Chapter 1: Taijutsu Can't Save the Ninja World

Chapter 1: Taijutsu Can't Save the Ninja World

"Young man, believe in yourself. Even if you can't use ninjutsu, you can still become an extraordinary ninja!"

"Come on, let's continue pushing our limits. If we can't finish, how about doing fifty handstands?"

"..."

With tired eyes, Chiba looked at the enthusiastic Guy and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He understood that Guy meant well.

However.

As a transmigrator, he was well aware of the limitations of taijutsu alone.

Strong, but with limited strength.

Is the Eight Inner Gates enough?

Perhaps it's brilliant for a moment, like a firework that quickly fades away in the ninja world. Chiba didn't want to be a firework, and he was the same age as Rock Lee. If he only focused on taijutsu, he would, at best, reach the level of Rock Lee with all his efforts.

What level is Rock Lee at?

In the decisive battle, he opened six gates, but apart from cheering and applauding, he couldn't do much else. He could only watch his master fight desperately while he stood helplessly on the sidelines.

He believed that Lee must have felt absolutely desperate at that moment.

Chiba didn't want to experience that.

Therefore, he was well aware that there was no future in solely training taijutsu.

But he had no choice.

Two years ago, he transmigrated to the Naruto world and discovered a glowing sphere in his consciousness.

Then he found out that he lacked the talent for nature transformation, genjutsu, and other abilities, and he couldn't even learn the most basic Shadow Clone Jutsu.

However.

After some exploration, Chiba found the advantages of the glowing sphere.

Firstly, his chakra control ability was extremely strong.

Secondly, he had a high talent for taijutsu.

His control over his body and muscles was also very powerful.

According to the teachers and Guy, many high-ranking ninjas might not be as good as him in this aspect.

As for the third...

He learned things incredibly quickly.

He suspected that all of this was related to the mysterious glowing sphere. Furthermore, over the past two years, Chiba noticed that the sphere seemed to grow stronger as he learned and researched more.

So, he had to come up with some ideas.

I'm sorry, Teacher Guy!

"Chiba, your talent in ninjutsu and genjutsu might be lacking, but are you giving up on taijutsu too?"

Guy looked at Chiyeha with disappointment written on his face.

He knew Chiba and Rock Lee well and was willing to train and practice with them because both of them were hardworking and didn't care about others' opinions.

But...

After two years of persistence, Chiba was now giving up, and his determination seemed insufficient.

"Teacher Guy, I'm not giving up. I'm just considering other paths. Both Rock Lee and I can't perform nature transformation, but we both have chakra, and I have strong control skills. I can definitely develop jutsu that don't require nature transformation."

Chiba stood up and continued running, gasping for breath, explaining his thoughts to Guy and Rock Lee. "No need for hand seals or nature transformation, just concentrating chakra should still have significant destructive power."

"But..."

"Just like this."

Chiba said, extending his right hand and creating a condensed chakra ball.

It wasn't Rasengan, but a condensed chakra ball with destructive power.

Guy glanced at it, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

This is...

Rasengan?

No, it's not Rasengan, it's just a pure chakra aggregation ball.

"We often run by the riverbank during our training. These days, I've been thinking that if I concentrate chakra and make it rotate like a vortex, its destructive power will surely be stronger."

Chiba continued to explain.

Yes.

Since he transmigrated two years ago, he had been trying to replicate the training method of Rasengan from the manga. In order to make it practical, Chiba didn't directly use the "balloon training method" from the manga. Instead, he used the same principle and spent two years secretly practicing to gradually master the technique.

After speaking, he began to rotate the chakra.

The rotating chakra created a vortex-like effect inside the chakra ball, while the external form remained perfect.

Guy fell silent for a few seconds and said, "Haven't you thought about adding more directions to the rotation?"

"Huh? Oh yeah! How could I forget!"

Chiba had an epiphany and immediately tried, but soon the chakra ball dispersed.

He wasn't discouraged and prepared to try again.

However, Guy spoke with a heavy tone, "Child, you have actually created a jutsu that already exists. It is an A-rank difficulty technique called Rasengan."

"What? It already exists?"

Chiba was extremely surprised.

"Yes, your jutsu is the same as the one used by the Fourth Hokage."

Guy nodded.

Rock Lee stood silently beside them, looking somewhat confused, but clearly shocked.

"This..."

"Don't worry. Sometimes it's normal for ideas and techniques to coincide. If you had better talent for nature transformation and genjutsu, perhaps you could become an extraordinary ninja."

Guy sighed.

Even without talent in ninjutsu, this child didn't give up and thought of using unaffiliated chakra to develop jutsu. Such thinking and intelligence...

It was a great pity.

"No problem, Teacher Guy. The Sage of Six Paths closed one door for me but opened another. I should be grateful, and I believe that even without nature transformation, I can still become strong!"

Chiba's voice was firm.

At this moment, Rock Lee, who was envious and excited, finally spoke, "Although Chiba-kun can't use ninjutsu, being able to develop such a jutsu on his own is truly incredible!"

"We'll learn taijutsu and unaffiliated ninjutsu, combining the two."

Chiba continued.

"You mean Taijutsu that incorporates Ninpo," Guy reminded.

He thought for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face. "Alright, let's go. No matter what, taijutsu is the foundation

. Let's keep training!"

"Yes!"

The three of them continued their arduous journey, but they each had their own thoughts, causing a somewhat heavy atmosphere.

It was until dusk that the three of them dispersed.

Chiba returned to the residence provided by the village and recalled today's scene in his mind.

Of course, his ideas were not limited to Ninpō Taijutsu, but as a commoner, the knowledge he could reasonably access was limited.

If he mentioned super strength, natural energy, and senjutsu, he was afraid it wouldn't just draw attention from the higher-ups, but from the Anbu and Danzo's Root as well.

"Sorry, Teacher Guy, but I really don't have any other options."

He was twelve years old this year, with only a few months left before graduation, and in a few more years, the Fourth Great Ninja War would begin.

Time was running out!

Of course.

He didn't neglect ninjutsu training either.

Back at home, Chiba began to condense chakra and shape it outside his body, concentrating it.

At this point, he could already create Chakra Threads and use them to control shurikens and kunai, but this wasn't the effect he wanted.

His chakra was quickly depleted, and he took out his notebook.

"The intensity is not enough, it can't penetrate objects. I need to find a way to further refine it."

"For now, the most powerful effect is still Rasengan."

"I can't integrate nature transformation into Rasengan, but there's room for further improvement."

Thinking about it, he drew two lines behind Rasengan.

One line was labeled "release speed."

The other was "compression, increment."

Then, he needed to find ways to better integrate it into his own combat system. He couldn't just rush in like early Naruto did, maintaining Rasengan and charging recklessly.