The Ninja Academy's Incredible Legend (21) The Glorious Tradition Must Be Passed Down Through Generations
Ever since suffering that severe injury, Hayate Gekko had once thought his days were numbered. Fortunately, under Mizuki's treatment, he had survived.
Though he was no longer suited to being a combat ninja, with his experience as a special jōnin, becoming a Ninja Academy teacher posed no problem.
After a considerable period of study, Hayate Gekko finally passed the evaluation and became a teacher who was fairly popular with the students.
He still looked somewhat frail on the surface, but Hayate Gekko had a likeable personality and unexpectedly excellent social skills. His occasional humor earned him considerable praise from both teachers and students.
But today, Hayate Gekko felt helpless for the first time in a long while.
"Of course I can give you some basic swordsmanship materials, but Mizuki, isn't your request a little too strange?"
He stared at the silver-haired ninja before him with a headache.
"A swordsmanship that looks incredibly powerful but is easy enough for children to learn—what exactly are you trying to do?"
It was not that he feared Mizuki stealing the Hatake Clan's inherited swordsmanship. The Hayate Clan's Konoha Style Swordsmanship had originally evolved from the swordsmanship legacy of the Second, Tobirama Senju. The swordsmanship schools within the village were largely similar, with the children of each clan developing their own styles according to their particular traits.
The Hatake Clan excelled even more at speed and assassination, while the Hayate Clan's swordsmanship specialized in unpredictability. The Dance of the Crescent Moon, which blended genjutsu with movement techniques, was Konoha's strongest swordsmanship in battle.
Back then, Hayate Gekko's crushing defeat at the hands of Sunagakure jōnin Baki was not because the Dance of the Crescent Moon was weak, but because Hayate Gekko's frail and sickly body had limited the swordsmanship's power.
Even so, Hayate Gekko had