As usual, the trio made it a race. Fujin arrived right after Renjiro. Mieko and Hoka arrived a couple of seconds later.
Renjiro looked at his students for a minute and said, "Congratulations on becoming Chunins so quickly. Very few manage to become chunins in less than a year after graduating. As the Hokage said, this means that our squad will be disbanded."
He smiled and said, "I am proud to have students like you."
All 3 kids bowed and said, "Thank You Sensei!" The last few months of training under him were very fruitful! They had made massive progress!
He continued, "However, we will do one last mission. I'll be taking you guys on a rank A mission."
This excited them. Mieko asked, "Really Sensei?" Generally, it was very rare for a chunin to join A rank mission. Only if the lead jounin wanted a particular chunin, that they could join one.
Renjiro nodded, "The mission will be after your training with Lord Hokage is done. So focus on it. Also, train hard in the future. I believe that all 3 of you can become Elite Jounins if you work hard."
The kids promised to train hard. The group finally dispersed. Mieko and Hoka went home, while Fujin walked towards the library. He wondered, 'I wonder which rank B Wind jutsus are in the library. From what I remember, all of Danzo's Wind Vacuum jutsus were at rank B. So will they be in there as well?'
Fujin entered the B section of the library and scrolled through the Wind jutsus. After checking all jutsus, he sighed, 'Well, this was disappointing. Not a single Wind Vacuum jutsu here. Even Kakazu's Pressure Damage isn't here. Though Infinite Breakthrough jutsu should do a similar job. And learning it will be easy as well.
That aside, the worst part is that there are only 4 B rank Wind jutsus here. Wind Sword, Wind Torpedo, and Tornado Trap jutsus.
Out of them, Tornado Trap kinda seems useless. And Wind Sword looks to be an inferior version of Blade of Wind jutsu. The effects however are much weaker than my sword. Though I should learn it considering that it will be very easy to learn.
Only Wind Torpedo and Infinite Breakthrough jutsus would be a decent addition.'
He sighed once again, before checking out the jutsus of remaining elements. Unfortunately, he didn't find anything impactful.
He memorized the hand seals for Wind Sword jutsu, Infinite Breakthrough jutsu, and Wind Torpedo jutsu. He left a shadow clone to read the remaining jutsus in more depth and flickered away.
He flickered to the Hokage's building and entered a room on the ground floor. A Genin was sitting in this room. Fujin asked, "Are any training fields available right now?"
The Genin in charge nodded and asked, "What are you planning to practice?"
Fujin replied, "Wind Release jutsus"
The genin looked at a chart and said, "You can take the training ground 23. How long will you need it?"
Fujin replied, "Till 9 PM."
The genin entered the data in his book and said, "Alright. I have booked the training ground for you. It will cost you 2,400 Ryo. Also, don't start any forest fires in the training ground."
Fujin nodded and paid him. He checked the map in the room to see where Training Ground 23 was and left.
Training ground 23 was located in the southwestern parts of Konoha. It was quite far from the residential area. On reaching here, Fujin noticed that the trees here were huge and very sturdy. Fujin checked a few and thought, 'I don't think a normal wind jutsu can uproot these trees. Though a supercharged one should break them.'
Fujin spread out his chakra field to ensure that no one was spying on him. He didn't sense anyone.
He made some hand signs.
'Infinite Breakthrough jutsu'
He exhaled very strong winds. Immediately, a mini-storm formed in the training ground. It died down after a couple of minutes.
Fujin analyzed, 'Not bad. Unlike the Great Breakthrough jutsu which focuses just on creating very strong winds, Infinite Breakthrough jutsu creates a storm. The scroll said that if used in desert conditions, it could cause a sandstorm. Especially if the user is a strong ninja. Similarly, over water, it has the potential to cause a hurricane.
The chakra needed for this jutsu is almost twice that needed for the Great Breakthrough jutsu. Supercharging it should make the storm larger and make it last for a longer time. It'll be a good jutsu to cause huge destruction or to block the enemy and run away.
