The next day, Parallel World, Kannabi Bridge.
"Bang!"
Jiraiya's Summoning Jutsu, performed on the ground, produced white smoke, but failed to summon any Toads. His Chakra was instantly drained, and his face turned pale, with cold sweat breaking out.
"Jiraiya-sensei."
Namikaze Minato supported his swaying body and offered him Soldier Pills with some concern.
Jiraiya shook his head and said, "No, as expected, it's another world, too far from our world. There's no way to travel back and forth using the Summoning Jutsu."
His Chakra reserves were beyond question. Apart from a few cheat-like existences, he was at the peak among regular ninjas, yet he couldn't even summon a tadpole from Mount Myōboku.
The gap between him and Lin Ke, who could casually traverse two worlds with just a tiny bit of Chakra, was too vast.
"Old man, Minato, I'll leave the negotiations with Konoha here to you." Jiraiya swallowed a Soldier Pill specially made by Tsunade with a heavy expression.
It wasn't just that he had consumed too much Chakra, but he also had very important things to do and couldn't serve the village.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, watching his disciple, who had recovered his Chakra, jump away from the group and leave. He didn't say anything, then turned to look at Namikaze Minato beside him.
What a willful guy, Shimura Danzo thought. Jiraiya was too undisciplined.
Namikaze Minato nodded and signaled to Sarutobi Hiruzen with his eyes that he had already left a Flying Thunder God Technique mark on his teacher.
In an unfamiliar world, suspected of being watched by White Zetsu, even if many things were exactly the same as in the past, they still had to be careful. Without being able to summon Toads from Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya's strength would be greatly reduced.
Leaving a Flying Thunder God Technique mark was a form of protection.
They didn't stay at Kannabi Bridge and quickly left for Konoha Village in this world. As the deceased, the three of them didn't have much time. They needed to complete the first connection within eight hours and then return to the other side.
After a three-hour Rashomon gap, they could be summoned again.
Time was precious and scarce.
On the other side, after Jiraiya left the group, he traveled day and night, and within a few days, he found 'himself'.
"You are?!"
The Konoha Village Number Two Jiraiya, who looked much younger at this time, was shocked by the other party's extremely similar appearance and Chakra. Almost without hesitation, he clapped his hands together and summoned Gamachu from Mount Myōboku.
"Eh?" Gamachu originally intended to attack the enemy, but when it looked at the other, slightly older Jiraiya in front of it, its expression was obviously sluggish. The tongue it spat out froze in mid-air, shook, and asked, "T-Two Jiraiyas?!"
While the two were confronting each other, they didn't notice that a pair of Rinnegan were staring at the Scroll sealing Lin Ke's Chakra on the Main World Jiraiya's waist.
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Half a month later, Konoha Village, Seventh Training Ground.
Failed again.
Lin Ke released Wind Release: Net and failed. He shook his head, gave himself a Great Breakthrough, and decisively canceled it after feeling his nose hairs start to grow wildly. He sat down on a rock, feeling a little bored.
Uchiha Sasuke and Utakata still guarded him as usual. Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu's escape made the two a little jumpy, and they felt like someone was trying to harm him all day long.
How should he put it? He didn't hate this feeling of being protected, but just like Sarutobi Hiruzen kindly asked him to wait before going to the Parallel World, this kind of thorough protection made him feel a little bored from the bottom of his heart.
The unknown adventure had become a safe outing, and the fun was naturally greatly reduced.
He had originally prepared himself to rush to the Different World to adventure.
All his previous worries were gone. Konoha could give him anything. His consistently faked image as a good child had earned him everyone's protection. Don't let the surface fool you; it might seem like only the three of them are at the Seventh Training Ground.
In reality, there's a ring of Anbu surrounding them, a full dozen people. Even the Hokage doesn't have that many guards.
The reason Senju Hashirama didn't follow to the parallel world to find his brother was that he was always waiting nearby to protect him.
Although the First Hokage's sensory abilities weren't outstanding, that was in comparison to his own powerful direct combat abilities. In reality, his sensory range wasn't wide, but the sensory effect wasn't much worse than Senju Tobirama's.
Staying within the village's range and sensing a familiar Chakra was an easy task.
Once Lin Ke's Chakra changed, especially after he activated Sage Mode, his sensory abilities would immediately reach their peak, and he could arrive on the battlefield in seconds.
I wonder how the Third Hokage and the others are talking, and I can't figure out where Jiraiya ran off to.
Lin Ke lay down, looking at the gathering clouds in the sky, his thoughts drifting.
The Konoha Village team's first trip to the Different World had an accident. Jiraiya deserted and didn't return. It wasn't until later explorations that they learned that two Jiraiyas had gone missing together.
According to the information provided by the Number Two Namikaze Minato, two Jiraiyas had visited Mount Myōboku not long ago, and then left Mount Myōboku, never to be seen again, and hadn't even summoned a single Toad.
The village simply didn't have the energy to send people to find the two missing guys. Obviously, the cooperation between the two Konoha Villages was more important. After a simple test, it was found that changing the other parallel world would not affect the Main World, and after retrieving the young version of Senju Tobirama.
The exploration of the new world and the negotiations with Konoha Village Number Two began.
Just yesterday, the current Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, took the lead, bringing two former Hokage, two Advisors, and Shimura Danzo as a group to that parallel world, officially preparing to sign a cooperative alliance.
