Ino maintained her composure, occasionally nodding and gently clapping, effectively getting through this blind date.
A Princess and a Prince, both interested in each other and both plump, getting together was quite normal.
The Land of Wheat was truly too small; though called a country, it was actually just a few small mountain villages.
Princess Afu seemed rather simple-minded, and in reality... she was indeed very simple-minded. Ino liked making friends with such plump people, and without much effort, she and Princess Afu became good friends.
This was a simple, plump girl, with no ulterior motives.
A blind date mission couldn't be accomplished in one go; it would take at least three or four meetings to finalize things.
Moreover, Ino couldn't keep using her own face for the blind date; it would be too awkward when the real person appeared.
As a Ninja, she had strong professional ethics and wouldn't let her employer suffer a loss.
She proposed a 'boiling frog' strategy: for each blind date, she would use the Transformation Technique to make herself a little plumper.
A little plumper each time, and then a little plumper again the next time. After three or four times, even if Princess Afu appeared in person, it wouldn't seem too abrupt.
The Fat Prince's courtship offensive was very practical: the first time he sent dozens of pounds of pork, the second time he sent a lot of rice, and the third time it was more meat. In Ino's view, forget about Princes and Princesses; this was just a love story between two wealthy rural families.
When the Fat Prince came, she would wear a full set of princess attire and smile as she watched the Fat Prince of the Land of Wheat dance and pose.
When she had nothing to do, she started pondering the Yin-Yang Release.
Difficult!
Logically, the fusion of Yin Release and Yang Release into Yin-Yang Release should also be considered a Bloodline Limit, but in reality, these two Chakra natures are inherently opposite, and there's no possibility of them fusing.
What to do?
Ino changed back into her own clothes and strolled through Princess Afu's courtyard. As she walked, she saw Naruto training.
She wanted to avoid him, but then she suddenly saw the Rasengan in Naruto's hand, and an idea popped into her mind: perhaps this attribute-less Ninjutsu, the Rasengan, could fuse Yin Release and Yang Release? One side is Yin Release, one side is Yang Release, and then they spin at high speed. Initially, the speed is the same, and neither can touch the other. But as they spin, will the more elusive Yin Release eventually come into contact with the relatively heavier Yang Release?
She called out, "Naruto?"
Naruto turned around.
"What kind of Ninjutsu is that? It doesn't even require hand signs?" Ino had a very surprised expression.
Her expression satisfied Naruto's vanity. Naruto had no sense of secrecy, nor did he believe this technique needed to be kept secret.
He said cheerfully, "This is a Ninjutsu the Pervy Sage taught me. It's called Rasengan!"
"Can you teach me?"
"Sure."
Naruto began to teach Ino the Rasengan. A minute later, Ino was on the verge of collapse.
"The first element is rotation, the second is explosive power, and the third element is... is a sure-kill!"
Naruto, teaching for the first time, was full of enthusiasm. He found several water balloons from Princess Afu.
Then he burst a water balloon on the spot and told Ino earnestly, "Like me, you go 'BANG' and 'POP' to burst the water balloon! That's the first step of training. Isn't it simple?"
There were no key points, no techniques, absolutely nothing. From beginning to end, there were only two onomatopoeic words. At least Ino didn't hear anything related to Ninjutsu training beyond 'BANG' and 'POP.'
"Didn't you understand? It's like this, 'BANG' and 'POP' to burst the water balloon, how simple!" Naruto was filled with a sense of accomplishment at being able to teach a genius from his own generation.
Ino was speechless. Under your tutelage, it's truly amazing that Konohamaru could learn the Rasengan! Perhaps it's related to both of them having 'Maru' in their names?
"You do it once, and I'll try to understand it carefully." She asked Naruto to use the Rasengan, and then used sensory transmission. She found that Naruto's mind contained nothing related to the Rasengan—no knowledge, no techniques, no insights whatsoever. This guy relied on muscle memory!
Ino then used the Mind Body Switch Technique to take over his body, but found it still wouldn't work.
The Nine-Tailed kept interfering with her, making it impossible to extract Chakra. Without Chakra, how could she make a Rasengan?
She tried a few sneaky tricks, but found that Naruto was somewhat impervious.
Getting Ninjutsu from him was even harder than getting a Bloodline Limit.
Alright, you can chill for now. I'll practice on my own!
The Rasengan is the pinnacle of Chakra shape transformation. The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, took three years to develop this technique. During wartime, while also having a romance and training disciples, it was understandable that it took him three years to invent the Rasengan from scratch.
Jiraiya boasted that he learned the Rasengan in three days. Naruto likely took twelve days to learn it.
Ino's talent was not much worse than Jiraiya's, and the Rasengan isn't a Ninjutsu that only fools can learn and smart people can't. She watched Naruto use it three times, then practiced on her own.
Previous generations had already summarized the steps for training this technique, so Ino just had to follow them.
She immediately created fifty Shadow Clones and began the first step of Chakra rotation training with water balloons.
On the evening of her first day, she completed the water balloon explosion. By noon of the second day, she completed the rubber ball explosion. By almost midnight of the third day, she finally managed to maintain a Chakra vortex like a small typhoon.
It took another two days to thoroughly solidify the technique and make it her own Ninjutsu.
In total, it took five days, still a bit slower than Jiraiya.
Although Naruto was a terrible teacher, he did teach her after all.
All things considered, Ino had Naruto demonstrate the Rasengan for her over twenty times. She wasn't Kakashi; she couldn't just freeload this Ninjutsu.
Seeing Naruto enthusiastically forming the Rasengan, she said, "I don't know if Hokage-sama taught you more about the Rasengan, but in my opinion, this technique is still a half-finished product, far from complete."
Ino's Chakra control ability was much stronger than Naruto's. Without needing a Shadow Clone to help form it, she flicked her wrist, and a pale blue Chakra orb began to spin in her palm.
Naruto looked over, waiting for her to continue.
Ino continued, "Actually, you can increase your Chakra output, compress the Chakra, and simultaneously speed up the rotation to create a larger Rasengan based on the current foundation. This path should suit you very well. I call this type of Rasengan the Big Ball Rasengan!"
Seeing that Naruto seemed about to ask a question, she preemptively warned, "If you ask me what Chakra is, I'll kill you right now!"
In Ino's opinion, the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken that Kakashi helped Naruto train, while the idea itself wasn't flawed, it didn't suit Naruto's actual situation at the time. The Rasengan, Big Ball Rasengan, Super Big Ball Rasengan, and later the Sage Art: Rasengan that Jiraiya arranged for Naruto were the correct path, but unfortunately, Jiraiya died at that time.
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