The subsequent battles had nothing to do with Seisuke. He had already obtained the qualification to become a chunin.
Unfortunately, both Kurenai and Asuma had bad luck and lost to their opponents. They could only aim for promotion in the next Chunin Exams.
Among the fifteen positions for chunin, only Seisuke from Konoha made it. The rest of the positions were allocated to other villages. This was for diplomatic reasons. Konoha had received a relatively high evaluation, but in order to maintain good relations with other villages, some adjustments were made to the list.
However, this no longer concerned Seisuke.
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In Orochimaru's laboratory
Seisuke said, "Teacher Orochimaru, I've come up with a way to increase my physical strength and speed."
"Oh? Tell me about it." Orochimaru put down the test - tube in his hand and looked at Seisuke with great interest.
"I think by burning flames in my body to generate heat energy and then circulating this heat energy in my body as power, I can use this power to enhance my physical strength." Seisuke said, "Although it's still in the experimental stage, I think it can be achieved."
This idea suddenly came to him when he remembered the ability of a character in a manga he had read before. He wanted to give it a try.
Orochimaru pondered for a while and said, "In this state, you should be in a solid - form. That is to say, even if it's successful, you will lose the ability to turn your body into flames. After all, if you want to circulate flames in your body, only a part of it can turn into flames, while the rest of your body remains flesh and blood. In this state, you are very vulnerable to attacks. And if it fails, there's a high chance that it will damage your body."
As expected of Orochimaru. Just from Seisuke's ability and description, he could figure out the weaknesses of Seisuke's idea.
"Indeed, but this move can enhance my physical strength significantly. As long as I can switch quickly, I can still turn my body into flames." Seisuke said.
"But how are you going to do it?"
Regarding this, Orochimaru had no way to guide him either, as he had no relevant experience.
"I don't know either. I'll just give it a try first. For the circulation, I can follow the way of refining chakra and let it circulate within the meridian system." Seisuke patted his chest and said, "I'm confident in this move."
It somehow... didn't seem very reliable.
Seisuke sat cross - legged, closed his eyes, and focused on sensing his chakra, transforming it into flames and lowering the temperature. After all, if the temperature was too high, it would damage the meridian system, and he couldn't be reckless.
Orochimaru thought for a while and said, "Concentrate the heat energy generated by the flames at a certain point and then make it burst out."
Upon hearing this, Seisuke started to try. As the temperature of the flames slowly increased, the surface of his skin turned red, and a strange energy gradually emerged. But just as he was about to start the circulation, the energy suddenly disappeared.
He opened his eyes and said, "It failed. The heat energy wasn't stored."
He told Orochimaru about his feelings just now. Orochimaru said, "Let me think. Try again. This time, gather the heat energy towards the heart, and then let the heat energy move throughout the body along with the blood in the arteries."
"It feels a bit dangerous. I'll let a shadow clone do it."
After thinking it over, he decided to let the shadow clone take the risk first.
He created a shadow clone and told it to do as Orochimaru said. Before long, the shadow clone's skin turned red, and then it suddenly exploded.
The memories returned to his mind. Seisuke said, "The shadow clone was too hasty. A large amount of heat energy gathered in the heart, and before it could be transported, the heart couldn't bear the load, and finally exploded."
"Go slower this time."
The shadow clone sat down and tried again. It ended in failure once more. This time, the problem was that the temperature was too high, burning out the blood vessels.
The third time
It was considered a success
This time, the condensation speed and temperature were within a reasonable range. However, the power obtained was not as expected by Seisuke. He only became a little stronger, and due to the condition of his body, this state couldn't last long. Moreover, because the heat energy increased the sensitivity of his skin, the pain sensation increased several times. When attacking the enemy, it was like inflicting a thousand - point damage on the enemy while suffering eight - hundred - point self - harm!
"This technique is meaningless."
Orochimaru said, "It can't exert the expected power and will cause a burden on the caster. It's a useless technique, Seisuke - kun. You don't need to try this technique anymore."
Even forbidden techniques, although they may have a great impact on the caster, can bring extremely powerful effects in return.
Seisuke's technique was completely pointless.
It couldn't gain power but would cause damage. It was better not to use it.
"Understood. But I've got another idea."
His words made Orochimaru twitch the corner of his eye. He wondered what new and strange idea his disciple had come up with.
"Just now, teacher Orochimaru, you proposed concentrating the heat energy at one point. I think we can concentrate the flames to burst out more powerful force." Seisuke said with full confidence.
After thinking for a while, Orochimaru thought this move had a much higher feasibility than the previous one. He nodded and said, "You can give it a try."
"Okay." Seisuke was full of enthusiasm. Flames burned on his fist, and a large amount of chakra gathered there, making the flames burn more fiercely.
"Fire Fist!"
He punched the wall of the laboratory.
Boom!
Thick flames sprayed out from the fist, extremely dazzling. It punched through several walls in a row, revealing the scenery outside. Moreover, several trees in the forest outside were also broken and burning with flames.
Orochimaru twitched the corner of his eye. He felt a bit of a stomachache. But still, he commented, "The destructive power is not bad. What about the consumption?"
"It's similar to the chakra consumed by the shadow - clone explosion." Seisuke said excitedly. That meant this move could be very effective against enemies.
"Not bad. The destructive power is quite impressive." Orochimaru said, "Go and put out the fire, then repair my house."
"Huh?!"
"What kind of expression is that? You damaged my house. Of course, you should repair it. This isn't the Konoha training ground where you can use ninjutsu casually. If you can't fix it, stay and help me with experiments tonight."
"I'll definitely fix it!"
Seisuke promised. He really didn't want to help Orochimaru with experiments. It was really disgusting.
Although he could learn a lot, he would lose his appetite the next day because of the experiments. He could eat, but not much.
"Then go quickly."
Orochimaru shook his head, firming up his idea of taking another disciple.
This disciple was a bit of a handful. His talent was indeed good, but he wasn't suitable to inherit his mantle. Moreover... he was always on guard against him.
It was obvious that Seisuke was wary of him. Was it because of his previous experiments?
After all, he had used Seisuke as an experimental subject for a while. It might have left some bad memories. Plus, a child who had lost his parents was more sensitive to the outside world. Forget it, he should continue with his experiments.