"Little guy, don't be impatient..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a challenge in his teaching career, and worked to calm himself down, explaining: "This is the hand seal requirement for the Woodman Jutsu."
"Even if Danzo taught you, or even the First Hokage himself taught you, you must still form two hand seals to perform the Woodman Jutsu..."
As Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke, he adjusted his thoughts, trying to make Akihara Kagura understand why two hand seals were needed: "The more powerful the jutsu, the more hand seals are required to prevent errors when directing the flow of chakra within..."
At this point, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Ninjutsu Professor, couldn't help but add: "In fact, two seals for such a powerful jutsu are already quite few..."
Seriously speaking, a jutsu that can contend with the Susanoo of the Uchiha Clan must avoid time wastage, so the hand sealing might indeed not be complex.
Because the First Hokage Senju Hashirama's opponent was Uchiha Madara, the Uchiha Clan did not need any seal timing when releasing Susanoo.
Sarutobi Hiruzen recalled when Uchiha Shisui released Susanoo, it was almost instantaneously after arriving at his position that he immediately gathered and released Susanoo.
This is why Sarutobi Hiruzen was willing to teach Akihara Kagura the Woodman Jutsu.
At least this brat Akihara Kagura has someone he wants to protect in his heart, aside from being a bit extreme in actions and not having a particularly complex heart, he speaks his mind, unlike others who have too many hidden thoughts.
The most important thing is.
Akihara Kagura might not be able to master the Woodman Jutsu.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen first looked at the Wood Release Jutsu left by the First Hokage, he thought it was impossible for a normal ninja to master the First Hokage's Wood Release Ninjutsu.
Sarutobi Hiruzen believed that his teaching was very likely ineffective, gently comforting Akihara Kagura: "Like the Susanoo of the Uchiha Clan, this jutsu is always considered to only exist in legend. Since the passing of the First Hokage, no one has ever seen its true form, so it's okay if you can't learn it..."
"I'll practice the hand seals more..."
Akihara Kagura practiced the hand seals over and over, his forehead furrowing tighter and tighter.
[System Prompt]: [Ninja Professor] trait activated, host possesses the Wood Release Bloodline, chakra level reaches SSS grade, the [Wood Release: Woodman Jutsu] being learned complies with ninjutsu theory, [Wood Release: Woodman Jutsu] successfully learned!
[System Prompt]: You have acquired a new skill [Wood Release: Woodman Jutsu]
[Wood Release: Woodman Jutsu (Wood Release Kekkeigenkai Secret Technique, rapidly conduct chakra with the Tiger Seal to make a tree grow rapidly, and use the Snake Seal to transform the tree into a massive and incredibly powerful wooden arhat. The Woodman Jutsu is both offensive and defensive, and its size and combat power can grow according to chakra, even comparable to the Complete Form of Susanoo!)]
The Third Hokage's teaching approach had no problems!
Whether the Tiger Seal or the Snake Seal, their purposes are just as he said!
And Akihara Kagura feels he must thank the Third Hokage for the trait he was given to learn any jutsu, otherwise, learning ninjutsu would really be a big problem.
"Little guy, don't push yourself too hard."
"This isn't a problem that can be solved by practicing hand seals."
Sarutobi Hiruzen watched as Akihara Kagura continued practicing the hand seals and thought the kid hadn't learned it and was still practicing tirelessly, slowly lighting his pipe again: "Actually, the Wood Release Kekkeigenkai doesn't require being constrained by form; you can slowly develop your own jutsu. There are traces to follow. The First Hokage has already perfected the Wood Release Kekkeigenkai..."
"Wood Release: Woodman Jutsu!"
Akihara Kagura completed the Tiger Seal with a vertical finger, then slowly clasped his hands together to form the Snake Seal, and suddenly shouted fiercely!
A tree root sprang from the ground!
This tree root quickly grew into a giant tree!
The massive tree rapidly grew from the ground, and to everyone's amazement, slowly transformed into a wooden figure over ten meters tall!
This wooden figure's size was almost indistinguishable from the green Susanoo released by Uchiha Shisui. Though it hadn't reached the complete form of the Woodman Jutsu, it was still astonishing!
"You must be joking..."
Kakashi Hatake looked somewhat stunned at the scene.
"Is this the jutsu that can rival Susanoo?"
Uchiha Itachi's eyes showed some amazement, his feelings became somewhat complex.
Uchiha Itachi recalled the Uchiha Clan's internal lavish praise for Uchiha Shisui's Susanoo, thinking no one in Konoha Village could match Susanoo, not knowing that Akihara Kagura mastered a jutsu capable of contending with Susanoo in just a few minutes...
"..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's emotions rarely wavered.
Sarutobi Hiruzen understood why Shimura Danzo was angry about transferring this child to Anbu, bringing him into his fold—this child named Akihara Kagura had such formidable talent!
Sarutobi Hiruzen had always considered himself proficient in teaching, yet he didn't think he could teach this child to master the Woodman Jutsu, but this child had already learned it.
Even if it's just surface-level, it's enough; this was only Akihara Kagura's first time releasing it, not even half a minute into mastering it!
The Will of Fire...
Will inevitably burn brightly again!
The only issue is that Akihara Kagura is too deeply influenced by the dark Root Will.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes flickered slightly; he could no longer let this child be influenced further by Danzo, needed to completely cut off his contact with Shimura Danzo.
This child needs someone to lead him towards a normal life, to form more life bonds, to act not too extreme, to learn to protect Konoha!
"Can't control it..."
At this moment, the body of the wooden figure became highly unstable.
Foliage began sprouting from the wooden figure, seemingly out of control, rapidly collapsing downwards, the over ten-meter tall wooden figure reverting back to a tree.
"Third Hokage!"
Akihara Kagura leaped down from the tree, grumbling discontentedly: "This jutsu is too hard to control; when Danzo-sama first taught me Deep Forest Emergence, I mastered it completely with just one try..."
"Hahahaha..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen was in high spirits, shaking his head: "Maybe the jutsu Danzo taught you was too simple; this is a jutsu that can rival Susanoo!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen patted Akihara Kagura's shoulder, smiling as he continued: "With more practice in the future, you will eventually master this jutsu completely..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked inspecting Akihara Kagura satisfactorily and then glanced at Uchiha Itachi beside him: "Kagura, Itachi, you two are of similar age, make sure to get along well in the Anbu; Konoha's future rests on the shoulders of young ones like you!"
"Aside from killing, there's nothing I'm good at."
Akihara Kagura shrugged his shoulders, his eyes showing some helplessness: "People of the Root have no future; the only thing to inherit is the Root Will..."
As Akihara Kagura said this, his gaze slowly turned to Uchiha Itachi: "Unfortunately, Danzo-sama seems to want to pass the Root Will to Uchiha Itachi. What makes this guy better than me, obviously his strength is too weak..."
"Kagura-kun..."
Uchiha Itachi felt it difficult to refute.
"Get a grip, you're in the Anbu."
Kakashi Hatake raised an eyebrow, tapping Akihara Kagura on the forehead: "Root Section is just the Anbu training class; your life's progression is actually advancing..."