Chapter 277: Flying Thunder God Technique

Chapter 277: Flying Thunder God Technique

Not learning was impossible!

The three of them stood obediently, listening to the Second Hokage explain the basic theory of the Flying Thunder God Technique. Tonton, realizing its cuteness didn't work on the Second Hokage, could only squat in the distance and cheer them on.

"Teacher, did you understand?" Halfway through, Ino quietly asked Tsunade.

Tsunade raised her chin very proudly: "Of course, isn't this stuff simple? I understood it immediately."

Really? Ino looked skeptical. She then asked Shizune, "Senior apprentice-sister, did you understand?"

The fair-legged senior apprentice-sister's expression was very awkward, a layer of fine sweat appearing on her forehead: "...This, this, my aptitude for learning ninjutsu has been very poor since I was a child."

Shizune's "Ninja" and "Wisdom" stats weren't low at all; on the contrary, they were quite high, but she was indeed struggling to learn.

The Flying Thunder God Technique was simply too difficult. It was said to be an advanced application of the Body Flicker Technique, but in reality, it also involved a large amount of knowledge related to sealing jutsu and summoning jutsu. This thing was more like first carving your chakra mark somewhere, then using a remote method to trigger the jutsu formula, and then using a method of summoning yourself to traverse space with an extremely fast Body Flicker Technique.

Ino felt that Tsunade had answered so forcefully, she probably really understood. She herself, maybe, possibly, perhaps understood. Senior apprentice-sister Shizune's aptitude was still a notch lower.

After explaining the theory for most of the day, Tsunade sat cross-legged on the ground very unladylike, protesting, "Great-granduncle, I really don't need to learn this stuff. Just let Ino and the others practice it."

The Second Hokage was expressionless: "Why?"

Tsunade lowered her voice, as if afraid of being overheard, and whispered, "I'm already fifty years old... Do I still need to practice ninjutsu?"

The Second Hokage made her look at him: "Look, I'm already dead. When little Ino was explaining the Rasengan earlier, I was listening patiently. What reason do you have not to learn?"

Tsunade: "...Must I learn?"

"You must learn."

The theoretical part was fine, but when it came to practical application, Tsunade immediately experienced the terrible mood Shikamaru, Choji, and the others had felt last year.

When she saw Ino create twenty shadow clones, jumping up and down, diligently practicing the Flying Thunder God Technique, the fifty-year-old aunt was dumbfounded.

Can't we just humor Great-granduncle a bit, let him fulfill his wish, and be done with it? Do you really need to be this competitive?! I'm your teacher, you know, are you really going to outshine me like this?

The Second Hokage still had the mindset of the Warring States period, emphasizing that diligence was more important than talent. Seeing Ino working so hard, he was greatly appreciative. If not for the completely inappropriate seniority, he would have wanted to adopt a goddaughter.

He began to spur Tsunade on: Look, look what your disciple is doing! What are you doing? Are you moved? If you are, then you go practice too! Don't you dare say you don't know the Shadow Clone Technique; I taught you this technique when I was alive!

The Flying Thunder God Technique had a very high requirement for "Speed"! Ino's was only at an ordinary 7 points, making practice very strenuous. She hoped to receive more guidance from the Second Hokage. Anyway, Wood Release wasn't particularly urgent, so she added the two skill points obtained from "Sakura Haruno sealing the evil god" to "Speed," changing "Speed" 7 to "Speed" 8.

She still couldn't compare to those masters who had practiced taijutsu tirelessly for ten years, but on an ordinary level, her reaction speed was already quite fast. Her current stats were Nin 10, Tai 7, Gen 7, Ken (Wisdom) 8, Rik (Strength) 6, Soku (Speed) 8, Sei (Essence) 10, In (Seal) 9, total attributes 65.

She estimated that to master the Flying Thunder God Technique and reach a level where it could be used in battle, "Nin," "Tai," "Ken," "Soku," and "In" might all need to be maxed out... Of course, "Sei," as the root of chakra, was also indispensable, as each teleportation consumed a considerable amount of chakra.

Out of the eight ninja stats, this S-rank space-time ninjutsu, the Flying Thunder God Technique, required six stats to be up to par. Failing in even one of them wouldn't do.

After Shizune chose to slack off, and Tsunade and Ino competed for two days, a gap in their learning progress inevitably appeared.

Tonton threw a leaf from a tree. Tsunade threw a specially made kunai with a chakra formula, and as the kunai passed through the leaf, she teleported over and caught the falling leaf. She completed this step perfectly, succeeding ten out of ten times, thus completing the first stage of training.

Ino was a bit worse, only achieving five successes out of ten. Her foundation was still lacking, at least for this S-rank space-time ninjutsu, especially the Body Flicker Technique. Five times she teleported over, but due to her poorer taijutsu, her body deformed during the teleportation, and she failed to catch the falling leaf.

Tsunade's learning progress was the fastest, but she also had a shortcoming: her reaction speed couldn't keep up.

Catching a single falling leaf was fine, but to make judgments based on the surrounding environment while teleporting, promptly adjust her body orientation, or prepare a response in advance, she couldn't do.

Ino stood in place waiting for her to teleport. Twice, Ino had a kunai at Tsunade's neck before Tsunade's reflexes, still stuck in the pre-teleportation state, even registered it. She was too accustomed to that bulldozer-style fighting, just swinging her fists. Dodging? Non-existent! One punch, one little meat patty, how simple is that?

Ino was barely adequate in all aspects. The Second Hokage was rather optimistic about her future, believing that in her twenties, when her physical fitness and mind reached their peak, she would be fully capable of mastering this ninjutsu.

In other words, she was still far from it now...

As for Shizune, it was even more out of the question. It could be said that all three of them stumbled through learning this ninjutsu; none of them were particularly talented in it.

Kakashi had practiced for a year but was still unable to use it in battle, also stuck due to the technique's stringent requirements. Genma Shiranui changing the Flying Thunder God Technique into the three-person Flying Thunder Formation Technique was also a choice made out of necessity.

Besides the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Second Hokage also taught many other ninjutsu.

Previously, during the Konoha Crush, the Second Hokage's on-site teaching had been rather rushed. Now, there was time.

He taught Ino everything he knew about Water Release ninjutsu. As one of the top Water Release masters in the ninja world today, Ino found learning these things much easier. One taught comfortably, the other learned happily; both "people" were very pleased.

The Second Hokage possessed all seven chakra natures. Being proficient in Water Release in battle didn't mean he couldn't use other elemental releases.

Ino learned many Wind Release, Earth Release, and Fire Release ninjutsu from him.

The Second Hokage's sensory ability was more like his own talent; there wasn't much to teach about it, but he helped Ino improve the Yamanaka clan's sensory ninjutsu.

Originally, she could only sense targets within ten kilometers. Karin's Mind's Eye of Kagura had a sensory range of tens of kilometers. The Second Hokage's sensory ability was terrifying; his sensory radius could exceed a hundred li. After the improvement, Ino could now also sense targets within a range of tens of kilometers, and as her proficiency increased, her accuracy would also become higher and higher.

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