The journey continues.
Before leaving the town, Jiraiya bought a lot of water balloons and demonstrated the Rasengan training method to Naruto.
"Hmm..."
Naruto held the water balloon in one hand, his face turning red, but the water balloon remained motionless.
Hinata couldn't stand it any longer. She stretched out her small hand, and a sphere of azure chakra appeared. She said helplessly, "This technique is very simple. It's just a miniature version of Heavenly Spin!"
At this point, Hinata glanced at Jiraiya, her eyes wary, and said, "Pervy Sage, you wouldn't happen to have stolen our Hyuga Clan's ninjutsu, would you!"
"But the Heavenly Spin requires releasing chakra from the entire body, which you can't do, so it was made into this little ball..."
Speaking of which, although it is rumored that the Rasengan was a ninjutsu created by Minato Namikaze inspired by the Tailed Beast Bomb Minato Namikaze.
The Tailed Beast Bomb is formed by condensing chakra and compressing it into a ball, but the Rasengan is clearly a rotating chakra ball.
Rather than calling the Rasengan a smaller version of the Tailed Beast Bomb, it's more accurate to say that the Rasengan is a smaller version of the Heavenly Spin.
Naruto looked at Jiraiya with suspicion. He had seen Hinata use the Heavenly Spin technique before, and it was indeed very similar to this move.
Jiraiya looked extremely embarrassed; he didn't know how to explain it to Hinata.
It's quite common for ninjutsu to be similar, but when Hinata mentioned the Hyuga Clan's Heavenly Spin, Jiraiya suddenly realized that the Rasengan was indeed closer to Heavenly Spin than the Tailed Beast Bomb.
Furthermore, neither Hinata nor Naruto had ever seen Tailed Beast Bomb, Jiraiya didn't know how to explain it.
Hinata patted Jiraiya and comforted him, "It's alright, Pervy Sage! It's normal for people to borrow from each other when creating ninjutsu. I won't hold you responsible!"
After saying that, Hinata pinned the Rasengan to a tree and commented, "Speaking of which, if it's used for attack, the Rasengan is indeed better than the Heavenly Spin."
Hinata expressed her satisfaction, saying that in just a few words, the Rasengan had become a ninjutsu of the Hyuga Clan.
"Never mind!"
Jiraiya was unable to defend himself. He glanced at Naruto and said indifferently, "You can train here by yourself."
"Hinata, come with me!"
Seeing this, Naruto said with dissatisfaction, "It's like this again! Why can't you say what you want to say here!"
Jiraiya said seriously, "These are not levels you can access right now. Listening to random things will only affect your cultivation."
Following Jiraiya to the riverbank, Jiraiya sat down on the ground and said to Hinata, "Sit down and let's talk!"
Hinata obediently sat cross-legged.
Jiraiya explained, "Senjutsu are a new type of chakra formed by integrating Natural Energy into chakra and maintaining a balance with one's own spiritual and physical energy."
"You can already control Natural Energy, so you should be aware of the dangers involved."
Hinata nodded and said seriously, "Yes! I originally planned to start training in Senjutsu when I could multitask. If the energy became unbalanced, I would use Senjutsu Chakra Fist to interrupt the Natural Energy within my body."
Jiraiya nodded slightly upon hearing this and said, "That is indeed a method, but it would probably be very difficult!"
Hinata nodded and said, "Yes! I can't control it yet."
Jiraiya said, "The only challenge you face now is maintaining balance. Once you can keep the three energies in balance within your body, you can enter Sage Mode."
"Now that I'm watching over you, you can try cultivating!"
Hinata nodded slightly, then began to sense Natural Energy and absorb it into her body.
"Hmm..."
Hinata's expression changed.
Smack!
Seeing that Hinata's energy was out of control, Jiraiya placed one hand on Hinata's shoulder to dispel the Natural Energy within Hinata body.
It's relatively easier to integrate Natural Energy outside the body, since Chakra Fist don't have as many organs and meridians as the human body.
However, controlling it within the body requires extreme caution.
There are many meridians in the human body. If Natural Energy flows into the wrong meridian, it can be life-threatening.
Jiraiya suggested, "You can try activating your Byakugan!"
Hinata shook her head slightly and explained, "My Byakugan is not yet able to perceive Natural Energy, so it's useless."
Jiraiya sighed, "Then we can only keep trying."
After two mistakes, Hinata has started to get a feel for things.
Hinata had actually gone in the wrong direction before.
Hinata can release chakra through all the acupoints on her body, and she can also absorb Natural Energy through the same acupoints.
However, with so many acupoints and so many Natural Energy channels in the human body, it is naturally extremely difficult to control them.
However, if you start absorbing energy from only a few acupoints, as long as the Natural Energy doesn't flow into the wrong meridians, your own chakra will suppress the Natural Energy and prevent it from getting out of control.
Once Hinata has mastered Sage Mode, Hinata can try absorbing Natural Energy through more acupoints.
Feeling that the Natural Energy within her body had reached its limit, Hinata controlled the Natural Energy and combined it with her own spiritual and physical energy to form Senjutsu Chakra.
Hinata opened her eyes and looked at Jiraiya with some surprise.
Sure enough, having someone to give you pointers makes things much more efficient.
If she were alone, Hinata might not dare to take this step for a long time.
"What's wrong?"
Jiraiya looked at Hinata with a puzzled expression. "You're not going to train anymore?"
Although I had heard Naruto say before that Hinata often slacked off during training, this ended way too quickly!
Hinata was taken aback upon hearing this, and asked in a daze, "You've already successfully completed the training?"
Jiraiya moved closer to Hinata and stared intently at Hinata face.
Hinata pushed Jiraiya away with obvious disgust, saying, "Pervy Sage, what are you doing getting so close?"
Jiraiya asked, "Have you entered Sage Mode?"
Hinata looked down at her hands, somewhat puzzled. The chakra within her body had indeed transformed into Senjutsu Chakra!
Why does Jiraiya have that expression?
Hinata aimed at a huge rock on the shore and unleashed an Air Palm strike.
The power of the Air Palm technique was exactly the same as when they first met Jiraiya on the Konoha River; it was indeed the Senjutsu: Air Palm.
Jiraiya scratched his head and explained, "When I enter Sage Mode, Toad features appear on my face..."
At this point, Jiraiya had figured out why Hinata didn't have the features of Sage Mode on her face.
Jiraiya mastered Senjutsu at Mount Myōboku. He was able to sense Natural Energy through Toad Oil, and when he entered Sage Mode, Toad features naturally appeared on his face.
Hinata's Senjutsu Hinata was learned outside the city, so it naturally wouldn't have any characteristics of Mount Myōboku.
Upon hearing Jiraiya's words, Hinata walked to the riverbank and looked at her reflection in the water.
"Hmm... you really are a cutie!"
"And there were no changes on his face either!"
Sage Mode doesn't appear often in the Original Story Hokage, but each one has its own unique characteristics.
For example, Jiraiya and Naruto have the characteristics of Mount Myōboku, Kabuto has the characteristics of a snake, and Hashirama Senju's Sage Mode also has obvious patterned markings.
However, that mark should not belong to the Sage Mode, but rather to the symbol of the Three Great Sage Regions.