"Did you remember all of that?"
Taking back the scroll on Chakra Nature Transformation and Shape Transformation from Itachi's hands, Chiba watched him follow the scroll with his eyes all the way into his arms and asked.
"Yes, Teacher Chiba."
Itachi blinked his large eyes and answered with great seriousness.
"Very good. Then when you go home today, give it a try. You should already be quite proficient in applying Chakra, right?"
Hearing Itachi's reply, Chiba nodded and asked another question.
"Yes, Teacher Chiba."
Itachi's reply was as crisp as ever.
Hmm...
Since he says so, there shouldn't be any problem. Since he can already attach Chakra to his fists, he has probably been practicing Water Walking and tree climbing on his own in private.
Then he should have met the prerequisites for trying the basics of Chakra Nature Transformation and Shape Transformation himself.
Chiba silently nodded as the thought crossed his mind.
"Tomorrow, I probably won't be home. So after you come over tomorrow, train according to today's taijutsu regimen, then find Sister Yukina. Today, I'll teach Sister Yukina the second stage of the basics for Chakra Nature Transformation and Shape Transformation. Once you pass Sister Yukina's test, you can proceed to the next stage of study. Understood?"
As he nodded, Chiba could not help reaching out to pat Itachi's head as he spoke.
He truly would not be home tomorrow. He had to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the ninja construction team and participate in it as well. He could not dump everything on Kakashi; he still had to do what he was supposed to do.
After all, the Fourth Hokage had entrusted the expansion project to him, not Kakashi.
It was clearly inappropriate for him to never show up and leave everything to Kakashi.
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