In the open space near Orochimaru's house, Uchiha Hikari held a piece of paper. She looked at the paper in her hand, then at Orochimaru, a question written on her face. She had no idea what this thing was for; it just looked like a very ordinary blank piece of paper.
"This is Chakra paper used to test nature transformations. Inject Chakra into it, and different nature transformations will manifest in different ways."
Orochimaru briefly explained the function of the Chakra paper.
Uchiha Hikari looked at the Chakra paper in her hand and tried to inject Chakra. The Chakra paper began to burn from the edges, then split into two halves from the middle, and finally crumpled up.
"Hmm…"
Orochimaru observed the changes in the Chakra paper and analyzed, "Fire, Wind, and Lightning—these three nature transformations. And since you are skilled in Genjutsu, it indicates you also possess Yin Release. So, that's Fire, Wind, Lightning, and Yin Release—four nature transformations. As for whether you have Yang Release, there's no hurry to test that."
Since Orochimaru had promised to teach Uchiha Hikari Ninjutsu, she certainly wouldn't hold back and would teach her everything she knew.
If she possessed Yang Release, the Yang Release: Body Reinforcement technique, which uses Yang Release Chakra to strengthen the body, could also be taught to her, including the Regeneration Technique she developed.
Of course, teaching Ninjutsu requires patience; it's impossible to teach everything at once. Wouldn't that be rote learning?
That is the most foolish teaching method.
"Wind Release and Lightning Release are what I'm relatively good at. In terms of Fire Release, I might not even be as good as you, and I don't have much to teach you about Genjutsu."
Orochimaru stroked Uchiha Hikari's head and said with a smile, "I can even teach you the Ninjutsu I developed for Wind Release and Lightning Release."
"Ninjutsu you developed, Orochimaru!"
Uchiha Hikari looked at Orochimaru with sparkling eyes, eagerly anticipating the Ninjutsu she developed.
"Watch closely. While it's not a particularly powerful Ninjutsu, it's not too bad either."
Orochimaru stepped forward, signaling Uchiha Hikari not to come closer.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Bullet!"
Orochimaru extended one finger, and Lightning Release Chakra condensed at the fingertip, forming a Lightning Bullet that was fired towards the tree in front.
Bang—!
Wood chips flew, and a scorched crater was left on the tree trunk.
"Ninjutsu without hand seals?!"
Uchiha Hikari looked at Orochimaru in surprise as she performed a Ninjutsu that didn't require hand seals.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Bullet is a Ninjutsu that doesn't require hand seals. Its advantage is also that it doesn't require hand seals, allowing you to catch enemies off guard, and it can also be combined with Water Release Ninjutsu…"
At this point, Orochimaru remembered that Uchiha Hikari didn't have Water Release nature transformation.
"Unfortunately, you don't have Water Release nature transformation, but Wind and Fire are already very good."
"Now, next is Lightning Release: Five Finger Lightning Bullet!
Lightning Release Chakra condensed at the fingertips of Orochimaru's right hand. The lightning bolts flickering at her fingertips transformed into Lightning Bullets and were fired out.
Bang, bang sounds almost simultaneously, and five scorched craters appeared on the trunk of the tree in front.
"This is the Five Finger Lightning Bullet, which increases the number of Lightning Bullets. If you wish, you can fire Lightning Bullets from both hands, but the posture is a bit unsightly and easily exposes weaknesses."
Orochimaru said, extending both hands with ten fingers flickering with lightning.
"Pfft…"
Uchiha Hikari was amused by Orochimaru's action.
"Next is Wind Release Ninjutsu, Wind Release: Night Wind!"
Orochimaru joined her index and middle fingers and flicked them towards the tree in front. Air currents gathered to form a hurricane that soared into the sky, instantly stripping the lush, leafy tree bare.
The hurricane dissipated, and the leaves and branches that had been swept into the sky fell.
Uchiha Hikari activated her Three-Tomoe Sharingan to observe. She noticed that the hurricane earlier was formed by countless tiny wind blades.
"Wind Release: Night Wind is a technique where Wind Release Chakra is infused into the atmosphere to form a hurricane at your desired location to attack enemies. It can also be used to protect yourself, like this."
Orochimaru then demonstrated using Wind Release: Night Wind for defense.
Uchiha Hikari looked at the hurricane enveloping Orochimaru and a question arose in her mind: since she knew so many Ninjutsu without hand seals, why hadn't she used them before?
If she had attacked her with these Ninjutsu from the start, she might not have even had the chance to activate Susanoo.
"There's one last Wind Release Ninjutsu, and that is Wind Release: Swift Wind Wall!"
Orochimaru formed the Dragon hand seal with both hands, and the leaves falling from the sky stopped in mid-air.
What Uchiha Hikari saw with her Sharingan was that those leaves were enveloped by wind formed from Wind Release Chakra, floating in the air, not actually stopped in mid-air.
"Wind Release: Swift Wind Wall is a technique used to manipulate Ninja tools and control the Ninja tools attacking you. This is not a Ninjutsu without hand seals; it requires hand seals."
Orochimaru showed Uchiha Hikari the Dragon hand seal she formed with both hands.
Is that even considered a hand seal?!
Uchiha Hikari really wanted to say that, but Orochimaru had already formed the hand seals.
"Orochimaru, why didn't you use those Ninjutsu to attack me before? If you had used those techniques, wouldn't it have been easy to defeat me?"
Uchiha Hikari couldn't help but voice the doubts in her heart.
"Given the situation at the time, my first priority wasn't to incapacitate you, but to protect Tsunade, whom you were attacking. Also, I didn't know what abilities you possessed, so I used a wide-range Water Release Ninjutsu to probe."
If Orochimaru had known that Uchiha Hikari was immobile at the time, subduing her would have been much simpler. The second form of Susanoo didn't defend against attacks from below, unless it was the fourth form, which was close to a complete Susanoo, that could defend against attacks to the feet.
"If I had known your legs were incapacitated, I would have found a way to drag you out of Susanoo long ago. All in all, not discovering your leg injury at that time wasn't a bad thing. Different processes lead to different outcomes."
Uchiha Hikari lowered her head, her emotions complex, filled with both guilt and relief, just as Orochimaru had said.
If they could start over, perhaps the outcome wouldn't be the same, and their relationship wouldn't be what it was now.
"What are you thinking about?"
Orochimaru flicked Uchiha Hikari's forehead, then pinched her cheeks and said, "Your first treatment is about to begin. Be mentally prepared, okay?"
"Mm… I will be mentally prepared!"
Uchiha Hikari nodded vigorously. She remembered how unbearable the itching had been all over her body after applying ointment to remove scars, and she wondered how this treatment would be.
"Oh, by the way, most of the books and scrolls I prepared for you have been moved to your room."
Orochimaru took Uchiha Hikari's hand and walked back, saying, "Those are essential for you to learn Sealing Technique, and they are also what I read before I learned Sealing Technique."
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