The black shuriken shot from Veigar's hand like lightning!
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, the wooden target struck by the shuriken had its bullseye pierced straight through, while the shuriken landed on the ground behind it.
Silence was most frightening when it came out of nowhere. At that moment, the training ground was truly silent, so quiet that it seemed as though the surrounding air had been sucked away.
At that moment, both Kaoru Iwabe and the students around him wore stunned expressions.
A gentle breeze wafted by, and several falling leaves broke the tranquil atmosphere.
"What... what terrifying power!"
"How did Veigar do that?"
"Impossible! This has to be fake!"
When everyone finally came to their senses, the entire training ground instantly erupted into an uproar!
Not one of Veigar's classmates was willing to believe that he had just pierced the target with an ordinary shuriken.
He had produced a terrifying penetrating effect!
In truth, Veigar had not expected to pierce the target either. He had merely attached a small amount of Chakra to the shuriken.
And that was precisely the fundamental reason.
One had to understand that Veigar's Chakra quality was now three times that of an ordinary person. When using the same amount of Chakra as someone else, the effect was more than three times greater.
"Veigar Koshima, full marks."
After taking a deep breath, Kaoru Iwabe immediately announced Veigar's result and recorded it on the Report Card.
When the training class ended, Obito Uchiha and Might Guy, who had failed, were kept behind.
That evening, a report on Veigar's performance at the training ground was once again delivered to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Could Veigar Koshima be a commoner genius comparable to Minato?"
It was rare for a poor family to produce a great son. Although many people refused to believe it, it was an ironclad fact.
The gap between commoners and prestigious clans was not so easily erased. Resources, heritage, and other factors often created an insurmountable chasm.
However, when a great son did emerge from a poor family, his talent was certainly enough to leave the vast majority of people unable even to see his back.
Holding Veigar's Report Card, Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a long time.
Time flowed like water rushing eastward, and more than three months passed in the blink of an eye.
At school, Veigar quickly became close with all his classmates through his perfect academic performance and approachable personality.
Regardless of whether they were boys or girls, everyone felt that Veigar was an extremely easy person to get along with.
As for Veigar, he had long since passed the age of being playful and restless. Although he now possessed the body of a seven-year-old child, his soul belonged to an adult in his twenties.
Moreover, with an amusing soul shaped by the Information Age, getting along with these half-grown children was simply too easy.
After school, Veigar walked along the road with a distracted look on his face.
"Youth means running forward with all your might."
"Ah..."
From far away, Veigar heard Might Guy's anguished howling. Turning his head, he soon saw a green figure pass by him, moving as swiftly as the wind.
Veigar was already used to it.
Two months ago, after seeing Might Guy running around the village after school for the first time, Veigar had not seen him stop once in the past two months.
After cleaning the slaughterhouse, Veigar did not leave as usual this time. Instead, he found Saburoh Toyomi and told him that he was quitting.
"Veigar, why are you quitting? Is the pay too low?"
After spending so much time together, Saburoh Toyomi was extremely satisfied with Veigar's performance. Although he was young, he had never made a mistake, and the entire slaughterhouse was far cleaner than it had ever been.
Most importantly, Veigar was already able to bring Saburoh Toyomi profits. At this point, he could slaughter livestock entirely on his own without the slightest problem.
That was also why Saburoh Toyomi was reluctant to let Veigar leave.
"No."
"The wages you've given me are already more than enough. It's just that I need more time to cultivate lately, so I no longer have time to come work."
One could not have both fish and bear's paw; everything required a choice.
If the ordinary livestock at the slaughterhouse could still bring Veigar significant improvement, he would not have chosen to give up the job.
However, after Veigar's Chakra quality increased to four times that of an ordinary person a week ago, the Source of Life he gained from those livestock could do little more than relieve his fatigue. It was already difficult for it to have any further effect.
The improvement was practically negligible unless there was an enormous quantity, enough to trigger a qualitative change.
Between money and an increase in strength, Veigar chose the latter.
Another reason Veigar had quit was that his recent cultivation had reached a critical point.
After more than three months of cultivation, the first stage of the Body Strengthening Technique was complete. It was now time to prepare for the second stage.
Seeing that Veigar insisted again and again, Saburoh Toyomi could not force him to stay. He immediately paid Veigar his remaining wages and said, "If you ever want to come back to work, you're welcome here anytime."
Veigar replied, "Yes. Thank you very much for taking care of me during this time."
With the matter settled, Veigar relaxed as well.
"I have enough money to live on for a while. I'll finish my cultivation first and make plans afterward."
After returning home, Veigar began cultivating the second stage of the Body Strengthening Technique.
The Chakra that flowed out was controlled and attached to the surface of Veigar's body, lingering there for a long time.
The next second, Veigar opened his eyes and formed another hand seal. At the same time, the Chakra coiled within his body began to change, seeping into his flesh.
This was the second stage of cultivating the Body Strengthening Technique—Infiltration.
The primary purpose of the second stage was to allow the body to adapt to Chakra, thereby improving Chakra control, self-recovery, and other abilities.
Most importantly, after completing this stage of cultivation, whether extracting Chakra from within the body or attaching Chakra to a specific part of the body would become much easier and faster.
Only after completing this stage could one cultivate the third stage, which was also the final stage—Body Enhancement.
It itched!
It itched terribly!
It was unbearably itchy!
As Chakra seeped into his body, Veigar felt, quite simply, that every inch of skin on the surface of his body was incredibly itchy.
It was as though his entire body were being gently brushed by soft feathers.
"Hahahaha..."
Unable to endure it any longer, Veigar began laughing uncontrollably, and he could no longer maintain his cultivation state.
The Chakra wrapped around the surface of his body dispersed, but the smile on Veigar's face did not fade, and the itchy sensation remained.
After his body recovered, Veigar picked up the Ninja Sword and began cultivating Sword Technique.
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