Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 353 Teaching Sasuke the Rasengan

The next day, Sasuke didn't go to school, so Aokiji could keep him company while he trained.

Sasuke stared at Aokiji with wide, curious eyes, wondering how he would guide him in his training.

Aokiji, hands in his pockets, said, "Before I formally instruct you in your training, let me test how well you learned at school."

"What's the problem?"

Sasuke adopted a "bring it on" attitude, even though he had excellent grades in school.

"Ninjutsu is divided into five major escape techniques."

"This question is simple," Sasuke replied without hesitation. "Wind Release, Fire Release, Water Release, Lightning Release, Earth Release."

Aokiji nodded slightly: "More or less..."

At Sasuke's current age, he has no way of knowing about Yang Release and Yin Release, so we won't go into detail here.

Aokiji took out the chakra test strips he had prepared beforehand from his pocket and presented them.

Sasuke was taken aback: "Paper?"

"This isn't ordinary paper; it's chakra test strips."

"Chakra test strips? What are they used for?"

Seeing his blank expression, Aokiji knew that he hadn't had much contact with him before.

Aokiji gave him a brief explanation of how chakra test strips can detect chakra attributes.

Sasuke's eyes lit up after hearing this; "I can't wait to try it out."

Aokiji handed it over, first teaching him how to use it, and then testing it.

Sasuke's chakra test strips showed signs of wrinkling and burning.

As expected… Aokiji’s eyes were approving: “You are born with both lightning and fire chakra, which will make it much easier for you to master these two ninjutsu.”

"Lightning-attribute chakra?"

Sasuke stared at the crumpled half of the paper with great curiosity.

The Uchiha clan is skilled in fire-style techniques, so he wasn't surprised that he was skilled in fire-style techniques. However, he was quite surprised that the Uchiha clan was skilled in lightning-style techniques.

"Aokiji-sensei, could you tell me about Lightning Release?"

Sasuke has officially become Aokiji's apprentice, and his address has changed from "uncle" to "teacher," which sounds more intimate.

"Then I'll explain it briefly."

Aokiji revealed his tendency to be a know-it-all to him: "Lightning Release ninjutsu has powerful penetrating and destructive capabilities. In addition, it can enhance the sharpness of weapons and stimulate the body and activate cells, thereby enhancing the body's reaction speed."

"From my personal perspective, Lightning Release is probably the most suitable for combat among the five great ninjutsu."

"So, Aokiji-sensei, are you going to teach me Lightning Release next?" Sasuke was greatly shocked after hearing this and immediately asked, "Coach, I want to learn this."

Aokiji shook his head slightly: "I'm sorry, I'm not good at Lightning Release and cannot teach you Lightning Release ninjutsu."

Sasuke pouted.

His interest was piqued, so they showed him this thing.

Facing Sasuke's resentful gaze, Aokiji smiled and said, "Don't be angry. If you want to learn Lightning Release ninjutsu, I can have Fugaku teach you. I remember he was quite skilled in Lightning Release ninjutsu besides Fire Release. I think your talent for Lightning Release might be inherited from your father."

When his father was mentioned, Sasuke became a little reserved: "As for Dad, let's not talk about him. He's usually very busy..."

Are you scared?

Sasuke shook his head, vehemently denying it: "That's not true..."

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore." Aokiji chuckled, then composed himself and said, "Compared to Lightning Release, the ninjutsu I really want to teach you is this."

After he finished speaking, he grasped his right wrist with his left hand and lifted it up, revealing a blue spherical object above his palm.

Sasuke's eyes widened. This ninjutsu looked incredibly powerful, and even as a child, he understood it.

"This move is called Rasengan."

As Aokiji explained, to give his disciples a more direct experience, he found a rock wall and rammed it against it. With a loud bang, a large hole was blasted out as the smoke dissipated.

Sasuke stared in disbelief: "Aokiji-sensei, I want to learn this."

"Don't rush me, let me test you again. What type of jutsu do you think the Rasengan is?"

Aokiji smiled slightly and produced another Rasengan in his hand for his disciple to observe.

Sasuke circled the Rasengan carefully, examining it closely, and said thoughtfully, "This is a strange ninjutsu. It doesn't feel like one of the Five Great Release Techniques."

"I thought you were just guessing?"

Aokiji thought that if it were someone else, they would probably be making wild guesses.

"My brother said that pretending to know what you don't know will leave a very frivolous impression."

Aokiji's eyes showed approval: "You and Itachi really are close."

Sasuke said innocently, "Of course."

Aokiji cut to the chase: "Your intuition is correct. The Rasengan isn't one of the Five Great Release Techniques; it's more of a chakra transformation?"

"Shape changes of chakra?"

