Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

"I look down on Naruto, but in battle I seem to be even worse than Naruto. I...I."

"Naruto is a genius?"

"Naruto? He seems quite happy, buying ninja tools. Is he about to embark on a mission outside the village?"

Sakura Haruno's eyes widened, and the sense of defeat in her heart was instantly replaced by absurdity.

graduate School.

Sakura Haruno opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn't say anything.

Kakashi remained silent, unaware of what had happened, but Sakura Haruno's mindset had clearly undergone a significant change.

I am nothing.

She thought of Ino's words—

"Who?"

Are you kidding me?

She acknowledged that Naruto was not weak and was very strong in taijutsu, but calling him a genius would be too much of a stretch.

When they accepted the mission, Tazuna was somewhat dissatisfied with their lineup, especially Naruto.

They still won't let it go.

Sakura Haruno's eyes lit up.

He couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, because he had never encountered anything like this on the first shift before.

Now you want her to admit she's not as good as Naruto...

"Him? Me?"

Because of Kakashi, he has been quite considerate of Team 7. If they were to encounter Haku and get completely crushed, needing the opponent to show mercy to win, they might as well just die.

"..."

His self-esteem is broken.

Tenten and Kazusa had already arrived.

Sakura Haruno glanced inside the room.

Seeing that she was deeply upset, Kakashi quickly tried to comfort her, saying, "Your chakra control is very strong, and your knowledge is also very deep. If you can put aside some distractions and focus more, there is someone you can learn from."

"Yagyu Chiba, my former disciple."

Sakura Haruno found it hard to believe, and even felt that she was a little unworthy.

Even teachers don't exaggerate their students' abilities like that.

"You're not without your merits."

Sakura Haruno couldn't continue speaking.

"Ok?"

He truly had no intention of participating in the mission to the Land of Waves.

"Don't disbelieve me, Naruto just has a weaker control over his chakra, and there's a reason for that."

Kakashi paused, then continued, "Compared to you, Naruto has a powerful physique, recovery ability, and chakra, which is why he can use shadow clones to assist in his training, while you can't."

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Naruto is not the loser you imagine. He has his own strengths. From another perspective, you can also consider him a genius."

……

Chiba saw Naruto and Sasuke looking jubilant in the distance, paused for a second or two, then shook his head and continued walking towards the Forest of Death.

Every day, she was forging the scabbard for the sword, while Kazusa was practicing swordsmanship at the dojo next door. Besides her, there was also Gekko Hayate.

In Hayate's opinion, Kazusa has made great progress. He was not as good as Kazusa back then, but she doesn't seem satisfied. She keeps saying, "I have too little talent, so I have to work harder."

Does Chiba possess some kind of magic?

Hayate stood to the side, lost in deep thought, unaware of Chiba's arrival.

"Senior Hayate."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Just as Hayate was thinking about Chiba, the other person's voice appeared, and he immediately started coughing violently.

He coughed for several seconds before gradually calming down.

Kazusa put down the knife and ran over to help relieve the pain with massage and comfort.

"Okay, okay, Kazusa."

Jifeng waved his hand.

"Is your condition still the same, senior?"

"I'm a little better, but I was just frightened... Sigh, staying here for a while has made me lose all my vigilance as a ninja."

Moonlight Gale said with shame.

The research institute was located deep in the Death Forest, surrounded by trees, with incredibly fresh air. After staying there for a while, he felt much better.

But this time, when Chiba was behind him, he was completely unaware.

"This is not your fault. Perhaps I concealed my presence, which is why you didn't notice me, senior."

"That's right, Chiba-kun's ability to conceal himself is no less than yours, so you don't need to overthink it."

Kazusa chimed in from the side.

Gale was somewhat surprised: "Your ability to conceal yourself is also very impressive?"

"Don't listen to Kazusa's nonsense. I don't know the Transformation Technique and can't hide myself very well. I can only put a little effort into concealing my presence, but no matter what, I can't compare to you guys."

Chiba shook his head.

Moonlight Gale raised an eyebrow.

Although I know that Chiba is very talented, he has only put in a little effort, so it's probably not as exaggerated as Kazusa said.

but.

Chiba always has many peculiar ideas.

He relaxed his brow and said, "Chiba-kun, our Moonlight Clan has some experience in this area. I wonder if you would be willing to share it with us?"

"That's possible, but I have a small condition."

Chiba said.

Moonlight Gale made a "please speak" gesture.

"My current skills are more suitable for myself. It would be quite difficult for the average person to learn them. If we want to exchange experiences, I hope you can help me organize and develop them into techniques that ordinary people can learn."

Chiba stated his request.

Jifeng paused for a second, then couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.

Although some research has been conducted, it has only taken some time, whereas the Moonlight Clan has been researching concealment for generations.

This child is far too confident.

However, it's not a big problem.

Chiba's techniques may be different from theirs. If they could be developed into a ninjutsu, it would be a great benefit to the other ninjas in Konoha.

Although I didn't expect that the first technique I would study would not be swordsmanship, but rather the technique of concealing one's aura, it is still an area that I am relatively good at.

Jifeng nodded: "Okay."

"Actually, my method is very simple. It is to control the breath and then use the manipulation of chakra to form a membrane on the outside to further isolate the breath from the inside."

Chiba explained his method: "I concealed my presence just now simply because I didn't want the insects to know I was back."

Once the Beetle King and the others discover themselves, they will definitely come over immediately to demand Sage Chakra.

But now I don't have a single drop left.

Let's delay for a while, at least let the clone help recover some of the damage before we talk about it.

Hayate frowned and said, "But wouldn't that make it easier to leak chakra?"

"Therefore, a very strong ability to control chakra is required to prevent any chakra from dissipating."

"..."

How terrifying must that chakra manipulation ability be?

Moonlight Gale took a deep breath, suppressing the jumble of thoughts in his mind, and said, "May I see it?"

"of course."

As Chiba spoke, he increased the output of his chakra.

Then, a layer of chakra appeared on the surface of his skin.

“Really?”

Kazusa looked at Chiba in shock, "Do you often maintain this technique?"

"Of course not, this is also my recent research result."

To be precise.

Chiba can only further refine his skills after learning the chakra absorption technique.

He had thought of this method before, but maintaining chakra would inevitably lead to physical and mental exhaustion. Fortunately, his chakra control was strong enough to forcibly absorb it back.

But most people don't have that kind of self-control.

After mastering chakra absorption techniques, a chakra cycle is maintained through release and absorption, greatly reducing losses and enhancing chakra control.

However, this is only a proposal at present.

Just because Chiba can do it easily doesn't mean that ordinary people can.

After explaining the principle, he took out his notebook and flipped to the notes from that day.

There are some hastily written notes above.