Chapter 326: Team Haruno Sakura's Training
In her previous life, there were also people who seriously thought about using infrasound as a weapon.
In the last period of time when Haruno Sakura was in the Land of Snow last year, when she began to make up for her shortcomings in other areas, she had practiced genjutsu for a while, and only then did she remember such a thing as infrasound.
After returning to Konoha, she tried to develop this jutsu.
To some extent, the infrasound genjutsu "Sound of the Void" could be described as a perfect genjutsu.
It was highly concealed, highly damaging, had a long range, was difficult to dispel, and of course, the most important thing was that the learning requirements were extremely low.
For ordinary civilian ninja, the last point was probably the most important—no matter how good a genjutsu was, if it could only be cast by the Mangekyo Sharingan, what did it have to do with them?
It was a pity that the first thing she had thought of was the water blade; if she had thought of this ninjutsu first, the Water Style genius Haruno Sakura might have had to change her name to Genjutsu genius Haruno Sakura.
After all, in reality, her talent for genjutsu was probably even higher than her talent for Water Style.
This infrasound genjutsu "Sound of the Void" that Haruno Sakura gave to her three students was actually still a semi-finished product in development.
Sound genjutsu formed with infrasound as a medium had two development directions: one was to delve deeper into the direction of genjutsu, physically damaging the enemy's brain to strengthen the power of the genjutsu; the other was to emphasize the killing power of infrasound, with genjutsu as a supplement and infrasound damage as the main focus. When the enemy dispelled the genjutsu, they would find that they had already suffered serious injuries.
"So, do we have to perfect this ninjutsu ourselves?" Udon asked with a blank face when he heard Sakura say that this jutsu was still a semi-finished product.
The three students were all a little confused.
"Yes." Haruno Sakura nodded.
She was not passing on a fully developed ninjutsu to her students, but giving them a semi-finished product. On the one hand, it was because Sakura herself hadn't figured out how to develop it further; on the other hand, it was to train their ability to develop ninjutsu.
"I am a ninja who has developed many powerful ninjutsu. As my students, of course, you can't not know how to develop ninjutsu yourself!" she explained.
"Moreover, compared to learning ninjutsu developed by others, ninjutsu developed by yourself will naturally be used more smoothly and be more in line with your own actual situation!"
"But..." Udon said hesitantly, "We haven't even learned many ninjutsu! How can we develop ninjutsu?"
Moegi and Konohamaru also nodded vigorously in agreement.
Haruno Sakura chuckled and patted Udon on the shoulder.
"The first time I formally developed a ninjutsu was when I was in the fifth grade of the Ninja Academy," she said with a smile to the three students. "Do you know what ninjutsu it was?"
The three shook their heads.
From the undisguised expressions on their faces, Sakura knew what they were thinking. They probably think it was a failed jutsu.
"It was the Wind Blade Raging Stream," she said faintly, secretly shaking her head.
Her trump card ninjutsu.
The three students never expected that this move was actually developed by her when she was in the Ninja Academy!
Looking at the astonished expressions of the three, Sakura explained, "Of course, it was just its prototype."
"In short, developing ninjutsu doesn't mean you have to wait until you become a ninjutsu master. As long as you have a good idea, it's worth trying."
Konohamaru suddenly realized, "Oh! I remember! Naruto-niichan's Sexy Jutsu was also developed when he was in the Ninja Academy!"
Haruno Sakura's face twitched.
"What an amazing idea!" She gave Konohamaru a knock on the head and rolled her eyes at him. "A ninjutsu that you guys can't forget!"
Udon and Moegi snickered as they watched Konohamaru grimace and cry out in pain.
Haruno Sakura glared at the two of them again, and only when they became serious did she say, "Have you ever thought about what the most important problem in developing ninjutsu is?"
"No." The three answered in unison; this was natural. They hadn't even thought about developing ninjutsu, so naturally, they wouldn't think about these deeper questions.
Sakura said seriously, "There is a saying that asking the question is more important than solving the problem. Sensei is not trying to explain a philosophical problem to you here, but to tell you that for developing ninjutsu, the most important question is to figure out what kind of jutsu you need."
"And this question, no matter how deep your understanding of jutsu is, you can think about it," she continued. "Only by knowing what kind of jutsu you need does developing a new jutsu make sense; otherwise, spending a lot of effort to develop a jutsu that you can't use, isn't that a complete waste of time? If the direction is wrong, the harder you work, the more wrong you will be. Do you understand?"
When Kakashi developed the Chidori back then, it was actually such a situation: he only knew that the jutsu developed in this way was powerful, but he didn't know that he couldn't control it at all, and almost killed himself. If he hadn't later obtained the Sharingan, this jutsu would have been useless.
"Understood. Sensei means to develop this jutsu according to our own needs!" Moegi was the first to react.
Haruno Sakura nodded approvingly at her.
"Think about the direction you want to develop first, and then tell me. I will guide you on how to develop it," Sakura said to the students.
"I want to go deeper into genjutsu!" Udon said without hesitation.
"I..." Konohamaru thought for a moment and made up his mind. "I want to develop it into a sound ninjutsu with strong killing power!"
Haruno Sakura nodded to the two. Such a choice was not beyond her expectations, and it was very consistent with their styles.
Needless to say, Udon wanted to go all the way on the path of genjutsu, so a trump card genjutsu was essential; with this jutsu, he would truly have the ability to fight head-on, and wouldn't have to always take the support route.
