Chapter 34: Atrribute Training
“Yes, sensei. As you know, my name is Kaida Senju. I have just graduated from the academy, so I only know three basic jutsu and the Shadow Clone Jutsu, which Grandpa taught us.”
“Kaida, it’s never about how many jutsu you know. A powerful ninja doesn’t have to know thousands of jutsu; rather, he should be proficient in the jutsu he knows. Even a C-rank jutsu, if executed perfectly, can kill an A-rank ninja,” Yukihiro said.
“Yes, sensei,” Kaida replied after thinking for some time.
Seeing that his student was not some dumb ninja who just accepts whatever is taught to them without thinking and understanding it, but someone who tries to make a judgment himself, Yukihiro smiled and then asked,
“Kaida, your main chakra attribute is Fire, right?”
Receiving a nod in return, he continued,
“So let’s start with training your control over that attribute.”
“Sensei, what do you mean by control over the chakra attribute? Can’t I just learn fire-related jutsu, like we learned the other four jutsu?”
“No, Kaida. Elemental jutsu is different from those jutsu because, in those jutsu, you are using chakra in its raw form, so you aren’t required to focus on the attribute. But for elemental jutsu, you have to focus on a specific part or type of chakra inside you. It is just your chakra, but in a different form. Once you mold your chakra into the attribute you want, you can do many things with it, like this.”
Yukihiro moved his hand in front of Kaida and started flowing his chakra into his hand, then slowly coated his hand in chakra, which caused a light blue glow to emerge from his hand. Seeing Kaida completely focused on his hand, Yukihiro said,
“This is chakra in its pure form. You can see it because I have concentrated it a little. Try to touch it.”
He moved his hand in front of Kaida. Doing as he was told, Kaida moved his hand to touch the chakra. Surprisingly or unsurprisingly, Kaida didn’t feel anything, just like a wind flow; it was nothing extraordinary.
“Sensei, it felt like just a normal gust of wind, nothing too different,” Kaida said.
“Yes, Kaida. Normal chakra is like that; it is the purest form of energy and has no offensive or defensive capability in itself. Now, what do you think will happen when I mold it into elemental chakra?”
Suddenly, the blue chakra started to change its color, and this time Kaida didn’t have to touch the chakra to feel the change—he could feel the heat from 5 meters away. After looking at the red chakra for some time, Kaida said,
“Chakra will gain offensive or defensive properties after we mold it into elemental chakra.”
“Yes. Now you understand why you need to train to increase your control over your chakra attribute,” Yukihiro said.
“Yes, sensei. What should I do to increase my control over my attribute?”
“It’s simple. Since your main chakra attribute is fire, just start making fire. Pick a dry leaf to make fire for starters, and try to burn it with the help of your chakra. Once you start a fire, try to control it with the help of chakra.”
“Yes, sensei.”
Kaida created ten shadow clones one by one, and all of them began practicing the exercise. He could easily make fifteen shadow clones now, but since the practice would require chakra, he made clones with some additional chakra so they could practice for some time. Meanwhile, he began meditating to refill his chakra reserves so that once his clones ran out of chakra, he could make new ones quickly.
Yukihiro nodded, seeing this. He was initially surprised at the amount of chakra Kaida possessed, but remembering his father, he just accepted it, as his father also somehow possessed a monstrous amount of chakra. From the look of it, his son might even surpass him in terms of chakra.
After 30 minutes, one of Kaida’s clones successfully burned his leaf. He quickly dispersed himself, and Kaida and all of his clones received the memory of the clone and how he was able to burn the leaf. Now every clone began trying to control the fire, which was a lot harder than starting the fire.
After another 30 minutes, Kaida stopped meditating and made six more shadow clones. Now, with fifteen shadow clones, Kaida began practicing.
On the other side, Yomi received the same lecture and training plan. Instead of burning the leaf, she had to crumble it using the lightning attribute of her chakra. Since she could make only six clones at most, her progress was not as fast as Kaida’s.
After three hours of continuous practice, their chakra reserves hit rock bottom, so they were asked to go home and come back at 5 AM tomorrow.
Since it was just 2 PM, both of them decided to practice one more time today. So after meditating for three hours straight, they once again started their training.
Before exhausting her chakra once again, Yomi was able to successfully crumble leaves. As for Kaida, he was able to control the fire to some extent but still not to a satisfactory level. He wanted to control the fire to an extent where he could make a leaf burn for more than a minute, as it was getting burnt in 10 seconds at most, even when Kaida was trying to slow it down.
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