At Kushina's strong insistence, Minato dove headfirst into the practice of the Rasengan.
As for the governance of the Hidden Leaf Village, it was temporarily taken over by Danzo.
This led to Hiruzen Sarutobi and the two advisor elders visiting the Hokage's office several times, only to be met with the old man Danzo.
This left them quite dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do about it.
After all, Danzo's current position as the Hokage's advisor gave him the authority to handle some affairs on behalf of the Hokage.
With Minato's authorization, even the two advisors couldn't say much.
At most, they could privately criticize Minato for neglecting his duties, but it wouldn't cause any significant trouble.
In any case, under Danzo's command, the governance of the entire Hidden Leaf Village was well-ordered, with no room for criticism.
Of course, if this situation continued for a long time, it would definitely attract some gossip.
But given Minato's talent and level of effort, mastering the Rasengan wouldn't take that long.
Especially since Danzo had already clearly informed him of the training methods and basic principles.
Thus, one week later, on the eighth training ground at the edge of the Forest of Death.
A golden flash flew across, crossing the entire training ground in the blink of an eye.
The young Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, held out his hand, and a ball of chakra was quickly released from his meridians and acupuncture points.
"Spin..."
"Spin!"
Under Minato's control, the dense chakra began to rapidly rotate in the palm of his hand.
And under his restraint, it instantly condensed into a high-speed rotating chakra sphere within his hand.
With a large amount of chakra airflow being released, Minato pressed the Rasengan in his hand onto the boulder in front of him at his fastest speed.
A loud roar was heard, and the entire boulder burst apart under the terrifying power of the Rasengan!
In just an instant, it shattered into countless fragments that splashed in all directions!
"Amazing..."
Kakashi, hiding nearby, his pupils shrinking, marveled inwardly.
If he were to use his Chidori to confront his teacher's Rasengan head-on...
Would he win?
Looking at the fragments of rock all over the ground, Kakashi shook his head.
Just in terms of power, he would probably lose.
Of course, the advantage of his Chidori was its speed.
The moment he activated Chidori, the released Lightning Release chakra would turn into electric currents to strike all the muscle cells in your body, causing you to burst out with even greater speed!
However, such speed seemed to have no meaning in front of his teacher.
Kakashi was not the only one who felt the impact; so did Pakura, code-named "Rabbit," hiding on the other side.
After seeing the speed and power Minato displayed, she truly realized the weight behind the title "Hokage."
She also fully understood why the Hidden Sand Village was completely defeated when facing the Hidden Leaf Village.
The reason they were both here, of course, had to do with Kushina.
In order to subdue the Nine-Tails early and achieve freedom, Kushina had been supervising Minato's training every moment these days.
Today, she even came to supervise in person.
Logically speaking, she, being the dangerous Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, should not leave the barrier set by the Barrier Team.
But with two members of the Earthly Branches, plus Minato's protection, Danzo turned a blind eye and allowed Kushina to leave once or twice.
After all, it's better to guide than to block.
It's better to let her come out once or twice under prepared and well-protected conditions than to let her sneak out secretly.
At this moment, seeing Minato shatter a rock several times taller and wider than a person with just one move, Kushina was extremely excited.
She rushed straight to Minato and cheered:
"Minato, you did it!"
Minato's success meant that the plan to weaken the Nine-Tails could move on to the next stage.
Seeing Kushina so excited, Minato was startled and quickly reminded her:
"Child! Child!"
"Kushina, you are with child now!"
Upon hearing the reminder, Kushina finally realized it, stuck her tongue out shyly, and restrained her actions.
Seeing Kushina calm down, Minato then looked at his palm and said:
"Although I can condense and control the Rasengan, I feel something is off."
"It's as if..."
"I'm missing something."
Just as he was puzzled, Danzo appeared on the training ground, leaning on his cane.
Looking at the fragments of rock all over the ground, he showed a hint of appreciation on his face.
It had to be said that a genius was a genius.
Some people's talents were simply unattainable by others no matter how hard they tried for a lifetime.
Although his reminders and guidance had reduced the difficulty for Minato,
the fact that he successfully learned the Rasengan in just one week was still rather shocking.
Of course, Minato's Rasengan was not without its flaws.
"Focus," Danzo pointed out the problem with Minato right away.
"The purpose of the Rasengan is to penetrate, to concentrate all the power into one point and deliver a fatal blow to the enemy's defense, not to blindly pursue increased damage."
With that, Danzo slowly raised his finger.
A stream of air quickly condensed into a small ball at the tip of his finger.
Then, the ball began to rotate at high speed.
Accompanied by a piercing sound, the ball shot out.
A "thud" was heard, and another boulder on the training ground was immediately pierced with a small hole.
This small hole directly penetrated the entire boulder.
Most amazing of all, the other parts of the rock around the hole were completely unharmed!
Not even the slightest crack.
"Only by concentrating the power can you unleash the greatest strength."
Although this sentence sounds a bit like a tongue twister, after seeing Danzo's demonstration, Minato had already gained some understanding.
After all, his purpose in learning the Rasengan was only one thing—
To break through defenses!
He pursued the ultimate attack, an overwhelmingly powerful attack that could penetrate everything.
Not a large-area group damage move.
Therefore, only by concentrating all the power together could he maximize the penetration of the enemy's defense!
After realizing this, Minato raised his palm again.
With the "buzzing" sound of the airflow, a large amount of chakra once again condensed into a high-speed rotating and extremely solid sphere in the palm of his hand.
But this time, the volume of the sphere had obviously decreased a lot.
Then, Minato instantly appeared in front of another rock and pressed the Rasengan onto it like lightning.
The first time, the situation of the rock shattering and fragments flying everywhere did not occur.
Instead, it was quiet, and the rock seemed to have no change.
It was not until Minato moved his hand away from the rock that he found a pitch-black hole had appeared where his hand had been.
The next second, the inside of the rock began to make a crackling sound.
These sounds of cracking became more and more obvious, and finally, the cracks inside the rock spread to the surface, and then with a "boom," it completely collapsed into a pile of fragments.
Seeing this, Danzo couldn't help but clap lightly and said:
"You are teachable!"
You don't see that the final result of these two attacks is to shatter the rock into pieces, but the principles behind them are quite different.
The first time, Minato's Rasengan was purely brute force, directly shattering the rock into pieces.
But the second time, under Danzo's guidance, he no longer pursued surface power.
Instead, he concentrated the power of the Rasengan into one point, using this point to inject his attack into the interior of the rock.
Destroying the rock from the inside out!
These are two completely different attack methods with a world of difference in power.
The former, although seemingly simple and brutal, would probably fail to penetrate the defense when encountering enemies with high defense.
The latter, although seemingly ordinary, can penetrate the enemy's defense and destroy the enemy from the inside out!
However, what surprised Danzo the most was Minato's comprehension.
He didn't expect that Minato would really grasp the essence of this move with just a few words of his guidance.
Faced with Danzo's praise, Minato was very modest.
"It's all thanks to Senior Danzo's teaching."
Danzo shook his head and said with a smile:
"Actually, I only have a concept of this jutsu. Whether it can be successfully developed is still unknown."
"On the contrary, Minato, your success has given me a lot of inspiration and help."
With that, Danzo also slightly raised his palm.
With a "buzz," a Rasengan that emitted blue light but was much larger appeared in Danzo's hand.
Its size, solidity, and the threat it emitted were far beyond Minato's!
Feeling the strong airflow coming towards him, Minato's pupils slightly contracted, and he inwardly admired——
As expected of Senior Danzo!!
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