Roll back from Naruto

In this battle, Konoha had the upper hand, and Sunagakure had to withdraw their battle line until they reached the junction of Kawakuni and Wind Country, just like Konoha did a few months ago.

As for Aragaki Tsugumi, although he did not appear on the frontal battlefield to eliminate more Suna ninjas, as a Konoha ninja who participated in this war in another way, he knew that he was still there. What kind of heavy damage the team caused to Sunagakure.

To put it bluntly, their special operations team, with Kato Dan and his spiritual transformation technique as the core of their tactics, was one of the important factors influencing this war.

Without them, Konoha might also have to pay double or triple the number of casualties in a few weeks or even months to achieve such results.

Kato Dan's use of the Spiritualization Technique was very effective in severely damaging Sunagakure's command system and logistics system. Countless Sunagakure died directly and indirectly in his hands.

It is not an exaggeration to even use the phrase "killing people like hemp" to describe Kato Dan at this time.

However, after their team successfully returned to Konoha's frontline position, all team members including Kato Dan, including Aragaki, Uchiha Fugaku and Nara Yuko, were greeted as if they were returning home in triumph.

Because in the eyes of Konoha ninjas, Kato Dan is a hero.

Kato Dan's reputation for his spiritual transformation technique rose to prominence a few years ago, and it has now shone brightly in the war with Sunagakure.

Although Konoha had trained Kato Dan as a secret weapon in the early years, there was something hidden.

But when the art of spiritual transformation changes the battlefield pattern again and again, there will always be a day when this matter will be exposed to everyone, and the same is true for Konoha's enemies.

After all, just like Sunagakure's full retreat this time, I believe Kato Dan's several difficult-to-defend assassinations on the enemy commander ended up seriously injuring him. This factor played a large role.

It’s hard to imagine that Sunagakure had to mobilize high-end combat power from the front lines of the battlefield, and then maintain the defensive barrier at the headquarters day and night. At the same time, it also had to take care of the frontal battlefield of fighting Konoha. How exhausting and exhausting it was. .

Therefore, not long ago, Konoha's high-level officials simply made Kato Dan's spiritual transformation technique public, which not only gave Konoha's ninjas a shot in the arm, but also served as a strategic deterrent to Sunagakure.

What's more, Konoha has always needed heroes, whether in the past, now, or in the future.

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However, just as Kato Dan possessed Suna Ninja and had a separate conversation with Aragaki before, he didn't seem to be a person willing to enjoy this kind of glory.

If he enjoys this honor, then why should he generously want to share it with Aragaki?

Although Kato Dan had that warm and humble smile on his face at the celebration that night, in the eyes of Aragaki Tsugumi, the "King of Fake Smiles" in Konoha, his smile was actually very forced.

No wonder, Kato Dan would say to him at that time, "I think we will be the same kind of people."

At the end of the celebration party, Kato Dan once again found Aragaki Tsugumi alone and handed a scroll into his hands.

And said to him: "Only you and I know this matter. If you can't learn it, there is no need to mention it again. If you can master it... it is your own choice to take the next step."

At this time, Kato Dan's face no longer had that smile. On the contrary, it was a little entangled, a little guilty, or maybe it was a kind of happiness?

Aragaki didn't know whether he should thank him or not, but he just looked a little lonely when he left.

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The place where Aragaki chose to practice the art of spiritual transformation was within the barracks dormitory.

According to the description of the cultivation method of the Spiritual Transformation Technique, this technique is actually simple enough, so simple that only one "卯" seal is needed to form the seal.

However, the description of this technique is enough... metaphysics? In addition to the need to move chakra according to a certain sequence of meridians, the most important thing it requires of the practitioner is that "spiritual power must be integrated with chakra as much as possible"

Physical separation”!

For human beings, the body is naturally the carrier of the spiritual power of the soul. Generally, the soul leaves the body only when death occurs.

Now, what the art of spiritual transformation requires is that the caster can achieve this in a non-dead state.

Aragaki may not know how to condense mental power and chakra into a spiritual body, but he has experienced the feeling of the soul leaving the body at death.

Because every time he returns from death, he always needs a little time to get through the "flashback period" before he can completely "return" to his body.

Maybe it was this feeling... Aragaki closed his eyes and maintained the seal state, and kept recalling that strange feeling, slowly, until he felt that his body became more and more agile.

He didn't expect that he could be so successful the first time he used the spiritual transformation technique. The state at this time was indeed novel and strange, because when he lowered his head, he actually saw himself.

His body was sitting cross-legged in that position, motionless, but Aragaki could feel the blood flowing in the body and the heart beating.

Everything around him was quiet enough, but also noisy enough. He could even hear the conversation of two patrolling ninjas hundreds of meters away... Then the leaves condensed into dew, and water dropped... and then a moth

Flashing its wings, it flew towards the crackling bonfire.

While everything was completely silent, everything around seemed so vibrant!

A thought flashed through Aragaki's mind, and his body had already jumped out of the roof without any hindrance. He flew higher and higher until he could overlook the entire camp.

At this time, he suddenly remembered a Taoist concept or mental state in his previous life that seemed to be the same as his current situation. It was called "the mind wandering outside the world" or "the mind wandering too empty".

It was difficult to understand in the past, but now when my mind is really wandering in the world, the secrets are difficult to describe in words.

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Until, Aragaki suddenly noticed a luminous figure flying towards him, it was Kato Dan. It seemed that he also noticed that his spiritual transformation was successful.

"Congratulations, you have mastered the art of spiritual transformation."

In the air, Kato Dan smiled and spoke to Aragaki.

"How about it? Does the wonder of spiritual transformation make you feel like you have a new understanding of the world? Especially standing at such a high place."

Aragaki nodded, and at this moment he saw a strange flash of light in Kato Dan's eyes.

"I have always felt that the mystery of spiritual transformation is more than that. Look at that day, the clouds, and the higher place! What is beyond that?

I have tried, but I understand that my abilities are always limited. But even so, I still want to see further away..."

Kato opened his hands as if he wanted to embrace the whole world.