Essential Skill for a Transmigrator Acquired

Mikoto Uchiha left, her face flushed red as she went.

Watching her curvaceous figure disappear, Genkawa Uchiha smacked his lips. Then, thinking of his own age, he sighed again.

"Still too young. Even if I did something now, there'd be no sense of immersion."

Genkawa Uchiha quickly put Mikoto Uchiha's visit out of his mind. He had more important things to do now.

After changing clothes and tidying himself up, he headed out.

His destination was a Training Ground on the edge of the village.

The Training Ground lay deep in the woods and was rarely visited. It had long since been abandoned, making it perfect for his current needs.

After being a "ninjutsu idiot" for so long, Genkawa Uchiha was finally attempting to train in ninjutsu. He appeared calm on the surface, but he was quite excited inside.

"I remember, the Body Flicker Technique gathers chakra in the legs and feet to increase speed."

The Body Flicker Technique was one of the most basic ninjutsu, yet it was extremely practical. It allowed high-speed movement or instantaneous displacement.

Using it as a foundation and supplementing it with chakra of different natures, one could develop all kinds of Body Flicker Techniques.

For example, Body Flicker Shisui's genjutsu Body Flicker, the Land of Cloud's Lightning Style Body Flicker, and the Land of Water's Water Style Body Flicker were all representative examples.

Genkawa Uchiha naturally understood the principles of the Body Flicker Technique. His family also had a scroll for it, which he had read and memorized before.

Now that he tried it himself, he quickly grasped the trick.

For him, it was simple.

With one step, Genkawa Uchiha crossed more than thirty meters. The entire process looked effortless, and he barely even stirred the wind.

This was only his first attempt, yet the result was already no worse than that of veteran Chunin proficient in the Body Flicker Technique.

This movement differed from his previous ones. He did not crack the ground beneath his feet or create a piercing rush of air. He merely gathered chakra in the meridians of his legs and feet, and his speed naturally increased.

"Not bad. This technique is worth exploring further."

Genkawa Uchiha gave it a satisfied assessment, then flashed forward again, accelerating once more.

At this moment, he looked like a wisp of dust, darting from one place to another in an instant. His speed grew faster and faster, while the disturbance he caused became smaller and smaller.

His technique was improving, as was his mastery of the Body Flicker Technique.

Practicing such low-level ninjutsu now gave him the feeling of looking down from a great height. That was the benefit of having high chakra control.

Genkawa Uchiha's movements naturally drew the attention of others. After all, the village had suffered such an incident only last night, and all of Konoha was currently in a tense state of high alert. Any slight disturbance would be noticed.

But he had no intention of hiding from anyone. He strode openly past those ninjas.

"Th-that is!?"

"That Uchiha child."

"Yes. He fought the Nine-Tails last night. That power reminded me of Lady Tsunade."

"Now that you mention it, you're right..."

Everyone naturally recognized Genkawa Uchiha. There was nothing to be nervous about; after all, countless people throughout the village had witnessed what he did last night.

Put simply.

The Uchiha were hated by the villagers, but Genkawa Uchiha was no longer included among them.

It had been hard to say before, but after last night, many people had changed their view of the Uchiha.

Especially since Genkawa Uchiha was so young, yet could fight a terrifying existence like the Nine-Tails head-on. He had stunned who knew how many people.

This was respect for the strong, something ninjas especially believed in.

Genkawa Uchiha swept his gaze across the village. Many streets were damaged, some areas had been leveled to the ground, and elsewhere, broken and collapsed houses were everywhere.

Some villagers stood before their homes weeping, while others actively threw themselves into reconstruction. Everyone reacted differently.

Genkawa Uchiha did not care about any of it. Whether they rebuilt or suffered had nothing to do with him. Right now, he only wanted to master ninjutsu.

Soon, he reached the eastern edge of the village.

The abandoned Training Ground was not large, covering only a few acres. Weeds had grown across the ground, and the targets and other equipment that had once been placed there were long since broken, some even rotted away.

