"Is that so... So you practiced swordsmanship too. Well, that really is... though it makes sense. You're so passionate about training, and you're a genius on Kakashi's level. You learn things quickly, and you work so hard. It's hardly surprising that you mastered swordsmanship."
Namiashi Raidō seemed to be a straightforward person. Upon hearing Chiba say this, he nodded repeatedly and candidly voiced what was on his mind.
"No! You... you're overpraising me. I'm not that capable. It was all thanks to a friend's insights."
Chiba hurriedly said.
His swordsmanship could be said to have come entirely from Kento's dying entrustment. Only because Kento had thoroughly understood Sparrow Flash and Twin Sparrow Flash had Chiba been able to quickly grasp the swordsmanship of Kento's school. If he had truly learned it himself, it might have taken him even longer than Kento.
Although his reputation as a genius on par with Kakashi had spread far and wide, Chiba did not actually consider himself a genius. If he had been made to set aside his knowledge of the original work and train from scratch, his talent might have allowed him to progress a little faster than others, but it would never have earned him the title of genius.
The reason he learned so quickly was entirely because this Naruto World aligned with the original work. The settings from the original work formed the power system of this Naruto World, or rather, its world rules. He learned so quickly because he already understood those power systems from the broadest framework down to the smallest details through the original work, sparing him the time needed to comprehend much of the knowledge here.
Take Chakra, for example. He knew that Chakra was the perfect fusion of spiritual energy and physical energy. Moreover, when Jiraiya explained