svetikya Chapter 167 Surprise and Ice Release
Chapter 167 Surprise and Ice Release
Chapter 167 Surprise and Ice Release
Just two days later, in the command post of the southern front of Konoha, Jiraiya stared blankly at the ceiling and muttered to himself.
"I was so stupid, really..."
He only knew that the Uchiha gang of lunatics were full of emotions, but he never expected that they could unleash such a huge amount of energy under the stimulation of intense emotions!
The Sharingan, also known as the Eye of the Mind, is a highly idealistic power.
The greater the emotional stimulus, the stronger the response from those eyes.
That's how the Uchiha clan is! Ordinary ninjas just need to keep training their chakra, but the emotional Uchiha clan has a lot more to consider.
Now, having received news of his dear friend and mentor again after so long, Uchiha Shisui's emotions surged to their peak!
Even Shiba Kiyokawa himself probably couldn't have imagined that in this timeline, Aizen, Shisui's spiritual mentor, held a position in his heart that was now on par with that of the village and the clan!
He is truly a sinful man...
As a result of Uchiha Shisui's extraordinary performance, the intensity of the war in the Southern Theater Command skyrocketed.
Everyone got dragged into it!
Jiraiya was so worried that his hair dried up.
Conversely, in the northern part of the ninja world, thousands of miles away, Shiba Kiyokawa of the Akatsuki organization has recently been experiencing a series of pleasant surprises.
Two days later, Xiaoyu brought back more good news.
She took a scroll out of her cute cat-ear crossbody bag and handed it to Shiba Kiyokazu.
"Partner, this is a gift from Shisui's cat, meow~"
Shiba Kiyokawa took it suspiciously. "What's inside?"
Xiaoyu scratched her ear with her cat paw, then twitched her ear before saying, "I heard it's a training manual on Ice Release, meow. That crybaby Uchiha specially snatched it from Kirigakure for you, meow~"
Shiba Kiyokawa was taken aback.
Is there such a good thing?
Currently, the Third Mizukage still governs Kirigakure, Yagura Karatachi has not yet come to power, and Obito Uchiha is still chasing after Rin. The end of the Kirigakure bloodline clan has not yet arrived.
Therefore, many ice-style ninjas from the Yukinoshita clan can still be seen on the southern front today.
Even so, seizing the most treasured training manual of the opposing ninja clan is by no means an easy task.
Uchiha Shisui must have put a lot of effort into obtaining this scroll.
For a moment, Konan and Nagato once again looked at Shiba Kiyokawa with teasing eyes.
You are a truly sinful man!
Shiba Kiyokawa shrugged and accepted it calmly.
After all, the decisive battle against Minato Namikaze's Kannabi Bridge is just around the corner, so having more strength is certainly a good thing!
"Then, Sister Xiaonan, Nagato, I'll leave the troop's daily drills and mountain defense deployment to you for the next few days. I'll study this report."
"OK."
"No problem, you can go and cultivate without worry."
Then Shiba Kiyokawa went out and found a quiet open space, unrolled the scroll, and began his personal training.
He hadn't actually given up his daily training all this time, but for quite some time he hadn't been able to focus on and immerse himself in his personal practice.
Almost two years have passed since he transmigrated, and his strength has entered a bottleneck period where its growth rate has slowed down.
In two years, he grew from a country boy who had just begun to understand the way of ninjas to someone who could fight and compete with top-tier ninjas like Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze!
Although the system's help was indispensable, this growth was still a respectable achievement for transmigrators.
Now, he has finally begun to let go of his dependence on the system.
Whether he was deeply sinful or bewitching, at least his Ice Release technique was truly improved without any skill points being added; it was entirely due to his own efforts (and a little help from Shisui)!
Upon opening the scroll and reading it carefully, Shiba Kiyokawa actually gained quite a bit of inspiration.
"The way the Yukinoshita clan of Kirigakure uses Ice Release is indeed different from mine, and it is closer to the ability that Haku demonstrated in the original work."
Haku, Zabuza Momochi's sidekick in the original work, is also a popular character in the early stages of Naruto, a beautiful boy whose gender is a mystery.
In the original work, Bai demonstrated two Ice Release techniques.
They are "Magic Mirror Ice Crystal" and "Ice Rock Hall Without".
The former severely tormented Naruto and Sasuke in the early stages of the story in the Land of Waves, forcing Naruto to unleash the Nine-Tails' chakra for the first time.
The latter was a technique that Haku used to protect Zabuza after his resurrection during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
(Ice Release: Ice Rock Hall)
Now, comparing the scroll in his hand with the memories in his mind, Shiba Kiyokawa has basically grasped the two core applications of the Kirigakure Yukinoshita clan's Ice Release technique—
Mirror teleportation and ice surface refraction!
This is completely different from his own skill in creating ice winds and ice blades, using the blades to control the cold winds and extend the slashing distance!
At first glance, they seem completely contradictory, but upon closer examination, Shiba Kiyokawa was pleasantly surprised to discover that the two are actually complementary!
The Yukinoshita clan's Ice Release technique excels in mobility and defense, allowing them to teleport back and forth across smooth ice surfaces while deflecting enemy attacks using the ice's surface.
But they lack explosiveness!
On the offensive end, the only methods used are the most basic icicles and ice spikes.
Shiba Kiyokawa, on the other hand, was the exact opposite!
His offensive methods are extremely violent!
Wherever the blade points, nothing is invincible! Dare to show your health bar, and I'll cut down even the gods!
However, his first encounter with Minato Namikaze exposed his weaknesses: he lacked the means to defend against enemy attacks, and his mobility was inferior to that of the Yellow Flash who possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique.
"Isn't this a coincidence?"
At that moment, Shiba Kiyokawa couldn't help but laugh out loud.
His current ability allocation is precisely complementary to the ice-style characteristics of the Yukinoshita clan!
This is just like a pillow being delivered to someone who's about to fall asleep!
Immediately afterwards, Shiba Kiyokawa began his Ice Release training almost without hesitation!
"Mirror teleportation can offset the mobility advantage of Flying Thunder God to some extent, and I can also incorporate my own illusions into it."
A mirror is the perfect tool for hypnosis, isn't it?
Furthermore, the refraction effect of ice is extremely useful! Even if you can't block a Rasengan, simply deflecting a kunai at a crucial moment is enough to turn the tide of battle!
The more Shiba Kiyokawa trained, the more excited he became, with ideas and concepts for new abilities and new ninjutsu constantly emerging in his mind!
If before he only had some plans for the outcome of the battle to stop the battle at Kannabi Bridge, now, for the first time, he has developed a strong expectation for stopping the myth of Minato Namikaze!
Last time, he only won against Minato Namikaze in a strategic battle; in a tactical one-on-one contest, he was still at a disadvantage.
He was saved entirely by his vortex-like physique and medical ninjutsu.
And of course, there's the warm embrace of the swirling saffron leaves.
But now, a cold glint flashed in Shiba Kiyokawa's eyes.
The timely delivery of this scroll by Uchiha Shisui felt like a stroke of luck, giving him hope of turning the tide!
This time, perhaps it's his turn to give Minato Namikaze a big surprise!
(End of this chapter)