Shisui, Shall I Teach You to Sing?

By the small river outside the Uchiha Clan Grounds.

Chiga was standing by the river wearing nothing but a pair of underwear.

He took a deep breath, cleared his mind of distracting thoughts, and then stepped into the river.

Step by step, Chiga slowly made his way to the middle of the river.

Walking on water was a training exercise.

It trained one's control over Chakra.

Ever since Chiga had obtained a Chakra capacity of five cards from Kushina Uzumaki, he had developed serious problems controlling his Chakra.

He could not even properly perform his best-known Fire Release techniques.

Normally, he should have progressed gradually, starting with tree-climbing exercises.

But considering that he could not control his Chakra output, he was afraid that one kick would destroy an entire tree.

In a few days, the Military Police Force would arrest him for maliciously damaging the village's trees.

So Chiga had no choice but to start with walking on water.

However, water was a liquid, and a stream was constantly flowing. To stand steadily on the surface, the amount of Chakra he had to control could not remain constant.

Every step required him to adjust the amount of Chakra according to the changing current.

This was much more difficult than climbing trees.

"Uncle, keep it up!"

Seeing how far Chiga had walked, Uchiha Shisui encouraged him from the riverbank.

"Shut up!"

Distracted by Uchiha Shisui, the Chakra flowing toward Chiga's soles spiraled out of control, and his feet slowly began to sink.

Seeing this, Chiga hurriedly increased the Chakra output beneath his feet.

Hmm, just a little Chakra should be enough.

Just a little!

Oops, too much again!

Bang!

Chiga's feet were like the exhaust of a jet plane. His entire body shot straight into the sky, spiraling more than three meters upward before falling back down into the water.

As ripples spread across the surface, Chiga finally poked his head out of the water and complained to Uchiha Shisui, "If you disturb me during my training again, I'll beat you up!"

Uchiha Shisui paid no attention to Chiga's threat and simply said seriously, "Uncle, you've improved again. This time, you only flew 3.25 meters, which is 0.65 meters less than before!"

He had precisely measured Chiga's improvement with his naked eyes. As for whether the measurement was accurate, even Shisui himself had no idea.

To salvage his dignity, Chiga said, "What do you know? Walking-on-water training is very difficult!"

"Is that so?"

Shisui tilted his head at that and glanced at the water's surface. Then he stepped forward, and his entire body stood firmly on the water.

After walking over to Chiga, Shisui even jogged a few steps beside his head.

"Uncle, you're right. It is a little difficult. I don't even dare to run fast!"

"..."

This Shisui seemed to have been led astray by him!

Although Shisui had annoyed him a little, Chiga could not help sighing inwardly at how impressive Shisui's talent truly was.

After merely observing his training for five days, Shisui had been able to control his Chakra so precisely on his very first attempt.

After walking from the river to the bank, Chiga planned to review his experience and rest for a while before continuing his training.

"Uncle, are you training this because you want to graduate early?"

"Yeah, more or less."

Chiga gave a perfunctory reply. He had never been worried about the graduation exam.

But if his control over his Chakra was still this poor during the graduation exam, something really could go wrong.

"Then, Uncle, if you graduate, won't I have no one to train with anymore?"

"I'm graduating, not dying!"

Chiga rolled his eyes.

"Uncle, the Ninja Academy is opening, and I'm going to enroll too! What a shame. I won't even get the chance to go to school with you!"

Chiga replied, "What a ridiculous thing to regret. It sounds weird for an uncle and his nephew to attend school together."

After saying that, Chiga saw that Shisui did not respond and turned to look at him.

Seeing a trace of disappointment on Shisui's face, Chiga froze.

After thinking about it, he finally understood.

During this period, he really had spent quite a lot of time with Shisui. It seemed that Shisui had developed a slight sense of dependence on him.

The boy was only four years old and was easily influenced.

As expected, people from the Uchiha clan were either obsessed with their younger brothers or their older brothers.

Wait, Shisui's case seems different. Is he uncle-obsessed?

Chiga was no filial prodigy and did not have the forehead-poking technique. After thinking for a moment, he said to Shisui, "How about this? I'll teach you a song. If you can sing it at the opening ceremony, I won't graduate early."

"What song?" Shisui's eyes lit up when he heard that.

"The sun is shining overhead, the flowers smile at me, the little birds say, 'Good morning, good morning, good morning!' Why are you carrying a bomb? With a boom, the school disappears!"

As Chiga sang with increasing enthusiasm, Shisui's face darkened even further. "Uncle, I'll be expelled!"

All the Ninja Academy's teachers would attend the opening ceremony, and even the Third Hokage would personally come to give a speech. If he sang that song there, he would definitely die horribly.

"Do you dare?"

"Uncle, you should graduate early and go to the battlefield. I think someone capable of coming up with a song like that would perform very well on the battlefield."

Chiga continued training, and during his breaks, he also gave Shisui some pointers on swordsmanship.

And so, a leisurely yet fulfilling day passed.

After once again feeling that his control over his Chakra had improved, Chiga said to the training Shisui, "All right, Shisui. That's enough for today."

"Yeah!"

As he spoke, Chiga led Shisui back toward the clan grounds. After walking a few steps, he turned his head and glanced into the depths of the forest, his brows knitting slightly.

He had been training his Chakra control here for the past few days, but he always felt as though someone was watching him.

"What is it, Uncle?"

Shisui noticed something strange about Chiga and asked him.

Chiga shook his head without saying anything more and continued leaving.

Chiga's senses had not been wrong. Not long after Chiga left, a figure flashed through the forest.

Root.

In the shadows, Danzo's one-eyed figure appeared and disappeared.

"How is the investigation going these past few days?"

"Judging from his Ninja Academy performance reports, his strength is roughly at the level of a Genin. But if we include his Sharingan, he is among the strongest Genin. There is not much difference from the known intelligence. However, his control over his Chakra is extremely poor. He has been training to walk on water for five days and still has not even grasped the basics."

"Hmph. In other words, he is merely an ordinary ninja who awakened his clan's Bloodline Limit."

"Yes. According to our investigation, that is the case. However, there is also a boy named Uchiha Shisui beside him whose talent is extraordinary. He was able to walk freely on the water on his very first attempt."

"Oh? Uchiha Shisui. I seem to have heard of him. The genius of the Uchiha clan."

Danzo pondered for a moment, but still felt that he should focus on Uchiha Chiga first.

There could be no one from the Uchiha clan beside the Jinchuriki.

That narrow-minded Hiruzen Sarutobi had actually transferred both ANBU assigned to monitor the Jinchuriki to the front lines.

Thinking of it made Danzo furious. Because of one Uchiha Chiga, he had actually lost track of the Jinchuriki!

As the protector of Konoha's shadows, how was he supposed to operate without intelligence?

"Find a Root chunin skilled in Water Release to serve as Uchiha Chiga's examiner. I don't want to see Uchiha Chiga graduate from the Ninja Academy!"

After all, he was only a seven-year-old boy. Even if he had awakened his eyes, his strength could not be all that great.

Moreover, Danzo had specifically found a Water Release ninja who countered Fire Release and the Sharingan. Surely nothing would go wrong.

"Understood!"