Late October.
A cold wave swept across the eastern region, and snowflakes began to fall in the sky above Nightview City.
"Ah, it hurts so much!"
On the training ground, Hisana couldn't help but touch his forehead. He felt that there was a big swelling there, and he seemed to have lost consciousness when he touched it.
"Didn't I say, don't close your eyes when facing the 'enemy'? If I were the 'enemy', you would have died two hundred and seventy-six times now."
Kicho, who was standing in front of Hisana, retracted the middle finger that he had just flicked on Hisana's smooth forehead, feeling extremely confused about Hisana's unsightly actual combat ability.
As early as a few days ago, she gave Hisana practical guidance to help her master the combat abilities that a ninja must possess as soon as possible.
The result... I can't say that there is no progress at all, at least there is some progress, but not much.
Fear of pain and injury is one of the reasons. What makes Kicho the most helpless is that in the face of sudden attacks, Hisana is always in a hurry, not knowing how to respond, and then closes his eyes in relief.
It seems that as long as you do this, other people's attacks will be directly ineffective.
This kind of deception makes Kicho angry and funny.
"Huh? Have I 'died' so many times?"
Hisana wanted to feel aggrieved and stop today's actual combat training, but when he heard the number of 'deaths' recorded by Kicho, he couldn't help but be surprised.
"What else? Today alone, you died almost ninety times. Not only did you not make progress, but you started to regress. With your physical fitness, you should be able to easily escape a surprise attack of this level."
Kicho points out the shortcomings of the other party.
In terms of basic physical quality, Hisana is not worse than her at all, and Chakra still has the upper hand in terms of strength.
Coupled with a series of unconventional Ninjutsu such as Sealing Jutsu, Barrier Jutsu, Sensory Jutsu, it should have been her side that had a headache to deal with, but it turned out to be exactly the opposite.
She didn't even need to open Byakugan, nor did she need to use Gentle Fist. She just used the basic Taijutsu and defeated Hisana.
"There is nothing I can do. Sister Kicho, your speed is a bit scary. I have never fought with anyone in the past."
Hisana wanted to take out some snacks to chew, but when he saw Kicho's eyes sweeping over him, he immediately retracted his hand and felt a little at a loss.
At first, she thought that actual combat training should not be too strict no matter what, but she did not expect that Kicho would be so strict in this regard, which made her quite uncomfortable.
Mingming is usually a very gentle, doting and caring person.
Especially during actual combat, she was not allowed to eat snacks, and she was not allowed to yell because of pain and bleeding. She was carefully trained according to the specifications of a ninja.
That's right, although it is training and not a real battle, in Kicho's training, she will actually get bleeding and injured.
Several sets of clothes were torn.
The pain that hit my forehead just now was so powerful that it has not gone away even now.
This was a deliberate result of Kicho - to make her accustomed to pain and bleeding.
"However, now I no longer shed tears due to pain, so I should have made great progress."
Hisana feels quite elated, as if he feels that overcoming this kind of thing is some great progress.
"..."
Overcoming pain, bleeding and tears, shouldn't it be a ninja skill that should be mastered at the age of four or five?
Kicho doesn't know where to start to refute. What Hisana said is all a source of criticism for a normal ninja.
In all her life, she has never seen a ninja with such weak basic combat ability.
"You were at the Uzumaki Clan in the past, didn't you have any actual combat drills? I remember Sealing Jutsu. If you want to be proficient in something like Sealing Jutsu, you should have a reference 'goal'."
Kicho wonders how Hisana mastered Sealing Jutsu.
Hisana thought for a while and replied, "That kind of thing has never happened. As for Sealing Jutsu's reference target, just practice with immovable stones."
Kicho is speechless. I don't know whether to be jealous or envious.
The environment this guy lives in is a place full of goodwill towards her, far away from the smoke of war.
At the same time, I also had a bit of a realization as to why in the past few days of actual combat practice, Hisana's performance against Sealing Jutsu was always so unsightly, and his techniques were unfamiliar.
It's entirely because I was used to hitting immovable targets in the past, but now I don't know how to hit moving targets.
At first, she was quite wary of Hisana's Sealing Jutsu. After all, once she was hit by it, it would be the same as being hit directly in the meridian system by Gentle Fist. It was a very dangerous technique.
"In short, after these few days of exploration, I have fully grasped your situation Hisana. In the next time, let go of the rest and concentrate on sparring with Taijutsu."
For recruits like Hisana who know nothing, Kicho feels it is necessary to impose restrictions. Through the most basic Taijutsu actual combat, and then upgrade step by step, Hisana can gradually master his own abilities.
"Ah, do you still want to practice today?"
Hisana opened his mouth, wanting to end this painful training time.
"Of course."
"Actually, I can just do it myself. Sister Kicho also has her own things to do."
"... My strength will not improve qualitatively in a short period of time. I have enough time to guide you. The most important thing is, Hisana, you need to use a whip to keep whipping you in the back before you can become conscious."
In other words, if a person practices alone, he will definitely become lazy.
