Chapter 35: 035: Offering Ultraman as a Sacrifice!
Finally, the Third Hokage found another time to visit the Yuhi household.
This time, he made his intentions clear, skipping the false pleasantries.
He wanted to borrow Natsuki's newly developed jutsu.
It was said that this jutsu only required clapping hands together.
Then, with a loud shout of "Super Invincible Thunderbolt Fireball," it could unleash a dual lightning and fire attack with destructive power no less than an S-rank jutsu.
Although the name was a bit Minato-esque, as long as the jutsu was practical, it was fine.
As a result, under Natsuki's seemingly innocent demands, the Third Hokage promised a bunch of benefits before obtaining the right to borrow this jutsu.
Among them was allowing Natsuki to borrow the Forbidden Scroll once.
The Third Hokage didn't believe that Natsuki could learn the high-difficulty forbidden jutsu within a single viewing.
Unfortunately, Natsuki was a cheat.
He immediately memorized the Flying Thunder God technique he was most interested in, planning to find time later to test whether he could learn it using the Evil King's Eye System.
Similarly, without the enhancement of his Evil King's Eye System, Natsuki didn't think they could learn this chuuni jutsu.
So far, those who could receive the power enhancement from his Evil King's Eye System were all members of the Dimensional End's Congregation and had received the personally crafted membership badges from Natsuki.
Others, no matter how many chuuni phrases they shouted, couldn't activate the ability.
Sure enough, not long after, the Third Hokage, along with a group of ANBU, approached Natsuki again:
"Are you sure that you only need to clap your hands and shout to release this jutsu?"
"Absolutely. That's how I use it anyway."
Natsuki nodded, his expression as sincere as it could be.
"It doesn't make sense. So many of us has tried, yet none of us have learned it. The key is, not only can't we learn it, but we can't even mobilize our Chakra."
"You three, step forward and give a demonstration to Natsuki."
Sarutobi instructed three ANBU members wearing animal masks behind him to step forward.
The three of them clapped their hands together, opening their mouths wide:
"Ha~~Cough, cough, cough..."
"Lord Hokage, they can't anymore, their throats are hoarse."
At this time, another ANBU member whispered in the Hokage's ear.
"..."
"Then you come forward and demonstrate it with all your might on the spot."
"Yes, sir!"
The ANBU member walked to the front, clapped his hands hard, and shouted:
"Ninjutsu: Super Invincible Thunderbolt Fireball!"
Moments later, as expected, there was still no reaction.
Facing everyone's puzzled gazes, Natsuki shook his head: "No, your shout doesn't have enough spirit! Let me demonstrate."
He clapped his hands together: "Ninjutsu: Super Invincible Thunderbolt Fireball!"
Hum~~
A massive blue-red fireball roared out!
Rumble!!!
The enormous explosion shocked everyone, including the Hokage.
The small hill in front of them completely vanished, leaving only crackling lightning and flames burning fiercely.
This time, no one could say a word.
It turned out that their own training was insufficient.
After bidding farewell to Natsuki, Sarutobi once again mobilized a large number of clansmen and ANBU to practice this simple yet powerful offensive Ninjutsu.
As a result, it caused a large number of people to lose their voices, yet still no one succeeded.
From the experiences of Hinata and Choji, it was also concluded that the Tenseigan and Ultraman couldn't be learned by others.
Thus, a legend began to spread in Konoha about a deity bestowing favor, solely upon young children...
Just like that, three more months passed.
Today was Natsuki's turn for classroom duty again.
"Very good, you're getting more and more proficient. Hinata, keep it up, you'll soon complete this stage of training."
A broom stood upright on the ground without anyone holding it.
Then, it slowly and shakily swept the floor.
If someone who didn't know the truth saw this, they would definitely think they had seen a ghost.
"Thank you, Natsuki. I do feel much more comfortable now."
Hinata wiped the sweat from her forehead, speaking with slight excitement.
After practicing for so long, she finally saw results.
It was no longer like before, where the broom would break into several pieces with a single touch.
Moments later, the two stopped practicing and left the Academy.
As they approached the school gate, Natsuki seemed to sense something and turned his head to glance behind the teaching building.
"What's wrong, Natsuki?" Hinata, who was always paying attention to Natsuki, inquired.
"Nothing, let's go."
Natsuki shook his head. He had just felt a strange reaction from over there, but it disappeared just as quickly.
...
"Another failure!!"
Behind the building, beside a magic circle drawn with chalk, Ino frowned.
"Big Sis, I'm hungry, I'm going home for dinner."
"It seems this magic circle is fake. We've been trying for so long, and nothing has been summoned."
"Big Sis, I think you might have been scammed."
Her friends bid farewell to Ino one after another and left the school.
Finally, only Naruto remained. He had another enlightenment; he wanted to learn from masters like Natsuki and Ino on how to attract public attention.
Natsuki was too busy to pay attention to him at the moment.
So, he could only follow Ino for now.
"Why don't we go back first? I'm hungry too."
"No, the previous failures were because the sacrifices weren't significant enough. Most of the sacrifices were flowers from my family's flower shop."
Ino ignored Naruto, still lost in thought.
Natsuki had said that to truly activate the magic circle, it was best to offer something valuable as a sacrifice.
Although he said anything would do, it now seemed that flowers weren't valuable enough, perhaps not significant enough in her heart.
"Right, Naruto, what's your favorite thing?"
Little Ino turned to ask Naruto.
"I said it at the beginning of school, my favorite thing is this."
Naruto took out a toy he carried with him from his small backpack.
"Ta-da! It's the Ultraman you gave me when we first met."
"Great, lend it to me." Ino's eyes lit up, suddenly feeling that this thing might work.
"What... what do you want to do? This is my treasure."
"Give it to me, stop talking nonsense. You've been following me for so long, don't you want to see a miracle? If a miracle doesn't happen, you won't lose anything, I'll return it to you then."
"Th-that's true."
Naruto reluctantly handed the Ultraman model to Ino, feeling something was amiss.
After receiving it, little Ino placed it directly in the center of the magic circle.
Then, with a solemn expression, she clasped her hands in front of her chest, and the incantation she had memorized by heart came out:
"I beseech thee; I pledge myself to thee"
"Answer my call, and obey my will and reason!"
"I am the one who accomplishes all good in the world, I am the one who gathers all evil in the world"
...
"Appear before I, O Guardian of the Sacred Scale, piercing through the wheel of restraint!"
Her voice became more and more ethereal, more and more resounding, as if coming from endless dimensions and transmitting to endless dimensions.
It echoed far and wide in the schoolyard as dusk fell and twilight began.
The magic circle drawn with ordinary chalk suddenly shone brightly.
The brilliant light instantly illuminated everything around.
Naruto's mouth gaped open. He finally knew where his unease came from.
Ino hadn't said what would happen if a miracle occurred, would his Ultraman be gone too?
The first thing that came to Naruto's mind was still his precious Ultraman.
Ino ignored Naruto, her eyes fixed on the magic circle without blinking.
A figure gradually emerged within the magic circle:
"Who dares summon this King?"
The voice was filled with endless majesty, as if traversing countless times and dimensions, booming throughout Konoha...