Mystical Palm Technique of Unknown Significance
"Clang!"
As night deepened, Uchiha Sasuke toppled to the side. Having skipped dinner, his stamina was likely already at a low ebb, and the accumulating mental fatigue became the final straw.
Honestly, Lin Ke had expected him to collapse sooner, surprised he'd lasted this long.
He stepped forward and placed a hand on him. There was nothing wrong physically; he had simply fainted from exhaustion and mental strain.
Before starting the training, he had made a plan, but Uchiha Sasuke, after discovering the secret of the Mystical Palm Technique, had plunged into a frenzy of effort, completely abandoning the plan.
Rather, pushing himself to the limit through relentless training was this guy's habitual effort, and this time he had simply exceeded his limits too much.
"How long are you going to watch, Kakashi?" Lin Ke asked without turning his head.
"Well, you found me out." Hatake Kakashi emerged from the bushes. "Just a little curious about my subordinates."
You really didn't need to explain.
Lin Ke straightened up, looking at the one-eyed masked man in the moonlight, and said, "You've been working hard too."
"That's how it is as a Team Leader Jonin," Hatake Kakashi said, scratching his temple with a finger. "Especially with subordinates as troublesome as you guys."
"Don't say I'm troublesome after kicking me back to the Ninja Academy once, you," Lin Ke said casually.
The two chatted back and forth, and before long, the unconscious Uchiha Sasuke slowly woke up, lying on the ground in silence.
No matter how healthy the body, when stamina is completely depleted, the feeling of weakness is very unpleasant.
"Here." Lin Ke tossed him a bag of Soldier Pills and asked, "Do you need me to take you home?"
Uchiha Sasuke's hand trembled as he took out a Soldier Pill and swallowed it. After a while, he slowly got up and said, "Sorry."
"Thank you." He left with faltering steps, neither seeking help from his teammate nor relying on his instructor.
Like Naruto before him, he wasn't ready to have friends or depend on others.
"Didn't have dinner, did you? My treat," Hatake Kakashi said, watching Uchiha Sasuke gradually disappear into the shadows.
Lin Ke was already heading home. He had asked his shadow to go home early to prepare dinner, and strolling back would allow him to have a hot meal.
Kakashi is the type of guy who would make Yamato pay even for a bowl of ramen... Now his eyes are practically glued to Uchiha Sasuke's clothes; he must be very worried about his subordinate's condition.
Indeed, they're all troublesome kids...
Hatake Kakashi glanced at Lin Ke, who left without a word, and used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear from the spot.
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One week later, Seventh Training Ground.
"It worked..."
Lin Ke looked at his hands. Just now, the Chakra he tried to release for the Mystical Palm Technique vanished into thin air, and his palms underwent a strange change.
"Whoosh!" Merely thinking about moving his palms, his hands danced with afterimages.
So fast...
The speed of his hands was so fast that it exceeded his own reaction. As soon as he issued a command, his hands seemed to complete it quickly, and the same was true for hand seals, with absolutely no delay.
Only my palms have changed; have my palms become immortal?
Lin Ke frowned, thinking that the Mystical Palm Technique, after consuming a standard portion of his Chakra, had only lasted for a few seconds.
According to the phenomenon he had previously summarized from all mutated ninjutsu—the more Chakra, the stronger the technique—the Mystical Palm Technique should be very strong, so strong that it would require a large amount of Chakra to be used in prolonged combat.
But based on its performance just now, it seemed like just an increase in hand speed? He released the Mystical Palm Technique again, entering a testing state.
The toughness of my palms has increased somewhat, but not to the point where they can withstand ninja tools. The speed has no visible limit, basically following my reactions. The best way to use it is like commanding my shadow, issuing complex instructions in advance...
After half an hour of intermittent testing, Lin Ke had not found the correct way to use the Mystical Palm Technique. Unlike his previous ninjutsu, he had not been able to correctly interpret how the name of the Mystical Palm Technique should mutate.
Judging only from the enhancement of his palms, it seemed that 'Palm' represented his hands. The 'Technique' in Three Body Technique hadn't been included in the mutation, so how should the remaining 'Mystical' be explained? As for the increase in hand speed...
If he really wanted to make his hands faster than his reactions, it would be simple: actively gather Chakra to activate his body, the same as using the Body Flicker Technique or enhancing his sense of smell. There was no need to waste so much Chakra to gain a temporary increase in hand speed.
Moreover, Lin Ke clearly felt that after releasing the Mystical Palm Technique, his palms definitely had some more mysterious ability.
He just had no idea how to develop it.
Could it be the palms of a Japanese version of a 'Hand Speed Immortal'? That would be even more ridiculous.
Lin Ke now deeply missed the Mystical Palm Technique from his dream, the one that slapped the immortals after being released.
At least it would be cooler.
However, the true effect of the mutated ninjutsu will be known sooner or later... He accepted it much more easily than he had imagined. The previous random guesses had kept him preoccupied.
Now that he had truly completed the training, even if he couldn't find its real use, he wouldn't need to worry about it anymore.
Let's go do the daily training.
Lin Ke decided to put the Mystical Palm Technique behind him and throw himself into physical training.
About ten minutes later, he left the training group again and rushed into the forest expressionlessly. Before long, two rabbits were caught and brought back.
As expected, I still care a little.
He decided to let his body train, but he couldn't stop his mind from thinking. It was as if a naughty kitten was scratching at his heart, little by little.
The feeling of not understanding the effect of the technique was too uncomfortable.
First of all, the Mystical Palm Technique did not have a healing effect. The wounds on the rabbits showed no reaction.
Secondly, the Mystical Palm Technique had no effect when touching water or fire. It wasn't the type that could manipulate flames or water, but it did have some resistance to fire, similar to the increase in resilience—it was there, but not much.
Then, the Mystical Palm Technique didn't cause any changes when touching the rabbits or himself. It didn't seem to be some kind of ability that activated through touch.
...
Lin Ke patiently tested the Mystical Palm Technique in the Training Grounds for an entire afternoon. In the following days, he spent his free time trying to uncover the true effect of the Mystical Palm Technique. It wasn't until the end of June, when July was just around the corner, that he finally recognized one thing:
All the testing methods he could think of, with the conditions available to him, had failed to find the true ability of the Mystical Palm Technique.
Perhaps this technique could only gather dust, waiting for a chance encounter to discover its effect someday.
Whatever, one Mystical Palm Technique won't affect anything. I should focus on how to deal with Orochimaru.
I wonder if the plot of the Chunin Exams has been changed too much...
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