"Ice Clone?" Tsunade showed a look of shock.
She had never heard of a ninjutsu with this kind of nature transformation.
Kenji knew that Tsunade hadn't encountered Ice Style ninja yet, so she didn't know that Ice Style was a Kekkei Genkai.
Of course, what he used was only a capability similar to Ice Style, not true Ice Style.
The so-called Ice Clone was actually created by fusing his own chakra with the power of Sode no Shirayuki.
A true elemental clone would require a massive amount of chakra and stamina.
However, the Ice Clone required very little chakra and didn't even require hand seals.
"Kenji, where did you learn this strange ninjutsu? I've never seen it before."
"Well... I can't tell you!"
"What?"
Hearing this, Tsunade got angry and reached out to twist Kenji's ear. "You've grown bold now, haven't you? Keeping secrets even from me?"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch... I keep plenty of secrets, one more doesn't matter!" Kenji remained stubborn. "Let go, or I'm going to use my secret move."
"Heh, secret move?" Tsunade grunted. "So what if you know the Ice Clone? Earlier was just because I was too surprised. Now that I'm on guard, do you think those little tricks can fool me?"
Tsunade wasn't bluffing.
Although the Ice Clone was rare, given her ability, if she was truly fully vigilant, Kenji would have absolutely no chance to take advantage of her.
After all, the difference in strength between the two was too vast.
"Is that so? My secret move isn't the Ice Clone, it's..."
As Kenji spoke, he suddenly grabbed a handful with lightning speed.
Hearing Kenji's words, Tsunade was wondering if he had a stronger move.
Who knew it would be this? She was momentarily dazed.
"Hmm... feels pretty good!"
After making his assessment, Kenji slipped away and disappeared without a trace.
Although he had always been intimate with Tsunade, this was the first time he had made this kind of joke, so Kenji felt somewhat guilty.
However, talking about it, that sensation in that instant was truly wonderful beyond words.
Not long after, an earth-shattering roar came from the corner of the alley.
"Bastard, stop right there!"
For the next two days, the guilty Kenji naturally dared not run into Tsunade.
Fortunately, Tsunade was busy reporting the situation to the Third Hokage and accepting mission-related matters, so she was rarely seen.
"Tsunade isn't here, so I'll practice a new ninjutsu."
Cultivating only Sode no Shirayuki made Kenji feel bored and monotonous. He believed that since he was in the world of Naruto, ninjutsu cultivation could not be ignored.
Having read the original story in his past life, the first ninjutsu he thought of was the Rasengan.
The Rasengan was a ninjutsu created by the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, but right now, Minato was probably only five or six years old.
If he could master the Rasengan, he would become its originator.
The principle of the Rasengan was actually simple; it was nothing more than high-speed rotation of chakra. It belonged only to shape transformation, without nature transformation.
Kenji calmed his mind and concentrated all his chakra into the palm of his right hand.
Immediately, circles of blue chakra condensed in his palm and began to rotate under Kenji's control.
However, this chakra was very weak, almost invisible, and the rotation speed was very slow. It couldn't form a Rasengan at all.
"The theory is simple, but actually doing it requires quite a bit of effort!" Kenji shook his head, thinking he had been too ambitious.
At that moment, a burning sensation suddenly surged in his heart, causing his whole body to tremble.
"...The Hōgyoku?!"
Like a volcanic eruption or a bursting dam.
Kenji felt a shackle within his body being broken, and boundless power surged up.
Whoosh!
In his hand, that weak blue chakra suddenly swelled several times over, and the speed of rotation became violent.
In an instant, a proper Rasengan condensed into form.
"Holy crap!"
This unexpected turn of events left Kenji stunned for a long time, followed by wild joy.
"As expected of a God-level item, the Hōgyoku is awesome!"
The success of the Rasengan meant that Kenji's chakra, in both quality and quantity, had risen by a level, surpassing the ordinary Genin and approaching the Chunin level.
Holding the Rasengan, Kenji had an impulse to strike it out and test its power.
But this was his own courtyard; he couldn't cause destruction here. In the end, he held back.
Just as he was dispelling the Rasengan, his mind suddenly moved.
"Kenji-ge, take this!"
Behind him came Nawaki's voice and the sound of shuriken tearing through the air.
Kenji turned sideways, skillfully dodging two shuriken.
"Nawaki, are you trying to murder me?" Kenji asked with a stern face.
Nawaki scratched his head. "I just wanted to test your strength, Kenji-ge. Yesterday, Sister told me you are much more powerful than me. I wasn't convinced."
"Uh... Sister said that?" Kenji thought Tsunade would be angry, but it seemed his worry was superfluous.
"Yeah, yeah, Sister kept praising you. She blew you up to the sky." Nawaki smelled strongly of jealousy.
Kenji laughed. "Didn't we compare notes before? You aren't my opponent at all!"
"I can't beat you in taijutsu, but I didn't use ninjutsu that time," Nawaki said, pouting.
"It seems Orochimaru really taught you some impressive ninjutsu to make you this confident?" Kenji became increasingly curious. "Why don't you show me?"
"I already did!" Nawaki smiled mysteriously.
"Hmm?"
Kenji was stunned. He looked at the wall on the side of the courtyard and saw a single shuriken embedded in it.
"Only one?"
Kenji clearly remembered dodging two shuriken just now. Where did the other one go?
"Could it be... Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu?"
"Damn, Kenji-ge, you even know the Shuriken Shadow Clone?"
Nawaki was unsettled. Teacher Orochimaru said this was a high-level ninjutsu that ordinary people wouldn't have even seen before.
Of course, Kenji had seen it—in his past life.
The Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu was created by the Third Hokage. A single shuriken could create infinite physical shuriken clones, forming a rain of shuriken with considerable attack power.
Especially when fighting groups of enemies, its killing power was simply off the charts.
That Nawaki could learn a ninjutsu of this level showed his talent was extraordinary!
With just two shuriken, Kenji could dodge easily.
But if Nawaki had split it into dozens or even hundreds of shuriken just now, Kenji would have had a headache dealing with it.