Naruto stood to the side, his eyes fixed on Satsuki's fingers. Serpent, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger—he memorized the hand seal sequence, feeling a little surprised.
He hadn't expected that after he casually asked, "Can you teach me that jutsu?" Satsuki would tell him the training method for the Great Fireball Jutsu without hesitation.
The reason was simple. Although the Uchiha clan always flaunted this jutsu as their fundamental technique, the Great Fireball was actually just a C-rank jutsu. In Konoha's system, Chunin and Jonin could learn it by accumulating a few merits. For a ninja with a natural affinity for Fire Style, their squad leader could even teach it to them directly.
Watching Satsuki's focused profile as she practiced, Naruto gradually figured out the trick to getting along with her. The Uchiha clan inherently respected strength, but you couldn't appear too much stronger than her—you had to make her feel the pressure of competition, yet keep it at a level where she felt she could catch up with more effort.
If he put too much pressure on her...
Naruto glanced at Satsuki's tightly pressed lips. In the original story, Sasuke fell into obsession and self-doubt precisely because the gap between him and Itachi was too vast. The current Satsuki didn't have that obsession with revenge, so she probably wouldn't repeat the same mistakes.
Naruto slowly formed the hand seals. As the final seal was completed, he clearly felt the chakra in his body begin to flow, gathering in his mouth like a gentle stream.
This is too smooth...
The fluid circulation of chakra astonished Naruto. He instinctively sensed that if he unleashed his full power now, the resulting fireball would be far larger than normal. This was clearly not the performance of a beginner.
In the ninja world, most shinobi only had an affinity for a single chakra nature. Just as the original Naruto excelled in Wind Style, and Sasuke mastered Fire and Lightning Style. In theory, one could learn jutsu of all natures, but talent determined the upper limit.
In the entire village of Konoha, only two ninja were currently known to have mastered all five natures: Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi Hatake.
At this moment, the chakra in Naruto's body was converting to the fire nature with abnormal compliance, as if it were his innate talent. He immediately understood why—
The system's reward, "Fire-Style Chakra Affinity and Mastery of Nature Transformation," was taking effect.
Naruto quickly adjusted his chakra output, deliberately suppressing most of its power. He took a sharp breath, and then—
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A fireball the size of a basketball erupted from his mouth, solidifying in the air for a moment before slowly dissipating. Although he had intentionally controlled its power, the fact that he had succeeded on his first try made Satsuki's eyes widen.
Satsuki's expression grew serious. As I thought... is he a genius?
Although she felt a pang of frustration that Naruto had succeeded on his first try, what concerned her more were the clan rumors—when her sister had first performed the Great Fireball, the resulting flame was dozens of meters in diameter.
When she got home, her mother had gently comforted her, saying that under normal circumstances, a ninja needed a long time to successfully perform a jutsu. The fact that Satsuki had succeeded on her first try already made her a genius, it was just... her sister was an even more special kind of genius.
At that thought, Satsuki's small chest heaved slightly. Her fingers once again formed the hand seals, a stubborn light shining in her eyes. She was determined to master the complete Great Fireball Jutsu through practice.
Naruto observed Satsuki's serious profile. He knew it was time for him to make his move.
To become an excellent ninjutsu cannon, the key was to efficiently use the chakra within one's body.
Naruto recalled the principles from the original story. First, you sense the chakra, then you draw it out, and finally, you control its flow. Nature transformation comes later. The essence of all ninjutsu was the precise manipulation of chakra. And to practice this control, there was a classic method.
"Satsuki," Naruto said suddenly. "I have a way to speed up the process of learning ninjutsu. Want to try it with me?"
"A method?" Satsuki stopped her hand seals and turned, her eyes full of doubt.
Naruto nodded mysteriously. "Mhm, this is something I learned by secretly observing the ninja in the village. It's a great way to practice flexible chakra control."
Satsuki's eyes instantly lit up. The throwing practice Naruto had taught her last time was indeed effective. With that successful experience, she was more inclined to trust his proposal.
"Really?" Satsuki leaned forward unconsciously. "Then... what do we do?"
"This method requires you to use your body to remember the feeling of using chakra. It might be tough."
"But, for a genius of the Uchiha, something like this shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Hmph!" Satsuki immediately straightened up, placing her hands on her hips. "Of course! No matter what kind of training it is, it's a piece of cake for the power of the Uchiha!"
Her eyes sparkled with confidence, and a slightly childish smile played on her lips.
Looking at her like this, a complex emotion stirred in Naruto's heart. If I didn't know she was the gender-bent version of the Emo Kid... I'd probably just think she was a really likable kid.
Unlike the cold and distant Sasuke from the original story, this girl was lively and tsundere. The reason was obvious—the current Satsuki lived in a happy family, whereas the Sasuke from the beginning of the series had just experienced the clan massacre, witnessing his beloved brother slaughter their entire family...
To only become cold and not completely insane after a blow like that, is his mental fortitude just too strong?
Naruto shook off those thoughts and led Satsuki into the forest.
"Watch closely. It's like this." Naruto formed the Tiger seal, closing his eyes to feel the flow of chakra within him. He imagined the energy as a gentle stream, slowly gathering at the soles of his feet.
A small gust of air swirled from Naruto's feet. Before Satsuki's shocked eyes, he slowly lifted his foot and stepped firmly onto the vertical tree trunk—Naruto was walking straight up the tree!
"Wh-What?!" Satsuki's eyes widened. "He's climbing vertically... with just his feet?!"
Naruto walked steadily up the thick trunk. When he was about a third of the way up, he suddenly pulled a kunai from his pouch and swiftly carved a mark into the bark.
"Alright!" With a firm push off the trunk, he performed a graceful backflip and landed solidly on the ground.
Satsuki stared intently at the fresh mark on the tree, then looked at the relaxed Naruto. "Is that as far as you can go?"
"That's right," Naruto explained. "The key is to focus chakra precisely to the soles of your feet, making them stick to the trunk like suction cups. Anyone can do it if they can control their chakra flow flexibly."
"Can practicing tree climbing like this really make you stronger?"
Naruto decided to borrow Kakashi's explanation from the original story. "Of course. Simply put, this training teaches you precise chakra control. An ordinary ninja often wastes the chakra they knead in unnecessary places. This practice forces you to use the right amount in the right place..."
Seeing Satsuki's expression grow more focused, he continued, "Even for an excellent ninja, perfectly controlling chakra is difficult. The amount of chakra needed for tree climbing is very subtle, and the soles of the feet... they say it's the hardest part of the body to gather chakra in."
"Once you master this control," Naruto said with a confident smile, "learning any ninjutsu in the future will be twice as effective!"
A child's mind is relatively simple. Satsuki didn't question how he could have learned such a detailed training method just by eavesdropping.
"Alright! I'll try it too!"
Satsuki's clear voice echoed through the forest. She drew a kunai from her pouch, formed the hand seals, and focused on feeling the chakra flow within her.
Naruto reminded her from the side, "First, let your body get used to the feeling. You can start by using a running start."
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