Bang! Bang!
Boom!
Sizzle!
Skree!
Yamato and Kakashi unleashed their offensive ninjutsu as well. Wood erupted from Yamato's body, striking the Earth Wall at extre speed, while Kakashi utilized his signature Lightning Blade.
The scale of their attacks was significantly smaller than Naruto's or Tsunade's, and the damage to the Earth Wall was relatively limited.
"Ahahaha! Captain Yamato and Kakashi-sensei's jutsu only did that much? Heh heh."
Naruto looked at the tiny craters, asuring them with his hands. Finding them much smaller than his own, a look of smug satisfaction crossed his face. He truly was amazing.
"Every ninja has a different type of jutsu. Even if an attack is 'small,' if it hits you, you're still dead. High raw power isn't the only definition of strength," Tonbo Tobitake said, throwing cold water on his excitent.
He's celebrating way too early.
Whether it was Yamato's strike or Kakashi's thrust, if they landed on an undefended ninja, the result was death.
"So what? Theirs are smaller than mine, and that's that," Naruto replied, hands on his hips, swaying side to side in a goofy, triumphant dance.
"If you weren't such a dunderhead, I'd think you were making a double entendre," Tonbo muttered.
"Agreed," Yamato and Kakashi said in unison.
"Alright then, Uncle Tonbo! Your turn. Yours won't be smaller than mine too, will it?" Naruto looked at Tonbo smugly, eager to see the "Acting Hokage" lose to him. He had completely forgotten that Tonbo was the one who created the wall in the first place.
The others turned to Tonbo as well, curious to see the extent of his offensive ninjutsu.
"If you can't do it, don't force it. After all, creating such a massive wall must have drained a lot of chakra," Tsunade remarked.
"..."
Tonbo Tobitake began weaving hand signs.
"I don't really want to crush your spirit, but to help you keep your head out of the clouds, I'll use this one: Wind Style: Thousand Hands of the Heavens."
Vroom!
He was suddenly surrounded by thousands of thumb-sized wind needles. He pointed a finger toward the Earth Wall.
Whoosh!
Naruto was just about to mock the wind needles for being too small when he realized they had vanished instantly. When they reappeared, they had already struck the wall.
Boom!
Rumble!
The thumb-sized needles expanded instantly. A thousand needles, expanding and colliding with one another, caused the massive Earth Wall to collapse in a heartbeat. Within a few blinks of an eye, the colossal fortification was reduced to rubble.
Outside the imdiate blast zone, Naruto and the others only felt a gentle breeze ruffle their hair. It was a terrifying display of precision.
Kakashi, Yamato, and Naruto all looked on with their jaws practically hitting the floor. Even Tsunade's expression shifted significantly.
"See? This is the consequence of not studying hard in school," Tonbo said, hands in his pockets, his tone echoing with effortless superiority. "While this isn't an extrely advanced form transformation, nor the most absolute nature transformation, you saw that I could cause this much destruction without even breaking a sweat."
"H-How did you do that? I'm a Wind Style ninja too—you have to teach !" Naruto stamred.
The Rasenshuriken he had worked so hard to develop suddenly didn't seem so impressive anymore. He was now hyper-focused on Tonbo's Wind Style. If he could learn that move, it would be incredible.
"Actually, this is just an ordinary Wind Scythe technique, plus a little form transformation and a bit of nature transformation. The secret lies in utilizing mathematical morphology. You must master the calculation thods: erosion and dilation, opening and closing operations, skeleton extraction, ultimate erosion, hit-or-miss transforms, morphological gradients, particle analysis, and watershed transforms..."
Tonbo started getting into his groove. This was one of the subjects he had been researching deeply lately. It was the science of using mathematics as a lever and chakra application as the power arm to amplify ninjutsu power.
"I analyze the chakra form and the diffusion data upon impact, allowing small parts of the jutsu to collide mathematically. Erosion and dilation are the core operations. Erosion 'shrinks' the target area, essentially causing the chakra boundaries to contract to eliminate small, insignificant targets. Dilation 'expands' the area, rging the background points into the target object. Thus, with a small force, you can move a mountain. The prerequisite, of course, is that your chakra control is perfect and your understanding of nature transformation is sufficient..."
"Uh..."
As Naruto listened to the "knowledge" pouring out of Tonbo's mouth, he felt his head beginning to throb. He turned to look at Granny Tsunade and Kakashi-sensei for help.
What he saw was even more alarming. The three adults all had expressions of absolute ntal agony.
Sensing Naruto's gaze, Tsunade snapped back to reality. "As everyone knows, I am a dical Ninja. I focus on practical application. If Tonbo says it's 'ordinary,' then it must be. He's the expert. The village still has to deal with the Akatsuki threat, so I'll leave Naruto's training to you. I'm heading out!"
Whoosh!
Fortunately, as a dical Ninja, she didn't need to understand—but she decided to flee anyway.
Watching her disappear, Naruto turned his hopeful eyes toward Kakashi. Surely, a genius like Kakashi-sensei could explain it simply?
"Cough... Tonbo is right. You really need to study your theory," Kakashi said, his face twitching behind his mask. "My Lightning Blade actually involves... uh... vibration chanics. That's why it's so strong. Yes. Study hard... ahaha..."
Kakashi turned away, his expression pained. Ninjas needed to learn a lot, but that certainly did not include applying high-end mathematics to ninjutsu. He was convinced Tonbo was just showing off—or perhaps the math was just too difficult to teach Naruto.
Naruto finally looked at Yamato.
"That's right. You must study. I was a Captain in the ANBU, and I had to learn... a lot of theory for my professional field," Yamato said, turning his head away, unable to et Naruto's eyes.
Truthfully, math could be applied to various ninja fields and was a powerful tool for data analysis. But what Tonbo was talking about... it sounded like so high-level magic. As expected of a forr Acting Hokage.
"Does this an... one of the requirents to beco Hokage is to master... terrifying high-end mathematics?"
Naruto thought about his dream, then thought about the words coming out of Tonbo's mouth. He was caught in a dilemma. He suddenly felt that his dream of becoming Hokage might need a slight adjustnt.
"Alright, don't overthink it. I didn't co here to discourage you," Tonbo said, cutting through his crisis. "I'm here to train you in actual combat. Rember that illusion training you did right after graduation? For the next period of ti, your goal is to fight non-stop. And this ti, use your brain."
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