A Powerful New Ninjutsu

There was a moment of silence in the meeting room. Then, Tsunade continued, "I mentioned before that we could invite the Mist Ninja to participate in this year's Chunin Ninja Exams held by Konoha. What do you think?"

"Isn't the timeline too tight?" the Third Hokage asked. "If we rely solely on messengers to travel back and forth, it will probably take several months to finalize the agreement!"

"Therefore, I suggest that the Fifth Mizukage come directly to Konoha to meet with us." Tsunade smiled slightly, her expression meaningful. "Perfect, I also want to see for myself the second female 'Kage' among the Five Great Shinobi Villages!"

The Fifth Hokage and the Fifth Mizukage are the only two female "Kage" since the birth of the ninja village system. Whether they admire each other or are rivals, Tsunade is full of curiosity about the other.

When Sakura Haruno arrived at the Training Ground 9, Konohamaru and the others had already been training there for a long time.

"Teacher, you're late again!" Konohamaru exclaimed, wrinkling his nose as he saw her approaching.

"Teacher has lost her way in life again!" Moegi pouted.

"I already told you yesterday," Sakura Haruno said with a shrug and a smile, "I have a meeting this morning, so you guys can train first!"

Konohamaru pouted, "It's almost noon already, what kind of meeting lasts this long!"

In the ninja world, efficiency is paramount, and there's not much red tape. Meetings are straightforward and to the point, avoiding long and drawn-out sessions. Therefore, meetings that last all morning are rare, so Konohamaru's skepticism is understandable.

"Is that really true?" Sakura gave a "believe it or not" look. "This meeting was rather special; it was a high-level meeting, only attended by the highest-ranking Konoha leaders. There were many things to discuss, which is why it's so late!"

"The teacher is lying to us again!" Moegi blinked her big eyes and said, "You just became Jonin, how can you attend this kind of meeting!"

Sakura Haruno smiled smugly, "Hehe, that's because I'm really strong! My strength ranks among the top ninjas in Konoha!"

He habitually bragged about himself.

Okay, that's true.

Udon suddenly asked, "Can we also become this powerful after just two years of training, like our teacher?"

"Uh?" Sakura Haruno was speechless.

This question seems difficult to answer. The three students in Sakura Haruno's Team are all quite talented, and with the Third Hokage personally training them, it shouldn't be a problem for them to reach the level of Elite Jonin in the future.

However, Elite Jonin and Kage Level are a threshold...

To overcome this hurdle and become a ninja at the 'Kage' level like Sakura Haruno is not something that can be done easily; one either needs talent, Secret Technique, or resources.

Sakura Haruno, with average talent, no Secret Technique, and ordinary resources—though she does possess one rare resource—and yet she rose to the Kage Level within two years, is a special case...

"Two years..." Sakura chuckled dryly, "As long as you train hard, you'll definitely become very strong!"

All three students clearly sensed her perfunctory attitude.

"Ahem," the girl cleared her throat twice, "I saw yesterday that you had all completed the training tasks I gave you some time ago. Today, as promised, I'll teach you something new!"

"Is there really something new?" Konohamaru and Udon's eyes lit up.

"Is that your signature Ninjutsu, Wind Blade Torrent?" Moegi excitedly tugged at her sleeve.

"Heh heh, Wind Blade Torrent isn't Ninjutsu you can master..." Sakura Haruno chuckled dryly. "That technique is extremely difficult. Besides requiring exceptional Chakra control, it also demands a profound understanding of water and wind nature Nature Transformation from the user!"

"In terms of difficulty, it's a super S-rank Ninjutsu that's even more difficult than a regular S-rank!" she said seriously.

Even without considering the incorporation of Nature Transformation, the Super Water Gun Technique, which simply simulates a water blade, is an extremely difficult Ninjutsu. The Second Hokage's Water Severing Wave is almost identical to the Super Water Gun Technique Water Gun Technique, but it is two levels easier to control, making it an S-rank Ninjutsu.

The difficulty and intensity of Sakura Haruno's Wind Blade Torrent are therefore quite evident.

