The Sannin were all very conscientious teachers.
In the original work, not a single disciple they trained was a simple character; even the weakest, Anko Mitarashi, was a Tokubetsu Jonin.
Orochimaru didn't take Gojo Yoru on D-rank missions.
Instead, he guided him and Uzumaki Kushina in training at the abandoned training ground.
In the forest, Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina were undergoing a survival exercise, evading Orochimaru's pursuit.
To confuse Orochimaru, Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina not only set up a large number of traps around them but also had Uzumaki Kushina create a Shadow Clone transformed into Gojo Yoru to lure Orochimaru out.
Their main bodies used the Hiding Technique to conceal themselves.
However, all these tricks were seen through by Orochimaru.
Then, a battle erupted in the forest.
Unfortunately, despite using all their methods, they couldn't do anything to Orochimaru. He easily subdued Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina without even using a Ninjutsu above B-rank throughout the process.
Gojo Yoru fared a little better; his powerful Body Flicker Technique allowed him to struggle in Orochimaru's hands for a while.
Uzumaki Kushina was a bit frustrated. Despite having massive Chakra and Shadow Clones each armed with a Rasengan, she was instantly defeated by Orochimaru's Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu. It was simply a case of having strength but nowhere to use it.
"Your Shadow Clone tactic just now was quite good. A ninja battle is a battle of intelligence."
"However, you must remember one thing: what you know, the enemy also knows."
"Although the Shadow Clone Technique was invented by the Second Hokage, due to its extremely strong espionage capabilities, it has long spread to ninja groups in various countries, not just Konoha ninjas."
"Before you are sure whether the enemy is the main body, never expose your own main body. Before you are confident of a one-hit kill, do not waste unnecessary Chakra on high-level Ninjutsu; otherwise, you are likely to fall into the enemy's trap."
"Ninjas are tools for assassination. Assassination is always the first choice!"
"Also, your cooperation at the beginning was very good, but once one of you was at a disadvantage, you panicked. This is a big taboo on the battlefield."
"At that time, you should have covered your teammate's retreat instead of coming over to add to the chaos."
"..."
In the post-battle review, Orochimaru pointed out the shortcomings of Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina.
Among them, the one criticized most was Uzumaki Kushina.
Unlike yesterday's one-on-one, in today's survival exercise, Orochimaru let Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina see the gap between themselves and a Jonin.
That wasn't a gap in Chakra or combat power!
In terms of Chakra, Uzumaki Kushina's own Chakra, not counting the Nine-Tails inside her, was many times that of Orochimaru.
In terms of combat power, Gojo Yoru's Phantom Body Flicker Technique and Rasengan were powerful enough.
However, Orochimaru restricted Gojo Yoru's Body Flicker Technique just by using the forest terrain. Through secret observation, he saw their dependence and care for each other and easily subdued them.
He didn't use a single large-scale high-level Ninjutsu throughout the process. Yesterday, when fighting Gojo Yoru, he had even used Earth Release: Earth Flow River.
Thus, Gojo Yoru humbly asked, "Orochimaru-sensei, which aspect do you think we should strengthen next?"
No matter how much a transmigrator knows, it's just theoretical.
Unless one has overwhelming strength, when facing an enemy stronger than oneself, shortcomings will be fully exposed.
Orochimaru wanted to teach him a lesson today, to keep him from being arrogant or rash.
Uzumaki Kushina also looked at Orochimaru with sparkling eyes.
Just one survival exercise, and Uzumaki Kushina was won over by Orochimaru's strength. No wonder he was Gojo Yoru's teacher.
"Still the same sentence: assassination is always the first choice."
"To assassinate an enemy, you need to find their main body first, then sneak over silently."
"Next, you can strengthen your sensing and stealth."
Looking at Uzumaki Kushina's hair color, Orochimaru smiled: "The Uzumaki Clan's Mind's Eye of the Kagura belongs to the pinnacle of sensing techniques in the Ninja World. If you can awaken this unique ability, even my concealment ability will have nowhere to hide in front of you."
"I heard the patriarch and others mention this too." Uzumaki Kushina looked distressed. "But even in Uzushiogakure, only a few people could awaken this ability."
"My current sensing isn't even as good as Yoru's. I feel like I don't have the potential to awaken this ability."
Orochimaru chuckled lightly, "The Mind's Eye of the Kagura cannot be guided out just by learning ordinary Sensing Techniques. It requires arduous training."
Uzumaki Kushina widened her eyes, looking at Orochimaru with excitement: "Orochimaru-sensei, do you have a way to help me awaken the Mind's Eye of the Kagura?"
"We can give it a try. At least we can find out if you have the potential."
If anyone else said this, Gojo Yoru absolutely wouldn't believe it.
But if it was Orochimaru, Gojo Yoru only felt the other party was being too modest.
In the original work, Karin only had Heal Bite during the Chunin Exams.
But after joining Orochimaru, she awakened the Mind's Eye of the Kagura and Adamantine Sealing Chains successively through training in just a few years.
To say there was no help from Orochimaru would be impossible.
"Orochimaru-sensei, please help me!" Uzumaki Kushina hurriedly stood up and bowed to Orochimaru.
"Sit down first."
Orochimaru gestured with his hand, then looked at Gojo Yoru and smiled: "You also have the Earth attribute. Next, learn Earth Release from me to improve your stealth ability."
"Yes, Orochimaru-sensei." Gojo Yoru nodded.
The current Orochimaru hadn't yet developed his own Orochimaru-style techniques.
Aiming to become Hokage, as the disciple of the Third Hokage, what he excelled at most now was Five Elements Ninjutsu.
Among them, his use of Earth Release Ninjutsu was simply miraculous.
He toyed with Gojo Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina throughout the process using Earth Replacement and Earth Body Flicker, and his concealment ability was also Earth Hiding Technique.
His basics were ridiculously strong!
The Gojo family inheritance didn't have these basic Earth Release extension techniques, and Gojo Yoru was very interested in such basic Earth Release.
Especially the Earth Body Flicker that could move underground; it was a perfect match for Gojo Yoru's space-time intangibility.
Although Gojo Yoru no longer needed to maintain hand seals continuously to keep his body intangible...
To maintain intangibility, he still needed to divert his attention to control the flow of Space-Time Chakra in his body.
If he was traveling underground, Gojo Yoru still had to maintain the hand seal posture; otherwise, a slight mistake might get him stuck in the ground.
If he could learn Earth Body Flicker, he could not only dive underground but also have two different choices depending on the situation.
First, if there were many enemies, or the enemies were extremely strong in strength and sensing, Gojo Yoru could use space-time intangibility to assist Earth Body Flicker, perfectly hiding his aura and Chakra.
Second, if the enemies' strength and sensing were not strong, Gojo Yoru could quickly sneak over and then use a Space-Time Slash to kill the enemy in one hit.
That scene would be even more disgusting than Garen popping out of a bush.
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