After returning to Konoha, Seisuke stayed at Orochimaru's place for the night.
The next day, Orochimaru officially started teaching him to train.
After getting the contract with Ryūchi Cave, Seisuke no longer needed to hide snakes in his sleeves as before. He could directly summon snakes through the summoning jutsu and use the Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.
The snakes from Ryūchi Cave were more intelligent than ordinary snakes, making them more convenient to use for attacks. As for the upgraded version of the Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, the Hidden Shadow Multiple Snake Hands, there was no need for him to learn it.
The Hidden Shadow Multiple Snake Hands was essentially summoning more, larger, fiercer, and intelligent snakes based on the Hidden Shadow Snake Hands. After getting the contract with Ryūchi Cave, Seisuke could already perform this move. Orochimaru just explained some precautions to him.
"This time, I'll teach you a sneak - attack ninjutsu, which is also based on the summoning jutsu." Orochimaru said to Seisuke.
Seisuke's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Teacher Orochimaru, what kind of ninjutsu is it?"
As soon as he heard about a ninjutsu for ambushing others, he got excited. After all, powerful ninjutsu depends on one's own strength, while sneak - attack ninjutsu emphasizes catching the enemy off - guard.
Seisuke didn't mind being a sneaky person.
Orochimaru nodded and said, "This move is called Tongue - Snake Suck - Swallow. You spit out a snake from your mouth, use this snake to grab an enemy who is close by, and defeat them with the venom of the poisonous snake in one strike."
Seisuke: "..."
This move... This move was the characteristic of Orochimaru's battles.
I spit out a snake, the snake spits me out, the snake spits out another snake, I spit myself out, I spit out a sword, the snake spits out a sword... Although it was disgusting, it was practical. As Seisuke trained with Orochimaru, he felt that something was slipping away from him.
"What should I do?"
Orochimaru was satisfied that Seisuke could accept it. After all, he knew this move was rather extreme, and most people couldn't tolerate it.
He said patiently, "First, summon a not - too - big poisonous snake."
"Okay."
Seisuke pulled up his left sleeve, bit his finger, made a mark on it, then formed hand seals according to the method taught by Orochimaru. "Summoning Jutsu!"
Bang!
A small green snake with a triangular head appeared in front of him, hissing at Seisuke.
"The speed of forming hand seals still needs practice." Knowing that Seisuke was used to using his Kekkei Genkai, when it came to using ninjutsu, he still needed to form hand seals quickly. On the battlefield, being 0.1 seconds faster than the opponent in forming hand seals could mean victory.
"Alright."
Orochimaru picked up the poisonous snake. In his hand, the poisonous snake had no threat at all. He said, "Open your mouth."
"Huh?"
"You need to swallow this snake first." Orochimaru said.
Although Seisuke had been mentally prepared, his scalp still tingled. Gritting his teeth, he opened his mouth. Orochimaru grabbed the poisonous snake and stuffed it in.
"Ugh, ugh!"
"Don't bite down. Otherwise, I can't save you if something happens." With a reminder, Orochimaru continued his actions.
Seisuke forced himself to hold back the urge to vomit. Finally, he swallowed the whole snake.
"Ugh, ugh!"
He lay on the ground, retching. Suddenly, he felt the poisonous snake in his stomach disappear. Was his stomach really that amazing?
"That snake has returned to Ryūchi Cave. The next time you use this move, when you summon it, it will rush out of your mouth directly from your stomach and bite the enemy."
"Teacher Orochimaru, you don't have any more of these kinds of ninjutsu, do you? I don't want to learn this kind anymore."
Hearing this, Orochimaru just regarded it as a child throwing a tantrum and laughed it off. "Hehe, you'll understand later."
No, I don't want to understand at all.
"Alright, now I'll teach you the hand seals of Tongue - Snake Suck - Swallow. Remember, the starting hand seal is the (Si) seal..."
Orochimaru's teaching ability was remarkable. He could explain complex principles in a simple and understandable way. It was a pity that he was a bit of a pervert. Otherwise, he could have become a famous teacher.
However, the impression he left on the world was that of a freak, a madman, and a pervert!
Seisuke's comprehension ability was also top - notch. He could quickly absorb the knowledge taught by Orochimaru and draw inferences from one instance.
The Tongue - Snake Suck - Swallow technique could be set up in advance. During a battle, the snake could be summoned beforehand to avoid a tense situation where there was no time to form hand seals. By forming hand seals in advance, one could then catch the opponent off - guard and kill them.
"Then let's give it a try."
Seisuke nodded, formed hand seals according to the method taught by Orochimaru, then opened his mouth. The poisonous snake that he had just swallowed reappeared and rushed out of his mouth. It worked well at close range.
"Um, Teacher Orochimaru, can I summon different snakes? For example, this poisonous snake, or a snake whose venom won't kill people but will paralyze the opponent's body?" After swallowing the snake back in, Seisuke asked.
"Of course you can. The summoning is under your control. So, just summon another snake and swallow it. You don't need me to teach you. Do it yourself."
"..." Seisuke.
I might as well not have asked.
Looking at the time, it was almost noon. Seisuke said, "Teacher Orochimaru, let's go. Let's go out for a meal."
"You go by yourself. I can just eat military rations pills. I still have an experiment to finish." For someone at Orochimaru's level, the missions he usually took were A - rank or S - rank. But such missions weren't available all the time. So, he had a lot of free time. When he was free, he would stay at home. Besides teaching Seisuke ninjutsu, he would do experiments.
He seldom went out. For meals, he just made do with military rations pills. Although they didn't taste good, they could fill his stomach.
"Teacher Orochimaru, you haven't left the laboratory for almost three months. You should go out for a walk. Moreover, a new ramen shop will open in Konoha today. Let's go and have some together."
"Has it been three months?" As someone who mastered core technologies, Orochimaru had no concept of time. However, staying cooped up at home didn't make sense either. Going out might even inspire some new ideas. Last time he went out, he picked up Seisuke.
He might as well go out for a walk this time.
"Alright, let's go."
"Good."
The master - disciple duo left the laboratory together.
Konoha was very lively today because a ramen shop had opened. The shop was small in scale, but the taste was excellent.
The ramen shop was named Ichiraku. The owner, Teuchi, was a squint - eyed man with great cooking skills.
As a ramen shop that ran through the entire Naruto series and was a famous food in the (Two - dimensional) world, how could Seisuke not go and have a taste?
He swaggered towards the location of Ichiraku Ramen. He wasn't in a hurry. It was the opening day today, and there was a 50% discount. The problem was that there were so many people. There was no use in being anxious.
Passing by an alley, he heard a rather rough - voiced man showing off, "Look, Minato, the secret technique you painstakingly studied for three years, I've already learned. How about it? Am I amazing?"
"As expected of Teacher Jiraiya. But I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave."
Minato left in a hurry, leaving Jiraiya standing there, stunned with the Rasengan in his palm.