Chapter – 21 A Lesson on Kekkei Genkai (Patreon)

Noon quickly passed by and the group of children who still had a long way to go before they became full-fledged shinobi, were eagerly waiting for the return of the three disciples of Sandaime Hokage.

But for some reason, the trio of pornographer, gambler, and child trafficker did not show any signs of returning, even when an hour passed, they were not back, leading Tatsumi to wonder, ‘Is it possible that they are busy preparing for Jiraiya-sama’s early funeral?’

“Sigh, it’s really hot in May…” muttered Nawaki as he wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve. The young Senju had joined the trio of Tatsumi, Mikoto, and Minato a while ago. He had been running around all over the academy collecting all sorts of information, and now he has finally returned.

Sitting beside Tatsumi, Mikoto answered Nawaki, “Konohagakure’s temperature is still relatively better since the village is at the center of the Land of Fire… if we move south, near the deserts of the Land of Wind, the temperature would be unbearable at this time of the year.” Then she paused for a moment, and asked, “Do you want to drink something refreshing Nawaki-kun?”

Nawaki was surprised, and quickly asked, “Do you have something refreshing?”

Mikoto nodded lightly, “I do have something that might help,” she fumbled through her shinobi bag, and took out a sealing scroll from which she took out a water pouch and passed it to Nawaki, “It’s chilled orange juice, should help out… here you go.”

“Thank you, Mikoto-chan,” Nawaki excitedly took the water pouch from Mikoto and took a sip of orange juice.

Mikoto smiled gently, then she took out another water pouch from the sealing scroll and turned to Tatsumi, “Tatsumi-kun, do you want?”

“Certainly,” nodded Tatsumi and took the water pouch containing orange juice from Mikoto. He was lying on the grass under the shade of a tree, reading a book about Nature Transformation and shape transformation. In order to master and create advanced ninjutsu, this knowledge is very important, there are very few shinobi who can become strong without having a deep understanding of these core concepts about Chakra. Even Uzumaki Naruto wouldn’t have been able to create that Rank-S Wind Style: Rasenshuriken without this knowledge.

Since Tatsumi has also spent Ninja Points in the Ninjutsu Comprehension to raise it to level 3, he is able to understand these concepts without too much difficulty.

Mikoto also offered a water pouch to Minato, however, the little sun refused.

Tatsumi couldn’t help but Minato, “Don’t you want to drink something cold? It’s really good.”

Nawaki agreed with Tatsumi, “Indeed, it’s really refreshing, you should also drink it Minato in order to recover your energy.”

“Maybe in a little while,” answered Minato and shook his head as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. The little sun was also sitting under the shadow of a tree, however, instead of resting and enjoying the free time before the next round, he was busy molding Chakra, much to the confusion of the other three.

Tatsumi couldn’t help but say, “It’s useless to mould Chakra pointlessly, it’s going to go to waste, and you will unnecessarily become tired.”

There’s no doubt that Minato is extremely talented and hard-working, however, he is still a child and a commoner. Therefore, at this age, there’s a limit to how much progress he can make based on just hard work.

“I know, I am just trying something…” answered Minato with a sheepish smile causing others to shake their helplessly.

Nawaki took another sip of the orange juice, and sighed in relief, “Oh man… this is so good, drinking this chilled juice really helps. I wish I had the power to turn things colder or simply create ice so that I won’t have to deal with summer…” after a pause, he suddenly had an idea, and asked his Uchiha friend, “Hey, Tatsumi, is it possible to create ice with Chakra?”

Tatsumi looked at Nawaki in surprise, and nodded after a moment, “Well, it’s not impossible… however, it’s really difficult.”

“Difficult but not impossible? What do you mean?” asked Nawaki in confusion. Minato and Mikoto’s gazes also turned to Tatsumi, they were also a little curious, after all, stuff and knowledge about various Chakra Natures and elemental Kekkei Genkai hadn’t been taught at the academy as of yet, therefore, neither of them have many ideas.

Tatsumi pondered for a moment, then decided to explain the concept of Kekkei Genkai to the three, “Well… although, turning things colder should also be possible with Wind Style Nature transformation, but, if it’s about creating ice itself from Chakra, then that is a Kekkei Genkai…”

“A Kekkei Genkai, is it like the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan?” asked Mikoto curiously.

“In a way yes since Sharingan is also a Kekkei Genkai, but not exactly… our Sharingan can be considered a genetic mutation of sorts… it is a dōjutsu Kekkei Genkai, it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the Chakra Natures, but Ice Style is a Nature Transformation Kekkei Genkai… It’s essentially, a fusion of Water Chakra Nature, and Wind Chakra Nature in a certain ratio…” explained Tatsumi.

Nawaki’s eyes brightened, and he declared, “I see… I see… then I have decided, I am going to learn Ice Style Kekkei Genkai!”

