Chapter 129 - 129 (1/2)

After the evacuation was completed, Minato handed over the command over the troops to Ryo, and went to the Hidden Cloud to get the two S Rank Lightning Jutsus.

Over 7000 of Konoha's Ninjas were told by Ryo that their war against the Cloud is over and that they had finally won.

They were all immersed in the joy of victory. They had been in this battlefield for many years, and with this war's end, they finally get to go home.

Looking at the boiling crowds, Ryo did not want to disrupt their joy, and just stood there and enjoyed watching them enjoy their sudden victory.

Soon after, Minato returned handing two scrolls to Ryo.

”Here are the two Jutsus promised by the Hidden Cloud. There's only one S Rank Lightning Jutsu among them. The other one is an A Rank Jutsu.” Said Minato.

This made Ryo wonder why Minato would accept such an offer.

He opened the scroll, and he was in for a surprise! The S Rank jutsu was the 3rd's [Hell Stab], and the other one was the [Added/Light Weight Rock Jutsu], that's usually used by Onoki.

[Translator Note: Both techniques had been stated as B Rank in the Databooks. However, the level of the Ultra version of the Added/Light weight Rock Jutsus had not been specified. The author probably made Hell Stab S Rank because it had also been stated to be the 3rd Raikage's strongest Jutsu, that that might have led him to think it was S Rank.]

Needless to say, Hell Stab was the strongest Jutsu of the 3rd Raikage, but seeing what practice was required for it made Ryo lose interest in it.

What Ryo was really intrigued by was the [Added/Light Weight Rock Jutsu], as it was more useful than many S-class Jutsus. It's no wonder that Minato agreed to accept it.

[Added/Light Weight Rock Jutsu] is actually not limited to manipulating earth and stone. This was a Jutsu developed by the 2nd Tsuchikage. It was very practical, as it was capable of changing the quality of a target without using Hand Seals.

While many can enhance their Chakra control, most people who practice this Jutsu get stuck when it comes to this understanding.

According to Minato, the Cloud had got this Jutsu 20 years ago, but no one was successful with it for all that time.

Ryo was quite excited to see this scroll. It was as if this Jutsu was tailored for him.

As a Medical Ninja, he obviously had great Chakra control. As for understanding matter, his Physics knowledge from his past life should serve him rather well with this Jutsu.

After understanding the principle of this Jutsu, Ryo tried to inject Chakra within his Ice Scalpel, and its molecular structure was actually modified.

Following the instructions, Ryo used the Chakra on the Ice molecules, and the Ice Scalpel became extremely light.

When Minato was presented with the two Jutsus, he didn't find that they could be of much use to him.

Mastering Hell Stab required immense physical power and Chakra stores that were too, and it also relied on the Lightning Chakra Mode. The [Added/Light Weight Rock Jutsu] on the other hand required knowledge that was out of his reach.

The Reason why Minato agreed to replace the second S Rank Jutsu by [Added/Light Weight Rock Jutsu] was that he thought of the possibility that Ryo could make great use of it.

Seeing the expression on Ryo's face as he held the Scalpel, Minato knew that his intuition was right.

He didn't disrupt Ryo's practice, and told everyone to rest in place until he finished, and they all took off and took the road again.

In the Cloud Village, the 4th Raikage once again punched through a table. He never thought that Minato could silently move away 7000 Ninjas!

He was full of regret, but he wasn't stupid. To get away with a minimum amount of losses, he deliberately chose two techniques that were extremely difficult or near impossible to learn.