This is roughly the same amount of funds that a super ninja village spends to cultivate a Jonin or elite Jonin.
Shimizu is just a Special Jonin, Chiyo is not the Third Kazekage, and Shimizu is certainly not Chiyo's son. The fact that he can command this price is likely due, on the one hand, to his status as Chiyo's disciple, and on the other hand, to his age.
A twelve-year-old Special Jonin is a first-class genius in any ninja village.
This price is considered in line with his current position.
"You're getting cocky," Chiyo said, giving Shimizu a displeased look.
"Recently, you don't need to rush out to do missions. First, master the nature transformation of Lightning Release. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask Chiyoami or other Jonin who are proficient in Lightning Release. This way, even without a puppet, you will have the complete ninjutsu ability of a Jonin level."
"In addition…" Chiyo reached into her sleeve and took out a scroll.
"As an elder of Sunagakure and the head of the Puppet Brigade, I bestow upon you the White Secret Technique. Before you read it, you must first perform the hand seals on the scroll's cover to cast a sealing jutsu, setting up a seal on your subsequent memories."
Shimizu understood in his heart that this was a small test for him to truly enter the core layer of Sunagakure.
The White Secret Technique is the highest skill of Sunagakure's puppeteers and belongs to the core secrets of Sunagakure. If a Sunagakure ninja doesn't dare to set up a seal for himself when looking at secrets of this level, then not only will he never be able to access the White Secret Technique again, but he will also be suspected of disloyalty to Sunagakure. He can forget about taking another step forward in Sunagakure in this lifetime, let alone becoming a Kazekage or a high-level official.
Under Chiyo's gaze, Shimizu glanced at the cover of the scroll and decisively began to form the hand seals.
Even if this seal is triggered, it will only delete the relevant memories, rather than directly causing death. Moreover, Chiyo allowed him to form the seals himself to set up the seal, which also prevented others from controlling him through this seal.
Unless one day Shimizu is really captured alive and the enemy uses mental secret techniques such as Mind Awakening or Mind Transfer to probe Shimizu's brain, it will not have any impact on Shimizu.
If it really comes to that point, it's actually no different from being dead, or even worse.
If you want to climb to the position of Kazekage, you must at least prove your loyalty to Sunagakure to the high-level officials of Sunagakure.
Pulling down the scroll revealed a length of two or three meters, covered with densely packed small characters.
This is the core content of the White Secret Technique, a lengthy description of about one to two hundred thousand words.
The techniques and knowledge inside are inherited from the Sand Secret Technique and the Black Secret Technique, but they are also much more profound.
This is Sunagakure's highest ninjutsu secret, on par with Magnet Release, a broad road that can lead puppeteers to become Kage-level powerhouses.
Just a cursory glance at the front content made Shimizu feel that he had gained something.
It not only involves puppet manipulation, but also has some unique and powerful methods and techniques for puppet manufacturing.
Chiyo said:
"After you memorize the contents above, you also need to learn sealing techniques. Many of the moves and key points in the White Secret Technique are combined with sealing techniques. It can be said that only by mastering sealing techniques can you better, or even completely, master the White Secret Technique. Otherwise, the upper limit will be like that of Ishito."
Ishito is actually not weak. He can simultaneously manipulate four puppets, and the quality of each puppet is not low. His comprehensive strength is definitely that of an elite Jonin.
It's just that Chiyo's expectations for Shimizu are more than just Ishito.
"I understand, Teacher Chiyo," Shimizu said, nodding to Chiyo.
Chiyo's ultimate move, Triple Treasures Suction Crushing, is a combination of puppet techniques and sealing techniques, with tremendous power.
Sealing techniques are easy to learn but difficult to master. If you just want to get started, you only need to memorize a series of related knowledge, and then you can try to use basic seals such as a series of light arrays.
But if you want to achieve some success, it's not that simple. Ishito has studied for many years, but he can't be considered to have achieved even a small success.
Moreover, Sunagakure's ninjutsu foundation is at the bottom level among the five major ninja villages. In the future of the original timeline, when the major ninja villages already had relatively stable sealing techniques to control the tailed beasts, Rasa still sent his little brother-in-law to test Gaara from time to time.
Regardless of whether Rasa's operation was brain-dead or not, it at least proves that Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, did not believe that his own seal could seal the tailed beast well.
In fact, Shukaku had also gone berserk many times and was suppressed by Rasa, requiring the use of certain sealing ninja tools to reseal it.
However, in recent years, Sunagakure has not experienced any tailed beast riots. One reason is that the relationship between the jinchuriki, Monk Bunpuku, and Shukaku has improved, and the other is that Chiyo, the only person in Sunagakure who can be considered a sealing technique master, is not retired and out of touch with the world like she was many years later.
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After being put on the wanted list, Shimizu was happy that Chiyo gave him a vacation.
The nature transformation of Lightning Release, the White Secret Technique, and sealing techniques, except for the first one, which may not take too long, the others require a lot of time to study. Not to mention that Shimizu now has an important project to develop the Breath of Separation.
The smooth development of the war also exceeded Shimizu's expectations.
Before Chiyo could contact Kakuzu, Konoha sent a negotiation agreement first.
Because Kumogakure finally couldn't hold back and advanced towards the Land of Fire. The Land of Hot Water, which served as a buffer zone between the two major countries of Lightning and Fire, couldn't even hold out for three days before being taken over by the Third Raikage and his men, who stationed troops on the border of the Land of Fire, starting a war.
Danzo and Jiraiya were in the Land of Rain, Orochimaru and Homura Mitokado were in the Land of River, Kato Dan died, Tsunade was half-crippled, and Hiruzen Sarutobi had to either send Koharu Utatane or go himself.
The power of the Third Raikage is obvious to all in the ninja world. He has never been defeated since his debut. Even the other Kage can only draw with him at most. Although Koharu Utatane is not old, her strength is just so-so. It would be good enough if she could save her life against the Third Raikage.
Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi had to personally go into battle to block the Third Raikage.
In the current ninja world, the strength of the Third Hokage is still among the strongest on the surface. Relying on his proficiency in the five nature ninjutsu and the diversity of his methods, he can basically win steadily against Kage-level opponents who are weaker than him. When encountering a person like the Third Raikage, who is also at the peak of the Kage level, even if he can't win, he can still entangle with you and look for opportunities.
