Days of Taijutsu Training

Although Shiyu felt that something was amiss, learning the Eight Inner Gates would definitely improve Shiyu own strength, so Shiyu had no reason to refuse.

Shiyu felt that the Third Hokage and Might Duy had some other purpose in making him learn the Eight Inner Gates, but it also seemed like they were genuinely doing it for his own good.

"Never mind, maybe I'm overthinking it." Shiyu dismissed those strange thoughts and then made a decision.

"How about it, Shiyu! Take this mission and train with me!" Might Duy gave another thumbs up, revealing his white teeth.

"Alright! I'll learn!" Shiyu finally nodded, accepting the task, or rather, making a request.

Afterwards, Shiyu bid farewell to the Third Hokage and began preparatory training for the Eight Inner Gates with Might Duy.

"Mr. Duy, I'd like to ask if you've gone to the front lines?" Shiyu asked on the way.

"No, your participation in the two major battles at the front is considered a victory. In these kinds of wars, usually Chunin Jonin have been deployed before the Genin are Genin to complete the mission. So, basically none of Konoha's Genin participated in the war, and even some Chunin Jonin didn't have time to participate."

"That's true. I remember Might Duy participated in the battle and unleashed the Eight Gates to rescue Guy's class. That was during the battle against Kirigakure. I guess Konoha was fighting on multiple fronts at the time, and then they were suddenly attacked by Kirigakure."

"However, it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that one person faced the Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen and ultimately killed four of them."

Shiyu pondered, she unknowingly arrived at Might Duy's house.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard myself encouraging myself.

"To surpass Uchiha Shigure! And Kakashi Hatake! The 1082nd! The 1083rd! The 1084th!" There's no one else who could do this; only Might Guy in the Dai family would.

"Kai! I've brought back your best rival!" Dai suddenly became emotional, tears welling up in his eyes.

Kai immediately burst into tears. "Really! Is this true! Dad! Is Shiyu here!?"

Then Shiyu appeared in front of Kai and was immediately embraced warmly by him.

"Shiyu! You're my best rival! You're actually willing to stand by me! This is true, passionate youth!"

Shiyu dodged Kai in a Body Flicker Technique, and said rather awkwardly, "I'm happy to see you too. Let's see how we should train, shall we?"

"What a dedicated and hardworking guy!" Might Duy was extremely satisfied with Shiyu. Everyone else would avoid him like the plague, but Shiyu was surprisingly eager to train in Taijutsu.

"Great! First, you and Kai should finish your daily routine. Oh, and whatever you do, don't use any chakra, or it won't be as effective as the training," Might Duy reminded him.

"Oh? Is that so?"

"What's your daily routine of practice?" Shiyu asked.

Might Duy and Might Guy began taking turns explaining.

"Daily training begins in the morning. The morning training starts with 10,000 push-ups, followed by running ten laps around Konoha in a handstand."

"That's right! Then, after a delicious lunch and a nap, it's time to immediately begin the daily task of supporting the family. After that, the last thing is waterfall training."

Shiyu shook her head and said, "I know about push-ups and handstands, but what about the task of supporting my family and waterfall training? I've never heard of them."

Might Duy said in a serious tone, "That's right, the task to support our families is to complete D-rank missions. The money we earn will be used to support our families. Of course, we must be more efficient. For every one mission others complete, we need to complete two or even more!"

Shiyu was somewhat speechless. Wasn't this just completing Genin's mission? Did he really need the small reward?

"Don't underestimate D-rank missions. Helping others find cats or protecting crops are very important! The rewards we get from these missions will also be used to supplement our own income!" Might Duy instructed.

"I understand. What is waterfall training?" Shiyu asked again.

Might Guy replied, "Self-cultivation is one of the most important training methods every day! You'll see when the time comes Shiyu!"

"Dad! Light of the Shinobi World, Shiyu, has come to learn from you! I'm so touched! I'll definitely work even harder!" Might Guy, as if injected with adrenaline, resumed his push-up practice.

"I slacked off just now, I'll do it again, one, two, three, four." Kai lay down on the ground very seriously and started doing push-ups again.

"Kai!" Dai's eyes welled up with tears again.

"I give up, I'll join too!" Shiyu knew that Dai and Kai were the kind of people who weren't good at talking but were serious about doing things, so she started Taijutsu training without saying a word.

Shiyu wasn't using chakra, doing push-ups wasn't as easy for him. Even doing one push-up per second would take him almost three hours to do ten thousand. If he could do three or four push-ups per second like Might Guy, he could finish them in an hour.

"No, I can't let Might Guy surpass me." Shiyu then frantically began practicing Taijutsu, forgetting that he was a ninja and even completely forgetting the strength he once possessed.

"Start with the basics! 10,000! You can do it!" Might Duy encouraged him from the side, and finally moved himself to start doing push-ups with Kai and Shiyu.

Large beads of sweat streamed down Shiyu's forehead; he had never been so tired before.

"It seems I really need to work on my physical abilities. In Taijutsu, I've mastered Gentle Fist, the essence of three major sword styles, and superhuman strength—one from my White Rinnegan, another from the sword I wield and my swordsmanship, and the third from my control over chakra."

"And there seems to be no physical training."

"I relied on the immense chakra strength to engage those Tailed Beasts in hand-to-hand combat, not on physical prowess. If my body were as powerful as Tailed Beast, just how powerful would I become?!"

Shiyu continued to persevere while expressing her hopes.

Shiyu didn't expect that Might Guy would finish first and then do it again. By the time Shi Yu finished 10,000, Might Guy had already done it at least three times.

"That's amazing! It's your first day of training, and you've already completed 10,000! How old are you?! Six?! Kai was only doing 1,000 a day at that age." Might Duy was very satisfied with Shiyu.

"That's why he's the strongest opponent I've ever faced! He's already achieved such a great result on his first try! Dad! Let's move on to the second training session!"

"Haha! Okay! Stand upside down and run ten laps around Konoha with your hands!" Might Duy welled up with tears again.