"Heh heh, you should still use Shadow Clone! Anyway, Minato is there to back you up, so even if something goes wrong, it won't be a big problem," Ishikawa suggested, looking at the somewhat bewildered Rin.
"Oh, and to be safe, I still recommend you remove that eye first as a backup."
"Shadow Clone, huh…" Rin patted her head in sudden realization. She had truly been so engrossed that she forgot about this option.
But Ishikawa must have thought of it long ago, yet he teased her just now—that hateful guy!
Rin glared at Ishikawa in dissatisfaction, then immediately took out Ranmaru's eye, along with the optic nerve, and placed it in nutrient solution. After that, she quickly touched the doorknob to restore her stamina and Chakra, maintaining her peak condition.
'Red Eye activated…'
Two minutes later, the moment Rin formed a hand seal to create a clone, Ishikawa's pupils changed, activating his X-ray vision and staring intently at her.
Of course, Ishikawa wasn't so bored as to use X-ray vision on a girl's body. Instead, he used it to see through Rin's meridians, observing the real-time path of Chakra circulation when Ninjutsu was activated.
The reason Sharingan can copy an opponent's Ninjutsu is by simultaneously copying the Chakra circulation route and hand seals when the opponent activates their Ninjutsu.
Of course, this also requires the same attribute and one's own mastery over Chakra control and nature transformation.
Therefore, although the Byakugan or Red Eye, which have stronger observational abilities, cannot perform instant copying, they can still accelerate learning by seeing through Chakra circulation routes via their X-ray function.
As a commoner, who wouldn't want a cultivation accelerator? Ishikawa, at least, couldn't refuse this temptation.
This was also one of the important reasons why Ishikawa transplanted the Red Eye…
"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect Rin's Chakra to be three times mine after just one month. She should be able to easily unleash two Rasengan now!" Ishikawa couldn't help but secretly envy Rin's Chakra reserve.
As for copying Shadow Clone? Heh heh! He didn't have that idea for now. Ishikawa mainly wanted to see Mystical Palm Technique accelerate the completion of this technique.
After two life-or-death crises, Ishikawa had deeply understood the principle of biting off more than you can chew. He would no longer be overly ambitious, trying to learn everything and ending up learning nothing…
"Mystical Palm Technique…" A few minutes later, as Rin's clone transplanted the Red Eye and activated Mystical Palm Technique, Ishikawa immediately intensified his pupil power, meticulously staring at the Shadow Clone.
Although it was a clone, the application of Chakra circulation was identical. Through the Red Eye's deep analysis, directly facing the essence, Ishikawa finally found all the problems with his own Mystical Palm Technique.
It was like a mountain shrouded in thick fog, suddenly clearing as the wind blew, allowing Ishikawa to see the winding path directly to the summit.
"Is this the Red Eye's X-ray ability? It feels like my vision is covered by a layer of red mist, and I can clearly see things one or two kilometers away.
And it's not the 180° vision I expected, but a wide angle of approximately 270°," Rin exclaimed joyfully a short while later, her right eye crimson like a Terminator as she stared at the wall.
"Of course, the fields of vision of both eyes will overlap. The Red Eye itself has 360° no-blind-spot vision, but a single eye isn't necessarily an average distribution of 180° vision," Ishikawa agreed, having been pleasantly surprised by this himself earlier.
Although 270° isn't 360° no-blind-spot vision, it's already enough for them! Their main need is to see through enemy situations; if the vision isn't enough, they can just turn their heads…
"Okay, time's almost up. I should go fuse with the Red Eye. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if this eye becomes uncontrollable," Rin gave Ishikawa a sweet smile and quickly stepped forward to touch the doorknob, eliminating the rejection reaction.
With this eye, she now had absolute confidence to change the fate of the Minato Class!
"Hmm, I should also practice Mystical Palm Technique." Seeing that there were still about ten minutes left, Ishikawa immediately seized the time to form hand seals according to the Chakra circulation path he had just observed.
As for worrying that the Red Eye's Chakra consumption would affect his training? Uh, the fact that Ishikawa could continuously watch Rin's clone perform Mystical Palm Technique for several minutes already said a lot.
Now, the Red Eye was like his own power, wielded as easily as an arm! Activating it continuously for about five minutes consumed only one-tenth of his Chakra, and there was no continuous consumption after deactivating it.
This was a world of difference compared to before!
Furthermore, as Rin Nohara fused with the Red Eye, Ishikawa clearly saw the change as it seamlessly blended with her own Chakra color.
This indicated that the Red Eye had truly become their own power, unlike the transplanted traces that Hidden Mist Ao or Danzo could see through with the Byakugan.
"Indeed, having the answers beforehand is great!" A moment later, Ishikawa was overjoyed as green luminescence ignited in his hands. At this training speed, he was confident he could complete the Mystical Palm Technique within a few days.
Thinking that once he completed Mystical Palm Technique, he could wholeheartedly train in Lightning Release nature transformation, Ishikawa immediately focused completely and continued practicing Mystical Palm Technique.
Time quietly passed as Ishikawa diligently practiced and Rin familiarized herself with the Red Eye…
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The next morning, at Team 7's gathering point.
"What, what, this mission actually has a reward of ten thousand ryo?"
"Hokage-sama couldn't have made a mistake, could he? This is already comparable to the reward of a previous A-rank mission!"
Receiving the mission rewards distributed by Kakashi, Taro and Jiro, both exclaimed in surprise, unable to believe this sudden windfall.
Not to mention them, even Ishikawa was slightly taken aback at this moment!
A C-rank mission with a reward of ten thousand ryo? Are the Village and Kakashi, the Jonin instructor, not taking a cut?
"Well! This mission was elevated to a B-rank mission by the client, so the reward was increased accordingly." Kakashi maintained his usual lazy demeanor, making Ishikawa and the other two suspicious again.
If a B-rank mission has a ten thousand ryo reward, then why was the previous A-rank mission also ten thousand ryo?
As if noticing their confusion, Kakashi shrugged and spoke again, "The previous A-rank mission was an internal Village mission, where the mission rank was more significant than the reward.
So the mission reward naturally wasn't as much as a commissioned mission's reward, after all, Lady Tsunade is one of Konoha's Legendary Sannin, and there's no danger in interacting with her."
"I see…" Hearing Kakashi's answer, Taro and Jiro suddenly understood and immediately happily put the money away, about to stuff it into their pockets.
"Hand it over!" But at that moment, two hands suddenly appeared and snatched the two men's reward envelopes.
Under the dumbfounded expressions of his two subordinates, Ishikawa directly put away the rewards and stuffed them into his ninja tool pouch. "This will be the repayment for me saving you earlier. To save you, your Brother sacrificed a ninja hawk and fifty Exploding Tags!"
"What? We have to pay for this, too? Brother Ishikawa, we're completely relying on this reward for living expenses right now! We're too poor…"
"Brother, can't you take a little less? Besides, as Big Brother, isn't it your duty to save us?"
After a moment of stunned silence, Taro and Jiro simultaneously wailed and complained!
Ten thousand ryo, that's a full ten thousand ryo… Brother Ishikawa, you're too ruthless…