The battle began.
A water dragon wreathed in white vapor emerged, charging straight at the Iwa ninja!
This was a water dragon made of liquid nitrogen.
Calling it "water" wasn't entirely accurate—while both liquid nitrogen and water are liquids, water is composed of water molecules, whereas liquid nitrogen consists of nitrogen molecules.
So, here's the question.
If a Water Style ninja stood over a pool of liquid nitrogen and activated a Water Style technique, what would happen?
Yuto Souta had found the answer…
The body of the Water Style technique gained the delicate manipulability of water-attribute chakra.
The spirit of Wind Style retained the speed and cutting properties of wind-attribute chakra!
And most crucially… the boost from Ninjutsu Master.
Activating this technique didn't consume an ounce more chakra, yet it harnessed the power of two techniques combined!
The same amount of chakra, but with triple the destructive force!
"Roar!!!"
The white-vapor-shrouded water dragon let out a series of furious roars in the air!
Its sheer size alone was enough to inspire awe!
The Iwa ninja's gazes filled with shock and wariness.
By this point, their mindset had shifted multiple times… from the tension of hearing Sakumo Hatake's name, to the relief and anger of realizing they'd been tricked, and now to the confusion and gravity brought by this imposing pressure.
Kuraken couldn't help but take another look at this Konoha brat.
"Taking advantage of the terrain, huh?"
"Smart kid, but… too bad!"
As a commander, he had the basic qualities—and he'd maintained them well.
Kuraken bent slightly, clapped his hands together, and a deep, heavy voice rumbled from his lips.
"Earth Style! Earth Core Shift!"
The water's surface grew even more restless.
In an instant, brown replaced the river's blue as a massive, rectangular stone pillar suddenly rose behind the Iwa ninja.
The blocked river's water level dropped immediately, and at the same time, Kuraken's hand signs continued.
"Earth Style! Mud Wall!"
"Earth Style! Earth Dragon Bullet!"
A stone wall rose, blocking every possible angle of attack from the airborne water dragon.
Atop the central wall, a dragon's head emerged, its gaping maw aimed at Yuto Souta!
Within that maw, chakra gathered, ready to transform into hard clumps of earth upon attack, smashing the enemy to pieces!
Yet Yuto Souta still hadn't ordered the hovering water dragon to strike…
Before his eyes, a series of system prompts flashed.
[Bloodline Limit: Sharingan ninjutsu replication complete. Earth Style: Earth Core Shift recorded.]
[Bloodline Limit: Sharingan ninjutsu replication complete. Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet recorded.]
[Bloodline Limit: Sharingan ninjutsu replication complete. Earth Style: Mud Wall recorded.]
This was an unexpected bonus.
He hadn't shown his Sharingan to anyone before—not even Minato's team, his teacher, or his teammates.
But now, with his resolve to go all out, the Sharingan's ability to copy ninjutsu finally came into play.
The new chakra flow patterns lit up Yuto Souta's eyes!
"Surrender, kid."
Kuraken, also in no rush to attack, said coldly.
"An adult wouldn't stoop to your level."
"But you need to know when to stop…"
Yuto Souta's expression turned a bit odd.
Those same words… hadn't he heard them somewhere before?
Right.
When Madara Uchiha fought the Five Kage, he'd said something like that to Onoki.
How could an adult possibly bicker with a child?
Raising one hand, Yuto Souta gestured with two fingers in the air.
The water dragon in midair let out another deafening roar and finally charged at the Iwa ninja!
A cold smirk tugged at Kuraken's lips.
The dragon head atop the mud wall fired off clumps of earth, each as hard as stone, aimed at the airborne water dragon!
Earth Style counters Water Style—this was basic knowledge of ninjutsu interactions in the ninja world.
Though Kuraken's eyes held disdain, he still knew to hold back.
After all, this was just a kid.
After all, this was… a genius Konoha brat.
A kid like this, if used properly… wouldn't be a total loss overall.
This mission might not have encountered that man.
But with Konoha's hypocritical ways… paying a small price to ransom this kid back would be normal, right?
The smirk on Kuraken's face grew wider.
And at that moment, the water dragon in the sky clashed with the earth clumps fired by the earth dragon.
An unbelievable scene unfolded.
Before the clumps could even touch the water dragon, they were swallowed by the white vapor emanating from it. Without making contact, they turned white and fell to the ground!
Kuraken's expression shifted instantly!
And at that moment, Yuto Souta's calm voice rang out again.
"When a fast-moving object encounters extreme cold, the drop in temperature reduces the activity of its molecules. If the temperature gets low enough, the object's molecular motion nearly halts, causing its kinetic energy to vanish."
"Read more books. It won't do you any harm."
As his words fell, the vapor-shrouded water dragon broke through the obstacles and crashed into the Iwa ninja!
The Mud Wall Kuraken had prepared earlier absorbed much of the impact.
But the still-damp river retained enough moisture, and under the extreme cold, it froze over in an instant!
As Yuto Souta spoke, his hands formed signs again, replicating the process to summon three more Nitrogen Water Dragons!
Before his eyes, system prompts appeared one after another…
[New ninjutsu approved. Please name it.]
[New ninjutsu approved. Please name it.]
[New ninjutsu approved…]
Each system prompt signified the validation of a new concept.
These three water dragons might look identical, but Yuto Souta's hand signs carried enough variation…
He'd mastered the Flame Dragon Bullet, meaning he'd grasped chakra compression!
He'd mastered the Water Dragon Bullet, turning it directly into a Nitrogen Water Dragon!
And now, he'd mastered the Earth Dragon Bullet…
Three techniques, each using different chakra, but altering their forms with chakra flow was no challenge for a science nerd who studied ninjutsu day and night.
Using liquid nitrogen as the base material, shaping it with Water Style, and then refining the technique further!
The extreme cold of Nitrogen Style, the versatility of Water Style, the impact of Fire Style!
Yuto Souta tilted his head slightly, a playful smirk creeping onto his calm, handsome face.
"Please, do come and experience it with me."
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