The next day, Second Class began its formal training.
The three sat together, looking at Mito at the head of the table.
"What is your impression of sealing technique?" Mito asked expectantly.
"I don't know," Miki said honestly. She really didn't know. Although she had seen the collection of incantations Mito gave her, she hadn't understood them very well.
Looking at all the sealing techniques she knew, while she understood their manifestations, she had no idea of their specific principles. In her impression, it was the most mysterious type within the Ninjutsu system.
It was the only known technique with significant damaging effects on Kaguya.
It was the only offensive method with significant effect.
"sealing technique has too many characters, it's hard to remember." Hyuga Hitomi learned her lesson yesterday and flipped through the book Mito gave her many times.
I don't want to learn!
Hyuga Hitomi looked at Mito with teary eyes. Honestly, she was deeply disheartened, especially by Chiri's genius.
Miki glanced at Hyuga Hitomi, her gaze focusing on the cursed seal covered by her bangs and bandage.
What else could this thing be if not a sealing technique?
The key to opening the birdcage was now in her own hands, but whether she could open it depended on how hard she worked.
Ordinary Hyuga had no access to such knowledge.
This made Miki even more curious about Hitomi's background.
But, never mind that, it didn't concern Miki much.
"Hitomi, don't say things like that. You must learn, no matter how hard it is." With that, Mito looked at Chiri.
"sealing technique is a type of Ninjutsu, a means of combat response."
Chiri's words were very practical, very Shinobi-like.
This…
Mito pondered for a moment, then said, "In everyone's eyes, sealing technique is extremely difficult and complex, with vast and intricate knowledge. It's very painful to learn. That's only because they haven't delved into the essence of sealing technique and understood its core."
Mito raised a hand, extended her index finger, and said, "The essence of sealing technique is very simple, so simple it's not worth mentioning. No matter how it changes, all sealing techniques have only one purpose."
With the conversation at this point, the answer was already quite obvious.
Mito said, "Excellent sealing technique requires extraordinary spiritual insight. If one only stands on the achievements left by predecessors, anyone can learn it, but creating something new is not simple. Do you understand the essence of sealing technique now?"
Hearing this, the three lowered their heads in thought.
After a long silence, Hyuga Hitomi, who had been racking her brain without success, timidly said, "Is the essence 'sealing'?"
A very superficial answer.
Mito just smiled and looked at Hitomi gently.
Hitomi lowered her head.
"Is it to block the flow of Chakra?" Chiri said. She had actually had some simple experience using sealing technique.
"Very close, but not quite right."
Mito said, looking expectantly at Miki.
"The purpose is to hide things," Miki said. "To make them unfindable."
Mito's eyes suddenly lit up, and then she laughed, "Mushi-Hime, you got it right."
"The essence of sealing technique is to hide things, to make them unfindable. This is the most fundamental point."
"See, sealing technique is such a simple thing."
"Let me give you an example."
Mito laughed.
"Double, Four Symbols, and Eight Trigrams are all even-numbered seals, while One Thread, Three Elements, Five Elements, and Nine Palace Seal are odd-numbered seals."
"Taking the Nine Palace Seal as an example, numbers one to nine correspond to nine sealing nodes. When sealing, the numbers are deliberately scrambled. Only by moving all nine numbers to their original positions can the seal be broken."
"A common Nine Palace puzzle is that the sum of all numbers in the arrangement must be consistent for the seal to be correctly broken."
"And when numbers become ambiguous Chakra sealing nodes, their complexity and difficulty to break increase linearly. One needs to confirm a specific Chakra number to deduce the other numbers, return all nodes to their positions, and break the seal."
"Figuratively speaking, a seal is a lock."
"And how to increase the difficulty of breaking a seal? The simplest and most practical way is to add another lock."
"One Thread combined with Double becomes Three Elements, Four Symbols combined with Five Elements becomes Nine Palace Seal. The adaptable combinations severely test the unsealer's knowledge base, and those with high skill can layer them infinitely."
"Its complexity and workload can drive the unsealer to despair."
"This is one type of seal: the ingenious type."
"Do you understand?"
Miki and Chiri nodded. Seeing this, Hyuga Hitomi nodded blankly.
I think I missed something.
"Don't worry, this is just to give you a simple impression of sealing technique."
"And why does a seal need such a troublesome lock, instead of just locking it dead?"
"First, you need to know that the sealed person cannot break the seal themselves. All seals must be broken from the outside."
"Since it's locked dead, wouldn't it be better to just smash the lock? Many people would think that."
"So, to ensure our objective, we must let the lock-picker know that smashing the lock is fine, but it's not guaranteed that the contents inside will remain intact."
"It is precisely this glimmer of hope that makes them hesitant."
"And why do such locks exist?"
"It's because the most basic thing in sealing technique is to stop Chakra activity."
"This is a very simple matter. Because it's simple, it's also easy to break, so it needs the protection of an outer shell and a lock."
Mito continued.
"Based on this concept, can we not use a lock?"
"Yes."
"Another type of sealing technique."
"For example, the Four Red Yang Formation."
"The essence is to thicken the outer shell. If it's thickened to the point where no one can break it, then it's an excellent sealing technique."
"You see it, but you just can't open it. It's also a good way to hide things."
"This type of sealing technique requires an enormous amount of Chakra from the user to cast. In reality, it's not some incredible sealing technique; to some extent, it's very simple."
"And at this point, whether to seal the flow of Chakra or not is meaningless."
"Are there other methods besides this?"
"Yes, there are."
"That is to send it away."
"The Reverse Four Symbols sealing technique, once activated, teleports the person into another dimension. Legend says it's the underworld. This measure also accomplishes the fundamental goal of hiding things: no one can find it."
"And there's a sealing technique even more extreme than the Reverse Four Symbols, which is the Reaper Death Seal. Activating the seal requires sacrificing one's own life, and breaking the seal also requires sacrificing one's own life. Most people don't want to pay this price, so hiding things will be very secure."
Orochimaru is truly a genius.
Miki thought of this.
"Broadly, sealing technique consists of these types."
"And the Adamantine Sealing Chains unique to the Uzumaki Clan is a bit special. It goes against the purpose of hiding. Figuratively speaking, it's a tug-of-war and a struggle of strength."
"It's a competition of strength between two sides. To make the tug-of-war easier, it continuously seals the target's Chakra to achieve the purpose of locking and restricting."
"Earlier, the Mushi-Hime's Insects bit through my Adamantine Sealing Chains. Do you know why?"
"Is it because there were too many to seal in time?" Chiri asked.
"Is it because it wasn't aimed at Miki?" Hyuga Hitomi asked.
"Not right. It's because the box was too big and full of cracks, allowing the small Insects to escape," Mito said. "This technique itself is for large Tailed Beasts. An ordinary box can't hold a Tailed Beast, so it was changed into more targeted chains. As long as key nodes are sealed, the Tailed Beast's movements can be restricted."
Once restricted, it can be put into a special box.
"It's already difficult to use on people, often resulting in the awkward situation of not hitting anyone, let alone tiny Insects invisible to the naked eye."
So that's how it is, Miki blinked.
Insects themselves have no Chakra.
For this reason alone, the Adamantine Sealing Chains couldn't catch the Insects.
I forgot, my apologies.
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