Chapter 324: A New Powerful Ninjutsu
The conference room was silent for a while. Then, Tsunade continued, "I said before that we could invite the Mist Village to participate in this Chunin Exam held in Konoha. What do you think?"
"Will the time be too tight?" the Third Hokage said. "Just relying on messengers going back and forth, it will probably take several months to negotiate the matter!"
"So I suggest that the Fifth Mizukage come directly to Konoha to meet with us," Tsunade said with a slight smile, her words carrying a deep meaning. "It just so happens that I also want to see with my own eyes the second female 'Kage' among the five great ninja villages!"
The Fifth Hokage and the Fifth Mizukage were the only two female "Kages" since the birth of the ninja village system. Whether it was mutual appreciation or tit-for-tat rivalry, Tsunade was full of curiosity about the other party.
When Haruno Sakura arrived at Training Ground 9, Konohamaru and the others had already been training there for a long time.
"Sensei, you're late again!" Seeing her walk over, Konohamaru wrinkled his nose and shouted.
"Sensei got lost on the path of life again!" Moegi also said with a pout.
"I told you yesterday," Sakura spread her hands and laughed. "I had to attend a meeting this morning, so you guys train first!"
Konohamaru curled his lip. "It's almost noon. What kind of meeting lasts this long!"
Speaking of which, the ninja world pursues efficiency and doesn't have so much red tape. Meetings are also straightforward and won't be dragged out. So it is rare to have a meeting that lasts all morning. Konohamaru's suspicion was normal.
"It's true." Sakura made an expression of "believe it or not." "This meeting was rather special. It was a high-level meeting. Only the highest-level leaders of Konoha could attend. There were many things discussed, so it took so long!"
"Sensei is lying to us again!" Moegi blinked her big eyes and said. "You just got promoted to Jonin. Why could you attend this kind of meeting?"
Haruno Sakura smiled proudly. "Heehee, that's because I'm very strong. My strength ranks among the top few ninja in Konoha!"
She habitually boasted about herself.
Well, that is also a fact.
Udon suddenly asked, "Then can we become as strong as Sensei after training for two years?"
"Uh?" Haruno Sakura was instantly speechless.
This question didn't seem easy to answer. The three students of Team Haruno Sakura all had very good aptitude, and they had been personally taught by the Third Hokage, so it shouldn't be a big problem to reach the level of an elite Jonin in the future.
But the gap between an elite Jonin and a Kage-level was a hurdle...
To cross this hurdle and become a ninja at the "Kage" level like Haruno Sakura was not something that could be easily done; one either had to have talent, secret techniques, or resources.
Someone like Haruno Sakura, with average talent, no secret techniques, and average resources—although she did have one scarce resource—who rose to the Kage level in two years, was just a special case...
"Two years..." Sakura gave a dry laugh. "As long as you train hard, you will definitely become very strong!"
The three students clearly heard her perfunctory meaning.
"Ahem," the girl cleared her throat. "I saw yesterday that you've all completed the training tasks I left for you some time ago. Today, as promised, I'll teach you something new!"
"Really something new?" Konohamaru and Udon's eyes lit up.
"Is it your signature ninjutsu, the Wind Blade Raging Stream?" Moegi tugged at her sleeve excitedly.
"Hehe, the Wind Blade Raging Stream is not a ninjutsu you can master yet..." Haruno Sakura laughed dryly. "That jutsu is extremely difficult. In addition to extremely high chakra control, it also requires the caster to master profound nature transformations of Water and Wind!"
"In terms of difficulty, it is a super-S-rank ninjutsu, more difficult than ordinary S-rank ninjutsu!" she said seriously.
Even without considering the integration of nature transformation, just the Water Gun Jutsu, which simply simulated a water blade, was an extremely difficult ninjutsu; the Second Hokage's Water Severing Wave, which was almost exactly the same as the Water Gun Jutsu, was two levels less difficult to control than the Water Gun Jutsu, and was already an S-rank difficulty ninjutsu.
