"The Flying Thunder Formation Technique is a combination ninjutsu I devised by merging the Flying Thunder God Technique with the Reverse Summoning Formation," Minato explained. "In essence, when three of you work together, you can teleport the person in the middle to the location marked by the technique's formula."
"Teacher," Obito immediately raised his hand.
He wasn't usually this well-behaved, but Rin's earlier intervention and Raj's actions had taught him a lesson.
"Speak."
"If we can only teleport the person in the middle, aren't we still doomed?"
Obito had long coveted the Flying Thunder God Technique.
While it lacked direct offensive power, its synergy with other techniques was devastatingly effective.
More importantly, it looked incredibly cool!
After listening for a while, they realized this was a technique for teleporting others...
"Idiot! If we could master this, we could send Jonin directly behind enemy lines during battle. This ninjutsu has immense strategic significance," Kakashi snapped mercilessly.
"Damn Kakashi, I-"
"Meow!"
Raj's cry abruptly cut off Obito's blustering.
No wonder Minato had set up multiple barriers.
With Obito's loud voice, the entire camp would know they were learning the Flying Thunder God Technique without them.
"As Kakashi said, this technique has great strategic value. That's why my teacher and I have been training people in it recently. Unfortunately, no one has managed to master it yet," Minato explained, pushing his kunai forward as he began to explain the principles of his Flying Thunder God Technique.
Kakashi had heard the explanation before, but he still only understood about ten or twenty percent.
Whether Obito had the aptitude to learn it was another matter, but his current state was like Raj's past life trying to learn advanced calculus: he could recognize the individual components, but couldn't grasp how they fit together.
Rin, the academic prodigy, could understand a small portion, but she was still very, very far from truly comprehending it.
'This is really difficult!'
It wasn't just them who felt this way.
Raj secretly echoed the same sentiment in his heart.
The System's version only provided simple cat paw print markings and instructions on how to use them, without explaining the underlying principles.
Now, listening to Minato's analysis, he realized just how complex the technique truly was.
Thank goodness for the System.
Otherwise, given his current situation, he could basically say goodbye to ever mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique.
"Don't worry if you don't understand everything yet," Minato continued. "The markings are the most crucial part of the Flying Thunder God Technique. I'd be surprised if you grasped it instantly. However, to master the Flying Thunder God Formation, you must learn how to sense these markings. That will be my next focus."
Minato then explained the so-called "secret" to sensing the markings.
Raj listened intently, but even with his mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique and the System's comprehensive knowledge, he still felt lost in a fog...
However, he did grasp one key point.
Although he didn't know how long Minato had been developing his "Sensing Formula," it was likely still in an early, less refined version.
The markings provided by the System, on the other hand, had undergone extensive optimization and simplification.
Without the System's assistance, he would never have grasped either the simplified or traditional versions of the formula.
It was just too difficult!
This wasn't something one could master alone.
It was hard to imagine how Tobirama Senju had created it in the first place.
Truly, he deserved his title as the Forbidden Technique Master of the Naruto world.
Meanwhile, Minato continued to explain the formula repeatedly, even demonstrating it and dissecting its structure.
He taught it over and over, but his three students' eyes remained blank and unchanged.
What a familiar scene!
Raj couldn't help but feel a wave of emotions as memories flooded back.
Back in college, during calculus lectures, he and many others had stared blankly at the blackboard for the first few classes before reluctantly resorting to playing on their phones or falling asleep.
What else could they do? They couldn't understand it!
But Rin and the others were in an even worse position.
With Minato right beside them and the technique being so crucial, they couldn't even afford to let their minds wander, terrified of missing a single word that would render the entire explanation incomprehensible.
Raj decided it was time for him to save the world.
He extended his paw and slammed it onto the table, leaving a distinct mark.
"Meow!"
"What's wrong?"
The four of them turned to look, their eyes filled with confusion.
The difference was that Rin and the other two were drowning in a sea of incomprehensible jargon, while Minato was lost in his own "lecture," likely convinced he was explaining things in a "simple and accessible" way.
To be fair, that wasn't entirely wrong.
Back when he had first mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, if anyone asked him to explain it step-by-step, he would just say, "It's like this, and then like that," leaving Jonin and other Ninja alike utterly bewildered.
Now, at least when explaining it to other Jonin, they could grasp the general idea, even if they couldn't execute it themselves.
That's just how humans are.
Sometimes your brain tells you, "You've got this," but your hands will clearly tell you, "We're still miles away."
Back when Minato was trying to master this technique, he had put in tremendous effort, studying related arts like sealing techniques and reverse summoning techniques, spending years to finally grasp it.
So the Flying Thunder God Technique was truly no simple feat.
Of course, that was through legitimate channels.
Exceptions existed for those who took shortcuts, like Raj.
"Meow~ What's next?"
"???"
Kakashi, Rin, and Obito stared at Raj in utter bewilderment, as if he were insane.
'You understand this?'
Kakashi, in particular, considered himself a genius.
He had excelled in theoretical knowledge both at the academy and after graduation, making him one of the top-tier young Chunin.
Yet even he couldn't comprehend this, while a cat barely a year old understood it...
Where's the logic in that?
It wasn't just them.
Even Minato inwardly exclaimed, 'Holy shit!'
But his composure remained flawless, his expression betraying nothing.
Unfortunately, his Points betrayed him.
A surge of over 1,600 Points was utterly impossible for Kakashi, Rin, and Obito alone.
'Minato, you're definitely involved in this.'
Raj felt a small surge of smug satisfaction.
But now wasn't the time for gloating.
This concerned his ability to openly use the Flying Thunder God Technique, so Raj spoke with utmost seriousness:
"It's a space mark, meow~ Just like the spatial fluctuations in Summoning Techniques. You can use a similar method to create it."
"..."
This was truly a remarkable talent.
They had never experienced the sensation of being summoned by a Summoning Technique.
Minato pondered carefully, then nodded.
"It does feel similar, but that's just the sensation. The underlying principle... wait, this thing actually works?"
Whoosh!
In an instant, he used the cat paw print as a coordinate and teleported to their location.
However, Minato hadn't sensed the mark; he had merely tested the Flying Thunder God Technique and discovered that he could indeed use it as a teleportation point.
'What the hell?!'
This thing was actually a damn space mark.