“I just cast it normally, is this hard?” Looking at Uchiha Aozora’s confused eyes, Shisui felt a bit depressed and sickened.
If he remembered correctly, he seemed to have said this phrase more than once before, when learning the Great Fireball Technique, when learning the Body Flicker Technique…
Karma is a wheel; he didn’t expect to see the day when someone else would say this phrase to him.
Although filled with emotion, Uchiha Shisui quickly snapped back to his senses.
His eyes turned red, and three tomoe appeared in his pupils.
He looked directly into Aozora’s eyes and said solemnly, “Aozora, can you perform the Great Fireball Technique again?” Being stared at by the three-tomoe Sharingan, Uchiha Aozora felt a bit creeped out and sensed a bloody and ominous aura.
This feeling flashed by, but Uchiha Aozora knew it wasn’t an illusion.
The Sharingan is awakened when one loses a loved one and experiences intense emotional fluctuations.
Therefore, behind every pair of Sharingan is a tragic story.
It is the eye that reflects the heart, and also the eye of misfortune.
This was the reason why, as a member of the Uchiha clan, he did not deliberately pursue awakening the Sharingan.
Uchiha Aozora had thousands of thoughts in his mind, but he didn’t show the slightest bit on his face.
He pointed to his throat and said, “My throat is a bit burnt, I need to rest a bit first!” He went back inside, drank a couple of sips of cold water, rested for a few minutes, and then Uchiha Aozora formed the hand seals again.
Snake – Ram – Monkey – Boar – Horse – Tiger!
“Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!” Casting it for the second time, Uchiha Aozora’s hand seal speed was much faster.
But according to Uchiha Shisui’s experience, such a hand seal speed would still cause errors in the chakra circulation, causing the Great Fireball Technique to fail.
Under the observation of his Sharingan, Uchiha Aozora’s hand seals turned into a slow motion of his left and right hands.
The chakra inside Uchiha Aozora’s body was like a pool of pale blue water.
After he formed the seals, a portion of the chakra separated from the pool and traveled along the normal circulation route of the Great Fireball Technique.
What amazed Uchiha Shisui was that when Aozora transitioned between two hand seals, the chakra, despite losing the control of the seals, did not go out of control but remained in place until it received the instruction from the next seal before continuing to flow.
He was amazed, and while he was thinking, Uchiha Aozora spewed another fireball from his mouth.
Compared to the first time he cast it, this fireball was a bit smaller, but Uchiha Shisui didn’t feel disappointed.
This wasn’t because Uchiha Aozora failed to cast it or didn’t bring out the power of the Great Fireball.
On the contrary, Uchiha Aozora could now control the Great Fireball Technique; he controlled the power within the range his body could withstand.
After five seconds, Uchiha Aozora waited until the fire-attribute chakra in his throat was almost fully exhaled, and actively released the hand seals.
“Phew—” He first exhaled a long breath of air, then took a long inhale, suppressing the remaining fire-attribute chakra in his throat cavity back into his body through breathing.
After circulating and adjusting his breath for two cycles, the fire-attribute chakra turned back into ordinary chakra and returned to his dantian.
Seeing Uchiha Aozora’s control over the Great Fireball Technique, Uchiha Shisui was inexplicably surprised.
His purpose in activating the Sharingan was to explore the reason why his younger brother learned the Great Fireball Technique in an instant.
Unfortunately, he did not succeed.
Although the Sharingan also has the ability to detect chakra, it is not the Byakugan after all and cannot see through things.
He could only see the general direction of the chakra flow, but could not accurately determine the subtle changes of chakra in the body.
In fact, even the Byakugan can only roughly see the size and flow direction of chakra in the meridians, and cannot grasp the subtle changes of chakra.
Of course, Uchiha Shisui didn’t gain nothing.
Through the observation just now, he discovered that his younger brother could actually hold the chakra completely still during the intervals between hand seals.
