Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 198 Improved Ninjutsu

A few days later, at Konoha's Third Training Ground.

"Click click click..."

As these sounds rang out, without exception, kunai were inserted into the center of the circular dots on several wooden targets in the training field.

Looking at the result before him, Orochimaru breathed a sigh of satisfaction.

"Clap clap clap..."

Applause rang out in the air. Orochimaru turned around and saw a boy clapping behind the tree in praise.

Upon seeing Aokiji, Orochimaru smiled: "Aokiji-kun, what brings you here? You don't need to keep me company..."

The implied meaning is self-evident, and Aokiji truthfully stated, "She's going to take care of her younger brother."

Orochimaru nodded knowingly: "Aokiji-kun, what brings you here?"

Aokiji stepped forward: "Of course, it's to repay a debt of gratitude."

Orochimaru looked confused, as if confirming something again, and repeated the words "repaying kindness".

"Consider this a way of repaying you for helping me keep watch last time."

"Ah~ you mean last time~" Orochimaru remembered, about helping Aokiji and Tsunade meet and keeping watch: "It's just a small matter, you don't need to take it to heart."

Aokiji shook his head and said, "You can think that way, but I can't."

Since that's what the other party said, Orochimaru stopped being coy: "Alright, since you insist on it."

Seeing Orochimaru nod in agreement, Aokiji went straight to the point: "I'm planning to teach you a ninjutsu as a reward, what do you think?"

Ninjutsu?

Orochimaru's face showed confusion and curiosity.

As the Third Hokage's most valued disciple, and due to his own talent and interests, Orochimaru, at a young age, has already mastered many ninjutsu.

Ordinary ninjutsu simply couldn't pique his interest.

On this point, Aokiji must know whether he should or shouldn't.

The ninjutsu that Aokiji specifically used to repay a debt of gratitude must not be an ordinary ninjutsu.

"It's a bit complicated to explain, so you should see if you like it first." Raising the index and ring fingers of both hands together, Aokiji made a sword finger gesture, crossing them to form a cross hand seal.

With a bang, the white smoke dissipated, and there was another person near Aokiji.

Shadow clone?

Orochimaru looked bewildered, not understanding what he was about to do.

Aokiji smiled slightly, extended his right hand, palm facing up, and his shadow clone made claws with both hands, quickly moving his hands up and down near his palm. In a short while, a light blue sphere appeared above his palm and grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually becoming the size of a palm.

Under Orochimaru's astonished gaze, Aokiji walked to a large tree, a Rasengan hanging in his palm, and swung it out with one hand.

"boom."

The tree snapped, and with a creaking sound, the large tree fell to the ground.

Orochimaru's wide eyes showed a hint of surprise; it was the first time he had ever seen such a ninjutsu.

"This is called Rasengan. Consider it your reward for this. As you saw, its power is pretty good. It makes up for your lack of single-target damage."

Orochimaru currently knows quite a few ninjutsu, but Aokiji thinks most of them are quite "simple" and lack powerful single-target skills. After thinking it over, he decided to give Orochimaru the Rasengan. With Orochimaru's talent, even at his age, he shouldn't have too much trouble learning it.

From the moment Orochimaru first saw the Rasengan, he could tell that this ninjutsu was extraordinary, and he couldn't believe it: "Is this really okay? I only helped with a small favor, and you've already handed over such an important ninjutsu to me."

The importance of ninjutsu is self-evident; even the closest comrades would not pass it on casually, let alone such an important ninjutsu as the Rasengan.

Aokiji took it all in stride: "It's alright, ninjutsu is meant to be learned."

Aokiji taught Orochimaru this ninjutsu not only to repay him for the lookout service, but also to help Orochimaru further develop the Rasengan with Orochimaru's talent.

At that time, Aokiji can just take what's already there.

As a ninja, Aokiji always felt that Orochimaru was better than him, but unfortunately he was at a disadvantage because of his birth.

Orochimaru suddenly asked, "Did you teach this ninjutsu to Tsunade?"

Aokiji thought for a moment: "Tsunade wouldn't need this ninjutsu."

Super strength combined with an earth spear is much more effective than the Rasengan.

Orochimaru, recalling Tsunade's explosive power, realized: "So, am I the first outsider to learn this ninjutsu?"

"almost……"

"Then I am truly honored." Orochimaru paused, then asked, "Did Aokiji develop this ninjutsu himself?"

Aokiji, shameless as ever, completely ignored the fact that he had gotten the Rasengan for free: "I guess so..."

"As expected of Aokiji..." Orochimaru sincerely admired him: "I definitely couldn't develop this level of ninjutsu at my current stage."

Orochimaru's flattery made Aokiji a little embarrassed, and he chuckled dryly, "It was just luck."

"Aokiji is really modest," Orochimaru said seriously. "You can't develop such a ninjutsu by sheer luck."

Actually, I'm not being modest... Aokiji changed the subject: "Let's leave it at that for now. Let me explain the principle behind this ninjutsu to you."

"Then I'll have to trouble you," Orochimaru said, perking up his ears.

Aokiji explained the principles behind the Rasengan in detail.

As Orochimaru listened, his eyes grew brighter. He had already taken the Rasengan seriously enough, but he had underestimated it.

It's truly unbelievable that Aokiji was able to develop such a ninjutsu.

If his talent is something that only appears once every ten years, then Aokiji's talent is probably something that only appears once every hundred years.

Orochimaru looked at Aokiji with growing admiration.

After explaining the principles of the Rasengan in one breath, Aokiji was a little thirsty. He picked up the water bottle hanging on his waist and took a few gulps: "I've basically explained the principles of this ninjutsu. Is there anything you don't understand?"

Orochimaru paused for a moment: "That's true to some extent."

It's normal to have doubts, and Aokiji showed his know-it-all side: "Tell me about it."

Orochimaru raised his question: "In the final step, why do we need to refine chakra in the directions of both vortexes simultaneously?"

How would I know? I copied homework... Aokiji was now embarrassed. After thinking for a moment, he finally chose to be honest and confess, so as not to mislead others: "I don't know."

"you do not know?"

Orochimaru was puzzled. Wasn't this ninjutsu developed by Aokiji? How could he not know about it?

After pondering for a moment, Aokiji hastily came up with an excuse: "That's why I said that the development of this ninjutsu involved a certain amount of luck. When I was developing this ninjutsu, it was too unstable, and I couldn't find a good method, so I just experimented blindly. Perhaps I was just lucky, because I figured it out after a few tries."

Orochimaru nodded; that reason made sense.

Aokiji said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I wasn't able to help you."

"Don't mind me, I'm already very happy that you taught me this ninjutsu. I was just too greedy." Orochimaru shook his head: "Aokiji-kun, I have an idea. Have you ever thought about another way to refine chakra?"

Aokiji was taken aback: "Another direction?"

Orochimaru nodded: "Yes, in other words, there are three directions."

Aokiji asked, puzzled, "Why do we need another direction? Wouldn't two directions already stabilize the chakra?"

"This is a bold idea of ​​mine," Orochimaru laughed. "You know how gears work, don't you?"

"gear?"

"That's right, it's an interesting way of operating; moving one part affects all the other parts."

After hearing what he said, Aokiji understood a little.

Indeed, if it operates in three directions, it can function similarly to a gear.

"Want to give it a try?" Orochimaru asked, eager to give it a shot.

"certainly."

Following Orochimaru's plan, Aokiji immediately put it into practice. Originally, Aokiji needed a shadow clone to assist him in two directions, but now that there were three directions, he needed to create an additional shadow clone to assist him.

(End of this chapter)