Team Two

Yichen wasn't nervous at all about meeting his students. He led his three new disciples to a Training Ground and, as usual, began his self-introduction.

"My name is Yichen. You can call me teacher or Teacher Yichen."

"I love eating grilled meat, and my dream is to become an excellent ninja. Hmm, it seems like that dream is almost coming true."

"So, my new dream is to become the Tsuchikage."

The three disciples burst out laughing, realizing that their teacher was different from what they had imagined; he seemed rather unserious.

That smile immediately lessened the awkwardness between them.

Yichen pressed his advantage, "Alright, everyone's introduced themselves now, so it's your turn to introduce yourselves."

Ogura Saki spoke first, "My Ogura Saki. I like to eat dumplings, and my dream is to Wind Release: Breakthrough my own limits and become a powerful ninja."

The little girl's eyes shone brightly as she spoke, clearly showing her confidence in the future. She was the only one of the three who knew which aspect the teacher valued most, and this was precisely where she was most confident, so she was in a very good state of mind.

The second to introduce himself was Matsutani Shinya. He had originally wanted to wait for Takuya to speak first, but Takuya was still too excited to speak and just opened his mouth without saying a word. Helpless, he had to speak second, "My name is Matsutani Shinya. I like to eat barbecue, I like to eat ramen, and I like to eat takoyaki. Well, I like anything that tastes good."

After a pause, Matsutani Shinya continued, "My dream is to live a peaceful life, and I hope I won't encounter any danger when I'm on missions. When I grow up, I'll get married, have a child, and then my child and wife will also live peacefully."

Yichen wanted to cover his face, beginning to doubt whether his decision to accept this disciple was correct. Ogura Saki frowned, thinking, "How can this person be so ungrateful? Being accepted as a disciple by a master is such a sacred thing, and he doesn't even seize this opportunity. I'll have to give him a good talking to later."

Takuya, who had been lost in thought, was stunned by Matsutani Shinya's words and finally snapped out of his excitement. He quickly said, "My name is Takuya, I like to eat fish, and my dream is to become an excellent ninja."

Takuya had prepared a lot to say, but he was too nervous and only managed to say a few simple words in the end.

After the three new disciples finished introducing themselves, Yichen said, "Don't be nervous. We don't have any tasks today. Your teacher will take you out for a big meal later. We'll start taking on tasks tomorrow."

"But before that, your teacher has a few things to teach you." With that, Yichen took out a batch of scrolls.

Just like when he took Tomoko and the others as his disciples, Yichen gave his three new disciples a batch of ingredients to enhance their physique. All three were Civilian Ninja, and physical strength was not their forte. Then Yichen talked about some of the benefits related to teaching Ninjutsu.

After all that was over, Yichen took his three disciples out for a big meal.

On the first day, Yichen didn't spend much time with the three disciples, only getting to know them briefly. Yichen planned to get to know them better through subsequent missions.

Time flies when you're with children, and before you knew it, more than ten days had passed. During these ten days, Yichen got along quite well with his three disciples. Ogura Saki trained very hard, and Yichen, based on his own experience, came up with many methods for her to improve her Chakra control.

Takuya's training lacked structure and relied almost entirely on Hon, which was a weakness of Civilian Ninja —they couldn't even find a senior to guide them.

If Yichen hadn't excelled in theoretical studies, earning the appreciation of the Ninja Academy teachers, and then shamelessly asking them questions, his later ninja career might have taken many detours.

Therefore, the guidance given to Takuya and Yichen was very simple: to correct their incorrect cultivation methods and to teach them systematic training methods.

The most troublesome one was Matsutani Shinya; this problem child had very little initiative. In the end, Yichen had Ogura Saki help supervise his training.

Ogura Saki's competitive nature was perfect for dealing with Matsutani Shinya. Although she couldn't change Matsutani Shinya's inherent laziness, at least on the surface Matsutani Shinya was willing to train with his two companions.

Compared to his passive attitude at the Ninja Academy, Matsutani Shinya much more proactive now, although his expression always carries a sense of helplessness and oppressive resentment. But as an adult, Yichen can naturally see that Matsutani Shinya actually quite likes this kind of life; at least he likes the atmosphere of Team Two.

During these ten days or so, Yichen didn't teach the three any Ninjutsu. He simply took them on a D-rank Mission each day, and then the four of them would train together. It wasn't that Yichen didn't want to teach, but the three students' foundations were too weak. Yichen felt they weren't ready to learn Ninjutsu yet.

Ten days is not a long time; it's only enough for the three new disciples to change some of their cultivation habits. Yichen plans to teach them some practical skills after they have gradually adapted to this new cultivation rhythm.

The three disciples' cultivation progress was not fast, but Yichen's Lightning Release cultivation progressed rapidly. After a whole month, Yichen finally completed the first step of the Lightning Release Stimulation Method technique. Yichen was able to control the Lightning Release to split into one hundred parts at the same time, each hitting a pre-selected target.

The first step of the training method was obtained by Yichen through Interrogation of a Jonin from the Cloud ninja Jonin, but the second step of training proved difficult for Yichen. This was because the Jonin had only spoken halfway through his sentence before breaking free of the Genjutsu.

From the man's few words, Yichen guessed that before practicing the Lightning Release Stimulation Method, he needed to reduce the power of the Lightning Release as much as possible, but he didn't know exactly how much or how to reduce Yichen.