"In addition, if Taijutsu has not practiced well for one day, you will not be able to use Mr. Husband for one day. I have already expressed my anger with Mr. Husband about this suggestion."
"..."
Hisana's eyes looked at Kicho, suddenly filled with fear, as if looking at a devil.
"Don't look at me like that. If you don't want that to happen, grit your teeth and chase after me. You don't want my husband to be used by me alone, right?"
As if Kicho wasn't enough, he further forced Hisana to become successful.
A ninja with excellent qualities like Hisana has a high probability of becoming a top ninja like Ninja World. It is really a waste of resources to just keep it in the inner house eating, drinking and having fun all day long.
Although the situation in various countries is now stable, war, as Kicho has learned over the years, is either in the launching stage or in the preparation stage. Sooner or later, it will definitely break out again.
And with the arrival of the One Country, One Village era, even Kicho will be frightened by the ninja war that will break out.
It was no longer a confrontation between one clan but a more brutal fight between villages and countries.
At that time, Land of Night may have to go head-to-head with the big powers. Before that, sufficient combat power must be prepared.
Seeing that Hisana was completely serious, Kicho couldn't help but feel relieved.
"Very good, this is the momentum."
Although the reason why the other party is serious makes Kicho not know what to say, it is a good thing as long as we take it seriously.
In this way, in a few years, besides her, Land of Night might be able to add another high-end combat power.
In fact, if Hisana has her actual combat experience and integrates all her own advantages, she can immediately be promoted to the top ninja ranks. Even if she suppresses Tailed Beasts alone, it is not difficult to think about it.
It can be said that except for the numerical value, Hisana is all blank.
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While Kicho was training Hisana hard, Yayoi was not idle either, meeting the guest from Konoha - Tobirama Senju.
After not seeing each other for three months, Yayoi was a little surprised that Tobirama would choose this time to visit him.
It can't be just to exchange research information. His research on Hashirama Cells is progressing very slowly. I believe the situation is similar with Tobirama.
If Tobirama really gets results quickly, Konoha should have appeared the second Wood Release ninja long ago.
"You are not staying with Konoha to assist Mr. Hashirama in handling village affairs, so why do you have time to come to my place? Or, does Konoha have any new diplomatic strategies recently?"
In the reception room, Yayoi and Tobirama sat face to face. Irori served tea to them and then retreated behind Yayoi. He was also confused about Tobirama's arrival.
According to the information Land of Night has, Konoha should have nothing major happening in the near future.
Even the internal problems caused by Madara Uchiha were solved silently under Tobirama's exquisite strategy.
"We can't talk to foreigners, but something is true. Konoha hopes that Land of Night can provide some help."
Tobirama nodded, indicating that he came to Land of Night at this time and really wanted to ask for something.
The words also represent the will of Konoha. Obviously, what Tobirama wants to mention is not a personal matter, but is related to Konoha's overall decision.
"Interesting, tell me, I want to know what your next move Konoha will be."
Yayoi looked like he was all ears and was curious about Konoha's next actions.
Since Madara's attack, Konoha has been like an iron bucket, with very little information available to the outside world.
From these scattered news alone, Yayoi cannot predict what Konoha is thinking about recently.
Tobirama's expression relaxed slightly.
"Don't worry, it's not a particularly difficult thing for you Oda. Big Brother hopes to convene Second Ninja Village Leaders Conference, and hopes that Land of Night can provide a platform for the leaders of the ninja villages from various countries to hold talks."
"..."
After hearing this, Yayoi did not respond immediately. Instead, he was confused about the talks mentioned in Tobirama's words.
"Yes, yes, it's not difficult for Land of Night. But I'm curious about one thing, what do you Konoha plan to do with the help of this meeting?"
After pondering for a moment, Yayoi, who really couldn't figure out the purpose of Konoha, stared at Tobirama with doubtful eyes, hoping to get some inside information from him.
Tobirama blurted out without any foreshadowing:
"It's not a big deal. Brother, he hopes to use this meeting to distribute Tailed Beasts in order to balance the military power among countries and maintain Ninja World basic order."
"Poof!"
Yayoi spit out the tea he just drank and coughed violently.
Although Tobirama said it in an understatement, as if it was a trivial matter, Yayoi's inner emotions were surging fiercely, and he could not calm down for a long time.
Because the amount of information revealed by Tobirama is not much, but it is enough to scare people to death.
Yayoi suppressed the shock in his heart and spoke quickly, "Tobirama, you mean, you Konoha have caught all Tailed Beasts?"
After all, to distribute Tailed Beasts, you must first capture all Tailed Beasts before you can distribute it.
The subtext of Tobirama is self-evident. During this period of time, Konoha was not only dealing with internal affairs, but also quietly did an earth-shattering event that shocked Ninja World.
"Well, except for One-Tail and Seven-Tails, the remaining Tailed Beasts are now in the hands of our Konoha. After all, as long as we know the whereabouts of Tailed Beasts and catch them, all we need is the hands, right?"
Looking at Tobirama's uncontrollable smile, the corners of Yayoi's mouth twitched.
This guy must be showing off.