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High in the sky, on the road.
Kenshi lay on the back of the giant clay bird, his raised right hand flashing with white lightning, feeling its characteristics.
"I didn't expect that a single chakra attribute could have different development directions in terms of nature transformation."
The White Lightning developed by Hatake Sakumo and the Black Lightning developed by the Third Raikage were completely different in nature.
The nature characteristics of Black Lightning mainly extracted and strengthened the pain, paralysis, and conductivity of lightning when it electrocuted people.
Black Lightning attacks would make enemies feel pain a hundred times more painful than ordinary electrocution, and they would be paralyzed and unable to move.
Back when the Third Raikage was chasing Kenshi on the sea.
Kenshi had tried to use the Black Iron Shark, with Hito as bait, to lure the Third Raikage and his group away.
But the Third Raikage, using the strengthened conductivity of Black Lightning, instantly attacked a two-kilometer-diameter range of the sea, causing Kenshi's plan to fail.
This shows how strong Black Lightning's conductivity is.
White Lightning is different from Black Lightning. It abandons paralysis, conductivity, and other characteristics and focuses entirely on the penetrating power of lightning.
Hatake Sakumo's White Lightning had particularly strong penetrating power. Under his powerful control, the highly penetrating White Lightning covered his short sword, giving the White Lightning short sword extremely strong penetrating and cutting power.
Even Kazeyuki's Wind Armor couldn't withstand it.
"White Lightning and Black Lightning."
"I wonder if a more powerful Lightning Release chakra can be obtained by fusing these two Lightning Release chakras."
Kenshi had made a decision. The future development direction of the Lightning Release clone would be the fusion of White Lightning and Black Lightning.
The Wind Release clone would continue to develop in the direction of thinner and sharper slashes.
The Earth Release clone would continue to strengthen the weight... or rather, the quality characteristics of the Super Heavy Rock Technique chakra.
He had the Wind, Lightning, and Earth clones.
He had already reserved the Uchiha clan for the Fire Release clone. Only the Water Release clone remained.
"It seems I need to find an excuse to go to Kirigakure."
"What kind of excuse?" Kenshi thought to himself.
After returning to the Land of Wind border, Kenshi and Yezi waited for a few days before returning to Ameyuri City.
Yahiko and the other two had also returned from the Land of Fire border.
On the way, the three were happy but also a little melancholy.
"Sigh!"
"Jiraiya-sensei has a new student."
Yahiko sighed.
This time, they didn't find the Konoha ninjas who had attacked Akatsuki. They went directly to the Land of Fire border to find the Konoha ninjas and explain the situation.
But they were directly attacked by the Konoha ninjas, who treated them as invading ninjas.
Fortunately, they happened to encounter Jiraiya-sensei, who was traveling and training with his newly recruited student, Minato Namikaze.
In the end, they told Jiraiya-sensei about Akatsuki being attacked by ninjas from Konoha and the other three Hidden Villages, as well as the reason why they were attacked.
When Jiraiya heard what Yahiko and the others said, he knew it was most likely true. This was a decision the three Hidden Villages would make.
Jiraiya immediately apologized to Yahiko and the three, saying that he would go back immediately and explain the situation to his teacher, the Third Hokage, and stop being hostile to Akatsuki.
The border ninjas, hearing that Akatsuki's leader was actually Jiraiya's student, instantly reduced their hostility.
After all, in a way, Jiraiya, the Sannin, as the Third Hokage's student, represented the Third Hokage's will to a certain extent.
Receiving Jiraiya's promise in person, Yahiko and the three were very happy. Their Jiraiya-sensei was truly different from other ninjas. He was a powerful ninja who could understand each other.
In short, they were all very happy to see Jiraiya again.
It was just that when they saw Minato Namikaze, who was the same age as them, beside Jiraiya, they felt a sense of melancholy, as if their master's love had been stolen.
