Chapter 363: Finally!!!

Fujin spent the next couple of days practicing Vacuum Slash and Hurricane Sword to get used to them. Normally, getting used to such jutsus would take a lot of time. Fortunately, the jutsus suited Fujin a lot and quickly became his second nature. Fujin quickly got used to performing them as comfortably as their normal versions.

Because a week passed, Fujin consumed the soldier pill and shifted back to his previous routine with his focus divided between the Vacuum Gatling jutsu and the Four Symbols Seal.

On the evening of the 2nd day, Fujin stood in the training ground. His chakra was low to continue training further.

He extended his arms and pointed his fingers at 10 human-sized rocks. In an instant, 10 Vacuum Bullets were launched. Each hit their target on the mark and travelled a long distance behind them.

Approximately 0.23 seconds later, Fujin shot another round of 10 Vacuum Bullets. They hit their target as well. Approximately 0.76 seconds after shooting the 2nd round, Fujin shot the 3rd round of the Vacuum Bullets.L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.

Fujin nodded and thought, 'Good. This now looks like a Gatling. However, I still need to improve this more. It'll be great if I can fire 5 rounds within one second and 10 rounds in around 2.5 to 3 seconds. Only then it'll live up to its name.'

Fujin extended his index finger once again and pointed at a rock. He fired a Vacuum Bullet. However, instead of hitting the rock he was pointing to, the bullet hit a hole in the rock adjacent to it.

Fujin muttered to himself, 'This has reached partial mastery as well. I can aim my target around 20° away in any direction from what I'm pointing at. I guess I'll be able to go up to 60° max by the time I'm done tra...'

Fujin suddenly stopped his analysis as he received a memory. Immediately, an elated expression appeared on his face. He screamed in his mind, 'FINALLY! It feels like I have been working on this for fucking centuries!'

Had Fujin been as emotional and reactive as someone like Naruto, he might have screamed and jumped for joy. The memory he received was from a shadow clone who dispelled himself. He was the first and the only shadow clone so far to successfully create the Four Symbols Seal!

Fujin decided, 'I will meditate later. Time to visit my basement. Since this clone passed on his memories, the other clones should be getting it done soon as well.'

Fujin immediately flickered towards his home. In his basement, 79 Shadow Clones were sitting, each and every last one of them in deep thought. Just like the clone who dispelled himself, the remaining 79 clones were very close as well. It was just that they were stuck at some level or the other.

After receiving his memories, they compared their results with those memories and immediately had a breakthrough. By the time Fujin reached his home, they continued working on their seals.

Inside his office, Hiruzen was writing on a scroll. There were a couple of dozen more scrolls on his desk. Konoha's decision to withdraw the majority of their forces was conveyed to Takigakure who immediately became worried. They tried making the Konoha ninjas stay, however, they didn't have anything to convince them.

Iwa had left no clues in the Ito Family's territory. So Taki refused to blame them openly. They had also been unsuccessful in curbing the rumors that were spreading. These two points caused dissatisfaction among Konoha leaders. So Hiruzen didn't intend to keep the army deployed for any longer.

The only way Taki could make the Konoha ninjas stay was by issuing them all missions. Unfortunately, they didn't have that kind of budget to splurge money. So they couldn't stop Konoha from retreating.

Hiruzen had concluded his negotiations with Takigakure. The scrolls he was writing on were for the Noble families in the Land of Waterfall that supported Konoha. He assured them of Konoha's support and stated that they were retreating because the chances of Iwa attacking were very low. Hiruzen also assured them that if Iwa attacked them, Konoha would send an even bigger army.

Hiruzen had just started writing the 2nd scroll when he heard a knock. He looked up to see Fujin's clone entering. A smile formed on his face. He said, "Fujin. Why are you here?"

Hiruzen had always been fond of Fujin. However, he had been more fond of him than ever for the last couple of weeks since Fujin stopped visiting the Wind Training Room.

Fujin's clone wondered, 'Why is he so happy to see me? Wait! Does he know that I'm here to ask for help and he is so enthusiastic to help me? Yup, that must be it. Sigh, we have such a benevolent Kage!'

Fujin asked, "Grandpa, are you done with your work?"

Hiruzen, who was in a happy mood a few seconds ago, suddenly became alert. He thought, 'I know that tone! He is here to ask me for something that would cost me a lot.'

He put up an exhausted expression and replied, "Unfortunately I had some extra work today. I will be busy here for another couple of hours."

He thought, 'Sigh, I thought I'd leave in 20 minutes. Now I'll have to keep waiting here for another couple of hours in case he tries to check where I am.'

Meanwhile, Fujin's clone wondered, 'Really? Or is this old fox faking?'

He said, "That's rough on you Grandpa. I'm here because I need your help. I was hoping you'd come with me. But since you are busy, you can send a Shadow Clone with me.'

Hiruzen was speechless. He thought, 'Despite being Hokage for so long and having helped so many young ninjas over decades, this is the first time someone directly asked me to send a clone to help him. Wait! He isn't even asking! He is directly giving me a choice!'