For the next week, Linto stayed temporarily in Kirigakure as a barefoot doctor.
Kirigakure had snowstorms all year round. The local residents had a bit of cold in their bodies, and joint pain in their legs, waist, hands, and feet was common.
Linto discovered while treating Haku's mother that the ripple was condensing and growing at a faster rate than usual when fighting against different types of cold energy.
The cold energy in the other villagers was much weaker than that of Haku's mother and lacked a certain indescribable strength but they had the advantage of large numbers, providing a constant source.
Linto couldn't keep grabbing Haku's mother to train, after all...
She still had a husband.
With the help of the villagers in his training, Linto's ripple energy, which hadn't improved for a long time, finally broke through the bottleneck.
"The first stage of ripple training can heal injuries to the skin and flesh, and improve physical fitness by two or three times.
Later, in one bounty mission after another, I discovered that the ripple can be attached to weapons and transformed into a silver ripple, which roughly increases the weapon's power.
This is stage two: Ripple Transformation.
But at that time, the ripple transformation was still very rough, and only a small part of the power could be transformed.
But now..."
A touch of blue-green ripple appeared on Linto's fingertip.
He touched the tea in the cup, and the tea instantly became as hard as steel, resisting his finger.
If it were in the river, and the blue-green ripple was focused on his feet, Linto would be able to walk on the water.
Not only that, but Linto hooked his finger, and the tea was drawn out, turning into an incredibly hard shield with a flick of his hand.
The next second, the ripple's color turned scarlet, emitting a hotter power than before, and the tea turned into steam. Linto punched into the steam -
Bang!
An explosion sounded.
Steam explosion.
Linto's hair flew.
The power of this move was greater than he imagined.
"The first stage is the release of the ripple. The second stage is using breathing frequency to adjust the properties of the ripple, in order to deal with different combat situations."
Scarlet ripple, effect: ultra-high temperature.
Blue-green ripple, effect: water control.
Silver ripple, effect: metal enhancement, greatly strengthening hardness, sharpness, and elasticity.
And the most powerful -
Linto opened his palm again, and a golden current flashed.
In the past, when he released the ripple, it was a golden glow.
The current golden current is more concentrated and powerful than before.
"Golden Yellow Ripple"
The ripple with the strongest frontal attack ability. Linto vaguely sensed that there were subtle differences within it, but he had just broken through the bottleneck and needed some time to figure it out slowly.
Linto clenched his fist again and summoned Star Platinum, Aerosmith, and Hermit Purple.
A stand is the manifestation of the user's will. As Linto's body and spirit became stronger, all the stands he controlled were boosted.
"If it didn't take time to practice and break through step by step, the Ripple Breathing Technique would definitely be a five-star, no, a six-star stand ability.
Once I completely master the golden yellow ripple with its property changes, the power of one punch...even if it's weaker than Star Platinum's at level one, it won't be too far off, right?"
Linto could imagine the scene in the future where his enemies thought they had figured out the secret of his stand, bypassed Star Platinum, and attacked his "weak" body, only to be blown away by a single punch.
This trip to Kirigakure was worth it.
Otherwise, if he practiced on his own, who knows how long it would take to break through to the second stage of ripple.
"No wonder the monks in Tibet always travel around, healing people, not only out of kindness but also for training purposes."
Linto exhaled slowly and put away the ripple power.
Knock knock -
There was another knock on the door.
Before Sasuke could open the door, a woman in her thirties, still charming, pushed the door open and strode in.
As she walked, she took off her cotton-padded jacket, revealing only a loosely wrapped chest inside, exposing a large expanse of white skin.
"Doctor Lin, please touch me again... I mean, treat me, my shoulder still hurts a little - Ouch! What are you pulling me for?!"
Before the woman could finish speaking, another short-haired woman pulled her.
"Get in line! I was here first! If Doctor Lin is going to touch someone, it's me first!"
"I was here first!"
"Me!"
The sound of women arguing came from outside the makeshift clinic, all wanting to receive Linto's treatment first.
It was rare for a doctor to come to the village, and Linto's touch made them feel all tingly.
Plus, he had the traditional male model face of the Uchiha family, and hearing that Linto was unmarried, there were naturally many young girls and young wives gathering around, including widows from other villages who had heard the news.
"Brother Shou, women... are scary..."
