After laughing, he began searching the scroll again for a ninjutsu that suited him.
Water Style: Raging Wave - Summons a large amount of water to attack the enemy.
Hmm, seems pretty good. Combined with his Lightning Release chakra, he should be able to form a combination ninjutsu.
Half an hour later, Gisei stared at the small puddle of water on the ground and began to sigh.
He had learned it, but because of his low chakra volume, it felt like he was just spitting saliva. The power was pitifully weak.
Sure enough, the issue of his chakra volume needed to be resolved. Otherwise, no matter how many jutsu he learned, he wouldn't be able to use them effectively.
After thinking about it, Gisei decided to put this matter aside for now and start focusing on the graduation exam.
After all, that was the most pressing matter. Since he was taking the exam, he definitely had to pass, but his current strength was not nearly enough. Even if his taijutsu training was successful, there was still too much uncertainty.
He lacked a decisive move—a finishing ninjutsu or taijutsu.
Gisei began to recall the Lightning Release ninjutsu from the plot.
As for Water Release, he gave up on it immediately.
Chidori—this seemed to be a close-combat nintaijutsu, which didn't quite suit him, as his taijutsu was relatively poor. However, if he could cultivate it into nature transformation, it would suit him perfectly.
Thinking of nature transformation, Gisei's eyes lit up.
Let's give it a try.
He ran to the courtyard and tried to gather chakra in his hand. A faint electric light flickered and then disappeared.
So difficult...
Refusing to believe in bad luck, he concentrated all his chakra onto his hand.
With a zzzt sound, the electric light flared for a moment and then vanished again.
Gisei dropped to his knees, clutching his arm and holding his hand, his face twisted in pain. He hadn't expected that just doing this would place such a heavy burden on his meridians.
It only lit up for a second, but he felt like his entire arm was about to be ruined.
Sure enough, it wasn't that simple. He might be able to learn Chidori in the future, but for now, it was definitely a forbidden technique for him.
After resting for an hour, he finally felt a bit better.
If shape transformation didn't work, he would try nature transformation.
Speaking of which, between shape transformation and nature transformation, which one should be cultivated first? In the plot, it seemed that shape transformation came first, followed by nature transformation?
Taking a kunai from his ninja tool pouch, he tried to infuse Lightning Release chakra into it, then threw it at a tree.
He took out another kunai and threw it at the tree again.
Then he ran to the tree, pulled out the two kunai, and began to observe the cuts.
The cuts caused by the two kunai were different: one deep, one shallow.
There was an effect.
He threw another chakra-infused kunai, this time injecting a slightly larger amount of chakra, but the result was unsatisfactory.
Frowning, Gisei ran to his room to get paper and a pen, and began to write down all the properties of lightning nature transformation he could think of.
Sharpness, paralysis, diffusion, conduction... what else?
Is explosion considered a property of lightning?
Gisei scratched his head, unable to figure it out.
Whatever, let's try them one by one.
First, sharpness.
Gisei: "..."
Can anyone tell me how lightning is supposed to become sharp?
Sasuke and Killer Bee in the plot both seemed to know this operation, and they both used swords. Maybe he also needed a sword?
Just then, Eisawa returned, reeking of alcohol.
"Uncle Eisawa, do we have any ninja swords at home?"
Eisawa was obviously drunk. He mumbled some nonsense that couldn't be understood, then threw a key at him.
"Warehouse. Go look for yourself."
Catching the key, Gisei looked at his uncle's swaying back with worry in his heart.
If this continued, he would probably drink himself to death sooner or later, without even getting the chance to turn into a butterfly. But he didn't know how to persuade him—what a headache.
Arriving at the warehouse behind the house, Gisei opened the large door that hadn't been touched in a long time.
"Cough... cough... cough..."
As soon as he pushed the door open, a cloud of dust hit him in the face, choking him and making him cough repeatedly. Once the dust settled, he walked in.
All kinds of weapons were densely piled on the ground, looking like a heap of trash.
He picked up a sword from the ground and pulled out the blade—hmm, rusted. Throwing it casually aside, he began to rummage through the pile for a ninja sword that suited him.
Too long, don't want it.
This one is pretty good... why is it rusted too...
After searching for a long time, he didn't find anything suitable, so he walked deeper into the warehouse.
Honestly, the warehouse was quite large. He found several more swords in the back, but none were suitable for him to use.
At this moment, a ninja sword placed on a dilapidated weapon rack caught his attention.
"This sword seems to be Uncle Kurosuke's. Hehe, I actually miss him quite a bit."
Although he said this, he knew that the owner of this sword was already dead.
Picking up the sword, he drew the blade—not rusted.
Naturally. Kurosuke was one of the few sword masters in the clan, so he wouldn't be careless with his sword. He didn't know what material it was made of; anyway, as long as it suited him, it was fine.
Having found a usable sword, he prepared to leave. But as he walked out, he looked back at the rusted weapons scattered all over the floor and fell silent for a moment before closing the large door.
Returning to the courtyard, he hacked madly at a wooden stake until he split it in two, then stopped.
"My mood is terrible. Forget it, sleep."
Before dawn, Gisei rolled out of bed.
Holding the sword, he experimented with lightning nature transformation in the courtyard.
