Konoha: Sage Body

Kirito felt amazing. His understanding of Lightning Release suddenly became clearer than ever before. Many questions about Lightning Release that he had never been able to understand were suddenly answered, and his understanding of Lightning Release improved by leaps and bounds.

At the same time, it felt as if he himself had turned into lightning, and all kinds of sounds related to lightning kept resounding in his ears.

Sounds as small as the squeak of electricity and as loud as the roar of thunder, sounds that should have been classified as noise, now sounded incredibly pleasant to him.

Vaguely, he seemed to understand the meaning of these thunder and lightning sounds.

Suddenly, the scene in front of him changed, and he entered a magical space full of lightning. Then he realized that he had left his human body behind and had become a blue-and-white lightning bolt.

Next, he began to wander uncontrollably through this space of thunder with the many other lightning bolts.

In the process, he became bored and began to practice Lightning Release without knowing the passage of time.

As he improved his understanding of Lightning Release, his lightning body began to unconsciously absorb other lightning of a smaller size, and his own body grew larger and larger.

He didn't know how long this had been going on for, but all the other lightning in the entire space had disappeared, leaving only him, a lightning of enormous size, tirelessly continuing to swiftly travel through the Thunder Space.

He didn't know how long it had been either, but after his understanding of Lightning Release reached a certain level, he finally began to be able to control his lightning body, and a human-shaped lightning gradually took shape.

At the same time, a scroll made entirely of lightning appeared in front of him, and then spread open, with more than ten symbols on it that he couldn't read at all.

He wanted to take a closer look at the symbols, but found that his hand had already been placed on the lightning scroll at some point, and new symbols suddenly appeared on the lightning scroll.

The next moment, the lightning scroll disappeared, and the human lightning that he had transformed into also gradually disappeared, and he was able to transform back into a human body.

He was transformed back from lightning into a flesh-and-blood body.

When he opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him returned to reality.

"Kirito, are you okay?"

Just as Kirito was trying to recall what had just happened, Nawaki's voice, which was full of anxiety and tension, entered his ears.

Kirito immediately came back to his senses and looked at Nawaki, Chizuru, and Hatake Sakumo beside him.

The way the three were looking at him now revealed surprised and concerned expressions in their eyes.

"I'm fine, I've caused you all to be alarmed,"

Kirito saw this and smiled as he felt his body slightly and found that there was nothing wrong with him.

"Really? Your body was just wrapped in a dense blue and white electrical current for nearly five hours,"

Nawaki said, sounding deeply skeptical.

Kirito's state just now was really too shocking. With his not-too-bright mind, he found it hard to imagine Kirito being tightly wrapped in a large amount of high-voltage electrical current for five hours and not having a single thing wrong with him.

"Almost five hours, that's a really long time. I'm having a hard time with this. My body's chakra is almost depleted."

Kirito said thoughtfully when he heard Nawaki's words.

Then he continued, "Don't worry, I really am fine. This might have something to do with me mastering this."

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised one arm, and then, to the shocked gazes of Nawaki, Chizuru, and Hatake Sakumo, his entire arm turned into a blue and white lightning arm.

The Lightning Transformation Technique!

This was a ninjutsu that Kirito had naturally mastered after he had reverted from human lightning to a human in that mysterious thunder space. When he reopened his eyes and his consciousness returned to reality, this ninjutsu suddenly appeared in his mind.

He had just been reminded by Nawaki, and subconsciously used this ninjutsu, and it actually worked. His body had instantly transformed from flesh and blood to lightning.

He was surprised but also felt that it was reasonable.

Because in the ninja world, the Kirigakure's Hozuki clan possesses a similar ninjutsu called Water Transformation, a ninjutsu that only the Hozuki clan can master. This shows that this ninjutsu, like the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique, the Adamantine Sealing Chain, is a ninjutsu that requires lineage inheritance.

Kirito now strongly suspects that the ancestors of the Hozuki clan had experienced the same thing as him.

"If that's really the case, then my bloodline has been genetically modified,"

Kirito mused, before releasing Lightning Transformation.

But here's the thing: The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, should have also reached Level 5 in Water Release, so why didn't he master the Water Transformation jutsu?

Could it be that everyone's abilities are different when they break through to level 5 in their jutsu?

