Shennong's Intelligence

When Hanfu returned home, Keiko had already left for her shift at Konoha Hospital. Only his little brother was home, frantically hacking away at a wooden post in the backyard with a wooden sword.

Watching him train so diligently, and then recalling the image of him coughing every few words in the future, Hanfu couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.

"Hayate, take a ten-minute break!"

Hanfu walked over, his expression serious.

"Big brother, you're back."

His little brother had been training for over half an hour and was already drenched in sweat, yet he refused to rest.

"Big brother, I can still keep going!"

Hanfu rolled his eyes and threatened, "Don't want to practice throwing Kunai anymore?"

Upon hearing this, his little brother immediately dropped the wooden sword and nodded like a garlic-pounding pestle. "I do! Big brother, are you going to teach me now?"

"That's why I told you to rest for ten minutes first," Hanfu said.

"I understand."

Hayate excitedly ran into the house, took a large gulp of water, then retrieved a bag of wooden Kunai and ran back to Hanfu with great enthusiasm. "Big brother, I'm done resting!"

Hanfu felt a vein throb on his forehead. "Sit down. We only start training when I say you've rested enough."

"Oh." Hayate obediently sat down next to Hanfu.

Hanfu struck up a casual conversation with Hayate, ranging from tomorrow's lunch being a mix of seaweed and sesame sushi and seaweed and sesame rice balls, to the Ninja Academy, and finally to the news that a VIP would soon be visiting Konoha Hospital to provide guidance...

"Uh... wait!"

Hanfu was stunned. "A VIP is going to Konoha Hospital? How do you know that?"

"Aunt Keiko told me during dinner," Hayate said. "She also talked about a lot of other things happening at the hospital."

Hanfu kept a straight face. "You win."

Truly, he was the model child of someone else's family. When he was at home, his mother never talked about hospital affairs.

Forget it, it wasn't like they were blood-related anyway.

But...

A VIP?

How important could they be?

Hanfu asked, "What is the name of that VIP?"

"Hmm..." Hayate thought for a moment and said, "His name is Shennong."

"Shennong?"

The guy who tasted a hundred herbs?

Hanfu's first reaction was that his little brother had misremembered the name, but then he suddenly recalled that there did seem to be a character by that name in Naruto.

Hanfu closed his eyes and tried to recall carefully.

Ten minutes later.

"Brother, the ten-minute break is over," Hayate reminded him.

"Wait, let me rest for two more minutes," Hanfu said with his eyes still closed.

By now, he had recalled some things about Shennong.

On the surface, Shennong was a doctor, but in reality, he was the leader of the Sky Ninja Village, which had been wiped out by Konoha. He was an incredibly powerful taijutsu ninja who specialized in forbidden techniques like Body Activation—a forbidden technique that even Orochimaru coveted.

As for the rest, Hanfu could only remember that Shennong had created the Zero-Tails and then led the Sky Ninjas in an attack on Konoha. As for more specific details, Hanfu truly couldn't remember.

Because the plot involving Shennong appeared in a theatrical movie, Hanfu had fast-forwarded through it in his past life. It was already impressive enough that he remembered the person; how could he possibly remember the specific plot points?

However, for Hanfu, remembering this much was already enough!

A Body Activation forbidden technique that even Orochimaru coveted...

If Hanfu didn't harvest it, he would be doing a disservice to his cheat!

It was just that the difficulty of this harvest would likely be significant!

Hanfu frowned in thought.

Without a doubt, Shennong harbored immense hostility and malice toward Konoha!

With that mindset, for Shennong to come to Konoha with such fanfare, he definitely had ulterior motives!

Hanfu couldn't guess his goal, but he was certain that once Shennong entered Konoha, in order not to expose his identity as a ninja, he would be cautious to the extreme. He would never easily trust anyone from Konoha, even if that person was just a child.

Therefore, even if Hanfu could get close to Shennong through Keiko, it would be impossible to make Shennong open up and let him harvest.

But even so, Hanfu didn't intend to give up.

