Chapter 53 Combination Technique!
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Originally, Kakashi had wanted to wait until Jiraiya returned to the village, then ask him to take Yoruha to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode.
But after that conversation with Yoruha just now, he felt it was better to forget it.
"Maybe when we go out on missions in the future, we can look for where the Three Great Holy Lands are."
"Someone in the ninja world should know the locations of the Three Great Holy Lands."
Although asking Jiraiya was probably out of the question, Kakashi still hadn't given up on finding a place where Yoruha could train in Sage Mode.
He was worried that if Yoruha's Chakra kept growing, his body wouldn't be able to handle it.
Yoruha walked to the lakeside and said calmly, "Honestly, I think you're worrying too much. I don't feel any discomfort at all right now. With my current physical condition, carrying this much Chakra shouldn't put me under any pressure."
Yoruha naturally knew very clearly what was going on with the Chakra inside his body.
If his body really couldn't bear that much Chakra, then that much Chakra wouldn't have appeared inside him in the first place.
The day his body could no longer hold more Chakra would also mean the growth of Chakra inside him had stopped.
At the very least, the Chakra in Yoruha's body was still increasing at a rate of doubling every day.
But Yoruha could also feel that in just a few days, that growth would stop—or at least it wouldn't keep doubling every day like it was now.
Kakashi walked over to Yoruha's side and said seriously, "You can't let your guard down. Chakra is not something to take lightly."
"There are many ninja in the ninja world who've been seriously injured because their physical condition couldn't keep up with the Chakra in their bodies."
"Oh, right. Speaking of the Three Great Holy Lands, you should have your own Summoning Beast by now."
Yoruha looked at Kakashi. "I probably don't need one yet."
Kakashi said helplessly, "It's a shame my Summoning Beast is more suited for reconnaissance. It's not very suitable for you."
The moment Yoruha imagined his future Summoning Beast being a pack of Ninken, his whole body felt uncomfortable.
"How about signing a Summoning Contract with my Summoning Beast first?"
There was no restriction on Summoning Beast. For example, Sasuke had two kinds of Summoning Beast.
It all depended on whether your Chakra was enough to summon them.
Yoruha smiled awkwardly. "Better not. Your Summoning Beast probably doesn't suit me."
After thinking about it, Kakashi felt that made sense too.
"Once we find the Three Great Holy Lands, you can sign a Summoning Contract with them if there's a chance."
"The Fourth Hokage's Summoning Contract was with Mount Myōboku."
"Jiraiya-sama's too."
Yoruha looked a little puzzled and asked Kakashi, "Kakashi-sensei, logically, since you're the Fourth Hokage's disciple, your Summoning Beast should be the same as his, right?"
"Jiraiya-sama is the Fourth Hokage's teacher, and the Fourth Hokage's Summoning Beast is the same as Jiraiya-sama's. So why didn't you inherit that too?"
Kakashi smiled. "Because my Summoning Beast suits me very well. I have absolutely no need for another kind of Summoning Beast."
"Don't tell me you already know what my Summoning Beast is?"
After saying that, Kakashi looked at Yoruha with a smile on his face.
Only then did he realize that when Yoruha had said his Summoning Beast wasn't suitable for him, it had sounded as though he already knew what Kakashi's Summoning Beast was.
Yoruha didn't hide it and admitted it openly. "Yeah. I found out when I looked up your information."
In the Konohagakure library, information on many well-known ninja could be found.
It was just all common knowledge.
So after hearing that, Kakashi didn't think it was strange.
It just seemed that Yoruha really disliked his Summoning Beast.
"So you don't like my Summoning Beast, huh?"
Kakashi looked at Yoruha, his gaze turning cold.
Yoruha felt a little awkward and turned to look at the lake.
"Kakashi-sensei, teach me a few more Water Release jutsu. You must know a lot of Water Release jutsu, right?"
Such a clumsy way of changing the subject.
Kakashi chuckled. "You're still too young. Do you think using Ninken as a Summoning Beast isn't cool?"
Yoruha quickly denied it. "No, I think it's pretty good."
Yoruha really didn't care much for Kakashi's Ninken, but it wasn't because he had any issue with them.
It was just that those Ninken really didn't have much offensive power, and they wouldn't improve Yoruha's combat strength in any meaningful way.
By the time a fight broke out, Yoruha would probably have to protect them instead.
Naturally, Kakashi didn't believe him. He gave a cold snort. "Saying one thing and meaning another. But whatever. You'll understand in the future."
"What Water Release jutsu do you want to learn?"
Yoruha thought for a moment and said, "I want to learn a few defensive Water Release jutsu."
"Defensive Water Release jutsu?"
"Let me think... got it. I'll teach you Water Release: Water Formation Wall."
"This jutsu is B-rank, moderately difficult. For you, you could say there's basically no learning difficulty at all."
"Listen carefully. I'll explain the principles of this jutsu once..."
After Kakashi explained it to Yoruha once, Yoruha had already grasped it.
Kakashi didn't demonstrate it for him. Instead, he asked, "If I don't demonstrate it for you, can you figure it out on your own?"
"With your ability, I don't think that should be any problem."
Kakashi wanted to know just how absurdly strong Yoruha's talent really was.
After all, Yoruha had learned Water Dragon Bullet Technique on the spot from Zabuza before.
Yoruha didn't refuse. He nodded and walked to the lakeside.
Standing by the lake, Yoruha focused completely and gathered the Chakra inside his body.
Suddenly, Yoruha brought his hands together and rapidly formed hand seals.
"Pa~"
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall"
As Yoruha activated his Chakra, the lake water seemed to be drawn upward by something.
It surged toward Yoruha.
"Rumble..."
A vast amount of lake water rushed to Yoruha's side, spinning wildly around him.
"Splash..."
Very quickly, the rapidly rotating current surrounding Yoruha formed a huge waterspout.
The waterspout had even stirred up a small storm, pressing the grass by the lakeside flat against the ground.
Where the current swept over the earth, it gouged trenches into the ground.
Around Yoruha, a waterspout over ten meters wide had already formed.
Watching this scene from a distance, Kakashi's mouth twitched slightly. "Is that still Water Formation Wall?"
"That's a Combination Technique, isn't it? There are already traces of Wind Release in it."
"And the scale of this jutsu is way too large."
Still, Kakashi wasn't especially shocked by this jutsu.
Compared to the three jutsu Yoruha had used before, the power of this Water Formation Wall was already relatively small.
Even if it was still much stronger than a normal Water Formation Wall.
Standing in the center of the waterspout, Yoruha pressed his palms together, his eyes narrowing slightly.
He gathered the Chakra inside his body once more.
The water that had been spinning wildly around Yoruha soon came to a stop.
Then the lake water formed into a gigantic curtain of water in front of him, more than ten meters high and dozens of meters wide.
Kakashi smiled. "Now that's Water Formation Wall. That jutsu just now clearly had Wind Release shape transformation added into it."
The giant water curtain Yoruha formed this time was true Water Formation Wall.
The Water Formation Wall he had released just now had clearly been offensive in nature.
Kakashi knew that the earlier jutsu must have been Yoruha suddenly getting an idea and trying to mix Wind Release into it.
For ordinary ninja, that kind of thing was extremely dangerous. Changing a jutsu recklessly could, in serious cases, even cause the jutsu to backfire.
But Yoruha didn't have that problem.
His control over Chakra was already extremely precise.
Kakashi had been a little worried before, but since Yoruha could already control dangerous Lightning Release jutsu so freely, producing a Water Release and Wind Release Combination Technique now wasn't all that surprising to him.