Chapter 328: Training the Wind Blade Raging Stream
When it came to the Combination Transformation, Haruno Sakura couldn't laugh at Sasuke.
After all, gaining cat ears and a cat tail after the transformation only changed Sasuke from "cool" to "cute," and his looks hadn't declined.
Although he might not have been used to this image at first... he would get used to it after using it a few times.
It wasn't that he couldn't control the ninjutsu to remove these two things; actually, besides acting cute and expressing emotions, cat ears and tails were of great help in battle.
Cat ears were very sensitive. The auricles controlled by 32 muscles could turn to the direction of the sound at any time, sensing minute movements within thirty meters, locating the sound source as precisely as a radar.
This was very effective in guarding against enemies attacking from the blind spots of the Sharingan's vision.
Especially since many people regarded the tactic of going around to the back to attack as the golden rule for fighting against the Sharingan, the keen perception brought by the cat ears almost instantly declared the bankruptcy of this back-attack tactic.
In addition, the balance ability of cat ears far exceeded that of human ears, which would greatly improve Sasuke's taijutsu ability.
Similarly, the cat tail was not just a prop to increase cuteness; in high-speed movement, the slender tail also played an important role in balancing the body.
A small sacrifice in appearance in exchange for an increase in combat power was definitely a profitable deal for a ninja, and Sasuke naturally wouldn't hypocritically refuse it.
Moreover, in a serious confrontation involving life and death, probably no one would have the leisure to care about some small changes in Sasuke's appearance.
As for ordinary sparring... he wouldn't show this face to others!
Ignoring these superficial aspects, Sasuke's Combination Transformation was a very successful ninjutsu.
In contrast, Haruno Sakura's Combination Transformation with the slug... what was the meaning or function of turning into a soft jelly?
Let's not even talk about whether that kind of body could use the Monstrous Strength Technique.
After becoming soft, even her fingers formed seals very slowly, which was the real pitfall!
Fortunately, she hadn't experimented with this ninjutsu in front of people.
Turning into a blob of translucent mollusk would definitely ruin her reputation for half her life...
When Sasuke finally sparred with Hinata, Haruno Sakura wasn't able to watch it with her own eyes—she was stopped by Shino. Two Anbu colleagues had found her through Shino.
Upon asking, it turned out they were asking about the Water Gun Jutsu—they were precisely those few ninja who had applied for the Super Water Gun Jutsu.
"We won't let you help for nothing. We can use our own genjutsu insights as a thank you gift," the two of them said.
It could be seen that these two had also come prepared. At least they didn't exchange insights on Water Style ninjutsu because she was a Water Style ninja—she might not care for that kind of thing. Scrolls on genjutsu suited her better. Not only could she use them herself, but more importantly, she could teach them to Udon, saving her a lot of effort in racking her brains to arrange genjutsu teaching.
"Are you two genjutsu-type ninja?" she asked.
"No, but I still know a thing or two about genjutsu," one of the dark and thin Anbu said. The other ninja also said, "Do you want Fire Style insights? I've minored in Fire Style for many years."
Haruno Sakura blinked her eyes, and then smiled brightly. "Deal!"
"Sorry, Sasuke, Hinata, you guys go ahead. I'll help them research ninjutsu," she said, patting the two on the shoulder, and then left with the two Anbu with a Body Flicker.
In the Anbu's exclusive training ground, the two Anbu showed her the results of their training in the Super Water Gun Jutsu.
As expected.
"You've trained the Super Water Gun Jutsu into the Water Severing Wave..." Haruno Sakura rubbed her temples, having a bit of a headache as she looked at the results of their training.
The Water Style they used was still the old-fashioned way of spitting water lines from their mouths.
And the high-pressure water line was too thick, and its cutting power was not good. To increase the damage, they could only constantly pile chakra on it, completely failing to bring out the excellent ninjutsu design of the Super Water Gun Jutsu itself.
"Yeah, we also felt something was wrong as we practiced," the dark and thin Anbu scratched his head and said. "Although the power of the Water Severing Wave is also very strong..."
"The Water Severing Wave is also an S-rank ninjutsu. Being able to master it is already not bad," the other Anbu also said. "It's just that according to your ninjutsu secret scroll, this jutsu should be even stronger, so we wanted to ask you, where exactly did we go wrong? We clearly completed it strictly according to the principles of ninjutsu!"
Haruno Sakura shook her head.
These ninja, who were a generation or two older than her, already had a set way of thinking in their minds. The ninjutsu they trained could never escape the confines of old-style ninjutsu.
"When you spit water columns from your mouths, you must be worried that the ninjutsu will go out of control and blow your heads off, right?" she said. This jutsu required condensing a super-high-pressure water mass. With a slight loss of control, the water in the water mass would burst out, equivalent to someone using a Super Water Gun Jutsu on themselves in their mouth. The consequences would be unimaginable!
"That's right. This problem has always troubled us. Even when we practice, we have to be careful, and the progress of ninjutsu training has always been slow... So how did you solve this problem?"
Sakura sighed. "It's very simple. Don't use your mouth, use your hands."
She formed hand seals and performed a correct Super Water Gun Jutsu in front of the two.