Konohamaru's personality was the type to rush all the way, sharing the same taste as Naruto; he had a keen sense for battle, so a high-damage ninjutsu that could enrich his attack methods was very suitable for him.
The most hesitant among them was Moegi, who was the most mature in thought.
"Then how should I choose?" the little girl said with some distress. She had some talent in genjutsu, but her talent in ninjutsu was better; but if she developed deeper into genjutsu, she could make up for her shortcoming of not knowing genjutsu.
Seeing her slightly confused look, Haruno Sakura laughed dumbly.
People, often have the mentality of being confused by the situation.
Sakura had just said that understanding what you need is the most important thing.
Moegi forgot it in the blink of an eye.
"Moegi, think carefully," Haruno Sakura laughed. "Do you really need to continue developing this ninjutsu?"
"Eh?" Moegi was stunned.
The answer was naturally negative.
Moegi had Haruno Sakura's Water Style to learn, so why distract herself with learning such a ninjutsu? For a ninja who was still growing at a high speed, the first thing to do was to improve her strengths, rather than distract herself with other aspects.
"That's right!" The little girl suddenly realized. "I shouldn't choose at all! I just need to master this jutsu preliminarily. There's no need to spend too much effort developing it deeply!"
"Sensei, let's continue practicing Water Style!"
In terms of cultivating students, Haruno Sakura had done her duty very well. Even a ninjutsu like "Sound of the Void" had been taught to her students.
A family secret technique like Hayate Gekkō's "Dance of the Crescent Moon" could support a small clan; a jutsu with huge potential like "Sound of the Void" could easily turn an unknown small family into a famous genjutsu clan in Konoha.
It was just that Haruno Sakura did not intend to turn this jutsu into the Haruno family's secret technique.
To be honest, apart from herself, the talents of the others in the Haruno family were just average. If they didn't have the ability, they shouldn't force themselves to support such a clan. There was no need to live so tiredly for some empty fame.
When this jutsu was entered into the Konoha database, the recorded learning difficulty was C-rank to B-rank, and the power was B-rank to A-rank; this was the first jutsu developed by Haruno Sakura where the learning difficulty was lower than the ninjutsu's power.
However, from the form, it was a typical Haruno Sakura-style ninjutsu: a ninjutsu supported by a wonderful idea that made people slap the table in praise, with extraordinary power and unexpected effects.
Presumably, those who were hit by this jutsu would never imagine how they were hit. It was simply more bizarre than the Wind Blade Raging Stream.
The only problem was that the power was temporarily on the weak side—compared to the pile of S-rank ninjutsu she had on hand.
Infrasound was very effective against enemies below Jonin level; but against elite Jonin and "Kage"-level ninja, it was hard to say. Even without the support of bizarre secret techniques or medical ninjutsu, the effect of infrasound on their battle-hardened bodies would be discounted.
How much effect it could play depended on the strength comparison between the caster and the enemy.
After teaching this ninjutsu, it was already mid-May.
The three students of Team Haruno Sakura had graduated for more than two months.
Growing up under Haruno Sakura's hands, and accepting the training of this beautiful big sister, all three had made great progress.
Konohamaru's growth was mainly in the improvement of actual combat experience; he had learned enough ninjutsu from the Third, and the biggest problem was that he couldn't integrate them. Haruno Sakura didn't teach him any new ninjutsu. Every day, apart from basic training in stamina and chakra, she would split into ice clones to spar with him and feed him moves.
The effect was quite good.
Especially being able to use lethal moves on clones, the actual combat training was very close to real combat; Konohamaru's originally poor combat experience grew quickly in the constant training.
He was, after all, the Third's grandson. With the Third's excellent genes, his talent was definitely not weak. His chakra amount, ninjutsu, and taijutsu were all among the best of his peers. In terms of combat power alone, he had probably reached the level of a Chunin.
Udon was not weak either. Although his shortcomings were obvious, looking only at genjutsu, some Chunin who specialized in genjutsu might not be much stronger than him. He could even reach the level of a Tokubetsu Jonin. Moreover, although his taijutsu and ninjutsu were shortcomings, they were quite good among his peers.
Overall, Udon could display the combat power of a Chunin.
He was now deeply developing "Sound of the Void" under Sakura's guidance. After mastering this jutsu thoroughly, his frontal combat ability would increase greatly, and his strength would grow by leaps and bounds.
Moegi should be considered the strongest in combat power in this squad. Her biggest highlight was Water Style. After all, she was a student personally taught by Haruno Sakura! Moegi also learned Sakura's practice of keeping a stream of water on her body at all times. This constant manipulation of the water mass was extremely beneficial for deeply comprehending the shape transformation and nature transformation of the Water affinity; this little loli's chakra control had become more and more refined over the past two months, and her Water Style shape and nature transformations had become more and more proficient. Her display of Water Style ninjutsu was simply stunning!
Of course, in terms of taijutsu, she could also exert a monstrous strength, and its power was also not bad; her genjutsu resistance was also very good. She belonged to a very balanced ninja.
In terms of comprehensive strength, she stood out among the Chunin! She could probably be considered at the Tokujō level.
Watching the students grow from their childish appearance when they first left school into powerful and reliable ninja, Haruno Sakura also felt somewhat gratified.
May was not particularly peaceful for Team Haruno Sakura.
Because their teacher had accepted a mission to go to the Land of Water as an envoy.