Chapter 32
Time passed just like the Senju clan—disappearing little by little.
Months slipped by without anyone noticing, buried in the rhythm of classes starting and ending. Looking back, it all felt like a fleeting dream.
Natsuki had gone through a few more rounds of experimental jutsu development in the special lab, but the progress on Suiton: Uzushio Futan had hit a bottleneck, with little headway made.
Thankfully, he wasn't pouring all his energy into just that one project.
Every now and then, to refresh his mind, he dabbled in researching other techniques.
For instance, after mastering the nature transformation of the water element, he created some simple and practical jutsu.
Suiton: Bōenkyō no Jutsu (Water Release: Telescope Technique) — by using chakra to condense moisture in the air, forming convex and concave lenses, he could create a telescope out of thin air, able to see up to two kilometers away.
This technique helped Natsuki immensely.
He'd always been lacking in reconnaissance—no bugs like Shino, no Byakugan to assist. Even after learning chakra sensing, his range was still quite limited.
But with this telescope jutsu, he could easily observe everything within two kilometers.
Suiton: Gengakyō no Jutsu (Water Release: Magnifying Glass Technique) — similarly, by condensing moisture into a large convex lens and focusing sunlight through it, the jutsu could create burns or even explosions.
This technique had appeared in the anime filler once, though the villain who used it seemed to be ice-element, not water.