First, he tried injecting chakra into the blade, falling into deep thought as he watched the electric light gradually light up on the steel.
Sharpness... how exactly does lightning become sharp?
Clueless, he could only find a wooden stake and try hacking at it a few times to get a feel for it.
First, a normal hack. Then, inject chakra and hack again.
Stab. Then, inject chakra and stab again.
He observed the cuts.
He couldn't see any difference in the stab wound, so he looked at the cut from the slash.
A normal slash left a clean, beautiful cut. If he didn't know where he had struck, he probably wouldn't even be able to see the trace.
As for the slash with injected chakra, the range was obviously wider, and the cut appeared very rough, as if ripped open by a saw.
Seeing this wound trace, Gisei had a strange expression. "Could this be my nature transformation?"
He held the sword above the wooden stake and began to inject Lightning Release chakra, without any intention of controlling the chakra.
After half a minute, he stopped.
Traces of being cut by a saw clearly appeared on the wooden stake.
Gisei scratched his head.
A chainsaw?
What kind of ghostly nature transformation is this? Isn't this shape transformation?
But this was a pleasant surprise.
He began to control his chakra, trying to give this sword the form of a chainsaw.
At first, the electric current on the blade had no form at all, but as he injected more chakra, it gradually began to change.
Flowing barbed teeth began to appear. Initially, these teeth were large particles, but under his control, they slowly shrank until they were invisible to the naked eye.
He suddenly slashed down at the wooden stake!
The wooden stake, split in two, fell to the ground.
Gisei squatted on the ground and began to observe the cut.
The surface was rough and uneven, and the mark wasn't a straight line but instead appeared curved.
Gisei frowned. If someone were hit by this move, the pain would likely be excruciating.
Theoretically, the sharper the sword, the less pain one feels when cut. But with this nature transformation, just the moment of contact would probably make people unable to bear the pain—it would be exactly like being bitten by an animal.
Not just bitten, but chewed.
Just thinking about that pain made his scalp tingle a bit.
How could lightning have such a variation?
Gisei couldn't figure it out. Moreover, when he split the stake just now, for a split second, he felt the sword lose control.
Thinking of this, he set the stake upright and slashed down again. This time, because he deliberately controlled it, the blade didn't feel out of control.
A perfectly straight line.
"Better try not to use this move too much. It's a bit cruel."
Eisawa appeared behind him, seeming to have just woken up; his whole demeanor appeared very lazy.
Gisei turned back and smiled. "I know. It's just, how can lightning have such a variation? Uncle, do you know the reason?"
Eisawa picked up the wooden stake and observed the cut carefully, then shook his head. "I don't know. Perhaps your Grandpa Shuichi would know; he's an expert with lightning. Alright, go eat."
After eating, Gisei went out with the sword on his back.
Eisawa sat on the steps with a book, flipping through it. After reading for a while, he picked up the wooden stake Gisei had split in half and observed it carefully again.
"This should be a change that appears only when shape and nature are combined. But how did he do it?"
Eisawa frowned. Even he couldn't possibly have this kind of chakra control ability.
"Natural talent? Or is there a problem with the butterfly seed?"
Sure enough, he had been too hasty...
"He shouldn't have noticed anything abnormal yet. His chakra control ability is almost equivalent to raising three butterfly seeds. What exactly went wrong?"
Eisawa didn't think this was a good thing. He knew very well that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
If this continued, once Gisei's butterfly seed started to take effect, his chakra control ability alone would likely be at least Hokage level.
The benefits were obvious: learning ninjutsu would be incredibly fast. A C-rank ninjutsu that might take others a month, he might learn in just a few hours, as simple as eating and drinking.
As for the disadvantages, Eisawa hadn't thought of them yet, but he could be certain that this was definitely not normal.
If it really was natural talent, why hadn't it shown before? It just so happened that after raising the butterfly seed, this ability of his began to manifest.
Thinking it over and over, Eisawa decided to make a trip to Butterfly Habitat Valley.
Using the Reverse Summoning Technique to arrive at Butterfly Habitat Valley, Eisawa met Mei.
"Lady Mei, there is something I would like to ask you."
"What is it?"
"Gisei's butterfly seed seems abnormal. His chakra control ability is simply too astonishing. Will this cause any problems?"
At this moment, the expression on Mei's face was very strange.
"Eisawa, isn't this a good thing?"
"A good thing? When things go wrong, there must be a demon. Lady Mei, I think it's better to let him come here for you to take a look?"
Mei's expression became even stranger.
"Sure enough, no matter how much time passes, I can't understand human thinking. It's clearly a good thing, yet you insist it's bad. Did I do something I shouldn't have?"
Eisawa's face changed. "Could it be that you..."
"Eisawa, that was just a small gift. That child is quite special."
"Special?"
"Yes, don't worry. He is your last bloodline. I can't let the human presence be cut off here, so I gave him a little special treatment."
"Will there really be no problems?"
"Absolutely not."
After Mei said this, she began to chase him away.
Eisawa, helpless, could only return.
Sitting on the steps again, recalling Mei's strange attitude, Eisawa's expression shifted uncertainly.
He suddenly remembered what Shuichi Takemoto had said.
Perhaps there really was no need to pass on this secret technique anymore.