Chapter 55 - 55 (1/2)
Like in Konoha's camp, seven of the Sand's elite Jonins along with Chiyo, were gathered in Rasa's tent to discuss the war. The main topic was the new Konoha ninja Ryo Yamanaka.
The 3rd Kazekage has disappeared along the borders of the fire country. Over 12000 Sand Ninjas were gathered for ”revenge”. In addition to 3 people who were close or equal in power to a Kage, 8 of the Sand's elite Jonin were there, along with close to a 1000 Chunins. The rest were Genins.
Amongst the 12000, the strongest were Rasa, Chiyo, and the Ichibi Jinchuriki Bunpuku. Four of the 8 elite Jonins were from the Puppeteer Division. The rest were the 4 that Ryo faced in battle.
Rasa's face was so heavy in the meeting. In this battle, the Sand Ninja have lost on all fronts, even losing one of their elite Jonins.
The most unacceptable thing for Rasa was the fact that the one who killed that Jonin, and forced the Sand to retreat, was actually a Child who seemed to be only 11 or 12 years old.
”Konoha doesn't deserve to be such a cradle for geniuses. Sakumo, the Sannin, and now this Ryo Yamanaka!” Chiyo Ba-Chan sighed.
”Kazekage Sama, this brat killed Ichiro with a strange sneak attack. He took my arm the same way!”
”What kind of an attack did he use? Make it clear Hogu!”
The Sand Jonin described Ryo's the fight that he had with his fellow Jonins against Ryo.
”So he's using the Lightning Chakra mode, with an extreme speed, Ice, and teleportation!” Said Rasa after listening to the Jonin, to summarize the information they had about Ryo.
”Are you sure he was teleporting? Wasn't it more like extremely fast movement using the Lighting Chakra Mode?” Rasa asked.
”I'm pretty sure that I can distinguish between the Lightning Chakra Mode and teleportation!” Said Hogu.
”Rasa, could it be the 2nd Hokage's Flying Thunder God?” Chiyo Ba-chan saw Minato in the previous world war. She was so impressed by that technique. The description of Ryo's teleportation reminded her of that.
”Hugo, did Ryo Yamanaka use any special weapons?”
”Hokage Sama, He has only used one Ninja scalpel from start to finish, and he didn't use any other weapons.”
The 4th Kazekage learned from Chiyo about the Flying Thunder God, and he learned that Ryo had no weapons. Now he also speculates that Ryo's teleportation technique is not Thunder Chakra Mode, but something else.
But what Raza was more interested in was the technique that both Ryo and Jiraya have used.
In that state, Jiraya's power, speed, Reflexes, and defence were all enhanced to a great extent. The power-up was so substantial that it gave Jiraya the upper hand after being conquered by Rasa for most of the fight before that.
”Chiyo Ba-Chan, did you ever hear of such a technique?” Rasa Told Chiyo about what happened and asked her if she knew the technique Jiraya was using.
She sighed and took a while to think then said: ”It might be the Sage Mode used by the 1st Hokage. I have only heard of this technique, and I didn't expect it to be anything more than a myth.”
”Sage Mode is real. The Rikudo Sennin was a user of this technique. It enhances Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Perception to a great extent. This is what Shukaku just told me.” The old monk sitting in the corner, who was silent the whole time, spoke out.
What are you talking about? The Rikudo Sennin is just a myth!” Said one of the elite Jonins.