Haku, let's do something meaningful!

With only ten months until the plan is implemented, Kakuzu, as a veteran Kage-level, is exceptionally skilled in both strength and experience, so there's no need to worry about him.

Scorch Release Pakura, a member of the Ice-Fire Unit, is capable of handling Elite Jonin, but shows a clear disadvantage when facing Kage-level.

There's no need to worry about these two; they can meet up on time in ten months. Only seven-year-old Bai's abilities are slightly lacking.

In the Land of Grass, in a village where a light snow is falling, Tōka sits at a noodle stall by the street. At the low, old square table, a bowl of hot noodle soup is steaming with white mist.

In the cold winter, a sip of hot soup is like heaven!

Crunch, crunch...

Deep within the snow-covered landscape, the sound of calves sinking into the deep snow echoed as someone walked across the ground, and a petite figure gradually came into focus.

"Tōka." Bai clasped his hands in front of him and greeted him respectfully.

"Have a seat, have something to warm up." Tōka waved to the noodle stall owner, gesturing for him to come over. "The soup noodles here are pretty good."

"A small bowl will do." Bai smiled slightly at the noodle stall owner, her beautiful smile, as lovely as ice and snow, melting into the heart of the noodle stall owner.

The noodle stall uncle's Kakuzu stretched from ear to ear, and he chuckled in response before heading off to make soup noodles. He decided to make Bai an extra-large bowl!

Tōka gave the noodle stall uncle a disdainful look. Beautiful women are treated differently, even cute little girls are considered beautiful!

"Bai, are you confident about the next task?" Tōka asked, putting down his chopsticks after finishing the last sip of soup.

"I... I don't know," Bai said stammeringly, head down.

Knowing it would turn out like this, Tōka looked at Bai helplessly. Indeed, Pure White snow is the most beautiful. Should she let Bai learn Medical Ninjutsu?

Tsk... What a waste of Ice Release Kekkei Genkai!

"You can't survive as my companion like this!" Tōka really didn't have a good way to deal with the little girl.

If it's a boy, it's much simpler and more direct. Disobedient? Use your fists! Will he listen or not?

Noticing Tōka's disappointed look, Bai lowered her head even further, her delicate face scrunched up, revealing a look of deep self-reproach.

Tōka opened her mouth, but ultimately swallowed the words that were about to come out.

"Forget it, having the ability to protect myself is enough."

Just then, the noodle stall owner came over with a large bowl of soup noodles, smiling as he placed it in front of Bai, leaving Tōka speechless.

Did he eat someone else's leftovers? Why is there such a big difference?

Hey, he must have been eating someone else's leftovers!

"Little girl, you're too thin, eat more!" The noodle stall owner seemed completely oblivious to Tōka's resentment, urging her with a smile.

"Uncle, you talk too much." Tōka stared coldly at the noodle stall uncle and said sourly.

"Uh... really? I couldn't help myself, I couldn't help myself! Hahaha..." The noodle stall owner scratched his cheek awkwardly, laughed, and turned to walk away.

The light snow continued to fall, covering the land of the Land of Grass with a layer of silver frost.

The cold front felt like a knife cutting across her cheeks, but holding a bowl of warm soup noodles, Bai's lips curled up slightly, revealing a genuine smile of happiness.

It's so warm!

If things could continue like this forever...

"What are you daydreaming about! It'll get cold soon!" Tōka poked Bai's little head. "You're full, come with me to the Forest!"

"Mmm." Bai Xiao blushed and mumbled a reply before quickly lowering her head and burying her face in the bowl.

An hour later, in a snowy forest in the Land of Grass.

Tōka and Bai stood under an old tree with gnarled roots. Snow covered the jungle, and even the Swamp was covered with a layer of frost.

"It should be easier to use Ice Release in this kind of weather, right?" Tōka's expression remained calm, but his eyes turned serious.

"Yes!" Bai Hand Seals, becoming tense under Tōka's gaze.

Ice Release: Ice Cone!

With a low shout, the little chakra in her body frantically gathered and materialized in front of her, forming an ice spike the size of an arm with a pointed tip and a thick tail.

The white handprint changed, and the ice spike shot through the air with a whoosh.

Boom!

The icicle slammed into the Big Tree, several meters in circumference, and the snow piled up on the treetop instantly collapsed, crashing to the ground with a loud thud.

"Strength and speed are not bad, but..." Tōka glanced speechlessly at Bai, who was panting heavily. He was already this tired after just one shot?

