socalfunplaces Chapter 103 Improvement
Chapter 103 Improvement
Chapter 105 Improvement
"Are you going to stay behind alone?" Lan Wu asked in a low voice, a little worried.
"Yes, if it's going to Tanabata Street or Shukuba Town to receive and transmit codes, you and Akaishi won't have any problems," Minato nodded.
Afterwards, you need to take the scroll to Tanabata Street, wait on the clock tower until midnight, and meet with the team that delivers the coded message.
"Of course we're fine, the problem is you staying here in the Valley of the End—" Lan Wu was clearly worried about Shui Men's side.
However, Akaishi then said, "It's better to split up—we're unlikely to engage in direct combat in Tanabata Town or the post town, and illusion magic is the most effective, so I can go alone!"
Akaishi wanted to keep both Ranma and Minato, since the End Valley was in the wild and the fighting was fiercest there.
"No, although Lanwu is very strong, don't forget that I am a sensory ninja. If I find a difficult opponent, I will just not provoke them." Minato shook his head.
Lan Wu thought for a moment, then looked at Chi Shi and said, "Alright, then I'll go with Chi Shi—there will be ambushes along the way, and it'll also prevent him from doing anything foolish!"
"What do you mean by being stupid? I—" Akaishi was about to retort.
"Well, let's agree on a code to end the valley first," Minato interrupted.
Minato stayed in the Valley of the End for some "battle fun," while Akaishi and Lanwu mainly focused on completing their own team's missions. However, the Valley of the End would eventually respawn, at which point they would naturally reunite.
Before splitting up —
"What are the two codes you have?" Akaishi asked directly.
Fat Grass Ninja hurriedly blurted out what he had said.
One was what they intercepted, and the other was what they wanted to pass on themselves.
After Akaishi copied it onto Team 7's scroll, the code on the fat ninja's scroll disappeared, and he was also 1 point short of the transmission points!
If a intercepted code is then stolen by someone else, no points will be deducted. However, if a transmitted code is intercepted, points will be deducted. In the final score calculation, the minimum score will be 0.
In other words, if any of the received or transmitted scores are negative at the end of the pre-test, the score will be zero.
As for what ranking is required to advance, Sande did not announce it before, but the higher the better.
After the five people parted ways—
An ANBU ninja, who was supervising the exam, carried away Wuwei, who had all his chakra sealed and was unable to move. This meant that he was completely eliminated.
Previously, when "Three Platforms Messenger - Tanuki Treasure" struck, there was actually no blood or real decapitation. Wuwei simply fell to the ground powerless. As for the bloody scene seen by the other two Kusanagi ninja, it was naturally Akaishi's Sharingan genjutsu.
Now that Wuwei is unable to move and is separated from his teammates, he is naturally deemed to have lost his eligibility.
Although the Land of Grass is not large, it is adjacent to the Land of Rain, making its location very important.
Although everyone who came to take the exam signed a waiver of their right to life or death, Konoha held the Joint Chunin Exams to form alliances and establish authority, not to offend anyone. It was better to avoid any deaths if possible.
Akaishi and Lanwu rested until noon before continuing their journey—they had marched quickly to "End Valley" and then only rested for two hours.
The two did not travel through the night. They no longer had the advantage of being at the forefront, and there could be enemies ahead at any time, so maintaining their condition was still very important.
Even considering that there are now 30 genin squads crammed into three locations and three roads, the probability of being attacked on the road is not small.
After nightfall, Akaishi found a large tree —
"Let's not use sleeping bags anymore, let's go upstairs and rest," Akaishi said.
"Up there? Isn't it easier to see up there?" Lan Wu asked, puzzled.
"I'll set up the sealing spell!" Akaishi said, head held high.
Then, Akaishi used the all-powerful sealing technique—the Summoning Technique.
A character "南" appeared, and then a human figure wearing a "Southern Dipper Immortal" mask stepped out from it.
"Ha Bao." Akashi gestured to "Nan Dou Immortal Ha Bao".
The raccoon dog in its Southern Dipper Sage form tapped its staff under the tree, instantly releasing a sealing spell that encircled the large tree.
It wasn't over yet. Nan Dou Xianren Hao Bao then pointed his staff at the top of the tree trunk, and immediately a sealing incantation appeared vertically on the trunk.
The spell vanished instantly, as if nothing had happened.
"The bottom is the warning, and the top is the stealth," Akaishi said.
