Water Release Ninjutsu

"Kid, can you even do it?" After learning of the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, Jiraiya promised to guide Yamanaka Tohru's training.

Yamanaka Tohru never expected that Jiraiya's so-called guidance would involve him doing push-ups while carrying stones from Mount Myōboku.

Yamanaka Tohru had never experienced such intense training. At first, he couldn't even finish 200 push-ups. In the world of Hokage, some children who hadn't even attended the Ninja Academy performed better than Yamanaka Tohru. Not to mention the children from major clans who started training their bodies at the age of three.

The Yamanaka Clan, to which Yamanaka Tohru belonged, was originally a clan specializing in mental power, focusing on cultivating their secret techniques. They barely had time to train their ninjutsu, let alone their physical bodies.

Yamanaka Tohru's own ninjutsu mostly focused on speed. Even the Lightning Release Chakra Mode was used to enhance the speed of his [Lightning Body Flicker] to achieve instant kills with [Chidori].

The [Rasengan] he learned later was a ninjutsu without hand seals, naturally possessing the characteristic of rapid formation and instant release.

As for Ice Release, besides Ice Seal and controlling ice, its strongest aspect was the ability to instantly teleport within ice infused with Yamanaka Tohru's Chakra or Nature Energy, without consuming any Chakra.

Previously, Yamanaka Tohru couldn't distinguish between Nature Energy, physical energy, and spiritual energy. He always thought that what he sensed in the ice was his own Chakra.

With Jiraiya's experience, he easily saw Yamanaka Tohru's shortcomings. What Yamanaka Tohru needed most now was physical training to improve his physical condition.

Regarding ninjutsu, Jiraiya could teach Yamanaka Tohru Water Release and Wind Release ninjutsu later. However, Yamanaka Tohru's physical condition had to be improved quickly.

"Quick, kid, run!" Jiraiya lay leisurely on the grass, supervising Yamanaka Tohru's running. To improve Yamanaka Tohru's physical condition, Jiraiya often returned to Konoha to buy various nutritious foods.

Thus, more than half a year passed. Under Jiraiya's supervision, Yamanaka Tohru's physical condition greatly improved. The most direct impact of this improvement on Yamanaka Tohru was his Chakra reserves.

Yamanaka Tohru's Chakra reserves finally reached the level of an average Jonin. In the original work, Naruto's Chakra reserves at age 12 were 100 times that of Kakashi. Now, Yamanaka Tohru had finally reached 1% of the level of Naruto at age 12.

In Konoha Year 41, after training his body on Mount Myōboku for over half a year, Yamanaka Tohru began learning Water Release ninjutsu under Jiraiya's guidance.

So far, the Water Release ninjutsu Yamanaka Tohru knew were [Water Release: Water Colliding Wave], [Water Release: Water Wall], and [Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet]. These three techniques were taught to Yamanaka Tohru by his mother, Yamanaka Seiko.

As one of the Sannin, Jiraiya had no shortage of ninjutsu. He had collected so many ninjutsu on the battlefield.

"Kid, has anyone ever told you about the nature transformation of Water Release?"

"No, I learned my Water Release ninjutsu from my mother."

"Is that so? Then, kid, what do you think is the most important characteristic of water for offense?"

"Shape transformation, impact, and pressure," Yamanaka Tohru said after thinking for a while.

"Then, kid, what kind of changes can water undergo?" Jiraiya asked.

Jiraiya's questions were not difficult for a modern person. Even elementary school students knew that water has three states: solid, liquid, and gas.

Solid is water freezing into ice, liquid is water's natural state, and gas can be water vapor or mist.

Yamanaka Tohru told Jiraiya about the states of water that were common knowledge in his previous life.

"Ahem, kid, you're very good. You know all this. Then what about the pressure and impact of water?"

Yamanaka Tohru shook his head. Although he had learned about the pressure and impact of water in physics in his previous life, its application in ninjutsu was very different from his physics knowledge.

"Water pressure mainly involves compressing the volume of water. Most applications are on ultra-high-pressure water jets. The thinner the compressed water jet, the stronger its power and the higher its lethality, like a sharp blade. For example, the Second Hokage's [Water Release: Water Severing Wave]."

After listening to Jiraiya's explanation of pressure, Yamanaka Tohru suddenly understood. In ninjutsu, water pressure was mainly applied in water gun-type ninjutsu. In the original work, Sage Fukasaku used a water gun to kill the summoned beast of Pain's Animal Path by utilizing water pressure.

"Then, Uncle Jiraiya, what about the impact of water?"

"Water impact is like [Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique], which simply uses Chakra to create a huge amount of water to strike the enemy."

After explaining the nature transformation of Water Release, the first technique Jiraiya taught Yamanaka Tohru was the B-rank ninjutsu [Water Release: Water Dragon Whip], which utilized water pressure. The effect of the technique was to concentrate water in one spot and then shoot it out in all directions.

Yamanaka Tohru activated his Sharingan. After Jiraiya demonstrated it once, he had already memorized the technique.

For the next month, Yamanaka Tohru relied on the cheat tool that was the Sharingan to learn most of Jiraiya's Water Release ninjutsu.

Jiraiya's ninjutsu collection was extremely rich. After obtaining most of his Water Release ninjutsu, Yamanaka Tohru felt that, except for a few S-rank ninjutsu from the Second Hokage, other Water Release ninjutsu no longer held any appeal for him.

Yamanaka Tohru's biggest gain from Jiraiya's Water Release collection was a ninjutsu from the Yuki Clan: [Secret Technique: Thousand Water Needles Death Dance].

Although Yamanaka Tohru's Ice Release and the Yuki Clan's methods were different, the Yuki Clan's ninjutsu gave Yamanaka Tohru many new insights.

"Kid, you've almost learned all my Water Release techniques. I've been guiding your training for almost a year, and my Sage Mode has been neglected for a long time. From now on, your training will be up to you. I need to perfect my Sage Mode."

Jiraiya had spent more than half a year guiding Yamanaka Tohru's training.

During this half-year period, Yamanaka Tohru's physical condition improved, his Chakra reserves increased significantly, and he learned many Water Release ninjutsu. He was very grateful for Jiraiya's guidance.

Another month passed. Yamanaka Tohru had been experimenting with the effects of freezing various Water Release ninjutsu. He discovered that the more pressure a Water Release ninjutsu required, the greater its power after being frozen.

For example, the Second Mizukage's [Water Release: Water Severing Wave], after being frozen by Yamanaka Tohru, turned into an incredibly sharp ice blade that could easily cut through rock.

Water Release ninjutsu that relied on impact, after being frozen, became attacks that crashed down by gravity. Yamanaka Tohru chose to abandon such techniques.

Jiraiya had not collected any Water Release ninjutsu that involved shape transformation, so Yamanaka Tohru had no opportunity to learn them for the time being.

During this half-year period, Yamanaka Tohru also witnessed the growth of Gamahiro. The growth of the Toad Clan's size was truly unreasonable.

In the original work, after not seeing each other for a few months, Gamakichi had grown to the size of Gama Bunta.

Gamahiro was the same. Yamanaka Tohru personally watched Gamahiro, who was smaller than the Gamakichi in the original work during Pain's attack on Konoha, grow to Gama Bunta's size in more than half a year.

Yamanaka Tohru could only sigh in admiration.