Another Enlightenment!! (Seeking Collections, Seeking Follow-ups!!)

"Big Brother, are you really going to teach me the Rasengan?!"

Uchiha Chen's eyes widened in disbelief, a faint sense of unreality washing over him as he realized Jiraiya was actually going to pass the technique on to him.

"Of course it's real. I, Jiraiya, always keep my word. Why would I lie to you?"

Jiraiya crossed his arms, his voice ringing with conviction.

"But, this is a ninjutsu created by Big Brother Namikaze Minato..."

Uchiha Chen hesitated slightly. Jiraiya had spent a few months with him, and while he was willing to teach, this technique was Namikaze Minato's own invention. He had only met Namikaze Minato once today; would he even be okay with this?

Jiraiya looked at Uchiha Chen with a playful, knowing smile and said with interest, "Little Brother Chen, you usually seem so sharp. Why are you acting so confused now?"

"Do you really think I would teach you the Rasengan without Minato's permission?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Chen suddenly realized his mistake and slapped his thigh, exclaiming, "Right! Why did I have a brain fart just now?"

"Alright, let's start training. Even though I said there's no rush, we should still aim to complete the Rasengan training as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Jiraiya found a large rock and sat down, then pointed to the rock opposite him, signaling for Uchiha Chen to sit as well.

Seeing Uchiha Chen sit down, Jiraiya didn't waste any time and began the lesson immediately.

"The Rasengan is essentially about gathering a mass of chakra in the palm of your hand, making it flow irregularly, and finally compressing it into a sphere of chakra. Once you do that, you're basically done."

"To master the Rasengan, I've prepared a four-stage training process for you."

"The first stage is simply gathering chakra in your palm."

No sooner had Jiraiya finished speaking than Uchiha Chen's voice came through.

"Big Brother, is it like this?"

Uchiha Chen smiled and extended his right hand, a mass of chakra already swirling in his palm.

"As expected, I wasn't wrong. With your talent, this first stage isn't difficult for you at all."

Jiraiya nodded slightly, showing no great surprise.

"Now that you've mastered the first stage, the next two are the important ones. They will be relatively more difficult."

"The second stage is training yourself to release chakra more stably and continuously."

"And the third stage is also through practice, to materialize that continuously released chakra so that it can cause destructive effects."

"I'll give you two days for these two stages. Once you've completed them, you can move on to the fourth and final step: gathering high-density chakra in your hand, maintaining a continuous release, holding it steady, and finally solidifying it into shape. That is the Rasengan."

Uchiha Chen nodded as he listened, his hand on his chin as he fell into deep thought.

When he first saw Jiraiya use the Rasengan, Uchiha Chen had already formed a vague idea in his mind. After Jiraiya's explanation, that concept became increasingly clear.

"These second and third stages require some tools. You stay here and organize your thoughts; I'll be right back."

Jiraiya said this and left immediately, not waiting for Uchiha Chen to react.

Not long after Jiraiya departed, Uchiha Chen, who had been muttering to himself on the rock, suddenly brightened. He stood up excitedly, raised his right hand again, and continued to mutter, "Rasengan... it should be like this."

As soon as the words left his lips, a palm-sized Rasengan appeared in Uchiha Chen's hand—it was identical to the one Jiraiya had just demonstrated!

"Time to test its power!"

A sharp glint flashed in Uchiha Chen's eyes as he slammed it into the large rock beside him.

"BOOM!!"

The large rock shattered upon impact. The Rasengan had been mastered just like that!

However, at that very moment, that familiar voice echoed in Uchiha Chen's mind:

[Through continuous practice, you have skillfully mastered the Rasengan.]
[You have gained a deep understanding of the Rasengan. You have had an epiphany, deduced, and learned the Rasengan, Big Ball Rasengan, Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, and a series of derivative ninjutsu.]

The next moment, Uchiha Chen's mind was flooded with the mysteries of the Rasengan and its derivatives. Although this wasn't his first time experiencing such a thing, he was still momentarily stunned.

After a while, a smile appeared on Uchiha Chen's face.

"As expected, it's still hard to stay calm when facing something that defies common sense. My mindset still needs work!"

"Eh? I actually have a Wind affinity? That's something I can take the time to study later."

"Although Chen and I don't have the formal title of master and student, we already have the reality of it. When he makes a name for himself in the ninja world using the Rasengan, won't I, the one who taught him, be... hehe, at that point, does it really matter if we are master and student or not?"

In the forest, a figure was speeding along—it was Jiraiya returning. However, he now held something in his hand: a popsicle that could be split in two.

"But, can he really master the Rasengan in three days? After all, it took me three days to master it back then. His talent might not necessarily surpass mine, hahahaha."

Thinking this, Jiraiya picked up his pace, and soon, he caught sight of Uchiha Chen.

However, Uchiha Chen was currently standing with his back to Jiraiya, head bowed as if deep in thought.

"Hahaha, little brother Chen, stop thinking for a moment and come over here to have a popsicle and take a break."

Jiraiya split the popsicle in his hand into two and walked toward Uchiha Chen with a chuckle.

Just then, Uchiha Chen heard Jiraiya's voice and turned around.

Jiraiya's eyes immediately locked onto the palm-sized, rapidly spinning Rasengan in Uchiha Chen's hand. There were several wind blades circling its perimeter; to be precise, it was a Rasengan that looked exactly like a shuriken!

This was none other than Uchiha Chen's improved, miniaturized version of Wind Style: Rasenshuriken!

"Huh?! Th-th-this is...?!"

Jiraiya's eyes bulged as if they were about to pop out of their sockets. He was completely stunned by the sight, failing to even notice the two popsicles slipping from his hands.

"Big brother, the popsicles!"

Uchiha Chen, however, was the first to notice the popsicles about to hit the ground.

He tossed the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken aside, then blurred into a phantom, reaching Jiraiya's side in the blink of an eye to catch the falling treats just in the nick of time.

"Phew, that was close. The popsicles almost hit the ground."

Uchiha Chen let out a long sigh of relief, but at that very moment, a deafening explosion erupted behind him!

"BOOM!!!"