Jujutsu

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed since Dan returned.

For these two days, he had stayed in the Fitness Gym to train, going nowhere else, returning to his former lifestyle.

As for the matter of Danzo sending people to assassinate him, Dan acted as if it had never happened. As for the reason...

First, the evidence had already been sold to the Bounty Exchange, where he traded four Root Base corpses for ten million Ryo. Second, Dan knew that even if he brought out the Root Base corpses and made a scene, he couldn't really do anything to Danzo.

Therefore, he planned to take it slow and steady, milking the Root Base for all they were worth. As long as Danzo dared to send people, he would do it a second time, a third time, and collect the corpses to trade for money.

However.

If the day truly came for a fight to the death.

Dan didn't plan on playing any political games; he would simply storm into the Root Base and kill Danzo, and that would be the end of it.

Right now, Dan was more concerned about another matter—

There was only one day left until the Uchiha Clan Meeting.

There was a ring inside the Fitness Gym.

At this moment.

Dan and Samui were both wearing white T-shirts with the characters "Meat Modification" printed on them and red shorts, practicing Jujutsu on the ring.

Jujutsu sounded a bit like the Gentle Fist of the Hyuga clan, but the two were completely different things.

Jujutsu was a type of combat technique from Dan's past life.

It emphasized dragging the opponent to the ground and then using one's body to apply chokes and joint locks to force a submission.

The weakness of Jujutsu was obvious; because it was a grappling art, it could not handle multiple opponents at once.

But its advantages were equally clear: it was invincible in one-on-one combat and could be called the "King of Single Combat" in terms of taijutsu.

Even in this world of ninjas, Dan still believed this to be true.

After all.

Compared to ordinary people, ninjas also had one head, two arms, and two legs; the structure of human joints and muscles remained the same, even for Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Dan believed that if there was one type of taijutsu that could defeat Kaguya, it had to be Jujutsu.

It was a grappling-based taijutsu, and the key lay in the word "grapple"—one had to be tightly intertwined with the opponent.

For example, right now.

On the ring.

Dan and Samui were both lying on the ground, their bodies forming a 90-degree cross.

Dan's two legs were pressing against Samui's neck and chest respectively, while he had one of her arms pulled through his crotch, holding it tightly with both hands and pressing it against his chest.

As Dan thrust his hips upward.

In an instant, under the principle of leverage, the elbow joint of Samui's arm was suddenly hyperextended, bearing immense pressure.

She faced the risk of a strain, or even a dislocation.

"Tap, tap, tap!"

Samui's expression was pained as she hurriedly tapped the ground with her other hand to surrender.

This was the Armbar, also known as an arm lock, the most iconic Jujutsu move.

It was easy to learn, but had many variations, making it difficult to master.

"Did you understand? Now it's your turn."

After Dan finished his demonstration and explanation, he let her try it as the attacker.

Facing Dan, who was lying on the ground, Samui was eager to try. She sat on top and initiated the Armbar from the mount position, the entire sequence of movements flowing like water.

The execution was highly polished.

"Good intuition." Dan, being pinned under Samui, offered his assessment.

"Thank you, Gym Director." Having received Dan's praise, Samui stood up, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and felt quite happy.

The next technique to learn was the Rear Naked Choke.

Dan demonstrated as usual, performing on Samui the same move he had used on Tsunade two days prior.

"Come on."

At Dan's command, Samui lunged forward, circled behind him, jumped up to hang onto his body, and locked her arms around his neck.

At the same time, her two legs extended from behind, hooking around Dan's waist and abdomen and squeezing tight to prevent him from escaping by moving his hips.

But the awkward part was.

Dan's physique was simply too large, which meant Samui's legs weren't long enough to lock him in completely.

Additionally, her large breasts became a burden, greatly hindering her ability to perform the technical movements.

With a bang.

After Dan easily broke free, he executed a back suplex, throwing Samui onto the ring.

Seeing her looking a bit dejected, Dan spoke up at the right moment to offer some encouragement:

"You've made rapid progress lately; you should be at the level of a Konoha Genin by now."

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, Samui feigned a look of delight, though she was ten thousand percent unconvinced in her heart.

She was, after all, a Special Jonin of the Cloud Hidden Village.

Cloud Hidden ninjas generally possessed higher combat aptitude than Konoha ninjas, or at least that was what Samui believed.

"Have you ever thought about becoming a ninja? The pay would certainly be better than working for me here. If you're interested, I could help recommend you to my brother-in-law."

Dan suddenly proposed this to Samui.

Huh?

Samui froze for a second, then hurriedly waved her hands. "No need, Gym Director. I want to keep working here forever. Please... don't send me away."

After saying this, she bit her lip, looking anxious and uneasy.

What a joke.

Her only mission right now was to study Uchiha Dan from head to toe and send his intelligence back to the Cloud Hidden Village; after all, the Fourth Raikage was still waiting.

Samui was desperate to eat and sleep alongside Dan; how could she possibly leave him to go be some Konoha Genin?

"Alright then." Dan nodded, saying no more.

After resting for a while, the two continued their practice.

They practiced like this for the entire afternoon.

At dusk, Uchiha Itachi pushed open the doors of the Fitness Gym and walked inside.

He followed the sound of movement until he reached the side of the ring.

The man and woman on the ring were practicing a Triangle Choke.

Samui lay on the mat, her snow-white thighs clamped around Dan's neck, her hands locked behind his head, pressing down hard toward her chest.

Once a Triangle Choke is locked in, it is basically unsolvable.

Unfortunately, Samui's opponent was Dan.

After being locked in, he simply stood up from the ground, carrying the weight of her entire body, and swung Samui down toward the mat.

With a loud thud, the hold was broken by brute force.

Looking at Samui's slightly aggrieved face, Dan looked down at her and said indifferently:

"Technique is important, but strength is always the foundation. No matter how perfect a three-year-old's mastery of Jujutsu might be, they could never defeat a grown man."

"I understand, Gym Director."

Samui climbed up from the floor and bowed to Dan.

Although she was always being bullied by Dan, she had grown accustomed to this high-intensity training, and it would naturally make dealing with others much easier in the future.

"Sorry, did I interrupt you?" Itachi spoke up at this moment.

Whoosh.

Dan jumped down from the ring, wiping sweat with a towel as he casually asked his nephew:

"Samui mentioned you haven't come to the gym these past few days. Were you out on a mission? Did everything go smoothly?"

"Thank you for your concern, Uncle."

Itachi bowed slightly, hesitated for two seconds, and then stated his purpose. "Uncle, I have something I'd like to discuss with you. It's about tomorrow's Clan Meeting."

Oh?

"Of course."

Dan agreed readily. Seeing that Itachi didn't seem to want to talk here, he patted his nephew on the shoulder. "Let's go for a walk."

The alley where the Fitness Gym was located sat on the Village Outskirts.

Behind the alley was a mountain path, so the uncle and nephew began to walk slowly up the trail.

On the mountain path.

Dan glanced at Itachi beside him, and seeing that the latter remained silent, he didn't speak first either.

Finally.

Itachi seemed to have settled on his wording, looked up, and asked Dan: "Uncle, have you awakened the Sharingan?"

He had never seen Dan's Sharingan before.