Yōkō untied the harness ropes from Kanoe and personally fastened them onto Hatake Sakumo.
"Lord Sakumo, this way, you won't fall."
Hatake Sakumo moved his shoulders; his arms and legs could move freely.
Hatake Sakumo and Kanoe together flew up into the night sky.
Even with the weight of two people, the glider took off so easily and smoothly. Nara Rokaku nodded repeatedly; this equipment was incredibly useful in the windy desert.
Yōkō and Tano took off next, following them.
Once in the air, Yōkō shouted to Kanoe: "Kanoe! Demonstrate left and right aerial maneuvers for Lord Sakumo!"
Kanoe pulled the control ropes, using the wind currents to turn left, then right, constantly changing direction.
Hatake Sakumo looked at the distance to the ground; they were at least two hundred meters high. Having such good maneuverability at this height meant average ninjas would be helpless against the glider.
Flying was a very novel experience for a ninja.
Hatake Sakumo's white hair was blown by the night wind, and everything on the ground below looked very small.
Yōkō and Tano caught up again.
"Kanoe, show Lord Sakumo the glider's flight altitude!"
Hearing this, Kanoe manipulated the glider to climb higher, saying to Hatake Sakumo in front of him:
"Lord Sakumo, if paired with a ninja who masters Wind Release, we can easily fly over a thousand meters high.
Look, Captain Fox masters Wind Release. He can use Wind Release to control his flight, so he's higher than us."
Kanoe gained altitude, reaching over a thousand meters.
Hatake Sakumo suddenly realized that if reconnaissance ninjas were brought to high altitudes, the reconnaissance effect would be even better?
No, you wouldn't even need a reconnaissance ninja; an ordinary ninja with binoculars could see very far from such a height.
Yōkō and Tano flew up high, over a thousand meters, even higher than Kanoe and Hatake Sakumo.
Looking down at Kanoe's position, Yōkō activated his Sharingan to enhance his insight and choose the moment to strike.
Now!
Just as Kanoe passed beneath him, Yōkō drew a kunai from his tool pouch and cut the ropes under his arm and around his waist.
Tano was horrified: "Captain! What are you doing?!"
Ignoring Tano, Yōkō's body plummeted downward rapidly.
The glider blocked the view of Kanoe and Hatake Sakumo below.
Kanoe noticed nothing.
However, Hatake Sakumo looked up, staring at the glider above.
What's happening? Why is there a sound of something cutting through the air?
The glider was sliced open with a single cut!
Fox's figure fell through the gap, his ninjato aimed straight at Hatake Sakumo!
Seeing it was the Squadron Leader, Kanoe, greatly alarmed and thinking the ANBU was assassinating Hatake Sakumo, let go of the control ropes without a second thought and grabbed Hatake Sakumo's arms to prevent him from moving.
Yōkō thought this subordinate Kanoe was reliable, unconditionally supporting him in an unexpected situation.
However, Yōkō saw a brilliant white light.
Legend said Hatake Sakumo's chakra was white!
Even with Kanoe's interference, Hatake Sakumo still drew his chakra short sword.
The chakra short sword flashed, its dazzling white blade arc both deadly and elegant.
Kanoe was cut in two. Yōkō's ninjato was cut in two.
Yōkō's shoulder was slashed open.
An intense numbness made Yōkō understand that Hatake Sakumo's white chakra was Lightning Release chakra.
This chakra felt almost physical, thin and sharp.
The blazing white blade glow, several meters long, instantly cleaved Yōkō in two.
So fast!
Without even a chance to probe, Yōkō died within the white light.
But he had forced out Hatake Sakumo's strongest ability, making it easier to draw something better during the lottery.
High above, Tano roared, released his glider harness, and jumped down recklessly.
"Squadron Leader! I'm coming!"
[Detected host death. Mochizuki's Arc system starting...]
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His vision shifted, and Yōkō found himself back at the previous full moon.
It was 2 AM.
Before him was Koishi Chisa, bathed in the moonlight.
Yōkō couldn't help but compare Chisa's fair, beautiful back with Pakura's.
Had to admit, Pakura was slightly superior, with more beautiful curves.
[Mochizuki's Arc activated!
The host has only one resurrection opportunity per month, reviving on the night of the previous full moon after death.
Reward: One lottery draw opportunity:
1- Jōnin-level Chakra Reserve;
2- Taijutsu: White Fang Sword Technique;
3- Secret Technique: Chakra Crystallization Refinement.]
Yōkō eliminated the first option.
During the last system lottery, Yōkō's chakra reserve was 2.3 times the Jōnin level. As his physical talent gradually manifested, his chakra reserve had naturally grown to 2.6 times.
His chakra reserve growth was satisfactory; no need to choose chakra quantity for now.
The second option, Taijutsu: White Fang Sword Technique.
This was Hatake Sakumo's powerful sword technique, far superior to the Kumo-nin's Cloud-Style Sword Technique.
With this sword technique, Yōkō's taijutsu would immediately rise by a large margin.
If not for the third option, Yōkō would have chosen the White Fang Sword Technique.
The third option was actually a Secret Technique, Chakra Crystallization Refinement?
'Crystallization' meant condensing chakra, eventually even materializing it.
Hatake Sakumo was very mysterious; enemies who saw him died.
The entire shinobi world knew Hatake Sakumo was powerful, but enemy villages didn't know how powerful, only that encountering him on a mission meant certain death.
When sparring with comrades, Hatake Sakumo never used his full strength.
So, Hatake Sakumo mastered a Secret Technique.
Torn between the taijutsu and the secret technique, Yōkō hesitated repeatedly, finally choosing the third option.
A Secret Technique sounded very enticing.
After obtaining this secret technique, Yōkō was momentarily stunned.
Koishi Chisa in front of him immediately sensed something. She turned her head slightly, puzzled: "What's wrong?"
After his brief distraction, Yōkō quickly adjusted his state: "It's nothing. I saw the documents on your desk; I didn't expect your handwriting to have such astonishing strength."
Chisa glanced at her own writing—it was just neat, delicate characters—then her ears turned red.
Half an hour later, Yōkō left Koishi Chisa's bedchamber and went to a deserted place outside the capital city.
He hurriedly examined the White Fang's secret technique in detail.
The Chakra Crystallization Refinement's effect was extremely simple: through arduous training, condense large amounts of chakra into materialized crystals.
Yōkō recalled his death in the previous timeline. The White Fang's dazzling blade glow was actually Lightning Release chakra refined to an extreme.
The White Fang's blade glow instantly sliced through Kanoe, himself, his ninjato, his flesh and bones—everything was like paper before it.
The effect was similar to Sasuke's Chidori Sharp Spear from the original story.
Chidori Sharp Spear uses Lightning Release chakra shape transformation to extend the Chidori into a sharp lightning spear to attack mid-to-long range enemies.
The Chakra Crystallization Secret Technique, however, refines Lightning Release chakra into a thin, sharp blade glow several meters long. In terms of chakra shape transformation, the Lightning Release blade glow is far superior to Sasuke's Chidori Sharp Spear.
Yōkō did not have the Lightning chakra nature. After learning this secret technique, he would refine chakra of other natures.
His primary nature was Earth; refining Earth nature chakra was fastest for him, and the quantity was greatest.
He wondered what kind of enhancement crystallizing Earth nature chakra would bring him.
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