"Nonsense!"
Kakashi snorted coldly. "You clearly defected because you were researching forbidden jutsu and murdering fellow villagers."
"Ryou, the Village wasted its efforts in nurturing you. A guy like you actually resurrected Uchiha Madara and brought disaster to the Ninja World."
"Pah!"
Ryou's eyebrows shot up as he pointed at Kakashi and shouted, "My contributions to the Village over the years are countless. I've long since stopped owing anyone in the Village anything."
"Now it's Konoha that owes me. They owe me a Hokage position and a bunch of wives."
Kurenai cursed, "Ryou, for an elite of the Uchiha, how dare you frequent such pleasure quarters?"
"Unable to follow the Three Inhibitions of a Ninja, you're simply a disgrace to all Ninja."
Ryou glared at Kurenai. "Kurenai, what do you know? I finally recovered my health; what's wrong with enjoying myself a bit?"
"Pah! You've just exposed your true nature now that you're free from the Village's discipline. You naturally wicked and lecherous Uchiha."
Kurenai continued to berate Ryou vehemently.
Ryou was fuming from the verbal abuse. Candy took the Gunbai and smacked Ryou on the head.
"Why waste your breath on them? Just capture that red-eyed girl and take her back to give birth to a bunch of little Uchihas."
Ryou snapped back to his senses and pounced like a hungry tiger. "That old monkey Sarutobi was so wary of me. Today, I'll snatch his daughter-in-law and take her home to bear little Uchihas."
Seeing Ryou's wolf-like expression, Kurenai felt a bit afraid and took a step back.
Kakashi stood in front of Kurenai and Rin. He pushed up the forehead protector covering his left eye, revealing a two-tomoe Sharingan.
Kakashi's Sharingan was transplanted from Obito. Because of this Sharingan, the Village had seen no shortage of controversy.
The Sharingan was a double-edged sword for Kakashi. On one hand, he gained the Uchiha Clan's excellent dynamic vision and predictive abilities.
In a fight against someone of the same rank, he could basically crush them.
But on the other hand, because Kakashi was not of Uchiha blood, the Sharingan could not be deactivated.
The active Sharingan constantly consumed Kakashi's Chakra, placing a heavy physical burden on him.
Every time Kakashi fought, it was like he was making a baby—full of vigor and ferocity at first, but sitting on the edge of the bed smoking a cigarette after just a few minutes.
However, Ninja battles were blitzkriegs—either you flash past me, or I flash past you.
At this stage, Obito's Sharingan provided Kakashi with positive feedback.
With the Sharingan active, Ryou's gale-like speed slowed down in Kakashi's eyes.
He quickly seized the opportunity, shifting his feet half a step apart. With his right palm facing up and his left hand hovering over it, his fingertips rapidly formed hand signs.
"Horse — Ram — Monkey — Bird — Dog — Boar"
"Chidori!"
A chirping electrical sound crackled in Kakashi's palm, as if thousands of birds were flapping their wings between his hands.
Pale blue lightning seeped from between his fingers, gathering more and more intensely.
"Is this the Ninjutsu Kakashi developed himself?"
Kurenai looked at the lightning in Kakashi's hand in shock.
While Kakashi's peers like Kurenai were still complacent about learning a B-rank Genjutsu, Kakashi had already developed an A-rank Ninjutsu to dominate the battlefield.
Sometimes, comparing yourself to others is truly infuriating.
Kakashi kicked off the ground violently, his body turning into an afterimage as his right hand, enveloped in lightning, charged straight at Ryou.
The sound produced by the Chidori was as dense as a thousand birds chirping at once, sharp enough to pierce the eardrums.
Candy hated the sound and wanted to use the Gunbai to reflect Kakashi's Ninjutsu back, but Ryou stopped it.
With a crack, Kakashi slammed into Ryou. A blinding light erupted, followed by a series of crackling sounds.
