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Nighttime.
The five of them ate dinner at a villager's house. It wasn't really a meal, but rather a few rough, unrefined rice balls wrapped in leaves, mixed with some tree roots. The taste was like... well, like tree roots wrapped in sand. It made him frown, and he wanted to use the Black Water Space to swallow it several times.
Fortunately, he held back in the end. This was going to be his daily life. He had to get used to it.
With Yahiko's personality, if it were a rich person, it would be fine. But in a village like this, where they didn't have much food themselves, he wouldn't ask for any mission remuneration.
He was going to be starving a lot, he felt.
"You've worked hard. We don't have much to offer you. Please have some hot tea."
The old man in the villager's house brought out hot tea, his face full of sincerity.
In a time of chaos, it was their good fortune to meet someone like Yahiko. The best they could offer was this simple tea and rice.
Yahiko quickly stood up and took the hot tea, politely saying, "Thank you for the hot tea, old man. We can do it ourselves."
He then handed the teacup to Nagato, Kenshi, and the others.
The old man left after delivering the tea.
Yahiko took a sip of tea and asked Kenshi, "Kenshi-nii, what kind of jutsu are you good at? I'm good at Water Release."
Because Kenshi looked older than them in terms of age and temperament, Yahiko and the others called him Kenshi-nii.
As for Kenshi's actual name, they didn't ask. They knew that Kenshi didn't say it at the beginning because there must be a reason.
Asking Kenshi what jutsu he was good at was also considering their future missions together. They needed to understand their teammates' strengths, so they could cooperate better.
"Me?"
Kenshi put down his teacup, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't really have any specialties. I know all five chakra nature types. I know genjutsu, and my taijutsu is also decent. I guess I don't really have any specialties."
Hearing the first sentence, Yahiko subconsciously wanted to comfort him, but Kenshi's subsequent words completely broke his heart.
Proficient in all five nature types, genjutsu and taijutsu are also decent... He must be very strong.
This kind of talent... Yahiko subconsciously looked at Nagato.
Nagato possessed the Rinnegan, which was said to be possessed only by the Six Paths Sage. It was understandable for him to have the talent for all chakra nature types.
"Kenshi-nii... do you also have any powerful eyes?"
Yahiko stared at Kenshi's eyes, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.
Even Nagato and Konan looked over curiously. Kenshi's talent also shocked them.
Only Yezi looked normal. However, her pair of proud big eyes still revealed her thoughts at this moment.
This is nothing!
Big Brother's talent is that of a man who can't be killed even by the combined forces of the Five Kage. It's just a matter of being proficient in all chakra nature types.
If you knew that Big Brother is also proficient in various kekkei genkai and powerful sealing jutsu, you would be shocked to death.
Yezi thought proudly in her heart.
Kenshi shook his head and smiled at Nagato, "I don't have any special eyes, but I'm surprised that Nagato actually possesses the legendary Rinnegan."
"Kenshi-nii, you know about the Rinnegan too?" Yahiko's eyes lit up. He said, "We didn't know about it at first. It was only when Jiraiya... Sensei told us that we knew."
When he mentioned Jiraiya, Yahiko subconsciously stopped himself, not revealing the word "Jiraiya."
Kenshi didn't mind. He explained, "I also read a book that had a picture of the Rinnegan, so I knew about it."
I see!
A hint of disappointment flashed in Nagato's eyes. He wanted to know the specific abilities of the Rinnegan and how he should control the power of these eyes.
But Jiraiya-sensei didn't know the specific abilities of the Rinnegan either.
He thought that Kenshi-nii... Sigh, forget it. As long as I can protect Yahiko and Konan, I will definitely be able to control these eyes.
Nagato thought.
Then, the five of them each introduced their specialties. When they heard that Yezi also knew Paper Release, the three of them were shocked again, followed by joy.
Konan instantly felt a lot closer to Yezi.
Then, Yezi told Konan the principle of Paper Release Explosion Tags, saying that she would teach her to condense explosion tag seals on paper in the future, developing Paper Explosion Tags.
"That's great!"
Nagato and Yahiko were both happy for Konan. Once she developed Paper Explosion Tags, Konan's strength would increase by a level.
This would also make them feel more at ease.
Konan also thought it was good. With an increase in strength, she could help Yahiko and Nagato.
Soon, Konan and Yezi's relationship warmed up quickly. They slept together that night.
