Wild Training (Requests for Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets)

The Naka River was a mighty river with a swift current. Even though Hanfu had deliberately chosen a stretch where the water ran a little more slowly, it was still beyond Naruto and the others, who had only just learned Water Surface Walking.

The three of them had barely stepped into the water before the current swept them away, and they didn't last even two seconds.

"Help—glug glug glug... I'm—glug glug glug... Big Brother Hanfu—glug glug glug glug... I'm—glug glug..." Naruto bobbed up and down in the river. Before he could finish a sentence, he'd swallowed four or five mouthfuls of water.

Karin and Hinata weren't doing any better. They struggled and swallowed water as they cried for help in garbled voices.

Hanfu clapped a hand to his forehead. So none of you can swim?

In a flash, Hanfu appeared on the river's surface and hauled all three of them onto the bank, one in each hand.

"Urk~~"

The three of them lay on the grass, drenched, and dry-heaved for a good while before they finally recovered. Then they slumped down by the river, shaken.

"We're saved." Naruto gazed up at the blue sky and white clouds, letting out a long sigh of relief.

Seizing the opportunity, Hanfu lectured them. "Naruto, Karin, Hinata, the river may look calm on the surface, but there are hidden currents below. One wrong step, and you can get dragged under and be unable to escape. It's just like the Shinobi World: it seems peaceful, but it's actually full of danger. One careless mistake, and you could find yourselves trapped somewhere you thought was perfectly ordinary. So when you become ninja and go out on missions in the future, you must be cautious and level-headed. Understand?"

"Yeah..." the three of them answered listlessly.

"All right,