What Goes Around Comes Around!

Soon, the scroll was thrown back.

When Kazama Kaguya saw it, his already bewildered mind spun even more.

Several lines had been added to the scroll.

21:00-23:00, Develop Ninjutsu.

23:00-23:30, Supper Time.

[Note: All four meals of the day are to be prepared by Kazama Kaguya. If it's bad, remake it. Time will be extended accordingly.]

"Did I commit a heavenly crime?"

Looking at the full training schedule before him, Kazama Kaguya's eyes went blank, wishing he could swallow his words from earlier.

It was all his fault for talking too much. Now, besides training, he had to moonlight as a chef, serving a demanding master.

Unfortunately, Kisame Hoshigaki gave him no chance to back out.

He chuckled coldly, "The options you gave were very clear: I will teach you wholeheartedly for 3 months."

"What? Do you think I'm not teaching you wholeheartedly enough? If you think you can train 24 hours a day, I don't mind revising the plan."

24 hours?

Hearing this, Kazama Kaguya shivered and immediately shook his head, "That's enough, that's enough. Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Kisame. This plan is truly dedicated."

"Since you approve, let's begin."

Kisame Hoshigaki put away the scroll, glanced around, and dug a large bluestone out of the river.

He took out a kunai, infused it with Chakra, and quickly shaped the bluestone into a rectangle.

He weighed it and then tossed it at Kazama Kaguya's feet.

BOOM!

The bluestone slab landed, cracking the ground.

"This is your weighted training tool. It's only a little past 6 o'clock, you have two more hours. Don't dawdle, start now."

"This..."

Kazama Kaguya looked at the slippery bluestone slab, then at the cracked ground, and whispered, "Teacher Kisame, this is at least 200kg. I'm still a child, if I do this, I won't grow taller."

"Won't grow taller?"

Kisame Hoshigaki glanced at the boy's younger-looking body and waved his hand indifferently, "That's your concern, not mine."

"I..." Kazama Kaguya grumbled inwardly.

But seeing Kisame Hoshigaki's cold eyes, he swallowed all his words.

"What goes around comes around, it's my turn today? What goes around comes around!"

He sighed inwardly and struggled to lift the bluestone, beginning his strenuous workout.

He was bent over by the stone.

The noble Otsutsuki finally bowed his head before Kisame Hoshigaki.

In his peripheral vision, he caught a glimpse of Kisame Hoshigaki's suppressed smile and narrowed eyes, and couldn't help but sigh, "Having desires is a weakness. The boomerang of [Talk no Jutsu: Strike Weakness Technique] has finally hit me."

"What a sin..."

The sun rose, full of vigor.

Accompanied by thousands of golden rays, Kazama Kaguya began his saturated training.

During weighted exercises, the young Otsutsuki carried the bluestone, frog-hopping, climbing, and wading through water, sweating profusely, his back never straightening.

Whenever he wanted to stop and rest, Kisame Hoshigaki would instantly appear before him, saying things like "Men can be weak too" or "The weak always need looking after," with utmost sarcasm.

During Taijutsu combat, Kisame Hoshigaki held nothing back.

The two chased and fought in the primitive jungle, battling purely with physical strength and reaction speed.

Kazama Kaguya, unable to use All-Killing Ash Bones, unleashed his Shikotsumyaku and Byakugan, yet was still beaten black and blue.

Moreover, Kisame Hoshigaki was very experienced in assassination. With the elite Jonin's super-fast Body Flicker Technique, he specifically targeted non-fatal but extremely painful areas.

The pain was real, and the effect was truly good.

In just one morning, Kazama Kaguya clearly felt his combat awareness and judgment improve.

During Ninjutsu instruction, Kazama Kaguya was often scolded harshly for a small mistake.

Kisame Hoshigaki was terrifyingly strict with his Ninjutsu training.

When practicing new Water Release techniques, he was required to continuously cast Water Release Ninjutsu at a waterfall for several hours, with the power strictly adhering to Kisame Hoshigaki's requirements.

If he wanted a ten-meter water sphere, he couldn't produce a 9.9-meter one.

According to Kisame, with his Chakra reserves, his Ninjutsu power would be terrifying in the future, and if he didn't want to accidentally injure allies, he had better be able to precisely control every bit of his strength.

Moreover, this method of precise micro-control is also crucial for Taijutsu training.

Even more so, because he possesses Yang-attribute Chakra, he will definitely be involved with medical Ninjutsu in the future, and medical Ninjutsu is the most demanding in terms of control.

"Some people succeed because of details, while others fail because of them."

"The strong have always been masters of micro-control."

These were Kisame Hoshigaki's exact words.

During his transformation training, Kazama Kaguya, dragging his exhausted body and mind, began to cram all sorts of Ninjutsu knowledge.

Whether it was shape transformation or nature transformation, the first thing to understand was the theory.

At this point, he was already utterly exhausted, his eyelids uncontrollably drooping.

But Kisame Hoshigaki didn't think so.

The moment his concentration wavered, a mass of cold seawater would envelop his head, choking him until his nose ran.

The simple usage of the Water Prison Technique was practical and effective.

As for developing Ninjutsu, Kazama Kaguya, who was quite skilled at the age of sixteen, was still far behind in terms of Ninjutsu knowledge.

Most of the time, he just listened to Kisame Hoshigaki brag about his experiences developing shark-like Water Release Ninjutsu.

However, what made Kazama Kaguya most miserable were the four meals a day.

Already physically and mentally drained, he still had to prepare ingredients and make dishes that weren't too unpalatable to appease Kisame Hoshigaki's sharp tongue.

It wasn't until 11:30 PM, after the late-night snack, that Kisame Hoshigaki, acting like a lord and picking his teeth, finally left.

After just the first day, Kazama Kaguya's legs were trembling, and he felt like he was on the verge of death.

His 15 units of Chakra were almost completely depleted, and he had no idea how much sweat he had lost.

He felt like a toad that had been stepped on by a cow, uncomfortable all over, sore and aching.

"This kind of training will kill the Otsutsuki. Sigh, I shouldn't have tricked him so much back then."

Bathing in the cool midnight breeze, Kazama Kaguya was exhausted, both physically and mentally.

He dragged his battered body back to the tent and, without a word, collapsed onto his sleeping mat.

Within minutes, snoring filled the air.

And in a nearby tree, Kisame Hoshigaki quietly listened to Kazama Kaguya's snores, a complex expression appearing in his eyes.

"Was I a bit too much?" he fell into thought.

But as soon as he thought of his own past experience of being tricked, the guilt that had just surfaced immediately vanished.

He snorted coldly and said, "A guy full of bad ideas deserves to suffer a bit. As long as he doesn't die, train him to death."

As he spoke, he began to form hand seals.

Soon, a Water Clone appeared.

Kisame Hoshigaki glanced at the tent and said coldly, "Protect him."

After speaking, he seemed to feel that he was showing a bit too much concern for someone, and added, "If he can't get up by 5 AM tomorrow, throw him and the tent into the Water Prison."

With that, he vanished using Body Flicker Technique.

The Water Clone stood in place, sneering dismissively, "Heh, the original..."