Chapter 1: Hidden Cloud Village's Number One Genius!
Hidden Cloud Village, Ninja Academy.
"Yotsuki Ziyun, congratulations on graduating..." A Cloud Village chunin took out the genin forehead protector he had prepared and handed it to the handsome young boy named Yotsuki Ziyun.
"Thank you, Teacher Aoi. I will definitely bring honor to the Hidden Cloud Village."
Ziyun accepted the forehead protector. Under the eager gazes of everyone around him, he tied it to his head, adding a touch of heroic spirit to his already handsome face.
Immediately after, enthusiastic cheers erupted from his classmates.
"Ziyun graduated...!"
"I'll follow in your footsteps... Ziyun!"
"Hidden Cloud Village genius, you have to bring glory to the Hidden Cloud Village!"
Whether boys or girls, everyone's affection for the handsome boy in front of them was overflowing.
After all, this good-looking kid from the Yotsuki clan had more than just his looks. He had a reputation known throughout the Hidden Cloud Village: the village's number one ninjutsu genius.
He was called number one not only because he learned ninjutsu instantly, but also because Yotsuki Ziyun had the talent to create his own techniques.
Up to now, the Hidden Cloud Village knew of three techniques Ziyun had created.
The first was a miraculous hand-seal-less technique called [Finger Pistol].
He gathered the power of his entire body into his index finger, hardening it and releasing a strike in an instant. Its power was enough to pierce a tree, with destructive force comparable to a B-rank ninjutsu.
This technique required no hand seals, and combined with the Hidden Cloud Village's taijutsu, it became even more terrifying.
According to Ziyun, the current Finger Pistol was still immature and needed improvement.
Once perfected, a single finger would be able to puncture rock, and even steel.
The second was a high-speed movement technique called [Shave], a Body Flicker Technique that could create an effect close to teleportation. Its speed could even rival a jōnin who activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
The third was a taijutsu technique called [Iron Body]. By training his body to be extremely solid and driving power into his muscles, he gained hardness like iron, able to withstand blades and kunai. In the terms of the shinobi world, it could withstand ninjutsu used by anyone below jōnin level.
The only drawback was that he could not move while using Iron Body.
Relying on these techniques, even before graduating, Ziyun already held the title of the number one genius in the Hidden Cloud Village.
So young, yet so talented. Even Senju Tobirama at the same age probably could not compare to Ziyun.
Of course, those three techniques were not created out of thin air. Ziyun had lived in the Hidden Cloud Village for so many years and obtained them by completing tasks from the system. These three techniques were originally from the Navy Six Powers in the One Piece world: Shave, Finger Pistol, and Iron Body.
That's right. Ziyun was a reincarnator, and he had been in the Hidden Cloud Village for ten years.
As a member of the Hidden Cloud Village's number one clan, the Yotsuki clan, Ziyun was not the Third Raikage's biological son. In terms of generation, he should call the Third Raikage his uncle.
As for Ziyun's parents, they gave their lives in service to the Hidden Cloud Village.
Fortunately, the Third Raikage treated Ziyun as his own. Whether food, clothing, shelter, or ninjutsu resources, Ziyun received the exact same treatment as the Raikage's son, who would later become the Fourth Raikage in the original story.
When Ziyun first learned he had transmigrated into the Hidden Cloud Village and not the Uchiha clan of the Hidden Leaf Village, he felt a little disappointed.
After all, it likely meant he would never have cheats like the Mangekyo Sharingan, the Rinnegan, the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Eight Gates, and other overpowered abilities.
But after living in the Hidden Cloud Village for so many years, Ziyun's feelings changed.
This place was different from the Hidden Leaf Village. Although its economy, climate, and even ninjutsu resources could not compare to the vast and prosperous Hidden Leaf, the people here were simple and sincere.
As the village leader, the Third Raikage was fair and resolute. He treated everyone equally and never played dirty.
You could see this in the original story: aside from Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the Hidden Cloud Village had almost no missing-nin.
If you had to pick the most united of the Five Great Ninja Villages, it would unquestionably be the Hidden Cloud Village.
Besides, it was still decades before the original storyline. Even the Second Shinobi World War had not begun yet. If he had transmigrated to the Hidden Leaf Village at that time, he would not have dared to reveal any talent at all, otherwise Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura, those two schemers, would definitely target him in secret.
But in the Hidden Cloud Village, it was different. When Ziyun first revealed Shave, the Third Raikage summoned him immediately.
After learning that Ziyun had created his own techniques, the Third Raikage was overjoyed. He specially allocated funds and built a private laboratory for Ziyun, letting him research all kinds of strange techniques.
Afterward, when Ziyun researched Finger Pistol, the Third Raikage became even more excited and immediately concluded that Ziyun might one day surpass Senju Tobirama, the one who invented countless S-rank forbidden techniques.
That was why, at today's graduation ceremony, the Third Raikage, despite his status, personally came to the Ninja Academy to encourage Ziyun.
But after receiving the forehead protector, Ziyun went straight back to his laboratory. The Third Raikage did not even catch a glimpse of him.
"Ziyun that kid probably went to the laboratory again. I heard he's been tinkering with strange experiments these days, living there every day. It's been a long time since he went home."
Nearby, the elite jōnin Dodai, whom the Third Raikage trusted deeply, scratched his head and explained awkwardly.
"No problem, no problem. Don't disturb him these days... and strengthen ANBU protection."
Not only was the Third Raikage not angry that Ziyun did not greet him, he smiled brightly instead.
For the Hidden Cloud Village to produce a genius like this was a blessing from the heavens.
At the same time, the Third Raikage also looked forward to what new techniques Ziyun would develop next.
Around the laboratory, the Third Raikage had arranged ANBU to patrol and inspect around the clock. Of course, it was not like the Hidden Leaf Village using ANBU to monitor. These ANBU truly guarded the laboratory.
Because a few years ago, shinobi from other villages attempted to raid the laboratory and seize the miraculous techniques Ziyun had created. Fortunately, it did not cause major losses.
Besides, even if they stole them, they still could not learn them. Taijutsu was not something you could master just by controlling chakra.
Even so, the Third Raikage strengthened the laboratory's protection and set down a rule.
Without Ziyun's permission, no one was allowed to enter the laboratory. Even the Third Raikage himself followed this rule.
Ziyun also kept the Third Raikage's care and cultivation firmly in his heart, and he made up his mind to improve the Navy Six Powers into a form of ninja taijutsu suitable for shinobi to learn.
If the Navy Six Powers could truly be combined with the Hidden Cloud Village's unique taijutsu, then from that day on, the Hidden Cloud Village would no longer have genin. Even the weakest shinobi would be at least chunin level.
So these days, Ziyun had been busy improving the remaining two techniques of the Six Powers. His frequent stays in the laboratory were not for anything else.
After entering the laboratory, Ziyun immediately took out a fruit from the system storage space, covered in spiral patterns and carrying a deep aura of the sea.
Yes, a Devil Fruit from the One Piece world.
Just now, after Ziyun received his genin forehead protector, the system issued the sign-in reward: a Logia-type Devil Fruit, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!