It's frustrating to find out that one of your ultimatum techniques has a huge disadvantage that wasn't apparent before - Kongo Fusa (Adamant Chains) and various variations use Founder's yang chakra with only a small inclusion of in.
Thus, for a shinobi whose balance of chakra energies is only slightly shifted to the corporeal side, this cuts the available amounts in half, unlike an opponent who fully converts his chakra to elemental chakra and has no such problem. And come on just that - if at the beginning of the battle, I was practically as fast as the blond, then at the end this gap began to grow.
Thanks to not having to maintain a single construct technique, I have the ability to use ninjutsu and improve my body's capabilities to impressive heights, but when the balance of chakra is off, the effectiveness gradually weakens the further I go. In-chakra is simply not adapted for this, and as a result, almost all Nara cannot boast outstanding stats and great achievements in taijutsu.
Raiton no Yoroi has no such problem, boosting all physical attributes, protecting and at the same time allowing you to attack, albeit at the cost of not being able to use other ninjutsu.
You could say the top class of this ninjutsu allows the ruling Kumogakure clan to remain at the helm from the very foundation of the hidden village and in its completed form makes the user a true monster on the battlefield and I need to find a suitable trump card that will allow me to gain an advantage against such enemies.
I don't think this is the last time I'll see Ai Jr. and I dread to think what the Third Raikage, who has honed Raiton no Yoroi to perfection, is capable of. What could possibly damage him other than his own technique?
Rasenshuriken, the next stage of rasengan, comes to mind, theoretically capable of overcoming the raiton's cover through elemental weakness, but futon isn't my thing, even if I have the necessary chakra control to pull off such a demanding ninjutsu.
Thoughts of creating destructive techniques had to be put on hold as we reached the positions of our companions and by this time, all the surviving cloudbenders had managed to retreat - I could sense about two hundred shinobi rapidly moving away towards the border of the Hot Springs country. Considering the numbers the enemy went to attack, this is a very good result, despite the probably heavy losses on Konoha's side.
- Nara-dono, the enemy has been repulsed, and your help is urgently needed at the camp," a barely familiar shinobi from the escort squad jumped up to me as soon as we were among our own.
- I'll be right there," I nodded to him and asked, taking a quick look around, "Where's Hyuga-san?
Normally, she preferred to communicate in person rather than through a messenger.
- Taicho was badly wounded and is currently being evacuated to the camp with the rest of the seriously injured," the jonin replied clearly.
- Squad losses?
- Nine jonins and more than three dozen chunin are dead, half of the rest are wounded, the losses among the permanent contingent are being counted, but at least a third are permanently lost," the man grimaced.
- And I'll try to make sure there are as few new ones as possible," he shook his head and turned to his escort, "Kushina, let your clones help with the search and transportation of the wounded, more or less whole bodies of the enemies to collect and seal in a scroll.
- I'll do it," the girl nodded seriously, catching the scroll thrown to her.
- You stabilize the critically wounded and resuscitate those who still have a chance," I waved to the kage bunshin, "and I'll go to the infirmary.
- You got it, boss! - The copies instantly scattered in different directions.
There was no doubt that everyone still alive would be found, and if they were enemies, I'd have more prisoners on my scroll to add to the shadows. It was a spoonful of honey in the mountain of work that lay ahead of me.
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