Tatsumi chuckled in response causing Nawaki to narrow his eyes, and question, “What? You think I can’t learn it?”

Tatsumi explained, “I am not saying that you cannot learn the Ice Style, however, as I said, it’s extremely difficult… The fusion of two Chakra Natures is an extremely difficult thing, and rarely seen. It’s different if it’s inherited at birth, however, creating it ourselves is another matter… Moreover, as far as I know, in the entire Shinobi World, only the members of the Yuki Clan are capable of using the Ice Style Kekkei Genkai…” and added, after a pause, “Besides, if you really want to learn a Kekkei Genkai, I suggest that you should focus on learning your grandfather’s Wood Style… that might be easier for you…”

Nawaki’s face became disappointed, “Wood Style… I don’t have that power,” and added with a smile, “Moreover, even if I want to become the Hokage, I want to be a little different from my grandfather…”

It’s not like he hasn’t tried to use Wood Style, everyone in the Senju Clan has tried to use that Jutsu, but no one seems to have that power.

Hearing the discussion between Tatsumi and Nawaki, Minato questioned, “Wait Tatsumi, does that mean Shodaime Hokage-sama’s Wood Style is also a nature transformation Kekkei Genkai?”

Tatsumi nodded, “Yes, I think so… it’s a fusion of the Earth Chakra Nature and the Water Chakra Nature…”

“So, Water and Wind give Ice, and Water and Earth give Wood… what about others?” asked Minato curiously.

“Well, there’s the explosion Style from Lightning and Earth, Magma Style from Fire and Earth, Mud Style which also comes from Water and Earth, Vapor Style from the Water and Fire, Scorch Style that is the fusion of Fire and Wind, and Storm Style that is the fusion of Water and Lightning...” answered Tatsumi, and he remembered something and said, “In fact, there are also a couple of Kekkei Genkai that are based on single Chakra Nature transformation such as the Crystal Style, Steel Style, Dark Style, Typhoon Style, Swift Style, and more…”

“Hmm… there are so many types of Chakra Nature Transformation… that’s really interesting…” muttered Minato. He did not know that different Chakra Natures can be combined together to create a new Nature Transformation Chakra.

Mikoto was also curious about something and asked, “Tatsumi-kun… since Sharingan is a genetic mutation-type Kekkei Genkai, are there other such Kekkei Genkai?”

Tatsumi recalled the different types of Kekkei Genkai that appeared in the canon, and answered, “There’s Byakugan of the Hyuga Clan, Shikotsumyaku of the Kaguya Clan, Ketsuryūgan of the Chinoike Clan… Kurama Clan also has its Kekkei Genkai… and there are others as well, but I don’t know much about them… oh… there’s one more I remember reading about, the Rinnegan that the Sage of the Six Path is said to have…”

Just as Tatsumi had mentioned ‘the Rinnegan’ suddenly a magnetic voice came from behind him, “The Rinnegan and the Sage of Six Path? Do you believe in that legend boy?”

Tatsumi, Mikoto, Minato, and Nawaki were spooked by the sudden voice… they quickly turned around and looked at the person who spoke and realized that it was none other than the resident pedophilic child trafficker of Konoha and breathed a sigh of relief.

Nawaki spoke, “Orochimaru-nii-san, you almost gave us a heart attack, you don’t have to appear beside us so silently!”

“On the contrary, you must stay vigilant… neither of the four of you noticed someone approaching you… I was just passing by when I happened to hear someone talking about the Kekkei Genkai and stuff, so I got a little curious…” answered Orochimaru with a shrug, then he looked at Tatsumi, and asked, “Uchiha Tatsumi-kun, do you believe in the legend of the Sage of Six Path and the Rinnegan?”

Minato, Nawaki, and Mikoto also looked at Tatsumi with curious expression.

“Well…” Tatsumi hesitated. He doesn’t personally know Orochimaru so he can’t really determine what he would do with this information, but based on the information he has about Orochimaru from the canon, Tatsumi knew that it wouldn’t be a very good idea to tell him things in detail, lest the eyes of Uchiha Clans might start disappearing left and right, so he answered vaguely, “Well, I have only read the stories so I can’t really say whether it's true or not… maybe it is, maybe it’s not… it's hard to judge.”

“I see,” mumbled Orochimaru as he licked his lips with a smile, and said, “The Byakugan, the Sharingan, and the Rinnegan are collectively known as the three great dōjutsu… so maybe, it's not just a legend after all… perhaps the Sage of Six Paths really did exist at some point in time.”

“Even if he existed, how would I know? I am barely a six-year-old Uchiha brat who hasn’t even awakened his Sharingan yet.” shrugged Tatsumi, not wanting to delve deeper into the matter of the Rinnegan and the Sage of Six Paths.