The difficulty and intensity of Haruno Sakura's Wind Blade Raging Stream could be imagined.
This was her signature ninjutsu!
So far, no one had been seen to be able to block this move.
Normally, only her personal disciples could learn this move. Moegi and the other two were actually just her students, not really disciples; of course, if the three students really had the ability to learn it, Haruno Sakura would not be stingy about her sect's views and hide this jutsu.
It was just that, let alone the Wind Blade Raging Stream, there weren't many ninja in the entire Konoha who had the ability to master the Water Gun Jutsu...
There was also another way to learn this move—she had already entered the ninjutsu into the Konoha database. As an advanced version of the Water Severing Wave, qualified ninja could also see the information on this ninjutsu if they applied; it was just that without the guidance of the jutsu's creator, it would ultimately be a notch inferior.
There were actually two or three senior Water Style ninja in the Anbu who had applied for the information on the Water Gun Jutsu and were currently learning it; one had been practicing for a year and could probably achieve the effect of the Water Severing Wave, but the complete version of the Water Gun Jutsu was still far away for him.
"You used to say that I was partial and taught Moegi more Water Style. Actually, I'm just better at Water Style and know more Water Style!" Haruno Sakura stood in the middle of the three and said with a smile. "Anyway, I won't teach Water Style today. Let's learn a genjutsu. It's a sound genjutsu I created myself!"
"Is it specially for me?" Udon asked in surprise.
"Hn, you could say that. But the other two can learn it too!" Sakura nodded and said.
Konohamaru had his grandfather to teach him ninjutsu, and she could teach Moegi whatever she wanted to learn about Water Style; only Udon was in a bit of an awkward position, so Haruno Sakura had to put a little more thought into him.
However, generally, if there was a ninjutsu that all three could learn together, Sakura would not give a student special treatment alone.
Even so, the three students of Team Haruno Sakura often complained about her partiality.
—A long time ago, when she was in Team 7, she and Naruto had also complained about their teacher's partiality and special attention to Sasuke.
When she became a team leader herself and was complained about by her students for being partial, Sakura realized that this problem was really hard to explain.
For example, Moegi of Team Haruno Sakura wanted to learn Water Style. Sakura couldn't refuse to teach her, right? But Sakura was best at Water Style, so Moegi learned the most from her, and Udon and Konohamaru naturally felt a little unbalanced.
Konohamaru was probably the most uncomfortable. Sakura had hardly taught him any ninjutsu. Besides the fact that she was not familiar with Fire Style, it was also because Sakura knew that the Third Hokage would teach him ninjutsu, so she didn't need to worry about it. With her Fire Style attainments, she might mislead her student; but in Konohamaru's view, the teacher just didn't care about him, making it seem like Sakura didn't like him very much.
Haruno Sakura could only engage in more actual combat with him.
From Sakura's perspective, she hoped that all three would develop in a balanced way; but in the children's view, the teacher was sometimes not fair enough.
It was really hard to be impartial.
Fortunately, the three students only complained. They knew that their teacher was not unwilling to teach them; the atmosphere of Team Haruno Sakura had always been harmonious.
"Although it's called a genjutsu, this jutsu actually has decent attack power," Haruno Sakura continued. "You can adjust it to be an offensive ninjutsu or an auxiliary genjutsu depending on the situation."
"This move is called 'Sound of the Void'."
"I'll explain the principle to you first."
Generally, sound genjutsu uses sound as a medium to inject chakra into the enemy's mind.
But this genjutsu developed by Haruno Sakura was essentially a ninjutsu that used sound as a weapon to attack the human body and affect the human psyche and consciousness.
"Have you heard of infrasound?" Haruno Sakura asked, holding up her index finger.
Seeing the blank expressions on the faces of the three, she continued to explain, "You should know that sound is a wave. The sound we can hear is actually sound waves with a frequency between 20 and 20,000 Hertz. Have you ever thought about what would happen if the frequency of the sound wave was lower than 20 Hertz?"