That's her signature Ninjutsu!

So far, no one has been able to stop this move.

Logically, only her personal disciples could learn this technique. Moegi and the other two were actually her students, not her disciples. Of course, if the three students really had the ability to learn it, Sakura Haruno wouldn't be so prejudiced as to keep the technique hidden.

However, let's forget about Wind Blade Torrent; there aren't many ninjas in the entire Konoha capable of mastering the Super Water Gun Technique right now...

There is another way to learn this technique—she has already entered the Ninjutsu into the Konoha database. As an advanced version of the Water Severing Wave, qualified ninjas can also see the information about this Ninjutsu by applying; however, without the developer of the technique as a guide, it will ultimately be a step behind.

The Anbu actually has two or three experienced Water Release ninjas who have obtained the materials for the Super Water Gun Technique and are currently learning it; one of them has been practicing for a year and can roughly achieve the effect of Water Severing Wave, but the complete version of the Super Water Gun Technique is still a long way off for him.

"You all used to think I was biased, teaching Moegi more Water Release. Actually, I'm just better at Water Release and know more about it!" Sakura Haruno said with a smile, standing in the middle of the three. "Anyway, I won't teach Water Release today. Let's all learn a Genjutsu, a sound Genjutsu I created myself!"

"Is this especially for me?" Udon asked in surprise.

"Yes, that's a good idea, but the two of them can learn it too!" Sakura nodded.

Konohamaru has his grandfather who can teach him Ninjutsu, Moegi can learn any Water Release she wants; only Udon is in a bit of an awkward position, so Sakura Haruno has to put more effort into him.

However, Sakura usually doesn't teach any particular student a Ninjutsu that can be learned by three people together.

And so, the three students in Sakura Haruno's Team often complained that she was biased.

--A long time ago, when she was in Team 7, she and Naruto complained about how the teacher was biased and paid special attention to Sasuke.

When she herself became a team leader, she was also criticized by students for favoritism, and Sakura realized that this problem was really hard to explain.

For example, Moegi from Sakura Haruno's Team wants to learn Water Release, so Sakura can't just not teach her, right? But Sakura is the best at Water Release, so Moegi learns the most from her, which naturally makes Udon and Konohamaru feel a bit unbalanced.

Konohamaru must have felt the most uncomfortable. Sakura had hardly taught him Ninjutsu, partly because she wasn't familiar with Fire Style, and partly because she knew the Third Hokage would Ninjutsu him, so she didn't need to worry about it. With her Fire Style skills, she might even mislead her student. But in Konohamaru's eyes, his teacher just didn't care about him, making it seem like Sakura disliked him.

Sakura Haruno can only spar with him more often.

From Sakura's perspective, she hopes all three of them can develop in a balanced way; however, from the children's perspective, the teacher sometimes doesn't act fairly.

It's really difficult to be completely impartial.

Fortunately, the three students were just complaining, knowing that their teacher wasn't unwilling to teach them; and the atmosphere in Sakura Haruno's Team remained harmonious.

"It's Genjutsu, but it also has considerable offensive power," Sakura Haruno continued. "You can adjust it into an offensive Ninjutsu and a supportive Genjutsu, depending on the situation."

"This move is called 'Illusory Sound of Silence'."

Let me explain the principle to you first.

Typical sound Genjutsu use sound as a medium to inject Chakra into the enemy's mind.

However, the Genjutsu developed by Sakura Haruno is essentially Ninjutsu that uses sound as a weapon to attack the human body and affect people's psychology and consciousness.

"Have you ever heard of infrasound?" Sakura Haruno asked, raising her index finger.

Seeing the three people's blank expressions, she continued, "You should know that sound is a wave. The sounds we can hear are actually sound waves with frequencies between 0 and 0,000 hertz. Have you ever wondered what would happen if the frequency of sound waves were below 0 hertz?"

"We can't hear it!" Udon was the first to answer; he was the top student among the three. "So it's infrasound!"

"That's right, infrasound is a sound that the human ear can't hear." Sakura Haruno smiled encouragingly at Udon and said, "However, infrasound can still affect the human body, and it can be very harmful!"

