.
Kakashi couldn't help but marvel at how terrifying Yoruha's Chakra was.
"At this point, your Chakra reserves are probably already comparable to Naruto's, right?"
Kakashi said with a sigh.
As Yoruha gathered Chakra again, he answered, "Not quite. Naruto has the Nine-Tails Fox sealed inside him, after all."
Only a small number of people in the village knew Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son.
But as for him being the Nine-Tails jinchūriki, nearly everyone in the village knew that.
That was also why Naruto was ostracized.
Basically every village's jinchūriki went through that kind of treatment.
Before a jinchūriki completely gained control over the Tailed Beast inside them, the villagers would never dare get close.
After all, a jinchūriki could Rampage with only the slightest mistake, and once that happened, it would bring devastation and death.
A jinchūriki who had not fully mastered their Tailed Beast was no different from a bomb that could explode at any moment.
No one was willing to gamble with their own life.
Hearing Yoruha count Kurama as part of Naruto's Chakra reserves, Kakashi felt helpless.
What Naruto had inside him was Kurama. Who could possibly have more Chakra than that?
No one in the entire ninja world.
Kakashi didn't know exactly how much Chakra the First Hokage had.
But he didn't think the First Hokage could have had more Chakra than Kurama.
In truth, the First Hokage did.
As soon as Yoruha finished speaking, lightning condensed in his hand.
"Lightning Release·Chidori Senbon!"
"Crackle~"
"Crack—"
"Pshh, pshh, pshh..."
The lightning in Yoruha's hand instantly formed several hundred golden lightning needles in front of him.
Driven by Yoruha, those needles shot out in a burst.
Several hundred lightning needles instantly pierced across several hundred meters, vanishing into the forest on the opposite side of the lake like a rainstorm.
The main killing power of Chidori Senbon didn't come from explosions, but from penetration.
Yoruha said, "Let's go over there and take a look."
With that, he ran across the lake's surface.
Kakashi followed close behind. He also wanted to see how this jutsu differed from the earlier Chidori Sharp Spear.
The two arrived at the forest on the far side of the lake. Looking at the thick trees, each trunk pierced with several scorched little holes, Yoruha examined the damage and was quite satisfied.
"The penetrating power is pretty good. After crossing several hundred meters, it can still punch through trunks this thick. If it were a human body instead, it wouldn't be any different from this tree."
Because he'd already seen the overwhelming power of Chidori Sharp Spear, Kakashi wasn't quite as shocked by the damage caused by Chidori Senbon.
Only after inspecting more than a dozen large trees did Yoruha determine the upper limit of Chidori Senbon's power.
"It can pierce through about fifteen trees. Not bad."
Yoruha nodded in satisfaction.
Kakashi gave a bitter smile. "Not bad? Do you realize this is lightning senbon that flew several hundred meters and still pierced through more than a dozen giant trees? The power is simply terrifying."
"As long as you can use these two techniques flexibly in actual combat, even Elite Jonin won't be your match."
"A twelve-year-old Elite Jonin. Just thinking about it is astonishing."
"Wasn't I right before? Your talent far surpasses mine. With your current strength, you've definitely already surpassed Kihon Toichi."
Yoruha shook his head. "These are just ninjutsu. I don't think my combat experience can compare to Toichi-sensei's."
Although he had mastered three ninjutsu with S-rank-level lethality, Yoruha was very clear-headed. Kihon Toichi was an Anbu Jonin.
His real combat experience was far beyond Yoruha's own.
Kakashi looked at Yoruha's calm expression and felt speechless.
"Your biggest problem is that you're too cautious. With your current strength, even if your combat experience is inferior to Toichi's, your raw power has already surpassed his by far. The gap in raw ability between you two is already so big that combat experience can't make up for it."
"At this rate, it probably won't be long before you even surpass me."
Kakashi said with emotion.
But he wasn't jealous of Yoruha.
If anything, he only felt gratified.
After all, Kakashi was raising Yoruha as his direct disciple.
His hope was that Yoruha would become a ninja as powerful and great as the Fourth Hokage.
And he believed that, with Yoruha's personality, he would absolutely be able to do it.