For one, there was a fat sheep right in front of him, and Hanfu couldn't resist the temptation.

Secondly, since Shennong wanted to hide his identity as a ninja, he would never use any ninjutsu. So, what was the difference between a tiger that had retracted its claws and teeth and a cat?

Hanfu wasn't a cat owner, so he wasn't afraid at all.

"Brother, Brother!!"

Seeing his brother lost in thought, Hayate couldn't help but stomp his feet and shout, "Two minutes are up! Hurry up and teach me Kunai throwing."

"Oh, oh."

Gekko Hayate snapped back to reality, stood up, and laughed, "Then let's start with the most basic throwing stance!"

The next day.

Ninja Academy.

Class 8's morning session was still theory, but it was taught by a different teacher, covering the subjects of tracking and counter-tracking.

Gekko Hayate's mind was entirely occupied by Shennong; he couldn't take in a single word of what was being taught in class.

During the break, quite a few classmates actually ran over to try and get close to him.

"Gekko Hayate, your Ninja Tool Throwing is so amazing. Please give me some pointers in the future."

"Although I don't want to admit it, you, Gekko Hayate, are indeed qualified to be friends with a top student like me!"

"Gekko Hayate, how about this: I'll tutor you in theory, and you teach me Ninja Tool Throwing. We'll teach each other, how about that?"

Most of these "busy bees and butterflies" had previously written him little notes, but after yesterday afternoon's practical training, they had all been conquered by Gekko Hayate's strength!

However, Gekko Hayate was a man of principle. He constantly reminded himself that he was one of the six-person elite group, and no matter what, he could not betray the organization so easily.

After spending the morning like this, Gekko Hayate and Anko had lunch. Not long after, those "busy bees and butterflies" came running over to fawn over him again. As the saying goes, peers are rivals; Gekko Hayate got annoyed just looking at them!

To avoid them, Gekko Hayate thought for a moment and decided to go to the office to find Kashima Isamu.

Since he had harvested Ninja Tool Throwing from Kashima Isamu last time, he hadn't harvested him again, so Kashima Isamu still had two harvest opportunities left.

When Kashima Isamu saw Gekko Hayate, his expression was a bit strange.

"Gekko Hayate, Teacher Daishi told me about your performance in yesterday's practical training. I really couldn't have imagined that your Ninja Tool Throwing was so outstanding!"

Kashima Isamu kept sizing Gekko Hayate up. He was the same person, but he felt like there had been some changes, though he couldn't quite put his finger on where.

"Teacher, I came to see you this time because I wanted to ask about some details regarding refining Chakra." Gekko Hayate got straight to the point.

"Refining Chakra..."

Kashima Isamu nodded. "Of course, but... you should have already asked Teacher Daishi about that yesterday, right?"

Gekko Hayate said shyly, "But there are still many things I don't understand."

Since the student had already said as much, what else could Kashima Isamu do as a teacher?

Even if he had to manufacture difficulties, he had to press on.

Hanfu listened attentively to Kashima Isamu's explanation. After about half an hour, he began to harvest.

The green light cluster in his mind surged and churned, soon ejecting a pale blue speck of light. Just as Hanfu had hoped, it was the Chakra Refinement Technique!

Once the speck of light was absorbed, Hanfu continued to ask Kashima Isamu for guidance on chakra refinement.

Kashima Isamu's patience toward Hanfu was clearly better than that of Hiramatsu Daishi. After all, he was a student in his own class, so without further ado, he explained it all over again.

Hanfu harvested, and the green light cluster once again ejected a pale blue speck of light. It was still the Chakra Refinement Technique!

"Thank you for your guidance, Teacher!"

Hanfu bowed solemnly to express his gratitude.

"As a teacher, this is what I should do."

Kashima Isamu said earnestly, "Hanfu, my previous assessment of you was biased. I hope you don't mind. From now on, I will hold you to stricter standards, especially regarding theoretical knowledge. You must not neglect any subjects!"

"I understand. Thank you, Teacher."

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