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Jiraiya came and went quietly.
(ShixT9: I see you Jiraiya)
Although Haori really wanted to knock him out and throw him in the river, he ultimately didn't do it.
On the one hand, he was a good person.
On the other hand, he wasn't sure who would end up throwing who in the river.
So, he suppressed his negative emotions—these negative emotions stemmed mainly from Jiraiya's mockery of his Water Release skills and clumsy training methods.
And he didn't explain any high-efficiency training methods to Haori in the end.
This wasn't actually Jiraiya being stingy. This kind of chakra nature training was inherently clumsy. It had to be done step by step, through gradual accumulation. There were no shortcuts. Jiraiya couldn't conjure up any efficient methods.
Moreover, Jiraiya advocated for a ninja's self-understanding. He believed that ninjas needed to learn things through their own methods in order to truly make them their own jutsu.
Third, Jiraiya believed that a ninja's strength should be gradual. Through his understanding of Haori from Minato and Kushina, Jiraiya had already become quite familiar with Haori's strength. Not to mention the types of jutsu Haori could control, just the fact that he was able to use two chakra natures so proficiently, even expertly, at his age was already an incredible feat. So, he felt that Haori shouldn't be in such a hurry with the third chakra nature. It would be fine to let it happen naturally. There was no need to use an accelerated training method.
Ninjas need to grow gradually.
Jiraiya believed that jutsu wasn't the only thing for ninjas, or rather, he believed that certain things about ninjas were more important than the jutsu they mastered.
How did Orochimaru define ninjas? He believed that ninjas were people who could use jutsu.
How did Jiraiya explain ninjas? He believed that ninjas were people who could endure everything.
The difference between their claims is clear.
Of course, this was Jiraiya's view. He didn't explain it in detail to Haori.
For Haori himself, he naturally hoped to master Water Release as quickly as possible.
He would eventually have to return to the battlefield in this war. And he estimated that this return wouldn't be too late.
Therefore, it was necessary to further increase his combat power to deal with the battlefield that he might be sent to at any time.
In terms of the highest or peak combat power he could unleash, regardless of Haori's specialness, just from a ninja and jutsu perspective, if his peak attack power was 100 at this time, even if he mastered Water Release jutsu, this peak value wouldn't exceed 100.
Because, no matter what, except for sealing jutsu and the like, Haori using Lightning Release was the strongest Haori.
But things weren't calculated that way. The more jutsu a ninja mastered, the more diverse and flexible their attack methods would be. They would have more options in battle, and they would be able to catch the enemy off guard.
This would make it easier to win. The more diverse the methods, the stronger the ninja would often be.
But Haori's training in water nature wasn't exactly fast.
He didn't know that in the future, someone would use a halo and a cheat code, using thousands of shadow clones to train in chakra nature transformations, mastering Wind Release chakra in a very short time… Haori had never thought that the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu could be used in this way.
Even if he knew about this method, he couldn't use it because of his chakra reserves. Even if he could use this method, he wouldn't.
The reason was that Haori's individual efficiency was very high, at least much higher than Naruto's in the future. If he could simultaneously use 2,000 clones to cheat, then once he released the Shadow Clone Jutsu, the massive amount of information returning to his main body would probably burn his brain.
Jutsu ate away at his brain. What a tragic reality.
Unless there was a super necessity, Haori would never choose a training method that would excessively increase the burden on his brain. Having a healthy brain was crucial for him.
Well, that's a given. Having a healthy brain is crucial for everyone… but Haori's crucial was more crucial than the average person's.
So, he could only choose a gradual training method.
Five days after Haori returned to the Leaf Village, in his own home.
At this time, Haori was sitting on a chair, and a glass filled with more than half a cup of water was on the table in front of him.
Then, he clasped his hands together, formed a hand seal, and concentrated his chakra into the palm of his left hand. Then, he placed his left arm flat on the table, and then his palm touched the glass.
Then, the water level in the glass, which hadn't been filled with water, rose. Then, the water overflowed from the top of the glass.
If this were in another place, Haori's actions would clearly be practicing enhanced Nen ability. But here, it had nothing to do with Nen ability. He was simply extracting water-natured chakra and trying to use Water Release.
Water Release: We Produce Water, We Don't Carry It Jutsu.
Compared to five days ago, Haori's progress was quite obvious. If he continued at this training speed, in about a month, the amount of water-natured chakra he could instantly transform would be enough to support him in using low-level Water Release jutsu.
In about three months, his water-natured chakra would probably be able to support him in using B-rank or higher Water Release jutsu—judging only from the chakra transformation rate. Other impression factors weren't considered for now.
Haori didn't release his palm. He wanted to test his chakra's continuous transformation and output ability next, although it was only a very small amount of chakra.
But he abandoned this thought.
He stopped releasing chakra, loosened his grip on the glass, and casually wiped his wet palm on his shirt. Then, he walked towards the door of his house.
He grabbed the doorknob and opened the door.
An Anbu ninja just happened to be standing at the door of his house.
This wasn't a coincidence, of course.
"Shiraishi Haori, the Third Hokage summons you."
The Anbu ninja was startled by Haori's sudden opening of the door, but he didn't pay too much attention. He just faithfully relayed the Hokage's order.
"Time?"
Haori nodded and asked.
There was a benefit to communicating with Anbu ninjas. There was no need for pleasantries or small talk. If you had something to say, you said it. If you didn't, they wouldn't bother you.
"Immediately."
The Anbu ninja spat out these two words.
"Understood."
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