This battle...
It seems like it's going to get troublesome!
Jiraiya never thought that Akihara Kagura had also learned Dust Release, posing a significant threat to him, and if he wasn't careful, he could really lose his life!
However, Jiraiya is a man of pride, and he felt embarrassed to mention the prohibition of Dust Release to his own student. Wouldn't that mean he was scared?
"Fire Release: Flame Bomb!"
Jiraiya opened his mouth and spewed a raging flame towards Akihara Kagura!
The temperature of these flames was extremely high, as Jiraiya synthesized oil within his body, spitting it out while simultaneously igniting it with Fire Release!
"Sage Art: Earth Flow Wall!"
Akihara Kagura quickly formed hand seals, and the earth seemed to come alive, growing into a tall earthen wall. The flames clashed against the wall instantly!
"Not bad with that Earth Release Jutsu, kid!"
Jiraiya couldn't help but praise when he saw the tall earthen wall still standing under the flames, then noticed a face carved into the wall.
The face on that wall...
Why does it look so much like Shimura Danzo?
Did this kid learn the Earth Flow Wall from Kakashi Hatake? Otherwise, why would he like to carve things on walls, and even carve Shimura Danzo on it!
"Earth Release: Swamp of the Netherworld!"
Jiraiya once again unleashed the Swamp of the Netherworld, watching the earthen wall sink into the swamp and seeing Akihara Kagura floating above it!
"How can he also have flying abilities?"
This Instructor Jonin instantly felt a headache.
Just with this flying capability alone, Akihara Kagura almost has a huge advantage in battle. Whether it's reconnaissance, evading attacks, or attacking from above, it's all very convenient!
Facing Akihara Kagura's endless bizarre abilities, Jiraiya vaguely felt an illusion, as if he was the one being assessed, especially since Akihara Kagura hadn't even used his best Wood Release technique yet!
"Fire Release: Great Flame Bomb!"
Jiraiya once again spewed a massive sea of flames towards Akihara Kagura!
In the next moment!
Jiraiya saw Akihara Kagura's body disappear from the spot!
"Flying Thunder God Technique, how did I forget again..."
Jiraiya's expression changed dramatically, remembering his student had also learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, meaning he didn't need to use Ninjutsu to test him!
Just the Flying Thunder God Technique was enough to let Akihara Kagura remain undefeated in this battle. Achieving the objective in this bell battle was a great challenge for Jiraiya as an excellent teacher!
"What a hassle..."
Jiraiya quickly clasped his hands together.
In front of such an outstanding student, ordinary tactics wouldn't work, and even little tricks like shadow clone traps seemed weak under Sage Mode's perception!
Jiraiya was too embarrassed to summon a beast for help; having to use summoned beasts for a bell battle against his student would make the folks at Mount Myoboku laugh to death!
"Barrier: Sky Cover Array!"
Jiraiya activated a barrier, expanding it continuously. This barrier array allowed Jiraiya to sense any Chakra changes within it!
As long as Akihara Kagura used the Flying Thunder God Technique within the barrier, Jiraiya could sense his position, though he might not be able to react in time...
However...
At least he could detect when the young rascal was launching a sneak attack!
"Here it comes!"
A shuriken suddenly shot through the air!
Jiraiya, seeing the shuriken, immediately recalled another student's signature technique and guessed that the shuriken had Akihara Kagura's Flying Thunder God Mark on it!
Jiraiya watched the shuriken with a smile at the corner of his mouth. He guessed that when the shuriken flew near him, Akihara Kagura would surely use the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear!
This is another way Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique, forcibly utilizing a marked Flying Thunder God Kunai to create a faster thrust!
Just as Jiraiya prepared for everything, the shuriken didn't fly towards him but embedded itself in a tree!
"Is this... a trap?"
Jiraiya frowned, immediately examining the shuriken embedded in the tree to see if it was attached to a wire, wondering if there was some sort of trap!
"Sorry... I missed..."
Akihara Kagura's voice sounded somewhat embarrassed.
"..."
Jiraiya's vigilant expression stalled.
Almost forgot!
This little guy never went to school!
He never really had the opportunity to learn any shuriken throwing techniques!
After all, this kid started off with S-Level Ninjutsu, resorting to Dust Release and Wood Release at the drop of a hat. There's hardly a chance he would learn any shuriken throwing techniques!
However, this is a serious bias; shuriken throwing techniques are quite important, and when Chakra is depleted, it's a crucial skill for a ninja!
Moreover, if the shuriken throwing technique is not up to par, you can't use the Flying Thunder God Technique like Minato, which would be a waste of its advantage for thrusting abilities!
At this moment, Jiraiya actually felt a bit happy inside. Although he wasn't very good at shuriken throwing techniques himself, teaching this kid would be more than enough!
A vine suddenly sprung from the ground!
