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"Wait—almost forgot this…" Natchi suddenly remembered something. He fumbled around on his person, finally peeling off the ordinary clothes he'd been using as a disguise and pulling a scroll from his small pack.
"The Fourth Hokage told me to show you this." Natchi shoved the scroll into Tōji's hands, which had just opened to receive it.
"What's this?" Tōji muttered, plopping down on a less jagged part of the reef without even changing his outfit, eager to open the scroll and read its contents.
A moment later—"It's an introductory guide to basic Summoning Technique, plus some advanced applications written by Lord Minato himself…" Tōji's tone carried a hint of excitement. He understood what Minato intended.
Ordinary Summoning Technique—Tōji had already learned it. His only problem had always been the lack of a summoning beast. But Minato's advanced applications, based on his own experience, essentially created an entire system.
『Could it be that the Fourth's 【Flying Thunder God Technique】 surpasses the Second's because of his research into summoning?』 Tōji's guess about Minato being "faster" was sparked by the boldly innovative ninjutsu principles explained in the scroll.
"What are you mumbling about, Tōji?" Seeing Tōji holding the scroll and muttering to himself, Natchi couldn't help but ask.
"Oh—Natchi, this is good stuff!" Tōji looked up at Natchi, his voice unconsciously rising.
Seeing Natchi's confused look, Tōji flipped the scroll around to show him the contents. "Even though we can't learn Lord Minato's ultimate technique, the 【Flying Thunder God Technique】, these derived uses of the Summoning Technique aren't bad at all!"
Natchi bent over, brow deeply furrowed, biting his index finger, his eyes nearly crossing into a lazy-eye stare…
Tōji couldn't help but smile wryly. It seemed Natchi had some trouble with this kind of pure theoretical reading comprehension.
Ignoring Natchi, Tōji began to think—
During Naruto's Chūnin Exams, the "Heaven and Earth scrolls" had used the Summoning Technique to summon Iruka—a living person—to their location…
That kind of pre-set technique didn't require fresh blood in the moment—just a bit of chakra to activate…
Though its speed was far inferior to the "instant" teleportation of the 【Flying Thunder God Technique】, it wasn't limited by a shinobi's individual aptitude. That few seconds of transport time wasn't really a flaw at all.
After all, not every jutsu was meant for high-intensity combat. Being usable in low-tier situations was still valuable…
Maybe the Second Hokage had gone through this same thought process when he invented the 【Flying Thunder God Technique】.
What Tōji had here was essentially a consumable, low-spec version of 【Flying Thunder God】!
After this round of deduction, under Natchi's bewildered gaze, Tōji quickly changed back into his shinobi attire and pulled a brush from his ninja tool pouch.
Holding the brush, Tōji's eyes darted around. Following the scroll's instructions, he bit his finger and squeezed a few drops of blood into a special ink mixture.
Then he pulled out a blank scroll… Tōji's lips curled slightly—he'd thought of something. "Natchi, lend me your wrist for a moment."
"This…"
"Shh!"
Before Natchi could ask anything, Tōji grabbed Natchi's right hand, pushed up his sleeve, and—following the modified Summoning formula Minato had written in the scroll—carefully controlled his chakra as he channeled it into the special ink on the brush tip. Unhurriedly, he drew a small-scale "Tōji Summoning Formula" on Natchi's wrist.
"Done!" Tōji let out a long breath. This kind of meticulous preparatory work really wasn't something just anyone could handle. Fortunately, Tōji happened to have fine chakra control and solid theoretical knowledge.
"Tōji?" Natchi had no idea why Tōji had drawn the Summoning formula from the scroll onto his wrist.
"Natchi—I'm going to move away from you now. In a moment, use a small amount of chakra to activate the formula on your wrist." With that, Tōji dove into the water and swam off.
"Alright—try it!"
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