The water mass condensed in her palm, and then shot out along her fingertips, easily cutting through the several-meter-thick earth wall target in front of her.
True transmission takes a sentence, false transmission takes ten thousand books.
There were only a few key points to casting the Water Gun Jutsu, no need for a long discourse.
The two Anbu looked at each other. "But..."
They had been using ninjutsu all their lives, and had always spat water from their mouths. This was already deeply ingrained common sense in their minds. Even though Haruno Sakura had mentioned in the ninjutsu scroll that the correct way to cast it was to shoot it from the hand, they still modified—in their opinion, "improved"—this ninjutsu according to their own understanding.
"Physical energy surges from the heart, and spiritual energy descends from the brain. The place where the two meet is right at the throat, so this is the perfect place to prepare ninjutsu!" the dark and thin ninja frowned and retorted. "If we change to condensing the water mass in the hand, the chakra will have to travel another trip to run to the palm. Won't it be much slower?"
To create chakra and cast ninjutsu at the fastest speed, brew it in the throat, and spit it out from the mouth, this was the casting method for most ninjutsu; they had been using it for decades, and their thinking was hard to change all at once.
"If you refine the chakra in advance and get used to condensing it in your hand, it won't be slow," Haruno Sakura said slowly. "Even if the casting speed is a tenth of a second slower, it's very necessary to exchange for a significant increase in power!"
The two were silent for a while, pondering.
The other fair-skinned ninja tried it, condensing a water mass from his hand and shooting it out crookedly.
Then he said, "Hn... it's a bit awkward. But it feels amazing. The ninjutsu seems much easier to control."
Haruno Sakura nodded. "The second point is the issue of chakra control precision. The water lines you shot out, the diameter is half a centimeter! I stated clearly in the ninjutsu scroll that the diameter of the water line must be less than one millimeter to be considered passing!"
"That's very difficult..." the dark and thin Anbu said with a sheepish smile. "My chakra control precision is only at the centimeter level. Controlling it to this extent is already not easy."
The other ninja also sighed with emotion. "I also only have centimeter-level precision. I didn't spend time practicing chakra control before, thinking it wasn't very useful. Now I regret it. If I had the chakra control of Lady Fifth Hokage, learning this ninjutsu should be as easy as pie. With Lady Tsunade's ability, the diameter of the water column could even be controlled to only one decimillimeter!"
The dark and thin ninja chuckled. 5 millimeters equals 50 decimillimeters. If the diameter is reduced by 50 times, it is equivalent to the power being concentrated 2500 times compared to before. Then the power of the jutsu would be increased too much...
"I don't expect to have abilities like Lady Tsunade. To be able to raise chakra control to the millimeter level like an ordinary medical ninja would be good enough!"
Their chakra control precision was only at the centimeter level, which was the level of most ninjutsu-type Jonin. And most medical ninja could reach millimeter-level precision. A Kage-level ninja like Tsunade, who was proficient in chakra control, could even control chakra to the level of decimillimeters—that is, one hundred micrometers...
"That's why this jutsu requires being emitted from the palm. The palm's control over chakra is much stronger than the mouth! The biggest feature of this jutsu is that the thinner the caliber of the water line, the more concentrated the power, and the stronger the cutting force!" Sakura nodded and said.
"Then what about you, Haruno Sakura?" the dark and thin ninja asked curiously. "How thin can you control the water line to be?"
The two looked at her curiously. Rumor had it that her chakra control ability was stronger than Tsunade's...
Regarding this statement, most people—including them—were half-believing and half-doubting, so taking this opportunity, the two asked.
"Me?" Haruno Sakura smiled slightly. "Didn't I just demonstrate it?"
"About 0.2 decimillimeters."
The two's eyes immediately went straight.
"Go back and practice your chakra control more!" Haruno Sakura finally said.
Before leaving, she gave the two some of her insights from years of practicing chakra control.
Although true transmission takes a sentence, if expanded upon, it could completely be written into several large volumes.
In addition, Sakura also told them some other tricks.
For example, mixing a certain amount of abrasive into the water mass could greatly improve the cutting ability of the water jet; of course, this trick was only applicable when the water jet was thicker, and adding a step would also increase the time to prepare the ninjutsu.
Last year in the Land of Wind, Haruno Sakura had also asked Gaara for help, asking him to specially make a batch of emery and garnet sand. Unfortunately, she later found that this technique was meaningless to her, but it was quite practical for these two Anbu.
In addition, using chakra to mimic some long-chain organic polymers and other special substances to mix into the water could make the jet less likely to disperse, making it much simpler to control.
Finally, the two readily exchanged scrolls with Sakura and left satisfied.
Haruno Sakura looked at their happy backs and sighed inwardly.
They were already elite ninja in the Anbu, and mastering this jutsu was still so strenuous. It would probably be tough for them to thoroughly understand the Super Water Gun Jutsu in this lifetime. What about the advanced version of the Water Gun Jutsu, the Wind Blade Raging Stream?
Could it be that her trump card ninjutsu would become a lost art in the future, with no one to inherit it?
The day before departure.
Haruno Sakura took a mission involving blood for the three children.
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