The Bottleneck of the Rasengan

"Truly worthy of a cheat-level ninjutsu, the effect is outstanding." After receiving the memories from his Shadow Clone, Gu Qi sighed with genuine admiration.

Gu Qi now regretted not learning the Shadow Clone jutsu earlier, knowing how powerful it was.

But it wasn't too late. Now that he understood the power of the Shadow Clone, Gu Qi decided to revise his training plan.

After his daily routine of washing and feeding his three Ninja Dogs, Gu Qi returned to his desk to formulate a new training plan.

After a moment of thought, Gu Qi seemed to discover a problem: at this stage, the Shadow Clone appeared to have no other purpose besides learning and practicing ninjutsu.

Since that was the case, Gu Qi tossed his pen aside and went to bed.

The next morning, after washing up and eating breakfast, he created a Shadow Clone.

"Today, you're staying home to study and train, understand?" Gu Qi instructed.

"Oh, I understand."

Seeing that his command had been received, Gu Qi, satisfied, called his three dogs and began another day of morning training.

When noon arrived, Gu Qi dragged his exhausted body and his three spent Ninja Dogs back home.

To his speechless dismay, he found the Shadow Clone leisurely drinking tea, eating snacks, and studying textbooks.

Upon witnessing this scene, Gu Qi's mind completely exploded.

He immediately dispelled the Shadow Clone, received the infuriating memories, and then went to eat lunch.

After a short nap, Gu Qi created another Shadow Clone, assigned it to study, and then headed to the backyard to continue practicing the second stage of the Rasengan.

However, as days passed, Gu Qi dejectedly realized he was stuck on the second stage of the Rasengan.

This discovery was a heavy blow to Gu Qi.

After dinner, Gu Qi, forgoing his usual routine, closed the Ninja Tool Shop and went out for a stroll.

Gu Qi had been so focused on training lately that he hadn't gone out in a long time. Coupled with his current bottleneck in learning the Rasengan, he felt even more depressed.

Therefore, today, Gu Qi decided to take a rare break and take his three little Ninja Dogs out for a walk.

Looking at the brightly lit street, Gu Qi bought some tri-colored dumplings at a dumpling shop and some snacks for his dogs before wandering around aimlessly.

As he walked, Gu Qi found himself once again at the entrance of the Hyuga compound.

"Ugh!" Looking at the familiar gate, Gu Qi couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed, realizing he was heading further down the path of being a lolicon.

He glanced around, and finding no one he knew, Gu Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wait, I haven't done anything wrong, why should I feel guilty?" With this thought, Gu Qi immediately straightened his back, ready to sneak away.

"Gu, Gu Qi-kun, is that you?" Just as Gu Qi was about to leave, a voice called out to him.

"Huh? A girl from the Hyuga branch family? What a coincidence! Ha, haha." Gu Qi chuckled nervously.

"Gu, Gu Qi-kun, wh, why are you here?" the girl asked shyly.

"Uh, just wandering around, and I ended up here. Here, here, let me treat you to some dumplings."

Gu Qi handed her the dumplings he had bought earlier.

"Th, thank you." The girl took the dumplings and began to eat them happily.

"By the way, are the children from the Hyuga main family bullying you? If they are, tell me, and I'll teach them a lesson."

Gu Qi had a long-standing habit: when he met someone he liked or felt close to, he tended to talk incessantly.

Because of this habit, Gu Qi had been single his entire previous life.

After all, no girl would enjoy a conversation where she couldn't get a word in.

Fortunately, this little girl seemed very shy and didn't mind Gu Qi's chatter at all.

"I'll tell you, I'm practicing a very powerful ninjutsu recently. It was created by the Fourth Hokage himself. I'll show you when I learn it!"

"Gu Qi-kun, you're so amazing. I wish I could be as amazing as you." the girl murmured softly.

However, the girl's voice was too low, and with Gu Qi constantly talking, he didn't hear her at all.