Although Tōka's eyes were pure black, he could still clearly see the flow of chakra within Bai's body when he released Ice Release.

The Eternal Tenseigan possesses all the abilities of the Golden Wheel Tenseigan, the Tenseigan, and the Byakugan.

Tōka could clearly see that with Bai's chakra reserves, releasing three, four, or even five ice spikes should be enough.

"Your chakra control is too weak, wasting too much power." Tōka quickly realized the key point: They hadn't even started their tree-climbing Water Walking training yet?

What exactly has Konan been doing all this time?

Tōka didn't rush Bai to start cultivating, but instead asked her what she had been doing during the past year in Xiaoli.

Under Tōka's questioning gaze, Bai honestly recounted what she had learned during her time in the Land of Rain, aside from Pakura explaining some Ninjutsu theory to her.

Konan had barely met her more than a few times, let alone taught her how to use Ice Release.

Most of the time, Bai was responsible for the daily life and meals of the two people in Rain Pine Forest.

"So, you spent a year doing odd jobs at Xiao?" Tōka's eyes turned cold, and even his voice changed color. He had wasted a whole year!

He clearly knows he can become stronger, but even with Ice Release, he's only at the Genin.

His strength was far inferior to Tōka's expectation of a perfect annihilation of Chunin below Chunin level!

Tōka understands the level of a genin as being at the level of cannon fodder on the Battlefield. Genin peacetime, one could become Genin by passing the Three Transformations in the Ninja Academy.

Such a Genin would be nothing more than cannon fodder on the Battlefield!

Even during wartime, aside from the Three Transformations, there were only a few more bloody trials.

In short, Tōka was very dissatisfied, not only with Bai's strength, but even more so with Konan.

Tōka could clearly sense Konan's hostility towards him. Was it because he had brought Bai and Pakura into the organization that she was doing this on purpose?

In the silence, the wind and snow howled past.

The biting cold wind seemed to be deliberately creeping into her body from her white neck.

Bai shrank back, lowered her head, and dared not look up at Tōka. She did not want to disappoint Tōka, and she did not want to see the disappointment in Tōka's eyes.

"If I'm not around in the future, you can ask Scorpion for help with anything you don't understand." Tōka took a deep breath, suppressing the murderous intent surging within him.

What happens when a chess piece becomes useless? It will naturally be discarded.

Nagato, Konan... I hope you two don't become pawns so soon!

A cold gaze disappeared into the depths of his ink-black pupils. Tōka's gaze fell on Bai again, and he decided to give Bai a proper explanation of the basics.

One difference is that Tōka's theoretical knowledge was not taught by others, but rather summarized by himself.

Based on the memories passed down by Otsutsuki Kaguya, supplemented by the knowledge from the books in the Konoha Ninja Academy library, and conclusions drawn from practical experience.

What Haku is most concerned about now is how to precisely control his chakra. The same Ninjutsu clearly only requires one unit of chakra, but he wastes four units of chakra to perform it.

In other words, it only requires one unit of Ninjutsu, but uses five units of chakra.

Aside from crawling out and Water Walking to learn, the best training method for precisely controlling chakra levels is Medical Ninjutsu!

"Bai, since you don't like killing, then learn how to save people." Tōka reached out and poked Bai's cheek, gesturing for her to look up.

"Save someone?" Bai's face flushed red as she looked up at Tōka, a look of confusion in her eyes. How could Ice Release save someone?

"For the next ten months, I will teach you Medical Ninjutsu." Tōka smiled slightly, trying to appear as kind as possible.

Upon hearing this, Bai was taken aback for a moment, then a hint of undisguised joy welled up in his eyes.

"Yes! It's so good that we don't have to kill anyone!"

Ordinary Medical Ninjutsu is a type of Ninjutsu in which the practitioner stimulates cells with chakra to heal the patient's wounds. It can also achieve the effects of detoxification and attack through changes in form.

Tōka didn't know whether Bai possessed the Yang Release, nor did he care.

Because Tōka never intended to train Bai to become a medical Medical Ninja proficient in Medical Ninjutsu.

Learning Medical Ninjutsu was solely for one purpose: to help Haku better control his chakra. As for the Medical Ninjutsu itself?

Being able to treat simple wounds, and learning Hemostasis Technique and Healing Technique is sufficient.

"Ugh, this is such a troublesome theoretical lesson." Tōka stretched lazily, walked out from under the Big Tree, and stood in the snow.

