Red Blood of the Will of Fire!

At dusk, Qingyu returned home after his sparring session.

"I'm back."

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There was no response from the entryway.

Qingyu changed out of his shoes and walked into the living room. Sure enough, no one was there.

He guessed Tsunade had gone to the casino again.

The legendary Sannin was good at everything, except when her gambling itch struck, no one could stop her.

Qingyu did not mind. He headed alone to the backyard.

The yard was not large, but it was enough for him to do some basic training.

He took several shuriken from his ninja tool pouch, steadied himself, and threw them at the wooden target in the backyard.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Three shuriken flew out and embedded themselves around the bullseye.

Qingyu paused slightly.

This accuracy rate... was much better than before.

He thought back. Aside from the Swordsmanship Foundation he had acquired today, he also had Solitude of a Genius, which had dropped from Kakashi earlier.

[E-rank Trait: Solitude of a Genius]

[Effect: When training alone, all training efficiency increases by 40%.]

"Training alone..."

Qingyu threw several more shuriken, feeling that his body was more coordinated than before.

It really was faster.

Both the basic boost from Swordsmanship Foundation and the solo-training effect brought by Solitude of a Genius were taking effect now.

Techniques that had originally required dozens of repetitions to master now took less than half as many attempts.

Qingyu raised his head and looked at the sky, already stained by dusk.

It had been a fruitful day.

More importantly, Qingyu had seen new hope.

At first, he had only planned to lie low and survive, which was rather passive.

Now, it seemed there might be a better way.

That was to collect as many traits as possible.

Qingyu then took a deep breath and continued training.

Shuriken, basic taijutsu movements, chakra control...

He went through every exercise according to the most basic teaching procedures of the Ninja Academy.

The effects were all obvious.

Beyond that, he trained according to some of the basics Tsunade had taught him.

Among ninja clans, practically all children began training early.

This was also what quickly widened the gap between clan ninja and civilian ninja.

Just like when Sasuke was young, Uchiha Itachi would take him hunting, and Uchiha Fugaku even demonstrated the C-rank Fire Release ninjutsu, "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu," to the young Sasuke.

"As expected of the power of traits."

Qingyu mused inwardly.

Although all the traits he had collected so far were only E-rank, grains of sand could still build a tower.

What was more, the truly exceptional traits in the ninja world were hidden within those powerful figures.

Tsunade, Orochimaru, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and so on.

Qingyu was very curious. If he met Naruto or Sasuke, what traits would he collect from them?

Would the chakra of reincarnation count as a trait?

Qingyu stroked his chin.

"Unfortunately, Naruto and Sasuke's births are still far too far away."

Qingyu thought of Madara Uchiha.

Hashirama Senju had been dead for many years. Only Madara Uchiha was still lurking in the dark side of the ninja world.

He was also the only reincarnate still alive.

"I wonder whether meeting Madara Uchiha would trigger any traits."

Qingyu guessed it should yield some decent traits.

After all, judging from the panel, Madara Uchiha had no obvious weaknesses in ninjutsu, taijutsu, or genjutsu. He was a true all-rounder.

Meanwhile, in an office in the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly set down his pipe.

He had observed Kakashi and Qingyu's sparring today. This child truly was somewhat unusual.

Judging by the awakening of his Sharingan, perhaps he was currently the earliest to awaken it among the Uchiha clan?

However, would he develop Kekkei Genkai Disease?

Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered.

A Kekkei Genkai was a gift, but if handled poorly, it could become a curse.

Once someone could not bear the power of a Kekkei Genkai, they could instead develop illnesses because of it, becoming weak and sickly before ultimately dying young.

"Observe him for a while longer."

Sarutobi Hiruzen made his decision.

The next day.

Qingyu went to class as usual.

The first lesson did not begin with what a ninja was or how one should train.

Instead, it began by promoting the so-called Will of Fire.

Naturally, Qingyu listened attentively to this lesson as well.

In Konoha, the Will of Fire was absolute political correctness.

Anyone who refused to accept the Will of Fire was an agent of outside forces.

Those who betrayed the Will of Fire were generally unruly ninja, and they eventually became rogue ninja.

With the mindset of an adult, Qingyu naturally could not truly believe in the Will of Fire.

However, supporting the Will of Fire and becoming a ninja of the Will of Fire would be greatly beneficial to Qingyu.

He was a bona fide Konoha native, with pure Will of Fire blood flowing through his veins!

Both the Senju and Uchiha were founding elder clans of Konoha. Qingyu's background could not have been more legitimate.

Whenever something happened, Konoha's higher-ups would naturally protect him.

If he only had Senju blood, Qingyu felt there would be no need to go this far.

The key was that he also had half Uchiha blood.

That left Qingyu unsure what Shimura Danzō's attitude toward him would be.

Hostile?

Indifferent?

In any case, the lesson soon came to an end.

Fortunately, after the instructor finished discussing the Will of Fire, the rest covered practical ninja subjects.

"Shuriken..."

Qingyu followed the chūnin instructor to the training ground.

For ordinary ninja, mastering shuriken was of utmost importance.

To put it this way, getting hit by a Fire Release ninjutsu might not kill you. It would only leave burns.

But if you were hit by a shuriken, even a jōnin could die.

Sunagakure's hero, Pakura, had died that way.

After all, not every ninja knew medical ninjutsu. Blood loss and infection were problems they had to face.

"Why learn shuriken?"

Obito looked at the shuriken the teacher handed out, clearly uninterested.

He wanted to learn powerful and cool ninjutsu.

Then Rin would definitely look at him with admiration!

"Because not everyone's chakra reserves are sufficient."

Hearing Obito's complaint beside him, Qingyu spoke calmly.

Obito was actually quite fortunate. The Uchiha clan was born with greater chakra reserves than ordinary ninja clans, and in the future, Obito would even receive Hashirama Cells.

It could be said that he had never worried about his chakra reserves at all.

"That's right. When you run out of chakra, shuriken become very useful."

Hearing Qingyu's words, Rin Nohara agreed.

As a civilian, Rin Nohara did have the problem of insufficient chakra reserves.

She simply had not expected Qingyu to possess such awareness as well.

He stood in stark contrast to Obito!

"Obito is still too much of an idiot."

Kakashi shook his head.

His chakra reserves were greater than those of an ordinary ninja, but compared to naturally gifted clans such as the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki, they seemed meager.

He casually flicked out a shuriken.

Under his father's guidance, Kakashi had long since built a solid foundation in shuriken techniques.

Thwack!

The shuriken struck the bullseye.

[Detected collectible trait: Hatake Style Shurikenjutsu]

[E-rank Trait: Hatake Style Shurikenjutsu]

[Effect: Your movements when throwing shuriken will require less effort.]

Qingyu raised an eyebrow. The more he looked at Kakashi, the more he felt the boy was an inexhaustible treasure trove!