Konoha: The seal art teacher of the ninja school

Chapter 19 Traditional Virtues
In the courtyard of the Thousand Hands Mansion.

In order to see the fun sealing technique teaching aids that Kushina said, Mito got up and walked towards the stone table.

Seeing this, Kushina breathed a sigh of relief, followed, and opened the box to show Grandma Mito.

I saw that besides stacks of cards, there were two strange machines in the box.

"Grandma, do you know this thing?"

Kushina raised her head and asked proudly.

People who don't know think that these two machines were invented by her.

Mito gave Kushina a slight look, reached out and picked up one of the machines to check.

Slender onion fingers gently caressed the somewhat rough wooden shell of the machine, from the disc-shaped core to the half-moon-shaped plate extending from the disc, even the slightly concave square card slot on it...

At the same time, wisps of thin chakra threads silently leaked from her fingertips, penetrated into the inside of the machine through the tiny gaps in the shell, and explored its secrets.

Soon, Mito's two slender eyebrows raised slightly, obviously gaining something.

By probing with the thin Chakra wire, she was the first to determine what materials were used inside the machine.

But there is nothing worth noting, they are all ordinary chakra conduction materials.

Even the main material is produced by their Thousand Hands Clan, a special oak with good chakra conductivity.

What these materials have in common is that they are cheap, durable and can be used repeatedly.

But because it can't bear too much chakra, the upper limit is not high, so the price is relatively cheap.

Therefore, it is generally used to make simple or temporary enchantment arrays.

Of course, the cheap price is compared to other chakra conduction materials, and it is still of great value to ordinary ninjas.

So these materials are not worthy of Mito's attention.

What really surprised Mito was that all kinds of tiny runes were densely carved on these ordinary materials at this time.

The large number of runes made the well-informed Mito startled, and felt that the machine in his hand was a little hot.

Is this thing really just a teaching aid, not some ancient weapon that will destroy the world?
You must know that when she assisted her brother-in-law in making the Thunder God sword, she didn't use so many rune spells.

Moreover, although they are all the simplest and basic rune formulas, with the huge number and complicated arrangement sequence, the formed circuit of the formulas has become extremely difficult, which made her, a master of the sealing technique, for a while. There will be no way to fully understand it.

However, Mito quickly judged that it was not for the purpose of encrypting or pretending to be sophisticated that so many rune formulas were deliberately depicted.

Because she felt a sense of order in the order of these rune spells that she had never seen before.

This is the design idea of ​​which ancient sealing art school?

Mito couldn't help but have such thoughts.

After all, the way of using this rune is completely different from the mainstream sealing technique she has learned over the years.

The sealing technique that is popular today takes the simplified route of combining runes and seals, and lowers the threshold for using seals by converting a large number of runes into the form of seals.

This is why many sealing techniques are now performed in the form of seals.

If it weren't for the need to unfold and release the irreducible rune formulas at the end of the technique, many sealing techniques would look no different from ordinary seal ninjutsu.

This is the evolution direction chosen by Sealing Technique to adapt to the fighting style of ninjas and continue to continue.

However, the design idea of ​​the rune formula on this machine runs in the opposite direction, taking the retro route of expressing everything with rune formula.

And it seems that they have gone further on this road than their predecessors...

"It turns out that the road is not a dead end, interesting..."

Mito muttered unconsciously.

She had forgotten how long she hadn't found the sealing technique "interesting".

Because after years of continuous learning, the sealing technique has become a part of her body instinct and integrated with her.

Even if you learn new knowledge, you will find that they have already been included in your own knowledge framework, and naturally there will be no emotional fluctuations.

However, the rune formula on this machine actually caused her calm heart to throb again.

It seems that I have returned to the beginning of learning the sealing technique, and every day has a wonderful time of new discoveries.

"Grandma Mito, grandma Mito..."

Kushina, who heard Mito muttering to himself, called out a few times tentatively.

It's a pity that Mito didn't talk to her.

At this time, she was immersed in the pleasure of constantly analyzing the rune spells on this machine and gaining new knowledge.

