Getting Started

Besides Tomoko successfully advancing to the Elite Jonin, another person connected to Yichen also advanced: Wada Akio. Wada Akio was a true genius; he was the top student in his class, and his talent was incomparable to that of Dead Last Tomoko.

Therefore, although Tomoko Wada Akio, he became Elite Jonin only a month or so later than Tomoko.

According to Wada Akio himself, his advancement was mainly influenced by the battles between several Kage Level opponents during his time in Amegakure. In particular, Yichen's dazzling Senjutsu —those varied, continuous, and powerful Senjutsu —had a huge impact on Wada Akio.

Furthermore, the fighting style of Nagato's six puppets showed Wada Akio what geniuses outside the village were like. With a calmer mindset, Wada Akio easily advanced to the next level.

Kawakita and Tomoko are not Yichen's primary mentors at the moment. After all, they are already strong individuals who can stand on their own. As for Wada Akio, he doesn't need Yichen's attention at all, since he is not even Yichen's formal disciple.

Yichen's current focus is on instructing Uzumaki Riori, Atsumi Akino, and Ishinose Kiyoshi. The three have been Yichen's disciples for three months now, and during this time, their basic training has continued without interruption. Combined with the benefits of the meals Yichen provides, their fundamental skills have significantly improved.

Especially Uzumaki Riori, spurred on by her two teammates, finally completed the basic training of Chakra Control, Tree Climbing, a month later.

Seeing that Uzumaki Riori had finally reached the top of the tree, standing upside down, and was wiping away tears because she was moved by her own efforts, Yichen's lips twitched.

However, having finally learned to Tree Climbing Uzumaki Riori, Chakra Control. So Yichen called the little girl down and began teaching her her first Ninjutsu.

"Riori, do you know the Clone Technique?" Yichen asked about the Clone Technique, one of the Three Basic Jutsu. Yichen knew that the little girl didn't know any Ninjutsu, but he just wanted to ask if she had tried it after learning Chakra Control.

But the little girl clearly didn't have that kind of intelligence. What she feared most was practicing Ninjutsu. She spent much more time than others, but she couldn't perform a single Ninjutsu.

Seeing that Uzumaki Riori was about to cry, Yichen rubbed his temples and said, "You couldn't use it before because your Chakra control wasn't good enough. Now that you've learned to Tree Climbing, why don't you give it a try?"

Uzumaki Riori blinked her teary eyes, then looked at Atsumi Akino and Ishinose Kiyoshi. Seeing that they both nodded at her, she mustered up her courage and prepared to give it a try.

"Clone Technique." Fortunately, the little girl still remembered the hand seals for the Clone Technique.

"Bang." After a puff of smoke, an Uzumaki Riori appeared, looking exactly like her.

"Huh?" Uzumaki Riori was a little confused, and it took her a while to react. "I did it! I did it!"

Uzumaki Riori circled around his clone, touching and pinching it here and there.

Finally, with a "bang," the clone disappeared, and only then did Uzumaki Riori realize what had happened. Turning her head, she saw that Yichen and the other two were staring at her like she was an idiot.

Uzumaki Riori blushed, but thankfully she remembered Yichen's question and quickly replied, "Teacher Yichen, I've learned the Clone Technique."

Yichen sighed and said, "I see. Now I'm going to teach you a physical Clone Technique, the Shadow Clone Jutsu. The Shadow Clone Jutsu has real power and can help you in battle. The Shadow Clone can also use any Ninjutsu you can use. Well, that's useless to you, since you don't know Ninjutsu anyway."

Uzumaki Riori felt a little wronged. "I just learned a Ninjutsu."

Yichen explained the Hand Seals and chakra circulation of the Shadow Clone Technique to Chakra Uzumaki Riori in great detail.

Uzumaki Riori was a little confused, but fortunately Yichen was prepared and immediately created a Shadow Clone to guide her in the practice.

Seeing Uzumaki Riori practicing Hand Seals with his Shadow Clone, Yichen breathed a sigh of relief. Then he looked at Ishinose Kiyoshi; this disciple was the easiest to teach. He could just give him a few Water Release Ninjutsu and let him experiment on his own.

Yichen then took out another Ninjutsu Scroll and handed it to Ishinose Kiyoshi, then ignored the disciple.

Finally, it was Atsumi Akino. The little girl had finally learned the basic Sealing Jutsu, Yichen planned to let her start learning Space-Time Ninjutsu.

In terms of Space-Time Ninjutsu, no one in Iwagakure could teach Atsumi Akino, so Yichen didn't know how to guide her and could only study it with her.

Yichen took out the scrolls that Minato Namikaze had given to Kakashi and Tatami Iwashi respectively, and handed them to Atsumi Akino.

"Akino, this is the Flying Thunder God Technique, Unique Technique once renowned throughout the Ninja World by the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, the Yellow Flash."

Atsumi Akino was shocked. She never expected Yichen to use such a high level of Ninjutsu. She immediately withdrew her outstretched hand, feeling that she was not worthy of learning such a high level of Ninjutsu.

Indeed, under normal circumstances, even if Yichen were their instructor, he could only teach them some C-rank Ninjutsu. B-rank ninjutsu was usually something Yichen obtained from ninjas from other countries.

