Jiraiya demonstrated first. Holding a plastic ball, he continuously gathered chakra in his palm until the plastic ball turned to dust.
"Naruto, give it a try." Jiraiya tossed Naruto a plastic ball.
Naruto's expression turned grave as he continuously gathered chakra in his palm. The plastic ball simply burst apart, failing to turn into dust.
"Give me another plastic ball." Naruto held out his hand, and Jiraiya took another one from his backpack and tossed it to him.
This time, under Sasuke and Hinata's watchful eyes, Naruto successfully used chakra to turn the plastic ball into dust.
Jiraiya was utterly shocked. He knew Naruto possessed astonishing talent, but he had never imagined it would be this great.
Jiraiya thought, The Fourth Hokage spent three years creating this ninjutsu. It took me quite some time to master it. Now it seems Naruto may gain control over it even faster than I did.
"Naruto, move on to the third stage." Jiraiya handed Naruto a fully inflated balloon.
"This is a balloon filled with air. Gather chakra inside it, but you must not damage the balloon."
Sasuke secretly activated his Sharingan and saw the balloon trembling violently. It was clearly filled with chakra, yet this fragile balloon had not burst.
"Byakugan!" Hinata activated her Byakugan as well, seeing even more clearly.
She could see Jiraiya's chakra gathering into a sphere in his palm, and it was forming inside the balloon.
Hinata thought in shock, What kind of miracle is this? It was only an ordinary inflated balloon, yet he poured chakra directly into it and formed a sphere of chakra without damaging the balloon in the process. Such fine chakra control is beyond anything I know.
Naruto's expression grew even more serious. After several attempts, he failed every time.
The balloon was simply