Becoming the Tsuchikage in the Naruto World

Chapter 219: Sage Jutsu

After Ōnoki received Ishiro's documents, he didn't immediately look through them but instead signaled Ishiro to begin the Sage Jutsu demonstration. Ishiro walked up to a giant rock about ten meters high and lifted it with a single hand.

"Hiss~" Although everyone already knew how terrifying Sage Jutsu was, they were still startled by Ishiro's feat.

Ishiro was a typical ninjutsu-type ninja; strength had always been his weak point. But in Sage Mode, Ishiro easily accomplished something that even pure taijutsu ninjas would find strenuous.

However, Ishiro was not happy, because he clearly felt the Sage Chakra in his body depleting rapidly.

Ishiro quickly dropped the giant rock, sensed for a moment, and then said with a mournful face, "I've used up one-fifth of my Sage Chakra."

Ōnoki: ...

Ikura: ...

Saka: ...

Mei: ...

Although everyone knew Ishiro had a small amount of chakra, as Ishiro grew, this shortcoming was slowly being compensated for. However, they hadn't expected that after mastering Sage Jutsu, Ishiro would once again face such a predicament.

"Alright, let's not test taijutsu anymore. Let's try ninjutsu," Ōnoki said.

Hearing this, Ishiro cast an Earth Style Wall.

Then, a giant Earth Style Wall, roughly ten times the thickness, height, and width of a normal one, rose from the ground.

"This power is almost on par with the Earth Style: Great Earth Flow Wall, isn't it?" Saka murmured. "A C-rank ninjutsu, after being enhanced by Sage Jutsu, directly reaches A-rank power. This is too exaggerated. Ishiro, quickly cast an A-rank ninjutsu and see what level of power it can reach!"

Ishiro, teary-eyed, said weakly, "I don't have enough Sage Chakra. Proportionally, my Sage Chakra amount is only enough to cast two or three B-rank ninjutsu."

Everyone: ...

Ikura consoled him, "Don't worry. You haven't absorbed much natural energy yet, and you still have a lot of your own chakra remaining. Once your proficiency increases, the amount of Sage Chakra will also increase."

Ishiro nodded without speaking.

What Ikura said was indeed true, but Ishiro had calculated it. His current total chakra was about 4000A. The chakra fused with natural energy just now accounted for about one percent, which was 40A.

One percent of his chakra was only enough to cast two or three B-rank Sage Jutsu. So, when Ishiro converted all his body's chakra into Sage Chakra, he would probably be able to cast two or three A-rank Sage Jutsu.

He had to remember that he could currently cast hundreds of A-rank ninjutsu without issue.

No wonder Sage Jutsu was so powerful; it turned out the high consumption was also a reason.

Next, Ishiro cast two more B-rank ninjutsu and several C-rank ninjutsu, completely depleting his Sage Chakra.

The group gathered together and carefully calculated the cost-effectiveness of Sage Jutsu. They found that it was still worthwhile.

A C-rank ninjutsu could be used as an A-rank ninjutsu. Even if the consumption ratio was comparable to an A-rank ninjutsu, it was worth it. At the very least, the number of hand seals was reduced.

This point alone was enough to raise a ninja's rating by one level.

Taking Ishiro as an example, in his normal state, if Ishiro fought using A-rank ninjutsu, he only knew about ten A-rank ninjutsu, most of which required more than twenty hand seals.

If all his chakra was converted into Sage Chakra, then Ishiro could fight using C-rank ninjutsu. Ishiro knew dozens of C-rank ninjutsu, of various types, offering many tactical options.

Most importantly, the number of hand seals was small. The C-rank ninjutsu Ishiro excelled at generally had single-digit hand seals, and even unfamiliar C-rank ninjutsu only had a dozen or so.

And since C-rank Sage Jutsu could be used as A-rank ninjutsu, Ishiro's combat power would increase by more than just one level! A-rank power ninjutsu at his fingertips meant Ishiro would dare to face even Kage-level opponents head-on.

If one considered that Ishiro could also cast A-rank ninjutsu two or three times at critical moments regardless of consumption, then Ishiro's strength could already be ranked above newly promoted Kage-level individuals like Ikura.

After analyzing the various data of Sage Jutsu, Ōnoki concluded, "C-rank Sage Jutsu barely reaches the level of an ordinary A-rank ninjutsu. B-rank Sage Jutsu is between A-rank and S-rank ninjutsu; if forced to classify, it still belongs to the A-rank category."

"And although Ishiro can't cast A-rank Sage Jutsu yet, it definitely reaches S-rank, and it wouldn't be considered weak among S-ranks."

"I just don't know what level S-rank ninjutsu can reach when enhanced by Sage Chakra."

Ishiro said, "Don't count on me for that. Wait until you learn Sage Jutsu, Lord Tsuchikage, and test it yourself."

Ōnoki nodded. Ishiro had not yet learned a true S-rank ninjutsu in the conventional sense. The three S-rank ninjutsu Ishiro knew were Mind's Eye, Bansho Ten'in (Universal Pull), and Shinra Tensei (Almighty Push). All three were classified as S-rank ninjutsu due to their special training methods and unique effects.

Ishiro had not mastered a ninjutsu with terrifying offensive power like Ikura's Earth Overturn.

