Minato truly deserved to become the future Fourth Hokage. His mastery of Fuinjutsu ran incredibly deep. Starting with the most fundamental balance of yin and yang, the transformations of chakra's form and nature, he used the simplest, easiest-to-understand language to build a grand theoretical framework of Fuinjutsu for Aoba.
"The essence of Fuinjutsu is not destruction, but 'order.' It uses specific rules—runes—to restrain chaotic energy and bring it into a stable state of balance."
During breaks, Minato would use a branch to draw various basic rune structures on the ground as he explained them.
Aoba crouched beside him, listening intently and nodding repeatedly. Meanwhile, the auxiliary chip in his mind had long since entered high-speed processing mode.
[New knowledge received: Basic Theory of Fuinjutsu...] [Entering data into database... Establishing knowledge model...] [Model established. Beginning associative deductions with existing knowledge base...]
To Choza and Shibi, Aoba was simply a diligent and studious junior.
But in Minato's eyes, Aoba's performance could no longer be described merely as that of a "genius."
Though he had already tried to overestimate Aoba's talent, he was still profoundly astonished.
No matter how obscure or abstract a concept was, Minato only needed to offer the beginning before Aoba immediately grasped its core. He could even draw Three-Inferences, raising questions that went straight to the essence of things—questions that even Minato himself needed a moment to consider before answering.
"Senior Minato, if we reverse-deconstruct the rune representing the concept of 'restraint,' could we create a formula specifically for 'release'?"
"What is the efficiency limit of this 'chakra conversion' rune? If the nature of the input chakra changes, would the rune structure need corresponding fine adjustments?"
As Minato answered, he could not help marveling inwardly.
Aoba's learning speed and depth of understanding had