Ninja Tool Throwing

The next morning.

Jueming opened his eyes. Having lain down from midnight until now, he felt his stamina had strengthened a little more.

Waking up stronger every day made the future feel increasingly hopeful.

After washing up and eating, he headed out into the street.

Every few steps, Jueming would pluck leaves from the roadside trees.

"Morning, Jueming."

"Morning."

The clansmen greeted Jueming.

Then they watched as he kept plucking grass and tree leaves, stuffing them into the backpack on his back.

What was he doing?

Back at home...

Jueming threw out a leaf created with the Grass Release Chakra in his hand.

[Chakra +1]

[Chakra +1]...

Once his Chakra was depleted, he began practicing Ninja Body Fist.

He threw a punch, stirring the air slightly.

Once again, he practiced "Ninja Body Fist."

"..."

After watching Jueming practice for a moment, Mito Uzumaki parted her red lips. "There's something wrong with how you exert force in the first form."

As his guide, she had not forgotten her mission. She immediately began correcting some of Jueming's mistakes in practicing Ninja Body Fist.

Since the Destined person was Jueming.

Then she would naturally fulfill her duty as an instructor and let Jueming lead the Senju Clan back to the pinnacle of the Ninja World.

"You mean the Great Elder taught it wrong?" Jueming frowned.

"Of course the Great Elder taught it correctly. You're the one doing it wrong."

Mito Uzumaki shook her head.

"The Great Elder doesn't have the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, so naturally he can't see the problems with how every one of your muscles exerts force."

Mito Uzumaki's words revealed another piece of information.

She can "see" how my muscles exert force? Or my physical condition?

Jueming thought for a moment, then corrected his movements according to Mito Uzumaki's instructions.

During the instruction.

Jueming learned that Mito Uzumaki had been no weakling in life either.

Though she did not elaborate.

One could still glimpse it from the legends she had left behind and their conversations.

After all, she had lived during the Warring States Period before Konoha was founded. She was also the Princess of the Uzumaki Clan, and had lived until the eve of the Second Shinobi World War before dying.

Her many years had granted her exceptionally broad knowledge.

Even if she had never eaten pork, she had seen pigs run.

Even if she could not throw a single punch, she was at least the Ninja World's version of Wang Yuyan.

"Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, Illusion Technique... the Three Great Ninja Skills."

Mito Uzumaki's voice continued.

"If most Ninja maintain their training, they can remain at their peak until fifty-five or fifty-six. In other words... you still have fifty to fifty-one years."

If he failed to become the strongest before reaching that age.

Then there would be no hope for him in this life, and the mission of reviving the Senju Clan would fail as well.

Unless he used some special methods that stripped away his humanity.

Because as Ninja grew older, their abilities would inevitably decline.

Before long, Mito Uzumaki pointed out the tricks and key points of the "Ninja Body Fist" invented by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, correcting how Jueming's muscles exerted force.

After mastering Ninja Body Fist again.

Jueming trained for another two hours before finally stopping.

"Not bad. You lasted longer than yesterday."

It was plain to see that she had noticed the improvement in Jueming's physique.

Physique encompassed stamina, endurance, strength, speed, and more.

Mito Uzumaki did not know.

That aside from training, it was also the result of Jueming diligently Lying down every day.

After washing up, Jueming flopped onto the bed.

This was far more comfortable than lying on the floor.

[Stamina +1]

[Stamina +1]...

Seeing his attributes continue to grow for the day, Jueming felt reassured.

The next day.

Jueming was still plucking grass and leaves.

When he passed the Great Elder's house, he greeted the old man as well.

The Great Elder hesitated slightly. "Are you... plucking grass for fun?"

"I'm training." Jueming plucked a blade of grass and put it into his backpack.

After Jueming left, the Great Elder's expression turned solemn. This child... his condition has gotten worse.

First he lay around, then he plucked grass for fun, and now he claimed he was training.

No matter how he looked at it, something was wrong.

Back home once more...

Jueming first used Chakra to create some grass, temporarily draining his Chakra bar before practicing throwing.

Next, he began training in Ninja Body Fist.

Jueming was drenched in sweat, having trained continuously for five hours.

The floor around him was covered in mottled droplets of water.

"This level of concentration... can rival that of most strong people."

Mito Uzumaki praised him.

One thing she was particularly satisfied with in this younger generation member she resided within... was Jueming's tenacity.

In theory, an Ordinary person could not maintain concentration for long periods.

Over the course of a day, people often needed far more time to relax than they spent focusing.

But certain outstanding individuals, whether naturally gifted or forged through cruel training and hardship.

Could raise their concentration to an almost monstrous level.

Jueming... was one of those exceptional individuals, possessing a will of steel!

The sound of the air trembling changed.

It was the change in Jueming's body after two days of grueling Ninja Body Fist training and nine days of "Grass Release - Body - Lying Down."

His fists and kicks tore through the air, making it tremble.

Mito Uzumaki gazed at the small boy, drenched in sweat and seemingly tireless.

She could even clearly see the flames burning fiercely within his body.

His stamina and spirit complemented and nourished each other, growing ever stronger...

On the third day.

As Jueming walked, he threw the grass from his backpack.

The blades of grass sliced through the air with a sharp sound.

Jueming discovered.

The "Life Grass" technique did not merely allow him to create Grass Release grass.

It also allowed him to use ordinary grass blades as weapons.

That was very Ninja-like.

It was known that Ninja could transform Chakra into matter, which was the first method of release.

The second method was to infuse Chakra into natural materials in the environment, using real-world matter to activate Ninjutsu.

Of course.

Generally speaking, materials from the natural environment were somewhat less durable than matter transformed from Chakra.

After all, one was reality, while the other was mysticism.

After plucking grass for two days, Jueming began throwing the blades of grass in his hands to reduce people's curiosity.

"That way, when I use the Grass Release Bloodline Limit technique, Life Grass, no one will suspect anything."

The grass in his backpack included both plucked grass and grass transformed from Grass Release Chakra.

Jueming walked while throwing blades of grass.

The two kinds of grass blades were used interchangeably. This was called Ninja Tool Throwing.

"Ninja Tool Throwing" referred to the techniques for throwing small stones, kunai, Shuriken, Explosive Tags, Wind Demon Shuriken... and other weapons.

It was included within "taijutsu," one of the Three Great Ninja Skills.

A blade of grass cut through the air and embedded itself in a tree trunk, as sharp as a blade.

[Chakra +1]

The Great Elder happened to see this scene.

The Great Elder froze slightly. "Jueming, what are you doing today...?"

"Great Elder, I found that grass blades make pretty useful weapons."

"Mm..."

The Great Elder nodded, but his gaze upon Jueming's retreating back grew increasingly profound.

"Alas... this child can no longer tell whether grass or metal is more useful... his illness has clearly reached a terminal stage."

[Chakra +1]