Ino was dazed and completely lost her ability to think, as if being pulled by something, she walked a few steps forward until she stopped about three meters away from the tall man.
A very unfamiliar voice came from Ino: "Lord Indra, please forgive my rudeness, I can only meet you through the Mind Body Switch."
The tall man had not turned around, he snorted coldly: "Yamanaka, what has my good brother Ashura been doing lately?"
The voice from Ino's side answered respectfully: "Lord Ashura is currently contacting the three elders within Ninshu, preparing to abandon the spread of Ninjutsu, to let..."
The voice hesitated, and the tall man said contemptuously: "Let what? Let me automatically disappear from everyone's sight, let me acknowledge him as the Ninshu successor? Don't be evasive, you can say it directly, I understand my biological brother, he has always been this hypocritical!"
Ino's side nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Lord is right."
"Any other news?"
Ino's side thought for a moment: "Also... oh right, Lord Ashura said that he has already received the support of Mount Myōboku, and many Ninshu elders have changed their allegiance because of this..."
The tall man turned his head, his eyes bloodshot: "Does that 'many elders' include you too? Yamanaka, my two-faced friend."
Without waiting for Ino to explain, he said in an oppressive tone: "I'll tell you a secret, you know about my father, uncle, and grandmother fighting, and eventually breaking countless continents, right? Do you know who instigated that? I'll tell you, it was that stinky toad from Mount Myōboku! And I'll tell you another thing, originally father wanted me to inherit Ninshu, do you know who made him change his mind? Still that stinky toad!
Ōtsutsuki's two internal conflicts both had its involvement, yet it disguised itself extremely well, appearing to be aloof from worldly affairs, but in reality? The Ōtsutsuki Clan was once the master of this world! Sacred land? Ridiculous! When grandmother was around, these scoundrels could only hide in corners trembling, but now? The descendants of Ōtsutsuki have actually fallen to the point of needing the support of that stinky toad! This is a disgrace!"
The tall man was exceptionally angry: "Just wait, after I defeat Ashura and inherit Ninshu, I will definitely flatten Mount Myōboku! And dig out its vicious black heart! Yamanaka, by then..."
Ino's mind was blank, she didn't hear what was said afterward.
"Ino? Ino! Wake up, why are you sleeping in today? Hurry up, Mom made your favorite miso soup." Yamanaka Rino was puzzled, this child has been very diligent lately, what's wrong today? She put in a lot of effort to wake Ino up.
Dizzy, very dizzy! Ino used immense willpower to free herself from the seal of the quilt.
For some reason today, she felt weak, mentally exhausted, and fuzzy. She vaguely remembered having a dream, but she couldn't recall its content at all.
Inoichi said with concern: "Your complexion is so bad? Did something go wrong while practicing Exploding Water Colliding Wave? Rest well at home for a day."
Ino also felt listless today, and for a moment even thought she had a cold, but training could stop, causing trouble could not. After breakfast, she insisted on going to class. Maybe Naruto would appear today? The relationship between Naruto and Iruka was getting better and better, it could be said that each time was one less, so this couldn't stop!
After two consecutive days of fatigue, her spirits finally returned to normal on the third day.
After resting for two more days, Ino, who had resumed her training, finally completely mastered Water Release: Burst Water Wave.
She immediately reported to her nominal father, and the father and daughter went to the back mountain of the Village.
"Water Release: Burst Water Wave!" Ino gathered Chakra in her throat, then harmonized the Water Release Chakra nature transformation, quickly formed hand seals, performed shape transformation, briefly charged for a few seconds, and then sprayed a large amount of clear water straight ahead.
The father and daughter chose a valley, where the terrain was low, and the ground was uneven because many Ninja had trained Ninjutsu there before.
The clear water covered everything, quickly filling many pits, and then the water level continuously rose, covering an area roughly the size of a basketball court. Inoichi looked at his feet; his ankles and below were submerged in water.
Having participated in the Third Shinobi World War, Inoichi had seen many Water Release Ninja from Hidden Mist Village. Ino's jutsu execution was not yet proficient, but her Chakra volume was already comparable to those Water Release Ninja.
Chakra cannot be measured directly. Who has more Chakra, Kakashi or Asuma? It's often hard to tell. One can only estimate through certain techniques, this person has a bit more Chakra, that person has a bit less Chakra, but exactly how much more or less is difficult to distinguish clearly.
Inoichi could only make a rough estimate now. In his opinion, setting aside Jinchuriki, among normal Ninja, Ino's Chakra volume was quite high, as she was only twelve years old and would still have significant improvement in the future.
Learning Shadow Clone Technique was more than enough.
Before handing the learning scroll to Ino, he repeatedly warned: "A Shadow Clone is a physical clone created by separating the main body's Chakra. Remember, do not maintain the Shadow Clone state for a long time, and do not create too many Shadow Clones at once. Remember my words, until your Chakra significantly increases, the number of Shadow Clones must never exceed three."
"Understood, Shadow Clones cannot exceed three."
The Shadow Clone Technique is a B-rank Ninjutsu, and in Ino's opinion, its learning difficulty was much higher than Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!
This thing is somewhat similar to the 'Great Shift of the Universe' technique; those with profound internal energy can master it in one night, while those with average internal energy might take two years for the first level, five years for the second, and die before finishing the third.
Ino was currently at an average internal energy level, and she was stuck at the first step of the Shadow Clone, which was distributing Chakra.
Students with abundant Chakra could distribute it however they pleased; uneven distribution or varying speeds didn't matter, practice makes perfect, a few more tries and it would become smooth.
Ino, who was still using Chakra, couldn't do that. She had to strictly divide the Chakra between the main body and the clone according to the scroll's requirements, and the separation boundary had to be found very precisely. Separating Chakra once required half an hour of rest, making the practice efficiency very low.
The Shadow Clone Technique does not require mastery of Chakra control, Chakra nature transformation, or shape transformation; it depends solely on the total amount of Chakra, and also has some relation to the level of 'Ninja'.
Ino was slow to get started. The natural growth rate of Chakra in her body was getting slower and slower. Looking at the freshly made pot points in the black pot, she hesitated, should she add a point directly, or wait a bit longer?
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