Chapter 69: Shredded Meat Spiral
"Keep going!" Sasuke ordered himself.
He injected a large amount of chakra into the solid rubber ball and made it spin rapidly. Chakra continued to flow, and the ball grew larger and larger, compressing again and again until finally, it reached the critical point.
"Hah!" Sasuke shouted.
With a pop, the ball exploded. He was delighted, but still shook his head. Although he had succeeded, the process was a bit forced and impractical. With his chakra control, few could match him, but precisely controlling so much chakra within the ball was difficult. He took out another and practiced again, until he burst dozens of them.
"Finally, I can enter the empty-palm stage, without tools."
The chakra in his palm spun rapidly, and soon a Rasengan the size of a goose egg appeared. However, it only lasted two seconds before collapsing.
'It seems that to keep it stable, I'll have to practice for at least ten days or half a month,' he thought, frustrated. He had hoped his superior chakra control would allow him to skip Naruto's two weeks of practice. But the final stage of maintaining the Rasengan was much more difficult; it required finding a perfect balance and rotation frequency, a mysterious sensation.
He pondered for a moment. And then, an idea struck him.
'Why do I have to practice step-by-step from the beginning? Why can't I start with the successful result and then deconstruct the process in reverse?'
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
He released a clone, which instantly understood the idea. Together, the original body and the clone, created a stable Rasengan in his palm, just as Naruto did.
"Success!" he exclaimed, euphoric. It was an A-rank ninjutsu. Now, he had to complete the last step: mastering it with a single hand.
He closed his eyes, focusing not on creating, but on feeling. He memorized the vibration, the frequency, the perfect balance of the stable Rasengan he held. His clone, meanwhile, used the ultrasonic radar, providing external data to complete the picture. Then, he dispelled the clone. The torrent of memory and experience merged with his own perception.
Now, he knew it.
"Success or failure depends on this move."
He didn't think too much, followed his instinct, and began to perform the Rasengan with one hand.
Zizizizi...
A Rasengan identical to the previous one appeared in his palm, perfectly stable.
"Done!" he was delighted. He didn't expect to achieve it in less than a day. His "reverse thinking" method had worked.
"Let's see how powerful it is."
He thrust the Rasengan against a giant tree. The rotating sphere cut through it like tofu, carving a semi-arc-shaped gouge from the trunk. Then, he pressed it against a rock by the river. A loud bang was heard. A spiral pit appeared in the center, and the rock shattered.
"Huh? This is..." his gaze fixed on something. He discovered traces of an explosion behind where the rock had been. The Rasengan's attack was not only external but also penetrated and caused internal damage, an effect similar to the Seven Wounds Fist from his previous life.
"Keep improving it; the power can be even greater."
He didn't stop practicing but began to experiment with different sizes to use it flexibly and reduce chakra waste. He left the Great Ball Rasengan for when he had more reserves.
When he got bored of practicing, he used the Rasengan to pulverize the salted dried fish, creating a delicious shredded meat floss. Not only did it taste better and was easier to digest, but, as the businessman inside him couldn't help but notice, he could probably sell it at double or triple the price.
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