For now, let's draw up the necessary training plans! Genius or not, the fundamentals had to be solid. Start with the basics.
Then, observe him carefully for a while.
No...
I should ask Kushina for advice...
When there's time, he should study other types of ninjutsu as well.
Once he put pen to paper, Chiba rattled off two scrolls' worth of basic training plans in one go.
He himself was a taijutsu ninja, and because of the limits of his physical talent, before developing Eight Gates Mode, he had spent practically all his time training the basics. His fundamentals were exceptionally solid, and he had even worked out his own method for practicing them. His train of thought flowed smoothly, essentially just summarizing his own past training methods.
It was familiar work, too.
"Then, that's it for Itachi's matter. Next... Hirohiko's matter."
After finishing everything last night, Chiba tucked the scrolls into his clothes. After taking a deep breath, his thoughts returned to Hirohiko.
After the issue of teaching Itachi, the second biggest matter keeping him from focusing was Hirohiko.
As mentioned before, Hirohiko's situation was simple in some ways and difficult in others. It was no longer an impossible matter.
It was just that Chiba needed an excuse. What kind of excuse would work best?
If Hirohiko could not be sent to the confinement room, where should he go? The heavy prison was definitely out of the question.
The confinement room was a place people were meant to leave.
Neither of those two places for detaining those who violated village rules would work.
Then, was there anywhere else in the village?
As his thoughts settled on Hirohiko's matter, a string of ideas surfaced in Chiba's mind.
Knock, knock, knock!
Just then, tapping sounded against the closed window.
Who was