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Remembering Shinji had previously mentioned mastering a higher level of art, Deidara had been coveting it for a long time.
"Not yet. You'll get it eventually," Shinji thought for a moment. The transaction volume recently hadn't been much, and the points were still insufficient to exchange for an Explosion Fruit for Deidara.
"Hehe, I'm going upstairs to continue my experiments," Seeing he couldn't get any benefits from Shinji, Deidara could only return to his room upstairs to continue his clay explosion experiments. After experimenting during this period, he had completely fallen in love with the indestructible nature of the All-Purpose Shop. For him, this was simply the most suitable residence. What? Ōnoki was looking for him? Sorry, I'm busy! Emm... the Hokage version of 'too happy to think of Iwa (Rock)'.
Ring ring ring~ The doorbell of the All-Purpose Shop rang. Shinji turned his head and saw a ninja wearing an ANBU mask appear before him.
"ANBU?" Shinji narrowed his eyes. What did an ANBU ninja want at his All-Purpose Shop?
"Are you Shinji?" The ANBU ninja came directly in front of Shinji. Although shorter than Shinji, his aura was quite strong.
"Yes, I am Shinji. What business does an ANBU ninja have with me?" Shinji didn't make any move, just looking at him.
"Lord Hokage requests your presence," the ANBU ninja said coldly.
"What are you taking Lord Shinji away for!?" Before Shinji could speak, Karin stepped directly between Shinji and the ANBU ninja, acting protectively like a mother hen.
"Are you obstructing official duties?!" The ANBU ninja saw Karin's action and reached out, gripping the sword on his back.
"What do you want to do by taking Lord Shinji away!?" Karin looked unflinchingly at the ANBU ninja, the chakra in her body already beginning to stir restlessly.
"Hehe, obstructing an ANBU mission adds to the crime! Katon! Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)!" The ANBU ninja looked at Karin, directly formed hand seals, and a giant Great Fireball Technique blasted towards Karin.
"Metsuryū Mahō! Tenryū no Hōkō (Sky Dragon's Roar)!" Karin took a deep breath, absorbing the power of the sky, and sprayed a huge impact force from her mouth directly towards the ANBU ninja's Great Fireball Technique!
Boom!!! The Great Fireball Technique and the Sky Dragon's Roar violently collided, creating a huge explosion sound. Subsequently, both the Great Fireball Technique and the Sky Dragon's Roar vanished simultaneously. A large amount of fire element and Sky Dragon's magic energy filled the entire All-Purpose Shop.
"Explosion??? What's going on???" Deidara was startled by the commotion downstairs, rushing down from the second floor in two steps. He arrived just in time to see the scene where the Great Fireball Technique and the Sky Dragon's Roar disappeared simultaneously.
This? What situation? But upon seeing the ANBU ninja and Karin facing off, his body's instinct still made Deidara leap down from the stairs directly to Karin's side. At the same time, Deidara reached into his bag and took out some Exploding Clay. If the ANBU ninja opposite made any move, Deidara would control the Exploding Clay to attack directly.
"Deidara! Attack with me!" A fierce look appeared in Karin's eyes. Anyone who intended harm towards Shinji would be considered her enemy.
"Okay!" Deidara didn't hesitate and agreed immediately. The two of them faced the ANBU ninja opposite, their momentum not falling short at all.
"Actively attacking an ANBU ninja and disrupting an ANBU mission, the most severe consequence is defection!" The ANBU ninja said coldly, the sword behind him already grasped in his hand.
Seeing the ANBU ninja still intending to continue the attack, both Karin and Deidara couldn't help but tense up slightly. Especially Karin. After clashing with the opponent once, Karin already understood the gap between them. If she hadn't used the Sky Dragon's Roar for a surprise attack, a direct confrontation wouldn't have been so easily nullified.
Moreover, after using Sky Dragon's Roar once, the chakra/magic power within Karin's body had already bottomed out. After all, she was only 5 years old, and her chakra reserves weren't large.
"Alright, alright. The act can end here," Shinji looked at the standoff between the three and couldn't help but tease.
Clap clap - clap clap! "Didn't expect you two to progress so quickly, Karin, Deidara." As Shinji's voice fell, a puff of white smoke erupted from the ANBU ninja opposite, and then a familiar figure appeared before the three.
"Teacher Shisui! You're back!"
