Naruto: Forbidden Arts and an Immortal Agenda

After resting for two days in Lianyun City, Kona Aizawa and Shibi Aburame had fully regained their combat strength, and Aozora was finally able to walk again.

The group wasted no time and headed back to the village together.

Team Three had just endured a life-or-death crisis, so they weren't in any hurry to return to the village for new missions. Besides, Aozora's injuries hadn't completely healed yet. As a result, the entire squad moved at a relatively slow pace.

Aya idled away the whole journey, her energy overflowing with no outlet, so she kept circling around Aozora while asking about the rescue mission.

"Aozora, Aozora! How did you deal with that Jonin from Hidden Cloud? Did you use some sort of trickery?"

Noticing skeptical looks from the others, Aozora quickly improvised his story. "Haha! Just a Jonin from Hidden Cloud? Do I really need trickery?

The moment I activated my Sharingan, he nearly wet himself from fear. Then I immediately unleashed my hard-earned ultimate move—*[Heavenly Fire Descent]*!

This Fire Release technique took me ages to master. It's an S-rank Ninjutsu. Not just some Jonin from Hidden Cloud — even the Raikage wouldn't stand a chance..."

Aya gave him a disbelieving stare, muttering, "You've gotta be kidding me."

Aozora glanced sideways at her but said nothing. *[Isn't that exactly what you are?]*

They continued walking for a while before Aya, feeling bored again, approached him once more. "Tell me how you injured Yugito Nii."

Aozora rolled his eyes casually and replied, "Ah, my throwing knife skills? You think my blades can't handle someone like Yugito? Pfft, even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't dodge this!

She caught me off guard with her looks — otherwise, there's no way I'd miss..."

Cracking jokes and chatting along the way, the two teams arrived in Konoha by the morning of the fourth day.

Upon entering the village, they headed straight to the Mission Center.

After completing their report, everyone's Ninja License now carried another C-rank mission record.

Meanwhile, both Shibi Aburame and Aozora each earned an additional S-rank rescue mission mark on their licenses.

Although Team One had originally issued an A-rank distress signal, following evaluation, the mission involved the Two-Tails Jinchuriki; thus, its difficulty level was upgraded to S-rank.

Looking at the noticeable '1' under S-rank missions on Aozora's ninja license, Aya's eyes filled with envy.

"Since Aozora is injured, Team Three will temporarily suspend all missions and rest for two weeks," Shibi Aburame orderly assigned.

"Jifeng and Aya go home first and let your families know you're safe. Meet us at Training Ground Three after two days."

"With these recent missions, I assume both of you have realized by now that Aozora's strength has far surpassed yours."

At this point, Aozora modestly scratched his nose while Aya and Jifeng exchanged serious looks and silently nodded.

"Future missions will only grow harder and more dangerous. If you don't work harder now, you'll become burdens later."

Having outlined plans for Aya and Jifeng, Shibi turned toward Aozora. "You should focus on healing yourself for now.

Truthfully speaking, regarding your training, I don't have much better suggestions.

Your Ninjutsu and ninja tool-throwing techniques have already established your unique path. From here, it's up to your own efforts alone.

My advice to you would be studying Genjutsu to diversify your methods and further strengthening your Taijutsu."

Aozora nodded slightly at the words. As a Jonin, Shibi Aburame's assessment was indeed accurate, pinpointing exactly where Aozora currently needed improvement most—taijutsu and genjutsu.

What Shibi didn't know, however, was that Aozora's skill in genjutsu wasn't low either. The Yan Dao technique possessed formidable power and was more than sufficient for battlefield control purposes.

After wrapping up their talk, Team Three said their goodbyes in front of the Hokage Tower and headed home.

Though Kona Aizawa had only a basic understanding of medical ninjutsu, she wasn't a professional medical ninja, so she failed to detect the extraordinary vitality within Aozora's body.

She estimated Aozora would need about one or two weeks to recover, but in reality, he had nearly fully recuperated before even reaching the village.

After resting at home for just one day, Aozora felt completely recovered and immediately began cultivating the Lightning Release Cell Stimulation Method gifted by Shisui.

From his brief clash with Yugito, Aozora had verified the sharpness of Zhanxian [Slayer of Immortals].

As long as he kept training and used Zhanxian [Slayer of Immortals]'s razor-sharp throwing knives, his offense wouldn't be an issue—at least for now.

Compared to his attack capabilities, his defense and speed were severely lacking.

There was no immediate solution for defense, but Aozora did have methods for improving speed.

The answer lay in the Lightning Release Cell Stimulation Method delivered through Ninja Ravens by Shisui.

After mastering this method, Aozora could utilize lightning-natured chakra to stimulate his cells, significantly enhancing cellular activity and muscle strength, thereby increasing his speed.

Additionally, improved physical conditioning would allow him to withstand purer fire-natured chakra, potentially enabling him to cultivate *Breath Fire* ahead of schedule using Strange Celestial Flames.

Having sealed away three portions of Two-Tails' Yū Fire, Aozora was eager to use it to refine his fire-natured chakra and verify whether Yū Fire truly belonged to the category of Strange Celestial Flames.

Of course, all these plans depended upon successfully mastering the Lightning Release Cell Stimulation Method.

Under the guise of needing rest, Aozora remained locked inside his house, devoting himself entirely to learning the Lightning Release Activation Technique.

Drawing from previous experience transforming into fire-natured chakra, Aozora carefully deconstructed the hand seals and quickly mastered the transformation into lightning-natured chakra.

However, most of the chakra within his body already bore fire characteristics, causing resistance against the newly transformed lightning chakra. Had fire and lightning natures been incompatible, the freshly converted lightning chakra would've had almost no space to exist.

Although only a small amount of lightning chakra had successfully transformed, it was barely enough for practicing the Lightning Release Cell Stimulation Method.

Lightning nature chakra was extremely volatile; if Aozora used excessive amounts early on, failure might cause serious damage to his body.

Despite this precaution, Aozora's practice of the Lightning Release Cell Stimulation Method didn't proceed smoothly.

With full concentration, Aozora channeled lightning-natured chakra along the meridians outlined in the scroll.

Suddenly, the lightning chakra misbehaved, surging into another meridian.

"Agh—"

Intense, piercing pain made Aozora cry out involuntarily.

"Huff—"

After taking a deep breath, Aozora continued his practice.

Halfway through the process, the lightning chakra became unruly again.

"Ow—"

This time it wasn't pain, but an uncomfortable tingling numbness.

Unwilling to give up, Aozora kept practicing.

"Ahhh—"

"Oooooh—"

"Urrrgh—"

"..."

While cultivating intensely, strange noises kept coming from Aozora's room.

As a result, Uchiha Tetsuka, Inuzuka Aya, Hayate Gekko, and others who had come to visit Aozora paused upon hearing the sounds, then quietly left without a word.

Because they didn't interrupt, Aozora had plenty of time to practice the [Lightning Release Cell Stimulation Method].

By the third day of his break, he had already completed one full cycle of the [Lightning Release Cell Stimulation Method].

Just as he was savoring the pleasant tingling that spread through his body after channeling lightning chakra, the Heavenly Book suddenly began to tremble violently—absorbing every last bit of his lightning nature chakra.

After a long while, the lightning chakra returned.

Within the Heavenly Book, Lightning-Fire Golden Body (Leihuo Jinshen), which had absorbed the golden droplet, now shimmered faintly with a golden glow.

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