Chapter 249: Learning the Transcription Seal

Chapter 249: Chapter 249: Learning the Transcription Seal

The Third slowly said, "Uchiha Shisui, who also possesses the Mangekyo Sharingan, is the best candidate to counter Kamigami’s ’Homura.’ Besides, Team 11 also has outstanding Konoha shinobi like Kakashi, Hyuga Kagami, and Might Guy. There shouldn’t be any problem ensuring Naruto’s safety."

"With the Mangekyo Sharingan and the Byakugan, ANBU Team 11 really is the best choice to protect Naruto." After a brief pause, Jiraiya smiled. "Now I can leave without worrying."

The Third raised an eyebrow. "Leave!? Where are you going this time? With things this sensitive right now, you’re not going anywhere!"

Jiraiya’s smile disappeared, replaced by a serious expression. "I want to bring Tsunade back. The threat posed by Kamigami is simply too great. The village needs her!"

"Tsunade..." Hearing Jiraiya mention her, the Third couldn’t help recalling the years when he had trained the Three Legendary Sannin. A sigh escaped him involuntarily. "Sigh..."

Jiraiya said, "I’ll definitely bring her back."

Putting aside his nostalgia, the Third asked, "You also visited the battlefield where the Raikage and the Eight-Tails’ jinchuriki fought Kamigami’s members. What did you think?"

Jiraiya replied, "If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I never would’ve believed that entire battlefield was created by a battle between just four shinobi."

The Third asked again, "I heard that the golden flames found at the scene were similar to the ones that appeared at Mt. Haruki not long ago?"

"Mm. Those unusual golden flames were produced by the ocular technique Susanoo of Kamigami’s ’Homura.’ According to Uchiha Shisui, although every Mangekyo Sharingan wielder is capable of using Susanoo, each person’s Susanoo is different. So Homura of Kamigami should have also participated in the battle at Mt. Haruki."

After a brief pause, Jiraiya looked puzzled. "The only thing we don’t know is who exactly he was fighting. But anyone capable of fighting him hard enough to bring down Mt. Haruki couldn’t have been ordinary either!"

One mysterious powerhouse after another, all of unknown identity, weighed increasingly heavily on the Third’s mind. "Go. Bring Tsunade back!"

Early the next morning, Hyuga Kagami received the Hokage’s summons for ANBU Team 11.

Once all four members of Team 11 arrived at the Hokage’s office, the Third canceled their previous mission of monitoring Danzo’s operation to hunt down Kamigami and assigned them a new mission.

The Third looked solemnly at the four members of Team 11 and announced, "From this moment onward, Team 11 has only one mission: protect Uzumaki Naruto around the clock!"

As the team captain, Kakashi answered without hesitation, "Understood!"

Kakashi knew that Uzumaki Naruto was the son of his sensei, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Naturally, he cared deeply about Naruto’s safety as well.

After leaving the Hokage Building, Hyuga Kagami and Shisui exchanged a glance.

From the Third’s order to protect Naruto twenty-four hours a day, it was clear that the village had already accepted the idea that Kamigami’s target was the Tailed Beasts and had begun making the corresponding preparations.

Arriving at a secluded training ground, Kakashi said to everyone, "We’ll do the same as last time. Team 11 will split into two groups and take turns protecting Naruto."

Naturally, no one objected. After all, this was round-the-clock protection. Without anyone to rotate shifts with, even a man of iron wouldn’t be able to endure it for long.

Before Kakashi could even divide the teams, Shisui raised his hand. "I’ll team up with Kagami-senpai!"

Kakashi paused, glancing between Shisui and Hyuga Kagami before nodding. "That works. Then Guy and I will form the other team. My group will take the first shift starting now, and your group will relieve us tomorrow."

With everything settled, Kakashi and Guy wasted no time and immediately left to carry out the protection mission.

Shisui then asked Hyuga Kagami, "Senpai, how should we handle things tomorrow?"

Hyuga Kagami stretched lazily. "Just send a Shadow Clone. Don’t tell me you were actually planning to stand guard over that Naruto kid for an entire day!"

Shisui then added, "Oh, right. The clan head has already taught me the Transcription Seal!"

Now that the suspicions surrounding Shisui had been cleared, Fugaku had agreed to Shisui’s request to learn the Transcription Seal without any hesitation. After all, as someone who had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, Shisui already possessed the qualifications to learn it.

Hyuga Kagami’s eyes lit up. "Perfect!"

"The Transcription Seal doesn’t require any hand seals. It’s activated entirely through ocular power. According to the clan head, it’s an ocular-power sealing technique that only members of the Uchiha clan can perform." As Shisui spoke, he took out a scroll and handed it to Hyuga Kagami. "So I’m not sure whether you’ll be able to learn this sealing technique, Senpai."

Hyuga Kagami accepted the scroll.

"I’ll give it a try!"

As he spoke, Hyuga Kagami also asked Shisui for some of his cellular tissue.

Out of his trust in Hyuga Kagami, Shisui didn’t think much of it and simply allowed him to collect some tissue samples from his body.

After parting ways with Shisui, Hyuga Kagami headed to his secret laboratory.

Spreading the scroll containing the Transcription Seal across the table, Hyuga Kagami began studying it carefully.

Ocular power wasn’t something exclusive to the Uchiha clan. If the only requirement for activating the Transcription Seal was sufficiently powerful ocular power, then the Tenseigan should theoretically be capable of activating it as well.

With that thought in mind, Hyuga Kagami carefully followed the contents of the scroll and began practicing the Transcription Seal.

Several hours later, he panted heavily as he thought to himself, "It’s not as difficult as I imagined!"

After several hours of study, he had already more or less mastered the ocular-power manipulation techniques required for the Transcription Seal. The only thing he lacked now was actual hands-on practice.

And so, Hyuga Kagami removed his Water Release clone from its nutrient tank and placed it on the laboratory table.

Slowly closing his eyes, Hyuga Kagami pushed the ocular power of his Tenseigan to its fullest. Then, he abruptly opened his eyes and gently pressed a finger against the Water Release clone’s forehead.

In an instant, a massive surge of Tenseigan chakra poured into the Water Release clone’s pair of incomplete Byakugan.

At the same time, Hyuga Kagami felt as though all the strength in his body had suddenly been drained away.

His legs went weak, and he staggered several steps before catching himself against a large nutrient tank nearby, barely managing to remain standing.

"So the burden of the Transcription Seal is this heavy... No wonder even among the Uchiha clan, so few people use it."

Hyuga Kagami’s chakra reserves were now far beyond those of an ordinary shinobi, yet after using the Transcription Seal just once, his body had immediately been overcome by a feeling of complete exhaustion. It was easy to imagine just how enormous the technique’s consumption of ocular power truly was.

Putting those thoughts aside, Hyuga Kagami returned to the laboratory table and shifted his gaze toward the Water Release clone lying upon it...