I Can Become Stronger Just By Teaching

"Seal!"

In the southern forest on Monday afternoon, Makoto was practicing the one-finger seal taught to him by Kushina.

Since it was a sealing technique used to seal chakra, Makoto used his shadow clone to experiment.

"Unable to condense chakra, success." The shadow clone reported back.

"But I feel like I can break through with all my strength." The shadow clone added.

Makoto nodded, no wonder Minato said this sealing technique had no practical value.

Although he has just learned it, it can be instantly broken through by a shadow clone with only half of his chakra. This restraint strength is useless against opponents at the same level.

"But I have learned it in a day. Do I truly have a talent for sealing?" Makoto thought in his mind.

The sealing technique was given to him by Kushina last night, and he practiced it today. According to Kushina, he is considered a genius in the sealing technique.

Strictly speaking, he only practiced for less than half a day. He practiced for a while last night, plus a short period of time this afternoon.

Many speculations flashed through Makoto's mind, whether it was the original owner's own talent, his own talent, or the result of the sum of the two...

It didn't matter what the reason was, because this was absolutely good news.

Even if he doesn't learn those powerful sealing techniques, just by focusing on the present, he can still see the dawn of breaking the root curse seal.

After reading books about sealing and curse seals, and then learning another sealing technique, Makoto already knew that curse seals were actually a subcategory of sealing techniques.

The Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal is essentially a relatively special sealing technique.

Sealing techniques can generally be solved in two ways.

The first is to break through directly through powerful chakra, and the second is to use the corresponding decryption technique to lift the seal.

Relying on chakra to forcefully break through the seal, Makoto felt that this method was very unreliable because the level of the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal was not low. If he could forcefully break through, he might as well kill Danzo.

So Makoto is planning to learn more sealing techniques, then study the seal on his tongue, and finally decode the seal.

He deliberately left a ninjutsu proficiency scroll unused and prepared just for this.

Makoto speculates that if he directly upgrades a certain sealing technique to a proficient level, he can also gain knowledge regarding other related sealing techniques.

Makoto was not going to use the skilled scroll for the one-finger seal. He felt that this sealing technique should be equivalent to the three-body technique of Fuinjutsu. It would be a bit of a loss to use the proficiency scroll for this sealing technique.

After finishing the disciples' training, Makoto went directly to the main city area.

Since Kushina and Minato invited him to dinner yesterday, Makoto naturally called the two of them to his home to have dinner together.

Today Makoto made chili omelette, tempura, and potato stew.

Makoto's personal favorite is chili cheese omelet, a dish that his mother often cooked for him in his previous life.

It can be said that Makoto likes eating eggs very much, and he can accept them whether they are steamed, boiled or fried. In addition, he also prefers spicy food, so there are very few leek omelettes in his house, and they are basically mostly chili omelettes.

First, beat the eggs in a bowl, quickly beat them with chopsticks, then pour the chili directly into the egg liquid, stir, and then pour it into the pot.

Although with the blessing of chef skills, he has become better than his mother, but every time he cooks this dish, he will recall the relevant memories from his previous life.

"What's wrong with you, Makoto? Are you still afraid that the food you cooked will be spicy?" Kushina joked as she watched Makoto pick up the chili omelet and didn't eat it.

"It's amazing. Chili peppers and eggs can taste so delicious when fried together." Minato praised.

If you ask him to cook, he will definitely not be able to combine peppers and eggs, let alone fry them together so roughly.

"Yes, the chili omelet is delicious." Makoto stopped recalling and said with a gentle smile, then put a piece of chili omelet into his mouth.

"Yeah, it's delicious."

The three of them chatted while eating, and finally talked about the sealing technique that Makoto was learning.

"Makoto, can you use that one-finger seal now?" Kushina asked.

Makoto shook his head and said: "Every time I rehearse it in my mind, it goes well, but I just can't use it smoothly. I feel like something is missing."

Makoto was not prepared to say what he had learned in half a day, which was a bit shocking, because Kushina even said that she had learned it in one day.

Wherever Kushina is, there are always ANBU under surveillance, and he doesn't want to act too exaggerated.

He was going to pretend that he had practiced it for seven days, so that he would not be too talented, but also show that he was talented in Fuinjutsu.

"This is normal. Very few people can learn it in one day. Your progress is normal." Minato comforted him.

He was worried that Makoto would be affected by Kushina's previous words, causing mental problems.

"Yes, as long as you can learn it within a month, there will be no problem," Kushina added.

"If you don't understand anything, just ask us, you're welcome," Kushina said while eating.

Minato also nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

"As long as you don't mind the trouble," Makoto said with a smile.

...

Thursday afternoon, Konoha Southern Forest.

"Obito has eighty-five questions, and Might Gai has thirty questions," Makoto announced the results of this afternoon's battle.

"Only eighty-five!" Obito couldn't help but express his unusual enthusiasm.

He felt that the beating he received from Kakashi was not in vain. This was the least number of questions he had to solve since the battle rules were changed, which showed that he had improved, being beaten less and hitting more.

Obito planned to use 40% of it for training, do 10% on the same day, and use the remaining 50% for periodization. After the allocation, he even felt that there were not many questions.

"There are actually thirty questions!" Might Gai clenched his fists in disbelief. This was the biggest number of questions since the rules were changed.

Even if the ratio of questions to training is maximized, twelve questions will still have to be done.

"Yes, you have all made great progress. If you want to do the questions in installments today, you can waive the interest." Makoto said with a smile.

Obito's eyes lit up instantly, feeling that he could do more in installments.

Might Gai thought for a while and thought that there was no interest in the installment. Isn't this a free gift? No matter whether it was free or not, he also applied for an installment with Makoto.

After the training, Might Gai found Shisui, hoping that he could help him with some intensive training.

Obito's progress triggered a profound sense of crisis. Despite still holding a significant advantage, Obito faced a battle where he was not permitted to use ninjutsu, and he lacked even half his usual strength.

Might Gai recalled Makoto's earlier advice, emphasizing that real combat, not just training, was integral to strength improvement. It was a matter of testing one's full potential.

"Full strength?" Shisui inquired.

Might Gai nodded affirmatively.

"In that case, I'm ready to engage," Shisui declared.

Might Gai tensed his muscles, poised to unleash his physical prowess at a moment's notice.

But right after Shisui's words, a colossal tree materialized from the ground, ensnaring Might Gai.

Might Gai, bewildered by the nature of Shisui's ninjutsu, suddenly found himself freed as the massive tree vanished. Shisui had a kunai at his neck, and the battle came to an abrupt end.

Might Gai comprehended the reality: he had fallen under Shisui's illusion.

"There's still a long journey to becoming the strongest," Might Gai pondered just before being swiftly defeated with a single blow.

"Please, come again!"

Even though the path ahead was arduous, Might Gai refused to admit defeat!"

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