Wok Shadow Ninja

Chapter 53: A Girl Who Can Use Wood Style?

Five minutes later, Inoichi Yamanaka, Shikaku Nara, and Choza Akimichi also entered the cave.

By this time, Ino and the others had already firmly tied up Mizuki.

His ten fingers were bound back and forth like a cat's cradle, with several loops.

In this era where overpowered ninjas weren't flying all over the sky, 99.99% of ninjas needed to form hand seals to use ninjutsu. It wasn't that there weren't any ninjas who could use hand seal-less ninjutsu, but Mizuki definitely didn't have that ability.

With his fingers tied up, he couldn't even use a Substitution Jutsu.

After discovering that natural energy had high resistance to toxins, Ino also poured two pounds of anesthetic into Mizuki. If he could still stand up after this, it would definitely be a miracle.

The three clan heads were naturally called by Ino and the others early on. The entire night's activities were being monitored by the Third Hokage. Mizuki thought he had succeeded, but in reality, his every move was under the surveillance of Anbu ninjas. Under these circumstances, it was really not a good time to stir up trouble. It was fine to take a peek at the cursed seal, but the idea of letting Mizuki go and having him take the blame was not an option for Ino; it was too dangerous.

Since she couldn't cause trouble, she naturally needed to take precautions. If Ino and the others couldn't defeat Mizuki, then without a doubt, it was time for the Great Summoning Jutsu: call the parents!!

The result now was not bad.

Inoichi was very satisfied with his daughter's performance tonight. He first praised Shikamaru: "Your Shadow Imitation Technique was used well."

Shikaku returned the favor and also praised: "Ino was able to discover this guy's problem through some clues. She will definitely become an outstanding kunoichi in the future. Maybe Konoha will have a second Tsunade-sama. Choji is also very good, very brave, your Meat Tank Roll was the key!"

The big fat Choza happily pulled his son up, also praising Ino and Shikamaru for their excellent performance.

On their way back to the village, they encountered Iruka, Naruto, and the ashamed Tsubaki-sensei.

"Huh? You've already defeated Mizuki-sensei?" Naruto looked at Mizuki, who was covered in tiger stripes, and it took him a while to recognize who it was.

He had finally learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, but he didn't have the chance to use it, which was really depressing.

He eagerly asked how the three of them had defeated Mizuki.

Shikamaru acted like he had Alzheimer's, answering one out of every ten questions. Ino started to make things up, saying things like Choji had taken down Mizuki with a slide tackle, which left Naruto confused.

Seeing her fiancé's ashen face and weak breathing, Tsubaki-sensei was very sad. She already knew the general course of events, and for such a serious crime of betraying the village, she didn't dare to plead for leniency.

As the Hokage's advisor, Shikaku was definitely a high-ranking official in the village. He said officially: "Mizuki is suspected of betraying the village. We suspect he has connections with rogue ninjas outside the village. Tsubaki, you need to be mentally prepared."

Tsubaki was just an ordinary Chunin, suddenly encountering such a huge change, her mind was in a mess. She could only nod mechanically: "...I understand."

After entering the village, Shikaku gave them several orders: "Tsubaki, come with us. You kids go home. Remember, don't leak anything about what happened today."

Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji nodded in unison. The rest had nothing to do with them.

Naruto had only met Shikaku twice while following Shikamaru and didn't actually know who this uncle was.

He held his head in his hands, tilting his head, seemingly wanting to continue to participate.

At the critical moment, Iruka used "ramen" as a bait to forcibly drag him away.

The fifteenth generation Ino-Shika-Cho took the unconscious Mizuki and Tsubaki to the Hokage Tower.

The three advisors and the Hokage were all here.

Tsubaki was sternly questioned by Koharu Utatane. After initially determining that she was not directly related to Mizuki's betrayal, an Anbu ninja on the side took her away. She had to confess who Mizuki had met and what he had come into contact with during this time. She would definitely be punished afterwards, and she wouldn't be able to return to the Ninja Academy. Being sent to the border as a sentry was her only outcome.

The Third Hokage and the advisors looked at the cursed seal on Mizuki's arm. Mizuki's betrayal was anticipated, but this cursed seal was an unexpected gain. Their eyes met, and then they all nodded.

They had all seen something similar on Anko Mitarashi's neck, but this one was too crude.

Inoichi stepped forward to claim credit for his daughter. He took out the residue from when Mizuki had prepared the potion, as well as the scroll that recorded the medicinal herbs at that time.

"Lord Third Hokage, Ino found this list of medicinal herbs and some residue from Mizuki's potion preparation."

If no one had spoken up for her, this matter would have been brushed aside without a mention. Who would care about the opinion of a little Genin? Now that Inoichi had deliberately brought it up, with Shikaku and Choza watching, the Third Hokage couldn't pretend to be confused.

He said with a smile: "I understand. The children all performed well. After the village investigates clearly, there will be rewards."

Inoichi was very satisfied, Shikaku and Choza also had smiles on their faces, looking like caring fathers.

The chaotic night passed just like that.

Naruto learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Ino came into contact with the cursed seal for the first time and had a preliminary understanding of it.

Many things happened, and many things didn't happen.

The scene of Iruka, the little squishy, taking a knife for Naruto, the big meat shield, didn't happen, nor did the scene of Naruto beating up Mizuki with shadow clones.

The Ninja Academy had already graduated, and there were still a few days before the team assignments. Ino created two shadow clones and used the last of the vacation to practice Earth Style chakra nature transformation with all her might.

After two days of arduous practice, she successfully developed Earth Style chakra. The "Earth" character on her panel became solid, and the words "lv1" appeared next to it.

Water Style lv2, Earth Style lv1. On the panel, next to the words "Water" and "Earth", a small arrow extended from each, converging together to form a new white mist. Within the mist, there seemed to be a faint character, but it was completely unclear now.

Water Style plus Earth Style, this should be the famous Wood Style. Ino tried to add points to it with the one skill point she had been saving, but she found that she couldn't add it at all. The information the panel fed back to her was not that she didn't have enough skill points, but that the conditions weren't met!

Ino was a little at a loss. What should she do? Was she lacking in basic attributes, or was it the level of her Water Style and Earth Style? Or was she simply lacking Yin Style? Lacking Asura chakra?

The shadow clones practiced Water Style and Earth Style at home, while Ino's main body wandered aimlessly on the streets, observing her surroundings to see where she could get skill points, while pondering the matter of Wood Style.

Passing through an alley, she unexpectedly saw Naruto and his three recently acquired followers in the distance, the rather famous Konohamaru Corps in the village.

Ino's gaze lingered on the girl among them, the eight-year-old Moegi Kazamatsuri, for a few seconds. Distant memories surfaced in her mind. Could this girl, probably, possibly, perhaps use Wood Style in the future?

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