Yielding to Perfect Fingertips

Lie Yang set down the documents.

"Since taijutsu is your weakness, don't waste time confronting taijutsu specialists head-on."

"But ninja will always encounter close combat."

"So what you need isn't relentless training in fists and kicks."

Lie Yang picked up a kunai and spun it around his fingers.

"It's making sure the enemy can't get close."

The ninja looked at the kunai.

"Kunai throwing?"

"And Ninja Tool Manipulation."

Lie Yang handed him the kunai.

"Your Wind Release chakra is suited to increasing speed, and it can also alter a kunai's flight path."

"Earth Release chakra lacks flexibility, but it is stable enough."

"Use the two separately."

"Wind handles variation. Earth handles restriction."

The ninja gripped the kunai, his brows still tightly furrowed.

"I've tried coating kunai with Wind Release."

"The speed did increase, but the chakra was hard to maintain."

Lie Yang raised a hand and pointed at his wrist.

"Because you coated the entire kunai with Wind Release chakra."

"The only part of a kunai that needs destructive power is the blade."

"To alter its direction, you only need to control the airflow around the tail ring."

"You wasted most of your chakra on the handle."

The ninja froze for a moment, then immediately followed Lie Yang's instructions and compressed his Wind Release chakra toward the front of the kunai.

A faint whistling sound came from the blade's edge.

The previously scattered chakra gradually concentrated.

He flicked his wrist.

Whoosh!

The kunai shot out in an instant.

Its sharp blade sank into a tree trunk thirty paces away, leaving only the tail ring outside, trembling softly.

Several Konoha ninja rose to their feet at once.

"The speed is at least twice as fast."

"He understood it after hearing it once."

"It's not that he learns quickly. That man explained