Not everyone is like Uchiha Sasuke, who, upon hearing that there was another version of himself who hadn't experienced tragedy, immediately thought about going to change things.
Even the two Hokage didn't feel they needed to risk their lives for another 'self', especially Danzo, who was the first to jump out and oppose the village directly and unconditionally helping Konoha Village Number Two, so after much wrangling, it dragged on for half a month.
The three Hokage set off this morning, and only three hours have passed since then. There are still two hours left until the agreed-upon five hours. As it concerns the village's future development and whether Lin Ke can go over to play, he naturally cares about it, and his training has been slightly affected.
Currently, his training in Wind Release isn't slower than his previous training in Earth Release Ninjutsu. There aren't many people in Konoha Village who are good at Wind Release, but Shimura Danzo is the most skilled.
There is no other.
This old guy is particularly diligent. Knowing that Lin Ke wanted to train in Wind Release, he immediately gave a demonstration of imparting everything he knew, answering all questions, and taking out many of his treasured Wind Release Ninjutsu and training Scrolls.
With an old geezer who is extremely skilled in Wind Release assisting him, and a wealth of experience in training Earth Release Ninjutsu, it's hard for Lin Ke's progress not to be fast.
In a week or two, he mastered Shimura Danzo's most skilled Vacuum series Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet, Vacuum Great Bullet, Vacuum Wave, Vacuum Serial Waves, and Vacuum Blade.
All of them are high-difficulty Ninjutsu of B-rank or higher, but the mutation effect is indescribable. Mainly, the word "Vacuum" is attached to the front of the name, and the mutations are all about creating a vacuum.
Vacuum Bullet is creating a Chakra ball, with a shape of your choice. It's quite brittle and will break if dropped casually. After breaking, it can squeeze out the air to create a vacuum environment. The duration and degree of the vacuum environment can be increased according to the Chakra consumed during creation. The only advantage is that it won't disappear after being created unless it's broken.
Vacuum Great Bullet is just a very large ball, no need to say more.
Vacuum Wave is an invisible wave that creates a vacuum, and Vacuum Serial Waves is a wave blown out of the mouth that can be continuous, constantly spitting it out.
Vacuum Blade is creating a thin, cicada-wing-like blade composed of a vacuum. The effect is a bit interesting. After piercing a living creature's body, the cells in the wound will appear in the same state as if exposed to a vacuum environment.
Originally, Wind Release was famous for its lethality, but in Lin Ke's hands, it all became strange Ninjutsu.
Vacuum is very destructive to living things, but the problem is that it takes time, and there are also requirements for the degree of vacuum. To increase the degree of vacuum, you have to increase the Chakra when releasing the mutated Ninjutsu.
Lin Ke feels that the Vacuum series of Wind Release Ninjutsu may not be intended as attacks.
It takes too long to kill a ninja with a vacuum, and a Kunai is better. Where can it be used? It remains to be studied.
Anyway, he didn't waste too much time learning. The entire Vacuum series of Wind Release Ninjutsu felt the same as old fart Danzo. Maybe it would be useful in the future, but it's not of much use now.
Then came the Wind Release: Net from the Sand Ninja Village, which he hasn't successfully mastered yet.
This technique is much more difficult than imagined. It's different from simply blowing out Wind Release Chakra and performing various degrees of shape transformation.
Its usage is very clever. First, it uses wind-natured Chakra to propel the wind of the natural world, then injects Chakra to transform the wind of the natural world into a large-area net-like wind.
The original Ninjutsu is very useful. It has a fast attack speed and a large area. Wind Release Chakra itself has extremely strong cutting ability. It looks like a net, but in reality, after touching it, the user of the Ninjutsu can turn each thread into an invisible, sharp blade at any time.
As for what it will mutate into, Lin Ke really didn't have much hope. He was just learning step by step.
The Vacuum series of Ninjutsu is so pitiful that he put on colored glasses when it came to Wind Release Ninjutsu.
Whether it's useful or not is not the key factor in whether he learns it. The most important thing is to enjoy the joy of opening blind boxes and mastering new Ninjutsu. He can also experience a little of Orochimaru's fun in the past.
What will the Net be?
Lin Ke looked at the slowly moving clouds and fell asleep in a daze. In a half-dream, half-awake state, illogical and unconnected pictures appeared in his mind.
In his perception, it seemed that the next second, Utakata's voice sounded beside him: "Lin Ke, the Hokage and the others are back."
"Back?"
Lin Ke suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, and followed the others to the Hokage Office.
In the very center of the room stood Namikaze Minato, wearing a green Jonin vest. He wasn't much different from the one who was dead, but more so in his expression and eyes. As a dead man, he was much more mature and stable.
Seeing a little kid come in, Jonin Namikaze Minato looked over curiously, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
Konoha Village Number Two seems to have made the same choice as Konoha Village in the Main World, and both sent someone proficient in Space-Time Ninjutsu and the fastest speed in the Ninja World to test the waters.
"...I understand." Tsunade nodded.
They seemed to be discussing something just now.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took the initiative to explain: "We have reached a cooperation with the village in the other world. They will actively cooperate with us to establish a base in the Land of Fire, and we will intervene in the war."
In other words, the Third Shinobi World War is about to begin?
Lin Ke was a little excited.
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