Chapter 327: Research Progress
As soon as Obito left, Ikura rushed into the Tsuchikage's office. He had rushed over the moment he heard Ishiro's shout. Anyway, since the ultimate move was about to be unleashed, he wasn't afraid of alerting Obito. If he was lucky, he might even be able to land a heavy blow on him.
However, he was still a little late, only catching a glimpse of Obito's retreating back.
Ishiro shook his head at Ikura and said, "Couldn't keep him here, but he was seriously injured this time. He probably won't be out and about for a short while. By the way, how is Akino's side?"
The final killing move from the Barrier Team just now was truly formidable. Ishiro had thought all they could do was interfere with Obito and buy time for his attack. And indeed, that's what Ishiro had done; his sword had struck Obito. Although that one strike wasn't a heavy blow to Obito, it should have been enough to make him recognize the difficulty and retreat.
But Ishiro hadn't expected that Obito's phasing would actually be shaken, forcefully knocked out of the Kamui space by Akino and her team. This back and forth had injured Obito a hundred times more severely.
Speaking of this, Ikura smiled, "The gains should be good. At first, all we could do was interfere with the space-time ninjutsu, making the opponent's activation speed a bit slower. But later, Akino seemed to have found some of the patterns of space-time ninjutsu, and only then did she lay such a trap."
After hearing this, Ishiro thought for a moment and said, "Obito probably won't dare to stay in the village any longer. Have the Barrier Team keep an eye out and see if anyone leaves the village. I'll go check on Akino."
Ikura acknowledged and went to the Barrier Team himself.
Although Obito had left, Akino's research was not over. After Ishiro arrived, she did not get up but kept her head down, still writing and drawing, researching the data recorded from the barrier's reaction just now.
Obito's final entry and exit from the Kamui space had caused fluctuations that nearly made the entire barrier collapse, but at the same time, it had also provided Akino with a large amount of data for research and analysis.
Ishiro walked closer and glanced at the runes Akino was drawing, finding that he couldn't understand them at all. However, from their complexity, he could guess that Akino's progress this time would surely not be small. Ishiro had been keeping track of Akino's research progress; before, she couldn't handle such complex runes at all.
Ishiro waited on the side. Yuran Kawazoe and Uzumaki Yumi, also out of curiosity, did not return to the Barrier Team. Both were carefully watching Akino write. Although they couldn't understand it either, broadening their horizons was also a good thing.
Ishiro said to Yuran, "Yuran, tell me in detail what happened on your side just now."
Seeing it was Ishiro, Yuran said, "Yes, Teacher Ishiro. After we sensed the fight break out in your office, we activated the barrier. The barrier is very effective in sensing space-time ninjutsu. Every time that intruder used space-time ninjutsu, the barrier would fluctuate violently."
"Based on these fluctuations, Akino made multiple adjustments to the barrier and finally roughly guessed the use of some of the space-time rune combinations."
"Then we set up a barrier in a targeted manner that could restrict space-time ninjutsu to the greatest extent."
"Actually, we have to thank that intruder. It's precisely because he used space-time ninjutsu over and over again that we had enough time and data to analyze the function of those rune structures."
"So far, Akino has at least mastered the runes and usage for sensing space-time fluctuations and restricting space-time ninjutsu. As for others, I'm not very sure. I estimate Akino has also gained some insight into how to cross space."
Ishiro nodded. For the current Iwagakure, it was enough that Akino could master the first two points.
What Iwagakure feared most was another Minato Namikaze appearing in Konoha. If a ninja who could use the Flying Thunder God liked to wander into other hidden villages for no reason like Ishiro did, it would be a disaster for the other villages.
With nothing to do, Ishiro chatted with Yuran and Yumi for a bit, learning about the recent progress of sealing jutsu R&D in the Barrier Team.
The few of them chatted idly while waiting for Akino to finish her research.
After a long while, Akino suddenly raised her head with an excited face.
She looked around, saw that Ishiro was also there, and then said impatiently, "Teacher Ishiro, I know! I know how to perform teleportation! The Cloud's Heavenly Transfer Technique, I know how to use it!"
Ishiro was overjoyed and quickly asked for details.
Akino explained to Ishiro in detail the principles she had just figured out.
Although Ishiro was listening in a fog, he still extracted the central idea.
Akino had analyzed the fluctuations produced on the barrier by Obito's repeated use of space-time ninjutsu and had finally found the trick to crossing space.
After understanding, Ishiro quickly took Akino and the others to the training ground, preparing to test the Heavenly Transfer Technique. Coincidentally, Ikura and the other advisors had also finished their own business, so a group of people went together to witness the legendary space-time ninjutsu.
Arriving at the training ground, Akino first placed the base for the Heavenly Transfer Technique, then inscribed some runes a dozen meters away.
According to Akino, she couldn't yet control the destination of the Heavenly Transfer Technique, so based on the bit of space-time ninjutsu she had just learned from Obito, she had set up a traction device at the destination.