"It's getting late! I have to go back. You should go home early too! Otherwise, your family will worry." Gu Qi stood up and waved goodbye to the little girl.

"Gu Qi-kun, goodbye." The girl waved shyly and whispered her farewell.

"My head, I forgot to ask her name again." Gu Qi suddenly groaned as he walked down the road.

But then Gu Qi felt indifferent. What did it matter if he didn't know her name?

"Sigh, I guess I'll have to wait for Kakashi to come back and ask for his opinion." Gu Qi lay on the ground, sighing after exhausting his Chakra for the umpteenth time without breaking the ball.

Gu Qi couldn't remember how many times he had failed.

Since falling into this bottleneck, Gu Qi hadn't made any progress for a full half-month.

"Yo, Gu Qi! Missing me again?" As usual, whenever Gu Qi mentioned Kakashi, he would suddenly appear.

"Yo, Kakashi, you've come at the perfect time." Startled, Gu Qi saw Kakashi and couldn't help but smile.

"Huh? Good news or bad news?" Seeing Gu Qi smiling, Kakashi immediately distanced himself and asked warily.

"Not a bad thing!" Gu Qi chuckled.

Kakashi sighed, "Then it's not a good thing."

"Well, well, it's about training," Gu Qi stopped teasing him.

"You should have said so earlier! What is it that requires the help of the genius ninja Kakashi?" Kakashi said with a smile.

"..."

Gu Qi thought for a moment. Forget it, he couldn't beat him, and besides, he was asking for a favor.

Gu Qi took out a ball and said, "It's like this, I've already completed the first stage of the Rasengan. But I'm always stuck at the second stage, and I don't know why."

Gu Qi felt he had done very well in the second stage, but for some reason, the ball just wouldn't explode.

"Oh?" Kakashi was very surprised. He didn't expect Gu Qi to have started learning the second stage so quickly.

Kakashi lifted the eye patch on his left eye, revealing his Sharingan. "Do it once, and let me see what's going on."

"Okay."

Gu Qi held the ball with both hands and began to inject Chakra into it.

"Hmm? You're doing it like this?" Kakashi was surprised that Gu Qi was using both hands to overcome the difficulty of a single-handed jutsu.

"Eh? I see."

He stopped Gu Qi, and Kakashi covered his Sharingan again. "I already know what the problem is."

"Really?" Gu Qi was surprised by Kakashi's skill.

Kakashi nodded. "Your problem lies with your Chakra!"

"What do you mean?" Gu Qi was confused.

Kakashi explained, "You've actually done very well, but the biggest problem is that you don't have enough Chakra in your body to unleash the full power of the Rasengan."

Gu Qi suddenly understood. No wonder even when he poured all his Chakra into it at once, the ball showed no sign of cracking.

So, it turned out to be a lack of Chakra.

"Then what should I do?" Gu Qi asked, troubled.

Kakashi thought for a moment. "Go directly to the third stage and focus on condensing the Chakra."

"Huh?"

Kakashi said, "What you need to do now is to learn this jutsu, not pursue greater power. As long as you fully master this jutsu, when you grow up and have enough Chakra, you can fully unleash its power."

Gu Qi understood. He didn't need to exert such great power at all.

After all, he was too young now, and if this jutsu could only be used once, it would be completely useless.

If he encountered an enemy and used up his only Rasengan, he would lose all offensive capability. What fun would that be?

"I understand."

Since that was the case, Gu Qi ignored Kakashi and began his third stage training.

Seeing Gu Qi like this, Kakashi smiled and quietly left.

The difficulty of the third stage lay in how to ensure the Chakra's rotation and power while simultaneously compressing and concentrating it.

It was like an explosion; only by releasing a large amount of energy in a confined space could an explosion occur.

If the Rasengan couldn't be concentrated into a very small sphere, the Chakra would scatter, unable to focus on one point to create maximum destruction.

There was no reference material for this stage of training; Gu Qi had to rely solely on his own hard work.