Chapter 563 New S-level Skills

Name: Uchiha Shisui

Life Mission: Uchiha and Konoha

Main Goal: Eliminate the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, allowing the Uchiha Clan to integrate into Konoha

Mission Progress: 30.8%

Although Shisui’s Life Mission progress was still the lowest among all his disciples, it was much better than before.

When Obito and Might Guy’s Life Mission progress broke through forty percent, Shisui was still only in the teens, a huge gap.

Now, although he was still not as good as the other disciples, the gap had narrowed significantly.

Next, Muzuki looked at the specific settlement rewards. This time, the progress increased a lot, and he settled two progress rewards at once.

Disciple Uchiha Shisui’s strength has increased, his reputation has risen, and his influence within the clan has grown. He has taken a small step towards resolving the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha. He has received a progress reward—Chakra +1400, Ninjutsu Extraction Scroll · S (Mastery Level), and Dance of the Crescent Moon (Mastery Level).

Disciple Uchiha Shisui’s strength has increased, promoting reform of the Police Force. He has taken a small step towards resolving the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha. He has received a progress reward—Chakra +1500, Yin Release Skill Extraction Scroll · S (Mastery Level), and Yin Release Ninjutsu Mastery Scroll.

The reward level was consistent with other disciples at the same progress, while the specific rewards were more tailored to Shisui’s characteristics.

This was also why Muzuki always tried to help his disciples complete their Life Missions.

Rewards obtained from other sources had a high degree of randomness, but Life Mission rewards were of high quality and also catered to the disciple’s strengths. Aside from the difficulty of completing the missions, there were no other drawbacks.

The basic Chakra reward from the two settlements combined was 2,900, roughly equivalent to the total Chakra of a Ninja Academy teacher, a resource Muzuki could never have enough of.

There were a total of two S-rank extraction scrolls, one for all types and one specifically for Yin Release.

The Ninjutsu rewarded was Dance of the Crescent Moon, an A-rank Genjutsu. Among the native Genjutsu in the Ninja World, it was a relatively practical and powerful one. The other was a Yin Release Mastery Scroll, which allowed him to choose his own Ninjutsu points.

After confirming all the rewards, Muzuki, as usual, washed his hands and silently prayed to all the gods and Buddhas before starting the lottery.

After all, they were two S-rank extraction scrolls; the necessary ritual had to be performed.

Muzuki chose to draw the regular S-rank extraction scroll first. He clicked on the scroll, then clicked on “Extract,” and a large roulette wheel appeared before Muzuki’s eyes.

Ninjutsu Extraction Scroll · S has been consumed, obtaining the skill — Ice Age (Mastery Level).

As the rapidly spinning pointer stopped in a blue area, a large amount of cultivation memories appeared in Muzuki’s mind.

“Aokiji’s ultimate move, huh? Not bad,” Muzuki identified the origin of the skill based on its name and cultivation memories.

Ice Age is the strongest technique of Aokiji, one of the three admirals in the One Piece world. When Aokiji uses Ice Age with full power, he can freeze an island, and it will only melt after a long time without external interference. It is considered a very powerful offensive skill.

Moreover, Muzuki’s Ice Release proficiency was not too low, having reached Mastery Level.

When Muzuki finished organizing the cultivation memories in his mind, he glanced at his Ice Release proficiency, which had increased even further than before he acquired Ice Age.

Powerful skills can drive the progress of Chakra Nature Transformation; Muzuki had known this for a long time. When he extracted One Thought Cut, it also added a lot of Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation proficiency to him.

Although Muzuki did not lack powerful Ninjutsu, powerful Bloodline Limit skills could still serve to diversify his techniques.

Then Muzuki looked at the specific Yin Release S-rank extraction scroll.

Yin Release Skill Extraction Scroll · S (Mastery Level) has been consumed, obtaining the skill — Kenbunshoku Haki (Mastery Level).

Again, a large amount of cultivation memories flooded into Muzuki’s mind, allowing Muzuki to instantly master the localized Kenbunshoku Haki.

Compared to Ice Age, Kenbunshoku Haki was even more famous. The first moment Muzuki saw it, he thought of the Kenbunshoku Haki setting in the One Piece manga.

Of course, knowing the original setting was not very meaningful, because the system would localize skills from non-Ninja World worlds.

After organizing the memories of Kenbunshoku Haki, Muzuki found that the localized Kenbunshoku Haki had no significant difference from the Kenbunshoku Haki in the One Piece world.

The core of both lies in perception and predicting attacks.

The biggest change should be that the Ninja World’s Kenbunshoku Haki requires Chakra to activate.

