The Five Elements Seal is an advanced sealing technique with an A-Rank learning difficulty. Ordinary Jōnin cannot master it.
In this world, few have mastered the Five Elements Seal. Apart from Orochimaru and Jiraiya, probably only Hiruzen and Minato.
To learn the Five Elements Seal, one must master the nature transformation of all five chakra attributes: Lightning, Wind, Water, Earth, and Fire. In the anime, there was initially no chakra nature setting, so the Five Elements Seal used by Orochimaru and Jiraiya was based on Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth (Chinese elements). Later, Kishimoto changed it, so here we'll go with the five chakra attributes.
Mizuki currently only mastered Wind-attribute chakra transformation. He couldn't learn the Five Elements Seal right now, and he wouldn't waste energy on it.
'Orochimaru is such a bastard, giving me something completely useless.'
He didn't expect Sakura to learn the Five Elements Seal. Giving it to her was solely for the system's return.
[ Ding! ]
[ You have granted your disciple Sakura Haruno the Five Elements Seal Scroll, triggering a 1× Return! ]
Mizuki immediately frowned.
Did he hear that right? Just 1×? Sakura's aptitude wasn't bad — was this broken system malfunctioning?
[ Congratulations, you have obtained the Five Elements Unsealing Scroll! ]
〖 Five Elements Unsealing: Can remove the Five Elements Seal. 〗
Frustration surged in Mizuki's chest, nearly choking him. With Sakura nearby, he wanted to curse but couldn't let it out. He could only plop down on the ground, lift his head to gaze at the darkening sky, and silently sulk.
Too bad he didn't have any cigarettes.
After a long while, Mizuki sighed, 'Well, it's not completely without gain. At least the Five Elements Unsealing can remove the seal Orochimaru placed on Naruto.'
Still, he was unwilling to give up. He decided to try once more.
"Sakura, the Five Elements Seal is quite difficult and hard to learn quickly. So I'll teach you another Genjutsu that can improve your strength."
Mizuki also taught Sakura the Temple of Nirvana technique. With a D-Rank learning difficulty and modest power, it was easy for Sakura to learn.
"The Temple of Nirvana technique allows enemies to see their greatest fears. This is the technique Orochimaru used on you earlier."
Sakura received the training method with great joy, "Thank you, Mizuki-sensei!"
[ Ding! ]
[ You have granted your disciple Sakura Haruno the Temple of Nirvana Technique, triggering a 2,222× Return! ]
[ Congratulations, you have obtained the [Demonic Illusion: Hell] Technique! ]
〖 Demonic Illusion: Hell: A single-target S-Rank Genjutsu. When cast on a single enemy, it makes them experience hellish torment, causing severe mental shock and damage. 〗
After the system finished, Mizuki smiled.
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As darkness approached, Mizuki and Sakura brought Naruto and Sasuke back to Tazuna's house.
"Mizuki-sensei, they'll be okay, right?" Sakura asked.
"Don't worry, they'll wake up tomorrow morning." Mizuki said.
Sakura nodded, her gaze lingering on Sasuke with worry.
"Mizuki-sensei, who is Orochimaru? When he saw us, he asked where you were and used Genjutsu on us. Does he have a grudge against you?"
Mizuki explained, "Orochimaru is an S-Rank Missing-nin from Konoha. He was once one of the Legendary Sannin and a prized disciple of the Third Hokage."
"A disciple of the Hokage?" Sakura was shocked.
She couldn't understand why someone like that would become a traitor. Shouldn't he have stayed in Konoha and inherited the position of Hokage?
"He's looking for me because he wants to persuade me to betray Konoha and become his subordinate." Mizuki said.
"Betray Konoha? Did you agree, Mizuki-sensei?" Sakura looked at him.
Mizuki was speechless. Would I still be here if I'd agreed?
"Staying in Konoha is pretty good." Mizuki said casually, "Alright, get some rest after dinner. Tomorrow Tazuna starts work on the bridge, and we'll be busy."
After dinner, Mizuki borrowed the kitchen and took out a pack of high-efficiency body-strengthening medicine to boil. It produced a thick blue liquid, which he poured into a bathtub to soak in. The medicine entered his body through his pores, strengthening his cells.
His whole body tingled as if countless ants were crawling over it. His right hand — soaking in the water — healed at an extraordinary rate, the damaged muscles rapidly repairing themselves.
Using it for the first time, Mizuki hadn't expected the effect to be this good.
When the blue color in the bathtub completely faded, the medicine was exhausted. He lifted his right hand. The injury had already healed by more than half, and residual medicine remained in his body, continuing to repair the damage.
"My right hand will be completely healed before morning." Mizuki said, his eyes gleaming.
This medicine not only enhanced physical constitution but also healed injuries. Products from the system were truly miraculous.
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Early the next morning, Tazuna headed to work on the bridge.
Naruto and Sasuke hadn't woken yet. Mizuki left Sakura behind to watch over them and prevent Gatō's men from causing trouble.
