Listening to Third Hokage's indifferent comfort, Tsunade numbly nodded.
She had heard such indifferent comfort too many times to feel anything anymore.
Seeing Tsunade's calm eyes, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed.
"You should go back and rest first."
He understood Tsunade's pain, but there was currently no better candidate for this position.
Orochimaru was still commanding on the battlefield, and Jiraiya had disappeared to who knows where.
Even if Jiraiya returned now, the Uchiha Clan would not be very willing to let that pervert Jiraiya be Yakoto's teacher.
Tsunade became the only possible choice.
But Tsunade's current mental state...
Sigh.
Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly exhaled a smoke ring.
Inside the Uzumaki Clan grounds.
Uzumaki Kushina walked awkwardly to Uzumaki Mito.
"Grandma Mito—"
"What's wrong, little Kushina?" Uzumaki Mito asked with a smile.
"That... I want to ask you something." Uzumaki Kushina found it a bit hard to say.
"It's just that I met a classmate at the Ninja Academy."
"I promised to teach him our clan's Sealing Technique."
"Grandma Mito, what do you think?"
Uzumaki Mito was slightly surprised by her words, and after a moment of thought, she said,
"The Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique is a secret that is not to be passed down, and it is the foundation of our clan."
"If it falls into the wrong hands, the consequences could be disastrous."
Seeing Uzumaki Mito's somewhat stern gaze, Uzumaki Kushina felt a bit disappointed, thinking she would have to apologize to Uchiha Yakoto.
"But I trust little Kushina's judgment. How about this: you find a time later to invite your friend to the clan grounds, and then we'll decide whether to teach him the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique."
"For now, you can teach him some basics of Sealing Technique to see if he has the talent for it."
"How does that sound?"
Hearing Uzumaki Mito's words, Uzumaki Kushina, who had just been worried that breaking her promise might leave a bad impression on her two new friends, jumped up happily.
"Thank you, Grandma Mito!"
The next day, when Uzumaki Kushina excitedly arrived at the Ninja Academy, she was about to tell her deskmate Yakoto the good news.
She found that Yakoto, for once, wasn't sleeping with his head on the desk; he had slept almost all day yesterday.
At this moment, Yakoto was sitting in his seat, his brow slightly furrowed, his mind filled with the image of his parents telling him they were preparing to go to the battlefield.
For some reason, Uchiha Yakoto always had an ominous premonition.
"Yakoto! I have great news to tell you!" Uzumaki Kushina ran over and sat down next to Uchiha Yakoto.
However, Yakoto seemed not to be listening, still looking a bit troubled with his furrowed brow.
"Yakoto? Yakoto?" Uzumaki Kushina waved her hand in front of Yakoto's face.
Uchiha Yakoto finally snapped out of it.
"Hmm?"
As if accustomed to Yakoto's conciseness, Uzumaki Kushina eagerly shared,
"My grandma agreed for me to teach you some basic Sealing Technique first!"
"And for our clan's Sealing Technique, you'll need to come to our clan first so she can see if you're suitable to learn it."
A trace of thought flashed in Uchiha Yakoto's eyes, then quickly calmed down, and he responded indifferently,
"Hmm."
It seemed Uzumaki Mito wanted to test him personally, but it didn't matter; after all, it was a secret of the Uzumaki Clan not to be passed down, and having the opportunity to learn it was already very difficult.
After spending a day with Yakoto, and with Xiao Huangmao Minato Namikaze's experience, Uzumaki Kushina had pretty much figured out Yakoto's language System.
"Hmm" (first tone) meant affirmation.
"Hmm" (second tone) meant a question.
"Hmm" (fourth tone) meant "I understand."
"Then let's do it this way: I'll teach you some basic Sealing Technique at noon."
Time flew by, and soon it was noon.
After the three finished lunch, they gathered at Yakoto's training ground. Minato Namikaze, in order to sneak into this Sealing Technique lesson, also bowed to Uzumaki Kushina.
He became the third brother of this small group.
Big brother Uzumaki Kushina lectured on the dry basic content, second brother Uchiha Yakoto was almost falling asleep listening, while third brother Minato Namikaze listened quite attentively.
Seeing Yakoto's somewhat spaced-out expression, Uzumaki Kushina angrily shouted,
"You better pay attention, you idiot!"
Hearing Uzumaki Kushina's roar, Uchiha Yakoto suddenly woke up.
"Sorry, I just found this dry content uninteresting."
"If you think this is boring, then let me show you what's interesting!" Saying this, an enraged Uzumaki Kushina stretched out her hand and cast a simple Sealing Technique on Uchiha Yakoto.
Uchiha Yakoto felt his body sink, as if an invisible force was pressing down on him, making him unable to move.
"This is the power of Sealing Technique."
Uzumaki Kushina said triumphantly.
Before she could gloat for long, Uchiha Yakoto pressed several points and successfully undid Uzumaki Kushina's Seal.
"What?!"
Uchiha Yakoto's lips curled slightly.
This power was nothing special.
Uzumaki Kushina's eyes widened, unable to believe her Sealing Technique was broken so easily.
"I don't believe it!" She took a deep breath and cast an even more powerful Sealing Technique, but Uchiha Yakoto still easily broke it.
"Damn it!"
Seeing Uchiha Yakoto's relaxed expression, Uzumaki Kushina gritted her teeth and asked,
"How did you do that?"
"Like this, then this, then this, and it's undone," Uchiha Yakoto calmly looked at Uzumaki Kushina.
As if it was a matter of course.
Uzumaki Kushina, refusing to believe it, even pulled Minato Namikaze in for an experiment. Minato, sealed by her, couldn't even mobilize Chakra.
He could barely make any big movements, unable to jump.
"Have you really never had any contact with Sealing Technique before?" Uzumaki Kushina looked at the calm Uchiha Yakoto with an exasperated expression.
You can undo a Sealing Technique just by looking at it, and you're telling me you've never had contact with Sealing Technique?
Undoing a Sealing Technique is much harder than casting one.
Even if it's just the most basic Sealing Technique, not even a combined Sealing Ninjutsu.
It's not something a beginner can undo.
A somewhat dramatic Uzumaki Kushina expressed, "I don't understand, but I'm deeply shocked."
When Uzumaki Kushina first learned Sealing Technique, it took her a full two and a half days to undo the first Sealing Technique she cast.
At two and a half days, almost no one in the Uzumaki Clan was faster than her at the time; she was even called the Genius of the Uzumaki Clan.
If I'm a Genius, then what is Uchiha Yakoto?
Ultraman Tiga?
Looking at Uchiha Yakoto, who can instantly undo a Sealing Technique just by looking at it, it really makes one sick with envy.
Uzumaki Kushina had to admit that there were indeed Geniuses in this world.
"No," Yakoto looked at Uzumaki Kushina somewhat innocently.