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In the small forest behind the Academy, the
afterglow of the setting sun gradually disappears on the horizon.
Asuma is like a stone statue that has lost
its soul, standing in the forest and muttering to himself, "Impossible,
impossible..."
On the side, moved the "silk
thread" on his fingertips and asked, "Asuma, is this chakra?"
Asuma came back to his senses and looked at
Sōseki with a complicated look, ‘How can he learn refining chakra so quickly? Could
it be that I can't match him in terms of Shinobi’s talent?"
It takes about half a month to a month for a
medium-talented person to learn refining chakra, while a genius can do it in
just three days —this is what the Tokubetsu Jōnin tutor said to him when he was
able to do it in three days.
He didn't think that it would take half a
month for Sōseki to learn to refine Chakra. As an "expert" recognized
by him, it was very reasonable for Sōseki to learn to refine chakra within five
days.
‘However, it’s been less than ten minutes
since I taught him, if I’m a genius, then what is he...’ Asuma stared at Sōseki
like looking at a monster, and finally couldn’t help but ask. "You, who
are you? How did you succeed doing that in one go?"
Sōseki shook his head slightly and said, "Actually,
this is not the first time I have refined chakra."
Asuma was perplexed. "Huh? Didn't you
say no one taught you how to refine chakra?"
"Maybe you don't know yet Asuma, but I
actually have been working as a nurse for patients in the hospital. Although I
don’t have chakra myself, I have actually seen many scenes of elder sister nurses
refining chakra.” Sōseki explained with a smile, “And today, didn’t Yagami-sensei
talked a lot about the chakra’s theory?”
"Huh? He did?" Asuma asked in a
daze.
He didn't get distracted or sleep in class,
but he had learned this knowledge in advance, and he has never paid attention
to theory. In his opinion, it is better to practice the speed of forming hand
seals.
Sōseki is not surprised by Asuma’s reaction.
In the Academy, theoretical knowledge has never been valued, and what teachers
valued more was the students' practical operation and on-the-spot adaptability.
Therefore, when conducting some theoretical
exams, the Academy not only does not oppose cheating, but even encourages
students to cheat, as long as the means of cheating are not too obvious.
"Of course there is." Sōseki said
in a gentle, unhurried tone, "I also learned a complete theoretical
knowledge today. Before today, I already have some understandings of chakra, so
I managed to figure out what refining chakra is and how to do it today. It's a
pity that the refining chakra method I imagined is too rough, so I did not
succeed in doing that until now."
"Oh, so it’s like that." With Sōseki’s
explanation, Asuma feels that it was much easier to accept.
But what he didn't know was that it is
actually far more terrifying for Sōseki to reverse the refining chakra method just
by looking at other people's refining chakra and understanding the theory of
chakra than being able to refine chakra in one go.
After saying
that, Asuma is full of energy again, "As expected of my destined enemy!
But I want to remind you that chakra is only the foundation, and Ninjutsu is
the root of Ninja! Those mediocre Ninja may take a few years in order to learn
the most basic Three Bodies Technique, but for talented geniuses like us, it
won’t take that much time!"
Sōseki nodded in agreement, ‘Yeah, this world
has never been fair.’
Seeing that Sōseki agreed with his view,
Asuma was even more delighted. For the first time, the feeling of a close
friend rose in his heart, "Let's go, I'll treat you to eat at Ichiraku Ramen."
(A/N: Ichiraku Ramen is already opened at this time as Kakashi and Obito also
ate in here in their childhood)
"I should be the one who treat you. If
it wasn't for your help, I would be very troubled today."
"But, is the relief fund given by the
village enough?" Asuma hesitated, as he also knew that Sōseki's living
condition is not very good.
"Have you forgotten? I'm still helping
out in the hospital." Sōseki smiled warmly. "At least, it's okay to treat
a friend to have a meal at Ichiraku Ramen."
"Friend, is this a friend?" Asuma
whispered to himself, only feeling sore in his nose, and then quickly changed
the subject, "By the way, I think your skills in manipulating chakra threads
just now seem to be quite good. How did you do it?"
"Well, it's mainly to test the ability
to coordinate and control the body and mind. If you want to learn, I suggest
you start with ordinary sutures... By the way, you can find a lot of unpeeled
animal skins in the market."
Seeing Sōseki speaking such a terrible thing
in a very gentle tone, Asuma couldn't help but laugh dryly, "Ha... …Haha,
forget it, I don't plan to be a puppet master or a Medical-nin."
……
Sandaime Hokage's home.
"Today should be Asuma's first day of
school, right?" Seeing Asuma hadn't returned home even after so late,
Sandaime rubbed his brows and sighed, "It's only the first day but he's
already like this."
"Hokage -sama, you may have really
misunderstood Asuma-sama this time." The ninja standing beside him replied
respectfully.
"Oh?" Sandaime looked towards the
side with some surprise. He knew that although Okawa Takeuchi was a bit sleek,
he would never dare to lie to him about this kind of thing.
"Can you tell me what is going on?"
"According to the information I got,
Asuma-sama performance in the Academy today is very impressive! He was the only
person in the class who hoped to serve everyone and ran for the class leader.
Although he failed to become the class leader, Asuma-sama eventually became cherished
friends with the other party..." Okawa Takeuchi "briefly" explained
the process in between," Asuma Young Master did not go home today because
he wanted to help his friends master the refining chakra method as soon as
possible."
"Oh? Asuma lost!" Sandaime’s eyes lit
up. Although his son's character is a bit rebellious, his talent was indeed
good. In addition, he had the bonus of
being the son of Hokage, so Sandaime never expected Asuma would lose the
election.
But as he hear the next sentence, he felt
that something is wrong.
"Friends? Help?" The corners of
Sandaime's mouth twitched slightly, "Your statement made me even more
confused. Can you tell me the details of the incident?"
Okawa Takeuchi took out a document with
embarrassment and handed it to Sandaime.
Looking at the records on the document, the
corners of Sandaime’s eyes jumped wildly as Asuma's performance is indeed very
"eye-catching".
Well, it almost blinded his old eyes.
But soon, his attention was drawn to another
person mentioned in the document.
"Son of the civilian Ninja who died in
the war? It's really amazing for him to have such a positive and sunny
mentality even after all that."
Sandaime sighed slightly, and at this moment,
his eyes were suddenly firmly attracted by the sentence on the document, and he
couldn't take his eyes away from it, ‘You don't become the Hokage to be
acknowledged by everyone. The one who is acknowledged by everyone becomes the
Hokage!’
‘This kind of belief...’ Sandaime was really
moved this time. He couldn't imagine that this kind of speech came out from the
mouth of a five-year-old child.
‘I saw the brilliance of ‘Will of Fire’ in
him! It is precisely because of the younger generation like him that everything
we do is meaningful, and heroic will sacrificed in the war can continue to be
passed on.’
After pondering
for a moment, Sandaime said again, "Remember to remind me of the match in
half a month."
Okawa Takeuchi was surprised and said,
"Hokage-sama, do you want to go in person..."
Sandaime smiled and said, "Don't think
too much, I’m just...as a father, I care about my son's performance."
Upon hearing this, Okawa Takeuchi’s expression
suddenly changed, ‘So it’s like that. I understand!’
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