Chapter 13: Exposed! Part-2
In the southwest corner of Konoha, not far from Han's residence, there was a small lake. The lake was surrounded by trees more than ten meters high. The grass between the trees was dense, this place was a relatively secret, and the overall environment has a closed and secure feel to it.
The sun was about to go down, and the sky was getting darker.
Han appeared by the lake out of thin air, he looked up at the sky, then sat down cross-legged on a good spot, and began to meditate with his eyes closed.
On a tall tree nearby, Tsunade appeared silently, she was frowning at Han, her eyes flashing, but she didn't show up to demand answers. Han's behavior was undoubtedly abnormal. What was he doing here?
Tsunade looked at the clearing for any clues and various scenarios kept going through her mind.
Time flew by...
Han meditated for a long time. When he opened his eyes, the sky was completely dark, and a bright moon hung in the distant sky, illuminating the environment with a silvery gaze.
Han stood up and started walking on top of the lake.
The water on the lake was not calm and small ripples traveled along its surface. Lu Han's footsteps on the lake's surface created even more subtle ripples but he walked on the lake, he wobbled on the lake for a bit but he slowly got used to using chakra as a repulser to stand on top of the water. This type of training requires delicate chakra control and some measure of power to walk smoothly on top of a water surface.
Tsunade, who was hiding in secret and watching Han, her expression became more serious.
Han once again showed that he was not a talentless idiot.
"Huh!" Han slowly exhaled, he crouched slightly in the center of the lake, and then raised his right arm, a Sakabato that radiated cold light appeared in his hand.
Tsunade looked surprised, her eyes widened because she couldn't see from where Han took out that sword.
Han moved!
He stepped heavily on the surface of the water, his foot dipped in the water a little bit as it distorted as he dashed forward then by thumping his leg, he turned and cut across thin air horizontally, he dodged by doing a somersault and swept his sword again in a horizontal sword. His movements were extremely fast, demonstrating pure skills in mele combat..
Han's left hand flashed through a few half-seals and one more figure appeared on the lake!
As soon as Han's clone appeared, Han who was holding the sword dashed forward dodged the sword strike coming his way, and cut off the opponent's head with a horizontal slice. The clone of Han that had just appeared burst into a puddle of water and then splashed on the water's surface.
'Water Release: Water Clone Technique'
After the first water clone was destroyed by Han, another water clone appeared not far away, and in the next three seconds, the real Han had already cleaved through it in a single sword slice!
After three seconds, another clone popped as Han swept through the lake fighting his own clones.
Tsunade was hiding in a tree not far away, her mouth wide open in surprise. She watched for a while before she realized that Han had used one-handed seals to summon these closed resulting in her shocked expression!
For any ninjutsu, it was extremely difficult to make one-handed seals. Even among the recognized geniuses those who can perform their favorite techniques with one-handed seals were very few.
Although the Water Release: Water Clone Technique is only C-Rank Water Release ninjutsu, most ordinary Genin can't even learn it very easily. It is mostly used by Chūnin and if you want to find someone to use the jutsu with only one-handed seals, even most Jounin won't be able to do it.
Yet her was Han, and he was doing it at the same time as he was performing various sword techniques!
Naturally, it was impossible for Tsunade to know that Han learned the Water Release: Water Clone Technique through ninjutsu scrolls dropped by the system and then he got two more of these scrolls which allowed him to not only increase his speed to use the jutsu but also to master the one-handed seal. Plus he drank a golden potion to experiment before this session in order to figure out its effectiveness.
"He is practicing, practicing his Water Style jutsu, while at the same time as he practices swordsmanship and chakra control," Tsunade muttered to herself, she could see what Han was doing.
The Water Release: Water Clone Technique, compared to other C-Rank Ninjutsu, consumes very little Chakra, but it also requires a source of water to perform it. Moreover, the physical stats of a Water Clone are only one-tenth of Han's own body, so the clones can not actually harm him but they can simulate some scenarios.
However, even if the chakra expenditure was very low, Han can't do this kind of practice for too long.
Soon, when Han after killing another clone, stopped, sat cross-legged on the lake, and put the sword on his lap, as he started meditating.
Tsunade's face became more solemn, she feels that she has discovered some secret, but what does this kid want to hide?
Why should he hide his own strength?
Tsunade didn't know Han very well, but just from looking at Han's performance just now, he was at least at the level of an excellent Chūnin. Just Three days ago, he was almost beaten to death by Uchiha Fugaku. Why didn't he fight back?
Tsunade remembered the terrible vitality hidden in Han. It was one of the reasons why Tsunade paid more attention to Han. As a medical ninja, Tsunade was intrigued by his vitality.
'This kid, according to his file, Han was an orphan. He was taken back to the village when he was very very young. He had entered the academy when he was just five and he has never left the village. He can't be a spy, so why...?'
Tsunade couldn't figure it out, he risked not revealing his strength even though he was beaten to the brink of death. But at night, he secretly came to an isolated place to clearly practice both physical skills and he was even able to perform ninjutsu with one-handed seals, all the while being regarded as talentless waste by the rest of the village.
Tsunade was a curious person by nature, and she has never been so interested in someone before.
Han sat cross-legged on the lake for a long time, suddenly he moved as he held his sword in one hand and propped himself up on the lake's surface with the other hand doing a one-handed handstand.
When you try to hover over the lake's surface with one hand, it was obviously more difficult than standing on two feet. As the area of one hand is smaller, so the palm needs to emit a stronger pulse of chakra.
Tsunade stared closely.
Han's palm wobbled on the surface of the lake for a minute before he slowly stabilized and got used to the output of chakra, the gold potion easily expanded his speed of learning as he quickly figured it out.
Han's hand wobbled again as his whole body bounced up a little, then he closed his hand tightly in a fist just leaving out a single finger, and he balanced using just a single finger on the water's surface, Han was still hovering on the surface of the lake.
Tsunade's pupils shrank sharply.
It was an extreme display of chakra control, this was an exercise done before trying to form chakra threads...
Plop!
Han's finger wobbled on the surface of the water like a pendulum. The water's surface suddenly broke, and Han fell into the lake.
Tsunade was taken aback for a moment, as she almost laughed aloud.
~Splash~ ~Splash~
After a few moments the water splashed, and Han emerged from the lake again, he stepped out onto the lake's surface, as if there were some hidden staircase in the lake water. He slowly walked up, looking like it was taking a lot of effort, Tsunade looked at him, staring first, wondering what was wrong, and then her expression morphed into disbelief.
Because the chakra signature that Han was emitting at the moment was very unique, he walked onto the lake, holding two huge stones, that were more than a meter and a half in diameter.
Taijutsu: enhanced strength!
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