Over the course of a month, everyone on Team 3 had improved.
Sarutobi Saku learned Wind Release: Gale Palm, a mid-to-close-range offensive Ninjutsu.
Gale Palm was a technique that transformed Chakra into wind, gathered it in the palm, compressed it, and unleashed a violent gale. The most important step was transforming Chakra into wind, which involved Chakra's Shape Transformation. Since Shape Transformation did not require hand seals, Gale Palm only had three seals in total. Once proficient, it could even be performed with a single seal.
Shape Transformation was one of the two major transformations of Chakra. The other was Nature Transformation.
Shape Transformation was the process of altering the form of Chakra. Whether it was changing Chakra's shape into a sphere or making it rotate, or transforming Chakra into natural elements such as wind and fire, all of it fell under Chakra's Shape Transformation.
Once mastered, Shape Transformation was no weaker than Nature Transformation. The Rasengan was the ultimate application of Chakra Shape Transformation, using high-speed rotation and compression to unleash tremendous power.
Nawaki had also made obvious progress this month. Both his combat skills and his way of thinking had improved greatly.
It was worth mentioning that Uchiha Kiyoshi suggested to Orochimaru that Nawaki be taught more about identifying traps such as Explosive Tags.
Even so, Uchiha Kiyoshi was still somewhat uneasy. He also suggested that Orochimaru teach Nawaki more of the details ninja needed to watch out for. A single careless mistake could cost him his life, and Nawaki happened to be the sort who was prone to carelessness.
Orochimaru did not object. After explaining the situation to Tsunade, the matter was settled...
As for Uchiha Kiyoshi, there was no need to say more.
His Chakra had reached five hundred Ka, placing him at the entry level