Finally, It Was Time to Teach Ninjutsu

On Sunday, Aoba basically got up according to his usual schedule.

He said "basically" because he still lingered in bed for a little while. It was good for his physical and mental health.

Then he happily made himself a hearty, nutritious breakfast.

Love life, love yourself, and grow up healthy and happy.

He had come to terms with things now. He had worked himself to the bone in his previous life—endless practice questions in school, then the 996 grind after work. Of course, the rewards had been generous too; his wealth and social status had steadily risen. Yet just as his career was rapidly taking off, disaster had struck out of nowhere. Never mind that he had not even gotten a girlfriend—he had not even spent his money.

He had not enjoyed any of it. What a fucking loss.

In any case, Aoba had let it go. He ate when he should eat, drank when he should drink, and trained seriously when it was time to train. His main focus was maintaining a peaceful state of mind.

After breakfast, it was time for some light activity to aid digestion and absorption.

He changed into training clothes, picked up a cloth bag, and headed out.

Once outside, Aoba formed the Ram hand seal with one hand and instantly vanished from where he stood.

He reappeared on a rooftop dozens of meters away, then his figure flashed away again.

At the edge of the Forest of Death, Aoba appeared atop a tree trunk. He glanced back toward the village, and data was immediately projected onto his retina.

[Speed per Second]

[Chakra Consumption Ratio]

[Accuracy]

[Stability]

...

"Body Flicker saves an average of one-third of its chakra, while its burst speed has increased by fifty percent..."

Aoba was fairly satisfied as he looked at the excellent data.

"This speed should be on par with a Chunin, right? If I unleash all my chakra, I should have the speed of a Jonin."

Of course, that was only a comparison under normal circumstances. Aoba was not arrogant enough to think that only he had special techniques while everyone else was trash.

"Next is throwing practice."

Aoba casually picked up some small stones from the ground and put them in his cloth bag before heading into the forest. Naturally, he would not venture too deeply inside; he would only train around the outskirts of the Forest of Death.

"Found it."

Aoba quickly found his target.

It was a huge Killer Bee hive. Each Killer Bee was as large as an egg. An ordinary person would be paralyzed after a single sting, and without treatment within half an hour, their life would be in danger.

"System, activate aiming assistance."

At Aoba's command in his mind, one Killer Bee after another was locked onto on his retina.

"Alright, here I go!"

Chakra burst beneath his feet as Aoba leaped high into the air. Several stones shot out, instantly knocking down the Killer Bees nearest to him.

As more and more Killer Bees died, the hive was finally disturbed, and a vast swarm surged toward Aoba.

Aoba continuously leaped and dodged through the forest, occasionally firing stones to knock down Killer Bees.

At normal speed, he was about as fast as the Killer Bees. But whenever the swarm caught up to him, Aoba used Body Flicker to widen the distance.

More than ten minutes later, Aoba stood beneath the hive. Only when no more Killer Bees emerged from it did he let out a slight sigh of relief.

He took out a kunai and cut a small hole in the hive.

"Huh, there's even honey?!"

Aoba had originally wanted to see what the queen bee looked like, but he had unexpectedly found a pleasant surprise.

He dipped a finger in it and put it in his mouth. It was quite sweet.

[Ding! Analysis complete]

Food. Type: honey. Components: sugars, water, organic acids, enzymes...

It contained a variety of enzymes and abundant organic acids, making it suitable for the host's absorption. Consuming XX milliliters daily could promote physical growth and development.

Aoba's eyes immediately lit up. After Cloud Valley Beef, this was the second food he had found that could help him grow taller.

The reason he was so obsessed with getting taller was that, at his current stage, growing taller was the fastest way for him to become stronger.

More cells meant more chakra. As his body developed normally, it also drove chakra growth. That was why many ninjas could no longer even serve as ninjas after losing limbs. Aside from impaired movement, the main reason was that losing a limb also drastically reduced their chakra, making it impossible to perform ninjutsu properly.

Extracting chakra by overworking the body too early would affect physical development. This was also why the Konohagakure Ninja Academy only taught the Three Body Technique. Besides the danger posed by powerful ninjutsu, they also feared students would fool around. Even ninja clans only formally taught their family's secret techniques after their children graduated.

Excessive chakra consumption was a very dangerous thing. A good example was Kakashi's first fight with Zabuza during the Land of Waves Mission. Kakashi had overexerted his chakra and ended up bedridden for an entire week.

Aoba found several large leaves, then carefully used his kunai to cut an opening in the hive and slowly remove the honey.

Since the hive could produce honey, Aoba naturally would not drain it dry.

After carefully wrapping up the honey, Aoba directly used Body Flicker to leave.

Not long after Aoba left,

two masked figures appeared beneath the hive.

Looking at the Killer Bee corpses on the ground and the footprints left on the surrounding tree trunks, they could determine that a ninja had been using Killer Bees for training.

One of the Anbu picked up a stone and said, "They were knocked down by stones."

The other Anbu touched the footprints left on a tree trunk.

"It was a kid, probably an upper-year student from the Ninja Academy."

"Then report it normally."

"Mm."

Early in the morning.

Aoba got up early to prepare breakfast and make lunchboxes for noon. However, unlike before, he now had to prepare two lunchboxes.

The reason was that after Yuhi Kurenai tasted Aoba's new lunchbox, she came over to mooch meals from him every time. Left with no choice, Aoba began preparing an extra portion for her every day. There were two lunchboxes, one large and one small. The large one was his. In addition, his appetite had been growing, causing his honey supply to be depleted faster than expected.

His remaining honey would only last for one month.

"Sigh, I was too ruthless last time. I should've left more."

Aoba regretted it a little. He had deliberately detoured there during yesterday's walk to check on it, but the swarm had only recovered to a dozen or so bees. At this rate, it would be difficult for them to recover without several months.

"The effects of Cloud Valley Beef are also gradually weakening."

Finding a new and stable source of "food" was imperative.

Aoba silently pondered this.

The Ninja Academy's classes were dull and boring.

Ninjas needed to master far more skills than anime showed.

Concealment and infiltration in different terrains, how to close in on enemies and subdue or capture them in combat, intelligence analysis, setting traps, arranging team formations, and so on.

Making a group of lively, energetic children sit through all that was practically torture. Even the students of the Elite Class could not stand it.

"No wonder Naruto was at the bottom of the class."

Aoba glanced at Kurenai, whose eyes had turned into spirals. Even the top-student buff had been beaten out of her. Naruto's personality needed no further explanation.

Just as the little brats were groaning in misery, the ninjutsu instructor announced another new course—ninjutsu class!

Sigh~

Hm? Huh?

The classmates who had looked dead inside suddenly became excited upon hearing it.

"Alright, since we're going to learn ninjutsu, what is the indispensable thing needed to perform it? That's right—the hand seals!"