Chapter 318: Super charging a jutsu
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"So you are now going to focus on the hospital for the time being. That means your jutsu practice has to wait, right?" Shisui asked, changing the topic.
"Yes and no. I am planning on coming back from the hospital at 5 PM from tomorrow onward. By doing that, I would have enough time to barely manage a single jutsu a day. I want to learn all of them before my Jonin promotion," Kaida replied.
"Once again, you are working way more hard than necessary. The medical work is already high enough for them to call you. Now you want to train while doing that as well? But I know you will do it anyway, so I can only ask you not to push yourself too much," Hae said.
"Don't worry, Aunt. The hospital work is actually really manageable. In a sense, I am taking it easy there," Kaida said with a smile.
"Yeah, yeah," Hae said, at which Kaida could only give an awkward smile.
"So, brother, tomorrow is your holiday right?" Kaida asked.
"Yes, and I am not doing anything other than that security thing. I am going to enjoy my holiday completely by laying on my bed for the entire day," Shisui said firmly.
"Okay, brother, but please teach me how to supercharge a jutsu at evening," Kaida said with a smile.
"Very smart, but no. I am not going to do anything tomorrow," Shisui denied.
"Then are you going to teach it to me on your regular working days?" Kaida asked.
"Urgh, fine. But I will only teach you for one hour. If you can't learn it in that amount of time, then spend those contribution points you got for free on learning it," Shisui said.
"You are the best brother," Kaida said.
While they were talking, Naruto and Yomi simply went to the backyard to play with Kenta, since they didn't have much to do anyway.
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Next day, Kaida went to the hospital an hour earlier than his usual time of 8 AM. Hae and Shisui went to the bathhouse to complete the simple brain read on the five women Hae had chosen as her secretaries.
Since they will be the people who are going to work with her not only on the bathhouse and shops but also on the stadium, with how big the things are, even a small betrayal may bring down their business. That's why Hae didn't want to take any risks.
With the high amount of salary and job security Hae had offered, all five girls agreed for the brain read without much thought. Though uncomfortable, it was not unheard for business owners to do that.
Though when Shisui went there, all three of them were a little intimidated. Being a civilian an Uchiha Jonin was a little too big of a person for them.
Luckily, the process ended in a couple of minutes. Just as Shisui activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, the memories of all five of them were like an open book. Them not having chakra to defend their brain was a good reason behind that as well. Because a ninja will unconsciously defend against such an attack, getting a little injured in the process, but they didn't even feel discomfort.
After completing the process, he turned toward the room Hae was in as he signaled all five of them to go back.
"All of them are clear, mom. It is just that she is a little too money-minded and may do something unsightly if someone offered a decent sum," Shisui said.
"So you want me to fire her?" Hae asked, but her tone was like she was testing Shisui.
"That's what I think is best," Shisui said after some thinking, but Hae shook her head at that.
"Son, it is good to be thinking about safety, but think it from a business perspective. The person who is money-minded is the most easy person to control. All I need is to maintain a watch over her, and she will be the most hardworking employee. Also, there is not actually much she could do now that I know I have to be wary of her. Also, it is not like she is a bad child. It is just that she has seen what poverty is, so it is only natural for her to think about money a little more than normal people," Hae explained.
"As you wish, mom. I am not good with this whole business thing anyway," Shisui said with a shrug of his shoulder, then continued, "If there is nothing else to do, can I go back now?"
"Okay," Hae said.
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(at 5 PM)
"I am home, brother. Let's go!" Kaida shouted in a huffing voice, showing how fast he came back for training.
"Just give me half an hour more. You also take some rest. Remember, I am going to give you just one hour. Make sure you are in your perfect shape," Shisui said in a sleepy tone, completely oblivious that he was just saying all that to get some more sleep.
But there was no problem in doing that too, so Kaida went to the bathroom to freshen up and take a quick bath before going out to meet Kenta, where Yomi and Naruto were already present. Weirdly, Yomi was sitting on the ground near Kenta with her back leaning on him, and reading her book, while Naruto was telling Kenta how his day went and what he had done.
"You are becoming more popular in my family than even me," Kaida said, patting Kenta's head.
"Guah," Kenta released a small growl which almost sounded like a chuckle.
Kaida also sat there, spending some time with Yomi and Naruto while waiting for Shisui to wake up.
After 5:30, Hae also came back.
"Welcome back, Aunt," Kaida and Yomi welcomed her, while Naruto went running toward the kitchen to fetch some water for her, insisting on doing that.
"Welcome back, Aunt," he said, bringing a glass of cold water with his tiny hands.
"Thank you, my little gentleman," Hae said, patting Naruto's head as she took the glass of water from him.
"And where is my lazy son?" Hae said, almost already knowing the answer.
"I am here, mom," Shisui said, running out of his house, still having sleepy eyes.
"You were sleeping till now? I know you were tired, but still, isn't it too much?" Hae asked.
"I was not sleeping, mom. I was about to go and teach Kaida some stuff. Come on, Kaida, let's go before it's too late. We have to come back before dinner time, right?" Shisui said. He grabbed Kaida's hand and dragged him out of the house, while Hae could only shake her head with Yomi and Naruto smiling in the background, all of them knowing that Shisui was just running away from scolding.
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"So you want to learn how to supercharge a jutsu, right?" Shisui asked as they came at a clearing in the largest Training area of the Uchiha clan. With how busy everyone in Konoha was, the Training area was mostly empty.
"Yes, brother. Nearly everyone who is teaching me is showing two versions of the same jutsu, and the supercharged version is far better than the normal one in all cases," Kaida said.
"It is generally the case, but there is a big weakness of supercharging a jutsu. Were you able to pick that up?" Shisui asked, now coming out of his lazy state and becoming completely alert.
"Are you talking about the larger preparation time?" Kaida asked.
"Yes, see this," Shisui said. He quickly made a series of hand signs and, even before a second could pass, released a stream of fire from his mouth.
Fire Release: Fire Breath Jutsu
An area of 10 meters in front of Shisui was scorched black in an instant, leaving nothing behind but ash and hot earth.
"Now, second time," he said as soon as he stopped turning his face in the opposite direction.
This time, he once again made hand signs, but after that, he stopped. Kaida activated his Sharingan to see what was going on, shocked at what he was seeing. It was like multiple rivers of chakra were flowing inside Shisui's body, all merging at his throat one after another.
After nearly 3 seconds—three times the time required to perform the jutsu normally—Shisui released one more fire stream jutsu, but this one was completely different from before, so much so that even calling them the same jutsu would be an insult.
This time, the flames covered nearly 50 meters of the area, and the ground didn't just burn completely but even turned into glass at some places, meaning the flames exceeded the temperature of 1,700°C. Any normal person would have vanished from the planet if they faced such an attack.
"As you saw, supercharging a jutsu trades swiftness with range and destructive power," Shisui said, looking toward Kaida, who was still mesmerized by what he saw.
"That was so cool, brother," Kaida said as soon as he came out of his thoughts.
"I know," Shisui took the complement with a smile.
"Now, let's start learning it," he continued.