The Debate over Water Nature Transformation
Jiraiya's reasoning was not without merit; in fact, if the girl hadn't already had her own answer, she might have been convinced by Jiraiya. The point is, this is precisely why his answer is so impactful—not because the speaker is Jiraiya, but because it genuinely clarifies certain issues.
However, Sakura was more confident in her answer.
--Before one's own mistakes are detected.
Jiraiya's method may have its own logic, but that doesn't prove that Sakura's understanding is wrong.
Even when facing Jiraiya, she still subconsciously believed that she was right.
Even though this might be the prevailing answer in the Shinobi World, she wholeheartedly supported her own opinion and believed that everyone else was wrong.
She knew very well that this was who she was.
This is an unwarranted arrogance.
Of course, this doesn't prevent her from re-examining her own and others' perspectives.
In fact, Sakura's two self-created Ninjutsu fully demonstrate the divergence between these two ideas.
The Super Water Gun Technique requires water-based Chakra to generate extremely high pressure.
The application of Ultra-Pure Water requires water-type Chakra to deform and flow it.
The more Sakura used these two Ninjutsu, the more she understood the differences between these two philosophies.
Is the Nature Transformation of Water Chakra due to flow or pressure?
Initially, she believed that the disagreement stemmed from an incomplete understanding of the Nature Transformation of water.
Everyone is like the blind men and the elephant.
Then someone touched the legs and saw the elephant as four sturdy pillars—this could be the pressure school; someone else touched the trunk and saw the elephant as a thick rope that could be rolled up flexibly—this could be the fluid school.
Because both flow and pressure have their own logic, many people agree with the parable of the blind men and the elephant.
In other words, both are correct, but each has its limitations.
Many pressure-oriented ninjas agree with this view. Furthermore, they believe that Nature Transformation of water are primarily manifested as pressure, just as describing an elephant as a robust four-legged animal at least encompasses most of the elephant's body.
As for fluidity, that is only a secondary characteristic.
Undoubtedly, Jiraiya agreed with this law.
Many members of this faction are experienced ninjas who have been immersed in Water Release for many years and have mastered the art of Water Release. Among them are pillars like Jiraiya and the Third Hokage, so they almost represent the mainstream opinion.
Jiraiya heard Sakura's answer, he didn't rush to refute her. Instead, he calmly explained their views to her, precisely because he believed that fluidity was also correct.
It's just not quite right.
However, Sakura disagreed.
She started learning Water Release at the age of five. Whenever she's awake, she spends most of her time manipulating water spheres with Chakra. She has mastered Water Release to its highest level.
Moreover, she possesses the knowledge systems of two worlds, enabling her to not only extract theories from the experiences of the Hokage world but also construct theories using the thinking patterns of the Earth world.
She believed that her understanding of Water Release was second to none.
In some areas, such as her self-created Water Release technique, she should be more powerful than everyone else combined.
Sakura understands why her seniors value the pressure attribute of water's Nature Transformation so much.
This is because the destructive power of Water Release is mainly manifested through pressure.
Fluidity, on the other hand, is more often used in auxiliary applications.
Ninjas who focus on practical combat will naturally place special importance on the pressure attribute, considering it a primary attribute.
However, the essence of things is not determined by their destructive power.
If the sole pursuit were destructive power, human weapon development would have focused solely on increasing the caliber of artillery, rather than inventing nuclear weapons. When Einstein proposed the theory of relativity, he never intended to use it to create weapons capable of destroying humanity. Yet, only a few decades after the theory was proposed, humanity used it to create something millions of times more powerful than cannons.
The destructive power of Water Release manifests in pressure, which is not related to the Nature Transformation of Water Release being pressure; there is no causal relationship between them.
Sakura believes that the seemingly minor flow is the essence of water's Nature Transformation, while pressure is merely a manifestation caused by the fluidity.
Anyone who has studied high school or even junior high school physics knows what water pressure is.
If there is a gable-shaped connector, the lower part is connected. After water is injected, the water surface on each standpipe of the gable-shaped connector will be level due to water pressure. The water pressure comes from the fluidity of the water. On the contrary, if sand with low fluidity is injected, the sand surface of each standpipe will not be level.
The Mariana Trench, the deepest trench on Earth, is over 11,000 meters deep. The water there has extremely high pressure; ordinary submersibles would be crushed into scrap metal at that depth. This is because the fluidity of the water allows the pressure from the 11,000-meter depth to be transmitted layer by layer, accumulating to an astonishing level by the time it reaches the bottom.
Therefore, the pressure of water originates from its flow.
Unlike other Water Release ninjas, Sakura makes greater use of the fluidity of water- Nature Transformation.
Ultra-Pure Water is an extremely tough liquid, and conversely, it is extremely difficult to deform such a substance.
Therefore, it has a very high defense against physical attacks.
However, this also creates difficulties in application – transforming Ultra-Pure Water into the required shape each time is a challenge.