"Shisui?" After the smoke cleared, Shisui Uchiha appeared before the three. Still the same appearance, his black eyes still held a heartwarming smile as he looked at the three. Seeing Shisui, Karin was very happy, while Deidara also called out his name. After all, the age gap between the two wasn't large, and the haughty Deidara really couldn't bring himself to call him 'teacher', instead calling him Shisui directly. Of course, Shisui didn't show any unhappiness about this either. Thus, the way the three addressed each other continued like this.
"Karin, Deidara, Boss Shinji, good morning. I brought you some Three Color Dango," Shisui said with a grin, taking out several packed Three Color Dango from the side.
"Let's sit down and eat together, Shisui. You haven't had breakfast either, right?" Shinji returned to the dining table, while Karin quickly served Shisui some breakfast. Although nominally, Karin hadn't directly become Shisui's disciple, and Shinji had actually only asked Shisui to come over to train Karin previously, Karin still regarded Shisui as her teacher.
"Hehe, then I won't be polite," Shisui didn't feel estranged at all, but directly sat down with a grin and began wolfing down the food. Speaking of which, Shisui was one of the few people who could freeload meals at the All-Purpose Shop.
"When did you get back?" Seeing Shisui transition from wolfing down to chewing slowly, Shinji finally asked.
"Just got back two hours ago. After reporting the intelligence to Lord Hokage, I came straight over," Shisui wiped his lips and replied.
"How long are you resting?"
"Two days. After two days, I have to go back again." The two chatted casually like neighbors. Shinji didn't ask about Shisui's mission, and Shisui didn't ask about other things either.
After finishing breakfast, Shisui lay back satisfied in his chair.
"Karin, what ninjutsu is this? I don't think I've seen it before?" Shisui looked at Karin and asked. When Karin used Sky Dragon's Roar just now, Shisui activated his Sharingan, but even the Sharingan, claimed to be able to copy all ninjutsu, couldn't figure out what ninjutsu Karin had just used.
"This is Sky Dragon's... ninjutsu. Lord Shinji taught it to me~" Karin originally wanted to say magic, but ultimately changed it to ninjutsu.
"Sky Dragon's ninjutsu?" Shisui asked curiously. This was really the first time he heard of 'Sky Dragon'.
"Yes, this is ninjutsu only Karin can learn. Shisui, don't waste your effort," Shinji directly interrupted Shisui's thought. After all, being magic, Shisui really couldn't learn this.
"Only Karin can? Could it be a special ninjutsu of the Uzumaki clan?" Shisui clearly didn't get Shinji's meaning, still thinking it was a special ninjutsu of the Uzumaki clan.
"Uh... you can think of it that way. But other Uzumaki clan members definitely can't learn it, hahaha," Shinji laughed heartily.
"I see... Karin, let's go to the training ground. I want to see this new ninjutsu of yours," Although Shisui gave up the idea of copying this ninjutsu. He still wanted to see Karin's Sky Dragon ninjutsu.
"Okay, okay, let's go to the training ground~"
Soon, Shinji and the others arrived at Shisui's exclusive training ground. But clearly, someone was already training there.
Thump thump thump! Several shuriken collided steadily in mid-air, then each accurately embedded themselves into the center of the target.
"Shisui?!" Itachi looked surprisedly at Shisui and the others. Clearly, Itachi didn't know Shisui had returned.
"Itachi, training here so early today?" Shisui said happily. Speaking of which, it had been a while since he last saw Itachi.
"Itachi, if I remember correctly, you should be at school now, right?" Deidara looked at Itachi, then at Shisui, a mischievous smile appearing. As two people who constantly clashed, Deidara had already thought of a way to mess with Itachi. That was to directly reveal Itachi skipping class. After all, today was still class time.
"Deidara, you shut up!" Itachi looked resentfully at Deidara. He 'finally' skipped class once and was discovered by Deidara!
"Itachi, you skipped class?" Shisui looked expressionlessly at Itachi, his eyes showing no emotion, making it impossible for Itachi to discern Shisui's true thoughts.
"Eh... Actually, not really. I left a shadow clone there listening to the lecture..." Itachi touched his hair. Usually calm, he actually felt a sense of nervousness at this moment.