But the sharp, noisy chirping of the Chidori stopped instantly, as if someone had suddenly pressed the pause button.
Who turned off my speakers?
(°ー°〃).
Kurenai and Rin froze like wooden statues, their pupils reflecting something unbelievable.
On the other side, Ryou had directly grabbed the hand Kakashi was using to perform the Chidori. Just by touching Ryou's hand, Kakashi's Chidori went silent.
"You—"
Kakashi's mismatched eyes, one red, one black, met Ryou's pair of Sharingan. The three tomoe arranged within them heavily suppressed Kakashi's single two-tomoe eye.
There was something even more shocking.
Ryou smiled at the stunned Kakashi. "Chidori goes like this, right?"
Ryou extended his right hand and formed a seal with one hand. A burst of lightning suddenly appeared, followed by the chirping of countless birds in his palm.
Pale blue lightning seeped from Ryou's palm, illuminating the incredulous faces of Kakashi, Kurenai, and Rin.
"How is that possible?"
Kakashi roared in disbelief, "Impossible! The Sharingan cannot copy Ninjutsu above B-rank."
The Sharingan has the ability to copy Ninjutsu, but it also has significant limitations.
First, it cannot copy techniques like Kekkei Genkai, Kekkei Tota, or Kekkei Mora.
Second, it cannot copy Secret Techniques, Senjutsu, or Cursed Seal techniques.
Third, it is limited by the Sharingan user's own Chakra nature, physical constitution, and proficiency.
For example, if Ryou didn't have the Lightning nature, he couldn't copy Chidori; even if he did, if he hadn't developed the nature transformation for Lightning Chakra, he still couldn't copy it.
Kakashi's claim that the Sharingan cannot copy Ninjutsu above B-rank was incorrect.
The limitation of the Sharingan's copying ability lies not in the rank of the technique, but in the fundamental type of the technique and the user's own conditions.
Most techniques above B-rank are either high-level Ninjutsu or Secret Techniques, which the Sharingan has great difficulty copying.
Thus, the long-held belief was that the Uchiha Sharingan could not copy Ninjutsu above B-rank.
But if the conditions are right, an Uchiha could even master forbidden jutsu.
However, such a Sharingan would necessarily be above three tomoe.
Ryou wasn't just using the Sharingan to copy Kakashi's Chidori; he also used White Zetsu cells to absorb Kakashi's Lightning Chakra and replicate the Chidori.
This was equivalent to using Yin-Yang Release to copy Kakashi's Chidori—never mind Chidori.
Even if it were the perfected form of the Chidori, the Lightning Blade, as long as Kakashi dared to use it, Ryou would master it on the spot.
Speaking of the Lightning Blade.
Ryou could sense that Kakashi's Chidori was still an incomplete technique.
At this stage, the Chidori primarily dealt piercing damage and relied on the Sharingan's dynamic vision to strike the enemy.
Once the Chidori was completed, it would become the Lightning Blade, but that would have to wait until Kakashi reached adulthood to be performed.
Chidori is an A-rank Ninjutsu, but the Lightning Blade is an S-rank forbidden jutsu.
It adds the explosive power of lightning to the piercing effect, capable of cutting through a bolt of lightning itself.
Furthermore, Kakashi would no longer rely on the Sharingan's dynamic vision; he could use it with his eyes closed.
"Kakashi, let me help you complete your technique!"
Kakashi struggled desperately in Ryou's grip.
One of his hands was controlled by Ryou, the other was bitten by the Ninja Cat on Ryou's shoulder, and the Chakra in his body was being absorbed by Ryou; he was effectively hard-controlled.
Rin and Kurenai were like two bots, just standing there in shock without even throwing a few shuriken to harass Ryou.
Ryou specialized in Fire Release, but he also had accomplishments in Lightning Release.
For instance, take his lightning resistance—after being electrocuted by Madara for so long, Ryou's lightning resistance was already on par with a Ninja from Kumogakure.