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Putting aside Itachi, who had resolved to double his training to maintain his future "perfect winning streak"...
Aoba, who had nearly been traumatized by the brutal beating, was checking the damn system notifications he had ignored during the battle.
After this period of intense combat, the level of [White Strike] had finally risen to LV4!
This was undoubtedly incredibly exciting news!
Without Itachi's help with practical combat training, reaching LV4 in [White Strike] would have been a distant dream.
This also proved from another angle that [White Strike] could not be improved by simply training in isolation. The more intense and high-pressure the battles, the easier it was to break through.
After all, it was a killing technique extracted from battle and tempered through countless trials, not some flashy performance routine.
But to bring out the true power of [White Strike], one needed physical constitution, strength, speed, agility, and more. Not a single one could be lacking!
That was because the foundation supporting physical combat was not various techniques and moves, but certain qualities at the most fundamental level.
Otherwise, it would become nothing more than a fancy castle in the air, and one would be knocked down with a single punch!
No wonder Might Guy was so passionate about basic training. As long as one's physical qualities, such as strength and speed, were improved, even the simplest physical techniques could unleash tremendous power.
Aoba gradually came to this realization. Pursuing techniques blindly was merely putting the cart before the horse.
Therefore, he decided to increase the amount of basic training he did for a while and stop obsessing over how to raise the level of [White Strike], letting nature take its course instead.
There was also that special state he