On the bridge, with nothing to do, Mizuki continued studying Demonic Illusion: Hell.
Unlike Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, Genjutsu targets the enemy's five senses, making them fall into illusions. It works by disturbing the enemy's chakra, which disturbs their senses.
Based on different casting mediums, Genjutsu is divided into visual, auditory, and tactile types.
Visual Genjutsu includes techniques like the Temple of Nirvana and Tsukuyomi. Auditory Genjutsu includes Tayuya's Demonic Flute: Phantom Sound Chains. Tactile Genjutsu includes Izanami.
Demonic Illusion: Hell had never appeared in the ninja world. Even now, Mizuki hadn't figured out its basic principle.
He had no clue!
S-Rank Genjutsu was extremely difficult to learn. Plus, he had no foundation in Genjutsu whatsoever. Learning it wouldn't happen in just a day or two.
"Looks like I need to start with simpler Genjutsu first."
He hadn't planned to learn the Temple of Nirvana technique, but now he had no choice.
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Time quickly reached noon. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura came together to bring lunch.
Naruto looked troubled, agonizing over something. Sasuke wore a serious expression, deep in thought.
"What's wrong with you two? You look like you have a lot on your minds." Mizuki asked.
Naruto said, "Mizuki-sensei, I don't know what's going on, but my chakra has become very difficult to control again. And my total chakra amount has decreased significantly."
Mizuki said, "You were hit by Orochimaru's Five Elements Seal. I'm sorry, but I don't know how to remove it. We'll have to wait until we return to the village and have the Hokage remove it for you."
Naruto was dejected, "Ah, I have to wait until we get back? Then during this time, I won't be able to do anything. Just thinking about how only that stuck-up Sasuke will get to show off makes me so annoyed."
He looked provocatively at Sasuke, clearly unconvinced.
Mizuki said, "Although the Five Elements Seal affects you, it doesn't completely restrict you. Releasing Ninjutsu will just require hand seals, which will be a bit slower."
Sasuke didn't bicker with Naruto. He looked at Mizuki and said, "I want to become stronger!"
Not to be outdone, Naruto said, "Yeah, I want to get stronger too. Mizuki-sensei, teach us new Ninjutsu."
Mizuki smiled, "It seems this encounter with Orochimaru has made you realize what a true powerhouse is. You want to learn new Ninjutsu? No problem, but let me finish lunch first."
After the meal, he stood up.
Naruto immediately looked expectant. Though Sasuke didn't show it as obviously, he also watched his sensei seriously.
Sakura showed little interest, focusing entirely on studying the Five Elements Seal while occasionally glancing at the back of Sasuke's neck, her eyes full of concern and determination.
Mizuki shook his head, "Now I'm going to teach you a powerful Ninjutsu, but I have one requirement."
Naruto immediately asked, "What requirement?"
Mizuki said, "After you learn this technique, you can't tell anyone about it or use it until after the Chūnin Exam finals."
"Why?" Naruto didn't understand.
Mizuki chuckled, "No particular reason. Either agree, or I won't teach you."
Sasuke said, "I agree."
Naruto added, "Then I agree too."
Mizuki nodded and extended his right hand. In the next moment, a Rasengan formed. Both Naruto and Sasuke stared at it, but they couldn't sense its power.
Mizuki walked to the railing and threw the Rasengan downward. It hit the seawater instantly. The sea surface exploded, seawater erupting thirty to forty meters high. The entire bridge shook.
"Wow, that's amazing!" Naruto exclaimed, eyes wide.
Sasuke's eyes gleamed.
"This technique is called the Rasengan. It's a seal-less A-Rank Ninjutsu developed by the Fourth Hokage."
Sasuke asked, "Seal-less Ninjutsu — after we learn it, we won't need hand seals either?"
Mizuki nodded, "It has an even more powerful advanced version, but we'll talk about that later. The Rasengan is quite difficult to learn and divided into three stages. Now we'll begin training for the first stage."
He took out a water balloon, squeezed it until it burst, then gave a detailed explanation.
"Alright, that's the principle. Now practice on your own. When you can use chakra to control the water flow and burst the water balloon, you've successfully completed the first stage of training."
Mizuki took out two water balloons and handed them over.
Halfway through, he suddenly thought of something and quickly squeezed the water balloons until they burst.
Naruto and Sasuke: "??"
Mizuki thought to himself, 'That was close — almost wasted two return opportunities.'
{T/N: He was afraid the poor and deceitful system would give him indestructible balloons as a return…}
"Oops, I accidentally burst the last two water balloons. Well then, you'll have to buy some at the market yourselves."
Sasuke's eye twitched, speechless.
Naruto, however, didn't know the meaning of politeness and shouted, "You obviously did that on purpose!"
Mizuki chuckled and ignored him.
'By the way, with such an advanced technique like the Rasengan, what will the system return? And will teaching both Naruto and Sasuke the Rasengan at the same time stack the returns?'
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