Let Fifty-Fifty Split You Fifty-Fifty

Yamano strode outside.

Xiuxiang called after him, "Uncle! I've cooked the rice. Will you teach me how to stir-fry?"

Yamano waved a hand without saying anything or looking back.

Uchiha Ling hurriedly said, "Stay home, little sister. Don't run around, okay?"

By the time he chased after him, Teacher Yamano had already reached the street corner, moving quickly.

Ling chased after him, panting, until they reached a nearby park. From a distance, he heard Yamano roaring inside.

"What's the use of being sensible?! What's the use of growing up overnight?! Why don't you have talent for chakra?! Why..."

The flowers and grass in the park suffered terribly. Uchiha Ling watched entire bushes fly into the air.

He did not dare go inside and could only listen from outside as Yamano vented.

[Detected Yamano's defenses being shattered. Extracting an ability related to Yamano. The host may choose one of three.

Option One: Three-Body Technique proficiency;

Option Two: Shadow Clone Technique;

Option Three: Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.]

He should honestly just choose a reward.

Outstanding ninja all went to the front lines to take missions and make names for themselves. The teachers at the Ninja Academy were not particularly strong; many were simply ninja with some insight into teaching.

Geniuses could not teach. A genius teaching would only say, "How could a ninja still fail to learn a forbidden technique by fourteen?"

Yamano's abilities were all geared toward practicality and teaching.

Option One was Three-Body Technique proficiency, the main ninjutsu taught at the academy.

Among the Three-Body Technique, the Substitution Technique was the most practical. If used well, it could practically serve as a second life.

Option Two was the Shadow Clone Technique, an advanced version of clone techniques. The clones had physical forms, and their memories could return to the original body.

As for Option Three... the system was not sincerely offering anything good. Uchiha Ling only had fire-nature chakra right now. Was it giving him a Wind Release ninjutsu so he could learn it later?

Uchiha Ling hesitated between the Three-Body Technique and the Shadow Clone Technique before ultimately choosing the Shadow Clone Technique.

The Three-Body Technique was nearly useless in high-level battles. Powerful ninja could quickly see through it.

Shadow Clones were different. They could be used from the beginner stage all the way to the end of the series.

In an instant, it felt as though he had used the Shadow Clone Technique countless times before.

As he was wondering whether to try it now, he saw Teacher Yamano emerge from the park.

Green plant sap still stained his legs. Who knew how many flowers and bushes he had kicked apart?

Uchiha Ling tried saying, "Teacher Yamano, I have connections in the Military Police Force. Believe me, I can get Xiuxiang registered as a ninja."

Yamano's eyes brightened for a moment before immediately dimming and settling into calmness.

"Forget it. Even if she became a ninja by force, she would only be cannon fodder, dying in some worthless battle.

It would be nice enough if my niece could grow up safely.

But you, Ling..."

Uchiha Ling had no idea what was going on and looked at his teacher in confusion.

No way. Did Teacher discover that I mastered some new technique and become suspicious?

"Ling, hearing the word 'connections' from the mouth of a five-year-old just feels out of place. Are you really five?"

So that was what he was suspicious about. Uchiha Ling was not afraid in the slightest. "Teacher Yamano, you know how it is. Orphans mature early, just like your three-year-old niece."

"That's true." Yamano gave a bitter laugh.

"After my parents died, my sister instantly became like an adult. She was eleven then, taking care of eight-year-old me. Only later did I understand how hard my sister had it.

Enough of that. Thank you for finding someone to register my niece. I need to go home and cook for her."

Uchiha Ling watched Teacher Yamano from afar. Outside the door, Yamano rubbed his face and put on a smile, leaving no trace of his earlier breakdown.

Pushing open the door, he called out, "My adorable niece, what do you want to eat tonight? Shall we make some shrimp?"

The door closed. This uncle and niece were still the closest people in the world to each other.

