The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 134: Ninjutsu: Silk Knot Manipulation

Ever since his sparring session with Minato a few days ago, Hideki had begun to work on remedying the various flaws in the Star Barrier Jutsu.

One of the major flaws is that the Konoha fluid technique learned from Senior Dai is too open and it is difficult to coordinate perfectly with the boundary stone floating cannon.

Although Hideki also tried to take advantage of the situation, he was responsible for setting up bait with many flaws, and then used the floating cannon to wait and see.

But this unrestrained and suicidal style of play is not suitable for him who has always been cautious and cherishes his life.

And this thread-manipulation technique, which combines chakra lines and physical techniques, is one of the solutions he found from the inspiration library that he has not had time to develop.

Hideki continued to explain:

"The main function of this set of ninjutsu is to allow the puppeteer to delay and counterattack when the enemy approaches him."

"So we combine defensive physical skills, and the moves are also biased towards defense and containment."

"Lin, you are planning to take the path of combining medical ninjutsu and puppetry. I'm afraid it will take a long time to accumulate knowledge, and it will be difficult to achieve any results in a short period of time."

"So you might as well learn this set of ninjutsu as a means of self-defense."

"With its defensive nature, it should be able to play a good role as a puppeteer or a medical ninja in the future."

Nohara Rin is not a brat like Obito who is always picky and ungrateful even though he has something to learn.

Hearing that Teacher Xiushu had considered her so carefully, Lin was naturally grateful and nodded vigorously:

"Thank you, Mr. Xiushu. I will definitely study hard."

"You're welcome. I'm looking forward to what surprises you can bring me in the future by combining puppetry and medical ninjutsu."

Hideki patted Lin's head gently, and Lin narrowed her eyes like a kitten.

Next comes the teaching time.

Hideki smiled and said:
"The key to the Silk Knot is the coordination of chakra lines of different characteristics and various physical techniques."

"Then Lin, do you know what key properties the spider silk form I just used gives to chakra?"

Lin thought about it for a moment, then said slowly:
"I remember that your chakra line quickly formed into a net after it was shot out, so you must have used the 'fork' feature."

"And the little sparrow is not injured at all. The chakra line should also have considerable ductility and elasticity."

"And once they are touched, they can't move, so the chakra lines should also have strong adhesion, isn't that right, teacher?"

Hideki nodded with a smile:
"Although there are many other properties that enhance the strength of a spider web, these three are indeed the key properties."

"So, Lin, do you feel that these three characteristics are somewhat familiar?"

Lin was slightly stunned when she heard this, then her eyes widened and she suddenly realized.

“It’s the Meridian Spinning Method!”

Hideki had previously taught a technique in puppetry class called the Meridian Spinning Method, which allowed students to learn the six advanced uses of chakra threads more quickly.

Although the crash course is very painful, many students stay away from it.

But Lin, who came from a common family, knew that such an opportunity was actually very rare, so she gritted her teeth and applied for crash course tutoring, and has already opened up two meridian lines recommended by the teacher.

These two lines happen to be the elastic ring finger joint line and the little finger joint line that is good at forking.

In addition, the wall-climbing exercise that her teacher asked her to do recently was to exercise the adsorption power of chakra, which was similar to the stickiness of chakra lines.

This made Lin feel suddenly filled with warmth and gratitude.

Teacher Hideki is so nice!
He actually helped me lay the foundation for practicing this technique before I applied for guidance.

Hideki smiled and said:

"It seems like you've figured it out, Lin."

"Yes, you have already mastered all the key points of the spider silk shape. What remains is to combine them." "However, since the elasticity and bifurcation characteristics are obtained by trickery, if you want to use them here, you must learn the advanced techniques of the meridian spinning method in advance - joining and splitting the threads."

"The joining of chakras is the process of twisting together chakras of different characteristics in the meridians."

"The branch line will split the chakra line and shoot it out from other fingers."

"Erin, with your chakra control, it shouldn't be too difficult to accomplish these two things before the martial arts competition."

"But if you want to continue your research in the future, you still have to master the ability to change the characteristics of chakra lines by yourself."

"Only in this way can the true power of this silk knot be brought into play."

Seeing Lin nodded seriously, Hideki said:
"Then I will explain its specific usage next. Is there anything I didn't understand before?"

Lin hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Teacher, I understand what you said, but there is a small problem."

"I'm just worried that I don't have as much chakra as you, so I can't perform the moves I just used..."

Hideki almost burst into tears when he heard this.

It's not easy. I didn't expect someone would say they have more chakra...

This is of course thanks to the chakra capacitance that allows him to add half the chakra when releasing the chakra line.

But it's largely because of the spider web that makes this move seem to use a lot of chakra.
In fact, as a civilian, Lin's chakra amount is not low, otherwise she would not have the opportunity to be trained as a medical ninja in the original work.

However, it is normal for Lin, whose chakra control ability is far inferior to his, to have such concerns.

Fortunately, Hideki's previous operation was actually mixed with a bit of pretense, and what he was going to teach Lin now was a more sophisticated use...

"Lin, don't worry, because even if it's the same spider silk, different spiders have completely different uses for it."

Xiu Shu immediately asked with a smile, "Lin, have you heard of the ghost-faced spider?"

Lin wrinkled her cute nose and tried to think hard, but unfortunately she found nothing and could only shake her head.

Seeing this, Hideki explained with a smile:
"It's a very interesting spider, they make a very small quadrilateral web."

"When hunting, they will use their two pairs of forelimbs to grab the four corners of the spider web, and hang their bodies upside down on the bushes close to the ground. When they see prey passing by, they will quickly pull down the spider web to cover the prey below."

"And Lin, the first thing you need to learn is this method of use..."

So in the following period of time, Hideki began to carry out specific teaching.

The first stage is to teach Lin step by step how to adjust the chakra routes in the meridians so as to mix the two types of chakras together.

About twenty minutes later, Lin finally mastered the technique of joining the lines, and the next step was to consolidate it through continuous practice.

So Hideki let Lin practice on her own first, and he had to rush to the next student to teach...

So in the following time, Hideki guided each student one by one.

He also did not show favoritism and gave each student the most appropriate guidance.

Especially Ibiki, Genma and Ebisu, they also endured the pain and mastered one or two advanced uses of chakra lines through quick methods.

So similar to Lin, Hideki also taught them some of the moves of Sijieluo as an experiment.

Since they are all relatively basic applications, I should be able to catch up with the martial arts competition in half a month.

Thinking about Obito and Shisui in the low-pressure chamber, and Asuma who had been practicing secretly with all his might, Hideki couldn't help but smile.

It seems that this Ninja School's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament, held out of mischief, might be more interesting than he imagined...

　Thanks to the 100-yuan reward from the book friend Liu who writes "Everyday we need positive energy"
　　
　
(End of this chapter)