This day was a very lucky day for Natsuki.
Yamashiro Aoba, who had originally left Natsuki to his own devices, suddenly came looking for him and said he wanted to take Natsuki to find Mitarashi Anko and Genma Shiranui.
When Natsuki heard this, he was instantly excited. While following Yamashiro Aoba closely, he thought about how to impress the Fourth Hokage's two bodyguards.
However, Natsuki clearly underestimated his own popularity.
Not long after, Yamashiro Aoba found the two at the outer entrance of the Death Forest.
"Raiton, Genma, I've brought the person. Are you done with your work?" Yamashiro Aoba raised his hand to greet them.
"Aoba, you came at the right time."
Mitarashi Anko nodded, "We just finished. Although the Death Forest isn't small, it's not difficult to search. However, there are too many places to hide in the forest, especially since the opponent is Orochimaru. If they insist on hiding, we're afraid we won't be able to find them."
Genma Shiranui, holding a long senbon in his mouth, locked his gaze on Natsuki, "You kid are the one who's currently being widely talked about as Konoha Demon Blade Natsuki, right?"
Konoha Demon Blade? Me?
Natsuki was a little confused, but he quickly greeted them, "Hello, Seniors. Are you Seniors searching for Orochimaru? I hope I didn't disturb you?"
These days, all the Ninja in Konoha who are Chunin or above have been very busy, constantly searching for traces of Orochimaru everywhere, especially focusing on the Death Forest, which is about to be used as an examination venue. They are afraid that Orochimaru is hiding inside and will suddenly launch a surprise attack on the examinees, which would likely result in heavy casualties.
What puzzled Natsuki was that Kakashi, Kai, and Yamashiro Aoba seemed not to be participating in the search work, but were instead training with their students.
With manpower so scarce, why weren't they assigned?
Or was it that Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that the search wouldn't yield results, so he deliberately didn't assign them, and instead was afraid that Orochimaru would target Konoha's young sprouts, so he had the respective sensei take responsibility for the safety of the young sprouts?
He couldn't figure it out, and there was no need to think too much about it.
Genma Shiranui shook his head, "You didn't disturb us. We just finished and are resting. Aoba has already told us about your matter, and now is a good time to meet you."
Natsuki immediately stood properly and bowed respectfully, "Senior Genma, Senior Raiton, please forgive my presumption, but please pass down the Flying Thunder God Technique to me!"
"Well, well, no need to do that."
Mitarashi Anko waved his hand and said, "We know a bit about you. Kai was willing to pass down the Eight Gates to you, and even Kakashi passed down his father's sword technique to you, which shows that they highly approve of you. Judging from your brave performance in fighting Orochimaru, Kai and Kakashi's judgment of people is not wrong."
Genma Shiranui, biting on his senbon, said, "Plus, with Aoba vouching for you, we won't say we need to test you on anything. The Flying Thunder God Technique is an extremely powerful forbidden jutsu. In the hands of Lord Fourth Hokage, it was used with divine skill, striking fear into the hearts of all the Villages in the Ninja World. But we few bodyguards weren't up to par and only learned the basics, feeling ashamed of Lord Fourth Hokage's trust. You're a good kid, and your comprehension seems good too. We also hope that the Flying Thunder God Technique will have a glorious day again with you!"
Natsuki was overjoyed and bowed again, "Thank you for your trust, Seniors! I will definitely not let down your expectations!"
He didn't expect that these two would pass down the Flying Thunder God Technique so easily.
But thinking about it carefully, it was quite normal.
After all, he had passed the tests of Kai and Kakashi, and had previously strongly resisted Orochimaru. Plus, with Yamashiro Aoba as his guarantor now, he was trustworthy in all aspects, so it wasn't surprising that the two would pass down the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Since the other party was willing to trust him, he naturally had to live up to it.
It's just the Flying Thunder God Technique, right? I don't believe I can't learn it!
Mitarashi Anko and Genma Shiranui were still busy, so they didn't say much more to Natsuki. They just handed a scroll to Natsuki, then waved goodbye and left.
Natsuki could only bow again to express his gratitude.
He wouldn't take others' trust and goodwill for granted; he would never skimp on expressing gratitude when it was due.
Yamashiro Aoba smiled and said, "Alright, you've got what you wanted. Go cultivate quickly, I can see you're impatient. Looking at the village's screening progress, the second stage of the exam should restart in a couple of days. I'll notify you then."
"Thank you, Aoba-sensei!"
The only thing Natsuki could say was thank you, then he turned and went home.
After closing all the doors and windows, he went directly into the gravity training room, opened the scroll, and began to read.
The Flying Thunder God Technique is actually a type of Body Flicker Technique that utilizes space Ninjutsu. The user first leaves a Chakra mark on the target, known as the Flying Thunder God Technique, which allows the user or objects in contact with the user's Chakra to instantly move to the location of the mark, and the marked technique is basically impossible to erase.
...Seeking fresh flowers...
However, Natsuki knew that Six Paths level strength could erase the technique, but currently, no one had Six Paths level strength, so there was no need to worry.
What Natsuki needed to learn was how to create the Flying Thunder God Technique. This technique is a set of complex rune marks, and it's very special, likely connected to space-time.
After learning how to make the technique, he would need to sense its location from a distance and attempt to traverse space to reach the mark's location.
This sounds simple, but it's incredibly difficult in practice.
The three guards of the Fourth Hokage are all Special Jonin now, and their comprehension couldn't be bad, yet they only learned the basics and could only activate the Flying Thunder God Technique in a formation of three people.
Even with his confidence, Natsuki didn't think he could learn the Flying Thunder God Technique in a short time.
However, he couldn't rush this. Now that the cultivation method was in hand, he would eventually learn it. Rushing was useless.
Moreover, he could use the special laboratory state to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique. After all, dealing with space is very dangerous, especially traversing space and teleporting. One mistake could lead to being crushed by space, but in the special laboratory state, he could do whatever he wanted without fear of danger, at most just being knocked out by pain like last time.
"Right, which day is the first? Oh, there are still about ten days. It will probably be after the second stage of the exam ends."
Natsuki immediately became less anxious. Instead, he looked at the scroll, constantly pondering and trying to manipulate Chakra to create the Flying Thunder God Technique.
After a few hours, he only felt a bit frustrated because creating the technique required even more precise control of Chakra, and his Chakra control hadn't reached the required level yet, so he could only continue to improve.
Fortunately, it wasn't a complete waste.
Through continuous practice of creating the technique, his control over Chakra became more refined, and the appearance of the technique was deeply etched into his mind, allowing him to practice anytime.
It truly deserves to be a forbidden Ninjutsu; just learning it is very difficult.
Just then, Natsuki heard the sound of the door opening, knowing that Tenten had returned. He immediately flashed out of the gravity training room.