Just as Shinji was still pondering, a rapidly approaching voice was heard.
Hinata, dressed in her training uniform, arrived, drenched in sweat, before Shinji and the others, and said, "Sensei, I'm sorry, I'm late."
Shinji said, waving his hand, "It's alright, Hinata, you can rest first."
Seeing Hinata like this, he knew she had just finished sparring and rushed over.
"Here, Hinata, wipe your sweat first." Naruto said, taking out his towel and handing it to Hinata.
"Thank you, Naruto." Hinata said gently, then reached out to take it.
"Once Hinata has rested, we'll take a look." Shinji said, pointing to the eyeball in his hand.
"And while we're at it, you all need to observe some of the details from my battle yesterday very carefully."
Mimi probably lingered nearby all day yesterday. As soon as he sensed Shinji's Chakra, he immediately rushed over and recorded the details of his battle.
Shinji wasn't like Hashirama, who could just clap his hands and use Ninjutsu directly.
However, Mimi's Sage Mode, with Shinji's Chakra control, only required him to maintain balance to absorb natural energy while moving.
In yesterday's battle, he had already been preparing before the match began.
"Sensei, I'm rested." Hinata said immediately after wiping her sweat.
She clearly saw the excited expressions of her companions. Although she didn't know what it was, it was better to start as soon as possible.
Shinji shook his head helplessly, Chakra appearing in his palm, activating the eyeball in his hand.
Buzz—
An indescribable wave spread out, enveloping their figures.
The next moment, Naruto and the others, who had been in the training ground, felt the scene before them blur, and then they appeared on a rooftop on a high platform.
"Genjutsu?! Not like it." Shikamaru, who had been using the shinkirou pearl, analyzed it immediately.
Sasuke blinked, looking at the figure of Fugaku below his position.
Father?
"Sensei! I see you!" Naruto shouted, pointing at Shinji's figure in the arena.
"Hmm, this angle should be where Mimi was yesterday." Shinji said, looking around.
"And..."
As Shinji spoke, he reached out, and clenched his hand towards the arena. He pulled, and their figures immediately appeared at the position where Shinji had been before the battle began yesterday.
"Eh!"
Naruto and the others looked amazed, as it was just one movement. To arrive at this position directly, it felt novel just watching it.
"Position unchanged? Scene zoomed in?" Shikamaru carefully sensed it and spoke.
When Shinji started using the eyeball, there was a small stone under his foot. He had confirmed it when he was on the high platform, and it was still the same now.
"That's right, it just zoomed in on the scene." Shinji nodded.
The eyeball left by Mimi's ancestor after his ascension had some special properties.
After Shinji finished speaking, he immediately let go, and the scene returned to the top of the high platform.
Shinji said, "Alright, for the upcoming battle, this angle is the best viewing position. You all watch carefully. I will ask questions after you've finished watching."
"Yes." Naruto and the others responded.
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Throughout, Shinji did not fast-forward the playback time, allowing Naruto and the others to watch carefully. It only ended when Shinji's figure finally approached the high platform.
The scene blurred, and Naruto and the others realized they were back in the training ground.
"So cool!"
After a long silence, Naruto was the first to speak.
Shinji rubbed Naruto's head exasperatedly, saying, "Think carefully. You all have to say what you observed later."
Shikamaru pondered for a while and then asked, "Sensei, did you use some method to reduce the accumulated energy inside that cumulonimbus cloud in the end?"
The Lightning Release: Kirin that Shinji unleashed, was awe-inspiring but Shikamaru felt its power was greatly diminished.
"That's right. When I linked Chidori with the lightning in the cumulonimbus cloud, I used natural energy to dissipate some of it." Shinji praised Shikamaru with a thumbs-up.
Even Kakashi hadn't noticed this point.
Sasuke, on the other hand, had a strange expression. He felt that his teacher's Ninjutsu...
If it could be used in conjunction with the Sharingan, it would probably be much easier.
Seeing Sasuke's expression, Shinji said, "Sasuke, tell me your thoughts."
Hearing Shinji call him, Sasuke was visibly startled, then pondered for a moment before saying, "Sensei, I think that if the Sharingan is used, would it be possible to predict..."
"That is, based on Chakra flow and trajectory prediction, to be able to lock onto the landing point in advance?"
Shinji's technique looked massive, and it did indeed strike the arena directly. However, its range was confined by the Four Violet Flames Formation, and after Kirin landed, aside from the significant destruction caused at the very center, the entire arena had been scoured by the residual lightning.
This was a manifestation of the technique's inability to perfectly control the target it struck.
Shinji nodded. "That's right, with the Sharingan, you could indeed do what you said."
This was what Shinji had mused about yesterday when he used Chidori to change the form of the lightning in the cumulonimbus cloud. After all, by effectively utilizing the Sharingan's prediction, Kirin could be used in a much easier way.
And with Sharingan, the user wouldn't need to be like Shinji, requiring both Sage Mode and his own Chakra control.
Shinji's current Chakra control was already at an extraordinary level. Even so, he didn't dare to use it casually.
"Eh?! Does that mean Sasuke can copy sensei's Ninjutsu with his Sharingan?" Naruto blinked, saying in disbelief.
"Can't do it." Hearing this, Sasuke didn't mock Naruto. Instead, he shook his head.
"You tried?" Naruto turned to face Sasuke, asking out of the blue.
Sasuke: "..."
Alright, when Shinji used it, he did indeed have that thought.
Although it was a bit overconfident, who wouldn't want to learn a Ninjutsu of such power?
"No, but it really can't be done." Sasuke said, pushing Naruto's face away.
"It really can't be done." Shikamaru nodded.
"The essence of sensei's Ninjutsu is not to create lightning using his own Chakra."
Sasuke interjected, taking over from Shikamaru, "Hmm, first, by clashing Fire Release and Water Release, a massive amount of high-temperature steam is generated."
"Then, by using Great Fire Annihilation, the existing hot air currents rapidly ascend due to the high temperature, forming a cumulonimbus cloud."
Sasuke said, crossing his arms and shaking his head.
"Most crucially, sensei only uses his own Lightning Chakra as a 'fuse' to guide the real lightning strikes generated within that cumulonimbus cloud."
"The core of this technique lies in guidance and control, not in creating lightning."
Shinji clapped his hands. These two disciples were good, they could summarize it from observation.
He said, "Shikamaru and Sasuke are right. This is why this technique cannot be copied with the Sharingan. And to achieve this technique, one must follow the steps I performed."
"Simply using one's own Chakra to create it, the technique might not even begin before one turns into a dried husk."