Kentaro's Guidance

The next day, Feng finished breakfast early and headed to Uchiha Teuchi's home. Though the person he most wanted to see right now was Uchiha Fugaku, to see whether he could copy Susanoo,

he did not know Fugaku at all, and there was a difference in status between them. If he directly asked to see him and then requested physical contact, Fugaku might just hit him with a Sharingan genjutsu and expose even the contents of his underwear.

Therefore, Feng did not plan to seek out Fugaku himself. Instead, he planned to wait for Fugaku to come find him.

His ninjutsu foundation was nonexistent. Before escaping Konoha, he could first learn a few things. In the meantime, he could casually make some remarks expressing dissatisfaction with the clan head. He believed Fugaku would come looking for him.

As for whether he should also say things against the village, that would depend on the situation after he came into contact with Fugaku.

If Fugaku proved useful, then in the taverns frequented by the Konoha Military Police Force, Uchiha Little Mustache Feng would appear, shouting, "Five hundred ryo, a whole five hundred ryo! A bowl of ramen actually costs five hundred ryo!"

If Fugaku proved useless, then before long, neither Konoha nor the Uchiha would have anyone named Feng anymore.

"Uncle Teuchi, Auntie Geng, good morning. Is Brother Kentaro here?" Feng asked Uchiha Teuchi and his wife, who were working at their pancake shop on Konoha's streets.

"Feng, why aren't you resting at home for a few more days? You need to take care of yourself." Teuchi served the customers in the shop while showing concern for Feng.

"Uncle Teuchi, the doctor already said I was fine. I don't need any more rest. Is Brother Kentaro here? We agreed yesterday that he would start teaching me how to become a ninja today."

"Taro should have taken Jiro to the training grounds. Those two have been going there early every day lately. I heard it's because that kid Taro is preparing for the jonin exam. He's been a chunin for years before finally taking the jonin exam. That's pretty pathetic." Though Uncle Teuchi's words sounded disparaging, the joy and pride on his face were impossible to hide.

"Uncle Teuchi, could you say that without grinning so hard your mouth splits open? Still, Brother Kentaro is taking the jonin exam before even turning twenty, so he really is outstanding. Jiro also graduated successfully this year and became a genin. Your family is incredible. Anyway, Uncle Teuchi, Auntie Geng, see you later. I'll go find Brother Kentaro first."

"Mm, go on. I remember they've been training at the newly built training grounds west of the clan compound lately. Come have lunch at my place with them at noon. It's a pity your father and grandfather couldn't see you become a ninja. Sigh..."

After bidding Uncle Teuchi farewell, Feng hurried to the training grounds west of the clan compound. Before long, he found the brothers Kentaro and Kenjiro training there. They seemed to be practicing the famous ninjutsu from Naruto: Card Release—Dog Awkward Cry Technique (Fire Release—Fireball Jutsu).

"Brother Kentaro, Kenjiro, sorry to interrupt. I'll have to trouble you both for a while," Feng said, interrupting their practice.

"Oh, Feng. Not bad, you came early. I thought you'd arrive a little later."

"Jiro, practice the hand seal sequence I just taught you first."

"I'll teach Feng the basics of being a ninja. He never attended the Ninja Academy, so he doesn't understand anything."

"Mm, all right, Big Brother. Go help that useless guy first. After all, Uncle Tetsutaro used to help us repair our ninja tools quite often." Kenjiro first gave Feng a contemptuous glance, then calmly spoke to his older brother Kentaro.

"Feng, come with me." Kentaro ignored Kenjiro and turned to lead Feng toward the resting area at the edge of the training grounds.

"Yes, Brother Taro." Feng followed Kentaro, offering no response to Kenjiro's words.

Being called useless irritated him somewhat, but the original owner of this body really had been useless before. Kenjiro was not wrong. Besides, Feng would be learning the basics of being a ninja from Kenjiro's older brother for some time, so he could only swallow his displeasure.

"Feng, your situation is unusual. You had no ninja talent before and couldn't refine enough chakra to use ninjutsu. Now, because you've awakened the Sharingan, along with some special bloodline of yours, you possess chakra at the level of a genin.

"But having chakra alone won't make you a qualified ninja. You have a great deal to learn.

"You should know that other people generally spend six years studying at the Ninja Academy before becoming qualified ninjas.

"And I don't have much time to teach you. Before long, the village will hold the jonin exam, and I need to prepare for it.

"So you only have one month. During that month, I'll teach as best I can, and you'll learn as best you can. How much you learn will depend on your own ability," Kentaro said slowly.

"Before I teach you anything else, we need to start with the most basic thing: refining chakra. The first ninjutsu a ninja learns is the Chakra Refinement Technique. It is the foundation of everything. Though you have a decent amount of chakra because of your special circumstances,

you will still need the Chakra Refinement Technique in the future, whether to increase your total chakra reserves or restore chakra after using it up. If you don't master this technique, you won't have any future at all.

"So-called chakra is a special power refined by combining spiritual energy with the physical energy contained in the body's 130 trillion cells. The Chakra Refinement Technique is the method of refining that power. Now activate your Sharingan, watch me carefully, and learn from me."

As he spoke, Kentaro began teaching Feng the Chakra Refinement Technique.

Uchiha Kentaro was not an outstanding teacher, but he was serious and patient enough.

Feng already had chakra within his body. On top of that, he possessed an adult's soul and the Sharingan, known as a cheat code for learning ninjutsu.

With all those advantages combined, Feng barely managed to learn the most basic Chakra Refinement Technique in one morning. After that, he could only keep practicing until he became familiar with it.

Around noon, the three of them finished their respective training and headed back to Uncle Teuchi's pancake shop together. When Kenjiro learned that it had taken Feng an entire morning just to learn the Chakra Refinement Technique, he could not help looking down on Feng again.

Why? Because something as basic as the Chakra Refinement Technique generally took ordinary ninjas no more than an hour to learn. In the anime, the protagonist Naruto Uzumaki succeeded in less than ten minutes, yet Feng needed an entire morning...

Kenjiro's contempt made Feng, for the first time since transmigrating, realize just how terrible this body's ninja talent was. If he did not have a cheat to rely on, he would probably already be looking for Might Guy to learn taijutsu.

After all, once he became Guy's disciple and put on that bright green skintight training suit, even as an Uchiha, ANBU and Root would likely keep a little more distance from him. That would be quite helpful for his escape from Konoha.

After lunch at Uncle Teuchi's home, Feng returned home alone and continued practicing and familiarizing himself with the Chakra Refinement Technique.

After squeezing all the chakra from his body dry, he rested while considering how to make dissatisfied remarks within the clan and draw Clan Head Fugaku's attention.

This body's ninja talent was visibly terrible. If he relied on his own training, his future ending was easy to foresee: either on Root's experiment table or beneath that beast Itachi's slaughtering blade.

Therefore, it was more reliable to find a way to contact Uchiha Fugaku and see whether he could activate his cheat.