Ōnoki wanted to remind Ishiro to learn such an S-rank ninjutsu, but thinking of Ishiro's chakra amount, he shook his head and decided against it.

Because after multiple tests, Ishiro's Sage Chakra was depleted, Ōnoki and the others dispersed one after another. However, Ishiro pulled Ikura aside for another practice session of absorbing natural energy.

Just as Ishiro had guessed, because he had successfully entered Sage Mode before, his speed of fusing natural energy this time was more than just a little faster. Ishiro calculated that his current fusion speed was around 0.5.

This rate of progress once again proved Ishiro's conjecture about chakra to be correct: chakra can help ninjas with memory.

After re-entering Sage Mode, Ishiro did not practice Sage Jutsu. From now on, Ishiro wanted to maintain the Sage state for as long as possible.

Ishiro had another conjecture about the role of chakra: it could enhance a ninja's physical constitution. Ishiro felt that the old toad from Mount Myoboku could live so long mainly because it maintained a Sage state for many years.

So Ishiro also planned to make Sage Mode a constant state, rather than entering Sage Mode only during battles like Jiraiya and Naruto.

Ishiro couldn't understand the idea of treating Sage Mode as a trump card.

Moreover, Ishiro, while maintaining Sage Mode, had another idea: to use Sage Mode's powerful perception ability to thoroughly investigate Iwagakure.

However, these matters were not urgent. Ishiro's current Sage Chakra amount was not enough for him to overexert himself. All this would have to wait until he successfully fused all his body's chakra.

What Ishiro needed to consider now was selecting his third batch of disciples.

...

That afternoon, the Ninja Academy welcomed a special guest: the giant summoning animal, the Giant Panda, who lived in Iwagakure's natural energy seal area.

Iwagakure had not had giant summoning animals before, so all the teachers and students at the school were very curious about the Giant Panda. Previously, they had only heard about giant summoning animals from descriptions in textbooks.

A considerable number of them were skeptical about giant summoning animals. How could there be a toad bigger than a house?

But the Giant Panda's appearance made everyone change their previous, narrow-minded way of thinking. So there really were such huge summoning animals?

Under the teachers' arrangements, the graduating class students had close contact with the Giant Panda in batches.

This was, of course, arranged by Ishiro. After Ishiro successfully entered Sage Mode for the second time, he went to find the Giant Panda.

The Giant Panda had been living very comfortably recently. In Iwagakure, it didn't have to worry about food and drink, as it was all provided by the village. The living environment was also good; such an environment with natural energy was only found in the Three Great Sage Regions in the entire ninja world.

The Giant Panda had never imagined it would one day enjoy such treatment.

The only drawback was that this sealed area was too small. Compared to its enormous size, this seal was at best a slightly larger house.

The Giant Panda was satisfied with its life and thus became more friendly towards Iwagakure.

Ishiro sought it out and proposed that it observe his process of training Sage Jutsu. In exchange, the Giant Panda needed to go to the Ninja Academy to select students with a special affinity for ninja animals.

The Giant Panda agreed without a second thought. It was extremely curious how Ishiro, a human, had successfully trained in Sage Jutsu. The Giant Panda had never heard of any ninja outside the Three Great Sage Regions mastering Sage Jutsu.

Ishiro wasn't asking the Giant Panda to select students to find a contractor for the Panda itself, but to find contractors for ninja cats.

Where did the ninja cats come from? They were Dango's kittens. Dango was currently pregnant, and after an examination, it was found that Dango was carrying four kittens this time.

As ninja cats, neither Dango nor its owner, White Cat, had time to take care of the kittens. So White Cat was both happy that Dango was going to have kittens and troubled about how to find suitable owners for them.

Upon receiving the news, Ishiro immediately reserved an adoption spot for his disciple, Shinya Matsutani. At the same time, Ishiro said that during this disciple selection, they could also try to find suitable students.

White Cat was naturally very happy that Ishiro was helping her solve this urgent problem. Ishiro's disciples would also have promising futures; she was pleased for the kittens to have such owners.

That was why the Giant Panda was visiting the Ninja Academy today. The Giant Panda was quite serious about its task. Although somewhat annoyed by the overly curious students, it still observed them carefully.

The next day, Ishiro, Chiko Tomoe, and Han arrived at the Ninja Academy. Of course, the Anbu secretly protecting Han were indispensable.

"Teacher Ishiro, four years ago, did you also come to the school with student files like this to select disciples? What was your reason for choosing me?" Chiko Tomoe asked Ishiro curiously, holding a list of all the graduating class students.

Ishiro shook his head and said, "You were my first batch of disciples. At that time, I selected disciples rather hastily and hadn't prepared beforehand."

"I only had a simple list of the advanced class, which only contained basic information like age, gender, and specialty."

"Unlike now, the information we have in our hands even includes students' hobbies and family backgrounds in detail."

"Originally, the village asked me to pick a few subordinates from the advanced class; they didn't expect me to directly select disciples."

"As for why I chose you, it was because I used Camouflage Jutsu and Light Rock Jutsu to float through the school, and only you seemed to notice something."

Chiko Tomoe was stunned; she didn't remember this incident at all.

Looking at the dumbfounded Chiko Tomoe, Ishiro smiled and said, "Alright, don't think about it. You should focus on selecting students. It's not easy to be a good teacher."

"Yes." Chiko Tomoe nodded vigorously.

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