I need to work on performing this jutsu without hand signs as well. Though it shouldn't be very difficult.'
He walked in front of a tree and made a few hand signs.
'Wind Sword jutsu'
Immediately winds formed around him and hit the tree. 4 deep sword cuts appeared on the tree. Fujin analyzed, 'Easy! Just as I thought. The chakra requirement is very low as well. I guess the advantage of this jutsu will be being able to use it without slashing my sword. So once I'm able to use it without any hand signs, I could use it to catch opponents off guard, especially if they are too focused on my sword.'
He moved away from the tree and made a few hand signs again.
'Wind Torpedo jutsu'
An invisible torpedo made of wind slowly formed in front of him. It moved towards another tree and hit it. On hitting, it exploded! The tree shook wildly! Its trunk was damaged. But it barely managed to survive.
Fujin analyzed, 'That was slow. This jutsu is a bit different from my previous wind jutsus, so it makes sense I suppose. Anyways, the surprising part of this jutsu was how quiet it was. Barely any sounds were made and no wind blew from the jutsu until the impact.
So if I can improve its speed, it will be a good jutsu to sneak attack with. Still, using this jutsu in a 1v1 fight could be tough. Any good opponent will dodge it. It won't resolve my issue of needing a deadly mid-long range jutsu.'
Fujin thought for a bit before deciding, 'I should practice Wind Sword and Infinite Breakthrough for now. I'll make a decision about Wind Torpedo after learning new jutsus from Hiruzen and Renjiro. Both should have realized my need for such a jutsu. So it wouldn't be a surprise if they do arrange something for me.'
Fujin trained the 2 jutsus for the next 6 hours until his chakra finally began running out. He sat while resting against a tree with a smile, 'Hand seals for both jutsus have been reduced to just one. Soon I'll be able to do them without hand seals.'
He looked up at the sky and thought, 'It's been around 6 hours since I began training. It should be time now.'
He sat in a meditative position to recover his chakra. After 20 minutes, his shadow clone from the library dispelled itself. Fujin received its memories and chakra. He received details of all rank B jutsus. And he received memories of the hand signs for Earth Release : Earth Wall jutsu.
Fujin was a bit surprised by the information, 'Oh, there are two ways to perform this jutsu. One is by spitting out mud and using it to form a wall, and hardening it with chakra. And the 2nd one is by slamming hands on the ground and using it to create a wall.
Hmm… The first one will be difficult for me. And I do have the spinning shield of wind anyways. Better to just focus on the 2nd method.'
He kept meditating for another 40 minutes. After recovering sufficient chakra, he got up and made a few hand signs. He slammed his hands on the ground.
'Earth Wall jutsu'
A 5 meters wide, 2.5 meters tall, and 1-foot thick wall rose from the ground. Fujin inspected the wall and concluded, 'Not bad. I do need to increase the speed of forming this jutsu, but the defense should be very good. Time to test it.'
He created a Wind clone and left it behind the wall. He went to the other side.
'Wind Explosion jutsu'
He threw it on the wall, and apart from a few scratches, no damage happened to the wall. He smiled and tossed a couple of Explosion tags. They exploded on the wall creating a few cracks on the surface. But the wall held on.
He created a few hand signs.
'Wind Torpedo jutsu'
The torpedo launched itself right where the Explosion tags had exploded. It exploded on impact. It created a huge dent in the wall. The dent was around 10 inches deep!
Fujin analyzed, 'Hmm, so a combination of Torpedo jutsu and Explosion tags is almost enough to destroy the wall. If I pour more chakra into the wall, then apart from wide range jutsus and maybe lightning release jutsus, it should be able to block most other jutsus.'
He exhaled a normal Great Breakthrough jutsu. Due to the scale of the jutsu, the winds went over and around the wall and hit his clone, dispelling it. It happened just as Fujin expected.
Fujin spent the remaining day practicing until he ran out of chakra and went back home after having dinner.