Watching this scene, Lan Wu couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement and said, "Raccoon Baby's sealing technique—doesn't it have some characteristics of a curse seal?"
"Cursed Seal" can be said to be a high-level application of "Sealing Technique". Simply put, it is a solidified sealing technique.
If "sealing techniques" can preserve ninja tools, but using them requires breaking the seal and retrieving the tools, then "cursed seals" can fuse ninja tools with their carriers.
Using techniques as a medium for sealing can be seen as the beginning of the transformation of curse seals.
"The strength of the raccoon when it materializes using the mask is related to the chakra I can provide. Perhaps—if there is enough, it might really be able to become a cursed seal." Akaishi thought so too.
even----
If Akaishi's chakra is strong enough, he can summon multiple masks at the same time!
Of course, if you only summon one, you can control the raccoon yourself. If you summon two or more, the consumption will increase significantly, not just by two times.
With the sealing spell protecting her, Lan Wu could rest peacefully on the tree.
The invisible sealing technique above prevents people from directly seeing Akaishi and Ranma, while the warning sealing technique below may issue a warning when chakra approaches.
The two took turns resting, and in the latter half of the night, when Akaishi was resting, he naturally indulged in immersion again!
Akaishi also couldn't understand why information transmission in this world was so slow.
When Princess Ruoxi's marriage proposal caused a great stir throughout the city, the battle report the emperor received had only reached the stage of "Hongyan unexpectedly achieving a minor victory and is currently holding his ground."
However, Hong Yan had actually been dead for several days!
On this day, Princess Ruoxi herself rode in a grand sedan chair, leading a procession of ten miles of red bridal procession, towards the Su family. Curious onlookers lined the streets of the capital to watch, and all sorts of "Hongyan jokes" were told.
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Just then, a petite figure suddenly appeared on the street and stopped the sedan chair.
"Young Miss Hong, how dare you! You dare block my carriage?"
"Your Highness, where are you going?"
"This princess is going to propose marriage!"
"What a joke! You and my brother are not divorced. A married woman has no right to propose marriage!"
"Heh, wasn't your brother hiding in Zhenguo Temple and refusing to come out? Well, it's you who's showing up now?"
"You—my brother doesn't know about this yet."
"Hahaha, the whole capital knows, but he doesn't? He's quite the actor—"
"How could you speak of my brother like that? My Hong family has been loyal and devoted for generations. You may be a princess, but you are also my brother's wife. What has become of the Hong family's reputation by doing this? Where does this leave my brother?"
"He used despicable means to propose marriage, and now he deserves to be humiliated! Does he want me to go to Zhenguo Temple and beg him? Don't even think about it! Get out of my way—"
Akaishi:————
Akaishi is very familiar with this logic; he has seen it countless times in "You're the One Who Died"—basically, it's something that can be understood at a glance, yet people are unwilling to do it.
"No! Unless you step over my dead body—"
"Keep moving forward, and run over anyone who tries to stop you!"
Seeing the carriage about to hit his sister, Hongyan finally panicked, but there was nothing he could do.
Fortunately, a loyal maidservant quickly tackled the young lady to the ground, and the two of them rolled around in a disheveled mess, managing to avoid the princess's carriage. Their disheveled and pitiful appearance was a stark contrast to the princess's magnificent bridal procession.
"That woman from the Hong family is really annoying; she even speaks up for her useless brother!"
"That's right, it's a disgrace to women!"
"Speaking of which, Young Master Su is so handsome—I really want to propose marriage to him; I'm willing to be his concubine."
"The Hong family is indeed full of heroes, but Hong Yan doesn't even dare to go to the battlefield, so it's no wonder his wife is proposing to someone else."
"Exactly, exactly, I think His Majesty is just pretending not to know—"
Among the ignorant passersby, some were simply morally corrupt and full of fallacies, while others, unaware of the true situation at the border, assumed that Hong Yan was avoiding war and thus mostly mocked the Hong family.
For two hours, Akaishi and Akaishi watched as the princess went to propose marriage, and the two bowed to each other at the door.
After waking up, Akaishi was still savoring the feeling—it had been a long time since he had felt so refreshed!
At first, Akaishi's true feelings were amusement and laughter, but later he also became furious—it was already difficult for Akaishi to be truly angry about the humiliation of "Hong Yan," but—seeing the Hong family, who were set up as "a family of loyal martyrs," being slandered after Hong Yan's death in battle, Akaishi was still furious.
This drama is really good.