But Flying Thunder God is definitely not C-rank or B-rank; it's at least A-rank. Even if Atsumi Akino doesn't have much experience, she can guess that Flying Thunder God should be S-rank.

It's unbelievable that a ninja who hasn't even reached the level of a normal Genin would train in S-rank Ninjutsu. Atsumi Akino thought that the Tsuchikage, Yichen, was giving her special instruction, but she didn't want to hold Yichen back.

Looking at Atsumi Akino, who was also moved to tears by his words, Yichen sighed. It's not good for a disciple to be too stupid, and it's not easy to raise someone who thinks too much.

"Don't overthink it. This isn't the complete Flying Thunder God Technique. It's still uncertain whether you can learn it using these two scrolls."

"Also, haven't you always been curious about what talent I saw in you? I'll tell you now, it's your talent for Space-Time Ninjutsu. You might be the only ninja in Iwagakure who can understand these two scrolls."

"So, to put it nicely, I'll be there to help you study these two scrolls. Actually, you'll be the one learning, and then you can tell me your insights, and I'll help you analyze whether your ideas are correct. As your teacher, my help in learning the Flying Thunder God technique will be minimal."

"Do you understand?" Yichen asked one last time.

"I understand." Atsumi Akino miraculously withdrew the tears from her eyes and said softly, then she took the two scrolls.

As requested by Yichen, she first opened the scroll that Minato Namikaze had given to Kakashi.

This scroll is used to test whether someone has the talent to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique. Yichen and other high-ranking members couldn't understand a word that Minato Namikaze had written. They recognized each character individually, but couldn't understand them when they were put together.

Atsumi Akino looked at it and said, "Is this the content of that exam?"

Yichen nodded and said, "Yes, it was that exam that revealed your talent in this area; everyone else couldn't understand what the question was asking."

Atsumi Akino read on and began to explain to Yichen his understanding of these words.

To be honest, even with Atsumi Akino's explanation, Yichen was still completely confused. If it weren't for his foundation in physics from his previous life, or if Yichen hadn't read the original work and known some scenes of the Flying Thunder God technique, Yichen estimated that he probably wouldn't have understood it at all.

However, whether I understand it or not is completely unimportant; the key is that Atsumi Akino can actually understand it.

After Atsumi Akino finished explaining, Yichen gestured for her to look at another scroll. The scroll that Minato Namikaze gave to Tatami Iwashi was one that could actually be practiced.

However, even Yichen couldn't determine whether the scroll's contents were complete.

This time, Atsumi Akino seemed to be struggling more; it wasn't as easy as before. It took her a long time to finally read through the scroll.

Then, under Yichen's expectant gaze, Atsumi Akino said somewhat shyly, "Teacher Yichen, I didn't fully understand it; I need to think about it more carefully."

Yichen breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't directly say he didn't understand or know how to cultivate it. So he said, "No problem, there's already a copy of this scroll in the village, so this one is yours. You can look at it for as long as you want. However, can you determine whether this scroll is complete?"

Atsumi Akino thought for a moment and said, "I guess so. What's written on it is about how to practice Space-Time Ninjutsu, but it might not be the Flying Thunder God Technique that the teacher mentioned."

"Well, this scroll probably contains Ninjutsu that can be used to teleport items, but if you don't have enough talent, you might not be able to teleport the ninja himself."

Yichen was taken aback. So that's how it is. No wonder Tatami Iwashi and the others needed three people to perform it together. It turns out that one person's strength was not enough.

At this moment, Atsumi Akino asked again, "Teacher Yichen, the Fourth Hokage should have a kunai engraved with the Flying Thunder God Kunai. Does our village have such a thing?"

Yichen said, "Yes, I almost forgot about it."

As he spoke, Yichen took out more than a dozen Special Kunai.

"These are all Minato Namikaze's Special Kunai. We got more than thirty in total. Feel free to experiment with them; it's okay if you break them."

"This Flying Thunder God Technique was actually invented by Second Hokage Senju Tobirama of Konoha. The Second Hokage should have also left the Flying Thunder God Mark, but this mark is not found in the village."

"The village is currently trading with the Cloud ninja, and we don't know if Cloud ninja 're willing to use this to make a deal with us. If I obtain the Second Hokage's mark, I'll bring it to you as well."

"Even if we manage to acquire some, the quantity won't be large, so be careful when conducting the research."

"Yes." Atsumi Akino nodded and said, "Teacher Yichen, I will study Space-Time Ninjutsu diligently."

Yichen ruffled Atsumi Akino's hair and said, "It's okay if you can't learn it. Your teacher hopes that you can organize a set of theories related to Space-Time Ninjutsu. The village is currently lacking in this area, and it would be enough if you could fill that gap."

"Our goal isn't to learn Space-Time Ninjutsu, but to find a way to limit Space-Time Ninjutsu. Otherwise, if another ninja in Konoha were to use Space-Time Ninjutsu, we still wouldn't be able to deal with them."

"Have confidence in yourself. Without you, the village would be useless even though we got these two scrolls. So no matter how far you can study them, it will be a gain for the village." Yichen encouraged the little girl by rubbing her head.

Atsumi Akino nodded and gave a stern reply.