After Uchiha Kiyoshi returned home, the first thing he did was take out this month's medicinal bath, prepare some hot water, and soak in it.
There were only a dozen or so days left in the month, yet Uchiha Kai had still given him the normal monthly amount. In other words, during the final dozen days of vacation, Uchiha Kiyoshi could train to his heart's content every day.
And from now on, he could increase the intensity of his training as well. A medicinal bath every three days was enough to eliminate its effects on his body.
Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, half a year had gone by, and it was time for the Ninja Academy to reopen.
Name: Uchiha Kiyoshi (7 years old) Chakra: 12.7 Ka/12.7 Ka (14.6 Ka) Chakra Nature: omitted Ninjutsu: Three Basic Techniques, Hemostasis Technique Secret Jutsu: Body Nourishment Technique Other: Sealing Jutsu (Basic Barrier)
In just half a year, Uchiha Kiyoshi's Chakra had risen to over twelve cal. Combined with his improved Chakra control, he could already use the Hemostasis Technique twice. The Three Basic Techniques could be used as regular methods now, just like a Genin's. Or rather, Uchiha Kiyoshi's actual strength had indeed reached the level of a Genin.
However, Uchiha Kiyoshi, who had always prioritized caution, would never graduate early. Only idiots did that. Why graduate early? Wasn't it better to develop properly? Were you really that eager to go kill people?
Leaving aside everything else, graduating early would greatly reduce his training time. Uchiha Kiyoshi had yet to encounter a bottleneck, so what he needed was enough time to grow, not to force himself into graduating.
Besides, what benefits were there to graduating? The situation in the Ninja World was beginning to grow tense. Amegakure wanted to take a bite out of everyone it saw. If he graduated before even turning seven, wouldn't he become a target?
Right now, the most important thing was still to develop steadily. He couldn't get reckless.
Over the past half year, Uchiha Kiyoshi had continuously fought the wild beasts in Konoha's Back Mountain. He had made considerable progress in Taijutsu and had even barely developed a movement technique for evasion. With Chakra support, it was especially effective for dodging.
Over the past half year, the clan had also provided Uchiha Kiyoshi with a Basic Sealing Jutsu, one capable of setting up a Basic Barrier. It was not particularly advanced, merely a prerequisite Sealing Jutsu for learning Barrier-type Sealing Jutsu. Moreover, this Sealing Jutsu had not used up one of Uchiha Kiyoshi's chances to choose a Ninjutsu. It was free, so naturally he gladly accepted it. He had mastered the Sealing Jutsu in half a year, but since it had little practical use, he had never displayed it. As a result, no one knew about it.
When the Ninja Academy reopened, Uchiha Kiyoshi had no choice but to leave early to avoid being blocked at the entrance. He hoped to enter the academy before the new students arrived to register.
When he arrived at the academy, there were not many new students registering, only two or three. Uchiha Kiyoshi showed his student ID and was allowed inside.
He had just entered and had not even reached the first-year building—oh, no, it was the second-year building now—when he was stopped.
Looking at the blond-haired little boy before him, who kept scratching his head shyly, a name inexplicably surfaced in Uchiha Kiyoshi's mind.
Keeping his expression neutral, Uchiha Kiyoshi asked, "Classmate, do you need something?"
The little boy seemed a little slow on the uptake. After taking a moment to react, he asked, "Um, my name is Minato Namikaze. I'm a new student this year. Big brother, do you know where the first-year building is?"
Uchiha Kiyoshi was now certain of the blond brat's identity. That was right—the future Fourth Hokage, the man who single-handedly led Konoha to victory in the Third Shinobi World War. He just had not expected Minato Namikaze to be so polite as a child.
Uchiha Kiyoshi pointed out the way for him. After explaining it clearly, he added, "My name is Uchiha Kiyoshi. If you need anything in the future, you can come ask me. My classroom is in that building ahead. I'm in Class 1 of the second year."
The blond brat, Minato Namikaze, quickly bowed in thanks. "Thank you very much, Brother Kiyoshi."
Seeing that sunny smile on his face, Uchiha Kiyoshi could not help but sigh. Sure enough, he was born to be a leader. Even at such a young age, his smile was so infectious and made people feel comfortable.
Worried that overdoing it might backfire, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not try to get overly familiar with Minato Namikaze. There would be plenty of time in the future. He could slowly build their relationship.
The future Fourth Hokage, the one who perfected the Flying Thunder God Technique and was hailed as the Yellow Flash!
In Uchiha Kiyoshi's view, it was not the Flying Thunder God that made Minato Namikaze. It was Minato Namikaze who made the Flying Thunder God.
The Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique had only been in its infancy. Due to limitations in skill and other factors, it had not truly been perfected. Minato Namikaze had personally completed the Flying Thunder God, and when paired with his other self-created Ninjutsu, the Rasengan, it left behind an illustrious reputation in the Ninja World.
If he had not died for love in his twenties, he probably could have gone even further.
That was right, died for love! Was Minato Namikaze really unable to seal the Nine-Tails without using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal? How could that be? It was only because Uzumaki Kushina had died, and Minato Namikaze chose to follow her.
To reach such strength in his twenties—if he had continued growing, he might have become, besides Guy, another ninja to reach Six Paths Level with an ordinary person's body. And he would have been capable of erupting repeatedly. Such a Minato Namikaze was truly heaven's chosen. No wonder Jiraiya had considered him the Child of Prophecy before seeing Nagato's Rinnegan.
Uchiha Kiyoshi believed that if luck truly existed, Minato Namikaze was definitely the one favored by heaven, not the protagonist Uzumaki Naruto! Uzumaki Naruto might even have been able to so smoothly act like a child of destiny because of Minato Namikaze's influence.
As outsiders to the Ninja World who had even planted the God Tree there, the Otsutsuki Clan was unwelcome in the Ninja World. Even the Sage of Six Paths, who had sealed Kaguya, was an Immortal not recognized by the Ninja World and had died early. Uzumaki Naruto, as Asura's reincarnation, was likewise not particularly accepted by the Ninja World. Without Minato Namikaze's protection of fate, could he have grown up?
Over the millennia of the Ninja World, the only Asura reincarnations who had truly grown up were Senju Hashirama and Uzumaki Naruto. How had Senju Hashirama grown up? At the time, he had been the young clan leader of the Senju Clan, the greatest clan of the Warring States era!
And all of that came at a price. Senju Hashirama's growth to the strongest level below Six Paths Level had exhausted the Senju Clan's fortune. He had even passed the bad luck on to his granddaughter Tsunade, leaving her lonely for life.
Uzumaki Naruto had also gotten his child-of-destiny father killed the moment he was born!
Of course, these were all Uchiha Kiyoshi's wild speculations and could not be taken seriously. Whether the Ninja World even had such a thing as luck was uncertain.
In any case, in Uchiha Kiyoshi's eyes, Minato Namikaze was special. It would be best to build a good relationship with him.
Thus, over the following period, Uchiha Kiyoshi trained diligently while also interacting more with Minato Namikaze, building a good relationship with him. Of course, after Minato Namikaze got his tomato, he became busy with serious business, so Uchiha Kiyoshi rarely saw him.
With the medicinal baths provided by the clan, Uchiha Kiyoshi's Taijutsu training had also gotten on the right track. Three years passed quickly.
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