Foundation for Taking Flight
Coming to his senses, the Third Hokage then brought up the rules for teaching Ninjutsu to the instructors.
The village also has restrictions on this. The instructor can choose to teach each Genin from low to high level according to their performance, but usually it will only go up to C-rank. It is more troublesome to teach B-rank Ninjutsu. If the conditions are met, it must be reported to the village.
Shuichi thought it was reasonable. "This is also a way for ninja villages to motivate their ninjas. If Ninjutsu weren't restricted from being passed down, there would probably be a lot of missing-nin in the Shinobi World. The preciousness of Ninjutsu is like a piece of fat meat that keeps them drooling, making them repeatedly complete tasks for the village like machines."
Orochimaru's method of teaching Shuichi was rote learning: if you have enough talent, he'll give you everything he knows, and how much you learn is up to you. He was a simple, direct person who hated trouble. As for those without talent, sorry, he wouldn't even give them a second glance.
In this way, even though the Hokage lineage has some privileges, Shuichi's acquisition of Ninjutsu is far too easy, which can be said to indirectly undermine the value of Ninjutsu.
Fortunately, Shuichi's perfect performance promoted Konoha, benefiting all Konoha Ninja, so the Konoha High Command let the matter drop.
"So now you understand? S-rank Ninjutsu are extremely precious. If I gave them to you, my office would be trampled to pieces by the Konoha Ninja who found out about them," the Third Hokage said irritably.
"But my contribution this time can't be measured by a single A-rank mission. Next year, Konoha's mission quota will likely increase significantly. Even if you had someone else complete 10 S-rank mission, it wouldn't have the same effect. I'm the indispensable one."
Shuichi now knows that he gained some advantage by learning so many Ninjutsu in a year, but the biggest beneficiary of this result is Konoha itself. So he wasn't misled by the Third Hokage's words. This achievement of enhancing the village's reputation cannot be measured by mission value.
"I don't care. If I'm not satisfied, I'll stay here and not do any more missions. Anyway, I have plenty of money."
The Third Hokage: "..."
The two haggled inside the Hokage Building. Finally, unable to withstand Shuichi's persistent pleading and cajoling, the Third Hokage, after much deliberation, felt it was a pity that Shuichi's talent had been wasted on missions over the past few years. In addition, given his significant contribution this time, he offered some "good stuff" to send him away.
Ten minutes later, Shuichi left the Hokage Building, filled with excitement and curiosity.
The Third Hokage said he couldn't directly give out S-rank Ninjutsu, but this item was a very important part of the S-rank Ninjutsu in the Scroll of Seals. From his perspective as Hokage, it was the most suitable item for Shuichi to study at the moment.
"What is this thing that the Third Hokage thinks is so suitable for me?" Without rushing to open it, Shuichi returned home as quickly as possible. After lunch, he took his training equipment and ran to an open area in the Konoha Forest to study the contents of the book.
When a ninja creates chakra, they subconsciously cause the energy to circulate within their body, resulting in two types of circulation based on the direction of its flow...
The higher the chakra density used by a ninja, the greater the power of their Ninjutsu. The key is to use the most efficient flow of chakra, refining it as much as possible before controlling and compressing it...
[The human body's meridians have a limited capacity to withstand energy. To maximize the strength of chakra, special methods can be used to protect these meridians. This technique requires maximizing the enhancement of the meridians near the mouth...]
Shuichi carefully read through the Scroll in his hand. When the content mentioned a certain Ninjutsu, it stopped. It was estimated that the Third Hokage had extracted the more important part of the jutsu, and the first half also seemed to be pieced together.
"What a treasure!" He was so excited he almost jumped up. The contents of this Scroll were incredibly important to him, making his future cultivation path much smoother.
This section is actually an advanced version of chakra control techniques, involving some chakra rotation, but the key part is chakra compression, which means increasing the concentration and intensity of chakra.
Based on Shuichi's understanding of the Scroll of Seals in the original work, most of these techniques should come from the Water Release: Water Severing Wave Ninjutsu, with additional content and the Third Hokage's annotations.
As a transmigrator, Shuichi's knowledge from his previous life and his understanding of chakra are irreplaceable assets. In addition, after using chakra for several years, Shuichi's divergent thinking and his views on this content may far exceed the Third Hokage's predictions.