Mito, who thought she had mastered the sealing technique thoroughly, now discovered that there is a whole new world on the other side of her research direction!

This feeling can't be described in words.

Using Xia Yan’s previous life as an example, it’s like the gold and silver version of Pokemon broke through the Chengdu area. When I thought that this game didn’t have much content, I discovered that there was a whole map of the Kanto area and eight gymnasiums. Waiting to explore for myself...

With his profound knowledge of sealing techniques, Mito quickly saw a lot of tricks inside the machine.

However, her expression gradually became more subtle as she analyzed the rune formula.

Because she discovered that most of the rune formulas engraved on the inner surface of the machine are just to achieve a simple function that she is not unfamiliar with: chakra shunting.

The so-called chakra shunting is to use the rune technique to divide a chakra into several lines on the material, thereby reducing the material's requirement for the chakra carrying capacity.

Since this method can greatly reduce the demand for materials, it is not a rare design to be widely used.

But the Chakra diversion circuit on this machine has refreshed Mito's understanding of the concept of Chakra diversion.

She has never seen so many lines separated out, and at the same time, the control of each line is exhaustive, and the design is so complicated that it seems to want to squeeze out every trace of performance of these materials before giving up.

What surprised Mito even more was that the chakra shunt design on the machine was not intended to be used to perform more powerful techniques, but to reduce the wear and tear on the material when the chakra flowed and prolong the life of the machine.

In addition, the materials used in this machine are cheap and durable...

Mito couldn't help thinking:

Could it be that the designer of this machine intends to pass this thing down from generation to generation as a family heirloom?

Otherwise, it would not be so frantic to improve its durability.

Even if the major ninja tribes prepare to pass down the clan land enchantment from generation to generation, they have not achieved this level!
After all, the more rune spells, the greater the chance of problems, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Mito rubbed his swollen temples, feeling a little confused.

Of course she couldn't understand it.

Because all this is due to the 5000-year-old traditional virtue that Xia Yan inherited from the Chinese people-poverty!
Poverty sometimes limits people's imagination.

But poverty can also sometimes unleash a powerful sense of agency.

Squeezing out all the performance of the material, designing a cumbersome Chakra shunt circuit to delay the life of the machine, are just basic operations done by the poor and accustomed Xia Yan to save money.

And this is naturally unimaginable for the princess of the Uzumaki clan who has been pampered since she was a child, writing and throwing talisman papers one by one.

Just like the big guy above, he will never understand the truth that feet are just decoration.

But Mito didn't struggle for too long.

She decided to ignore the design of this part for the time being, and explore deeper into the machine.

However, her quest soon ran into obstacles.

Because she found that the key components in the depths of the machine are equipped with shielding circles, and it is impossible to pry into the mysteries through the means of chakra.

Mito was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and smiled wryly.

In the moment of excitement, I forgot the anti-theft design that almost all rune products have.

From this point of view, the method of violent disassembly and cracking should not work.

Mito, who was hindered from exploring, finally came back to her senses, and saw Kushina who was bored aside and didn't dare to disturb her thinking.

She thought about it, and asked the question she wanted to know most now.

"Is this made by that child named Xia Yan?"

Jiu Xinnai was taken aback by her sudden words, and managed to calm down.

After thinking about grandma's question just now, Kushina scratched her head and replied:

"Uh... I didn't ask, but it should be."

Mito, who didn't get a definite answer, gave Kushina an annoyed look.

"Look at you, you don't understand such an important thing, you only know how to play!"

You really hit the spot!
Jiu Xinnai couldn't refute, so he had to stick out his tongue, planning to pass the test with cuteness.

Snapped!
Mito was not used to Kushina, so he lightly gave her a headache with his fingers. Seeing Kushina clutching her forehead with teary eyes, she burst into laughter, and couldn't help expressing emotion.

Thinking that the person who made this kind of machine was probably a child about the same age as Kushina, Mito finally felt that his own time had passed.

(End of this chapter)