Uchiha Youngster's Wild Ride!

Qingyu steeled himself and walked to the wall, gathering chakra at the soles of his feet before attempting to step up...

Splat.

As Qingyu slid down and landed on his backside, he winced in pain, baring his teeth.

He felt as though his tailbone had shifted, and this fall caused the patient in the next bed to pull their privacy curtain shut even faster.

Damn it, don't you understand what a bond is?

Patient: You can lie to yourself, but don't lie to your brothers.

"Chakra output is unstable," Tobirama analyzed in his mind.

"The thickness of the chakra layer on your soles deviates by more than 20%, leading to uneven adhesion."

"And your posture is hideous!" Izuna added with disdain.

"When we Uchiha walk on walls, we do it with elegance. What is this supposed to look like?"

Qingyu climbed up from the floor, wanting to cry but having no tears: "Two teachers, could you give me some constructive advice?"

"Try again," Shisui encouraged.

"Imagine there is a layer of invisible glue between your soles and the wall. You must control the viscosity of that glue... it cannot be too sticky, nor too loose."

Qingyu took a deep breath and tried again.

This time he held on for two seconds before sliding down once more.

"Progress!" Shisui applauded. "The duration increased from 1.2 seconds to 2.1 seconds!"

Qingyu: "..." This level of progress was embarrassing to even mention; he couldn't even be called a "three-second man"...

For the next half hour, the sound of "splat" and "thud" echoed incessantly throughout the ward.

In the next bed, the patient was woken up, took a groggy look, and then silently pulled their curtain shut, pretending they didn't exist.

Sigh, these young Uchiha sure know how to play!

Qingyu: ???

Finally, on the twenty-seventh attempt, Qingyu successfully walked three meters along the wall; although his posture was as twisted as a crab's, he at least didn't fall off.

"Congratulations!" Shisui handed him a water bottle.

"Rest for five minutes, then we move to the next item."

Qingyu slumped on the floor, panting heavily: "There... there's more?"

"Of course." Shisui pulled a small box from his ninja pouch.

Inside were... a pile of wooden blocks the size of soybeans?

"Second training item: Chakra micro-manipulation."

Shisui pinched one of the small blocks: "Use chakra to make it levitate and keep it stable. The goal is to control three blocks simultaneously, hovering for ten seconds."

Qingyu looked at those small wooden blocks, and his brain began to ache.

Why was this training starting to feel like some "superpower development course"? What happened to the ninja world he was promised!

He wasn't Eleven, some telekinetic master with a nosebleed.

He was an Uchiha!

Even if he hadn't awakened his Sharingan yet...

[Ding!]

[System Prompt: Special training scenario detected.]

[Limited-time mission triggered: Devil Instructor in the Ward.]

[Mission Content: Complete three special ward training sessions under Shisui's guidance (Chakra Adhesion Walking, Chakra Micro-manipulation, Tactical Deduction).]

[Mission Reward: Depending on completion, unlock "Chakra Control +5%" or "Obtain a random Ninjutsu insight from Shisui."]

[Failure Penalty: Shisui's favorability -1 (Although he will still smile at you, the training volume might double~)]

Qingyu looked at the system prompt and gritted his teeth.

Go for it!

Over the next two hours, the ward became Qingyu's personal training ground.

The chakra micro-manipulation made him see stars... those damn little wooden blocks seemed to have minds of their own.

One moment they flew everywhere, the next they dropped to the floor. Just when he finally managed to get all three to float, they collided with each other and all fell down.

"Your chakra threads are too thick," Tobirama instructed in real-time.

"They need to be thin, to be supple. Imagine you are lifting things with a strand of hair."

"Controlling three separate chakra sources while keeping them independent," Izuna said, surprisingly being helpful for once.

"It is indeed a bit difficult. It took me... hmm... three days to master this back in the day."

Qingyu: "..." Your attempt at comfort is worse than saying nothing at all.

Besides, it's still doubtful whether it will actually take three days.

Finally, just before lunch, Qingyu barely managed to complete the second training task... although the three wooden blocks shook like he had Parkinson's while suspended, he at least managed to hold them for ten seconds.

"Very good!" Shisui put away the wooden blocks.

"Morning training is over. This afternoon, we will conduct tactical simulations."

Qingyu felt as if he had been granted amnesty and collapsed onto the bed.

Lunch was the standard hospital meal, as bland as ever.

But Qingyu no longer had the energy to complain... he felt completely hollowed out, performing even the act of eating mechanically.

After the meal, Shisui truly began the tactical simulations.

He started drawing diagrams on a whiteboard in the hospital room... yes, he had managed to find a small whiteboard from somewhere.

"Assume your opponent is Kankuro." Shisui drew a stick figure and labeled it "Puppet Master" next to it.

"His advantages are mid-to-long-range control, versatile puppets, poison, and traps. Your advantages are..."

He drew another figure on the other side: "Elemental advantage, agile movement, and also..."

He paused, looking at Qingyu with a smile.

"Those strange little inventions of yours."

Qingyu gave a dry laugh: "Senior, I call that tactical innovation..."

"It's all the same." Shisui continued drawing.

"So, here is the question: if Kankuro opens the fight by deploying his 'Crow' and 'Black Ant' puppets to attack you from the left and right, how do you respond?"

Qingyu fell into deep thought.

Inside his mind, his two teachers joined the discussion:

"Take one out first," Izuna said decisively.

"Concentrate your firepower on 'Crow'. That thing is fast but has weak defense. Use Water Style to gum up its joints, then burn it with Fire Style."

"The risk is too high," Tobirama countered.

"Facing two puppets simultaneously, it is safer to spread your fire. You could use Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire to cover the area, forcing the puppets to retreat, then use Water Style to create mist and disrupt his vision."

"Too conservative! You have to take risks on the battlefield!"

"Reckless risks are equivalent to suicide..."

"Teachers," Qingyu raised his hand weakly, "can I share my thoughts?"

The voices in his head went quiet.

Qingyu took a deep breath and looked at the whiteboard: "I... probably wouldn't attack the puppets directly."

Shisui raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

"Puppets are tools; the one controlling them is the person." Qingyu pointed at the stick figure representing Kankuro on the whiteboard.

"If I can bypass the puppets and attack Kankuro himself... or at least force him to move, disrupting his control rhythm..."

Shisui's eyes lit up: "Interesting! Go on."

"Kankuro needs to concentrate to control his puppets, and he isn't very fast himself." Qingyu's thoughts became clearer as he spoke.

"I could use Steam-Kill Shuriken to create smoke to interfere with his line of sight, then use Shadow Clones to feign an attack on the puppets while my real body flanks him for a surprise strike..."

"But how would you pinpoint his location?" Shisui asked. "You wouldn't be able to see in the smoke either."

Qingyu paused, suddenly thinking of his newly acquired Byakugan Insight Youth Version.

"I... can sense chakra," he said cautiously.

"Although the range isn't large, it's enough to find him."

Shisui stared at him for a few seconds, then smiled: "Very good! This approach is much smarter than just clashing head-on with the puppets."

He wiped the whiteboard clean and drew again: "Then, next scenario: what if the opponent is Temari?"

The tactical simulations lasted until three in the afternoon.

Qingyu felt like his brain's CPU was overloaded again, but the gains were immense.

Shisui was truly worthy of being called a genius, known as Body Flicker Shisui; his tactical thinking was imaginative yet exceptionally practical, covering many angles that Qingyu had never even considered.