How Much Longer Are You Going to Watch?

Sunlight filtered through the thin morning mist and fell across the training ground.

Renye's small figure knelt on the ground, his palms charred black and covered in traces left behind by failed Fire Release attempts.

He panted heavily, the Chakra in his body already completely exhausted.

He looked at the training ground he had reduced to a mess, his heart filled with frustration.

"This is too hard. I can't learn it at all..."

At that moment, Tobirama Senju's stern figure appeared at the training ground.

He silently watched Renye, his gaze profound.

"Giving up after encountering a little setback?" Tobirama Senju's voice was cold, yet carried unquestionable authority. "Do you think getting stronger is easy?"

Renye raised his head and looked at Tobirama, complex emotions flickering in his eyes. "Uncle, I wasn't planning to give up..."

Tobirama Senju slowly walked over and stopped in front of Renye.

"Ninjutsu is like your heart. When you are consumed by fear of failure and thoughts of giving up, it naturally cannot be used by you."

He bent down slightly and looked at Renye's charred palms. "It's not that you can't learn it. You're just not determined enough, not focused enough."

Renye gritted his teeth. "I'll work harder."

"Effort does not mean blindly repeating yourself. It means learning from failure and constantly adjusting." Tobirama Senju straightened up and looked into the distance.

"The cultivation of ninjutsu is like climbing a lofty mountain. Every step is filled with hardship. As long as you do not give up, there will eventually come a day when you reach the summit."

Renye took a deep breath and slowly rose to his feet, his fighting spirit surging.

"I understand, Uncle."

Just as he was about to gather Chakra again, Tobirama Senju's voice came from behind him. "It's about time. You should go to school."

Renye's body stiffened. Only then did he remember that he still had to go to school.

For a moment, it felt as though the sky had fallen.

After training for several hours, he still had to go suffer through school. No one could stand that!

He looked at his charred palms, then at the scarred training ground, feeling somewhat unwilling.

He had only just regained his rhythm and wanted to continue training in one push, yet he had no choice but to stop.

Tobirama Senju seemed to see through his thoughts and frowned slightly. "What you learn at school is equally important. Knowledge and practical ability are both indispensable."

"Do not think that cultivating ninjutsu is all it takes to become an outstanding ninja."

Renye hurriedly replied, "I understand, Uncle. I'll study hard!"

As he spoke, he stretched his somewhat stiff body and walked toward the kitchen.

He needed to prepare breakfast and a lunchbox for noon.

After exhausting his Chakra, an intense hunger rose in his body. He needed to replenish himself with food in time to recover his Chakra.

After breakfast, Renye reluctantly went to school.

Ninja Academy, Class A.

The morning classes were theory lessons, including but not limited to:

Explain the geographical advantages and defensive characteristics of the ninja villages of the Five Great Nations—Konoha, Kirigakure, Iwa, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure.

Briefly describe the components of Chakra and how cultivation could improve its quality and control.

List the principles of elemental restraint among three different Chakra natures—fire, water, earth, lightning, and wind—and provide examples.

As for the theory lessons, Renye did not study diligently as he had promised before. Instead, he lay on his desk and slept soundly.

The teacher endlessly explained theoretical knowledge about ninjutsu from the podium, but the words were like muffled sounds from far away, unable to enter Renye's ears at all.

His breathing gradually steadied, and his body completely relaxed as he drifted into sleep.

The whispers of his classmates and the occasional sound of pages turning failed to wake him.

He had gotten up early to train today and was truly exhausted. He had to get some proper sleep.

Motoya Nara yawned boredly. Noticing that Renye had fallen asleep, he also lay down on his desk.

It was not until the dismissal bell rang that Renye slowly woke up.

He looked around in a daze. Seeing that only he and Motoya Nara, who was still lying on his desk, remained in the classroom, he finally realized that school was over.

After sleeping all day, the fatigue in his body had already recovered.

Renye stood up, stretched, woke Motoya Nara, and the two left the school together.

"Renye, good thing you woke me up in time. Otherwise, I would've overslept," Motoya Nara said with lingering fear.

Last time, his parents found out that the reason he had come home late was because he had overslept at school.

So they had given him a brutal beating...

"No big deal." Renye waved his hand indifferently.

Motoya Nara's personality suited Renye well, so the two had a fairly good relationship.

At that moment, they heard two familiar voices coming from the alley.

"Weren't you pretty good at showing off?"

"We finally cornered you!"

Renye's expression turned strange. "Did those two really corner someone?"

He recognized Rin Uchiha and Hikaru Uchiha's voices.

"Renye, who did they corner?" Motoya Nara asked curiously.

The two were fairly strong in class, ranking around the upper-middle tier.

Who had offended them?

"It should be Yuki Hyuga," Renye said uncertainly.

He had heard them discussing how they would corner the "King of Show-offs" in an alley and beat him up...

"Yuki Hyuga?" Motoya Nara's eyes flickered. "Now this will be interesting."

The two looked at each other and understood what the other was thinking.

So they softened their footsteps and quietly approached the corner.

They saw Rin Uchiha and Hikaru Uchiha surrounding Yuki Hyuga.

Faced with the two surrounding him, Yuki Hyuga showed no fear at all.

He attacked first, thrusting his palm forward. An invisible Chakra shockwave struck Hikaru Uchiha in the chest.

The latter flew backward, smashed through the wine jars at the end of the alley, and fell unconscious.

With just one move, he had knocked him out.

Of course, that was also because Hikaru Uchiha had been unprepared and took the blow head-on.

The two had too little combat experience and had not expected their opponent to suddenly attack.

"Bastard, you actually launched a sneak attack!"

Seeing her companion unconscious, Rin Uchiha roared and attacked.

Yuki Hyuga's expression remained unchanged. He lightly tapped the ground with both feet, nimbly dodging aside. At the same time, he curled his fingers into a palm and instantly struck out with the Eight Trigrams Palm.

Rin Uchiha reacted extremely quickly. She twisted aside to evade the attack, then swung her fist backhandedly at his face.

Yuki Hyuga's pupils narrowed slightly. The veins around his Byakugan stood out clearly as pale blue Chakra gathered in his palms, his attacks growing faster and faster.

Under the barrage, Rin Uchiha was forced back step by step. In the end, she was struck in the Sleep Point by a Gentle Fist and collapsed to the ground.

Before losing consciousness, only one thought remained in her mind: How was this guy so strong?!

Renye and Motoya Nara stared in shock, not expecting Yuki Hyuga to end the battle so cleanly.

At that moment, Yuki Hyuga slowly turned around and looked toward the entrance of the alley.

"How much longer are you going to watch?"