Yagami returned to the night of the previous full moon.
He was currently training his team members on the correct use of the Earth Style Wall, teaching them how to use a trapezoidal slope to convert impact force into downward pressure, thereby increasing the stability of the wall. The team members were practicing very hard.
[ Arc of Moon activated! The host has only one resurrection chance per month, reviving on the night of the previous full moon after death.]
[Reward: One gacha draw opportunity:]
[1. Jonin-level chakra reserve (stackable);]
[2. Secret Technique: Steam Impelling Blast (Entry-level);]
[3. Secret Technique: Hydrification Healing Jutsu (Entry-level).]
The first option was immediately ruled out; Yagami's current chakra was sufficient. The second and third options were both secret techniques, making him hesitate slightly.
Steam Impelling Blast had staggering destructive power and was a very strong combat method. Hozuki Muratsuki had used this technique against the Uchiha ninja with great effect. Hydrification Healing Jutsu, on the other hand, was a rare and powerful medical ninjutsu.
Yagami assessed his own abilities. He had plenty of offensive means, but his healing capability was a major weakness. The Senju lineage provided him with a slow self-healing factor, but it was ineffective in the heat of battle and didn't satisfy his needs. He chose the third option to gain a healing ability.
There was no helping it; he was just that afraid of dying. If you're alive, you have everything; if you're dead, you have nothing.
[Host Status:]
[Chakra Reserve: 4.4 times Jonin-level.]
[Chakra Affinities: Earth, Water, Wind, Yang, Yin.]
[Bloodline: Senju of the Forest (Mid-High), Uzumaki (Mid-High), Uchiha (Mid-High).]
[Ninjutsu: Water Style: Water Severing Wave (Proficient), Water Style: Water Instantaneous Body (Proficient), etc.]
[Taijutsu: Bone-Crushing Copper Light, etc.]
[Fūinjutsu: Self-Curse Binding Seal (Master), Contract Seal, Summoning Jutsu (Spear Egret, Eight Ninken, Stone Panda).]
[Secret Techniques: Absolute Defense: Copper Light, Hydrification Healing Jutsu.]
[Special Abilities: Stress Reflex (Double Breakthrough), Natural Chakra Growth, etc.]
His chakra reserve had naturally grown to 4.4 times Jonin-level. Even without drawing the chakra reward, at this rate, he would reach the average level of an elite Jonin by the time he turned 18 in a few months. Many of his ninjutsu had reached "Proficient" rating through frequent use and training. With Hydrification Healing Jutsu added to his secret techniques, he could now recover quickly even from heavy injuries.
After finishing the draw, Yagami looked toward the headquarters tent of the main camp. The upcoming ambush would turn into a counter-ambush. The five Hidden Leaf brigades would be ambushed by a massive number of Mist Ninja. The personnel configuration, ambush location, and timing of the five brigades were all crystal clear to the Mist Ninja.
Fuguki Suikazan had even mentioned that he was also one of Danzo's people. Danzo really had a long reach to be able to bribe a Mist Ninja of such high rank. Fuguki Suikazan had elite Jonin strength even without the Great Sword Samehada. With Samehada, he was firmly at the threshold of Kage-level.
Looking at his status panel, Yagami suddenly noticed an issue. He hadn't signed a contract with the Stone Panda tribe yet, so why did it show them among his summoning beasts? Perhaps Yuka Uzumaki hadn't completed the summoning contract for the Stone Panda tribe yet.
In the original story, Jiraiya had forcibly used the Summoning Jutsu before signing a contract and ended up being reverse-summoned to Mount Myoboku. Now that Yagami hadn't signed the contract, he wondered if using the Summoning Jutsu would reverse-summon him to the Stone Panda's habitat. He had already established a special connection with them, just as Jiraiya was destined to contract the great toads.
Unfortunately, he didn't have time to research his summoning jutsu right now. What he needed to do was prevent the ambush from failing. First, he had to determine who leaked the secret. Danzo was undoubtedly the one behind it. I can't deal with Danzo yet, but can't I handle his hired thugs?
