Another C-Rank Scroll!

"That's so unfair! You left for five or six days! Kakashi, I'm your student too!"

Naruto protested loudly.

"What are you talking about?"

Sasuke looked stunned.

"Everyone says Kakashi took you away for secret training! Hey! I want to join too! I got promoted too!"

Sasuke understood and said nothing more.

"Ah, so it's Naruto. Have your injuries healed?"

Kakashi asked.

"Yeah! I'm completely fine! No matter how badly I'm hurt, I just sleep it off!"

Naruto said proudly.

This was the power of the Uzumaki Physique and the Nine-Tails.

Kakashi could not help but marvel.

"Speaking of that, it should be my turn now, right? Kakashi, what's my special training plan? I'm ready! Bring it on!"

Naruto bounced back and forth, throwing punches, brimming with enthusiasm.

"Idiot."

Sasuke could not help saying. With his hands in his pockets, he silently walked ahead.

Seeing Sasuke about to leave, Kakashi hurriedly said, "Naruto, I've already found you a Training teacher who suits you better than I do!"

"Really?! Where? Where?"

Naruto asked eagerly.

Kakashi noticed that in the surrounding shadows, the elite Anbu squad of four was still closely following behind Sasuke. He felt slightly relieved, then turned to Naruto and said:

"Don't rush. Come with me."

"By the way, what secret techniques did you teach Sasuke these past few days?"

"Are his injuries any better?"

"What's the new teacher like? Is he even stronger than Kakashi?"

Along the way, Naruto kept chattering away with questions. Unable to take it any longer, Kakashi decided to teach Naruto something useful.

"Rather than all that, do you know what your greatest weakness is compared to Sasuke?"

Hearing that, Naruto's expression suddenly dimmed, and he said dejectedly:

"H-He's a genius."

"But! I won't admit defeat! After all, I'm the man who'll become Hokage!"

"Who asked you that?" Kakashi did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"For a ninja, their abilities can generally be divided into eight categories.

"They are ninjutsu, Taijutsu, genjutsu, intelligence, strength, speed, stamina, and hand seal proficiency."

Naruto nodded solemnly, looking as though he understood perfectly.

"So compared to Sasuke, what do you think your strengths and weaknesses are across these eight categories?"

Naruto counted on his fingers as he spoke:

"Ninjutsu, we're about even.

"Taijutsu, I might be a little stronger than him.

"As for intelligence, haha, mine's definitely higher!"

"As for strength and speed, he might be a bit faster than me? But I'm definitely stronger!"

"And what else was there..."

As Kakashi listened to Naruto's nonsense analysis, more and more black lines appeared on his face.

"Forget it. You wouldn't understand anything too complicated.

"Simply put, your greatest advantage lies in your stamina, and accordingly, your total Chakra reserves.

"However, when it comes to precise Chakra handling and control, you're far inferior to Sasuke. In other words, your foundations aren't solid enough."

"Ah, so what does that mean?" Naruto asked with his mouth wide open, still not understanding.

Kakashi was speechless and sped up. "Think of Chakra as flour. You have five bags of flour in your body, but you can only make ten bowls of ramen!

"Meanwhile, Sasuke and the others only have three bags of flour, yet they can make twenty bowls of ramen! That's the difference in Chakra control!"

"Oh! I get it! It means I waste too much! Why didn't you just say it like that from the start?"

Naruto suddenly understood.

"So now it's my fault..."

Kakashi sighed.

As they spoke, the two had already arrived before the Sarutobi Clan residence.

Kakashi told Naruto to wait for a moment. Before long, he came out with Tokubetsu Jonin Ebisu.

"Naruto, this is the Training teacher I told you about. He'll definitely be able to—"

"Huh?! Why is it this repressed pervert?!!"

Before Kakashi could finish introducing him, Naruto suddenly shouted.

"Oh? You know each other?"

Kakashi thought to himself. Ebisu had always been serious and conscientious, so how could he be a repressed pervert?

"More than that! This guy got hit by my Harem—"

Before Naruto could continue, Ebisu dashed forward and hurriedly covered his mouth. He whispered to Naruto:

"Don't, don't, don't say anything stupid. I'll treat you to whatever you want to eat."

At the same time, he loudly said to Kakashi:

"It's nothing, nothing. I met little Naruto once before while I was teaching Konohamaru."

"Oh! That's great. It saves us the time of getting acquainted."

"Naruto! Ebisu is a private tutor who specializes in teaching elites. He's a Tokubetsu Jonin, and when it comes to teaching, he's even better than I am.

"This is a rare opportunity, so make sure you study well.

"I still have some matters to handle. Naruto, I'll leave him in your care."

After giving a few instructions, Kakashi turned and left.

Konoha Hospital, inside a ward.

Sasuke sorted through the current situation.

Things had gone far more smoothly than he had expected. Only a few days ago, they had been saying he might lose his life, yet now they had forgiven him.

The Hokage, Konoha, the higher-ups.

The calculations and checks among these people might be far more complicated than he had imagined.

But no matter what, the outcome was good.

For him, the most important thing was still to keep growing stronger. Asking Kakashi and Jiraiya Sensei about Training as soon as possible was what mattered most right now.

Just as he was thinking, the system suddenly delivered a new notification.

Ding!

Congratulations, you have completed the proposal—Take the initiative and draw others into the case. You have obtained a C-Rank Scroll!

Sasuke immediately perked up. Looking at the scroll glowing azure in his mind, he silently thought:

Open.

You have opened a C-Rank Scroll. Congratulations, you have obtained the permanent talent: Martial Arts Grandmaster

A line of small text then appeared above the scroll.

Of all martial arts under heaven, nothing is unbreakable; only speed cannot be defeated! Ninjutsu may transform in countless ways, but I shall enter the fray myself. The world's affairs are complicated—one punch shall settle them!

Immediately afterward, a flood of memories and insights poured directly into Sasuke's mind.

The muscles and meridians throughout his body also seemed to have been refined, automatically adjusting into the most combat-suited physical state.

Sasuke took off his shirt and looked at his nearly perfect, muscular body in the mirror. Even though he had experienced this several times already, he still could not help marveling at the system's wonders.

He tried throwing a punch forward, and the sound of wind splitting immediately rang beside his ear.

And this power had not even relied on Chakra at all.

Overjoyed, Sasuke clenched his fist and felt the strength within it.

Closing his eyes, he found his mind filled with countless Taijutsu techniques, as familiar as if he had trained them diligently for decades.

Lee's Leaf Whirlwind, Front and Reverse Lotus, and the like were merely drops in the ocean among this vast multitude of techniques!