“Among the Ninja World’s sensory Ninjutsu, it should be considered top-tier,” Muzuki judged.

Muzuki had just tested it, and his Mastery Level Kenbunshoku Haki’s sensory range was no smaller than the sensory Ninjutsu he had acquired before.

His Kenbunshoku Haki range was enough to cover Konoha, and this Konoha did not just refer to Konoha’s Main urban area, but the entire Konoha, including the Death Forest and other Training Grounds.

Like many sensory Ninjutsu, Kenbunshoku Haki can also sense the strength of Chakra, and the location and number of enemies.

In addition to basic sensory functions, Kenbunshoku Haki also has an advantage that ordinary sensory Ninjutsu do not: sensing attacks during combat.

Even attacks coming from directions not visible to the eye can be sensed by Kenbunshoku Haki.

Kenbunshoku Haki, like Armament Haki, does not require hand seals. During combat, it can be used continuously as long as Chakra output is maintained.

Muzuki tested it. If he didn’t pursue range, the Chakra consumption for normal Kenbunshoku Haki usage was within an acceptable range. If he had to compare, it consumed less Chakra than an Uchiha Clan Ninja using their Sharingan.

If he constantly maintained the maximum sensory range, the Chakra consumption would be very high, but normally, this was not necessary.

“Secret Technique: Kenbunshoku!”

Muzuki had his Shadow Clone attack him, then condensed a large amount of Chakra to perform Yin Release Nature Transformation, pushing Kenbunshoku Haki to its limit.

In the One Piece world, some Kenbunshoku Haki masters could see a short period into the future. Muzuki wanted to see if the localized Kenbunshoku Haki still had this ability.

“Is it insufficient proficiency, or some other issue?” Muzuki, having regrettably failed, instinctively began to ponder.

Muzuki shook his head and gave up. He probably would only be able to verify it once his Kenbunshoku Haki proficiency reached the Perfect Level.

In the One Piece world, only a few masters possessed the ability to see the future with Kenbunshoku Haki.

“I’ll teach it tomorrow and see.”

Like Armament Haki, Kenbunshoku Haki is a universal skill, meaning it could be useful for anyone who practices it.

Although Shisui and the others possessed the Sharingan, the Sharingan’s strength lay in its dynamic vision and its ability to capture enemies within one’s line of sight. Attacks outside of their vision could not be detected.

Therefore, having the Sharingan does not mean Kenbunshoku Haki is unnecessary. Kenbunshoku Haki, which can detect attacks outside of one’s vision, can even complement the Sharingan.

Of course, for Shisui and the others currently, there was a problem: high Chakra consumption.

After all, they had too many places to allocate their Chakra: Breathing Technique Chakra Mode needed it, Sharingan needed it, powerful Ninjutsu needed it, and they were still young, not yet in their rapid development phase.

However, the current problem was not a major one. They could learn it casually for now, and when they learned it later, their Chakra would naturally increase.

…

Land of Earth, Iwagakure.

Tsuchikage Building, Tsuchikage’s Office.

“Konoha dispatched an assassination squad to launch an attack in the western Land of Grass.” Ōnoki frowned as he looked at the latest intelligence from the front line.

He felt this was abnormal, a bit aggressive, and didn’t quite match the style of the Konoha Ninja Force in the Land of Grass.

“Could it be that the commander has been replaced?” Ōnoki speculated in his mind.

The overall style of a Ninja Force is influenced by its commander; an aggressive commander will make the force’s combat style aggressive.

However, whether there has been a change in commanders is very difficult information to ascertain, unless a major battle erupts where the commander is forced to enter the field.

Or if their intelligence personnel achieve a great victory in the intelligence war, it might also be possible to obtain information on the commander.

“Go inform the other high-ranking officials to come to the conference room.” After reading the intelligence for a while longer, Ōnoki stood up and walked to the door, speaking to the Anbu guarding it.

The decisions to be made next would affect the basic strategy he had set for Iwagakure since the war began, so he had to convene a high-level meeting and invite the Elder and Advisors to discuss and decide.

“Let’s look at the intelligence first,” Ōnoki said once all the high-ranking officials had arrived.

A compiled intelligence report was placed in front of each high-ranking official’s seat.

“Regarding the request from the Land of Grass forces, what are your thoughts?” Ōnoki asked once the high-ranking officials had finished reading the intelligence.

The conference room was silent; no one immediately responded to Ōnoki.

Ōnoki was not in a hurry, quietly watching the high-ranking officials.

“If we send Ninja to support the Land of Grass forces now, wouldn’t all the previous disguises be in vain?” an Iwagakure high-ranking official with a long beard said after some thought.

