Chapter 77: Illusion

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Deciding to ignore the possible implications of that statement, Rias informed Raynare carefully, "Your fighting ability is good. My only recommendation is for you to work on wasting less energy while fighting. The number of light spears you squandered needlessly was considerable. Even with a bishop promotion you were only capable of keeping it up for a short time. You never know when we might become embroiled in a long fight or even a gauntlet of opponents. We can't have you exhausting yourself after ten minutes in such a situation."

"Understood," Raynare grumbled.

Nodding happily, Rias turned to Naruto and suggested, "Alright. So we've gone over Asia and Raynare's progress and future plans. What about you, Naruto-kun? Anything you feel I should know?"

Thinking for a moment, Naruto started, "Well I have shifted my training plans since I rescued Asia. Before I was focusing on tempering my rook characteristics. My hand to hand. I feel I've reached a satisfactory level in that respect though, and have switched to gaining some mid to long-range capabilities. So far I've focused on recreating some wind jutsu."

"I see. Any progress?"

Nodding, Naruto strode in front of them till he faced the empty half of the large basement. Naruto quickly gathered wind chakra around his hand without using hand seals.

Swiping his hand through the air, the gathered wind chakra shot out in a blade of wind chakra. The blade covered the length of the basement and connected with the wall.

The fuinjutsu reinforced stone resisted the cutting attack, but no one watching didn't see the potential damage such an attack could do to a person.

Naruto waited till the wind he had kicked up calmed down before turning to face the group and explaining, "It has been going very well. My smaller chakra reserves and previous training meant I was able to refine my control over wind chakra quickly. After that I've just had to focus on recreating whatever wind jutsu I've seen before."

Unfortunately, Naruto hadn't really ever learned that many wind jutsu himself. He had only learned nature manipulation to finish the Rasengan, so he hadn't ever garnered an impressive reservoir of techniques.

Good thing he had still become an expert in using wind chakra. It meant he could recreate most of the wind jutsu he has seen.

He's easily grasped how to form cutting attacks and pressure attacks. He's struggling a bit with successfully utilizing vacuums, but he'll manage it with a few weeks or months of experimenting and practice.

The technique he had just performed was a rough reconstruction of the Beast Wave Palm he'd seen Sora use before.

"Wow, Naruto-san is amazing," Asia commenting in awe, making Naruto blush slightly.

"Yes, it is very impressive. While not as wide scale as most wind spells, his technique was noticeably more concentrated than what wind magic I've seen," Rias stated thoughtfully.

"…Weird use of chakra," Koneko added as she scrutinized Naruto.

Rubbing the back of his head and laughing, Naruto quickly admitted, "I still have a way to go. While I have the raw nature manipulation, I still haven't recreated most of the techniques to a point I can do them in a time a battle would require. I need more practice."

"Regardless, you are clearly well on your way," Rias pointed out with a smile. Looking at him, she questioned him seriously, "If you want to expand your ranged capabilities, it might be a good idea to continue your lessons in magic…Unless you intend to stick to your chakra."

Naruto quickly put his hands up and exclaimed, "Not at all. I never received nature manipulation training for any other element. I might be able to manage, but it would be slow. Better to just stick with wind for chakra, and use magic for the other elements. That way I can have a proper teacher tell me what to do."

Rias seemed pleased by his answer as she asked, "So have you given anymore thought towards what type of magic you'd like to learn?"

"I have actually," Naruto answered honestly. Cupping his chin in his hand, he turned to Akeno as he said, "Akeno-senpai told me that the elements fire, water, and thunder are the easiest to use."

Rias blinked in confusion at the difference in how he referred to Akeno, but just put it to the back of her mind as she replied, "That is correct. Fire and water particularly."

Nodding, Naruto explained, "I'm planning on learning some illusion magic, since I absolutely suck at genjutsu. Unfortunately, it appears to be a rather complex magic. Not something to learn as an amateur. So I decided to put that on hold, and instead learn a simpler magic as a stepping point to reach that point. I was debating between fire and water. Both are simple, and can be used with my wind jutsu to form collaboration techniques. So both were suitable. I finally decided on fire."

Rias grew thoughtful at that. After a few seconds, she nodded and claimed, "Fire. I approve. It fits your fighting style. Very offensive. Somewhat destructive."

"I thought so too," Naruto commented, not at all bothered by her calling him destructive. He kind of was.

"Illusion magic is another interesting choice, but you are right. It is a bit more of a complex magic. Not a good choice for a beginner," Rias continued as she considered. Shrugging, she said, "So it's a good idea to focus on fire for now. I'll arrange some time for me to teach you the basics.

"Ara ara, Buchou. Shouldn't I be the one to teach, Naruto-kun? I am more accomplished at using fire than you," Akeno interrupted by pointing out.

Rias' eyes narrowed at her queen. Closing her eyes, she said in a forced even tone, "True, but I am still proficient in fire. I also have more free time than you, Akeno. I've gathered all the necessary research on Rating Game strategies that we'll be needing for a while. You however still need to form contracts with clients."

Naruto just tilted his head in a as he watched Rias and Akeno start arguing with each other.

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