Not only do genuine emotions have a strong stimulating effect on anger, but immersion in emotions also brings about a rare sense of tranquility.
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"Once it exceeds 10%, the stimulation becomes very slow—should we try granting more permissions next time?" This thought flashed through Akaishi's mind.
However, Akaishi immediately shook his head and rejected the idea!
The reason is simple —
Danger!
If the "hippocampus" permission is enabled, Akaishi will no longer have subjective emotions when immersed, and will be completely immersed on an emotional level.
It's true that the stimulation will be more intense, but—
It has a greater lingering effect and makes one's mindset more easily altered.
And if permissions are granted to the extreme, even the "amygdala" can be entrusted to them —
Therefore, after the immersion ends, there will be no significant difference between the immersion memory and the real memory!
At that time, Akaishi, who is only twelve years old, suddenly has other memories spanning ten or even decades. If his will is not strong enough, he may lose his way on a mental level!
Therefore, although Akaishi knew that granting more permissions would be more efficient, he still dared not do so.
"Anyway, the current efficiency isn't too slow!" Akaishi muttered to himself.
The current "slower efficiency" is compared to the efficiency before 10%. In fact, the speed of this improvement is already something that many ninja geniuses can only dream of.
After waking up, Akaishi formed a Snake Seal and a Horse Seal. These were not ninjutsu, but rather two seals that leaned more towards Fire Release. Akaishi used Fire Release chakra transformation slightly to see if there were any changes.
Based on the results of the last physical examination, after another two hours of "immersion," the [Ember] should have exceeded 1.
%, which means it should already have some effect.
Akaishi estimated that when he converted his chakra into fire chakra, he should have already been able to feel some difference.
"Huh?" Akashi was taken aback and showed a surprised expression.
It's not because nothing has changed, but quite the opposite —
The changes are tremendous!
This doesn't seem like a breakthrough of 1% in [Ember], but rather like a breakthrough of several items at the same time?
For some inexplicable reason, Akaishi used the "physical examination device" again.
Normally, if it were just a 1% breakthrough in [Ember], Akashi would have been able to sense it himself and wouldn't have needed a physical examination, but—the situation seems a bit strange now.
[Fire Release Chakra (Awakened, 10.00%): Blazing Flame (10.03%), Scorching Heat (14.57%), Annihilation (14.19%), Blazing Inferno (10.08%), Collapsing Flame (10.02%), Embers (1.11%)]
Akaishi looked at the "Fire Release Chakra" section and didn't notice anything unusual at first glance.
Only the changes corresponding to the emotions of "anger" and "sorrow" are affected. Since the Lightning Release and Earth Release have also reached 10%, the changes in Fire Release are stimulated again, meaning that "scorching" and "burning" are relatively high, both exceeding 14%.
The others stopped at 10% and then turned to stimulating changes in other chakra attributes. The "Ember" that I discovered recently, as expected, only just exceeded 1% after two immersions.
but----
Why is the increase in Fire Release chakra so large?
Akaishi quickly discovered the reason!
"Could it be because the previous average exceeded 10%?" Akaishi then realized a problem.
Each chakra change is preceded by an overall value, which Akaishi had long ago discovered to be an "average," but he had never found any use for this average.
Even now, with the addition of the "Ember" boost, the total value above has just exceeded 10%—Akaishi also felt that his Fire Release chakra had been comprehensively enhanced!
In every aspect, it's not a fundamental improvement, but there has been progress in every area.
Chakra conversion is smoother, consumes less energy, has a stronger effect, and is more controllable.
All of this gave Akaishi a feeling that he had become even more adept at using "Fire Release Chakra"!
"Um?"
Just as Akaishi was about to experience the changes in his Fire Release ninjutsu, he suddenly realized that the warning seal had been activated!
Lan Wu, who was on night watch, immediately noticed the newcomer. She was about to call out to Chi Shi when she saw that he had already opened his eyes.
So the two of them silently looked down at the tree.
Three genin appeared together under the tree, Akaishi and Ranmae ready to retaliate, but—
"It's the early hours of the morning, and ninjas looking to ambush us are definitely most active right now. Let's rest for a bit and set off again when it's light."
"Fireflies, wouldn't that be perfect for getting on the road? Let them know the power of the Peacock Technique!"
"Aka, we bear the great responsibility of making the name of Hoshigakure famous, so we should be careful," said the only female ninja among the three.
"Summer, you guys are just too cautious — okay."