Cultivation

The next day.

5:00 AM. The sky was misty, and the sun hadn't yet risen.

Uzumaki Menma, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly yanked out of bed.

Menma groggily opened his eyes and saw Yamanaka Fu looking at him expressionlessly.

Menma shuddered in fright, "Yamanaka-ojisan, what are you doing?"

Yamanaka Fu said sternly, "Danzo-sama has ordered that I begin training Menma-shousa from today."

Menma glanced at the alarm clock and felt his scalp tingle, "It's only 5:00 AM, is it really necessary to start so early?"

"It is necessary."

Yamanaka Fu placed Menma on the ground.

"You have ten minutes to get dressed and wash up. I'll be waiting for you outside."

After saying that, Yamanaka Fu left Menma's room.

Menma, with black lines all over his face, began to get dressed and wash up.

Although he knew that training would start today, he didn't expect it to start so early.

After washing up, Menma left his room.

Yamanaka Fu was waiting at the door.

Seeing Menma come out, he said, "Follow me," and then walked ahead on his own.

After arriving at the Root training ground.

Yamanaka Fu, without any preamble, directly introduced chakra to Menma.

"Chakra is a type of energy produced by the perfect fusion of all the body's component energies. It is the source of energy for ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu, and is the product of the average mixing of spiritual and physical energy."

Yamanaka Fu began to demonstrate directly to Menma, forming hand seals.

"Water Release: Water Disruption Wave!"

Yamanaka Fu spat out a small jet of water from his mouth, hitting the ground.

"This is a basic Water Release ninjutsu performed through chakra."

Menma was now wide awake, eager to learn ninjutsu immediately.

Menma excitedly asked, "Yamanaka-ojisan, are you going to teach me this Water Release ninjutsu today?"

Yamanaka Fu shook his head, "No, this is just to demonstrate the use of chakra. You don't have chakra yet, so you can't learn ninjutsu. Therefore, you must start by extracting chakra."

"Yamanaka-ojisan, I'm ready, please teach me quickly!"

Menma couldn't wait any longer.

Yamanaka Fu nodded, "Then let's start with physical training."

Menma asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to teach me how to extract chakra? Why do I have to do physical training?"

"I said earlier that chakra is the product of the average mixing of spiritual and physical energy. Your current physical fitness is not enough to fuse with spiritual energy, so you can't extract chakra. Therefore, we must start with physical training.

Today's training goal is physical training, plus learning twelve hand seals. Alright, let's begin."

An hour later.

Menma collapsed on the ground, exhausted, and begged, "Yamanaka-ojisan, I can't do it anymore, I need to rest for a while, or I'll die!"

Yamanaka Fu sternly shouted, "Since you still have the strength to beg for mercy, it means you still have the strength to train, continue!"

Menma pretended not to hear and continued to lie on the ground resting.

Yamanaka Fu formed hand seals, "Water Release: Water Whip!"

Yamanaka Fu created a whip made of water in his hand and then lashed it at the ground next to Menma.

A deep whip mark appeared on the ground.

Menma jumped up in fright.

Yamanaka Fu threatened, "You can only stop when I say stop! If you slack off again, the next whip will hit you."

Seeing that Yamanaka Fu wasn't joking, Menma had no choice but to continue training.

Another hour passed.

Menma's legs were trembling uncontrollably, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.

"Alright, you can rest for 30 minutes now."

Menma collapsed directly onto the ground.

Menma protested, "Yamanaka-ojisan, if I keep training like this, I'll be skinned alive even if I don't die! I'm still developing, what if I don't grow taller?"

"That situation you described won't happen. You underestimate a ninja's physique too much. Do you know how old the youngest person to become a ninja was?"

"How old?"

"A genius from Konoha, graduated from the Ninja Academy at the age of 5 and became a Genin, became a Chunin at the age of 6, and was promoted to Jonin at the age of 12. You are Lord Danzo's grandson, you should surpass this genius!"

Not related by blood!

Uzumaki Menma complained in his heart.

Besides, what was he supposed to compare with that person? That person was a genius, but he wasn't.

Uzumaki Menma then thought, wait, maybe I am a genius too.

Inside the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he even destroyed Konoha.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Yamanaka Fu clapped his hands: "Alright, break time is over, time for the next training session."

Uzumaki Menma sighed and reluctantly stood up from the ground.

"Next is hand seal training."

Hearing about hand seal training, Uzumaki Menma breathed a sigh of relief.

Learning hand seals shouldn't be so tiring, right?

Another two hours passed.

Uzumaki Menma's ten fingers trembled non-stop, completely out of control.

"Today's training ends here. Tomorrow at five in the morning, I hope to see you at the training ground, instead of having to drag you out of your room."

After saying that, Yamanaka Fu directly used the Body Flicker Technique and left the training ground.

Originally, Uzumaki Menma had a pretty good impression of Yamanaka Fu, thinking he was a very easy-going person.

Once, Uzumaki Menma ran into Yamanaka Fu eating a banana, and he even shared one with Uzumaki Menma.

But now...

Seeing Yamanaka Fu leave, Uzumaki Menma shouted in a venting manner: "Devil!"

Uzumaki Menma limped, moving extremely slowly as he left the training ground.

After Yamanaka Fu left, he went directly to Danzo's office.

Seeing Yamanaka Fu return, Danzo asked: "How was the training?"

Yamanaka Fu reported truthfully: "It went smoothly. Initially, I estimated that Master Menma's physical training would only last for an hour at most, but Master Menma stubbornly persisted for two hours. His physique is quite good, but Master Menma must be forced to train obediently. Given any opportunity, he will think about slacking off."

Danzo's mouth curled into a creepy smile: "Then continue. As long as you discover him slacking off, double the training time until he doesn't dare to slack off anymore! Doesn't he want to go out and play? Then he must know that if he wants to go out and play, he must obediently cultivate!"

"Yes!"

At this time, Uzumaki Menma had finally reached the Root's main gate.

In fact, Uzumaki Menma was now completely exhausted, but having finally completed his training mission, he was unwilling not to go out and play!

It was precisely in order to be able to go out and play that he had endured such rigorous training.

If he completed the training but didn't go out and play, wouldn't he be at a huge loss?

Even just taking a stroll outside would be fine, it would still mean that today's training wasn't in vain.