Konoha's Hero, Minamoto Takuya?

After the memorial service, Minamoto Takuya returned to his own home as well.

As a major contributor, his house had naturally been among the first to be repaired over the past few days. It had not cost him anything extra either; everything had been reimbursed by the treasury.

After returning home, Minamoto Takuya cast aside the little bit of sorrow he had left. These past few days had not been without good news.

The Spirit Transformation Technique could still be practiced with Shadow Clones. Although a Shadow Clone could not sustain itself using physical energy alone, the separated spirit body could indeed return directly to the original body.

Of course, that was not the most important thing.

The most important thing was that he truly had talent for learning the Spirit Transformation Technique!

He could successfully separate a spirit body. Even though the spirit body he separated now could not be maintained at all, much less attack, the fact that he could separate it proved that he could learn this ninjutsu through continued practice!

It was just that the learning progress was indeed rather slow. A single Shadow Clone could not practice repeatedly, so the efficiency was much lower.

Minamoto Takuya rubbed his head. His talent for ninjutsu was considered excellent, but he was not among the very best.

So he could only pile up time and numbers.

Fortunately, he did not currently have anything that urgently required strength, so there was no particular rush.

Minamoto Takuya looked at the sky. He would not be going to the Experiment Base today. He would just train at home.

Thus, he put on his custom-made weighted training suit and began exercising once more.

This was a necessary part of cultivating the Eight Inner Gates. It placed extremely high demands on the user's