Chapter 74: The Incomplete Lightning Release Chakra Mode

In a small town on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Frost, Uchiha Feiyu walked in with ease.

"This must be the place... that so-called traitor of the Leaf, Hattori Ichiro!"

This so-called Hattori Ichiro, according to the intelligence, was a civilian Jonin who had stolen many secrets from the Leaf; he was quite proficient in Lightning Release and Sword Technique, and his fighting style was very similar to the White Fang of the Leaf.

Of course, in Uchiha Feiyu's view, this fighting style was less similar to the White Fang of the Leaf and more similar to those ninjas from the Cloud Ninja Village; Uchiha Feiyu even suspected that this guy might simply be a mole planted in the Leaf by the Cloud Ninja Village.

His Soul Perception ability spread out. Although Uchiha Feiyu had never sensed Hattori Ichiro's soul before, as a Jonin, his soul strength was inherently much stronger than that of an ordinary person, and in this small town full of ordinary people, he could be described as a crane standing among chickens.

"Found him, he's right there!"

Uchiha Feiyu turned his head and looked at a rather dilapidated church in the town.

The Ninja World was a mix of East and West, and things like churches existed, but they were faring much worse than the monks, and the church before him had likely been abandoned.

Walking up to the church's broken gate, Uchiha Feiyu clapped his hands against it twice with force and shouted:

"Hey, hey, hey, is anyone there? Checking the water meter!"

A panicked sound came from behind the gate, and after two clanging noises, it went quiet; Uchiha Feiyu knocked a few more times, and seeing no response, he simply kicked the two broken doors off their hinges.

With a boom, the kicked-off gate slammed directly into the statue inside the church, and with a crack, it knocked over the statue that was already missing its top half.

A shrill scream rang out; Uchiha Feiyu covered his ears and scanned the interior of the church, where five or six children, looking to be seven or eight years old, were cowering under a table.

In front of the table stood a cold-faced, tall man; that was exactly the Hattori Ichiro that Uchiha Feiyu was looking for.

While in the town, Uchiha Feiyu had made some inquiries and learned that several orphans lived in this dilapidated church; clearly, those children were the orphans living there, though as for why Hattori Ichiro was staying here, Uchiha Feiyu was not quite sure.

His Soul Perception spread out, and Uchiha Feiyu sneered; a flash of lightning surged over his body, and with a whoosh, he charged straight at Hattori Ichiro.

Hattori Ichiro did not say a word and directly grabbed two of the brats from under the table, throwing them at Uchiha Feiyu; Uchiha Feiyu let out a cold snort, his body flickered slightly, and without even catching them, he dodged the two thrown brats.

With a loud boom, accompanied by faint screams, the two poor children were blown to pieces by the Explosive Tags stuck to their bodies; blood and shattered bone fragments scattered, and for a moment, the entire church was like Hell.

"Leaf brat, your heart is truly ruthless!"

Hattori Ichiro said in a cold, stern voice, which made Uchiha Feiyu raise his eyebrows slightly:

"Judging by your tone, you don't seem to be a traitorous ninja from the Leaf?"

"Hmph! At this point, there's nothing left to hide; I am actually a ninja from the Cloud Ninja Village in the Land of Lightning!"

"So you weren't a defector, but a spy from the start? It's really impressive that the Land of Lightning could find a guy with your looks."

People in the Land of Lightning were either white or black, somewhat like Westerners and black people in the real world; a ninja with such an appearance coming to the Konoha would be like delivering food, and they would be taken down by Anbu ninjas before they could even enter the gate.

It was likely that the Cloud Ninja Village had gone to great lengths to find such a ninja who met the criteria in both strength and appearance to act as a spy—one had to know that a Jonin was not just some Chinese cabbage; in any Ninja Village, a Jonin could be considered a mid-to-high-level official.

After these few boring words were spoken, Uchiha Feiyu's figure flashed rapidly, turning into a streak of light as he went straight for Hattori Ichiro; however, this spy from the Cloud Ninja also had lightning flashing on his body, and as he brandished the long sword in his hand, two flashes of blade light immediately rang out with a clanging sound, drawing one bright arc after another inside the church.

The tables, chairs, benches, windows, and statues in the church were swept up by the blade light in an instant and turned into powder; ten seconds later, Uchiha Feiyu's figure flashed and retreated, returning to the entrance of the church.

Hattori Ichiro, meanwhile, had a look of surprise and pain on his face, clutching his own throat; a trickle of blood hissed as it flowed out, turning from thin to thick, becoming a bright red stream.

"Such fast... sword technique... I never thought that after the White Fang died... the Leaf would still have such a... master of swordsmanship."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hattori Ichiro collapsed to the ground and died; Uchiha Feiyu simply waved his hand and retrieved a shining soul.

"This guy must have kept a lot of his strength hidden in the Leaf; an ordinary Jonin wouldn't have this kind of swordsmanship... and what that guy just used... could it be the Cloud Ninja's Lightning Release Chakra Mode?"

The Cloud Ninja's Lightning Release Chakra Mode was famous throughout the Ninja World; by comparison, the method of stimulating the body with Lightning Release created by the White Fang of the Leaf could be considered a knock-off version of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

A normal spy ninja would certainly not possess highly advanced ninjutsu, lest they be interrogated and have it extracted, leading to the loss of the village's ninjutsu; however, it was hard to say with these Cloud Ninja folks.

Compared to other villages, although the Cloud Ninja were more greedy and brutal externally, at least the internal atmosphere was much better; that loyal Raikage was more like a big brother than a village leader, so he might just give his village's spies more advanced ninjutsu.

Moreover, as a spy ninja, Hattori Ichiro's brain must have been placed under many restrictions; under normal circumstances, it wouldn't be that easy to obtain the ninjutsu in his mind.

But no matter how advanced the restrictions were, they were clearly meaningless in the face of a technique like Spirit-Binding and Soul-Commanding, which didn't follow the beaten path and directly summoned souls; Uchiha Feiyu went straight through this Hattori Ichiro's soul and began searching his memories.

"So that's it, he only learned a portion of the most basic Lightning Release Chakra Mode? Or was it a reward for his talent and determination..."

After the search, Uchiha Feiyu only found a semi-finished Lightning Release Chakra Mode in this spy's soul; both its speed and defensive power were greatly discounted, and in Hatake Sakumo's view, it should only be the first half of the complete ninjutsu.

However, even if it was only the first half of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, it was already far superior to ordinary ninjutsu that stimulated the body with Lightning Release; even looking at the entire Cloud Ninja Village, the number of ninjas who could be taught it probably wouldn't exceed 20.

(End of chapter)