A leak of intelligence always requires a specific person to carry it out. Someone in the main camp obtained Yellow Dog's entire battle plan and then leaked it to Fuguki Suikazan. As long as that key leaker is found, the Mist Ninja's intelligence advantage can be eliminated.
Not long after, Gorilla came over to ask Yagami about a ninjutsu problem. (T/N:- I'm gonna use gorilla instead of black ape.)
"Mid-level Captain, I've noticed the Earth Style Wall is a bit brittle. When defending against explosive tags, it's easily shattered. Captain, is there a way to solve this?"
In the plot of his previous life, the Deer squad had followed him, while the other two squads followed Yellow Dog. The Yellow Dog Brigade fell into the wire traps set early by Kushimaru Kuriarare; Gorilla's legs were cut off by the wires, and he died on the spot. Seeing Gorilla again now, Yagami felt a bit dazed. This kid was decent; it's best if he doesn't die.
"The Earth Style Wall is a bit brittle..." Yagami thought for a moment and said, "I just had a sudden thought. We can try some experiments to see if we can improve its defensive capabilities."
Gorilla was very excited. Did the Mid-level Captain think highly of him, choosing to research ninjutsu together?
Yagami crouched on the ground, drawing a diagram with a twig while speaking: "I believe the defensive power of the Earth Style Wall is determined by several factors. First is stability. The wall shouldn't be easily pushed over by the enemy's ninjutsu. To solve stability, the wall needs enough depth below the ground. If it's too shallow, a Water Trumpet will just push it over. If it's too deep, it wastes chakra. Based on my experience, the depth should be at least one-third of the wall's height above ground. Besides depth, there's the stable trapezoidal cross-section I just taught you—wider at the bottom and narrower at the top."
As Yagami drew simple cross-section diagrams on the ground, he felt more and more like he was building a dam. Seeing the Mid-level Captain giving Gorilla special instruction, the others gathered around to watch him draw.
Yagami continued: "Once stability is solved, the second issue is the wall's strength. This is primarily determined by the amount of chakra put into it. The more chakra, the harder the wall and the better the protection. However, the harder a material is, the more likely it is to suffer a brittle failure—suddenly cracking or shattering. At this point, you need to add some tensile reinforcement inside the wall."
As he spoke, Yagami felt like he was about to create a reinforced concrete wall using Earth Style. The strength of a reinforced concrete wall is over ten times that of a plain concrete wall. Putting "rebar" in an Earth Style Wall—give the shinobi world a little taste of the structural engineering shock. But Earth Style ninja had no way to create steel.
Yagami said: "Gorilla, next you will create three Earth Style Walls according to my instructions to test their strength. The first will be the one you usually make, as a control group. The second will use the steel wire from your ninja tool bag as a reinforcement mesh, with the wall encasing the wire skeleton. The third will involve increasing chakra input at specific points while creating the wall to form columns or buttresses."
Gorilla created three Earth Style Walls as requested. Yagami boldly took out nine explosive tags and handed them to Deer.
"Deer, throw three explosive tags at each wall and let's see the results."
The three tags exploded. The first Earth Style Wall was shattered and collapsed. The second wall was cracked by the blast, but held together by the steel wires; it was fractured but didn't fall. The third wall, because of the columns and buttresses, suffered local shattering but also remained standing.
After analyzing the results, Yagami said: "The wire-reinforced wall has the best protection, but it requires advance preparation and a wire mesh, which is hard to pull off in the heat of battle. The buttressed wall greatly improves stability and structural integrity, making it far superior to the plain version. The casting speed can be improved with practice. I'll make a summary: from now on, our squad's Earth Style Walls must be the trapezoidal version with buttresses."
Several Earth Style ninja nodded in succession, acknowledging the Mid-level Captain's research results.
Yagami thought to himself that he was definitely becoming a Brigade Commander. Once he reached that rank, he would need some subordinates with decent strength. These people in the three squads needed to be trained well.
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