Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

However, Tobirama did not show any satisfaction; instead, his brows were furrowed.

“No… the water pressure starts to decrease three meters after leaving the mouth, and the chakra consumption is not proportional to the cutting power. If we want to cut through Madara Uchiha's Susanoo in actual combat, this level is far from enough…”

Tobirama looked at the rough-cut boulder and muttered to himself.

This is the prototype of the future S-rank Water Release: Water Severing Wave, which will shine brightly and can even sever the roots of the Divine Tree!

In a time when the ninjutsu system was still stuck in the Warring States period, where it was all about "who could spit out the biggest fireball or the most water," Tobirama had already embarked on the path of "high-precision" micro-management of ninjutsu.

"If we perform an extreme 'shape transformation' before the chakra leaves the body, compressing it into a high-speed rotating spiral vortex, and then apply the high-pressure cutting force of 'nature transformation,' I think we should be able to achieve the power of the ninjutsu you envision."

"Who?!"

Tobirama's eyes turned cold, and his water-style chakra surged instantly. The stream beneath his feet transformed into several sharp water senbon needles, which directly pierced the tree branch where Tsukihime was hiding, turning it into a sieve!

Uchiha Yue landed lightly on the pebbles by the stream, her hands in her pockets, letting a few splashing water droplets hit her face.

"Lord Tobirama, you're doing research here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping. You're really diligent," Yue chuckled.

"Uchiha Tsuki." Tobirama stared at him coldly, his killing intent undisguised. "You've overstepped your bounds. This isn't a place for you. Do you intend to steal the Senju's ninjutsu secrets?"

"Steal? Don't put it so harshly, I just happened to be passing by."

Yue shrugged. "Besides, I'm not very interested in a half-finished ninjutsu that hasn't been fully developed yet."

"How arrogant!"

Tobirama snorted coldly, but his genius inventor brain started working frantically the moment he heard what Tsuki had just said.

Change in shape? Change in properties? Rotation?

"You understand the underlying logic of ninjutsu development?" Tobirama cautiously suppressed his killing intent, but his gaze remained sharp.

"I know a little bit."

The moon walked to the stream and stretched out a finger.

No hand seals were formed on his fingertips, but a pure, attribute-neutral chakra was frantically gathering, spinning, and compressing at his fingertips, eventually forming a high-density chakra ball the size of a ping-pong ball, yet radiating a terrifying tearing sensation!

This is Minato Namikaze's signature ninjutsu, the ultimate form of transformation: the Rasengan!

"This is..." Tobirama was somewhat shocked.

No hand seals! Pure chakra control!

Moreover, this extreme compression and irregular rotation has actually increased the physical destructive power of chakra to such an unbelievable level!

"The essence of ninjutsu is nothing more than two uses of chakra."

Yue casually dispersed the Rasengan from her fingertips.

"The first type is 'nature transformation,' which transforms chakra into natural elements such as water, fire, wind, lightning, and earth. The Uchiha are naturally skilled in fire nature transformation, while the Senju are naturally skilled in water and earth."

"The second type is 'shape transformation,' which changes the shape, trajectory, and density of chakra. Like the technique I just used, it doesn't incorporate any attributes; it relies purely on the extreme compression of form to generate destructive power."

Tsuki looked at the boulder that Tobirama had just cut open.

"The water escape technique you just developed has the right core idea. You wanted to use high pressure to increase cutting force, but you relied too much on 'property change'. You were trying to use the properties of water to resist air resistance."

"If you can balance 'morphological change' and 'property change' equally, and create a spiral drill structure inside the water flow... you can try it yourself."

Tobirama stared intently at the moon.

For a proud Senju, to receive ninjutsu instruction from an Uchiha was an utter disgrace.

But for a pure "ninja scientist," there is no distinction of family when it comes to the truth!

Tobirama closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and formed hand seals again.

This time, instead of spitting out the water jet, he concentrated a large amount of mental energy on the chakra meridians in his mouth and throat, forcibly changing the physical form of the chakra according to Yue's "spiral compression" theory!

"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"

This time, the sound was more than ten times sharper than before!

A high-pressure water jet, only the thickness of a thumb but with water flowing wildly and at an alarming speed, burst out of Tobirama's mouth!

"boom!"

Not only was the boulder instantly sliced ​​in two, but the three towering trees behind it, as well as the cliff face a dozen meters away, were also easily cleaved in two by this water line!

The cut is as smooth as a mirror!

Power, range, and penetration have all increased dramatically!

Looking at the destructive power before him, Tobirama silently pondered.

He turned his head, and the look in his eyes as he looked at Uchiha Tsuki became strange.

It was no longer just pure disgust and defensiveness, but also a deep-seated fear.

This Uchiha is even more troublesome than that Izuna.

"Who...who are you?"

Tobirama's voice was slightly hoarse, "I've never heard of anyone like you from the Uchiha clan."

“The Uchiha clan isn’t right for me, and I don’t like that kind of path that only explores the potential of the eyes.” Yue pointed to her half-blind left eye.

