Chapter 323: Plans for a Signature Jutsu!

Fujin nodded and stood up as his clone continued emitting chakra in the air. Fujin thought, 'The process is still quite slow. Susumu was able to influence my chakra almost instantaneously. But considering that he was waiting to ambush me, he might have set up the battlefield before I encountered his group.'

Fujin's clone said, "I am ready."

Almost instantly, Fujin began kneading his chakra.

'Fire Release: Great Fireball jutsu'

He exhaled a small fireball at his clone. His clone immediately moved backwards and raised two fingers. Wind began flowing around them.

'Wind Release: Blade of Wind jutsu'

Multiple blades of wind cut apart the fireball and dispersed the heat in the basement. He let out a sigh and dispelled himself.

Fujin received his clone's memories and began analyzing, 'I see. His genjutsu failed because he had too little chakra in my body. No, a more precise way of saying it would be that he couldn't cast the Genjutsu with such less chakra.

I guess I first need to learn how to cast this Genjutsu properly and then slowly decrease the amount of chakra I need to cast this genjutsu. Once it reaches the required level, I will integrate it into this technique. Now, who should I experiment the Genjutsu on?'

Fujin thought for a bit. His first thought was Goro. But he shook his head and thought, 'No. The Flying Sabertooths are too sensitive to wind and chakra. They will easily detect my attempts. And influencing Nature chakra with normal chakra is difficult. Normal Genjutsus don't even work on them.

And since Hiruzen asked me to keep this technique a secret, I can't ask for any other Konoha ninja to aid me. I guess I'll have to keep having my clones use the Genjutsu on me. Oh well, it should be good training to improve my alertness against any foreign chakra entering my body.'

Fujin created a shadow clone and continued his training. In three days, he mastered the Genjutsu and integrated it with the remaining technique. His clone kept casting the Genjutsu on him until he had 100% accuracy. Of course, this was when Fujin didn't try to disrupt his chakra.

A smile appeared on Fujin's face as he muttered, "Another deadly technique down. This combined with Vacuum Bullets or my sword is a deadly combination. Apart from Jinchurikis and Dojutsu users, very few might be able to withstand this combination.

And it still has some scope for improvement. For instance, Susumu only used it to stop opponents from using jutsu. But, I should improve it to stop opponents from even moving. I will just have to induce a Genjutsu that would make my opponent think that he has moved when he hasn't.

Fujin made up his mind. However, he soon fell into another dilemma. He muttered, "I can't work on this jutsu and learn Fuinjutsu at the same time."

Fujin had to choose between the two. After a long struggle, Fujin let out a sigh and decided, 'I'll stick to Fuinjutsu for now. Though this idea is cool, I can still make do with Infinite Breakthrough and Vacuum attacks. But Fuinjutsu is my hope to stand out even among the S ranks. Besides, I doubt Flying Thunder God can be learnt quickly. I can train for this jutsu when I reach a roadblock on Flying Thunder God training.'

He decided to go out for dinner. En route, he couldn't help but think, 'It sucks that I don't have as much chakra as Naruto. I could have achieved so much with that amount of chakra and recovery speed.'

Though his chakra reserves were exceptional, they weren't even comparable to the weakest Jinchuriki. Unfortunately, there was nothing Fujin could do regarding it. It wasn't as if Tailed Beast would fall from the sky, let itself be sealed in him and obediently provide him chakra.

Fujin rested for the day and began focusing on Fuinjutsu the day after.

On the appointed day, Fujin arrived at Hiruzen's office. After interacting with him for a bit, Fujin sat quietly as he observed how Hiruzen interacted with the diplomats and a few clan leaders on what should be negotiated with the Land of River and the Land of Grass. After a few hours of discussion, Hiruzen, his Anbu Guards, Fujin, Aburame Shibi and Kurama Illumi left the village on the negotiating mission.

The negotiations with the two countries went very similar to the negotiations Fujin had seen earlier. Just the resources traded were changed. Of course, Hiruzen did ask for Elemental crystals. To Fujin's surprise, despite Konoha's relationship with them not being as good as with the Land of Tea or Noodles, they provided Hiruzen with more crystals than those countries.

However, after thinking for a bit, the reason was obvious. Fujin realized, 'Ever since my promotion mission, Suna ninjas must be moving around erratically. They even dared to create a base in the Land of Fire. The Land of River should be nervous about these movements.

As for the Land of Grass, that's even more obvious. Iwa's Jinchuriki entered the country and used a Tailed Beast Bomb very close to a town. This old fox is very good at extracting benefits. He waited until the right moment to visit these two countries and extracted the maximum benefit from them!'

Unlike the time before, they didn't encounter any attacks and returned back to the village after a 3-day long trip. Following the trip, Fujin got busy with his Anbu duties. Eagle assigned his team missions at regular intervals. Fortunately, none of their missions went awry.

Three months passed by in this manner. Though the villages were tense, no major issues flared up until one fateful day...

The Land of Water :

Renjiro stood while looking in a direction with a solemn face. He sighed softly, "I bit off more than I could chew."

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