Due to Ling's injury, Madara postponed his mission for the time being. Every day, he would come to see Ling right at mealtime. Having learned his lesson from last time, he firmly refused to discuss anything with Ling except for training.
Izuna, on the other hand, wanted to stay by Ling's side all the time and had endless topics to talk about. However, the clan school only granted him a one - day leave, so he could only come with Madara for a short visit every evening. Father was busy with clan affairs and only sent his greetings through Madara. He also took some time to pick up Ling when Ling was discharged from the hospital.
Yes, discharged from the hospital.
Ling's recovery speed surprised all the medical ninjas. He had suffered severe injuries with all his muscles torn, but within less than a week, he could run and jump again and even started planning his training. In contrast, Uchiha Akihiko, who had been less severely injured, still had difficulty moving due to the pain from his wounds.
This also made Uchiha Hiro, who had returned to the clan territory after a long - term mission and learned about this matter, feel extremely incredulous. But what made him even angrier was that Uchiha Akihiko awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan before him.
But this time, he just sulked on his own and lamented that he hadn't won the first place again. There was nothing he could do about it. He couldn't grab Uchiha Akihiko by the collar and ask him why his younger brother died first, right?
That would be such a low - down thing to do.
Furthermore, after learning about how Uchiha Akihiko awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, Uchiha Hiro's desire for it diminished significantly. Although he was the youngest in the family and didn't have a younger brother to lose, the thought of exchanging a brother for power made him feel sick to his stomach.
However... Ling's method of using chakra after nature transformation to strengthen himself was still worth learning. Although he didn't have Lightning - Attribute Chakra, Earth - Attribute and Water - Attribute Chakra could also be used!
Thinking of this, Uchiha Hiro, who was always an action - oriented person, immediately set off to find Ling. After meeting Ling, he stammered for a long time before finally making Ling understand his intention.
But Ling was in a great dilemma and looked miserable. "Hiro, it's really not that I don't want to teach you this time. Not only is it true that no one else in our generation has both Water - Attribute and Earth - Attribute Chakra except you, but also I don't have these two types of chakra, so I know nothing about them. I can't just fabricate things and teach you, can I?
Besides... You don't have Wind - Attribute or Lightning - Attribute Chakra either. It won't be useful for you to learn it, right?"
"Quit yapping. Just teach me. I'll figure it out on my own!" Hiro snorted, looking frustrated. "Anyway, I've been lagging behind you guys because of these damn chakra attributes for ages."
Hearing this, Ling sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Okay... But my body hasn't fully recovered yet. For now, I can only demonstrate the nature transformation of Wind - Attribute Chakra. Is that Mondai?"
"Yeah, just do it."
"Then, let's start with the first phase..." Ling drew out the staff - sword in his hand. As he did so, a gentle whirlwind appeared and Coiling Around the glinting blade. "This is the most basic attachment of Wind - Attribute Chakra. It hardly has any additional lethality, but it's very useful when facing Fire Releasejutsu. It can easily guide the opponent's Fire Release attacks off - target.
To achieve this, all you need to do is extract chakra from within your body and add nature transformation when releasing it. You don't even need to fully transform all your chakra. The transformed Wind - Attribute Chakra will naturally draw in and transform normal chakra.
There's no Scroll in the Uchiha clan that teaches the nature transformation of Wind - Attribute Chakra. I learned it by looking at the clan's Scrolls. First, I mastered the nature transformation of lightning - attribute chakra and then deduced by analogy.
It might be more difficult for you to learn nature transformation of chakra than it was for me. After all, there are very few clan members in our Uchiha clan with Earth - Attribute and Water - Attribute Chakra. There aren't many recorded ninjutsu. Let alone advanced training methods for these two attributes.
As you know, the reason our Uchiha clan moved from the Land of Lightning to the Land of Fire was that there were too many clan members with both Lightning - Attribute and Fire - Attribute Chakra. In fact, there were more Fire - Attributeclan members than Lightning - Attribute ones. As a result, many ninjutsu couldn't exert their full power in the humid climate of the Land of Lightning...
The Senju next door might have Scrolls on this, but it's already a miracle if we don't start a fight when we meet. Borrowing Scroll of ninjutsu from them is just wishful thinking."
Uchiha Hiro frowned. "But isn't the nature transformation of chakra already done when using ninjutsu?"
"Yeah, but simply releasing chakra after nature transformation is different from using ninjutsu with the transformed chakra. Watch."
Ling pointed the tip of his sword down at the ground. The Wind - Attribute ChakraCoiling Around it gradually changed from a gentle whirlwind into a seemingly soft, wrapped state and was gradually compressed until it turned into a very thin, yet ear - piercing, layer of cyan light.
Hiro frowned and stared at the state on the blade. After a moment of silence, he suddenly understood. "I get it. When using ninjutsu, you extract chakra all at once, and the nature transformation only happens once, so it's easy to learn.
But your method requires continuous conversion of Wind - Attribute Chakra. It's a continuous output, and you need to ensure the continuous flow of chakra during the output... Well, it's similar to the principle of the Mystical Palm Technique."
Ling dispersed the chakra on the sword and sheathed it. His voice was full of smiles. "Great! That'll be easier to learn with relevant experience...
But I'm sorry. I don't have Water - Attribute Chakra, and I haven't specifically studied Water - Attribute Ninjutsu. I really have no idea what transformed Water - Attribute Chakra can do... But Hiro is always very capable. I believe Hiro will definitely be able to do it!"
Uchiha Hiro twitched the corner of his mouth and punched Ling irritably. "You're always spouting apologies and such, but you win more duels than you lose with a sword. Who are you trying to one - up every day!"
Ling raised his hand to block Uchiha Hiro's punch and smiled. "I'm just telling the truth..."
But this casual action of his caught Uchiha Hiro's attention again. "I heard from the ninjas in the medical department that you were seriously injured, right?"
"Yeah, all my muscles were torn, and two of my ribs were broken... So what?"
"So what..." Uchiha Hiro twitched the corner of his mouth again. He reached out and pressed Ling's chest. Then, thinking it wasn't right, he simply lifted Ling's clothes for a closer look. When Ling stepped back, he grabbed him. "Enough. Stop moving around. Let me check!"
Ling maintained a backward - stepping motion, his body extremely stiff. "Hey, Hiro, if you want to check my injury, can you let me take off my clothes completely? It feels so weird to only lift it halfway..."
"What are you afraid of? I'm not interested in you... Relax. Tense muscles will affect my judgment."
Ling let out a long breath and lifted his clothes himself as if resigning himself to fate. "We'd better go inside the house. This is really too strange..."
"Stop talking nonsense. A simple check won't take—"
Before Uchiha Hiro could finish his sentence, an angry voice rang out. "You bastard! Stay away from my big brother!"