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Ever since Uchiha Yue realized the gap between his strength and Hatake Dansui's, he had started thinking about how to get stronger.
At this stage, aside from having a decent amount of chakra and the insight that came with his mental energy, Uchiha Yue had almost no techniques or skills he could use in battle. Someone like Hatake Dansui already had a killer move like the Hatake Sword Style, so Uchiha Yue felt that learning some basic ninjutsu was urgent.
Fortunately, the Ninja Academy wouldn't officially open for another three days, giving Uchiha Yue plenty of time to learn some basic ninjutsu.
By then, Uchiha Yue believed he could make a name for himself at the Ninja Academy. After all, he had worked a miracle on his very first day there.
Of course, to get stronger in the short term, Uchiha Yue had considered other options too, such as diligently training in Taijutsu.
But when it came to training in Taijutsu, Uchiha Yue had his own considerations. He felt that now wasn't the right time for him to train in it. At only four years old, his body wasn't fully developed yet. Training in Taijutsu too early could cause physical damage or even leave him with hidden injuries.
After arriving in the world of Naruto, Uchiha Yue had long since realized that his constitution wasn't very good. Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought his talent was mediocre. If Uchiha Yue had a freakish body like Uzumaki Naruto, he would have started training in Taijutsu at the age of three, and might even have started training his chakra much earlier.
Unfortunately, Uchiha Yue's body had only mediocre talent. If he started exercising before it had fully developed, he would be the one to suffer.
Still, even if he couldn't train in Taijutsu intensively, learning some Taijutsu was necessary. So Uchiha Yue couldn't give up training altogether; he would have to take it one step at a time. Since Taijutsu could only be trained gradually, Uchiha Yue naturally focused on ninjutsu, genjutsu, and weapons—other ways to improve his strength.
After thinking it over for a while, Uchiha Yue decided not to reach too far too soon. That made the Three Body Techniques his goal for the time being.
"Obito, I'm heading home. Let's train together sometime!"
After saying goodbye to his classmates at the Ninja Academy alongside Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Yue prepared to part ways with him when he returned to the clan grounds.
Hearing Uchiha Yue's invitation, Uchiha Obito happily nodded and agreed to meet him at the training ground the next day.
After bidding Uchiha Obito farewell, Uchiha Yue went home and asked his father, Uchiha Nara, for some scrolls on basic ninjutsu.
Uchiha Nara didn't disappoint him. In less than twenty minutes, he handed over all the scrolls on basic ninjutsu that he had managed to collect. Uchiha Yue then had a servant carry them to his room, where he began studying the techniques he planned to master within three days: the Three Body Techniques.
The Three Body Techniques were the collective name for three basic ninjutsu: the Clone Technique, the Transformation Technique, and the Substitution Technique.
There was no need to explain the importance of training in the Substitution Technique. Even jonin could use it multiple times in a battle in the original story. So Uchiha Yue planned to make it the main focus of his training. As for the other basic techniques, the Clone Technique and the Transformation Technique, he only needed to learn the basics; there was no need to study them in depth.
But after Uchiha Yue finished reading the scrolls about the Three Body Techniques, he realized that there was a flaw in his thinking.
It was true that in the original story, the Three Body Techniques were the most basic ninjutsu, and that every Genin had to master them.
But after reading the scrolls, Uchiha Yue realized that the Three Body Techniques weren't as simple as he'd imagined. On the contrary, they were somewhat difficult to master. More precisely, mastering them meant mastering the foundation of all ninjutsu. Anyone who learned them well would find it much easier to train in other ninjutsu.
What surprised Uchiha Yue even more was that the Substitution Technique wasn't the hardest of the Three Body Techniques to master!
The Transformation Technique and the Clone Technique were both harder than the Substitution Technique!
As the foundation of all ninjutsu, the Substitution Technique could be performed simply by forming Hand Seals and releasing it. How proficiently it could be used depended mainly on the moment the practitioner chose to use it. The Transformation Technique and Clone Technique were different. To master them, one had to form Hand Seals and release the technique, while also carefully controlling chakra to create a clone or transform into the desired object.
There were two difficult parts: first, the chakra used when creating a clone had to be distributed with great precision; second, the chakra sustaining a transformation had to remain stable.
"No wonder. No wonder."
"No wonder students at the Ninja Academy in the original story had to master the Three Body Techniques perfectly before they could graduate!"
"So mastering the Substitution Technique means controlling the timing of its release; mastering the Transformation Technique means controlling the chakra output that sustains it; and mastering the Clone Technique means controlling chakra distribution!"
"These three things are the foundation of performing and mastering all ninjutsu. Only through careful analysis and deduction can you grasp the key to the Three Body Techniques!"
"Thank goodness I asked my father for these scrolls to study. Otherwise, even if I truly mastered the Three Body Techniques, I still wouldn't understand their essence!"
Having silently analyzed things this far, Uchiha Yue felt fortunate that he had taken the time to study the techniques before training. He was also glad to have so many ninjutsu scrolls to use as references. Now that he had fully analyzed the essence of the Three Body Techniques, and possessed powerful mental energy that let him control the chakra in his body perfectly, mastering them was only a matter of time.
When Uchiha Yue started training in the Three Body Techniques in his room, things went just as he'd predicted. Since he had grasped their essence, he found them almost effortless to learn. In fact, in just one day, he could already skip some of the Hand Seals when using them. For the Clone Technique and the Transformation Technique, he only needed one seal; the Substitution Technique was even more impressive, as he could perform it without any seals at all!
Don't underestimate the advantage of being able to skip the Hand Seals for the Three Body Techniques!
After all, even some Chunin might not be able to reduce the number of Hand Seals they used for the Three Body Techniques.
That was because skipping the Hand Seals required the body to memorize the path chakra took through it while forming the seals. It also required a thorough understanding of how to use the technique.
Originally, Uchiha Yue would have found it very difficult to skip the Hand Seals for the Three Body Techniques. But then, he had the bloodline of Uchiha Madara.
Among the ninjutsu scrolls his father, Uchiha Nara, had given him, Uchiha Yue had found scrolls personally written by Uchiha Madara. One of them explained how to skip the Hand Seals for the Three Body Techniques. Without a scroll written by Uchiha Madara himself, Uchiha Yue might have needed a long time to train before he could skip the seals like he did now. He might not have managed it until he became a Chunin!
Now that he had perfectly mastered the Three Body Techniques in just one day and could even skip the Hand Seals, Uchiha Yue felt he had made great progress. But he didn't let that go to his head. Instead, while studying the Three Body Techniques, he came up with a novel idea.
He would use the Three Body Techniques as a foundation and develop a new ninjutsu!
"Although the Three Body Techniques are basic ninjutsu, the Substitution Technique's effectiveness in actual combat can't be underestimated."
"In that case..."
"Why not combine the Clone Technique with the Substitution Technique and create a new ninjutsu?"
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