Teacher Shun must have simplified the Great Fireball down to six hand seals long ago. The reason he didn't tell me was because he wanted me to experience the process of simplifying the hand seals myself!
Yeah, that had to be it!
So Hayata explained his line of thought in detail, then awkwardly admitted why he had made mistakes.
Chiba Shun nodded and said, "Very good. You've worked hard these past few days. Get some proper rest—too much is as bad as too little."
"Once you've completely mastered this Great Fireball, I'll teach you other Fire Release jutsu!"
Hayata nodded excitedly.
After Hayata left, Chiba Shun tried using Hayata's method to perform the six-seal Great Fireball Technique.
He failed over a hundred times before finally succeeding.
Chiba Shun smiled faintly. He had finally mastered this six-seal Fire Release jutsu of the Uchiha Clan!
Then he went to Aoki Yuyi and obtained two C-rank Fire Release jutsu.
The Ninja Academy could teach C-rank Jutsu, though there were not many of them. There were only three for each nature.
Even those had only been added after Yozuki A joined the Ninja Academy, as a benefit for talented students.
Chiba Shun first spent some time learning the two Fire Release jutsu himself, intending to demonstrate them the next time he instructed Hayata.
Hayata's progress was obvious. He had mastered a jutsu from scratch.
After hearing the news, Ayana and Shosuke were both incredibly envious.
After his envy passed, Shosuke merely congratulated Hayata before returning to his dull training, where progress was barely noticeable.
Ayana was different. Her recent days had been terribly boring. Aside from her normal lessons, she only had one training task.
She repeatedly sealed kunai into Sealing Scrolls, quickly took them out again, then sealed them away once more and