Yagami unfastened the ropes from Flower Deer's harness and personally secured them onto Hatake Sakumo.
"Lord Sakumo, this way, there's no chance of you falling."
Sakumo moved his shoulders; his arms and legs could move freely.
Together with Flower Deer, Sakumo soared into the night sky.
Even with the weight of two people, the paraglider took off with remarkable ease and smoothness. Nara Shikaku nodded repeatedly; this equipment was incredibly useful in the wind-swept deserts.
Yagami and Teal Duck took off next, following closely behind.
Once in mid-air, Yagami shouted to Flower Deer, "Flower Deer! Show Lord Sakumo the left and right aerial maneuvers!"
Flower Deer pulled the control lines, using the wind to bank left and right, constantly changing direction in the sky.
Sakumo looked at the distance to the ground. They were at an altitude of at least two hundred meters. Having such mobility at this height meant ordinary ninja would be helpless against the paraglider.
Flight was a completely novel experience for a ninja.
Sakumo's white hair fluttered in the night breeze, and everything on the ground below became tiny.
Yagami and Teal Duck caught up again.
"Flower Deer, show Lord Sakumo the maximum flight altitude!"
Upon hearing this, Flower Deer maneuvered the paraglider upward. He said to Sakumo in front of him:
"Lord Sakumo, if the passenger is a Wind Style ninja, we can easily reach an altitude of over a thousand meters. Look, Captain Fox has mastered Wind Style and can use it to control the flight, which is why he's higher than us."
Flower Deer increased the altitude, reaching a height of over a thousand meters.
Sakumo suddenly realized that if a scout were brought to this height, wouldn't the reconnaissance effect be significantly better? No, even without a specialist scout, an ordinary ninja with a telescope could see a vast distance from such an altitude.
Yagami and Teal Duck flew into the high sky, reaching a level even higher than Flower Deer and Sakumo.
Looking down at Flower Deer's position, Yagami activated his Sharingan to heighten his perception and chose the perfect moment to strike.
It was time!
Just as Flower Deer passed directly beneath him, Yagami pulled a kunai from his tool pouch and sliced through the ropes at his armpits and waist.
Teal Duck was horrified: "Captain! What are you doing!"
Ignoring Teal Duck, Yagami's body plummeted downward.
The paraglider canopy blocked the view of Flower Deer and Sakumo beneath it.
Flower Deer noticed nothing.
However, Hatake Sakumo looked up, staring at the canopy above.
What was happening? Why was there the sound of something cutting through the air?
The paraglider was split open with a single strike!
Fox's figure dropped through the gap, his blade heading straight for Hatake Sakumo!
Flower Deer was shocked to see it was his squad leader. Thinking the Anbu was attempting to assassinate Sakumo, he didn't even stop to think. He released the control lines and grabbed Sakumo's arms to keep him from moving.
Yagami thought to himself that Flower Deer was a subordinate worth having; he offered unconditional support even in the face of the unexpected.
However, Yagami saw a brilliant white light.
Legend had it that Hatake Sakumo's chakra was white!
Despite Flower Deer's interference, Sakumo still managed to draw his chakra saber.
As the saber swung, a dazzling white blade flash traced a lethal and elegant arc.
Flower Deer was cleaved in half, and Yagami's blade was shattered.
Yagami's shoulder was sliced open.
The intense sensation of numbness told Yagami that Sakumo's white chakra was Lightning Style.
This chakra felt as though it had physical substance—thin and razor-sharp.
The brilliant white blade flash, several meters long, instantly split Yagami in two.
He was too fast!
Before they could even trade blows, Yagami died within that white light.
However, he had successfully forced out Sakumo's strongest ability, which would make it easier to draw something better during the lottery.
High above, Teal Duck roared as he unfastened his paraglider and jumped down recklessly.
"Squad Leader! I'm coming!"
[Host death detected. Arc of Moon System is starting...]
...
His vision shifted, and Yagami appeared back at the previous full moon.
It was currently 2:00 AM.
Before him stood Koi Chisa, bathed in the moonlight.
Yagami couldn't help but compare Chisa's white, beautiful back to Pakura's.
He had to admit, Pakura's was slightly superior; her curves were more beautiful.
[Arc of Moon system Start!
The host has only one resurrection opportunity per month and will be resurrected on the night of the previous full moon.
Rewarding one lottery chance:
1 - Jonin-level chakra capacity;
2 - Taijutsu: White Fang Sword Style;
3 - Secret Technique: Chakra Crystallization.]
Yagami ruled out the first option immediately.
During the last system lottery, Yagami's chakra capacity was 2.3 times that of a Jonin. As his physical talent slowly manifested, his chakra had naturally grown to 2.6 times.
The growth rate of his chakra was promising; there was no urgent need to choose it for now.
The second option was Taijutsu: White Fang Sword Style.
This was Hatake Sakumo's formidable sword style, several levels higher than the Cloud Style used by the Hidden Cloud.
With this sword style, Yagami's taijutsu would immediately jump to a much higher level.
If not for the third option, Yagami would have chosen the White Fang Sword Style.
The third option was actually a secret technique: Chakra Crystallization?
"Crystallization" referred to condensing chakra until it finally reached a physical state.
Hatake Sakumo was incredibly mysterious; all the enemies who had seen him were dead.
The entire shinobi world knew Sakumo was powerful, but enemy villages didn't know exactly how powerful. They only knew that encountering the White Fang on a mission meant certain death.
Sakumo never went all out when sparring with his comrades.
It turned out he possessed a secret technique.
Between taijutsu and a secret technique, Yagami hesitated repeatedly before choosing the third option.
A secret technique sounded very tempting.
After acquiring this technique, Yagami froze for a moment.
Koi Chisa in front of him immediately sensed something. She turned her head slightly in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Snapping out of it, Yagami immediately adjusted his state: "It's nothing. I saw the documents on your desk; I didn't expect your handwriting to be so powerful."
Chisa glanced at her own writing, which was clearly just delicate, small script, and her ears turned red.
Half an hour later, Yagami left Chisa's bedroom and went to a deserted area outside the capital city.
He immediately began to examine the White Fang's secret technique carefully.
Chakra Crystallization: its effect was quite simple. Through rigorous training, a vast amount of chakra could be condensed into physical crystals.
Yagami recalled the moment of his death in his previous life; that brilliant blade flash from White Fang was actually Lightning Style chakra condensed to its absolute limit.
The White Fang's flash had instantly cleaved through Flower Deer, himself, his blade, and his flesh and bone as if they were made of paper.
The effect was similar to Sasuke's Chidori Sharp Spear from the original story.
Chidori Sharp Spear used the shape transformation of Lightning Style chakra to extend the Chidori into a sharp lightning spear to attack enemies at mid-to-long range.
The Chakra Crystallization secret technique, however, condensed Lightning Style chakra into a thin, sharp blade flash several meters long. In terms of chakra shape transformation, the Lightning Style blade flash was far superior to Sasuke's Chidori Sharp Spear.
Yagami did not have a lightning nature. After learning this secret technique, he would refine chakra of other natures.
His primary nature was earth; refining Earth Style chakra was his fastest method and provided the largest capacity.
He wondered what kind of enhancement crystallizing Earth Style chakra would bring him.
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