Sasuke muttered softly.
"Scary, isn't it?"
Linto said with a smile, "So, never get caught."
"Huh?"
Sasuke was stunned. "What does being caught have to do with women?"
"What do you think will happen if you get caught by other organizations or ninja villages?"
"Torture? Force me to reveal my breathing technique, ninjutsu? And in the end... dig out my Sharingan, right?"
This was the most terrifying outcome Sasuke could think of.
Linto shook his head slightly. "No, you won't die."
"Won't die?"
"Not only will you not die, but you will be well fed and taken care of. Every day, you'll get twenty kidneys from sheep, thirty bull testicles, unlimited oysters, and then..."
Linto's mouth curved into a smile.
"Breeding."
"B-Breeding?!"
It wasn't Sasuke, but Momo-chan, who was reading in the corner, who heard that Sasuke was going to be caught for breeding, and her little eyes widened in shock, exclaiming out loud.
Linto said, "That's right, killing you and taking your eyes is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Keeping you and constantly producing new Uchiha offspring is the best solution. In just over a decade, they can create an army with the Sharingan."
Sasuke touched his chin, recalling Kambara Hayato's hobbies, "But for men... it doesn't seem that difficult to accept?"
"Heh—"
Linto chuckled.
"Do you think the women sent for breeding will be beautiful? In order to produce strong offspring, the women sent over will be muscular and robust."
Having different strong women from the countryside climbing into bed every day, the thought alone was terrifying.
Sasuke shuddered at the thought.
Seeing him like that, Linto couldn't help but laugh, and Momo-chan, who was next to him, also covered her mouth and giggled for the first time in a while.
"Linto! Come over for testing!"
Dao's voice came from outside.
"Coming."
Linto responded and walked out.
At the same time.
The County Magistrate's Mansion.
County Magistrate Morimura sat in his chair, holding a wine glass in his hand, with a chocolate-skinned servant from the Land of Thunder pouring wine for him.
If you got closer to smell, you would find that there was no smell of wine in the cup.
He was drinking water.
County Magistrate Morimura was in his forties, with sparse hair, a height of just over five feet, average looks, and a slightly overweight figure.
No one would think that such an ordinary man would be the ruler of this area, County Magistrate.
Morimura never drank alcohol. Drinking would slow down his brain and confuse him, and confusion meant making mistakes.
He didn't like making mistakes.
Morimura was able to rise from a commoner to the position of county magistrate by doing business, pulling strings, buying an official position, and becoming the local big shot because of his brain.
He was just enjoying the process of being served by beauties.
In front of him was the accountant, reporting the financial income and expenses of the past month to County Magistrate Morimura, item by item.
"Wait... Kirigakure hasn't paid the heating tax for this month?"
"No, they haven't." The accountant reminded, "The two samurai who went to collect the tax were beaten and chased away with broken legs."
County Magistrate Morimura vaguely remembered someone mentioning it.
However, he didn't care about the life and death of his subordinates, so he didn't take it to heart.
The common people were just being silly sometimes.
Breaking the samurai's legs.
It didn't matter.
But cutting off his source of income was unacceptable.
"Bring the two samurai who went to collect the tax."
Soon, two samurai, one tall and one short, walked over with their legs in casts.
They had tried to get Momo-chan, and Sasuke had been very ruthless, estimating that they would have to live with crutches for the rest of their lives.
Seeing County Magistrate Morimura, the two samurai knelt down in the standard dogeza position, lowered their heads deeply, and said with a crying voice:
"Lord! You must avenge us!"
County Magistrate Morimura asked for the details, and after learning the whole story, he asked, "Are the opponents strong?"
"Very strong!"
The two samurai gestured and exaggerated the description. Linto and Sasuke seemed like two man-eating demons. They had tried their best but couldn't defeat them, so they had to escape back to report to the County Magistrate.
"Very strong... I understand, go down."
The two samurai looked at each other, not knowing what the County Magistrate meant. They bowed and saluted, walking away with crutches and full of doubts.
County Magistrate Morimura stroked his chin and thought for a full five minutes.
"Go to the counting room and get a box of gold and silver jewelry, two bundles of cloth, and bring two beauties. Tell the Sanjuan Wolf Squad to take a trip to Kirigakure, to give that powerful person..."
"A gift."
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