There is too little reference material for Kirito to get an answer, and perhaps in the future, after summoning Senju Tobirama using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, he will have the opportunity to get an answer from this Second Hokage, who was talented in ninjutsu.

"Kirito, how did you do that? You were able to turn into electricity?"

Nawaki looked at Kirito's arm, which had just turned into electricity, and said with a puzzled expression.

"Actually, I'm not quite sure how I did it either. I guess it has something to do with a new breakthrough in my mastery of Lightning Release. I do now have a jutsu that allows my body to instantly become electricity."

Kirito replied, scratching his head.

Chizuru stared at Kirito with her Sharingan, her eyes filled with deep longing.

She had just been using her Sharingan to watch Kirito's arm turn into lightning, but she found that her Sharingan was simply unable to copy the jutsu Kirito had mentioned.

However, she knew very well how powerful the jutsu Kirito had just used was.

If Kirito could transform into lightning, then he would actually have all the abilities of lightning, such as a terrifying speed of movement.

That was the speed of light, far more powerful than ordinary teleportation.

Moreover, because he had transformed into lightning, he did not have to worry about the side effects of high-speed movement on his body.

As a ninja who specialized in assassinations using Lightning Release acceleration jutsu, Chizuru really wanted to learn this jutsu.

Kirito read the meaning in Chizuru's eyes, but shook his head and said, "This ninjutsu cannot be learned by ordinary people. Only those who have cultivated Lightning Release to a very high level may be able to learn it. Moreover, I don't know the training method either. It's just like my hands and feet; it was born in my body naturally. In short, it's just like the Sharingan."

Upon hearing this, Chizuru's eyes revealed a deep sense of disappointment.

She could hear what Kirito was saying: this Lightning Release technique was most likely, like her Sharingan, a special product of the Bloodline Limit. No wonder her Sharingan had just been unable to copy this ninjutsu.

"Kirito, can you tell me how you felt when you just broke through to the next level in Lightning Release?"

Hatake Sakumo finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked the question he longed to hear the answer to.

His Wind Release ability had been stagnant for a long time, and Kirito's Lightning Release ability was obviously a sign of a breakthrough to the mysterious realm. He might be able to get the secret of the breakthrough from Kirito.

Although Kirito was much younger than him, a wise man would learn from a wise man. As long as it could improve his strength, he was not at all reluctant to ask Kirito for advice.

Kirito had a good impression of Hatake Sakumo. After spending these days together, this teacher in charge of the group could be said to be quite responsible, and he had been teaching them various experiences of survival in the wild. When he had time, he would also guide them in their training in ninjutsu and swordsmanship.

He also did not hide his skills, imparting to the three of them his most powerful techniques, including Shunshin, Wind Release Ninjutsu, and blade techniques.

Thanks to his selfless teaching, in just a dozen days, his and Chizuru's understanding of Shunshin had improved significantly.

Therefore, he did not mind telling him about his feelings when he broke through to Lightning Release.

He also did not avoid Chizuru and Nawaki, and immediately told him about his various feelings after entering the mysterious Thunder Space.

"It's a magical feeling to become lightning yourself."

Hatake Sakumo narrowed his eyes and muttered, as if he had found a clue to improve his own wind-based abilities.

Chizuru was a little disappointed, because she had seen similar records in the books in her family's collection, but there was no mention of how to turn oneself into lightning or flames, and neither did Kirito.

Nawaki looked at the three of them with a blank face.

"Sorry, I really can't explain how I became lightning. Anyway, it was a very strange feeling, hard to put into words."

Kirito noticed the disappointment on Chizuru's face and gave a wry smile.

"No need to apologize, I know you're telling the truth. Haha, just you wait, I'll make my Lightning Release Mysterious Realm someday too."

Chizuru said stubbornly.

After that, she walked to a certain corner, then closed her eyes, allowing herself to focus on repairing her state.

In no time, a large amount of blue and white electricity appeared on her body.

Hatake Sakumo also made a similar move, and wisps of light wind appeared on his body.

Kirito's breakthrough to the mysterious realm of Lightning Release seriously stimulated the nerves of the two.

Nawaki, who was unaware of the situation, also began to silently become stronger in his own way, sweating profusely.

While the three were stimulated and concentrating on their training, Kirito also began to secretly learn more about the abilities of Level 5 Lightning Release.