When he read the manga, he had thought White Fang suffered a tremendous injustice from being attacked by rumors. The original story had only said that White Fang abandoned his mission and caused enormous losses to the Hidden Leaf Village.

Now that he had transmigrated here, he saw what those real losses looked like. He saw Teacher Yamano's family shattered because of it, saw such a young child as Xiuxiang being so sensible, and suddenly understood what it meant to never urge others to be generous when one had not endured their suffering.

No one could urge Yamano to be generous. Yamano had lost the sister who raised him, while Xiuxiang had lost her mother at such a young age.

He had sympathized with White Fang and Kakashi while reading the manga because he only knew them and viewed the matter from their perspective.

Yet a grain of sand casually stirred up by a Kage-level ninja became a mountain when it fell upon an ordinary ninja.

Perhaps someone had fanned the flames behind White Fang's suicide. Perhaps someone had taken the chance to make a mountain out of a molehill. But White Fang abandoning his mission had indeed inflicted devastating harm upon some Hidden Leaf Village families.

Uchiha Ling returned home, ready to properly practice the Shadow Clone Technique and White Fang Flow Body Technique.

For a ninja, taijutsu was the foundation, the basis of all combat.

Returning to the backyard, Uchiha Ling formed a hand seal and created a Shadow Clone.

Half his chakra vanished instantly.

"Form the Seal of Confrontation!"

The Shadow Clone obediently raised its hands and formed the seal. Seeing that the original body was still studying it, it spoke.

"Stop spacing out like a dumb idiot. I'm you from a few seconds ago. I know everything you want to do."

"Speak more gently. You're a Shadow Clone. You're not me."

"You just want to test when I can get beaten to death, don't you? I'm about to die, so why the hell should I be gentle?!"

Uchiha Ling felt that the Defense-Shattering System must have ruined him. His reputation was so bad that even he found his self from three seconds ago annoying.

The two began sparring in taijutsu.

Uchiha Ling discovered that the difference between him and his Shadow Clone was that he could continuously refine chakra, while the Shadow Clone could not replenish its chakra.

Before long, he beat the Shadow Clone apart.

The Shadow Clone's memories returned to his mind. It was quite miraculous—through a third-person perspective, he saw every movement he had made earlier.

After thinking it over for a while, he felt that some of his taijutsu movements could be slightly adjusted.

He formed another hand seal and created a Shadow Clone.

"Form the Seal of Confrontation!"

"You really love making a fuss over nothing. Did school make you stupid? Are you sick? Why are you wasting time here? The Seal of Confrontation? Why don't you perform a Water Dragon Bullet with forty-four hand seals instead?"

"Shut up! Get to work!"

"What was it you wanted to do again? Oh, three seconds ago, you wanted me to practice the White Fang Flow Body Technique and familiarize myself with the technique of bursting chakra from chakra points. Aren't you afraid Kakashi will discover you stole it one day and have Fifty-Fifty split you fifty-fifty?"

Uchiha Ling was speechless. Could making himself lose his composure also trigger a reward draw? Why was his Shadow Clone so irritable?

Together with the Shadow Clone, he began testing the White Fang Flow Body Technique.

After more than three hours, using over a dozen Shadow Clones and enduring more than a dozen rounds of insults, he finally roughly figured out the limits of the White Fang Flow Body Technique.

By storing chakra in the chakra points of vital limbs, he could gain several bursts of power during taijutsu combat.

The chakra points in his left and right legs allowed him to quickly sidestep or kick.

The chakra points in his waist and back allowed him to turn around quickly.

The chakra points in his left and right arms allowed him to strike or block quickly.

With one preparation, he could unleash five explosive taijutsu movements.

Once the chakra in those chakra points was used up, he would have to wait until the battle ended, or create an opportunity to rest and replenish it during battle. It took roughly thirty seconds to fully replenish.

Each burst could be used as a trump card in taijutsu. It was quite good.

Next, he simply needed to put in steady effort until the White Fang Flow Body Technique became a bodily instinct.