But overall, the three of them were still very happy to see Jiraiya again. Especially when Jiraiya heard what they were doing now, the look of relief and pride on his face made the three of them feel as refreshed and comfortable as drinking cold drinks on a hot summer day.
The three of them were in a good mood and couldn't calm down all the way back.
"Who's there?"
Nagato suddenly shouted loudly, reminding them. Yahiko and Konan immediately stopped and mobilized their chakra, preparing for battle.
"You... are you Yahiko, the leader of Akatsuki?"
A person walked out from behind a brown rock on the left side in front of them. He was a young boy, twelve years old, wearing a ninja's tight-fitting vest. He carried two short swords on his back. At this moment, his legs were trembling slightly, and his eyes looked at Yahiko and the three, especially Yahiko, with fear. He mustered his courage and asked.
"I'm Yahiko. What's your name? Don't be afraid. We won't do anything to you."
Seeing that it was a child, Yahiko's tone softened a lot.
This child reminded him of when the three of them stood in front of Jiraiya-sensei, with fear in their eyes, but mustering their courage.
"Do your Akatsuki people really not kill?" The child didn't reveal his name but asked nervously.
"No." Yahiko replied decisively.
"That's great." The nervous child seemed to see a glimmer of hope. He quickly said, "Then, please let my brother and the others go."
"..." Yahiko and the three were stunned. Yahiko curiously asked, "Who's your brother?"
The child quickly replied, "Miyauchi Daigorō. My brother's name is Miyauchi Daigorō."
Miyauchi Daigorō... Yahiko recalled. There wasn't anyone named Miyauchi Daigorō in Akatsuki. He looked at Nagato and Konan, who shook their heads at him, indicating that they didn't know Miyauchi Daigorō either.
Yahiko turned to the child and said, "Did you get the wrong person? We haven't captured your brother."
After saying this, Yahiko realized that something was wrong. He quickly said to the child seriously, "Our Akatsuki has never captured anyone."
"Impossible." The child's eyes instantly turned red. He became anxious and shouted, "I've already asked the people in the Prayer Village. They said they hired your Akatsuki people. My brother..."
At this point, the child suddenly became a little less confident. He knew why his brother had gone to the Prayer Village, but at this moment, in order to save his brother, he didn't care about hiding anything anymore. He raised his head, looking like he had nothing left to lose, and said fiercely, "My brother disappeared after he went to that village. There were seven or eight people with him. And I heard that it wasn't just my brother's group that disappeared. Dozens of wandering ninjas in the vicinity have also disappeared."
"I've investigated. During that time, only your Akatsuki people were on missions near the Prayer Village. If they weren't killed by your Akatsuki, then it wasn't you who captured my brother and the others. Who else could it be?"
Since he had confirmed that his brother had disappeared, he had been investigating in that area. He was certain that the only people who could have done anything to his brother and the others during that time were Akatsuki.
That's why he had come all this way. He was also lucky to have found Yahiko and the three.
"Prayer Village?"
Nagato and Konan looked at each other in confusion. They looked at Yahiko and asked, "Did anyone from our Akatsuki carry out a mission there?"
Yahiko's heart sank at this moment. He replied heavily, "Kenshi-nii!"
He had personally accompanied Kenshi-nii to take on the mission to that village, so he still remembered it. He thought of it the moment the child finished speaking.
"Kenshi-nii?" Nagato frowned in confusion. "He didn't bring anyone back when he returned from the mission..."
As Nagato said this, he thought of a possibility. His face instantly changed. Konan's face changed too.
"Impossible. Absolutely impossible. Kenshi-nii isn't that kind of person!"
Nagato and Konan immediately denied it. In their eyes, Kenshi-nii had always been a good brother. He was strong, gentle, and had never failed a mission or killed anyone in the two years he had been on missions.
Kenshi-nii couldn't have killed the child's brother, and he didn't bring anyone back.
Kenshi-nii wasn't that kind of person.
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