Chapter 88: Future Prospects of Ice Release

The Adamantine Sealing Chains are an exclusive ability of the Uzumaki Clan. When used, multiple chakra chains extend from the user's back, functioning not only as powerful offensive weapons but also serving as defensive measures. It is a versatile technique, forming a comprehensive system capable of creating barriers and sealing tailed beasts.

Learning this single jutsu is equivalent to mastering four different types of techniques at once: offensive, defensive, sealing, and barrier jutsu. Its practicality is unparalleled.

Although it is ranked at about A-level, considering its wide range of uses, it might as well be an S-rank jutsu disguised as an A-rank.

The only drawback is that this technique is exclusive to the Uzumaki Clan. Only those with the clan's unique body structure can use it, making it comparable to a kekkei genkai.

During his battle with the Mist Village jonin, Tōshirō became deeply aware of his shortcomings. To prevent such a situation from happening again, he needed to find a way to strengthen his combat capabilities.

Under normal circumstances, to avoid revealing his true power, he couldn't freely use his Sharingan in battle. Instead, he had to rely on the power of his Ice Release.

Perhaps in the near future, his abilities would become known to various nations, and by then, they would likely be thoroughly researched.

Especially in the Land of Water, the birthplace of Ice Release. It goes without saying that his techniques would be of particular interest.

The strengths and weaknesses of his Ice Release would probably be studied more thoroughly by others than even he himself had mastered.

When that time came, Aokiji would lose the advantage of the current information gap in battles.

Additionally, over the years of undertaking missions outside, Aokiji had come across intriguing news.

For instance: According to rumors, the Yuki Clan of the Land of Water had offended someone in the past. While the former clan leader was organizing the clan's jutsu records, a mysterious figure attacked, causing casualties. The motives behind this enmity remained unknown, but not only did the intruder kill, they set fire to the records, destroying years' worth of collected jutsu, and even took valuable jutsu scrolls to sell on the black market.

Although ordinary ninja couldn't use these techniques, the scrolls still held significant research value and fetched high prices.

Even aside from their research value, these jutsu were critical intelligence for all Ice Release users, representing a serious security breach for the Yuki Clan.

Upon hearing this news, Aokiji finally understood where Elder Itachi's Ice Release techniques that he had learned likely originated.

However, that wasn't the main point. The main concern was that if the Yuki Clan discovered that an outsider like him had learned their precious techniques, they would stop at nothing to kill him.

Given these considerations, Tōshirō had to develop his own Ice Release jutsu.

All the Ice Release techniques he currently used were passed down from Elder Itachi and adopted without modification.

While this approach allowed him to take shortcuts and rapidly increase his combat strength, it also meant he wasn't training in the art of creating jutsu. Consequently, his future use of Ice Release would inevitably be limited by the techniques that the Yuki Clan had developed.

Tōshirō had already accumulated a substantial foundation in standard Ice Release jutsu. The shift from quantity to quality had begun, and it was time for him to research and create his own unique Ice Release techniques, forging his own path in the realm of Ice Release.

The basic environment for jutsu research generally follows these steps: forming a concept—gathering data—creating a plan—implementation.

Plan—Research Jutsu.

One of Aokiji's future visions was to control chains of ice in battle.

To achieve this, Aokiji needed to gather related jutsu.

The "Adamantine Sealing Chains" of the Uzumaki Clan was an excellent source of reference material.

Considering that this jutsu was one of the clan's signature techniques, Aokiji approached the idea with a trial mindset.

If Tsunade hesitated, he would move on and focus his research elsewhere.

For example, he had an idea of creating a pair of ice skates for his feet, which could potentially make him move faster than a typical ninja. However, he would need to create a large ice field for that to be feasible.

Thinking about it brought a bitter smile to Aokiji's face; he wasn't Kisame, with an abundance of chakra to create a home-field advantage.

As he was lost in thought about the direction of his jutsu research, Tsunade considered his request seriously and agreed, saying, "No problem."

Tōshirō's face lit up with excitement: "Really?" Tsunade nodded, "The Adamantine Sealing Chains jutsu requires the unique physical constitution of the pure-blooded Uzumaki Clan. You won't be able to use it yourself, so it will only serve as a reference. Even if you develop something from it, the result will be vastly different."

"That's great news."

Tōshirō's face showed his enthusiasm.

He started imagining scenes of using his ice chains in battle.

Countless crisscrossing ice chains bursting into the air, guided by his hands, moving like swift serpents, intertwining and coiling, striking and pursuing their targets with precision. It would be as if he were a golden-armored king wielding the heavenly chains.

This was far cooler and more impressive than merely mimicking Gaara's sand using snow, wasn't it? Just thinking about it made Aokiji's shoulders tremble with anticipation.

He even dared to imagine creating an "Ice Treasury."

A halo of icy blue light behind him, with subtle ripples forming as if rain were hitting the surface of water, from which various ice blades would slowly emerge.

With a wave of his hand, countless weapons would shoot from the glow behind him, their brilliant blue light streaking across the sky like meteors. The icy arsenal would cover the battlefield in a perfect net, leaving no gaps. In an instant, the ground would be littered with weapons, as if it had been subjected to a blanket-style bombardment—combining grandeur and power.

But as Tōshirō thought of this scene, he realized… his chakra wouldn't be enough.

Tōshirō: ...

Tsunade, seeing him switch from excitement to frustration, was confused: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, let's just go investigate that pharmaceutical company," Tōshirō said, shaking off the image in his head. It was just a daydream after all.

Among his peers, Tōshirō already had a relatively high chakra level, but to achieve something like that, his current chakra would definitely fall short.

Tōshirō estimated that his current chakra level was around level 6, comparable to one "Kakashi unit."

Based on the three-year time span from the Chunin Exams to the Akatsuki arc in the original story, Tōshirō believed that in the next three years, his chakra would not increase significantly. He estimated it would stabilize around level 8, similar to Naruto's early days.

This was already exceptional among his peers but still fell short of what he needed.

If he had time, Tōshirō planned to recall methods from the original series that could help increase chakra levels.

As for the investigation of the pharmaceutical company, Tōshirō and Tsunade infiltrated it without much trouble. The approach was simple—they used the Transformation Jutsu. The process went smoothly without incident; for ninjas like him and Tsunade, breaking through such security was almost child's play, especially since their targets were completely unguarded. Within moments, they uncovered the company's nefarious schemes.

Tōshirō held back an enraged Tsunade as they returned to their residence to plan further.

Tsunade fumed, "Why did you stop me back there?"

The company's actions were so vile they redefined her understanding of evil. To make money, they had committed atrocities beyond comprehension.

Tōshirō asked, "If you attack them, then what?"

Tsunade clenched her fist, brimming with indignation. "Of course, we'll expose their actions to the public and let the people and the Daimyo of this nation judge them for their crimes."

Tōshirō found this amusing and chuckled.

Tsunade frowned. "What's so funny?"

(End of Chapter)

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