Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

In this era of relatively limited information, the existence of tailed beasts was a secret even to ordinary ninjas, and information about them was only circulated among the high-ranking members of a few major ninja villages.

"Aoba-kun knows so much."

Minato's eyes showed admiration. He himself loved reading and could spend a whole day reading at home during his rest time.

The fact that Aoba was able to find information about the Tailed Beasts in the hospital's records shows that he had read a lot of information, even digging up records that had been around for who knows how long. If it were really that conspicuous, the information about the Tailed Beasts wouldn't only circulate among the upper echelons.

"Aoba-kun is very observant. Indeed, my inspiration came from the Tailed Beast Ball."

"I want to develop a ninjutsu similar to the Tailed Beast Ball that doesn't require hand seals and can be used by ordinary ninjas."

Minato raised his hand, feeling the chakra remaining in his palm. "If I could achieve a similar chakra transformation that doesn't require hand seals, it would be a huge advantage on the ever-changing battlefield."

"A genius mind."

While everyone else was forming hand seals to cast spells, he was thinking about developing hand seal-free ninjutsu.

This is probably what ordinary people see as a genius who is one step ahead.

The reason why the Rasengan always fails now is because Minato is too greedy.

This is a common problem among many geniuses.

He not only wanted to create the dumpling, but also wanted to develop the long-range throwing effect of the "Spiral Shuriken" in one step.

Aoba knew the answer, but he couldn't say it directly, because the source was unclear.

"Actually, I saw some research on technique development at Professor Ueno's place."

Aoba fiddled with the popsicle stick in her hand, carefully choosing her words, "I think developing a new technique is like performing a complex surgery. If you try to do all the steps at once from the beginning, you'll often fail because you're trying to do one thing at a time."

"Oh?"

Minato became interested. "Does Aoba-kun have any insights?"

"Based on the research left by my predecessors, I have slightly improved a special ninjutsu."

Aoba stood up, dusted himself off, and walked over to Jiraiya. "Lord Jiraiya, would you mind giving it a try?"

"Oh? Want to try out your new ninjutsu on me?"

Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, then said generously, "No problem, let's go."

"I'm sorry."

Aoba stretched out his right hand and placed it on Jiraiya's arm.

[Chakra Absorption Technique 2.0, activated.]

A slight warmth spread through my palm, and a suction force suddenly arose.

However, the next second, Aoba felt as if he had been pressed down on a towering mountain.

Jiraiya possessed an enormous amount of chakra.

"Is this the chakra reserves of a Kage-level powerhouse?"

It's just a small mound or hill; it would probably fall apart if it got hit.

Moreover, his chakra was terrifyingly solid; his suction power was like trying to suck up cement with a straw—it couldn't budge him an inch.

"Hey, this is interesting."

Jiraiya grinned, seemingly knowing what Aoba was up to, and voluntarily released his control over his chakra.

This allowed Aoba to absorb chakra, but the effect was still underwhelming. Compared to Kurenai's reaction, Jiraiya seemed to have no reaction at all.

"Alright, thank you for your cooperation, Jiraiya-sama."

A few minutes later, Aoba removed his hand.

"A technique that directly steals the opponent's chakra?"

Jiraiya watched him with great interest. "An interesting idea, but the amount absorbed is a bit small. For someone with a large amount of chakra, it has almost no effect."

"Yes, that's an area that needs improvement."

Aoba strongly agreed and wrote a few lines in his notebook: "If the opponent's total chakra is too large, or their control is strong enough, the absorption efficiency will drop significantly. We need to improve the technique's structure to enhance its absorption power."

Seeing Aoba earnestly taking research notes, Jiraiya and Minato exchanged a glance, both feeling a bit amused and exasperated, but a hint of approval flashed in their eyes.

This kid isn't showing off; he's doing an experiment and learning.

Suddenly, Jiraiya saw a shadow of someone in Aoba, who was also obsessed with the pursuit of technique.

After finishing taking notes, he closed the notebook and looked at Minato, who seemed lost in thought.

"Minato-senpai, look, just like this technique. The initial idea was to remove the residual foreign chakra from the injured. After improvements, it can now be used in actual combat. Of course, this technique still has many flaws, but isn't that the charm of ninjutsu? The development of ninjutsu should be rigorous. There is no such thing as success in one step."

"You want to throw that chakra ball, which is equivalent to 'directly absorbing the enemy's life force.' But if you can't even keep the ball stable in your hand, how can you expect it to remain stable in flight?"

"Medical ninjutsu includes techniques like Healing Palm and Yin Healing Technique, which were developed step by step from basic medical ninjutsu. Why not set a small goal first? For example, just keep this ball from exploding in your hand. Even if you can't throw it, just holding it and shoving it directly at the enemy's face should be quite powerful, right?"

A word to awaken the dreamer.

Minato froze on the spot, his azure pupils suddenly contracting.

"Take it... and attack directly..."

He muttered to himself, then suddenly realized, "That's it! Why am I so fixated on ranged attacks? With the Flying Thunder God Technique, I can instantly teleport to the enemy for a point-blank strike!"

"Once the issue of fixed form is resolved, the development of variations in throwing properties can be postponed until later!"

Minato's eyes shone brightly as he looked at Aoba gratefully: "Aoba-kun, you've really helped me a lot! I was really stuck in a rut. You have to eat noodles one bite at a time, and walk a road one step at a time."

With Aoba's advice, Minato stopped insisting on throwing the chakra ball.

Instead, he was thinking about how to stabilize the chakra ball first.

Concentrate all your mental energy in your palms.

"Disorder...flow...compression...maintenance!"

Om-!

The humming sound of chakra rang out again!

Although there was a clearer objective this time, the chakra ball was still unable to maintain stability.

Aoba could tell that Minato was just one step away from unleashing the Rasengan.

On the afternoon of the third day, Shui Men stood in the center of the training field.

The azure chakra gathered in his palm once more and began to slowly rotate.

The spinning speed increased, the outline of the chakra ball became clearer and larger, and then suddenly, like a deflated balloon, it dissipated with a "whoosh".

"It can't be kneaded, and it even explodes or something..."

"It's just so hard to stabilize; controlling it is just too difficult..."

Minato created many chakra balls in succession, some successfully and some unsuccessfully; the chakra balls were very unstable.

If you can't guarantee consistency every time, then it's not a complete ninjutsu.

"I've heard before that it's easier to refine chakra by following the direction of the whorl on the head. If that's the case, then this ninjutsu also..."

Jiraiya suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Minato: "..."

Shuimen remained silent. Wasn't that just superstition?

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