"We wouldn't be able to hear it!" Udon was the first to answer. He had the best grades among the three. "So it's infrasound!"
"That's right. Infrasound is sound that the human ear cannot hear." Haruno Sakura smiled encouragingly at Udon and said, "However, infrasound can still affect the human body and has strong damaging power to the human body!"
"Brain waves have four frequencies. Among them, alpha waves are the basic rhythm of a normal person's brain waves when awake, with a frequency constant at 8-12 Hz. When the frequency of infrasound is close to this, infrasound can act on the human brain and cause damage, affecting the spirit and consciousness. If the medium of sound genjutsu is changed from ordinary sound waves to infrasound of this frequency, the physical damage caused by infrasound to the brain and the mental damage caused by genjutsu to the brain will be superimposed, producing a very strong effect!"
"That sounds amazing!" Udon's eyes widened. As a genjutsu-type ninja, he was the first to react to the teacher's meaning.
Haruno Sakura nodded.
"Of course! After hearing this introduction, you should be able to think of the advantages of this ninjutsu, right?"
"Advantages?" Udon frowned.
The three pondered for a while, and Udon's eyes rolled, and he said, "First, it's hidden enough! Because we can't hear this sound, it can act on the enemy silently!"
"Second, the effect is very strong!" Konohamaru also hurriedly raised his hand and rushed to say, "Because it is a superposition of physical damage and mental damage!"
"Third, it is difficult to crack!" Moegi interjected, not wanting to be outdone. "Because the general method of releasing genjutsu can only stop the mental damage caused by the genjutsu, but cannot relieve the physical impact caused by infrasound!"
Clap, clap, clap!
Haruno Sakura applauded and said with a smile, "You are all very smart!" And very tacit, even speaking in the same style.
"Actually, it has another advantage, related to the nature of infrasound," Sakura continued. "That is, because the propagation medium absorbs low-frequency sound waves very poorly, it has strong penetrability and can act on targets extremely far away. Even with an earth wall dozens of meters thick created by Earth Style, it can penetrate it. Generally, things that can insulate sound have little effect on it."
However, Haruno Sakura did not say the real answer.
In fact, its biggest advantage was that it could be cast without a Kekkei Genkai or Sharingan, and without mastering Senjutsu or secret techniques... This was a purely civilian ninjutsu, and a civilian ninjutsu with a very powerful effect, comparable to a Kekkei Genkai genjutsu!
If her combat system hadn't already been finalized, Sakura might really have put a lot of energy into this, digging out all its potential and using it to compete with other genjutsu masters!
Haruno Sakura finally put on a serious expression.
"I must remind you that this jutsu is not a simple genjutsu!"
"Infrasound with a frequency of 4 to 18 Hertz can produce strong resonance with the internal organs of the human body, thereby harming the enemy's internal organs. Especially infrasound at 7 Hertz, which can produce fatal damage!" She glanced at the three students. The children were listening attentively, and were a little surprised to hear this.
"So, this move can also be used as a purely offensive ninjutsu! But you must be cautious. Especially in battles like sparring, you can't use this move casually, understand?"
"This ninjutsu is very strong. However, it is not difficult to master. You all understand how usual sound genjutsu use chakra to create sound. The same technique can also produce infrasound."
"However, you must be careful when practicing. This jutsu is very dangerous. Pay attention to controlling the release of infrasound in front of you, otherwise it will hurt yourself. So I suggest you use shadow clones to learn this ninjutsu as much as possible!"
"Finally, a reminder: this is your teacher's secret technique. Without my permission, you are not allowed to mention this ninjutsu to anyone else. Keep it absolutely secret, understand?"
Because the difficulty was not high, it would be a bit troublesome if this ninjutsu spread; unlike her Wind Blade Raging Stream, the super-high casting difficulty had a strong deterrent effect on ninja who aspired to learn it.
Having said this, seeing that the three students had listened and nodded repeatedly, Haruno Sakura stopped preaching.
She gathered her chakra and began to demonstrate this ninjutsu.
"Watch my hand seal order carefully!"
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