Yichen could only develop a new approach based on his understanding of Lightning Release. He didn't care about the extent of the reduction for now, but he could try to figure out how to reduce it.

Yichen first converted the extracted Chakra into Lightning Release, and then used the C-rank Lightning Release Ninjutsu Lightning Conduction. Originally, Yichen wanted to extract as little Chakra as possible to reduce the power of the Lightning Conduction. However, unfortunately, Yichen could increase the power of the Lightning Conduction by increasing the amount of Chakra, but the reverse was not true. If too little Chakra was extracted, the Ninjutsu could not be released at all.

Finally Yichen simply abandoned the Lightning Conduction Ninjutsu and directly developed a Ninjutsu that used Lightning Release to attack forward. Of course, this kind of Ninjutsu would not be very useful, but fortunately, Yichen's purpose in developing it was to try to minimize the power of the Ninjutsu.

Although Lightning Conduction is a very basic Ninjutsu, it is still a C-rank technique and has a certain degree of complexity.

Compared to Lightning Conduction, Yichen's newly developed Ninjutsu is much simpler, so the minimum power that Yichen can achieve is indeed much smaller than that of Lightning Conduction.

After discovering that it was effective, Yichen was very excited, which showed that the simpler the effect of Ninjutsu, the weaker its power would be.

After repeated attempts, Yichen finally managed to create a small arc of electricity on his finger.

Since he didn't know what level of power needed to be reduced, Yichen didn't dare to test it on his own body, so he brought in some small animals to conduct live experiments.

The results were disappointing. Even with Yichen controlling the electric arc to this extent, it was still far from enough. Almost all the small animals struck by the electric arc lost their ability to move. This was completely different from the result Yichen had hoped for—increasing cell activity.

"It seems the power of Lightning Release is still too great." Although this method can reduce the power of Lightning Release to some extent, it is still essentially a macroscopic phenomenon. Yichen guessed that to achieve Lightning Release stimulating cells, its power must be reduced to the microscopic level, but unfortunately, Yichen had no clue how to do that.

Although Yichen was somewhat engrossed in this peaceful time of cultivation, after a month of rest and recuperation, Yichen injuries had fully healed, and it was time for him to go to the front lines.

This time, not only Yichen, but also Ikura had to go to the front line. Ikura had almost mastered S-rank Ninjutsu. Although he had not yet fully advanced to the Kage Level, he could barely protect himself against Kage Level opponents. Therefore, Ōnoki finally decided to send Ikura to the front line.

Ikura left with his three newly recruited disciples, Yichen naturally wouldn't leave them behind in the village. Yichen led his three disciples on a leisurely journey, taking three days to reach the East Front Camp.

Along the way, Yichen taught his three disciples some things that ninjas need to pay attention to when carrying out missions. He also took the opportunity to check their trap-setting skills through a drill.

However, when Yichen and his group of four leisurely arrived at the camp, Kitsuchi told him some shocking news: the Sunagakure and Konoha had broken out into a full-scale war.

"Konoha suffered heavy losses, and its defensive line has been withdrawn from the Land of Rivers to the Land of Fire." This was Kitsuchi's summary of the First Shinobi War against the Land of Rivers.

It turns out that around the time Yichen left the village, the Sunagakure launched their all-out attack.

After the Sunagakure Village leadership obtained the Third Kazekage Puppet, they took it to Human Puppet Chiyo already retired.

Chiyo harbored resentment at being forced into retirement after relinquishing power. When the High-ranking officials approached her and asked her to return to the village, Chiyo refused, repeatedly saying that she was too old to move around and that her only worry was her troublesome grandson.

So when the Sunagakure Village leaders brought out the Third Kazekage Puppet they had exchanged with Ikura, Chiyo was both ashamed and furious.

Chiyo immediately recognized that the Human Puppet was Sasori's doing. Moreover, in the entire Ninja World, only Sasori could possibly have the ability to preserve a ninja's abilities in a puppet.

She couldn't understand why Scorpion would do such a thing, and she felt ashamed that her beloved grandson had done such a thing.

So when the High-ranking officials again asked Chiyo to go to the front lines, Chiyo could no longer find a reason to refuse. This war had broken out because of the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, who had been murdered by her beloved grandson.

Chiyo, who was taught all of Sasori's skills and is also Sasori's closest relative, must make amends for the mistakes her grandson has made.

After Chiyo and her brother secretly arrived at the front lines, the Sunagakure quickly launched a full-scale attack on Konoha. During this attack, Chiyo did her best to hold off Orochimaru, Rasa unleashed Kage -Kage Level power with his Porcelain Release: Gold Dust, and Chiyo's brother Ebizo played a crucial role in controlling the Third Kazekage Puppet.

The high-end combat power of Konoha and Sunagakure is completely unbalanced, not to mention that Sunagakure has even prepared their ace weapon— the One-Tails Shukaku.

If it were a one-on-two situation, Orochimaru might not necessarily lose, given his abilities. However, facing three powerful individuals with Kage-level Combatant, Orochimaru managed to safely retreat with about half of the Konoha ninja in a hasty retreat. Yichen commented that Orochimaru truly deserves the title of Legendary Sannin.

After all, Orochimaru is still at the level of a mortal and hasn't yet developed those terrifying Forbidden Technique.