Naruto - The Wind Calamity

Chapter 163 : Learning Lightning Jutsus

Fujin said, "How long can you guys hold the Leaf on your head during the Leaf Concentration exercise?"

Daisuke answered, "23 minutes."

Tatsuya said, "28 minutes."

Buncho said, "17 minutes."

Bunjiro said, "38 minutes."

Ryoma said, "26 minutes."

Fujin said, "That's very low. No need to practice any ninjutsu for now. Increase that to one hour."

Tatsuya immediately complained, "But that exercise is so boring!"

Fujin said, "Not really a choice Tatsuya."

Ryoma complained, "Can't you just teach us any of your jutsus Fujin?"

Fujin looked at him and said harshly, "The reason why I could become strong is that my basics are good. If any of you can't maintain the leaf for an hour, you should give up your dreams of becoming a ninja and drop out of the academy."

Fujin's reply shocked them. Fujin was their age. They expected him to be cordial with them and help them like a friend. They never imagined that he'd be stricter than the academy teachers.

Before anyone could make another comment to upset Fujin, Daisuke said, "Alright Fujin. We will work on it."

Fujin said, "Come back after you guys manage this. Oh, and come around noon. If I'm not at home at that time, then I'm doing a mission. So check after a few days."

Daisuke nodded. Fujin returned back home while they left his property.

They immediately began complaining. Banjiro said, "This was a waste of time. I admired him so much. I never thought that he would be so arrogant!"

Ryoma agreed, "Yes. He asked us to quit the academy if we can't do a stupid Leaf exercise!"

Daisuke said, "Though we grew up together, we haven't been very close since we joined the academy. We should be glad that he at least agreed to help us."

Buncho added, "I heard that he was able to hold the leaf for over an hour in his 2nd year in the academy. So his advice could be right."

Tatsuya sighed and said, "Anyways, we are struggling in the academy. Let's give his method a try. If it works, we will become ninjas. If it doesn't, it won't be much different."

They talked for a bit before deciding to follow his instruction. Fujin had anticipated such a reaction when he said those harsh words. But he didn't care. He didn't care about these 5. It didn't matter to him if they graduated or not. He was just seeing how he could instruct any future subordinates properly.

If his future subordinates complained as they did, he would just let them go or kill them depending on the situation. He didn't have the time to raise someone who was both lazy and untalented.

Fujin left this whole episode behind him and began deciding which jutsu he should start with.

He entered the bottom basement and thought, 'My clone picked 11 jutsus to learn. However, 3 of them are very inconvenient to use in battle. However, these 3 look like they are preparatory jutsus for Raikage's Lightning Cloak. I guess Konoha managed to deduce some of the steps to learn it. Not really surprising. But they didn't manage to completely deduce it. Though there is a possibility that they did deduce it but didn't put it in the library.

Another 3 jutsus are a series of jutsus. The D and C rank Variants will be dropped in the future. Another jutsu has potential but is highly inaccurate.

That leaves me with 1 utility jutsu, 1 defensive jutsu, 1 long-range jutsu and 1 mid-range jutsu. Konoha's stock of Lightning jutsus is disappointing. Another issue is that there is no Lightning Instantaneous Body jutsu. So long-range escape with this element isn't possible. I'll have to depend on the Flicker jutsu.