Genkawa Uchiha paid no attention to that. He was not here to practice Taijutsu.

He took a scroll from his clothes and examined it carefully.

The scroll bore the words Great Fireball, making it obvious that he had brought out the Great Fireball Technique.

This ninjutsu was C-rank, placing it among intermediate-level techniques. It was also one of the most representative Fire Style ninjutsu.

As an Uchiha, even if he did not particularly like his background, Genkawa Uchiha felt there was nothing wrong with practicing the Great Fireball Technique first.

This was called inheritance.

"Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger..."

After roughly memorizing its contents and understanding how to circulate the chakra, he completed the chakra nature transformation and shape transformation almost instantly.

He took a deep breath and looked toward the abandoned targets ahead.

He could already feel a warmth in his throat. The sensation quickly spread through his mouth, giving him an urge to unleash it.

Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!

The next moment, orange-red flames burst from his mouth.

At first, it was a line of fire. Then its front rapidly expanded and gathered, becoming a round mass in the blink of an eye.

The mass consisted of pure flame. It was not a perfect sphere, but it burned fiercely and radiated astonishing heat.

The chakra nature transformation gave the technique its blazing flames, while the shape transformation gave it form.

Thus, the Great Fireball took shape.

Flames surged forth as a fireball over two meters wide blasted toward the abandoned targets ahead.

With a boom, flames scattered and smoke billowed.

Under the blazing fire, those abandoned targets were reduced to ashes almost instantly, and the ashes were then blasted apart by the powerful impact.

This technique was known as the merciful technique. Though that was a joke, it also revealed some of the technique's flaws.

For example, it was not quick to cast, and its destructive power was concentrated within a limited area.

But the Great Fireball Technique Genkawa Uchiha had used in this life far exceeded the scope of an ordinary C-rank Fire Style ninjutsu.

Once the smoke cleared, a large crater had appeared in the ground ahead. It was half a meter deep, with overturned earth and scorched black soil.

As for the weeds and abandoned targets, they had long since vanished without a trace.

"There was a little too much nature transformation, making the fireball's temperature too high. And I instinctively compressed the chakra... This power is probably comparable to a B-rank ninjutsu."

After observing it for a moment, Genkawa Uchiha was very satisfied that his first attempt had succeeded and had such power.

Now, he had a rough understanding of his current abilities.

He knew few ninjutsu, but his foundation was solid. His chakra nature transformations and shape transformations for all attributes were excellent, and his speed in mastering ninjutsu truly surpassed ordinary people.

With that, he could be considered to have mastered the Great Fireball Technique. All that remained was more practice: increasing the speed of his hand seals, then simplifying them until he could clap his hands together and use whatever technique he wanted.

If Senju Hashirama could do it, why couldn't Genkawa Uchiha?

Impossible.

He had complete confidence in himself.

"Right, what was the principle behind Namikaze Minato's technique again? It used advanced chakra shape transformation to form a sphere like a Tailed Beast Bomb, creating a seal-less ninjutsu."

Genkawa Uchiha became interested and decided to give it a try.

He extended a hand and circulated his chakra. Chakra quickly gathered in his palm.

As an essential skill for transmigrated ninjas, Genkawa Uchiha naturally would not pass up the Rasengan.

Soon, a chakra vortex appeared in his palm.

"Not enough."

The chakra vortex quickly became a whirlwind-like swirl in his palm.

"Too much."

The vortex shrank.

"Next is changing the direction. The chakra can't rotate in only one direction."

"Mm, then compression."

"Right, it also needs precise control to prevent deformation."

"The speed needs to be a little faster."

"The shape is fine now. Compress it again..."

More than ten minutes later, a pale blue sphere of chakra had appeared in Genkawa Uchiha's palm. It was over half the size of his hand, spinning at high speed and drawing in the surrounding air to form a gusting vortex.

"Done."

Rasengan √