After a general introduction to sealing techniques, Mito began the formal teaching content.
She taught the three of them spell by spell, explaining their meaning and primary function.
Corresponding to Chakra's attributes, the basic ones are Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Yin, and Yang.
In addition, there are special categories of spells: Space-Time, Guidance, Node, Output, Input, Close, Open, Cycle, Block, Fuse, Connect, Convert, Quantity, Energy, Spirit, Life, Death, Positive, Negative, Reverse, Large, Small, Up, Down, East, South, West, North, Seal, Release, Stop, Move…
And so on.
To further refine their meaning, these spells also have unique variations.
There are quite a few when added up.
"Just like how Water combined with Wind creates Ice Release, when these two spells are combined, they become ice," Mito said. "Similarly, you can combine them into simple spells like'Seal Fire,' which, as the name suggests, seals fire. But that alone isn't enough; you need to determine the quantity that can be sealed, which depends on the spell's construction, what form of sealing is used, where energy is input and output, and how to open and close it."
It's like how an electrical appliance must have an on/off switch; although it's Chakra-triggered, it must have this crucial trigger spell.
"Most importantly, the activation of a sealing technique must use Chakra. A good Chakra conduction path must be established to trigger various key positions. The most commonly used graphic is a circle, arranged in a circle-within-a-circle manner."
"When not using one's own Chakra to activate it, traditional sealing scrolls must also have the ability to store Chakra, serving as a crucial part of the sealing activation. These things are very expensive, you know."
"There's also the case of Tailed Beast sealing. The sealed Tailed Beast will provide an endless supply of Chakra for the entire seal. The Tailed Beast alone cannot break the seal."
"However, for you all right now, such matters are still too early. Your current task is to memorize all basic spells and understand their uses."
After a full day of study, Miki was already feeling a bit dizzy.
Her mind was filled with various flying scribbles and their corresponding interpretations.
This stuff was much harder than learning English back in the day.
After all, English only has a few letters.
Too difficult!
Miki lay sprawled on the tatami, staring at the ceiling.
If she hadn't been craving Summoning Technique and Exploding Tag formulas, she wouldn't have wanted to suffer this much.
Hyuga Hitomi, sitting beside her, wasn't doing much better. She stared blankly at her notebook, which was filled with crooked characters.
She hadn't heard beforehand that sealing techniques also required drawing skills.
If a spell was drawn even slightly incorrectly, it wouldn't work; it had to be perfect.
Turning her head, she saw Chiri's notebook full of beautiful handwriting. Hyuga Hitomi buried her head in her arms, lie on the table, biting her lip tightly without making a sound.
She seemed tired.
Ah, she's crying.
Crybaby.
Miki sniffed, catching the scent of tears.
Sharingan is really useful. Although Miki didn't see Chiri activate her eyes, she knew Chiri had cheated.
Mito looked at the three of them with a smiling expression, holding her tea without any sign of hurry.
When the lesson ended, Miki ran off impatiently.
She had no intention of staying at the Thousand Hand Clan for dinner.
Miki wanted some peace and quiet, to throw all those damned scribbles out of her mind.
Seeing this, Chiri slowly packed her things and followed.
She chuckled, looking in the direction Miki had left.
Miki, whom she hadn't seen before, was truly adorable~
It was a long time later that Hyuga Hitomi walked out of the Senju clan grounds as if sleepwalking.
She was utterly distraught.
By the time Tsunade returned, covered in sweat, it was already close to evening.
"Grandma, where are they?"
Not seeing anyone, Tsunade pouted.
"They've already gone back," Mito said.
"How were they at learning?" Tsunade asked. sealing techniques, she'd seen them before, but stopped looking the next day. They were far less satisfying than Super Strength.
"Quite good," Mito said, giving Tsunade a faint glance. "Better than you. You stink, stay away from me."
Grandma doesn't love her anymore!
Tsunade's eyes widened slightly. No matter how she thought about it, it was that guy's fault!
"Grandma!" Tsunade suddenly said, "I want to learn too! Whatever they learn, I'll learn! Let's see who's stronger!"
"Hmm?" Mito said, "It's not impossible."
"Teach me quickly!"
"But you're not allowed to give up halfway."
"I would never!"
"Really?"
"Don't underestimate me, Grandma!"
"Then I'll teach you."
Mito repeated the content she taught Miki and the others to Tsunade.
Halfway through, Tsunade was already confused.
When it came to hands-on practice…
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah! Get out of my brain!"
She threw her pen!
Mito calmly drank her tea.
She wasn't in a hurry, truly not in a hurry. There was still plenty of time, she needed to be patient. It was just that a vein was throbbing in her forehead, and her mouth was a bit dry.
"We made a promise, Tsunade."
Tsunade remained silent.
She really wanted to escape.
"Oh my, Mushi-Hime is indeed smarter."
But she couldn't escape.
She silently picked up the pen, silently sat down, and silently remained quiet for a long time.
"Grandma, I'm hungry."
"Then let's eat first."
"Yay!" Tsunade jumped up and rushed out of the room.
Mito smiled helplessly.
The next day was still sealing technique instruction.
The situation was basically unchanged from the first day.
However, Chiri started slacking off.
Because it was very simple for her.
Mito also didn't give Chiri special private lessons.
Instead, she waited for Miki and Hitomi's learning progress.
After the lessons ended, Tsunade still told Mito at home that she wanted to learn sealing techniques.
For this, she had to thank Miki properly.
Although, as expected, Tsunade still lost her temper halfway through.
Mito expressed that she was used to it.
Competitiveness would drive Tsunade forward.
Though slow, there was progress.
Days passed uneventfully like this. Occasionally, Mito would give the three of them a holiday, and Tsunade also breathed a sigh of relief.
Having to do Shinobi missions during the day and learn sealing techniques at night, even with the physiques of the Senju and Uzumaki, they were almost at their limit.
During holidays, Miki and Chiri would gather together, while the solitary Hitomi could never find an opportunity to join in.
After a month like this, summer vacation had ended, and the three of them had basically mastered the basics of sealing techniques.
After school started, they could finally relax properly.
They had escaped the heavy learning hell.
Mito allowed them not to come to her for lessons during school days, only on one day of the weekend, with the remaining day for rest.
School learning?
Could that even be called learning?
Walking on the way to school, Miki's steps were light, and a crisp crunching sound occasionally came from her mouth.
Beside her, Chiri's mouth made the same sound synchronously, her pockets bulging.
Today was another sunny day.
Miki and Chiri stopped, looking together at the base of a river levee.
In the sunlight, Tsunade's figure, stepping on the water to collect trash, was diligent and beautiful.
The two boys shared their hardships.
"It must be very stinky," Miki said, though it was a question, it was also an affirmation.
"Mm, very stinky." Chiri wrinkled her small nose. At this distance, she couldn't smell anything, which was great.
"That's great," Miki said, then turned and walked with light steps.
"Hehe," Chiri's clear laughter echoed on the levee.
"Damn it!" Tsunade realized she had done something foolish.
Wherever Chiri was, that guy would definitely be there too!
She was seen!
The side of her she didn't want to be seen!
"You two! Hurry up!!!"
Tsunade roared at Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
Orochimaru silently widened the distance, stepping on the water.
At this critical moment, he didn't want to provoke Tsunade.
Jiraiya, startled by Tsunade's roar, plopped into the river.
Seeing this, a vein throbbed on Tsunade's forehead.
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