Buttocks High Push-up

The break time always passed quickly.

Teacher Ibuki led a group of children to the playground. "Today, we're going to learn a most basic physical training exercise: push-ups."

Shin-chan's smile froze on his face. "Push...ups?"

"That's right," Teacher Ibuki nodded. "Push-ups can train your arms, chest, and core strength. It's a very important part of basic ninja training."

Shin-chan sighed, his whole body deflating.

Teacher Ibuki found a spot and began to demonstrate.

"Watch carefully. Keep your body straight, hands directly below your shoulders. Inhale as you go down, exhale as you come up. Come on, watch me do a few standard ones first."

He cleanly completed ten reps, his form as textbook-perfect as could be.

"Alright, now you try. In pairs, supervise each other."

The children scattered, finding spots to lie down.

Shin-chan also lay down.

But his posture was different from the others.

Everyone else lay straight, hands on the ground, ready to start.

Shin-chan was lying flat on the ground, his face pressed into the grass, hands by his sides, like a sloth sunbathing.

"Shin-chan," Teacher Ibuki's voice came from a distance. "What are you doing?"

"I'm preparing," Shin-chan mumbled.

"Preparing for what? Get up and do push-ups."

Shin-chan slowly pushed himself up, but his posture was strange. His butt was sticking way up, forming an inverted V-shape with his body. His head was down, and his butt was in the air.

Teacher Ibuki was stunned.

The children next to him were also stunned.

Uchiha Toru was doing warm-up exercises nearby. Seeing this posture, he froze. "Shin-chan, what are you doing?"

"Push-ups," Shin-chan said matter-of-factly.

"No, this isn't a push-up at all!"

"It isn't?" Shin-chan tilted his head, pushing his butt up a bit higher. "But I think this posture is more comfortable."

"Comfortable?"

"Hmm, this way my butt will be sun-tanned."

Uchiha Toru's mouth twitched, and he stopped talking.

Teacher Ibuki walked over, looking at Shin-chan's bizarre posture, his temples began to throb again: "Shin Nohara, is this a push-up?"

"Yes." Shin-chan nodded, "Buttocks High Push-up."

"What?"

"Yesterday, when I was training with Thick-Eyebrow Uncle, I discovered there are many ways to do push-ups. This one is specifically for exercising butt muscles," Shin-chan explained earnestly.

Teacher Ibuki opened his mouth, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Beside them, Might Guy was diligently doing standard push-ups, one after another, counting aloud.

"Twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight..."

As he reached the twenty-ninth, he looked up and saw Shin-chan's posture.

His movement stopped.

His mouth fell open.

His eyes widened.

"Shin-chan!" he exclaimed, "What kind of training method is this?"

Shin-chan turned his head to look at Might Guy, still maintaining that butt-pouting pose.

"Buttocks High Push-up, a new style for exercising butt muscles."

Might Guy was stunned.

Buttocks High? Exercising butt muscles? A new style of push-ups?

"Shin-chan!"

Might Guy, with tears in his eyes, rushed to Shin-chan, trembling with excitement.

"You've created a new style, a style of youth!"

Shin-chan was startled by his reaction: "Really?"

"Yes," Might Guy nodded vigorously, "I never imagined push-ups could be done like this. You've broken through my understanding, you've shown me new possibilities of youth."

Might Guy gave a thumbs-up, revealing his white teeth: "New Style, Buttocks High Push-up, this is proof of youth."

Shin-chan blinked, then also gave a thumbs-up: "Right? I also think this is very youthful."

"Of Course Youth." Might Guy said, tears welling up. "We must carry this style forward."

"Okay."

The two men, one with his butt sticking up in a prone position, the other standing with tears streaming down his face, both gave a thumbs-up simultaneously.

The scene was bizarre yet passionate.

The children nearby watched, stunned.

Obito's mouth hung open, his jaw nearly hitting the ground. "What... what are they doing?"

Rin covered her mouth and giggled. "So interesting."

Kakashi glanced at them expressionlessly, then continued his push-ups, but the corners of his eyes seemed to curve slightly.

Uchiha Toru stood nearby, completely numb. He wanted to say something, but didn't know what.

In the end, he could only silently turn his head back and continue his own standard push-ups, pretending not to know these two people.

Teacher Ibuki stood on the playground, watching the scene unfold. He reached up and rubbed his temples.

"Shin Nohara!"

"Here."

"Can you do a normal push-up?"

"Normal?" Shin-chan tilted his head. "Teacher, what is normal?"

"It's like how everyone else does them!"

"But the way everyone else does them only trains one type of muscle. Mine can train different muscles," Shin-chan said earnestly. "My Mother said that exercise should be comprehensive, you can't just train one part."

Teacher Ibuki took a deep breath. "Your Mother said that?"

"Yes, she also said that your butt is very important, and you must never get constipated."

Teacher Ibuki closed his eyes, his whole body seeming to shrink. "Then you continue your training."

"Thank you, Teacher!"

Shin-chan once again stuck his butt up and began to move up and down.

The motion looked incredibly bizarre.

Might Guy watched for a moment, then suddenly lay down too, striking the exact same pose as Shin-chan.

"Might Guy, what are you doing?" Shin-chan asked, turning his head.

"I want to practice the Buttocks High Style too," Might Guy said, tears welling up. "I can't let you burn your youth alone!"

Two little boys, with their buttocks raised high, lay side-by-side on the ground, rising and falling together.

The scene became doubly bizarre.

Obito watched and watched, and suddenly, his heart stirred.

"That... seems quite interesting too?"

But after looking at the classmates around him who were trying to suppress their laughter, he finally gave up with a heavy heart. He could only do push-ups while his eyes occasionally drifted over to them.

Rin couldn't help but laugh out loud, then quickly covered her mouth.

Uchiha Toru kept his head down the entire time, pretending he saw nothing, only the corners of his mouth kept turning up slightly.

Teacher Ibuki stood at the edge of the playground, watching the two small figures with their buttocks raised. He suddenly sighed, then smiled again, with a hint of helplessness.

This kid is truly a troublemaker.

But because of him, this class never seemed to be boring.

Kakashi, in the distance, finished a set of push-ups and stood up. He glanced at them inadvertently and muttered, "Idiots."

But in his exposed eye, there seemed to be a hint of envy, though it was hard to say what he was envious of.

Perhaps it was that ability to be so foolishly happy, completely indifferent to the gazes of others.

On the playground, the push-ups of youth continued.