Jiraiya had already sensed the changes in chakra underground through the [Sky Cover·Barrier Array], and swiftly dodged aside, laughing out: "Finally going to use Wood Release?"
Jiraiya's eyes were sharp, even seeing the Flying Thunder God Mark on the vines, the chakra of the Flying Thunder God User ready to transform into the Flying Thunder God Mark at any time.
Obviously.
Akihara Kagura used this move to make up for the deficiencies in Shuriken Throwing Jutsu!
Sure enough, Jiraiya quickly saw Akihara Kagura appearing instantly beside the vines with the help of the Flying Thunder God Mark, reaching out to grab the bell on Jiraiya's waist!
"Got you!"
Jiraiya showed a smug smile!
Jiraiya suddenly reached out and grabbed Akihara Kagura's wrist, intending to take advantage of the opportunity to subdue this student and simultaneously announce his defeat!
But then…
Jiraiya felt a burning sensation in his palm!
An orange-red chakra appeared on Akihara Kagura's wrist, looking just like a mass of molten lava!
"Is this... Lava Release?"
Jiraiya's heart trembled, his palm instinctively let go, how could human skin possibly withstand the scorching lava!
"Hmm."
Akihara Kagura grabbed the bell on Jiraiya's waist and only then began to explain: "When I learned Dust Release, I incidentally learned to synthesize Lava Release..."
"..."
Jiraiya's expression collapsed again.
Is this kind of Kekkeigenkai something that can be learned casually?
How high is this kid's talent after all! Able to synthesize Kekkeigenkai that many envy but cannot attain, so effortlessly!
In fact.
After acquiring the Rinnegan, Akihara Kagura had already mastered the nature changes of six types of chakra, wind, fire, earth, water, lightning, and yin; only still unfamiliar with the nature change of Yang Release chakra.
If someone were willing to teach him, Akihara Kagura could even synthesize more Kekkeigenkai, although he already possessed Kekkeigenkai like Mangekyo Sharingan, Wood Release, and Lava Release, as well as Kekkeitota Dust Release and Kekkeigora Rinnegan.
"Darn it..."
After losing this bell plucking competition, Jiraiya felt a bit of frustration: "Didn't even manage to force out your Wood Release, little guy..."
This is just too disgraceful!
Without a Summoned Beast, indeed his combat power would be significantly reduced, but yet he couldn't even draw out his disciple's truly strong cards!
"Hey..."
Akihara Kagura looked at his unhappy teacher and took the initiative to suggest: "If Jiraiya-sensei wants to try out Wood Release, you can summon that big toad who just wanted to scold me, I also want to test the power of a Wood Release Jutsu..."
"Wen Tai?"
After pondering for a second, Jiraiya nodded: "Perhaps I can't summon Wen Tai right now, but I can bring out someone with a similar build."
After all, having just detached the Summoning with Gama Bunta, it shouldn't be a problem to call out one of Gama Bunta's two brothers.
However...
Jiraiya felt something was off.
Why does it seem like I'm tricking a Summoned Beast out to take a beating!
"Then forget it."
Akihara Kagura immediately lost interest upon hearing Jiraiya wasn't summoning Gama Bunta: "We'll try the power of that jutsu next time we train, my chakra is also pretty exhausted now..."
After saying this, Akihara Kagura released his Sage Mode, the tiny leaf-like mark on his forehead, akin to an eye, quickly vanished without a trace.
"You little rascal..."
Jiraiya stroked his chin, a suspicious look in his eyes: "Aren't you thinking of revenge on Wen Tai?"
"How could I?"
Akihara Kagura's eyes appeared exceedingly sincere, even a bit aggrieved: "Everyone in the village who has interacted with me knows, I'm never petty."
Akihara Kagura even gave an example: "The Chunin Mitarashi Anko from the village offended me, and I didn't hold a grudge and even hired her as a tutor for Karin and Naruto Uzumaki."
"Anko, huh..."
In his heart, Jiraiya sighed.
The name Mitarashi Anko, Jiraiya had heard long ago, also knowing Mitarashi Anko was a disciple once accepted by Orochimaru.
"Let's find a place to rest first."
Jiraiya originally wanted to properly guide Akihara Kagura in his training.
But now it seems, this little guy's talent is exceptional, he has mastered three kinds of Kekkeigenkai and has learned to activate Sage Mode, significantly cutting down on the teaching curriculum, left with only some basic courses to focus on.
Jiraiya's heart rekindled the thought of tracking down Orochimaru, planning to train Akihara Kagura while continuing to search for Orochimaru's traces in the Ninja World!
Unfortunately.
Jiraiya could gather no information.
Because Orochimaru joined the Akatsuki Organization, which always had someone watching him, not allowing him to leave on his own, he gradually vanished in the Ninja World.
Luckily.
Jiraiya has a good disciple.
As Jiraiya's disciple, Akihara Kagura is certainly obliged to help ease his teacher's worries.