Nawaki, You'll Graduate Once You Overturn That Mountain!

"Hokage-sama, what's wrong?" Shin, having achieved his goal, stopped and didn't continue.

He understood the principle of knowing when to quit.

Besides, the other party clearly couldn't believe that the culprit was once their teammate.

"Shin, I'm fine. I just suddenly remembered that I have important matters to attend to." The Third Hokage put aside his thoughts and smiled, indicating that he was okay.

"Is that so? Then, will Hokage-sama tell our families about what happened here today..." Nao said with a bitter face.

She believed that the Third Hokage would definitely reveal their secret meeting... Tch.

With the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans now at odds, their friendship was likely to end prematurely.

Shin also wore a pitiful expression, "Hokage-sama, could you please not tell our families about us coming out today?

"Nao and I are really just good friends. Those rumors are all fabricated..."

The Third Hokage naturally agreed repeatedly.

Those damned Chiken and Meitoku, they didn't believe their own children when they said they were friends.

Instead, they believed the rumors in those little corners.

This filled him with anger. Was face so important?

He immediately decided to hold a meeting for all the major clans next month.

He would completely eradicate this obsession with face-saving.

Otherwise, Konoha's next generation would have no future.

"Thank you, Hokage-sama~" X2

Shin and Nao, beaming with joy, bowed in unison to express their gratitude.

Seeing this, the Third Hokage immediately raised his hand to stop them.

"The Uchiha and Hyuga? Let's not talk about the Uchiha for now, but Nao, after she comes of age..."

He looked at the two children in front of him with interest, deciding that some things were best left to nature.

If it really developed like that, with Shin's troublemaking personality, something big would definitely happen to the Hyuga Clan when the time came.

In a dozen years, the Third Hokage would probably be retired.

He even thought to himself that he could finally sit back, relax, and watch the show.

"Well then, Shin, Nao, I have things to do, so I'll be going..." The Third Hokage put on his signature kind smile, "Today's conversation is a little secret between the three of us."

Then, he tiptoed and disappeared from their sight.

"Shin, why did Hokage-sama say it's a secret?" Nao was once again confused.

"Huh? Isn't the secret that he didn't tell our families? If we told anyone, wouldn't that be the end of it?"

"I still feel like something's a little strange."

"No, you're probably overthinking it. Hokage-sama is such a good person, he wouldn't hurt us."

Faced with Nao's relentless questioning, Shin had no choice but to tell a small, white lie.

Of course, he knew that the secret the Third Hokage was referring to was his earlier speculation about Kagami's death.

"Let's not talk about that. Did you see my form change clearly just now?"

"Not yet."

"It just so happens that my Chakra has recovered a lot. You have to watch closely this time~"

Shin cleverly changed the subject, afraid that she might notice something if she continued to ask.

Nao wasn't unaware that he was intentionally hiding something from her.

However, she believed that he wouldn't harm her.

It wasn't just because they were friends.

It was because she could sense a special aura from Shin, a feeling that allowed her to trust him without reservation.

It wasn't until many years later that Nao understood what that aura represented.

At that time, she didn't regret the choice she had made today.

Senju Clan training grounds.

Nawaki was freely shedding sweat.

"Pa pa pa..."

A series of sounds of striking rocks rang out.

"Thirty-eight... thirty-nine..."

Nawaki was actually striking the five-meter-tall rock in front of him more than thirty times.

On both sides of him were some smaller, irregular broken stones.

"Bang!"

The rock finally cracked completely into many pieces of varying sizes under the fifty-seventh punch.

It seemed the surrounding stones were also his handiwork.

"Huff... huff... not enough, Uchiha Shin... that guy now... now has the Sharingan..."

Nawaki gasped for breath, his voice growing louder as he spoke.

As if he was treating the rock in front of him as if it were Shin.

"The Chakra accumulation my sister taught me takes too long, doesn't it? I don't have time to waste right now..."

Tsunade, who had suddenly arrived at the training ground, raised her hand and gave her younger brother a flick on the forehead: "Nawaki, a ninja's strength can't be improved rapidly with just a few months of training."

"Ouch!" Nawaki clutched his head and squatted down in pain.

He retorted with a bitter face: "Then why does the Uchiha clan's strength increase after awakening the Sharingan?"

"What? Envious of them? No matter how strong the Uchiha are, can their physical strength compare to us Senju?"

"Their strength lies in Fire Release and Illusion Arts. When it comes to endurance, our Senju clan won't lose!" Tsunade's tone was quite serious, but the content was a bit... ahem, never mind.

"But that guy can fly into the sky and knock down a whole street." Frankly, Nawaki just didn't want to work so hard.

Train until he could knock down a tree stump with one punch, then go over and punch rocks?

Next, would he have to punch mountains?

"Tch, my method will definitely work..." Tsunade said with a look of disdain: "Don't forget how Grandpa beat Uchiha Madara, he wore him down for three days and three nights, I don't believe he could still stand."

"Sister, then why don't you train?"

"I... well..."

Tsunade's eyes suddenly lit up: "I immediately brought it to you as soon as I had a good method, see how good I am to you!"

She obviously didn't expect her intention to be seen through by him.

She thought this remedy was quite timely.

"Good my ass, you're definitely using me as a guinea pig..." Although Nawaki complained inwardly, he said aloud: "Okay, after punching down a rock, do I have to go punch a mountain?"

"That's right, you can graduate after punching down a mountain!"

"Then can I go punch a mountain now?"

"No, if you go now, your body definitely won't be able to handle it."

Poor Nawaki could only desperately punch rocks under Tsunade's supervision.

Nanga River riverside.

Shin and Nao were also sweating.

Ahem... what else can a five-year-old child do? Those who have impure thoughts, confess now!

"No, my Chakra control is still a little lacking." Nao, who had been trying and failing, was a little frustrated.

"Don't be discouraged, you can definitely do it... that's not right, I still remember the distribution of meridians in your right hand."

Shin remembered the treatment after the previous duel, when he casually stored the complete meridians of her right hand in his mind.

With a little optimization, wouldn't it be easier for her to complete the Shape Transformation?

"What's the point of remembering? My Byakugan can also see it."

"No, it's different. I can find the most suitable Chakra route for you, so you can use less Chakra to complete more powerful moves."

Shin's words made Nao recall the Fire Release that almost burned down the school.

In her opinion, the optimized hand seals and Chakra flow route could be described as perfect.

Shin quickly calculated the optimized Chakra route and told it to Nao.

"Can it really work?" She was still a little skeptical.

"Trust me, I won't hurt you." Shin replied with a smile.

Seeing the smile on his face, Nao knew she couldn't refuse.

She had no choice but to follow the Chakra flow route that Shin had just said to perform Shape Transformation.

Soon, a ball of light blue Chakra appeared in Nao's hand.

She had always been stuck at this step before.

This was also the most difficult step.

Compressing and stabilizing the Chakra according to one's own ideas was considered a successful Shape Transformation.