Only by imbuing Ultra-Pure Water with the fluidity that Nature Transformation can its shape be altered relatively easily, forming objects such as shields, pythons, or even Nintaijutsu that fit snugly against joints and the body to aid in power generation.
It is precisely because of her profound understanding of both liquidity and pressure, and by drawing upon the principles of physics on Earth, that Sakura dares to assert—
The Nature Transformation of Water Release is fluidity.
Pressure, on the other hand, is a result of flow.
"... That's my opinion."
Sakura said calmly.
Even when facing Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, Sakura did not hesitate to voice her objections.
Naruto was present, was completely bewildered by the two's discussion.
Jiraiya, however, stared at Sakura with a solemn expression.
He was almost overwhelmed by the cherry blossoms.
I was captivated by the girl's logical thinking and her exploration of the two directions of water's Nature Transformation.
Decades of experience have made him more convinced of the pressure of Water Release's Nature Transformation, but his logic and thinking suggest that flow seems to be the essence.
The Hokage world certainly has its own research into physics, and mechanical analysis is actually closely related to ninjas. Much of the curriculum at the Ninja Academy covers these topics, it's just that no one calculates the projectile trajectory of ninja tools during battle.
It's just that no one thought that physics knowledge could be applied to Ninjutsu.
After all, there are plenty of powerful ninjas in the Shinobi World who are illiterate or semi-literate, so a high level of education is not important to ninjas at all.
Despite possessing far greater strength and authority than the girl before him, Jiraiya felt that the girl stood on a higher level.
Who is right? Emotionally, he can't accept that something so many people have believed for so long is wrong.
However, the magnanimity of a strong person cannot tolerate judging the truth or falsehood of an objective matter based on emotions. What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong, regardless of how many years you have persisted in it.
I firmly believe that even if one plus one equals zero for ten thousand years, it will not make one plus one truly equal zero.
"Alright, let's change the subject." Jiraiya ultimately ended the conversation neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Sakura's point of view.
Perhaps he needs more time to verify this.
However, Jiraiya's current focus is still on giving the girl some guidance.
"Do you have any other Release Techniques you'd like to study?"
Jiraiya's escaping Release Techniques weren't limited to just Water Release.
"Well, I'm still learning about the Nature Transformation of Wind Release and Ice Release..." the girl said, stroking her smooth chin.
During the mission in the Land of Waves, Kakashi suggested that she use Ninjutsu to solve the problem of producing Ultra-Pure Water. She thought it was a good idea and continued to follow that direction.
As a result, there were many byproducts.
Having learned Ice Release, he made up for the lack of defensive capabilities of Ultra-Pure Water against Ninjutsu.
They developed numerous attack methods, avoiding the awkward situation of having to rely on trump card Ninjutsu to resolve battles at every turn.
However, there has been no progress in solving the problem of Ultra-Pure Water.
The girl has been troubled by this recently.
Ultra-Pure Water is difficult to produce, and once it is contaminated or evaporated, it cannot be recovered. Recently, there have been a series of major battles, and the stock is running low.
There are still many battles ahead, and even if we use our resources sparingly, we're still running out of steam.
Moreover, she has many ideas that require a large amount of Ultra-Pure Water to develop!
Alas, even the landlord's family has run out of surplus grain.
Jiraiya didn't quite understand what so-called Ultra-Pure Water was. However, he didn't need to understand it.
All we need to know is that Sakura has hit a bottleneck in her practice of Wind Release: Nature Transformation.
"To be honest, I don't know much about Ice Release either. But as for Wind Release, I believe I'm qualified to teach you a few moves!"
Jiraiya laughed heartily.
Wind Release —his prized disciple Minato Namikaze, also possessed this attribute. He even conducted in-depth research on Wind Release when teaching Minato.
Therefore, Jiraiya found it quite easy to teach him.
After checking Sakura's progress, Jiraiya discovered that Sakura's proficiency with Wind Release was far inferior to that of Minato at the same age, since Wind Release was not her primary attribute.
"The Nature Transformation of Wind Release is cutting." He stared at the girl's lips and said, and seeing that the girl did not refute him, he actually breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, I've encountered a topic where I won't be slapped in the face by a junior's junior!
"Your level of Wind Nature Transformation already possesses considerable destructive power. From tearing apart fragile leaves to slicing through hard iron, do you know what the higher level of Wind Release Nature Transformation is?"
"... I don't know. What are you going to cut?" the girl asked, blinking her bright, autumn-water-like eyes.
"Molecular."
Jiraiya said seriously.
"The highest level of wind -Nature Transformation is the cutting of molecules."
P. S. [I've recently become obsessed with writing P. S. s. Just to clarify, Sakura is single. I can write side stories where Sakura forms P with different people, but there will absolutely be no P in the main story.]
P. S. [This novel, * Water Release *, has been rewritten. Those reading * Water Release * on other websites might still be able to find the old version. The differences between the old and new versions become increasingly significant starting from Volume 3. Please refer to the new version. I hope everyone will try to Qidian (many websites don't have the earlier chapters in the new version), and you can also vote for me while you're at it!]