It's too complicated to explain, so Aokiji casually showed off his skills, creating an ice dragon with Ice Release and curling it up beside him.

Ice Release: Ice Crystal Dragon Subduing Technique.

Sasuke had never seen such a ninjutsu before and was immediately stunned.

Aokiji, supporting the ice dragon, asked, "Did you figure it out?"

what?

Sasuke was so shocked that he only just came to his senses: "Wow, Aokiji-sensei, what kind of ninjutsu is that? It doesn't seem to be one of the Five Great Release Techniques."

"This is Ice Release, my bloodline limit."

Aokiji explained.

After his reminder, Sasuke remembered.

His teacher, Aokiji, seems to possess three different bloodline limits.

Aokiji's eyes lit up when he saw his disciple, and he said warmly, "Would you like to ride it for a bit?"

"Is it...okay?"

"It's okay..."

Having received approval, Sasuke eagerly climbed up, a joyful smile spreading across his face.

Sasuke's smile seemed to have a certain infectious quality, even influencing Aokiji. He smiled back, though he was more mature than most children, he was still just a child after all...

"Sasuke, stand firm."

Aokiji gave a reminder, then formed a hand seal with one hand and manipulated the ice dragon to move. Sasuke was stunned, never expecting him to possess such a skill.

After playing with Sasuke for a while using the Ice Dragon, Aokiji released the Ice Crystal Dragon Subduing Technique.

"Oh, is that all?"

Sasuke smacked his lips, still wanting more.

Aokiji said playfully, "I'm going to be even better than your brother."

Sasuke pouted, "I still think my brother is better."

Aokiji clicked his tongue and said irritably, "I've wasted all this time playing with you."

"I would never betray my brother for such a petty gain."

Sasuke said that, but in his heart he had already wavered.

Itachi often performs shuriken skills in front of you, showing off his excellent technique, but no matter how skilled he is at shuriken fighting, nothing beats the visual impact of wielding an ice dragon.

Aokiji shrugged: "Never mind, let's move on to the next topic."

Sasuke pricked up his ears and listened intently.

"Broadly speaking, a ninjutsu is usually divided into two types: chakra nature transformation and chakra form transformation."

"Nature transformation can be simply understood as different chakra attributes, such as wind, fire, lightning, ice, etc. As for form transformation..."

Aokiji paused, glancing at Sasuke, deliberately leaving him to answer and explain.

Sasuke paused for a moment, then understood what was going on. With his quick wit, he immediately analyzed the meaning from the literal words: "The so-called form change is just the different appearances that are displayed when using ninjutsu, such as the form of a cat, a dog, or even a dragon..."

Aokiji nodded in agreement: "Yeah, pretty much."

Form changes are not just about changing appearances; a master can imbue a form with a certain animal will.

The Wood Dragon Technique is so powerful, that's why.

Aokiji originally intended to continuously study the Ice Crystal Dragon Subduing Technique and develop in this direction, but with the acquisition of the Soul Flame, this technique became largely useless.

Aokiji continued, "The Rasengan is the ultimate in chakra form. You can't see any chakra properties in it because it doesn't contain any chakra properties."

Sasuke exclaimed how amazing it was.

Aokiji explained the principles of this ninjutsu to Sasuke and then taught him the training techniques.

We don't expect Sasuke to achieve this level of skill at his age, but it's definitely a good idea to start working towards it earlier.

Incidentally, he also wanted to see just how talented Erzhuzi really was.

The Rasengan is an A-rank ninjutsu, which Sasuke, at this age, was completely bewildered by.

"Practice makes perfect. Try it out first, and then you'll gradually get the hang of it," Aokiji said with a smile. "By the way, this ninjutsu is around rank A. I don't expect you to master it right now, so don't feel pressured."

Sasuke was taken aback: "A-rank ninjutsu!?"

"That's a level of ninjutsu that only Jonin can access."

Sasuke was a little confused.

No, he's just a kid who's started school, and they're making him learn ninjutsu at this level right off the bat? Is this teacher a devil?

"If you think this ninjutsu is too difficult, I can give you another one."

Sasuke firmly stated, "No, this is the ninjutsu."

Are you sure?

"That's right. As Aokiji just said, the Rasengan is just a change in the form of chakra. If we add a change in the nature of chakra later, it will definitely be even more powerful."

"You're quite clever. Not bad, not bad, I'm really growing to like you more and more." Aokiji laughed, "Then let's start by gathering chakra in our hands."

"Yes."

Sasuke responded and immediately began his training.

Aokiji found a rock to sit on and watched him train so earnestly. Involuntarily, an image of Sasuke in the future practicing his Rasengan flashed through his mind...

(End of this chapter)