"I prefer to explore the essence of chakra. Since we both have some knowledge of chakra and ninjutsu, why don't we discuss now... how chakra bridges the gap between the body and the mind?"

Yue finally revealed the true purpose of her trip.

Tobirama Senju, the genius who developed the Impure World Reincarnation, Flying Thunder God Technique, and Shadow Clone Technique, was absolutely unparalleled in this era in his research on Yin-Yang Release and the soul and body!

"You want to extract the secrets of my Senju clan?" Tobirama sneered.

"Science knows no borders, and the truth of ninjutsu should also transcend clans. Isn't your elder brother's ideal to build a world where there are no barriers between ninja clans?"

Yue stared directly at Tobirama without backing down, "Moreover, your Senju clan is born with immense vitality, which is the pinnacle of 'Yang Release,' but you are not as good as us Uchiha in the micro-management of the spiritual power 'Yin Release.'"

Our conversation was purely about mutual exploration; there's no question of who stole from whom. Just now, I imbued your ninjutsu with my own wisdom, and its power increased dramatically. If you had no desire to explore further, why bother implementing this idea and continuing our conversation?

Tobirama cannot deny it.

Tsuki knows that Tobirama has most likely agreed, but this proud white-haired guy is still going through his psychological hurdle.

After all, he was an inherently evil Uchiha.

Chapter 52 Giving Ninjutsu Life

"Alright then, let me start the conversation. The essence of hand seals is to use physical movements to guide the combination of spiritual energy (yin) and physical energy (yang), but I've always had a question..."

Yue's eyes became incredibly deep. "When the changes in form and nature reach their extremes, ordinary physical meridians simply cannot withstand that terrifying chakra backlash."

Just like the unsealed ninjutsu I just demonstrated, if I forcibly added the nature transformation of 'wind' into it, my palm would be instantly sliced ​​into powder by microscopic wind blades.

How does your Senju clan use 'Yang Release' to anchor or stabilize such extreme physical phenomena?

Upon hearing this, an extremely dazzling light burst forth from the depths of Tobirama's pupils.

A kindred spirit!

This is a genius who can completely keep up with his leaps of thought!

"I see... You not only understand the theory, you're also trying to integrate the ultimate changes in form and property..."

Tobirama walked out of the stream and casually put on an outer garment.

He looked at the moon, and the hostility in his eyes was replaced by a pure desire for academic discussion.

In this era, Tobirama is lonely.

Hashirama is an intuitive, numerically-driven genius. If you ask him to teach ninjutsu, all he'll say is "snap, then boom."

Needless to say, there are freckles.

Izuna, the one he always regarded as his rival, had only bet everything on his eyes, wandering deeper and deeper into the labyrinth of eye techniques, and had now been killed by his Flying Thunder God Slash.

As for the other so-called "ninjutsu researchers," they are a group of mediocre people who pick up scraps from others, crawling along the path trodden by their predecessors, yet thinking they have reached the summit. They are too lazy to even ask "why," they only know "how to do it."

And now, a "Uchiha scholar" with an extremely solid theoretical foundation is standing in front of him.

"Uchiha Tsuki".

Tobirama stood up and gave the man a deep look.

“Your wisdom is no less than mine. If you weren’t from the Uchiha clan, I might be happy to invite you to join the Senju Ninjutsu Club as its second-in-command, or even surpass me to become its leader.”

"Unfortunately, the Uchiha are inherently evil, and this rationality seems too incongruous in you. I still won't completely trust you."

"But you just imbued my newly developed ninjutsu with wisdom, and I am willing to accept this favor."

Tobirama sat down on a clean rock and began discussing the topic of the moon.

"When the nature of chakra changes to the microscopic level, it can indeed backfire on the physical body."

Tobirama extended his large palm, and a surge of vibrant Yang Release chakra appeared in his hand.

"The essence of Yang Dun is to 'give life force'."

"The reason you think adding wind attributes will shred your palm is because your body cells treat it as a 'foreign object'."

Tobirama didn't continue, because if he did, it would involve the core secrets of their Senju clan.

Tobirama only explained the general concept of Yang Release, but he didn't explain the specific methods of how to use Yang Release or how to imbue one's life force (body energy) into ninjutsu.

As for Yue, he knew this "general knowledge" of Yang Release, but saying it at this moment was enough to make Yue have many guesses.

Why does Yamato always get so tired after using Wood Release? He aged so quickly in Boruto.

The most likely reason is that the release of Wood Release would consume Yamato's life force.

This gives ninjutsu a sense of life, which also explains why Hashirama's Wood Release ninjutsu, whether it's the wood dragons and wood people that rise from the ground, or the True Several Thousand Hands that resemble a god, all have a form that is almost "living".

Because in the underlying logic of Hashirama's techniques, he had already infused these ninjutsu with Yang Release, giving them pseudo-life!

"I see... to give life to ninjutsu..."

Just like the secrets of Yin Release, it combines mental power with ninjutsu, thereby significantly enhancing all abilities related to illusion.

Yue's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and he even forgot that the person in front of him was Tobirama, not Hashirama.

"Could you demonstrate it a little?"

"You don't need to tell me the specific chakra circulation routes and core secrets."