Wind Breath Valley.
Swish!
Da da da!
Hyuga Chong directed his two teammates to exert effort, while he focused his Chakra on sensing the condition of the ten Hogoromo Clan members.
As soon as they showed signs of exhaustion, he would immediately pull them up.
At first, the ten Hogoromo Clan members wanted to be stubborn, but after being blown by the wind and crashing into rocks, their heads full of bumps, they finally understood that their clan's arrangement was not wrong.
It wasn't just the strong winds; hard objects like rocks blown by the strong winds could also cause them to lose consciousness.
This was when the Konoha Ninja had to step in.
"Hmph, these guys, their Chakra can compare to ours, but their experience is too lacking!" Inuzuka Tsuyoshi said to Aburame Shikyō.
He had also figured it out; these guys had no combat experience at all.
Their application of Chakra was also very crude, relying entirely on prior preparation.
They were constantly being hit by rocks blown by the strong winds.
If it weren't for their specially made vests, it wouldn't have been as simple as just having bumps on their heads.
Aburame Shikyō: "As long as they don't die, I don't care about those guys.
I just want to know, what is Satoru doing?"
His gaze fell on Satoru.
Inside the barrier, there were two Satoru.
That wasn't the main point.
The main point was the large machine in front of them; a giant sphere was rotating, constantly releasing Ninjutsu to protect several machines outside the barrier.
One Satoru was continuously operating on it.
The other was like them, constantly watching for any Hogoromo Clan members who might be lost.
"You mean that machine? I went to look at it, and I don't understand any of the data on it.
The captain said it was some kind of meteorological observation instrument."
Inuzuka Tsuyoshi scratched his head.
If you talked about how long a dog's fur would grow or at what age it would go into heat, he could chatter on and on.
But this meteorological instrument, he didn't understand at all.
He only knew it was used to observe the weather.
"It seems the captain has other objectives besides the mission," Aburame Shikyō said.
"What's the purpose of observing the weather?"
Inuzuka Tsuyoshi looked at the valley, which even during the calm period, gave off a sense of oppression from afar.
He was puzzled.
"The only thing I can think of is Ninjutsu.
The captain wants to create a Ninjutsu based on the weather here," Aburame Shikyō analysed.
Inuzuka Tsuyoshi: "Why do you say that?"
"Firstly, the captain is the head of the Analysis Team.
Unless it's a mission concerning major Konoha affairs, he can't leave the village casually.
Secondly, our mission is just to protect these people from the Hogoromo Clan; there's nothing special about it, and there are no enemy Ninja spies or anything like that.
Thirdly, even if the captain is a kept man and has money, he wouldn't casually bring so many instruments.
This must be related to the captain's objective.
Fourthly, according to the sixth-grade intelligence theory course at the Ninja School, regarding an event, one must not only look at what he said but also what he did.
What the captain is doing is only related to Ninjutsu.
Also, the captain is not a meteorologist, nor is he a scholar who studies meteorology.
Therefore, I deduce that the captain's objective is to create a wind-related Ninjutsu."
Aburame Shikyō analysed for him.
"Oh, I see," Inuzuka Tsuyoshi suddenly understood.
Although he didn't understand the previous parts, he understood that the captain wanted to create a wind-related Ninjutsu.
Aburame Shikyō glanced at his expression, feeling like he was talking to a brick wall.
"Shikyō, five o'clock direction," Hyuga Chong's voice sounded in his ear.
Whoosh!
Aburame Shikyō shot out a Kunai with a wire attached, instantly wrapping around a person in the direction he indicated and dragging him back.
This Hogoromo Clan trial participant was bruised and swollen.
Looking at the people inside the barrier, he also let out a sigh of relief.
He had almost thought he was going to die just now.
A rock blew over and hit him in the face, making him dizzy for a while, causing his maintained posture to be immediately blown away.
Thank goodness, thank goodness.
"Your stamina hasn't been depleted much; go back," Aburame Shikyō sensed that the opponent's Chakra was sufficient and threw him back with a flick.
"Nooo!"
The person let out a miserable cry.
...
Satoru revealed his two eyes, looking at the data on the meteorological instrument, manipulating the flying protective gear created with Dianjing Hand (Pupil Setting Hand), which flew continuously.
He collected information on air pressure, humidity, temperature, and other aspects from high altitude and the ground.
His senses were also maximised, observing the wind's direction and so on.
"Worth it."
This was a product of a certain technology company in the Land of Lightning, costing 35 million Ryo.
Worth one Asuma.
It could accurately observe various meteorological data.
Fortunately, this was a meteorological instrument; the Land of Lightning had never thought of using it in combat and had not imposed any restrictions.
Otherwise, getting it would probably have required a lot of effort.
And he would have had to risk being hunted down by the Hidden Cloud Village.
To complete the Ninjutsu, he had truly spent a fortune.
A normal S-rank mission was only ten to twenty million Ryo, which was not much, not nearly enough.
No wonder Orochimaru later persuaded the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields to establish the Village Hidden in the Sound.
Experiments cost money!
However, Satoru believed that if this Ninjutsu was completed, it would be worth it.
Based on the power he had seen before, few people could withstand the hurricane attacks in Wind Breath Valley.
Unless it was Space-Time Ninjutsu.
It had a large range, strong power, and was not a Ninjutsu attack, but a natural ability attack.
"It just consumes a lot of Chakra, but thankfully I didn't expect it to be a regular attack.
Instead, it's meant to be a trump card Ninjutsu."
This kind of wide-range Ninjutsu requires a huge amount of Chakra.
But he also had a solution.
That was the power bank.
This kind of Ninjutsu would naturally only be used in the Fourth Shinobi World War.
At that time, Naruto and other perfect Jinchuriki would truly be the best power banks.
He would borrow some from them then.
He sensed the condition of his teammates and mission targets again, found everything was fine, and continued his great Ninjutsu research.
His Shadow Clone stayed quietly, just in case.
...
"It's rare for you to remember me, Naruto-kun," Shino Aburame said, looking at Naruto.
It was such a surprise to Shino that Naruto remembered him.
Naruto gave an awkward laugh, scratching his head, and said, "Uh, so, can you temporarily be my subordinate and help me?"
If Shikamaru hadn't insisted, how could he have remembered this person?
He always felt like he had suddenly disappeared and then suddenly appeared in front of him.
"I'm sorry, Naruto-kun, although I want to help you, my insect babies that I've been raising recently are already in their breeding season, so I have to take care of them after school."
Shino Aburame said apologetically.
It was rare for Naruto-kun to remember him; it was such a pity he couldn't help!
"Ah!"
Upon hearing this, Naruto immediately put on a pained expression.
Why such a coincidence!
"What kind of insect babies are they?" Naruto didn't give up and continued to ask.
"These."
Dense black insects crawled out from Shino's body: from his sleeves, sunglasses, collar, etc...
"Aren't they cute? My dads are even cuter.
Do you want me to give you a few?"
Retreat, retreat, retreat...
Naruto, Tenyu, and Maki immediately retreated the moment they saw the insects.
Looking at the dense swarm, all three of them simultaneously got goosebumps.