Iwagakure had been enduring and pretending to be weak, just waiting for an opportunity to “eat the tiger,” and now, it was clearly not that time.

“Elder Muka, you’re being a bit too cautious,” a white-haired Iwagakure high-ranking official said, shaking his head.

“Even the weakest of the Five Great Ninja Villages wouldn’t be unable to field a Ninja Force of a few thousand. Simply supporting the front line wouldn’t overturn all our previous efforts.”

He didn’t think that merely sending more Ninja to the front line would lead to such severe consequences; it wasn’t like they were deploying a large army to attack multiple villages simultaneously.

“I think Advisor Chouki makes a good point. As long as not too many Ninja are dispatched, it won’t significantly impact our previous arrangements,” a burly Iwagakure high-ranking official agreed.

“Moreover, having the forces retreat to the Land of Earth would not only cause Iwagakure to lose face in the Ninja World, but also make our intention to preserve our strength too obvious.”

The front-line Ninja Force commander had two requests: dispatching support forces to launch a major battle, or recalling them to the Land of Earth to lure the enemy deeper.

Superficially, this was a choice between two options, but for the Iwagakure high-ranking officials, they were the ones to make the final decision.

They could choose not to make any decision and reject Retsuishi’s request, ordering him to continue with previous commands, or they could reject the request and then issue new directives. These were all within their authority.

“In that case, maintaining the status quo is also a good option. With Kumogakure and Sunagakure’s movements unclear and undercurrents stirring in the Ninja World, it’s not advisable to reveal too much power,” Elder Muka felt they could reject the front-line forces’ request and continue to observe the situation.

This might not be the best, but it was certainly the safest.

“Muka, you’re too conservative. The front-line forces are already dissatisfied. If this continues, morale will drop,” Chouki said with a displeased expression.

Despite being younger than him, he was unexpectedly a stubborn conservative.

“Kagami, what do you think?” Ōnoki ignored the two high-ranking officials who were arguing and looked at the slightly plump, round-faced Iwagakure Ninja sitting at the far right, who had not spoken.

He was the Jōnin Squad Leader of their Iwagakure.

In terms of position, the Jōnin Squad Leader was the lowest among all the high-ranking officials in the conference room.

However, Kagami was quick-witted, and Ōnoki valued his opinions during meetings.

“I actually think we can send more troops this time. On one hand, it will appease the resentment of the front-line Ninja, and on the other hand, it can further conceal our strength,” Kagami said after some thought.

“As one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, Iwagakure has shown too little power so far. This might make the other Five Great Ninja Villages even more wary and cautious of Iwagakure.”

“We send reinforcements, let the front-line forces fight normally, win if possible, no need to deliberately hold back.”

“Wait until Konoha worries that we will launch a full-scale invasion of the Land of Fire, and therefore sends a large number of Ninja to the border to fight the Iwa Ninja Force. At this time, we will then feign weakness, intentionally being defeated to preserve our vital forces.”

“Konoha’s strength is deeply ingrained. Since the war began, all Five Great Ninja Villages, except Sunagakure, which has not declared war on Konoha, have suffered defeats at Konoha’s hands. Winning and then losing will not affect Iwagakure’s reputation.”

After listening to Kagami’s explanation, Ōnoki instinctively nodded.

If the Iwa Ninja Force could successfully defeat the Konoha Ninja Force, it would also have a very important effect: it would ignite the desire for attack in the other Ninja Villages hostile to Konoha.

Twenty minutes later, the high-level meeting approved the request for increased troops and the start of hostilities for the front-line forces.

However, the meeting did not end. How many reinforcements to send, which Ninja would be among the reinforcements, and who would lead the reinforcement force—these were all decisions that could not be made lightly.

When the high-level meeting ended and the information reached Retsuishi, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Haha, finally we can counterattack! This time, we’ll let them know the power of our Iwagakure Explosion Force!” Retsuishi’s face revealed a cruel smile.

The constant retreating and humiliation, the anger from fellow villagers being assassinated, the dream of making Iwagakure great—these mixed emotions made Retsuishi intensely desire to detonate to his heart’s content within the Konoha Ninja Force.

“For now, do not take any offensive actions. Once the reinforcements arrive, we’ll give them something big.” Retsuishi quickly convened a meeting of Iwagakure Jōnin and issued orders to consolidate their forces.

Doing so had two benefits: first, it could create the false impression that Iwagakure was about to retreat.

Second, it preserved their strength. As Konoha sent out squads for assassinations, Konoha’s main forces also began to show unusual movements.

To prevent being caught off guard and having their strength depleted, they needed to make their final defensive stand before the major battle.

“Konoha, Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze…” Retsuishi clenched his fist.