"There are four frequencies of brainwaves. Among them, alpha waves are the basic rhythm of normal human brainwaves when awake, with a constant frequency of 8-1 Hz. When the frequency of infrasound is close to this, infrasound can act on the human brain and cause damage, affecting mental state and consciousness. If the medium for sound Genjutsu is changed from ordinary sound waves to infrasound of this frequency, the physical damage to the brain caused by infrasound and the mental damage to the brain caused by Genjutsu will be superimposed, producing a very strong effect!"

"That sounds amazing!" Udon exclaimed, his eyes wide. As a Genjutsu- type ninja, he was the first to understand his teacher's meaning.

Sakura Haruno nodded.

"Of course! After hearing this introduction, you should be able to guess what the advantages of this Ninjutsu are, right?"

"Advantages?" Udon frowned.

The three pondered for a moment, then Udon's eyes lit up and he said, "First, it's incredibly stealthy! Because we can't hear it, it can affect the enemy silently!"

"Secondly, its effect is very strong!" Konohamaru quickly raised his hand, eager to speak, "Because it's a combination of physical and mental damage!"

"Thirdly, it's very difficult to break!" Moegi interjected, not to be outdone, "Because the usual methods of dispelling Genjutsu can only stop the mental damage caused by the Genjutsu, but cannot remove the physical effects caused by infrasound!"

Snap snap snap!

Sakura Haruno clapped her hands and said with a smile, "You're all so smart!" And you have such great chemistry, even your way of speaking is the same.

"Actually, it has another advantage, which is related to the properties of infrasound," Sakura continued. "That is, because the propagation medium absorbs low-frequency sound waves very poorly, it has strong penetrating power and can reach targets at extremely far distances. Even if you use Earth Release is a technique used in Chinese fantasy novels) to create an earth wall tens of meters thick, it can still penetrate it. Generally, soundproofing materials are not very effective against it."

However, Sakura Haruno did not reveal the real answer.

Its greatest advantage is that it doesn't require Kekkei Genkai or Sharingan, nor does it require mastering Senjutsu or Secret Technique to perform... It's a pure commoner's Ninjutsu, and a very powerful one at that, comparable to Kekkei Genkai Genjutsu Ninjutsu!

If her combat system hadn't already been established, Sakura might have actually focused a lot of energy on it, fully exploring its potential and using it to compete with other Genjutsu masters!

Sakura Haruno finally put on a very serious expression.

"I must remind you, this technique is not a simple Genjutsu!"

"Infrasound with a frequency of 4 to 18 Hz can resonate strongly with the internal organs of the human body, thereby damaging the enemy's internal organs. In particular, infrasound with a frequency of 7 Hz can cause fatal damage!" She glanced at the three students, who were sitting upright and listening attentively. They were quite surprised to hear this.

"Therefore, this move can also be used as a purely offensive Ninjutsu! But you must be careful, especially in sparring or similar battles. Don't use this move carelessly, understand?"

"This Ninjutsu is very powerful. However, it's not difficult to master. You all know how sound Genjutsu uses Chakra to create sound; the same technique can also produce infrasound."

"However, you must be careful when practicing. This technique is very dangerous. You need to be careful to control the release of the infrasound waves towards your body, otherwise you will hurt yourself. Therefore, I suggest you try to learn this Ninjutsu using Shadow Clone!"

"One last reminder: this is my teacher's Secret Technique. Without my permission, you are not allowed to mention this Ninjutsu to anyone else. It must be kept absolutely secret, understand?"

Because it's not very difficult, this Ninjutsu has had some trouble spreading; unlike her Wind Blade Torrent, whose extremely high difficulty level discourages aspiring ninjas from learning it.

When Sakura Haruno arrived, she saw that all three students had listened attentively and were nodding repeatedly, so she stopped teaching.

She gathered her Chakra and began to demonstrate the Ninjutsu.

"Pay close attention to the sequence of my Hand Seals!"

(Third update! No updates tonight, I'm having some writer's block~ I need to do some research!)

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