While the members of Team 2-S and 3-S were locked into combat on the stage, Seimei and his group discussed the techniques and tactics showcased by the notable members of the teams on stage.
Their focus was on the fight between Hyuga Itsuki, Senju Naoki, and Uchiha Hina.
So, when Hyuga Itsuki launched the vacuum shell created by his clan's secret technique, Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm, Sarutobi Yuto, who was slow to catch up and lacked talent in the theoretical aspects of Ninjutsu, couldn't help but ask an obvious question while scratching the back of his head.
"Hey, guys!"
"Doesn't the vacuum shell created by Itsuki look similar to the vacuum sphere created by the Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere Ninjutsu?"
"Why do they have different names?"
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm sends a vacuum shell, and the Great Vacuum Sphere Technique also launches a vacuum shell."
"Aren't they essentially the same?"
Hearing this, his team members were stunned at first.
Then, their lips twitched in sheer exasperation as they looked at Sarutobi Yuto with blank expressions.
They all thought in unison: Essentially the same? Same, my foot!
How can a ninja from a clan like Sarutobi, a clan with centuries of heritage that survived the Warring States Era, not know the difference between a simple Wind Release technique and the secret technique of the Hyuga clan's main family lineage?
Ah! Sorry!
It's not the Sarutobi clan's fault.
This guy here is a complete idiot when it comes to theoretical knowledge and the history of Shinobi.
However, idiot or not, Yuto was still their teammate. So, Seimei decided to explain the difference between the Hyuga clan's Vacuum Palm and the Great Vacuum Sphere Jutsu.
Seimei sighed and put his right hand on Yuto's shoulder.
Then, he began explaining, "Listen here, you little s…*cough* I mean Yuto."
"The Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere and Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm may look the same, but these two techniques' underlying principles, effects, lethality, and applications are completely different."
"Let's talk about the A-rank Wind Release Ninjutsu, Vacuum Great Sphere technique, first."
"To perform this Ninjutsu, you need to have great chakra control capabilities and sufficient mastery of the Wind nature transformation."
"After performing the necessary hand seals, you must expel Wind Release chakra from your mouth to create a giant vacuum core in front of you and cover it with sharp winds before pushing it forward in the direction you desire."
"The outer wind cover keeps the giant vacuum core coated by layers of pure chakra stable until the giant vacuum sphere hits anything."
"And when it does, the outer wind layer will flail the target while simultaneously destroying the inner chakra membrane surrounding the vacuum core, causing the core to collapse."
"As a result, the collapsing core will attract nearby air and objects to fill the void, destroying and grinding any nearby objects, including flesh, blood, bones, stones, and everything into powder."
"This Jutsu doesn't just tear flesh and crack stones, but completely obliterate them, making it look as if the annihilated parts were never there."
"Such destructiveness is also the reason why the vacuum techniques belonging to the Wind Release category were forbidden to use while sparring with other Konoha ninja without a qualified supervisor."
"Even practicing these techniques without proper guidance can be deadly."
"Well, that aside, the Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere Jutsu does have one glaring downside."
"The formation of the giant vacuum core for this Jutsu takes too much time, enough for your enemies to kill you twice."
"However, with enough mastery over the Jutsu, you can eliminate this weakness to some degree."
"But you would need to dedicate a significant amount of time to achieve this, which is why most Shinobi only use this Jutsu as a surprise attack or when they have a companion holding their enemies back."
"Do you understand, Yuto?"
Seimei paused and asked Yuto if he understood everything he had mentioned about the Great Vacuum Sphere Jutsu so far.
Otherwise, wouldn't all his effort be wasted?
Fortunately, Yuto nodded. Seeing this, Seimei sighed in relief.
Sarutobi Yuto might be an idiot, but he would not lie about serious topics.
What Seimei didn't see was that everyone else on his team, except for Reina, also nodded subconsciously.
You can't blame them.
After all, other than Reina, the others genuinely didn't have enough understanding of many important Jutsu. After all, even the oldest among them wasn't any older than 10.
As for Reina…well, she understood most Shinobi arts and Jutsu even better than Seimei. 600 years of experience before her regression was nothing to scoff at.
Seeing Yuto's response, Seimei continued his explanation.
"Alright! Next, let's talk about the Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm technique, one of the prized secret techniques of the Hyuga clan's Main family."
"First of all, although this technique creates a vacuum shell, it has nothing to do with Wind Release."
"Hyuga clan members use Gentle Palm and Eight Trigrams techniques as a base, and with the guidance of Byakugan, release a precise amount of chakra from their palms' chakra points."
"They control the released chakra while thrusting their palms forward, compressing the air to the extreme to form a vacuum shell that immediately launches forward."
"The way this vacuum shell damages its target is very different from the way the Great Vacuum Sphere Ninjutsu works."
"First, since Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm incorporates the principles of Gentle Fist technique and Byakugan's vision to locate the vitals from a distance, when the vacuum shell hits its target, it causes a significant amount of internal damage or injury to it."
"Second, the compressed vacuum shell hits the target with tremendous momentum."
"A full-fledged Hyuga Jonin can literally demolish small hills using this technique with extreme crushing force."
"This vacuum shell doesn't ground matters to powder like the Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere."
"Instead, it crushes them completely with absolute force."
"If you face this technique without proper counter or chakra protection, you will only suffer from a few broken bones if you're lucky."
"However, your physique is weak, and if you don't reinforce your body with chakra in time, you may even turn into a blood mist."
As Seimei's words fell, Sarutobi Yuto gulped visibly. His scalp couldn't help but tingle in fear as he thought about the consequences of getting hit by the technique.
But Seimei didn't care about his friend's mental health and kept explaining more.
"As you can see, Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm is no less destructive than many high-tier A-rank techniques."
"However, it doesn't require hand seals to cast. A skilled Hyuga Shinobi from the Main family can execute this technique suddenly and almost instantaneously."
"And it doesn't require any kind of chakra nature transformation."
"Nor does it require much chakra to cast."
"In fact, if you ask me, as long as the ninja is skilled enough, they can cast this technique with the same amount of chakra that we require to cast a C-rank Ninjutsu."
"Of course, the technique's power would decrease drastically in this case, only enough to break some bones and fling the victim off the ground with considerable momentum."
"The main requirement is a solid foundation in Gentle Fist and Eight Trigrams technique, along with incredible chakra control and mastery over Byakugan."
"Not the amount of chakra."
Hearing this, Sarutobi Yuto couldn't help but scream in his mind.
You call this a drastic decrease in power?
Are you even speaking human language anymore?
As if their Byakugan wasn't overpowered enough. Now, they even created techniques that perfectly matched their Dojutsu.
It would have been a nightmare to face an army of them on the battlefield.
Fortunately, the Hyuga clan is our ally now.
No wonder this clan was a first-class Shinobi powerhouse during the Warring States Period…or that's what my clan elders said.
Yuto mentally wiped away the non-existent sweat from his forehead.
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On the other side, the match between Team 2-S and 3-S also concluded.
Both teams fought fiercely to secure victory.
However, Team 2-S managed to win the match in the end.
But it wasn't without any cost.
Four of their members were eliminated before Hyuga Itsuki's team could beat Uchiha Hina, the last standing member of Team 3-S.
She fought valiantly, managing to eliminate two mid-Chunin-level Shinobi all by herself while being besieged by Hyuga Itsuki, Senju Naoki, and other members of Team 2-S.
The battlefield bore the mark of the bombardment of multiple high-level Fire and Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
But in the end, she almost ran out of chakra and lost.
And with this, the group matches finally ended.
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