"This body's development is a bit too fast..."
Sarutobi Asuma felt a slight annoyance.
He could clearly feel that his sex hormone secretion levels were far beyond those of his peers.
This was likely related to his training, especially the prolonged stimulation and activation of cells after mastering Lightning Style Chakra Mode.
Yet, he wasn't even twelve years old.
"Looks like I was too lazy yesterday!"
Rubbing his cheeks, Sarutobi Asuma sped up his pace to go home.
After washing up and eating breakfast, he went to pick up Yūhi Kurenai.
At the same time, a Shadow Clone that had been staying at home went to find Orochimaru.
The transaction they had agreed upon earlier was not yet complete.
He was quite looking forward to Orochimaru's research on the human body and his research on Wood Release.
Finding Orochimaru's house wasn't difficult.
"Come in!"
Before Sarutobi Asuma could even knock, Orochimaru's voice came from inside. He immediately pushed the door open and entered.
Orochimaru raised his hand, presenting a scroll, clearly having been waiting.
After the exchange and a brief chat, Sarutobi Asuma left with the scroll.
However, he hadn't gone far before a figure appeared before him.
Danzō!
Sarutobi Asuma frowned.
Danzō, with one eye covered by bandages, spoke directly to Sarutobi Asuma, "I heard your suggestion from Orochimaru."
Sarutobi Asuma watched him calmly.
Danzō frowned slightly and said, "If we can win over the Amegakure, we can completely defeat the Stone Ninja quickly."
"As long as Hanzō joins us, we can swiftly defeat the Stone Ninja, and then concentrate our forces to deal with the Mist Ninja and Cloud Ninja, rapidly ending this war."
"This is what you've always wanted, isn't it?"
"Come to Root, Asuma. With your talent, you can become the next leader of Root."
He couldn't even trick people properly!
Sarutobi Asuma suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and continued walking, stating calmly, "Regarding my appointment, I will follow the Third Hokage's decision."
"Furthermore, if you wanted to impersonate Stone Ninja to assassinate Hanzō, you should have found a ninja skilled in Earth Style, and I happen to not be skilled in Earth Style."
Danzō retorted, "But you are the most suitable person for the reception/backup role!"
"Your brother, Sarutobi Shinya, is skilled in Earth Style. If you brothers work together, you can definitely succeed!"
Sarutobi Asuma stopped in his tracks, a little astonished.
What kind of brain did this guy have?
He actually wanted his brothers to carry out his plan?
Was he kidding?
Did he think he was young and foolish?
Sarutobi Asuma laughed in anger and said, "Lord Danzō, instead of thinking about these things here, you should consider what Hanzō will choose if the battlefield extends into the Land of Rain, when we ally with the Sand Ninja to deal with the Stone Ninja."
With that, Sarutobi Asuma's figure vanished.
"Hmph, no breadth of vision!"
"And weak, just like his father!"
Danzō's expression turned sour.
At this moment, two Root ninja appeared. Danzō asked, "What's the situation with that organization called Akatsuki in the Land of Rain?"
One Root ninja quickly replied, "Their strength is considerable. We can't take them down in a short period."
"Moreover, if this continues, they might discover us."
Danzō's face darkened, and he turned to leave, "It seems I must make a trip myself!"
On the other side.
In front of a waterfall, Sarutobi Asuma was conducting Chakra Control training with Yūhi Kurenai and Shizune, unaware of Danzō's ridiculous scheme.
Walking upstream against the waterfall – this training exercise was something even Shizune, who had decent Chakra Control, couldn't complete.
However, according to Sarutobi Asuma's estimation, if one could successfully walk upstream on this waterfall, which was several hundred meters long, their Chakra Control would undoubtedly be at the Kage level.
The difficulty was not small.
Sarutobi Asuma estimated that in all of Konoha, only he and Tsunade could accomplish this easily.
After watching the two women train for a while, Sarutobi Asuma created a Shadow Clone to search for a target location.
For him, normal training had an almost negligible effect on improving his Chakra Control.
But he couldn't stop training, so his only option was to continue increasing the difficulty.
Walking on water, climbing trees, crossing small rivers, large rivers, carrying stones up cliffs, the difficulty gradually increased, and now he was walking up a waterfall. What was next?
An hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Sarutobi Asuma rejoiced, "Found it!"
A moment later, he arrived before a narrow gorge.
Two mountain peaks stood straight up, separated by less than three meters.
Most importantly, the terrain here was such that the wind blew through the gorge with a whistling sound.
The airflow here was very strong!
"Walking on water has reached its limit. Now, I'll try walking on wind."
Sarutobi Asuma secretly planned.
Supporting his body with Chakra and airflow would undoubtedly be an incredibly difficult feat.
If he could achieve it, he would be able to use the air to evade attacks, move, and attack enemies from blind spots, and so on.
The power of the Physical Body Flicker technique would also increase exponentially.
"Under the Scorch Release Chakra Mode and Wind Release Chakra Mode, I can actually do this easily."
"But if I don't use these two Chakra Modes..."
Sarutobi Asuma leaped, entering the narrow gorge from the mountaintop.
The wind howled, and his robe fluttered.
Sarutobi Asuma calmly manipulated the Chakra at the soles of his feet, but even with his Level 11 Chakra Control, he couldn't achieve it immediately.
His body kept falling.
Suddenly.
Sarutobi Asuma's movement halted, and he stopped in mid-air.
But it only lasted for a second before his body continued to fall.
Thus, he fell, stopped, fell, stopped.
By the time he landed, Sarutobi Asuma's longest aerial stop was still only two seconds.
"Just stopping in the air isn't that difficult."
Sarutobi Asuma returned to the mountaintop, pondered for a moment, and leaped down again.
However, this time he incorporated a Wind Style nature transformation.
Soon, he stopped in mid-air and then, swaying, walked on the air.
"The air density is too low, and the wind speed here is too fast..."
Sarutobi Asuma walked step by step, constantly adjusting.
Half an hour later, he was steadily walking in the air.
An hour later, Sarutobi Asuma walked out of the gorge. The air density decreased again, and his steps became unstable.
However, his powerful Chakra Control and profound Wind Style nature transformation allowed Sarutobi Asuma to adapt quickly.
"Not bad!"
"Very good!"
Sarutobi Asuma was quite pleased.
For the next two days, he continued this training, from steady walking to walking, then to running, improving step by step.
However, Sarutobi Asuma's true goal was to achieve this without using Wind Release.
Therefore, after being able to run at high speed and glide in the air using Wind Release Chakra, achieving a speed far exceeding the previous Wind Body Flicker technique, he turned back to resume training with normal Chakra.
Meanwhile.
In the Land of Rain.
Confronting the Akatsuki organization and seeing Nagato unleash his power, Danzō's pupils contracted: "Those eyes are..."
He recognized them – the legendary Rinnegan!
Seeing Nagato effortlessly eliminate the pursuing Root ninjas, Danzō did not step forward and simply watched the Akatsuki members escape.
"As expected of the legendary eyes that control life and death, such formidable power."
"Such power should not be in the hands of an unknown nobody!"
Danzō thought, and immediately retreated with the remaining Root ninjas.
He needed to change his plan!
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