"Ready?"
"W-wait! Kaito... are you sure this won't go wrong?"
"Sasuke, we've already done all the safety tests. Don't worry."
"O-okay... but can you summon the sunflower first?"
Around eight in the evening, Kaito kept his promise and took his younger brother out to train in Lightning Release.
However...
A minor issue arose—he suddenly realized he didn't know much about Lightning Release.
The entire Uchiha clan, including himself, specialized in Fire Release. Training in Lightning Release was extremely rare, even in Konoha.
Before leaving, Kaito had consulted their father, Fugaku, who nodded and said he would think of something but needed time.
But Sasuke was impatient, desperate to grow stronger.
And coincidentally, Kaito had gained a bit of inspiration from the Lightning Release training methods of Kumogakure.
After bidding farewell to their parents, Kaito led Sasuke to a remote telephone pole outside. After conducting a series of safety voltage tests,
Kaito concluded that in this Shinobi World, the robust bodies of shinobi could withstand a safe voltage of around 90 volts.
Their endurance was significantly better than people from his previous life.
After completing the safety tests, Kaito promptly tied Sasuke to the telephone pole and pulled two wires from it.
To avoid reversing their household electricity meter, Kaito deliberately chose a secluded spot in the village where they wouldn't disturb anyone.
Even the telephone pole they used was an old, nearly obsolete one.
"Fine, it's better to be safe."Kaito's current attire was particularly bizarre. To avoid drawing attention, he had bundled a large number of sunflowers around his body before leaving the house, just as Sasuke had done before.
He also wore thick insulated gloves on his hands.
Setting down the two electrical wires he was holding, he opened his [backpack] and summoned his "left and right guardians."
Sasuke, tied to the utility pole, swallowed nervously as he watched the crackling wires in Kaito's hands.
When it came to training, he was unwavering—no hardship could deter his determination to grow stronger.
But honestly…
Being electrocuted? It was impossible not to panic.
Kaito adjusted his thick insulated gloves, bent down to pick up the two wires, and spoke with utmost seriousness, "Sasuke, are you ready?"
Gulp—
Sasuke swallowed again. "Kaito… are you sure this is how they train in Kumogakure?"
"I… I feel like… something's not right."
Hearing his younger brother's words, Kaito's expression shifted slightly.
He couldn't outright say that Lightning Release Chakra could stimulate the body's cells to gain powerful enhancements—otherwise, this guy would definitely dig deeper.
As for whether it would work…
Honestly, he didn't know.
But at the very least, it could help Sasuke build some resistance to Lightning Release Chakra early on, making it easier for him to master that Ninjutsu in the future.
Whether anything bad would happen—he hadn't considered that. A shinobi's body was tough enough to handle a little shock.
Not to mention, he still had those healing light orbs.
"Sasuke, there's nothing wrong with this."
"If you want to master Lightning Release, you have to experience the sensation of lightning coursing through your body first."
Kaito spoke solemnly, his expression completely serious.
Sasuke was unconvinced. Staring at the two crackling wires in Kaito's hands, he felt extremely uneasy.
Lowering his head, he muttered under his breath, voicing his doubts about Kaito's method.
"But…"
"When we trained Fire Release, we didn't get burned. Water Release didn't require us to soak in water…"
"And Wind Release didn't mean we had to stand on a mountain peak getting blown by the wind, right?"
Kaito: "…"
Sasuke's words made sense, leaving Kaito momentarily speechless.
After a brief silence, Kaito glanced up at the moon. "So, are you training or not? If not, I'm going back to sleep."
"If you're scared… then forget it."
At this point, even if Sasuke wanted to back out, he couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Bring it on!"
"I… I'm not scared at all!"
Sasuke clenched his eyes shut, gritted his teeth, and tensed his entire body—his expression, for a brief moment, gave Kaito the illusion of interrogating a prisoner.
Kakashi, who had been silently observing from a tree branch above, watched the scene unfold with deep silence.
He had been tailing the two brothers ever since they left home.
Naturally, he had witnessed everything they were doing.
At first, he thought Uchiha Kaito truly had some Lightning Release Ninjutsu to teach Uchiha Sasuke.
As one of the few shinobi in the village proficient in Lightning Release techniques, he was also quite curious.
But…
The brothers' methods left him utterly dumbfounded.
Tying someone to a utility pole and electrocuting them…
Wasn't this just some kind of interrogation tactic?
Kakashi didn't understand this training method.
But he was deeply shocked.
After a long pause, he stared in the brothers' direction.
"Are these two… insane?"
"This is way too reckless."After speaking, Kakashi sighed and disappeared from the treetop, swiftly heading toward the Uchiha compound in hopes of finding an opportunity to inform Fugaku.
At the very least, he needed Fugaku to keep an eye on these two boys.
Putting everything else aside…
He was genuinely afraid that while he was monitoring them, these brothers might end up killing themselves through their own recklessness. If that happened, he wouldn't know how to explain it to the Third Hokage…
After Kakashi left, Kaito began his special training for his younger brother. He first instructed his two guardians to keep a close watch on Sasuke's condition at all times.
If anything went wrong, they were to immediately spit out a healing light orb for him.
"Understood."
"Let's begin."
Kaito tightened his grip on the electrical wires, then decisively connected them.
Zzz… Zzzzt—
The moment the two wires made contact, a powerful surge of electricity coursed through Sasuke's entire body. Amidst the crackling noise, Sasuke convulsed violently on the utility pole while screaming.
"AAAAHHHH—!!"
The smell of burning quickly spread through the air. Under the influence of the electric current, Sasuke's hair stood on end, forcibly entering a "Super Saiyan" mode.
Whether he had grown stronger or not was unclear, but his appearance certainly screamed "powerful."
Kaito stared intently at Sasuke's convulsions, ready at any moment to order the sunflower to spit out a healing orb.
About ten seconds later—
CRACK!
Arcs of electricity snaked out from the utility pole with a loud explosion, sparks scattering around the two brothers.
In an instant, all the streetlights in Konoha went dark. The sounds of televisions in villagers' homes abruptly cut off, replaced by the incessant barking of dogs.
The entire village seemed swallowed by darkness as panicked villagers rushed outside to see what had happened.
ANBU and Root operatives immediately went on high alert, almost simultaneously moving toward the Uchiha district.
In the Hokage's office, the Third stepped onto the balcony, hands clasped behind his back, gazing solemnly at the moon before turning to Itachi and Shisui inside.
"Itachi… your father…"
"Has he made his move?"
Itachi: ?
Shisui: ?
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