Sky Curtain: Short Video Commentary on Konoha Villagers

On the sky, the images slowly shifted.

Having just finished explaining the essence of hand seals, a new title appeared on the sky.

How fast can a ninja form hand seals?

Konoha Village, on the street.

One ninja crossed his arms, seemingly unconcerned.

"Hand seal speed? What's there to say? It's just a matter of how fast or slow your hands are."

"That's true, but have you ever noticed how fast the Jonin's hands are when they unleash ninjutsu? You can't even see them!"

"I've seen it before! Last time I saw Cassie forming hand seals, I only saw a blur before the spell was already cast!"

The text on the screen continued to scroll.

[Under normal circumstances, a ninja needs to perform a complex set of hand gestures, sometimes a dozen or even dozens of movements, to complete the hand seals and activate the ninjutsu.]

Based on the speed of hand seals, or rather, the speed at which ninjutsu is executed, ninjas in the ninja world can actually be divided into distinct levels.

[Among them, Itachi Uchiha is the one whose hand speed is particularly impressive.]

Itachi's hand seal speed was basically the ceiling in the early game; it was quite authoritative.

Itachi's speed in forming hand seals is fast; his speed in activating ninjutsu is even faster.

During the battle between the brothers, Itachi's hand seal speed underwent a noticeable change.

[The itachi wasn't holding back at the beginning.]

[During the high-speed exchange of shuriken with Sasuke, the two exchanged shuriken at a dazzling pace. Simultaneously, Itachi formed the hand seals for Shadow Clones.]

Sasuke clearly hadn't seen it clearly and was forced to use snake-type ninjutsu for defense.

Itachi probably realized as well that Sasuke's hand seals couldn't keep up with his.

[Therefore, after that, Itachi's hand seal speed noticeably slowed down, as if he was deliberately changing his rhythm to coordinate with Sasuke.]

Simply put,

[Checking in with Cassie, ten hand seals per second.]

[Spanking your younger brother, one mark every ten seconds.]

Itachi is proficient in various hand seal techniques; forming hand seals with one hand is child's play for him. Furthermore, his hand seals are extremely well-concealed, so fast that even the Sharingan cannot detect them, making it impossible to discern what hand seals he is forming.

The training ground was quiet.

Sasuke stood there, speechless for a long time.

He already knew about the battle between the brothers from Tenmu, knew that he had survived that battle, and also knew that Itachi had died after that battle.

But he never imagined that the details of that battle were like this.

They were simultaneously forming hand seals while clashing swords... and he couldn't even see it clearly.

When Itachi realized he couldn't keep up, the first thing he did wasn't to press his advantage, but to slow down his speed to a level that Itachi could keep up with.

One print every ten seconds.

It turns out that from beginning to end, it was not a battle meant to kill him.

Thinking of this, Sasuke silently reduced the number of children Itachi would have in the future.

Since that's the case, let's make things easier for him.

Kakashi, seeing this, was somewhat puzzled.

It seems that Itachi didn't hold back when he fought himself, but he held back a lot when he fought Sasuke.

Thinking of this, he sighed inwardly, but he wasn't really resentful.

Losing to Itachi doesn't seem so shameful.

Konoha, the home of the Uchiha clan.

Fugaku Uchiha stood in the courtyard, looking up at the sky, and remained motionless for a long time.

Itachi, is this your plan?

On the other side, Uchiha Shisui watched Itachi's choice and secretly made up his mind.

He thought about more than just sadness.

Since the sky can project the future onto them, it means that the future is not yet fixed.

Extermination of a clan can be prevented, as can fratricide.

If you know all this in advance, there's still time to make a difference.

The text on the celestial screen continues:

[Next up is Kakashi Hatake.]

Kakashi's hand seals are also very fast, but his speed is primarily due to his Sharingan.

Kakashi was hailed as a ninja genius from a young age, possessing impressive hand seal speed. Furthermore, the Sharingan's perception and copying abilities allow him to activate his own techniques before the opponent can copy them.

In his battle against Zabuza, Kakashi copied his Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

[The Water Dragon Bullet Technique has a total of forty-four hand seals. Zabuza's hand seal speed was already very fast, but Kakashi was even better. Although he was supposed to activate it as a follow-up move, he completed it before Zabuza's ninjutsu could be fully formed, directly interrupting his opponent's casting.]

[Later, in the battle against Kisame, Kakashi again used a counter-strategy, but simultaneously launched the Water Shark Bullet Technique with Kisame, and also silently completed his Water Clone Technique.]

Kakashi's hand seal speed might not be as fast as Itachi's, but it's definitely the benchmark among Konoha's elite Jonin.

With his innate talent and the aid of the Sharingan, Kakashi far surpasses ordinary people in hand seal speed and the diversity of his ninjutsu.

The country of waves.

Zabuza's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

He held the decapitation sword, stared at the sky, and after a long while, managed to utter a single sentence.

"Forty-four water cannons, and this guy managed to steal them before we even got there?"

No wonder.

No wonder I fell into their trap.

Just based on the speed of his hand seals, he had already lost half the battle.

Bai spoke softly from the side.

"Zabuza-sama..."

Zabuza waved his hand and snorted.

"Bai, remember this. If you ever run into that silver-haired guy from Konoha, don't try to fight him with ninjutsu, and definitely don't try to fight him with hand seals."

"Then what should we spell?"

"Run away."

......

I was declared the winner.