Flying Raijin Technique

Naruto nodded without any smugness. With Absolute Control, learning the Rasengan was not difficult.

Next came Kushina's turn to teach.

"Naruto, now it's Mom's turn!"

Kushina rolled up her sleeves, eagerly preparing to launch into a lesson on sealing techniques. Even her red hair behind her floated with excitement.

But Minato reached out and stopped her.

Minato's voice was soft, but his tone was serious. "Kushina, the essence of sealing techniques lies in controlling spell formations, barriers, and contracts. They're different from the Rasengan."

"Even if Naruto is a genius, he can't possibly learn an entire sealing system in such a short time."

"Besides, we have no shadow clones to demonstrate with. Just explaining the diagrams and text for one technique would exhaust all your chakra."

"For now, let me teach Naruto the Flying Raijin Technique."

Kushina's expression froze for a moment.

She opened her mouth to argue, but Minato was right. There was no way to refute him.

"I understand."

Kushina finally calmed down and turned to Naruto. "Listen carefully, Naruto. What Mom is teaching you isn't just one or two sealing techniques, but the underlying framework of sealing techniques."

"I'll teach you every principle behind the sealing formulas passed down through the Uzumaki clan."

"All the theory—from binding formulas to suppression formulas, from barrier deployment to seal expansion, from single-layer contraction to multilayer nesting."

"I'm going to cram all of it into your head."

"I don't have time to stay by your side and practice with you. You'll have to absorb it all with your mind, then go back and practice it over and over on your own."

Naruto nodded.

Next, Minato began teaching Naruto his most essential ultimate technique: the Flying Raijin Technique.

"The Flying Raijin Technique is essentially a form of space-time ninjutsu. Its core is to anchor chakra at any point in space in the form of a formula coordinate, then activate the formula to teleport."

"The ninja world calls me the Yellow Flash because the Flying Raijin Technique allows for zero-delay movement on the battlefield."

At this point, Minato's tone shifted and grew more solemn. "But it has two fatal thresholds."

"First, the formula must be inscribed quickly, accurately, and steadily. There can be no deviation whatsoever in the pattern. Even if a single curse mark is drawn crooked, the point you teleport to will shift."

"Second, the instant it is activated, it consumes a tremendous amount of chakra and requires extremely complicated coordinate calculations."

"Ordinary people often remain unable to successfully activate it for the first time even years after learning to inscribe the formula, because their minds cannot calculate the spatial deviation between their own position and the target formula."

"Given the limited time..."

Minato slowed his speech. "I'll break down the complete formula diagram of the Flying Raijin Technique and explain it to you step by step. I'll also verbally teach you the essentials of spatial perception during teleportation—the most crucial, yet most elusive, part of it."

"As for what level you can reach in the future, that will depend on your talent and how much time you spend practicing after you return."

Naruto even softened his breathing as he listened.

His Absolute Control allowed him to control his brain's memory efficiency. Every word Minato spoke and every line of every formula was written into the most stable region of his memory.

Then Minato added a great deal of combat knowledge and techniques used by high-level ninja.

For example, how to precisely concentrate chakra under the feet to increase explosive burst speed; how to coat the hands and arms with chakra to increase the hardness and weight of taijutsu attacks; how to shift one's aura in battle to conserve chakra; and how to judge an enemy's next direction of attack from the slightest movement of their shoulders.

These were the distilled essence of Minato's experience from countless battles. Normally, they would have taken months of hands-on instruction at the training ground, but now he could only explain them verbally, leaving all the practice to Naruto's own time and sweat.

Naruto never lost focus as he listened. He was not merely listening—he used Absolute Control to guide his mind, precisely cataloging and organizing every piece of knowledge.

Every sentence Minato spoke was completely engraved in the junction between his short-term and long-term memory. The moment any keyword was triggered, every related detail would automatically surface.

Finally, before her chakra was completely exhausted, Kushina poured all the foundational principles of her sealing techniques into Naruto in one breath.

"Listen carefully, Naruto. Adamantine Sealing Chains is the Uzumaki clan's bloodline limit. If you awaken it in the future, you can use chakra to construct chain-shaped suppression barriers on that basis. The hand seal sequence is Rat-Boar-Rabbit!"

"The activation pattern of the Four Symbols Seal is to establish the lock first, then nest the layers!"

"For the Fire Sealing Method's variation, the third hand seal must use reversed chakra flow!"

Kushina spoke extremely quickly, delivering a huge amount of information in one breath.

When Kushina paused to catch her breath, Naruto raised his hand, his eyes clear. "Mom, I've remembered it all."

Kushina stared at Naruto for a beat, then smiled and raised her hand to ruffle his hair.

This time, she pressed downward as she did it, with a hint of playful force.

"Just as expected of my son."

At last, who knew how much time had passed before both of their chakra reserves were drained to the limit.

Tiny cracks began to appear around the edges of the golden space, like the surface of a crystal illuminated by sunlight slowly peeling away.

Their figures also began to grow more and more transparent, starting from their feet and spreading upward. Pale golden particles of light continuously drifted from the edges of their bodies, vanishing into the depths of the gradually darkening space.

It was time to say goodbye.

Naruto watched their figures fade bit by bit. After a second of silence, he suddenly spoke. "Dad, give me the key to the seal containing the Nine-Tails."

Minato smiled and nodded without asking any questions.

His fingers quickly formed several hand seals. The movements were clear and slow, and Naruto's eyes captured every instant of every seal.

Minato looked faintly relieved as he transferred his final authority over the Eight Trigrams Seal binding the Nine-Tails to Naruto.

When the final seal was completed, a faint glow of chakra flew from Minato's heart and sank into Naruto's chest.

Kushina bent down, transparent tears rolling down her transparent cheeks. Before they could reach the ground, they shattered into light.

"Naruto, Mom never imagined that she would be able to stay with you until you grew this big."

"Though it was short, Mom is already so happy that she could talk to you like this."

"I'm sorry... Naruto, you'll have to walk the road ahead by yourself."

"We both love you."

Minato stepped forward and stood beside Kushina. His golden hair and her red hair overlapped, and in that final light, it was as if they had returned to Konoha many years ago.

The young Hokage and his wife held hands beneath the sunset at Hokage Rock, talking about the future.

"From here on, we're counting on you, Naruto."

"We can't stay with you any longer."

After Minato finished speaking, he smiled and reached out a hand toward Naruto.

His hand was already completely transparent, and his knuckles were nearly impossible to see.

It was not a gesture asking for a handshake.

It was his final attempt to touch everything he loved most.

Naruto looked at the couple.

Somewhere within the chakra-constructed chest was something beyond Absolute Control, quietly aching.

Then he slowly spoke.

"Thank you, Dad. Mom."

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