Hiruzen watched in disbelief as Makoto effortlessly completed both the tree climbing and water surface walking practices.
He was completely stunned. 'What kind of genius is this? How does Makoto have such amazing chakra control?'
'With control like this, he'll definitely have a huge advantage when he starts learning ninjutsu. It looks like I've really found a hidden gem!' he thought excitedly.
Even though he was shocked on the inside, he kept a calm expression.
He bragged a little to Makoto, claiming that when he was young, he had also climbed trees and walked on water with ease and then advised Makoto not to become arrogant or impatient and to always stay humble.
But little did he know, all his boasts were being ruthlessly exposed by Tobirama in the chat.
"Now that you've learned these basics, I'll teach you a technique," Hiruzen said with a smile.
"This is called Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!" He announced the name with pride, expecting Makoto to be impressed. But Makoto... was completely unfazed.
Sarutobi explained the Great Fireball Technique, expecting Makoto to be impressed.
However, in the chat, the reactions were far from what he had hoped for.
[Senju Tobirama: A Great Fireball Technique? That's it?]
[Uchiha Madara: I thought he was going to teach something powerful this time, but it's just the Great Fireball Technique?]
[Senju Hashirama: This is kind of disappointing.]
[Namikaze Minato: Honestly, Lord Third is doing better than I did. I remember when I was Jiraiya's disciple… He used to sneak into the women's bathhouse every day and make me stand guard for him. If he got caught, he'd be the first to run, leaving me behind to take the beating…]
[Senju Tobirama: Damn...]
[Namikaze Minato: And that's not even the worst part! If I had actually seen anything, maybe the beating would've been worth it. But I didn't see a thing, and I still got punished!]
[Ito Makoto: You should've just followed Jiraiya to peek. At least then, the beating would have been worth it!]
[Uzumaki Kushina: Minato! Are you saying you wanted to peek into the women's bathhouse?!]
[Namikaze Minato: No, no! I'm just saying it wasn't fair that I got beaten when I didn't even see anything!]
Meanwhile, back at the training group, Hiruzen continued explaining the Great Fireball Technique and demonstrated it for Makoto.
But Makoto was already losing interest. He had mastered this technique long ago.
He casually formed a few hand seals and shouted, "Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
A massive fireball burst forth, far exceeding Hiruzen's expectations.
Makoto turned to his teacher with a smirk. "Sensei, do you think my fireball is big enough?"
Hiruzen was stunned yet again. He had lost count of how many times Makoto had shocked him today.
First, the boy had breezed through the tree climbing and water surface walking practices like they were nothing.
Now, he had effortlessly performed the Great Fireball Technique on his first try.
'This is nothing like when I trained Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru…' He thought, completely baffled.
Noticing Hiruzen staring blankly at him, Makoto waved a hand in front of his face.
"Sensei? Sensei? What's wrong with you?"
"Ah!" Hiruzen quickly snapped out of his daze.
Regaining his composure, he gave Makoto a puzzled look. "Makoto, did you already know the Great Fireball Technique, or did you just learn it now?"
Makoto scratched his head awkwardly, then confidently lied through his teeth. "Well, I just saw you doing this and that, followed the instructions, and, uh… it was pretty simple, honestly…"
Hiruzen's face went blank with disbelief. "You learned it just like that?"
Makoto simply nodded, looking as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
After a brief moment of silence, Hiruzen sighed and decided to move forward. "Well… since you've already learned the Great Fireball Technique, I'll teach you another ninjutsu!"
"This one is also a Fire Style technique. It's called Phoenix Sage Fire Technique."
Hiruzen didn't know that Makoto had already mastered nearly every Fire Style technique from the Uchiha clan, thanks to Fugaku.
And so, history repeated itself.
Hiruzen carefully explained the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, breaking down its details step by step. But before he could finish, Makoto casually formed a few hand seals and shouted, "Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
A series of small fireballs shot out effortlessly, perfectly replicating the technique.
Hiruzen stood there, watching in stunned silence.
At this point, he was starting to question all his life choices.
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