Was this due to superb chakra control or something else?
He was a bit confused.
“Is there a problem?” Seeing his brother’s confusion, Uchiha Aozora hurriedly asked.
“Huh?” Uchiha Shisui snapped back, “No problem, you used the Great Fireball Technique very well!” Uchiha Aozora also laughed upon hearing this, “I think so too.” Although his brother just said “very well”, who was Uchiha Shisui?
He was currently the strongest known person in the Uchiha clan; even counting those in the shadows, he could at least rank in the top three.
What he considered very well was, in the eyes of other ninjas, at least excellent.
In fact, he hadn’t thought the Great Fireball Technique would be this simple.
He remembered that in the original work, the protagonist Uchiha Sasuke also practiced for a long time before succeeding, and the first time he only spewed sparks, far worse than him.
But then again, Sasuke was only six or seven years old at the time, right?
Thinking of this, the complacency on Uchiha Aozora’s face disappeared.
Uchiha Shisui watched his brother’s proud appearance with interest, and suddenly saw his brother’s expression worsen, which was also a bit strange to him.
However, he didn’t guess Aozora’s thoughts, but instead imparted his own insights on the Great Fireball Technique without holding anything back.
As the sun rose higher, Uchiha Shisui patted his younger brother’s shoulder and said, “Aozora, I’m very gratified that you have grown up and gradually gained the ability to protect yourself.” “I’m going on a mission again, sorry I can’t stay with you for a few more days!” “This mission is to support the border of the Land of Lightning.
It will take as short as a month or as long as half a year, but I will definitely come back.” “I hope that when I return, you will have become an excellent ninja who can stand on his own.” After saying that, he lightly leaped onto the roof, jumping left and right, and soon disappeared from Uchiha Aozora’s sight.
His gaze lingered on the place where his brother’s figure disappeared, and it took a long time for Uchiha Aozora to withdraw his gaze.
“My foolish brother!” “While you are dedicating yourself to this village, do you ever think about the schemes coming from behind?
Today’s Konoha is corrupt to the core and not worth your sacrifice!” He felt it was not worth it for his brother.
Throughout his life, Uchiha Shisui was kind to others in the village, dedicated himself to Konoha, and even didn’t hesitate to betray his clan for the village.
However, even so, he still didn’t gain the complete trust of the village, and was even schemed against by his own superior.
Afterwards, no one sought justice for him, and no one took responsibility for his death.
“In this life, I won’t let you repeat the same mistakes!” Thinking of this, Uchiha Aozora’s heart was filled with motivation, and he started practicing the Great Fireball Technique again.
He first adjusted the amount of chakra and the speed of his hand seals to control the size and range of the Great Fireball Technique.
Then, he began to simplify the hand seals or even eliminate them altogether, purely manipulating the chakra in his body to cast the Great Fireball Technique.
After trying twice, Uchiha Aozora succeeded.
He just smiled happily for a moment before continuing to practice.
Because he knew this was not because his talent was so good, all of this was the credit of the “Guided Qi Cultivation” method.
From the age of five to twelve, for a full seven years, he constantly circulated chakra through major cycles.
Regarding the control of chakra within the body, he was confident that few people in the ninja world could do it better than him.
The reason he didn’t say “no one in the ninja world is better than him” was taking into consideration the Otsutsuki family, that group of cheaters who didn’t need hand seals.
Uchiha Aozora continued to practice, and as he practiced, he suddenly found that the chakra inside his body had become much hotter.
Before he could think much, the book page in his mind suddenly shone, followed immediately by the familiar absorption.
The scorching chakra was completely sucked away in one gulp.
Uchiha Aozora did not panic at all; instead, he was unusually excited, went back inside the house, sat cross-legged, and waited.
Within a few minutes, the scorching chakra flowed out of the heavenly book.
At the same time, four pale golden ancient characters newly appeared on the heavenly book—”Samadhi True Fire”.
(END CHAPTER)