The last trial Bakorio had to go through was the trial of skill, and this one was supervised by none other than the monkey king Enma
"Bakorio-kun, I believe you already know what this test requires but I will say it once more" Said Enma, and Bakorio nodded at him calmly in a gesture for him to continue
"This test requires you to merge three chakra transformations of your choosing without relying on any Kekkei Genkai" Said Enma and Bakorio nodded again at him and said "I understand"
Then, he sat down cross-legged and started contemplating 'My chakra control is already perfect, and so are my transformations… It's unfortunate that I can't use chakra merging on transformed chakra…' Thought Bakorio before he decided on his best chance of succeeding quickly.
It was a chakra transformation he tried to analyze before but failed miserably because of how complicated it was, and it was none other than dust release…
'Each chakra transformation has its own property, fire can burn as well as be explosive. Wind can be both sharp and fast, Lightning can paralyze and penetrate, and so on… To merge two or more types of chakra, the user must merge the suitable properties of these two to create a desirable effect, although it isn't this simple. Moreover, this is extremely difficult even for normal Kekkei Genkai that only require two types of chakra…'
After reaching this point of thinking, Bakorio decided to take it slow and first merge two types of chakra perfectly before trying the more difficult task of merging three.
'Let's try creating ice' Thought Bakorio before he started transforming his chakra into both water and wind before trying to merge them… Form didn't matter, he only wanted to achieve the transformation… However, once he was done, instead of an ice release, he simply ended up creating an extremely fast water projectile as if it was pressurized…
'The two chakra natures didn't merge but worked together instead, this is pretty good as it's at the level of someone like Hiruzen but I need to achieve more than this!' Thought Bakorio before he tried again…
After 10 tries, he still ended up with the same effect which made him frown slightly…
Meanwhile, Enma was already shocked by Bakorio's current level that matched Hiruzen and he couldn't help but wonder what will happen when he fully grows up…
'I wish I had a Kekkei Genkai related to chakra transformation, this could have been much more easier when I have something as a reference to work with…' Thought Bakorio before he closed his eye and contemplated what he was doing wrong while trying multiple solutions every time but all of them failed and this went on for a whole day before he realized something…
'Even merging only the suitable properties doesn't work huh? what's going on?' Bakorio was truly confused since he was doing everything right yet the result he wanted simply didn't happen. Indeed, this is why bloodlines are valuable. Mastery alone isn't enough to let someone surpass certain limitations…
'Wait, I've been trying to merge these two in equal quantities all this time, maybe I should try it in different ratios this time' thought Bakorio before he quickly put it to the test! After all, he only has 100 possibilities to try so it wouldn't make him a lot.
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One after another, Bakorio started testing, beginning with a 1:100 of wind to water ratio. Failure after failure was the result, however when he reached the 70:30 ratio, he finally achieved his desired effect and an ice spike appeared above his hand!
"Finally, I did it!" said Bakorio with a smile, and a system notification soon appeared in front of him signifying his success
[Congratulations host, you have learned Ice chakra transformation!]
"Nice, let's try unlocking other chakra transformations" muttered Bakorio, while the jaw of Enma who was observing him dropped to the floor from the shock!
'In just two days he already learned a Kekkei Genkai? What kind of talent is this?' He was truly astonished, and so were the four monkey sages watching him through their magical mirror…
After this, Bakorio spent a month learning each of the different Kekkei Genkai and they went like this
Water + Fire = Boil release
Water + Earth = Mud release
Water + Lightning = Storm release
Fire +Wind = Scorch release
Fire + Earth = Lava Release
Fire + Lightning = Light release
Earth + Wind = Magnet release
Earth + Lightning = Explosion release
Wind + lightning = Shock Release
All of these were currently level 1 since he was focusing on learning all of them first, but he was still satisfied with his achievement…
'I was expecting gaining Wood release after merging water and earth, I didn't expect it to turn out as mud release…' Thought Bakorio who just finished learning his last transformation, Shock release!
This one gave him the ability to create strong shockwaves mixed with lightning as well as create and maintain cages made of lightning which helps greatly to restrain his enemies…
Then, he tried to level up his ice release but he was surprised to find out that it required at least 4 times the effort to level it up compared to the basic chakra transformations…
'This is going to take me a lot… let's just focus on the ones needed for the dust release for now. That release is made from Fire, wind, and earth. I will master the lava release first and try merging it with wind, if that doesn't work, I will try mastering all the combinations of these chakra natures' thought Bakorio before he began his training once more, and in no time at all, another month passed and his lava release reached level 100!
"Let's see if this is going to work" muttered Bakorio before he tried merging his now fully mastered lava release with his wind release.
Failure after failure was encountered, not to mention that now, huge explosions occurred each time he fails and they would even injure his strong body sometimes making him furrow his brows in annoyance
'Why do I keep failing? I tried every possible ratio and yet it still didn't work!' thought Bakorio while staring at his bloody hands from the recent explosion he had to endure before using his restoration skill to heal them…
"Fine then, I will master all transformations" Muttered Bakorio before he set off to master the Scorch release and the magnet release as well! And just like that, two more months passed by quickly
"Now I should be ready for this!" Thought Bakorio confidently before he started trying every possible combination with every possible ratio. Scorch release with earth, Magnet release with fire Magnet release with scorch release, and so on…
However, he would always end up with failures one after the other which almost made him go crazy and burn the whole mountain of flowers and fruits to ashes!
"I will fucking find the secret to this Jutsu no matter what!" said Bakorio through his gritted teeth! However, his anger didn't change anything as his body kept sustaining bigger and bigger injuries before he heals it, and the only positive thing that came out of this was that his physical and vitality attributes along with his spirit were rising slowly!
'Wait, why am I complicating things? It was my speculation from the start that Dust release is the combination of lava release with wind release… But what if I'm simply underestimating the ninja of this world… what if they are true geniuses that found a way to merge three chakra natures directly without needing to facilitate it through their Kekkai Genkai?' Bakorio was suddenly hit by this realization and he couldn't help but remember Minato's genius in seals and his affinity for space and Mukai's unhuman talent for Taijutsu… what if someone had a similar talent for chakra? Wouldn't he be able to achieve a miracle like this?
After getting his ego deflated, Bakorio focused once more, this time he planned on merging earth, wind, and fire just the way he did with his Kekkei Genkai!