He once again brought up the attribute panel, and then discovered that there was an additional option for the Lightning Bloodline above the Physical Constitution column, and it was no longer just the unpromising option of becoming a Sage.

The attribute panel did not specify this Lightning Bloodline, but just from the word "bloodline" alone, one could tell a lot.

It was clear that his bloodline had indeed been modified, and as a result, he had obtained the special ninjutsu technique of Lightning Transformation.

From now on, he would also be able to move at the speed of light.

However, the weakness of the Lightning Transformation technique is that it consumes a lot of chakra.

Just when he showed Nawaki his handiwork, less than a fifth of the chakra remaining in his body evaporated, so it can be seen that although this jutsu allows him to ignore and then physically attack, as well as move at the speed of light, he cannot sustain it for too long.

Kirito estimates that even if he activates the tail beast level chakra in the Yin Seal on his body, it will only last him for about a minute.

However, if he can move at the speed of light for a minute, no one in the world can threaten him, and in the future, after he becomes familiar with this ninjutsu, he can achieve the point of being able to start and stop in seconds, and he might be able to achieve an effect similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"The movement speed of light is estimated to be possible only for the top Kage-Level powerhouses to react, and they might not be able to defend against it. I wonder who is faster compared to the Flying Thunder God Technique."

Kirito thought with a smile.

He then raised his right hand, palm open, and with a thought, a surge of Lightning Release Chakra covered his palm. A blue-and-white electric current shot out of his palm, and then it stopped in midair.

More and more electric current shot out of his palm, merging with the current in midair to form a current the size of his arm. Then, under his control, it formed various small animals.

After reaching Lightning Release Level 5, not only did his body undergo some kind of mysterious transformation, allowing him to acquire the Lightning Release technique, his ability to control electricity greatly improved.

In the past, electricity gave him the feeling of being an unruly child. Controlling it required outstanding chakra control, and he could only control the direction it moved, it was simply impossible to make it stop obediently as he could now.

At this moment, the electricity born from him seemed to be branded with his will, and he could manipulate it as he pleased.

After confirming the extent of his control over the electricity, Kirito raised his left hand, and a burst of Water Release Chakra appeared.

The next moment, under Kirito's control, the Lightning Release Chakra in his right hand and the Water Release Chakra in his left hand finally formed two Chakra lines of different colors, which then collided with each other in midair.

The two Chakras of different attributes repelled each other as soon as they came into contact, and a powerful repulsive force sent them flying.

"Boom!"

At the same time, a speck of special Chakra that simultaneously emitted the fluctuations of Lightning Release and Water Release Chakra appeared in midair where the two Chakra lines made contact, but it disappeared as quickly as a spark and made a slight explosion sound.

"This is Storm Release, just as I thought, after reaching Level 5 in Lightning Release, fusing the two types of Chakra becomes much easier."

Kirito looked at the fleeting amount of special Chakra in midair, his eyes filled with surprise.

He had always failed to fuse the two types of Chakra, but this time, he used two Chakra lines of different attributes to make contact, and he was able to successfully fuse Storm Release Chakra and create it in an instant.

Although this Storm Release Chakra is very unstable and will explode and disappear in an instant, this is undoubtedly a very good start. As long as he becomes familiar with the fusion rules of these two types of Chakra, he will soon be able to create stable Storm Release Chakra.

This process is similar to when he first fused his Chakra with natural energy.

Without any accidents, he will only need to spend some time on the next part of the process to successfully create this Bloodline Limit known as Storm Release.

...

Evening, Konoha, Hokage Building, Hokage's Office

Sandaime was smoking a cigarette and reading an encrypted intelligence report that had just arrived. After reading the report, the wrinkles on his face suddenly became more numerous.

The content of the report was very simple: Iwagakure had secretly returned the prisoner Akashige to Sunagakure.

Akashige was Chiyo's son, and Iwagakure had originally obtained him from Hattori Masanari at a great cost. Now that he has been returned, this is undoubtedly a friendly signal from Iwagakure to Sunagakure.

This does not seem like good news for Konoha.

But this is not what Sandaime is most worried about right now, because the source of this intelligence is not any of the spies in Iwagakure that his subordinates control, but rather the Root.

It is the Root, which has already lost its leader.