Safety Shorts

If rappelling down from high in the trees was thrilling and dangerous, the other route was hardly smooth either.

To shorten the distance, the students had put their brains to work. They certainly weren't running honestly along the flat main road.

There was no need to elaborate on the little trick of taking shortcuts. A more advanced method was to use the height differences between buildings to run in a straight line, cutting off large stretches of distance. In terms of presentation, it was highly entertaining urban parkour.

The movements weren't especially flashy, and they didn't just flip over at random. Every action was clean and efficient, sparing no effort to save time and stamina.

"The kids these days are completely different from how we were. Not a single one of them is using the Ninja Run."

The retired veteran ninja known as Uncle couldn't help sighing.

The so-called Ninja Run was a running posture in which one leaned as far forward as possible, keeping both arms stretched backward and still.

There was another similar running style called the Arare Run, also known as the Dragon Ball Run. It involved holding both arms straight out behind the body while keeping the upper body upright.

It was often used to portray a little girl's innocence.

"It's a faster way to run, after all." His son was sprawled across the sofa at home, lazily eating snacks and washing them down with soda. "Swinging your arms naturally takes less effort than the Ninja Run. Besides, dad, this is called Forefoot Running."

A sense of loneliness at being left behind by the times welled up. Smoking as he watched the television screen, Uncle seemed to see the youth that had passed him by.

"Who cares whether it's forefoot or hindfoot."

He said it defiantly.