Wind Nature Transformation

Fifth Training Ground.

The evening breeze gently brushed away the smoky scent clinging to them.

The clamor of the barbecue restaurant gradually faded from their ears, replaced by the endless chirping of cicadas and the soft babble of the river.

Under the bright moonlight, Naruto and the other two watched Uzuki Yugao's movements intently.

She lightly pinched a strand of hair between her fingers. Without any visible movement, it split in two and drifted to the ground.

"This is Wind Release nature transformation." Uzuki Yugao sounded slightly helpless.

Using something as tiny as a strand of hair for a demonstration was not actually a good choice.

But her grasp of Wind Release nature transformation was not yet sufficient for her to use a more suitable teaching aid.

Noticing his girlfriend's resentful look, Hayate Gekko tilted his head slightly. What did that have to do with him...

It was not as if he could make someone possess Wind Release out of thin air.

"So this is nature transformation? Sister Yugao, then what is Shape Transformation?" Raimon asked curiously.

"If chakra is a piece of steel, then Shape Transformation is the form you forge it into."

As she spoke, Uzuki Yugao condensed a sapphire-blue kunai from chakra in her palm.

"When you can one day condense a similar kunai in your hands, the door to becoming jonin will already be partly open to you."

"So beautiful," Izuno praised.

Indeed, the sapphire-blue chakra kunai looked especially captivating beneath the moonlight.

Uzuki Yugao closed her fair hand, and the beautiful sight vanished in an instant.

"You two should not think about it for now. With insufficient chakra, unless you are exceptionally talented, training in the two transformations will be like drawing water with a bamboo basket."

The two immediately deflated.

Seeing their resentful looks, Naruto shrugged helplessly. It was not as though he could control the amount of chakra he had. What could he do about it?

That said, he had never had a particularly clear understanding of just how much chakra he possessed.

He only knew that ever since he began training chakra, he had never run out of it.

Of course, that might also have been because he rarely used ninjutsu.

For one, he had no ninjutsu available to train in. For another, due to his previous life, he already possessed a fairly complete offensive and defensive system, so his need for ninjutsu was not that great.

"Naruto, if you are certain that swordsmanship will be the core of your fighting style in the future, you should put more thought into these two transformations," Uzuki Yugao suggested.

Because sword-wielding ninja were always a little slower than other ninja when forming hand seals.

At a certain level, battles changed in the blink of an eye. No one dared to overlook even that brief delay.

So rather than fighting with ninjutsu, it was better to maximize the power of one's swordsmanship.

That was why she said Wind Release and Lightning Release were the most suitable chakra natures for ninja who used swords.

Compared to other natures, the nature transformations of Wind Release and Lightning Release were more suited to being applied to weapons.

Naruto nodded slightly. Compared to other ninjutsu, training in chakra transformations suited him better and could improve his strength more effectively.

"Oh, right. White Fang is the benchmark for Ninja Swordsmanship training. You might want to study his fighting style," Uzuki Yugao said with a smile.

"Who is White Fang?" Naruto asked.

"It is not convenient for me to explain in detail. If you truly want to know, you should look into records of the Second Great Ninja War," Uzuki Yugao said, shaking her head slightly.

"Alright, it is getting late. Go back and rest early."

"Can you explain how to train chakra nature transformation and Shape Transformation?" Naruto asked. The young couple had finally gotten a holiday, and he would feel embarrassed about disturbing them tomorrow.

"That is simple. Practice slowly with strands of hair, like I did. Keep at it long enough, and you will get the feel for it," Uzuki Yugao said with a smile.

"Of course, if hair no longer feels challenging enough, you can switch to larger things. Paper, leaves, anything will do."

"As for Shape Transformation, just find a way to make your chakra take the shape you imagine."

"..." Naruto was speechless. It seemed like she had taught him something, yet it also seemed like she had taught him nothing.

"Actually, there are many things even we cannot explain clearly. It is just a feeling..." Hayate Gekko said.

"I can give you one hint about Wind Release nature transformation. It is the feeling of cutting."

"The feeling of... cutting?!" Naruto frowned slightly, but did not ask further.

Many things truly were difficult to explain clearly. Take sword intent, for example. Once you grasped it, you naturally understood it. If you did not, then no matter how others described it, their words would seem pale.

"Train hard. You are my last hope for saving face," Hayate Gekko said with a soft laugh.

"We're off!"

Watching the couples leave hand in hand, Naruto also headed toward his residence.

He plucked out a strand of hair and placed it between his palms.

"The feeling of cutting..."

Thud!

As he watched the bait slowly sink, Naruto once again focused his attention on the strand of hair between his palms.

A week had now passed since the end of the second exam.

Over that week, he had devoted most of his energy to training in Wind Release chakra nature transformation.

A strand of hair, a fishing rod, and his palms pressed together as he sat there for an entire day.

That had become the truest depiction of his life.

"Ha ha ha..." "Ah..."

Splash! Splash!

Listening to the commotion coming from nearby, Naruto sighed helplessly. During the scorching heat of summer, playing in a cool river was definitely one of the best ways to escape the heat.

There were only so many rivers around Konoha, and the population was large.

At this stage, there was no longer any river where he could fish in peace.

The fishing spot he was at now was already the quietest one, thanks to its remote location.

"Hehehe..."

The sudden lecherous laughter nearly made Naruto throw out his back.

His gaze swept around until, after a moment, it settled on a patch of grass—or rather, on the mostly exposed upturned butt sticking out of it.

What an assault on the eyes...

Naruto sighed inwardly and slowly packed up his things, intending to find somewhere else.

This was a public place. It was normal for people to come here.

He could fish here, and others could play in the water here.

He could tolerate the sounds of girls playing in the water, but that guy's lecherous laughter was simply too much. Forgive him for lacking such self-control.

After Naruto's figure disappeared, the sleazy man slowly pulled himself out of the grass. Looking in the direction Naruto had left, he fell into thought.

But a moment later.

"Hehehe..."

"The feeling of cutting is honestly a bit too abstract," Naruto sighed helplessly. He plucked another strand of hair, wondering if it was just his imagination, but his temples seemed to be getting a little bald.

"Looks like I should switch to something else next time."

Looking at the waterfall ahead, Naruto murmured, "Cutting, cutting..."

Snip...

The faintest possible cutting sound, almost beyond the limits of human hearing, struck Naruto like a bolt of lightning.

Looking at the hair split in half in his palm, Naruto felt the fatigue accumulated over the past few days vanish in an instant.

He hurriedly plucked several more hairs to try again.

One strand, two strands, three strands...

He grew more and more proficient, and his cutting speed became faster and faster.

A few minutes later.

"Hmm??"

Feeling around his forehead and grasping at nothing, Naruto finally realized the severity of the problem.

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