"Having a shadow clone there is actually acceptable. After all, the memories of the shadow clone return to the main body when it disappears. Right, Itachi?" Seeing Itachi looking somewhat embarrassed, Shinji spoke up timely. After all, as the most bugged ninjutsu in the ninja world, the shadow clone, this function had been used countless times by protagonists in other books.
"Yeah, so I've been seriously studying the things in school," A drop of cold sweat trickled down Itachi's forehead, and he quickly explained.
"That's good. Itachi, you can't just casually skip class," Shisui said somewhat helplessly. However, there was one thing he didn't say out loud. That was, when Shisui himself was studying, this trick was also something he often used... So, regarding Itachi's thoughts, Shisui actually understood.
"Alright, Itachi, stand over here. Karin, you go up and demonstrate," Shisui asked Itachi to step down, then asked Karin to go up.
"Lord Shinji, Teacher Shisui, can I have Itachi be my opponent?" Karin looked seriously at Itachi.
"Me?" Itachi pointed at himself curiously. He had trained with Karin before, but in terms of combat power, the gap between Karin and Itachi wasn't just a little bit.
"Yes!" Karin's eyes burned with strong fighting spirit.
"Alright, no problem," Itachi was quite straightforward, pushing off with his legs and directly arriving opposite Karin.
"Itachi, you need to be careful," Karin assumed a starting stance.
"Likewise," Itachi also assumed a combat stance. Although he made the movements, both Shisui and Shinji below could see that Itachi wasn't actually feeling very serious.
"Looks like Itachi is likely to suffer a setback," Seeing Itachi's somewhat lax attitude, a mischievous glint flashed in Shisui's eyes.
"He definitely needs to suffer a setback. But... being so careless towards Karin really makes me lose face," Shinji felt the same way. Watching Itachi's actions, Shinji directly gave Karin a meaningful look.
Receiving Shinji's look, Karin nodded heavily. At the same time, the look in her eyes towards Itachi became somewhat strange. She wasn't the previous Karin anymore. Possessing Sky Dragon Slayer Magic, she might give Itachi some surprises in terms of instantaneous combat power.
"Come at me, Karin," Although Itachi sensed the teasing between Shinji and Shisui, his expression still became somewhat serious.
"Metsuryū Mahō! Hayate no Kaze! Maryū Mahō (Demon Dragon Magic)! Gōwan no Chikara (Steel Arm Strength)!" As Karin gathered power, two faint blue lights appeared on her body. This was Karin's Dragon Slayer Magic's supplementary magic, enhancing speed and increasing attack power respectively!
"This is?!" Itachi frowned. The skills Karin displayed were things he had never seen before. This series of unknowns still made Itachi mentally vigilant.
"Metsuryū Mahō! Tenryū no Yokugeki (Sky Dragon's Wing Attack)!" Karin saw Itachi had already prepared his stance. Swinging her hands backward, waves of gale force began to wrap around Karin's arms! At the same time, boosted by Gale Wind, Karin charged towards Itachi at an extremely fast speed.
"This is!? Katon! Hōsenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)!" Seeing Karin's figure suddenly appear, Itachi couldn't help but have a drop of cold sweat fall. Simultaneously, his body leaped backward, the hand seals for Phoenix Sage Fire Technique completed in an instant, blasting towards Karin's position.
"Karin!" Deidara, who always clashed with Itachi, knew the power of Itachi's Fire Release ninjutsu and couldn't help shouting.
"It's alright, Deidara. Karin can handle this," Shinji chuckled lightly, placing his hand on Deidara's shoulder. Seemingly assured by Shinji, Deidara also breathed a sigh of relief, putting the Exploding Clay in his hand back into his pocket.
Boom!!! Itachi's Phoenix Sage Fire Technique hit Karin in the blink of an eye, instantly creating a huge cloud of dust.
"How is it?" Shisui turned his head to look at Shinji.
"The law of 'no injury if there's smoke'. Karin will be fine," Shinji chuckled lightly, but his eyes stared intently towards the smoke. Outside the smoke, Itachi's figure had already appeared, looking worriedly at the smoke. Although his Phoenix Sage Fire Technique was only a C-rank ninjutsu. But remember, Karin was only 5 years old. If anything happened...
"Metsuryū Mahō! Tenryū no Hōkō (Sky Dragon's Roar)!" Karin, within the dust cloud, had already locked onto Itachi's position. Absorbing the power of the sky, she sprayed a huge impact force from her mouth, launching it towards Itachi!
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