Chapter 4: Does Ninjutsu Require Hand Signs?
"Hello, classmates, my name is Iruka Umino, and I will be your homeroom teacher from now on."
As the school bell rang, a young man in a green vest walked into the classroom. He introduced himself to Sixteen Night and the others from the podium, then smiled and said, "Before we start class, let's introduce ourselves. Let's begin with the first row on the left."
"My name is..."
"Hello, my name is Ino Yamanaka, I look forward to working with you."
"My name is Shino Aburame."
"Sasuke Uchiha."
"I, the great man, am Naruto Uzumaki. Remember this name! I will become the Hokage!"
"..."
Each person's introduction reflected their personality in a different way.
The most noticeable one was, of course, Naruto Uzumaki, who was still disliked by Iruka Umino.
Since it was their first meeting, his arrogant introduction wasn't met with laughter from the class.
When it was Hinata's turn, she whispered nervously, "I... I'm Hinata Hyuga. Please... please take care of me."
Her shy demeanor formed a sharp contrast to the lively and cheerful Ino Yamanaka.
Fortunately, this wasn't an ordinary world; otherwise, such a shy young lady would likely be easily isolated and bullied.
"Hello, everyone, my name is Sixteen Night."
Sixteen Night stood up and introduced himself in a very ordinary way.
However, his cute face, similar to Sasuke Uchiha's, drew the attention of many girls.
Although Sixteen Night had long known that the girls in this world matured very early, he still couldn't help but click his tongue when he felt those intense gazes.
Living independently at the age of three, understanding love and relationships by five or six, being ready for the battlefield at twelve during a time of war, and becoming a savior at sixteen or seventeen... This world was truly absurd.
Because of this, the title of "genius" held immense weight in the Naruto world.
After the introductions were over, the next familiar session for Sixteen Night arrived.
Books were distributed!
However, when he received the books, Sixteen Night couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Chinese and mathematics were normal, but biology, medicine, and chemistry? What was that?
Suddenly, Sixteen Night understood. No wonder children in this world understood love and relationships at such an early age. It seemed this early maturity was quite common.
In addition to these books, Iruka Umino also handed out a scroll to each student.
The scroll contained methods for chakra extraction.
"Chakra is a special energy extracted from the 130 trillion cells of the human body, which combines physical and mental energy in a certain ratio. It is also the key to becoming a ninja."
Iruka Umino explained, "The entrance exam is to filter students who meet the criteria for both physical and mental energy and have a high probability of becoming ninjas."
"Knowledge and physical training can enhance these two types of energy, so students who have not yet obtained chakra must study diligently. Otherwise, after the observation period ends, they may be encouraged to leave."
Upon hearing this, some students from ordinary families who hadn't yet obtained chakra immediately looked nervous.
They believed that for a long time afterward, they would be the model students Iruka Umino favored.
Sixteen Night didn't remind them, "You're overthinking it."
Although the school hadn't clearly divided students into honors and remedial classes, anyone in Class 1 who wasn't from a ninja family was likely to have excellent potential.
Just by looking at it, Sixteen Night could see that every student had a white starting word entry, and many had green entries indicating middle-ranked ninja potential.
This meant that even if they failed the graduation exam, they would still possess the strength of a lower ninja.
Students with green entries would eventually become middle-ranked ninjas as long as they didn't die young.
Ninja family students like Ino Yamanaka all had elite ninja potential (blue).
However, Sakura Haruno's ninja potential caught Sixteen Night's attention.
Her ninja potential was only green, indicating middle-ranked ninja potential.
Yet, her chakra control talent entry had reached the purple level of the Bloodline Limit.
With such a high-level chakra control talent, her future achievements would only reach the middle-ranked ninja level.
Just like Hinata's White Eye Princess, who was technically a red entry but had the potential of only an elite ninja.
Without defying fate, Sakura Haruno's limit would be middle-ranked ninja.
Once fate was changed, she could become one of the new generation's Three Ninjas.
After distributing the books and scrolls, Iruka Umino didn't give Sixteen Night and the others time to relax. He immediately began the lesson.
In the morning, there were cultural lessons, and in the afternoon, physical education classes.
Physical education not only focused on physical fitness but also included stone-throwing techniques.
Techniques like the Body Flicker Jutsu, Shadow Clone Jutsu, Invisibility Jutsu, Kunai, and Shuriken weren't taught here.
Even Taijutsu duels weren't part of the curriculum.
It was clear that the first semester of first grade was just about laying a foundation by improving knowledge and physical fitness.
At first, Sixteen Night participated in the lessons, but when he saw that there wouldn't be any Taijutsu duels at this stage, he stopped sending his main body to the ninja school.
Having obtained the Otsutsuki bloodline at the age of three, Sixteen Night's chakra capacity was enormous. Not only was he more advanced than Naruto Uzumaki, who couldn't extract chakra yet, but even Kakashi Hatake, who was five or six years old in the original story and could perform multiple Shadow Clones in class, didn't compare to him.
His Shadow Clones, both in terms of duration and durability, far surpassed even Itachi Uchiha.
So, he began sending his Shadow Clones to attend school while his main body used Transformation Jutsu to assume the form of a young boy and headed to a deserted training field to practice ninjutsu.
"Wind Style: Gale Palm!"
In the open area, Sixteen Night posed dramatically and performed hand signs, converting chakra into wind, compressing it in his palm, and creating a cyclone that was eventually launched into a violent gust of wind, kicking up massive dust and sand.
Yes, a dramatic hand sign.
Because Sixteen Night didn't need hand signs to perform the jutsu.
More precisely, apart from supplementary jutsu like the Body Flicker and Shadow Clone Jutsu, Sixteen Night didn't need hand signs to perform any of the elemental ninjutsu.
There was no doubt that red entries had their differences.
The Otsutsuki bloodline's red entry was far superior to that of the Sage Mode body, Sage Eyes, and even the White Eye Princess.
Not only was his chakra extraordinary, but his ninjutsu talent was also incredibly exaggerated. Like the Otsutsuki clan members before Indra invented hand signs, Sixteen Night could perform all five nature transformations without needing hand signs.
Even Senju Hashirama needed to clap his hands to perform his jutsu, but Sixteen Night didn't need that.
This was not only a powerful ninjutsu talent but also a trump card.
When enemies thought Sixteen Night was performing hand signs, he would suddenly unleash his jutsu, definitely catching them off guard.
(End of Chapter)