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How much hardship and how many lessons did an ordinary person have to go through to become a qualified ninja?

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The answer to that question varied from person to person. Some people were born with the talent to be ninjas. Others, no matter how powerful the ninjutsu they learned or how outstanding their strength became, would still find it difficult to become qualified ninjas if their fundamental nature was unsuited to it.

Although Yukimura's life had been too short and he still had much experience to accumulate, leaving his ninja qualifications undeniably inadequate to the point of being unfit, what was even more worrying was his lack of life experience. Without the seasoning of lived experience, he would not only fail as a ninja—he would fail at any profession.

Yukimura had lived rather comfortably in the Land of Waves before, because Mizuki had already prepared the basic external conditions, while Isaribi took care of his daily life. Though he usually appeared to be an outstanding, refined young man, Yukimura had never truly settled down and experienced life in detail. What he lacked could never be made up for merely by working as a shopkeeper for three years and serving as an apprentice ninja for a while.

Deeply shaken, Yukimura nodded woodenly and absentmindedly stuffed the rations he had prepared long ago into his mouth.

"This tastes much worse than the food at home!"

Mizuki could not help but smile at the somewhat petty complaint.

"When you're traveling, you can't avoid making do like this. It's already good enough that you get to skip the wilderness survival stage essential to ninja training. With me here at a time like this, you'll basically face no danger. You won't end up in a desperate situation where even food, clothing, shelter,