Naruto: Kushina's Redemption, My Revenge

Kakashi pushed himself off the ground and vomited until there was nothing left in his stomach.

After rolling away from his own mess, Kakashi lay on the ground.

Chinya had just asked him if he truly felt that sensation.

"I did feel it," Kakashi answered. "It was like drinking a cup of warm water in winter. That warmth spread through my entire body. For a moment, I felt incredibly strong—but then it vanished instantly, as if it had never been there at all. I don't know if it was just my imagination."

Leaning against a tree with his arms crossed, Chinya nodded. "That wasn't your imagination. It was the feeling of your blood absorbing oxygen to strengthen your body. Remember this sensation well. If you intentionally take deep breaths for an extended time, oxygen will flow through your body and reach even the deepest cells. This boosts your self-healing, calms your thoughts, and sharpens your focus.

"This is only the beginning. Once you master Total Concentration Breathing, you'll move on to maintaining it constantly—practicing full concentration breathing at every moment."

Kakashi exhaled deeply. "I'll do my best, Master Chinya."

After resting for a while, Kakashi put his mask back on by himself.

The brief surge of physical strength left him with a sweet, satisfying feeling.

If he could maintain it forever, he would definitely become stronger.

Chinya continued traveling across the Land of Grass with Kakashi.

...

Seven months later.

Now it was already the next year.

During a break in their training, Kakashi asked, "Master Chinya, what exactly are you looking for?"

He watched puzzledly as Chinya marked an X on the map.

Every time they reached a new location, Chinya placed another X on the map. Kakashi suspected Chinya might be searching for something, but hadn't asked before.

He assumed Chinya was probably on some mission.

After all, directly asking about mission details is a serious taboo among ninjas.

But after so much time had passed, Kakashi began to suspect that Chinya might not actually be on a mission. So today, he finally voiced his question.

After folding up the map, Chinya replied simply, "A person."

Kakashi's curiosity rose. "Is it a mission? Probably not, right?"

Through more than half a year of close interaction, Kakashi had come to understand Chinya's personality.

For example, during combat situations, Chinya became extremely strict, yet outside of battle, he generally remained quite easygoing.

"No," Chinya shook his head. "It isn't a mission. I just want to find her."

Suddenly interested, Kakashi said playfully, "So she must be really important to you, Master Chinya?"

"Yeah, very important."

Seeing the mischievous glint in Kakashi's eyes, Chinya twitched his lips slightly. "Alright, enough. Don't ask too many questions. Whether we can even find her is still uncertain. Let's return to Konoha's base for now."

At this point, Chinya also felt rather helpless.

Seven months had passed, and together with Kakashi, they'd searched nearly all of the Land of Grass—excluding only the Rock Ninja strongholds.

But they hadn't found even a single red-haired woman, let alone anyone who looked similar.

Instead, during this time, Chinya and Kakashi discovered numerous hidden Rock Ninja bases.

After reporting these hidden bases to Sakumo Hatake through Summoned Beasts, Sakumo immediately sent ninjas to neutralize them.

The Rock Ninja were extremely puzzled. Most of these bases were hidden underground—how could Konoha ninja find them as if they had x-ray vision?

Actually, finding those bases relied entirely on Chinya's Kenbunshoku Haki.

Under the perception of his Observation Haki, hiding underground was completely useless.

And Kakashi truly lived up to the reputation of a prodigy.

Current Kakashi has already mastered Total Concentration Breathing; the mask he now wears is a plain one without any special modifications.

Through the breathing technique, Kakashi had truly and successfully learned all six forms of Thunder Breathing.

In intense training, Kakashi's strength was steadily improving.

However, the seventh form—[Kazekami Raijin]—he simply couldn't perform successfully no matter how hard he tried.

While continuing his training, Kakashi attempted to use Kazekami Raijin again, yet once more he failed.

Slightly disheartened, Kakashi walked up in front of Chinya and asked with confusion, "Sensei Chinya, I've successfully learned the first six forms, so why can't I perform the last one? It used to work fine even before I'd mastered Total Concentration Breathing."

Chinya explained, "The seventh form is an ultimate technique created by combining other sword techniques. What you used before was merely an empty shell.

"Now that you've mastered the breathing method, you must already know how powerful Thunder Breathing becomes when combined with it.

"With or without the breathing technique, Thunder Breathing becomes totally different.

"The reason you're unable to successfully perform the seventh form means you haven't yet fully mastered and integrated the first six forms. Once you do, performing [Kazekami Raijin] will come naturally.

"Also, don't keep obsessing over [Kazekami Raijin] right now. What you must master first is maintaining Total Concentration Breathing constantly.

"When you use the breathing method, your vision can keep up with your speed, but without it, you can barely see anything at all. Only after mastering constant Total Concentration Breathing can you normalize your dynamic vision.

"After that, I can teach you an even faster [Thunder Flash Swift Speed]—but this too depends on you first mastering constant Total Concentration Breathing."

"Yes, I'll start working on maintaining Total Concentration Breathing constantly right away."

Kakashi took out a rubber ball and made a small hole in it.

The method Chinya came up with was having Kakashi blow into the rubber ball until it popped, gradually progressing until Kakashi could maintain Total Concentration Breathing constantly.

After the training session, Chinya and Kakashi made their way back to Konoha's base.

Two days later, Chinya and Kakashi returned to Konoha's base.

At that time, Sakumo Hatake was holding a meeting with several Jonin.

Since Chinya himself was a Jonin, plus being Orochimaru's disciple with remarkable achievements in the Land of Hot Water, he was certainly qualified to attend such meetings. So Sakumo invited Chinya into the meeting.

But Kakashi did not enter; he hadn't reached the level required for this gathering.

After a brief greeting, Sakumo and Chinya resumed the meeting.

As Chinya listened to the details of their meeting, his eyes flashed with a sharp glint.

He didn't expect to return at such a fortunate moment. It looks like everything's finally getting started.

The topic of Sakumo Hatake's meeting was an intelligence report from Konoha.

Important figures from Iwagakure, Kumo, and Kiri held a covert meeting.

Each faction's ninja received a scroll and headed back toward their respective villages.

Konoha's leaders speculated that the scrolls might contain detailed strategic plans for coordination among the three major villages — Iwagakure (Rock), Kumo (Cloud), and Kiri (Mist).

The Cloud ninja's scroll could not be intercepted successfully within the Land of Hot Water.

Likewise, interception attempts against the Mist ninja's scroll also failed.

Therefore, the mission was assigned to Sakumo Hatake, who was ordered to intercept the Rock ninja's scroll in the Land of Grass at all costs.

Sakumo Hatake was currently selecting personnel to carry out this mission, and he himself would personally lead the operation.

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