In his view, Naruto had transformed completely in such a short time, so he must have had some secret technique. If even a dead-last like Naruto could master it, then with his own superior talent, wouldn't he improve by leaps and bounds?
The others immediately crowded around Naruto too, afraid they'd miss their chance to get stronger.
"A trick?" Naruto thought carefully about his daily training routine, counting it off on his fingers. "Monday to Friday, after school I do half an hour of worksheets, two hundred kilometers of physical training, an hour of kunai throwing, and an hour of Tree Climbing. Then when I get home, I practice ninjutsu for another two hours. On weekends... Saturday and Sunday... Well, on Saturday, I just double everything. That's about it."
"Break it up, break it up!"
The moment they heard Naruto's training plan, the students watching scattered like startled birds. The ones who had been straining to catch every word changed their earnest expressions to looks of horror.
They might have been willing to grit their teeth and try the first few parts of the routine, but the fact that he didn't rest on weekends and doubled his training instead extinguished the last flicker of hope they had.
Could even a full-fledged ninja keep up with a life like that?
Tsume Inuzuka stood where she was, thoughtful, rubbing her chin as she silently resolved to give it a try when she got home.
Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno, however, had already slipped away as soon as they heard the first half, disappearing faster than anyone else.
What a joke.
They went shopping and ate dango with their friends after school every day, and they had plenty of important plans on the weekends. Who would waste their precious youth training at the