Earth Release and Birds

The next day.

At three in the morning, before dawn, Uchiha Gen hurriedly got up.

The Senju clan's constitution allows him to recover his full energy with only half the amount of sleep he used to.

It was still the same small flat area in the same grove of trees as last time.

Frequent rain has washed away the crater from Gen Uchiha's experiment on superhuman strength, making it less noticeable.

Today he wasn't wearing a green vest, but instead wore the same iron-colored armor as Orochimaru and the others, with a black raincoat over it.

The iron-colored armor offers comparable defensive capabilities to the green vest, but it is twice as heavy. However, its smooth surface provides better waterproofing, making it a superior choice given the abundance of water in the Land of Rain and the Amegakure ninja's expertise in water-based techniques.

Furthermore, with the bonus to physical attributes from the Tsunade character card, this weight won't have a significant negative impact on his movements.

It's late spring, the chill of spring hasn't passed, and the weather is still damp and cold. Plus, it's early morning and raining, so the body temperature is even lower.

Gen Uchiha attached chakra to his feet and gently stepped across the muddy ground.

"This is fine."

Gen Uchiha reached out and touched a thick tree trunk next to him, then formed a hand seal.

"Earth Release·Earth Style Wall!"

A solid earthen wall with a cartoon dog's head carved on its surface rose up under the influence of a large amount of chakra. It was wide and thick, rising up like a small city wall.

If you were to ask Kakashi what his best ninjutsu is, it would definitely be Lightning Release. But besides Lightning Release, his most frequently used technique is Earth Release, to the point that he's jokingly called the Tsuchikage. His signature Earth Release ninjutsu is the Earth Flow Wall with the dog head logo.

"It should be a change in the nature of Earth Release with brick-like characteristics. The released earth wall is not just simple rock and soil. Compared with ordinary Earth Release, it has signs of being fired and solidified like bricks, which makes the surface of the earth wall smooth and delicate enough to carve such an intricate dog head. Its strength is also higher than that of ordinary Earth Release."

Uchiha Gen watched the Earth Release technique rising in front of him and silently commented on it.

Brick-like and petrified transformations are extremely common Earth Release nature transformations, both of which enhance the hardness of the Earth Release. In addition, there are the Third Hokage's Earth Flow River and Jiraiya's Yomi Swamp, which are mud-like transformations, and these are relatively rare.

As for Deidara's clay transformation and the Third Tsuchikage's gravity control of light and heavy rocks, they can all be classified as nature transformations at the level of secret techniques, and can be regarded as the secrets of a great ninja clan or village.

Gen Uchiha glanced at the dog's head on the earthen wall, and with a thought, he controlled the dog's head to slowly peel off, turning it into a cheeky panda face that stretched out its left hand.

Since he is not a ninja dog, it would be better to replace this stone carving with other images.

This Kim Jong-un meme is quite fitting; it's inherently sarcastic.

"At this time, Kakashi's only known nature transformations, besides Earth Release, were Lightning Release."

Gen Uchiha took a few steps back to create distance, and then formed hand seals again.

Chou-mao-shen!

Lightning crackled from his palm, accompanied by a sound like a thousand birds singing in unison.

As the Lightning Release chakra was extracted and gathered in his palm, it traveled throughout his body. Uchiha Gen felt as if a restriction had been lifted from his body, and with a single step, he instinctively rushed forward.

"Chidori!"

The panda face disappeared, and a large hole was torn open in the center of the earthen wall.

Earth Release: Earth Wall would be very effective against other offensive ninjutsu, but Lightning Release is effective against Earth Release, even Earth Release that has undergone nature transformation. Not to mention that Chidori, as an A-rank ninjutsu, also incorporates nature transformation.

Cellular activation through lightning techniques.

By stimulating cells with electric current, explosive power can be temporarily enhanced. Theoretically, the Lightning Release Chakra Mode of the Hidden Cloud Village is also derived from this Lightning Release property. However, they have explored this property to almost the limit and must have added other property changes to make their cell activation more powerful and controllable. This results in a more obvious and lasting boost to the body's defense, speed, and strength, and also provides a permanent training effect on the body.

Kakashi's set is not that complicated, but its power should not be underestimated. It is quite impressive in terms of explosive power, and its upper limit and expandability are extremely high. Just look at Sasuke Uchiha's lightning release level in the original timeline to know the upper limit of the Chidori series of ninjutsu.

The only drawback is that its burst is somewhat uncontrollable. It is too fast and difficult to turn around. It is equivalent to a dash skill with considerable damage but almost linear movement. Even if an ordinary ninja has high physical fitness and strong coordination, it is still difficult to use this move well if they do not have strong dynamic vision.

Fortunately, Gen Uchiha possessed the Sharingan.

"It's a pity that it's only a single tomoe right now. If the Sharingan could open to double or triple tomoe... tsk tsk."

Thinking of this, Gen Uchiha shook his head.

Before drawing this card, his strength was already guaranteed to be at least Special Jonin level. Now, with the addition of the Young Kakashi character card, he is equivalent to a Jonin who has mastered three nature transformations. His overall strength is definitely not bad among all Jonin.

Furthermore, every Uchiha who awakens the three-tomoe Sharingan is already stronger than the average Jonin. Combined, they can definitely become a powerful elite Jonin.

However, while the three-tomoe Sharingan is not unattainable for Gen Uchiha, he doesn't have it yet. It's quite difficult to awaken the three-tomoe Sharingan using only his Uchiha bloodline. Without suffering some hardship and experiencing some great stimulation, how could he possibly awaken it?

Gen Uchiha had no interest in enduring this torment.

He's not involved in BDSM.

Suffering is suffering, and it is not something to be celebrated. What should be praised is the spirit of remaining positive and striving to overcome suffering, rather than suffering itself.

Two hours later.

Just as Uchiha Gen had become familiar with young Kakashi's abilities, had breakfast, and rested for a while, he arrived at the medical area only to find that Tsukasa and Sarutobi Biwako were not there.

As important figures among the Jonin, they have now been summoned to a meeting.

"Has something big happened?"

Gen Uchiha frowned.

I hope I don't disrupt my current lifestyle, which is both safe and allows me to gain experience points.

"Senior Yuan, we..."

A young male medical ninja stared blankly at Uchiha Gendo.

With Tsunade and Sarutobi Biwako absent, he was the only high-ranking medical ninja present, and therefore the only one capable of overseeing the work.

"Bring the injured in first, then do what needs to be done."

Uchiha Gen spoke, then formed a hand seal and created a shadow clone.

He had been learning Shadow Clone Technique before, but it was a B-rank ninjutsu, which was quite difficult, but not beyond his learning ability. However, before he could learn it, he drew Kakashi's character card—he could also use Shadow Clone Technique.