Yahiko, Nagato, and Kenshi naturally slept separately.
Yahiko and Nagato wanted to invite the three of them to sleep together, but Kenshi refused. He didn't want to be hugged by two men in the middle of the night.
And if everyone was asleep, who would be on watch?
There were many ninjas who were killed in their sleep.
So, Kenshi volunteered to be on watch.
Late at night.
The three of them and Yezi were all asleep.
Kenshi sat by the window. It was still raining outside, a constant drizzle, as if it would never stop.
The world was quiet. Kenshi looked out the window, lost in thought, but his mind was immersed in the memories of the Third Mizukage.
Earlier in the Hidden Mist Village, Kenshi had used the method of separating his shadow clone's memories to separate the chakra carrying the Third Mizukage's memories.
This way, he could check these memories at any time.
He hadn't had time to look at them carefully before. Now, he had time to take his time.
The Third Mizukage's memories would allow Kenshi to better understand the world.
Kenshi watched the Third Mizukage's memories as if he were watching a movie. He could fast-forward or rewind to the time he wanted to see.
He quickly went through the Third Mizukage's memories from childhood to youth. There was nothing noteworthy.
Until the news of the Second Mizukage and the Second Tsuchikage dying together on the battlefield came. The Third Mizukage began to research kekkei tōta, which caught Kenshi's attention.
In his memories, the Third Mizukage believed that even the Second Mizukage, who was so powerful, could only die together with the Second Tsuchikage. This showed how powerful Dust Release was.
The problem was, he wasn't as strong as the Second Mizukage, but there was Ōnoki in Iwagakure who inherited the Second Tsuchikage's Dust Release.
This made the Third Mizukage very anxious, so he began to develop his own kekkei tōta.
He was a natural Water, Earth, and Wind Release chakra ninja.
His kekkei tōta was also a fusion of the three chakra nature types: Water, Earth, and Wind.
But no matter how hard he tried to develop and research, he couldn't achieve a fusion of the three chakra nature types. It was as if the three chakra nature types interfered with each other, resulting in a stalemate and making it impossible to fuse into one.
The Second Mizukage, unable to find a direction, turned his attention to Ōnoki and his disciple, collecting information about them with all his might.
Then, one day, the Second Mizukage got his chance. He secretly led his people to kill Ōnoki's disciple, who was on a mission, and learned the secret of Dust Release from his mind.
"Kekkei tōta actually has this kind of secret!"
Seeing this part of the memory, Kenshi was also surprised. He thought that Dust Release was just a fusion of the three chakra nature types: Wind, Fire, and Earth, similar to the principle of Fire and Earth chakra fusing into Lava Release chakra.
It turned out that it wasn't like that.
The Third Mizukage learned the key to practicing Dust Release from Ōnoki's disciple's mind.
"Earth Release - Super Heavy Rock Technique!"
That's right. To learn Dust Release, you have to learn Earth Release - Super Heavy Rock Technique.
However, in the entire Iwagakure, only Ōnoki and the Second Tsuchikage could use the Super Heavy Rock Technique.
So, in the entire Iwagakure, only Ōnoki and the Second Tsuchikage could use the Dust Release kekkei tōta.
This showed how difficult it was to learn Earth Release - Super Heavy Rock Technique.
This was a special Earth Release jutsu. Like the Third Raikage's Black Lightning, it was a single-attribute chakra jutsu that refined the quality of a single attribute chakra to a level comparable to kekkei genkai chakra.
The key to successfully fusing three-attribute chakra for kekkei tōta was that one of the attributes had to have a chakra quality far exceeding the other two attributes. Only then could the other two attributes fuse together, with the attribute with the strongest quality as the main attribute, forming kekkei tōta-level jutsu chakra.
Dust Release was based on the Earth Release chakra of the Super Heavy Rock Technique, fusing with Wind and Fire chakra, eventually becoming Dust Release chakra, which was a kekkei tōta level.
After understanding this principle, the Third Mizukage was overjoyed.
He had Earth Release chakra, and he also happened to obtain the complete hand seal sequence and related training memories of Earth Release - Super Heavy Rock Technique from Ōnoki's disciple's memory.
As long as he learned Earth Release - Super Heavy Rock Technique, he could also use Earth Release - Super Heavy Rock Technique chakra as the main attribute and fuse it with Water and Wind Release chakra to form his own unique kekkei tōta.
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