Looking at the snow falling all around...

Let's start with the most basic thing: chakra.

"Let's start with a simple understanding of chakra, the fundamental energy used in all Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and even Taijutsu."

Tōka recalled the theoretical textbooks he had flipped through; his memory had always been quite good.

Chakra is a type of energy produced by the perfect fusion of various components of energy in the human body, and it is composed of three parts.

Firstly, the Physical Energy is absorbed from each of the 130 trillion cells in the human body.

Secondly, it is the Spiritual Energy cultivated through much practice and experience.

If both of these conditions are met, the body will possess ordinary chakra.

The reason why it is said that the total composition can be divided into three parts is because if one cultivates Senjutsu, one part is Natural Energy.

By absorbing Natural Energy into the body, chakra undergoes a qualitative change, thus becoming Senjutsu!

"Leaving aside Senjutsu Mode, what you need to complete now is—how to precisely control chakra!"

Tōka scanned his surroundings, seemingly searching for something.

Suddenly, he paused, then walked to a Big Tree that three people could barely encircle, and patted the trunk.

A dull, solid sound rang out.

"Let's do it here. This tree is sturdy enough." Tōka turned around and waved, signaling Bai to come over.

Bai stood beside Tōka, following his gaze upwards to look at the treetop, a Big Tree covered in snow, about twenty meters tall.

Is there anything special about this tree?

"If you can't understand what I just said, then just memorize it with your body," Tōka softly, seeing that Bai was a little nervous.

"Huh? The chakra theory from earlier?" Bai Weiwei was taken aback, then replied seriously, "I can understand it."

"You understand?" Tōka looked at Bai in surprise. He understood that already??

"Chakra is refined from Physical Energy and Spiritual Energy. Physical Energy is taken from cells, and once an adult's cells are roughly the same..."

"Spiritual Energy, on the other hand, is obtained through accumulating experience and cultivating oneself."

In other words, the amount of chakra a person possesses primarily depends on their Spiritual Energy.

Bai shared his understanding, looking at Tōka with some trepidation, unsure if he was right.

Upon hearing this, a hint of embarrassment flashed in Tōka's eyes, and she sighed inwardly, "Not everyone is as stupid Naruto..."

That's even better! There are methods for teaching stupid people, so teaching smart students is even easier!

"Except for a few specific groups, it's pretty much what you mean: as the body grows, Physical Energy reaches its limit, while Spiritual Energy never reaches its limit."

Tōka nodded in satisfaction and then continued to explain.

"Because it's impossible to predict just how much potential a person has."

The amount of spiritual power gained through cultivation and experience will determine how much Physical Energy is drawn from the cells to integrate with it.

Generally speaking, the Physical Energy within a cell is always higher than the Spiritual Energy.

The number of times a cell can divide is limited. Once the Physical Energy in the cell is completely depleted, that means—death is not far away!

"Alright, let's begin now!" Tōka pulled out a Kunai and tossed it to Bai.

"Huh? What are you doing?" Shiro frantically caught the Kunai thrown to him, but before he could even stand still, he saw...

Tōka slowly stretched out one foot, placed the sole of his foot on the snow-covered tree trunk, and walked straight up to it!

Bai covered her slightly open mouth, staring in shock at Tōka, who was hanging upside down from a tree branch.

"Gather chakra in the soles of your feet, adhere to the tree trunk and walk up." At this point, Tōka suddenly smiled with narrowed eyes.

"Easy, right?"

Simple? Bai's eyebrows twitched. It was simple enough...

The location where chakra gathers, and the amount of chakra gathered, are very subtle sensations that cannot be remembered through description.

Only through repeated failures and eventual success can the body remember that feeling.

If you can't even complete training in climbing trees and Water Walking, then there's no need to learn Medical Ninjutsu.

Because it will never succeed!

"Bai likes peace, doesn't he?" A cold voice suddenly rang out.

"Hmm? Hmm..." Bai lowered her head silently, clenching the Kunai in her hand, clearly not wanting to disappoint Tōka.

Am I really that useless?

Bai shifted his feet and awkwardly took a step back.

Whoosh!

Tōka dispersed the chakra beneath his feet, his body suddenly felt heavy, and then he quickly fell onto the snow, performing a perfect somersault in mid-air to stabilize himself.

Bang!

His feet sank into the deep snow, sending countless shards of ice flying in all directions.

"Just do what you think is best!" Tōka poked Bai's cheek with a finger, said this lightly, and then turned and left.