"The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was inspired by the Tailed Beast Bomb and spent three years creating the Rasengan with me."
Jiraiya's face took on a nostalgic look.
When he heard Lin Qing wanted to learn the Rasengan, Jiraiya had specially returned from a mission out of town.
They went to a training room, where Jiraiya sat across from two people.
One was Lin Qing.
The other was Naruto.
After all, teaching one person was no different from teaching two. Besides, this was Naruto's father's jutsu.
Jiraiya had planned to teach Naruto when he was a little older, but after the attack by Kumogakure, Naruto had already been able to wield the Nine-Tails' power.
Jiraiya thought:
"Perhaps the time has come."
Naruto, however, was paying no attention to Jiraiya.
He turned to look out the window. Sasuke and Xiaotao were pressed against the glass, each peeking in with half a face and smiling as they greeted him. Naruto grinned back—
A large hand grabbed Naruto's little head and forcibly turned his face around.
Naruto met Jiraiya's gaze, shrank his neck, and gave an awkward, sheepish grin.
Jiraiya withdrew his hand, cleared his throat, and continued:
"The Rasengan's full name is 'Light Style Ice Pop Whorl of Spiraling Hair, Jiraiya Two-Style Ball.' Lin Qing doesn't need to remember that, but Naruto, you have to memorize both names."
"Huh? Why?"
Naruto objected to the unfair treatment.
Jiraiya didn't explain. He continued describing how the Rasengan worked, then held out one hand. Chakra rapidly spun and gathered in his palm, accompanied by a faint, rapid whoosh of wind. The Rasengan appeared in his hand.
"The Rasengan doesn't require Hand Seals. You just need to gather chakra in your palm, keep it flowing in different directions, and compress it to form a highly rotationally