After everything was done, Akino placed a kunai made of fine steel on the base of the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
Then, under the expectant gazes of the crowd, she began the teleportation.
Akino formed a few hand seals, activated the Heavenly Transfer Technique, and then, with a low shout, the kunai disappeared from everyone's sight.
Clang!
Just as the kunai disappeared, an irregularly shaped lump of iron appeared near the place inscribed with the receiving runes not far away.
Hearing the sound of the iron lump hitting the ground, everyone subconsciously cast their gaze over.
Although the iron lump did not appear directly in the center of the runes, being off by a bit, and although the kunai before teleportation had become a piece of scrap metal after, Akino had indeed achieved teleportation.
The whole place was jubilant. Everyone, including Ishiro, cheered for Akino together.
Akino was a little embarrassed. In fact, the successful use of this Heavenly Transfer Technique was all thanks to the Cloud's base; the transmission runes on the base were all inscribed by the Cloud beforehand.
She was, at most, a user.
But, even as a user, she was the only one in the entire village of Iwagakure who could do it.
After the excitement was over, Ishiro had the others disperse. He then learned some more details from Akino. Then he encouraged the little girl for a while and let her go to rest.
Ishiro was actually far less optimistic than the others. Akino had only just begun to truly experiment with space-time ninjutsu, just now transitioning from theory to practice. There was still a long way to go.
In addition, Ishiro also knew that the current level of this space-time ninjutsu was still far from being truly applicable, even a world away from the Flying Thunder God that Genma and his two companions performed jointly in the original story.
The base for the Heavenly Transfer Technique was taken away by Akino. Ishiro also specially arranged for several Anbu squads to protect her around the clock in shifts.
From this moment on, Akino's role had already risen to a strategic level. Used well, space-time ninjutsu could change the tide of battle at a critical moment.
Picking up the kunai that had been distorted by the force of space, Ishiro smiled. "No matter what, this is a very good start."
"Obito, thank you very much!"
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On the other side, a White Zetsu clone, carrying Obito, quickly arrived at the location of the Gedo Statue using the Mayfly Technique.
Only after connecting Obito to the Gedo Statue did the White Zetsu clone breathe a sigh of relief.
"Hey, Obito, are you still alive?" The original White Zetsu was also shocked to see Obito being brought back half-dead by his clone. While connecting with his clone to obtain its memories, he went forward to check on Obito's condition.
"White Zetsu, do you know medical ninjutsu?" Obito asked weakly.
White Zetsu shook his head and said strangely, "No. With the Gedo Statue, any injury can be recovered from. What's more, you still have Hashirama's cells in your body."
Obito gritted his teeth. Both Hashirama's cells and the Gedo Statue could only heal wounds; they couldn't help him remove the rocks inside his body.
"Where's Black Zetsu?" Obito asked.
"Black Zetsu is still on Nagato's side in the Land of Rain and hasn't come back yet," White Zetsu said.
"You send a clone out to capture a doctor. One who can perform surgery. My body is full of Ishiro's porcelain shards; they need to be removed by surgery," Obito said.
"A doctor? No problem." White Zetsu immediately contacted other clones.
A long while later, a White Zetsu clone brought back a surgeon.
Obito didn't want to waste words with the other party. He directly used his Sharingan genjutsu, making the other party perform surgery on him as he requested.
Half an hour later, the shards in the vital parts of Obito's body were finally removed.
With the help of the Gedo Statue, Obito, whose surgical wounds had quickly recovered, let out a long sigh of relief, then his head tilted to one side and he fainted.
With the disturbance caused by Obito, the intensive training for Ishiro's three disciples also came to an end.
Anyway, Riori's Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was already mastered. For a short period, Ishiro did not intend to train her excessively. She could find fights on her own, and her practical combat skills would always improve.
Akino's research had just shown preliminary results, a time when she needed to spend time on it. And Kiyoshi, because of Sasori's water jutsu scroll, had entered a state of selfless training.
None of the three disciples needed his care, so Ishiro became a bit restless again.
Ishiro sat alone in the Tsuchikage's office, thinking through all the heads of the major hidden villages in the ninja world, not even letting off those S-rank rogue-nin.
As a result, Ishiro found that there didn't seem to be any matter recently from which he could gain an advantage. Although Kirigakure, since Yagura came to power, had begun to suppress the Kekkei Genkai clans, this was also a process. The internal conflicts in Kirigakure had not yet reached the point of mutual slaughter.
The Kaguya clan, the Minazuki clan, and others, although their relationship with the Mist's higher-ups was very tense, the feeling was the same as the relationship between Konoha's higher-ups and the Uchiha clan. There had been no direct outbreak of rebellion or clan annihilation.
This made it so that Ishiro could not find a suitable opportunity to stir up trouble.
"Sigh, why hasn't Konoha returned the Seven-Tails yet?" Ishiro sighed after putting down the files of various countries.
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