Training Ground Three.
Naruto stood before a large tree and slowly raised his right hand.
A Shadow Clone stood beside him, using one hand to stabilize the chakra and the other to help it spin at high speed.
Hum!
Pale blue chakra rapidly gathered.
Within a few breaths, a rapidly spinning ball of chakra appeared in Naruto's palm.
Rasengan!
Compared to a month ago, his Rasengan had become extremely stable.
The chakra inside spun at high speed, yet there was barely a ripple on its surface.
Naruto grinned and charged forward.
"Rasengan!"
Boom!
The pale blue chakra ball slammed into the trunk.
The tree, so thick that several people would have to join hands to encircle it, shook violently as the spinning chakra tore its hard trunk apart from within.
With a deafening crash, the entire tree toppled.
A huge spiral-shaped crater had formed in the center of the broken trunk.
"I did it!"
Naruto looked at his right hand, excitement spreading across his face.
"This is the Rasengan my father developed!"
One month.
Naruto had fully learned the Rasengan.
Of course, he still needed a Shadow Clone to complete the shape transformation.
His original body released the chakra, while the Shadow Clone handled the rotation and compression.
Though this method was something of a shortcut, the process never mattered in battle.
As long as he could successfully execute the ninjutsu and hit his enemy, it was a good method.
Uchiha You stood nearby and gave a slight nod.
"Not bad. It packs a punch."
Naruto immediately turned around.
"Teacher You, I've learned the Rasengan now, right?"
"You could say that."
Just as a smile appeared on Naruto's face, Uchiha You continued:
"But completing the Rasengan with a Shadow Clone only counts as the first stage."
"You'll only have truly