Three Body Technique

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The first year of study at the Ninja Academy.

It was mostly basic theoretical knowledge and some physical training. Originally, it did not involve any ninjutsu or genjutsu, and taijutsu was only just beginning to lay a foundation. The children who could enter the Ninja Academy were naturally candidate ninjas capable of refining chakra. It should be said that children unable to refine chakra were weeded out during the enrollment stage and could not enter the academy at all.

Among these children, only a small portion came from ninja clans.

Long before they entered the Ninja Academy.

Almost all of them had already successfully refined their own chakra and had begun training under the guidance of chunin or even jonin from their own clans. Clan secret techniques were involved from the very moment they refined chakra. According to normal theory, for these children, training at home was actually more suitable than at the academy. However, after the Second Hokage established the academy system, all age-appropriate children from ninja clans in the Hidden Leaf Village—not to mention the small and medium-sized clans, even children from the two great houses of Uchiha and Hyuga—were sent to the academy to study at the age of five or six.

The training of these children.

Naturally, there was little need for the academy teachers to worry too much.

According to past conventions, the academy almost exclusively cultivated civilian ninjas and the "dead last" ninjas from these clans who could not enjoy the allocation of resources.

Differences in innate conditions.

Differences in growth environments.

This directly influenced the vastly different landscape within the academy.

The most intuitive point was this.

While children from these ninja clans had almost all refined chakra and begun formal training, the batch of civilian children who had just entered the academy could only start from theoretical knowledge. It was better for those whose parents were ninjas; even if they were only the most ordinary chunin, they could absorb and understand things quickly through subtle influence. The most difficult cases were those civilian children with no foundation at all. The first year was their most important year. They had to understand what the essence of a ninja was, what chakra was, and most importantly, how to refine chakra and how to use it once refined.

Among the three weapons used by ninjas.

Ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu.

Naturally, taijutsu was the easiest to get started with.

And before these children could fully understand what chakra was.

Or rather, before they could freely mobilize and use the chakra within their bodies.

The study of ninjutsu and genjutsu.

Had to be put off until later.

This included the Three Body Technique, the most basic of ninjutsu.

Having only been enrolled for a little over a year, Naruto naturally could not learn any ninjutsu or genjutsu-related content in the academy's curriculum. However, this did not stump Naruto at all. Relying on behavior that was even more well-behaved and intelligent than in the original story, the Naruto of this life had always been a very positive, cheerful, smart, and rational child in Iruka's heart.

Although Iruka was slightly hesitant when Naruto asked him on a day off from the academy to learn the Three Body Technique in advance, he later considered that Naruto's talent as a ninja was no less than that of the children from ninja clans. (At this time, Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, which should have been known to all the ninjas in the village, but his identity as the orphan of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, should only have been known to the top brass of the Hidden Leaf and the truly elite jonin of the village.)

Plus, the Three Body Technique was indeed the most basic of ninjutsu.

Teaching it to Naruto in advance did not seem to be a particularly big problem.

Considering these factors.

When Naruto begged for the second time.

Iruka went with the flow and taught Naruto all the hand seals and basic points of the Three Body Technique.

Then, just like the strange occurrence in the original story, it happened again.

Transformation Technique and Substitution Technique.

Naruto mastered them almost as soon as he tried.

The only difference was the level of proficiency.

But this was not important; as long as he practiced more, Naruto was confident he could master the Transformation Technique and Substitution Technique even more perfectly.

But it just had to be the Clone Technique.

This was the ninjutsu that, in the original story, Naruto could not pass until graduation, failing the graduation exam several times in a row. In this life, Naruto was similarly unable to learn it smoothly—no, it wasn't even a matter of smooth or not, he simply could not master it at all.

Clearly, the key points were followed according to Iruka's guidance.

Whether it was the hand seals or the mobilization of chakra.

Almost no problems appeared at all.

Yet, problems would inevitably arise.

It had been a full three months since he learned the Three Body Technique from Iruka.

He had mastered the Substitution Technique and Transformation Technique within a single day.

Afterward, he only continued to increase his speed and efficiency.

The Clone Technique.

However, he still could not use it successfully even now.

This directly affected Naruto's training plan for this period. According to his established goals, he was supposed to further strengthen his physical fitness during this time and then see if he could pester Iruka for one or two ninjutsu or genjutsu in advance.

After all, Iruka was a chunin; he might not have A-rank or B-rank ninjutsu or genjutsu, but he should have at least one or two C-rank ones.

However, plans could not keep up with changes.

The bottleneck of the Clone Technique.

It was enough to bring Naruto's stubborn temper right to the surface.

He simply refused to believe that he couldn't successfully master the Clone Technique. Even if it seemed like a ninjutsu without any practical use, in Naruto's eyes, since the Three Body Technique was known as the most fundamental of all ninja arts, he ought to be able to master it.

Today, the morning was dedicated to his customary taijutsu training.

In the afternoon.

After finishing his lunch.

Naruto intended to go straight into practicing the Three Body Technique.

He spent a little time consolidating the first two techniques, especially the Substitution Technique (the timing of the substitution, the speed, and the necessary misdirection; in Naruto's view, the Substitution Technique was the most practical of the three, a ninjutsu that could be used even in Kage-level battles).

For the remainder of the time.

Naruto's training focus remained on the Clone Technique.

"Clone Technique!"

"Poof!"

A burst of white smoke erupted out of thin air.

As it cleared away.

What remained was Naruto standing in the center.

And those two lumps of unidentifiable biological matter that looked a tiny bit like Naruto, but in reality, were just sprawled on the ground. Especially the way they seemed to be twitching slightly—it looked indescribably disgusting and twisted.

Naruto stared at the two foreign objects, the corner of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

"Release!"

He let out a soft sigh.

Naruto formed the hand seals once more and dispelled the Clone Technique.

"Poof."

With a soft sound.

Those two unidentifiable objects vanished.

"Where exactly is the problem?"

Naruto sat cross-legged on the ground.

He had failed countless times again today.

The sequence of hand seals.

The mobilization of chakra.

This was supposed to be the most basic of ninjutsu, incredibly simple.

He had followed everything in the correct order.

Why was it just not working?