I Want Them All!

"I want them all!"

Tang Ping stretched out his right hand, curled it into a claw, then clenched it hard.

He would not be stupid enough to choose just one.

Whether it was the future or the present, he did not want to let either one slip away.

As for studying, with a super cheat like the Clarity Elixir, there was nothing to worry about.

The hardest part of Sealing Technique was learning the theory.

And that was exactly what he feared least.

As for making ninja tools?

If he had been a civilian ninja, or even a member of a small ninja clan or a non-core member of a ninja clan, he would have found it incomparably troublesome.

Because these special ninja tools were different from ordinary weapons.

To carry the effects of Sealing Techniques, they needed things like Chakra Metal.

And ordinary people could forget about getting something so precious.

But Tang Ping was not an ordinary person!

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One sentence was all it took to get the materials.

That was why he dared to choose the path of having it all.

"Fine, but I won't go easy on you. If you don't take your studies seriously..."

Kushina Uzumaki raised her fist with ill intent.

She was not the gentle type. If Tang Ping did not study properly, she would absolutely beat him up.

"I have a billion points of talent when it comes to studying. More importantly, I have a beautiful and gentle Kushina-neechan to guide me. How could I possibly fail to learn it?"

Tang Ping shamelessly buttered her up.

For Sealing Technique knowledge, there was no shame in that.

"Tang Ping, you really do have talent for Sealing Techniques. You saw my strengths at a glance. Though I'm not quite as wonderful as you say..."

After Tang Ping coaxed her with a few words, Kushina Uzumaki's smile was so wide even an AK could not press it down.

Woman, thy name was saying one thing and meaning another.

Because Tang Ping had such a sweet mouth, Kushina said she would design a specialized sealing formula for him as soon as she got back.

Now did he understand the difference between her and the Sealing Team?

One could create Sealing Techniques, while the other could only use them.

That was the difference between the Uzumaki Clan's knowledge system and ninjas who merely knew how to use Sealing Techniques.

Otherwise, Tang Ping would not have valued it so highly.

Unfortunately, her Sealing Techniques were far inferior to those of the previous Jinchuriki, Mito Uzumaki.

That woman had stood at the pinnacle of Sealing Techniques!

She had treated the Nine-Tails like a pet. While she had been alive, even the Ninja World Asura had not dared set his sights on Konoha. A true monster.

But she had been dead for so long that learning from her was impossible. He could only settle for the next best thing.

When Kushina Uzumaki began teaching him the basics, Tang Ping finally understood why Konoha, despite fully absorbing the Uzumaki Clan's knowledge, still could not advance in the field of Sealing Techniques and had been living off its old foundations.

It was too difficult!

The tadpole-like sealing runes made his scalp tingle just from looking at them.

Even the slightest difference in angle for the same rune produced an entirely different effect.

Of course, that was because she was teaching Sealing Technique knowledge rather than ninjutsu. If it had been sealing ninjutsu, it definitely would not have been this difficult.

Sealing Techniques!

They were like packaged programs, while Sealing Technique knowledge was the knowledge of how to program those applications.

The difficulty was on an entirely different level!

Even Tang Ping was left utterly confused by the explanation.

When people were pushed to the brink, they could do anything.

Except math!

The knowledge behind Sealing Techniques was not much easier than mathematics.

So he could only cheat.

Gulp!

Tang Ping pulled out a bottle of Clarity Elixir from his Ninja Tool Pack and drank it. Since he had been studying Medical Ninjutsu, he had stocked some up recently.

Instantly, his mind became crystal clear.

Sage Mode!

In this mode, his learning efficiency was maxed out.

It did not raise his intelligence!

Rather, in this state, he could focus all his energy and remain unaffected by the outside world. Naturally, his learning efficiency shot straight to the maximum.

"Hm?"

Kushina Uzumaki noticed Tang Ping's change immediately, but she did not ask about it.

Finally, after several hours, Tang Ping could be said to have gained some understanding of Sealing Techniques.

Sealing Techniques were the use of rules!

Mastering Sealing Techniques was equivalent to being able to leverage those rules.

However, the more complex the rules one wanted to leverage, the harder it became.

It was like basic one plus one and advanced algebra. Both were mathematics, but the difference in difficulty was worlds apart.

After listening for so long, Tang Ping had gained a little something as well.

"One-Line Sealing Formation!"

After forming hand seals for quite a while, Tang Ping slapped his right hand onto a lucky spectator that had been caught as an Experimental product.

Chirp!

The chosen sparrow instantly stood still, as though it had turned into a doll.

But the Chakra Tang Ping had consumed was comparable to that of a C-rank ninjutsu.

While Sealing Techniques had domineering effects, their Chakra consumption was also incredibly exaggerated.

Now he understood why only the Sealing Techniques performed by the Uzumaki Clan were the strongest, right?

It was entirely because of their terrifying Chakra.

Overwhelming strength crushed all tricks!

Their Chakra was already terrifying enough, and when paired with Sealing Techniques that were practically like rules themselves, it was no wonder others feared them. No wonder the clan had been wiped out.

"Not bad. It looks like you have some talent for Sealing Techniques. You were only a billion little bits slower than I was back then!"

Kushina Uzumaki withdrew her gaze from the sparrow and praised him with a calm expression.

But inwardly, she was utterly shocked.

Back then, it had taken her more than a week to learn this Sealing Technique, which only had a demonstration effect.

It would have been one thing if he were an Uzumaki clansman, but he clearly was not. Yet his learning speed was so fast. It was simply too exaggerated.

"Of course. How could I compare to Kushina-neechan? If I learned it, it was only because you taught me so well!"

Only after hearing that did Tang Ping relax and begin flattering her.

Because he had not known whether his learning pace was fast or slow.

In Sage Mode, he practically had photographic memory, and his thinking ability improved as well. He had actually understood it all long ago, but he had deliberately slowed down to conceal it.

The anime had never specifically explained how quickly one could learn Sealing Techniques, only that they were difficult.

So he felt that his performance should not have been too exaggerated.

"Later, I'll have Kakashi bring over some books for you to take home and read. I'll first help you create the sealing formula, then give you further guidance!"

Kushina Uzumaki laid out the next steps.

It was rare for her to encounter such a Sealing Technique genius. Combined with his relationship with Minato, she was naturally happy to teach him more.

No matter how precious a ninjutsu was, it no longer meant much to her, one of the last remaining members of the Uzumaki Clan. She truly did not mind teaching others, so long as they were not Konoha's enemies.

"Thank you, Kushina-neechan!"

At this moment, Tang Ping's mouth could not have been any sweeter.

To learn Sealing Techniques, forget calling her a few pleasant names—even if she had asked him to hug her thigh, he could have hugged it until it fractured.

All that could be said was that he had gained far too much from this.

The Third Hokage could only decide whether or not to teach Sealing Technique knowledge. He could not decide how much would be taught.

Clearly,

because of Minato Namikaze, coupled with Tang Ping's sweet talk, Kushina Uzumaki was preparing to truly pass on Sealing Technique knowledge to him.

This was high-end knowledge, the kind that could spark wars between ninja villages.

By the time Tang Ping left the Training Ground with a pile of books Kakashi had fetched for him, it was already night.

And tomorrow would be the day of the Chunin Exams.