As Ye Fan carefully examined the towering tree, Naruto Uzumaki walked over with a curious look on his face.
"What's different about this tree?"
Naruto Uzumaki copied Ye Fan's manner and scrutinized it for a long while, yet still failed to notice anything unusual.
To him, it was simply an ordinary tree. Even if it was somewhat taller than most, that was nothing remarkable.
After all, Konoha Village had no shortage of trees like this.
Ye Fan withdrew his hand from the trunk and looked at Naruto Uzumaki with a faint smile. Instead of answering, he asked,
"What do you think makes it different from the other trees?"
Naruto Uzumaki pondered for a moment.
He had been using this tree as a target for half the day.
If he had to name a difference, it was that this tree seemed harder than the others. He had to deliberately put more force into his throws before his kunai could stick into the trunk.
Other than that,
he could not think of anything special about it.
Seeing that Naruto Uzumaki remained silent for so long, Ye Fan did not press him further and instead said,
"This tree is useful to me. If you want to practice throwing kunai, could you choose another tree?"
When Ye Fan shifted the subject to training, Naruto Uzumaki immediately became interested and asked in a seeking tone,
"Senior, you said I had a small habit just now. What habit is it exactly?"
"Didn't I already give you a hint? What, you still haven't figured it out?"
Naruto Uzumaki scratched his head sheepishly.
Seeing his expression, Ye Fan decided to make the point clear and hurriedly said,
"Lend me a kunai."
Though Naruto Uzumaki found it strange that Ye Fan did not even have such basic equipment as