Let's start with Water Severing Wave. This Ninjutsu involves shooting out a high-speed, straight jet of water from the mouth to create a powerful cutting ability, similar to the principle of industrial Water Blade from my previous life.
The key is that it is extremely difficult to create this kind of pressure using the chakra within the body. Under normal circumstances, ordinary ninjas simply cannot achieve this level of performance.
Even if you knew the Hand Seals and chakra flow path of the Water Severing Wave, what would be spat out would probably be a fountain of water, slow and its power would probably be just enough to tickle the enemy.
Shuichi, through his own thinking, hypothetically guessed the release process of the Water Severing Wave.
Like most conventional Ninjutsu, chakra is extracted and gathered near the user's throat, then Hand Seals to complete the Nature Transformation and release it.
Both are verbal attacks, but the S-rank Water Severing Wave and the C-rank Water Wave are strikingly similar in their execution, yet their power is vastly different, the key difference being the power of chakra compression.
The first difference between these two Ninjutsu is the timing control of the Nature Transformation. Water Wave directly completes the transformation of all chakra, and then the chakra leaves the body and turns into a large amount of water.
The Water Severing Wave continuously Nature Transformation of a small portion of chakra, specifically at the point where it is about to exit.
The second difference is the concentration and rotation of the extracted chakra. According to the description in this Scroll, it can be roughly determined that the chakra density required for Water Severing Wave is several times that of ordinary Ninjutsu. This chakra also needs to flow at high speed in the body without damaging the meridians, which requires terrifying chakra control skills.
In this way, the instant this chakra transforms into water, it is equivalent to carrying several times the pressure. If it is then controlled and output as a point of Nature Transformation, the impact force can be increased several times further.
At the same time, because the meridians in the throat and mouth are limited, this high-intensity chakra must be replenished while it is being released. This Water Severing Wave is undoubtedly S-rank Ninjutsu.
While water's Nature Transformation, achieving this compression and rotation within the body is far more difficult than the Rasengan; even the Third Hokage probably couldn't master it.
"This method of increasing chakra density is the most valuable asset!" Shuichi knew all the top masters in Hokage like the back of his hand, which was the key to the strength of many Kage-level masters.
This technique of compressing chakra focuses on internal energy release, while Rasengan and Chidori are both compression techniques released externally, so there is a difference between the two.
Compression released from the hands is even simpler; the five fingers and multiple meridians in the palm can output simultaneously. If the compression capacity is insufficient, another hand can be added, and if that still doesn't work, a Shadow Clone can create two more hands.
Compression within the body is far more difficult than release from the outside. Naruto forced himself to complete the Rasengan by relying on the amount of chakra he Cheat/System the Nine-Tails, but his strength at that time was far inferior to that of a Kage.
"The power of the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand, the power of the Second Hokage and Second Mizukage's Water Release, the Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode..." After comparing a group of top ninjas in the Shinobi World, it was found that ninjas who could use high-intensity chakra as their core combat technique were all top-tier experts among the Kage.
"This is a technique that many Kage-level ninjas know but cannot master, let alone Jonin. The Third Hokage knew that my chakra output was limited at my age, and that learning more Ninjutsu wouldn't be very useful. So he gave this to me so that I could continuously improve the power of my Ninjutsu based on my current level."
Shuichi felt that the Third Hokage truly lived up to his reputation as Ninjutsu professor, having thoroughly mastered the standard Five Element Ninjutsu, and had pointed out the best way for him to improve.
"He probably never imagined that someone as knowledgeable about Hokage as me, with no shortage of Ninjutsu ideas, was just missing this crucial point."
By constantly practicing this kind of condensation technique, ninjas can indeed easily increase the power of their Ninjutsu. For example, when using Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall to create an earthen wall, the amount of chakra intensity increased at the same thickness directly correlates with the wall's defensive capabilities.
Shuichi, who had been practicing Chidori with little success, suddenly realized the solution.
Kakashi definitely inherited White Fang's skills, which is the most difficult part of developing Chidori. White Fang must have used high-intensity chakra as his means of output, Kakashi can just copy that directly.
"Every strike of White Fang's might have the power of Chidori. If you increase the chakra output, it will be even stronger. This is the strength that a ninja who can surpass the Sannin possesses." Considering that Kakashi never surpassed his father even at the end of the original story, Shuichi even guessed that Kakashi's Chidori was a weakened version of his father's Chakra Blade, only without the need for a sword.