[You packed your bags and followed Jiraiya's tall figure out of the village.]
[You traveled with Jiraiya for a full week.]
[One evening, after reaching a small town on the Land of Fire's border, Jiraiya told you: Explosive abilities are very hard to control, especially yours, which goes wild based on emotion and state of mind. Simply put, your heart isn't disciplined yet, especially when you're emotionally unstable. You become like a walking powder keg.]
[You agreed with Jiraiya's theory. You were indeed distracted and troubled. You were at an age where you needed an outlet. Practicing such a violent ability all day left you very agitated.]
[You asked Jiraiya what to do.]
[You thought with his vast experience, he must have a way to handle this.]
[If nothing else worked, you could go to Turtle Island, the Biju control training place, to cool your restless heart there.]
[But to your surprise, Jiraiya grinned slyly and said: For this situation, you just need to 'relieve the pressure'.]
[You were stunned, but Jiraiya, still smirking, explained methodically: Your ability's loss of control comes from restlessness in your heart. Vent it, and your heart will naturally calm down, controlling the ability.]
[You paused for two seconds, then gave a thumbs up, saying Jiraiya's insight was profound and lived up to his reputation. You were willing to try his method and begged him to lead the way!]
[An hour later, you both arrived at a town bathhouse.]
[In the Shinobi World, these places were legal. Jiraiya was a regular and guided you in smoothly.]
[You picked a girl who looked fun. Jiraiya picked two.]
[You entered separate rooms, placed far apart to avoid awkwardness.]
'Pfft!'
Reading this, Takumi choked!
'Damn!'
'What was this?'
'Weren't they supposed to be training?'
'How did they end up in that kind of place!'
'And Jiraiya, that old pervert, his methods were too outrageous!'
'His theory wasn't wrong, but who takes a kid to a place like that!'
Takumi's heart raced as he watched his simulated self.
It was ridiculous, but he was still a little... curious.
After all, the lady was quite pretty.
[Unsurprisingly, you began your 'training'.]
[The lady asked a few charming, polite questions, like your age, if it was your first time, etc. You answered truthfully.]
[After five minutes of preparation, the lady led you to the main event.]
[However, one minute later, the entire massage parlor exploded!]
[The lady beneath you, all the other customers, the owner... all turned to ash!]
[Only a terrified Jiraiya remained, sitting bare-bottomed in the scorched ruins, completely dumbstruck.]
"…"
By now, Takumi's face was completely frozen...
'Damn…' He loudly thought, 'Damn!'
'And they said releasing pressure would calm the heart...'
'This blasted everyone to bits!'
'The whole building was gone!'
'That idiot Jiraiya, look at your stupid idea.'
'Killed so many innocent people, sigh...'
Takumi sighed silently.
He mourned the kind ladies for three seconds in his heart.
[That night, you fled the town.]
[You walked another full day before stopping.]
[Jiraiya apologized. He hadn't imagined things would go this far.]
[That it would actually... blow people up...]
[You were speechless. Your heart did feel calmer, but it cost dozens of lives.]
[You'd rather not have this peace.]
[Moments later, Jiraiya took a balloon from his bag, had you touch it, then covered it with another balloon. He said this was a crude Rasengan training method. You must try to detonate the inner balloon without harming the outer one.]
[You accepted and began training again.]
[A day passed, and you easily blew up both balloons.]
[Three days passed, and you blew up over a hundred balloons.]
[Half a month passed, and you succeeded once in ten tries. Exploding while controlling the force was extremely difficult.]
[The two things were contradictory.]
[Explosion releases maximum power, but you had to control that power completely.]
[It was like a 360-degree spherical shockwave from one blast, with millions of impacts. If one wave touched the outer balloon, it would pop.]
[You had to control millions of shockwaves at the moment of detonation.]
[It was too hard.]
[But you had no choice. You traveled and trained.]
[During this, while working on control, you also developed stronger blast techniques.]
[You thought, if you couldn't use Pseudo-Killer Queen, you'd become a long-range mage.]
[Yes, large-scale destructive blasts from a distance, like a Explosion Mage in a certain anime.]
[A week later, your new technique showed promise.]
[You could pop a balloon from over 5 meters away.]
[A month later, your control hadn't improved, but you could pop 10 balloons from fifty meters away.]
[This insane progress rate stunned even Jiraiya.]
[Geniuses like Minato and Kakashi took years to develop the Rasengan and Chidori.]
[You did it in months!]
[Jiraiya wondered if his approach was wrong.]
[Two months later, your long-range blasting was combat-ready.]
[You could detonate an adult-sized wooden post from 200 meters away.]
[If your target was a normal person, you could blow them up from 200 meters!]
[But your control still didn't improve.]
[Practicing powerful blasts made the 'explosive' content in your Chakra stronger. Sometimes, walking on grass caused crackling pops.]
[Two months later, near the Land of Earth, you witnessed a battle.]
[Deidara and Kurotsuchi were fighting. Deidara had recently defected, and his junior sister Kurotsuchi was tracking him.]
[But Deidara now wore the Akatsuki's cloak. To shake Kurotsuchi, he was about to strike hard.]
[Deidara threw clay bombs, causing sky explosions. Kurotsuchi retreated, unable to resist.]
[As Deidara prepared to throw a C3 bomb, you acted.]
[You raised a hand, and the forming C3 bomb instantly detonated in a chain reaction.]
[You used long-range blasting again, creating five or six explosions around Deidara.]
[Overwhelmed, he fled in panic on his clay bird.]
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