The God of Ōtsutsuki Doesn't Need Hand Seals, Right? Ninjutsu? Just Clap Your Hands and Get Whatever You Want?

"The Evolution Obelisk went inside my body?"

In the spiritual world, Kazama Kaguya watched the obelisk turn into a streak of light and enter his body. He quickly ended his meditation and returned to the real world.

He opened his eyes and swiftly checked his body.

Soon, he spotted a miniature Evolution Obelisk imprinted over his heart.

Gold and silver intertwined, vivid and lifelike, with a striking three-dimensional quality.

It felt perfectly normal to the touch, just like his skin. But with a single thought, a light screen immediately refreshed across his retina.

After carefully comparing it with how things had been before, Kazama Kaguya reached a conclusion.

"Other than gaining a tattoo, nothing seems to have changed."

Seeing that his cheat was still working as well as ever, Kazama Kaguya left it alone and continued meditating.

This time, there was no obelisk in his spiritual world, only wisps of gray mist drifting weightlessly.

As he meditated, the mist continually flowed into his body, replenishing his spiritual energy.

He felt that his spiritual energy recovered many times faster than before.

"Is it because of my Otsutsuki physique? Or because of the 'yin' nature of my chakra? Or both?"

He thought about the changes he'd undergone, but couldn't reach a conclusion.

Judging by his current combat strength, he could already go a few rounds with the Kage of the Five Great Villages. But when it came to knowledge of ninjutsu, he was only at the level of a Genin.

His theoretical knowledge was even weaker than that of a Genin trained in Konoha. After all, Kirigakure's ninja academy had simply copied Konoha's model.

"Being a ninja isn't easy, either."

"Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and genjutsu are only the basics. To advance, you need to learn Medical Ninjutsu, Sealing Jutsu, Space-Time Ninjutsu, and even forbidden techniques. Especially those who can develop forbidden techniques themselves—their 'wisdom,' one of the qualities valued in a ninja, must be perfect." Kazama Kaguya couldn't help sighing.

The gap between people was truly greater than the gap between people and dogs.

Geniuses who could casually develop forbidden techniques, like Hashirama Senju, who was known as a forbidden-technique factory, really did stand out and shape the course of wars across an entire era of the Ninja World.

"I suddenly understand Orochimaru. He pursued Eternal Life just so he could learn every jutsu in the Ninja World. No wonder he was Konoha's top mad scientist—his thirst for knowledge was off the charts."

"When I get the chance, I'll have to take the time to fill in the gaps in my theoretical knowledge."

"The future God of Ōtsutsuki can't rely on sheer brute force alone."

"Can't afford to be illiterate!"

Kazama Kaguya spent the entire sleepless night meditating.

At six in the morning, when the first rays of sunlight broke through the sea of clouds, Kazama Kaguya was already waiting outside Kisame Hoshigaki's tent.

"Teacher Kisame, I'll be counting on you from today onward." Kazama Kaguya bowed deeply, his manner sincere.

He'd only messed with Kisame because he'd had no choice. If he got the chance, he would definitely make it up to him.

He still respected the Kirigakure oddball who had protected him.

Kisame Hoshigaki looked even worse than the day before.

His face had always been sharklike and blue-gray, but today it had turned an iron gray.

His expression was cold, his gaze icy, and he radiated such an oppressive aura that he might as well have had "I'm in a terrible mood" written across his face.

"Kazama Kaguya, enough with the small talk. If you want to learn ninjutsu, then show me you're serious."

His sharp shark teeth glinted coldly as he said, "Now, suppress your Kekkei Genkai and show me your skill with Water Release. Then I can tailor my instruction to your ability."

With that, he leaped to the top of the waterfall and looked down at the boy from on high.

"My skill with Water Release? I don't have any skill with it!"

Kazama Kaguya grumbled, then got straight to it and began using the only two D-rank Water Release jutsu he knew.

He focused, preparing to do it the way he'd practiced in Kirigakure: form the Hand Seals, then release the jutsu.

But as soon as he started forming the first seal, he froze.

The jutsu he intended to use was the D-rank technique Water Release: Mist Technique.

