The Top Student and the Slacker (3)

Chapter 23: The Straight-A Student and the Slacker

I just hope Uchiha Hana is the type who has plenty of goods in her belly but just can't pour them out, like a dumpling boiled in a teapot.

Uchiha Shin, Madara, and Izuna looked up at Uchiha Hana as she climbed the tree, silently hoping for the best.

As it turned out, Uchiha Shin was merely engaging in wishful thinking.

Uchiha Hana hadn't even climbed ten meters before her feet gave out, and she plummeted backward toward the ground.

Fortunately, she was agile enough; just before hitting the ground, she performed a textbook backflip in mid-air, bent her knees slightly, and landed steadily on her feet.

What a hopeless case; it really showed just what level her chakra control was at...

Uchiha Shin's face darkened, and he understood the situation perfectly.

"Hehe, I might not be in the right state today. I clearly climbed fifteen meters last time."

Uchiha Hana didn't know the meaning of shame; instead, she looked at the three of them with a silly grin, trying to justify herself.

At this moment, the looks Madara and Izuna gave Uchiha Hana were filled with even more disdain, and even their gazes toward Uchiha Shin suddenly turned strange.

"Get back in line quickly. If you weren't very good at it, why didn't you say so when I asked earlier?"

Uchiha Shin's face was grim as he ordered Uchiha Hana to return to the group and scolded her.

"I thought I could do it."

Uchiha Hana looked aggrieved as she stood in a row with Madara and Izuna, muttering under her breath.

Uchiha Shin pretended not to hear her muttering.

Women, after all—even at six years old, she was still a woman.

In his past life, some women could cause a rear-end collision while parking and still have a mountain of excuses. You want to reason with them?

As the saying goes, when there is no goddess in your heart, drawing your blade becomes divine.

Women, heh, they only slow down the speed of my blade, Uchiha Shin. Whether in my past life or now, it's all the same, heh.

Since Uchiha Hana hadn't explained clearly and her demonstration had failed, Uchiha Shin roughly understood where he needed to start.

"To put it simply, tree climbing is about concentrating chakra into the soles of your feet and walking on the tree trunk just as you would on the ground."

"It sounds simple, but it is difficult to execute. Hana's performance just now is a classic example of failure."

Uchiha Shin mercilessly dragged Uchiha Hana out to serve as a cautionary tale.

"Generally speaking, there are three difficulties in climbing a tree."

"First, how do you quickly concentrate chakra into the soles of your feet?"

"Second, how much chakra should you gather?"

"Third, how do you control the direction of the force exerted by that chakra?"

"As long as you three—Madara, Izuna, and Hana—can figure out the answers to these three questions..."

"I can say that you will have mastered ninety percent of the tree-climbing technique; the remaining ten percent is just a matter of familiarity."

Uchiha Shin prepared to combine the technique of tree climbing with the physics he had learned in his past life, so that Madara, Izuna, and Hana could understand it more easily.

Thus, Uchiha Shin first gave a simple and clear explanation of the mechanics from his past life—gravity, elastic force, buoyancy, and friction—to the three of them.

Then, Uchiha Shin used materials at hand to conduct a few mechanical experiments.

He wanted to ensure Madara, Izuna, and Hana understood the manifestations of these three types of forces: gravity, elasticity, and friction.

After all, if the three of them didn't even understand these simple mechanical concepts, Uchiha Shin wouldn't be able to proceed with his lesson.

However, one had to admit that Uchiha Tajima's genes were truly excellent; the inheritance was remarkably strong and superior.

After Uchiha Shin explained briefly and performed a few experiments in front of them, Madara and Izuna instantly grasped the concepts of gravity, elastic force, friction, and buoyancy.

As for Uchiha Hana, perhaps it was a genetic mutation, but she actually managed to understand them as well.

This truly made Uchiha Shin look at her in a new light.

Perhaps Uchiha Hana wasn't incapable of learning before; maybe she just hadn't been taught, or the method of instruction had been wrong?

Uchiha Shin thought with a sense of relief.

"Alright, since you three—Madara, Izuna, and Hana—have understood what gravity, elastic force, friction, and buoyancy are..."

"Then the rest of the tree-climbing technique is even simpler."

"You only need to dynamically control the direction of the force from the chakra in your soles and maintain the balance between your body's gravity and the friction generated at your feet."

"Once you master this technique, the rest will fall into place naturally."

"Now, you may each give it a try."

After Uchiha Shin had broken down the tree-climbing technique using the physics of his past life...

Madara, Izuna, and Hana excitedly began to experiment, targeting the thick tree in front of them, which was wide enough that it would take three people to wrap their arms around it.

Thanks to Uchiha Shin's novel explanation, Madara, Izuna, and Hana had never imagined that learning to climb a tree could be such a simple matter.

The three of them felt their admiration and respect for Uchiha Shin growing deeper and deeper.

Seeing Madara, Izuna, and Hana begin their tree-climbing practice, it seemed there was nothing for him to do here but wait foolishly.

Wait.

"Multi-Shadow Clone Technique!"

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

Uchiha Shin instantly split into three Multi-Shadow Clones.

"The safety of Madara, Izuna, and Hana is temporarily entrusted to you; I am going to wander around nearby."

Feeling a sudden urge to stroll about, Uchiha Shin spoke to his three Multi-Shadow Clones.

"Understood, original body, leave it to us three brothers!"

The three Multi-Shadow Clones of Uchiha Shin smiled broadly and agreed with the real Uchiha Shin.

"Mn."

Uchiha Shin nodded, waved his hand, and turned directly to walk toward the direction of the Naka River on the other side of the forest.

As he walked, Uchiha Shin admired the pristine, primitive scenery of the forest, feeling a touch of sentimentality in his heart...

He thought of the high-rise buildings, the constant flow of traffic, and the dense factories of his past life.

The convenience brought by rapidly developing technology naturally made people's lives much easier.

However, the side effects left behind by such high-speed technological development were naturally enormous.

Take this beautiful, vast forest where Uchiha Shin was strolling, the azure sky above it, and even the pure air.

Outside of the deep mountains and old forests of his past life, you wouldn't even dare to dream of such things in a modern metropolis.

Unlike this current era, where stepping out of your front door feels like going on a vacation to the Summer Resort; everything is so primitive, haha.

The only downside is that war rages outside, and people are beating each other's brains out like dogs.