The technique consumed chakra to create a thick mist that obstructed an enemy's vision. Its density varied with the amount of chakra used. It could be performed by breathing out the mist or by using Hand Seals to gather water vapor, and it concealed the user's presence.

This D-rank jutsu was Kirigakure's signature technique and a required lesson. It was simple and practical, requiring three seals: Ox, Snake, and Ram.

But Kazama Kaguya had only just formed the Ox seal when he felt that something was very wrong.

The chakra inside him was unbelievably obedient. At the slightest thought, his Water Release chakra responded like a rocket.

In an instant, dense mist formed all around him and rapidly expanded in an explosive wave.

Fifty meters, one hundred meters, three hundred meters, one thousand meters.

In just a second or two, a single D-rank jutsu—Water Release: Mist Technique—had completely shrouded everything within a thousand meters.

The mist appeared almost instantly, so thick that droplets began to form. Visibility was less than two meters.

Kazama Kaguya held the Ox seal as he stared at the endless white fog before him, his face full of disbelief.

"Wait, I did this? It wasn't like this when I practiced in Kirigakure."

He let go of the seal and blinked, bewildered. "When did my chakra get so obedient? Its response speed has improved to a ridiculous degree."

Water Release: Mist Technique was just a simple jutsu. He'd often practiced it in secret back in Kirigakure.

Back then, controlling his chakra had been extremely difficult. He'd needed precise Hand Seals to convert energy into matter.

But now, everything was different.

After evolving into an Otsutsuki, not only had his chakra increased a hundredfold, but it seemed to be a hundred times more obedient, too.

At the slightest thought, his chakra completed the jutsu automatically.

"So now I can clap my hands and get whatever I want, just like Hashirama?" Kazama Kaguya's eyes lit up.

He eagerly gave it a try, clapping his hands to perform another D-rank jutsu.

"Water Release: Water Shockwave."

This time, he didn't even follow the jutsu's required Hand Seals.

But the moment he spoke, his chakra responded just as quickly.

BOOM!

The surroundings erupted. A powerful torrent of water, fifty or sixty meters tall, sprang from nowhere and surged outward in a widening spiral.

The water formed several waves of impact, like a waterspout, sweeping the nearby trees, dirt, and rocks far away.

In the blink of an eye, it had carved a circular crater around him, more than two meters deep and over thirty meters wide.

Kazama Kaguya faintly heard Kisame Hoshigaki gasp.

"So... I really can clap my hands and get whatever I want?" Kazama Kaguya was dumbstruck.

He'd never imagined that performing a jutsu could be so fast and simple.

What's more, the jutsu he performed had been strengthened by more than a little.

It was only a D-rank jutsu. He'd used it before, and its power had been limited.

But now, its destructive force was already on par with a B-rank jutsu.

"If I put more chakra into it, it'll be even stronger."

Kazama Kaguya suddenly understood Madara Uchiha's power—and how he could unleash a Great Fire Annihilation that spread across the sky.

It was never the jutsu that was powerful. It was the person.

An ocean of chakra, combined with astonishing control, made dominating the battlefield child's play.

Kazama Kaguya also noticed something else.

He hadn't used any Hand Seals just now. He'd only clapped his hands.

Hand Seals were a means of controlling energy.

That meant his control over chakra had reached the point where he could completely dispense with the help of Hand Seals.

That seemed to put him several levels above Madara Uchiha. After all, Madara had still used one proper seal.

"Of course. I'm an Otsutsuki now. Why would I need to use Hand Seals like an ordinary ninja? Clapping my hands is already showing respect for ninjutsu."

"Haha... What proper ninja uses Hand Seals? I'm no proper ninja, haha..."

Kazama Kaguya suddenly burst out laughing.

Of the three disciplines—ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and genjutsu—he seemed to have mastered another one, aside from Taijutsu.

All he lacked now was knowledge of how to perform different jutsu.

Once he learned that, he'd be able to skip the process of using Hand Seals to control his chakra, clap his hands, and get whatever he wanted.

As for creating things from nothing, he wasn't the Sage of Six Paths. He couldn't do that much.