On the track of the training ground, a small boy figure was running at a sprinting speed.
The boy was wearing a small black ninja tights, and his black hair was slightly swaying in the wind.
The pace is orderly, the breathing is steady, there is no trace of fatigue on the white and tender face, and there is no sweat, maintaining an extremely calm posture.
I don't know how long passed, but a gentle voice suddenly came from my ears:
"Doichi, stop."
After the boy heard this, he had to stop on the runway and walk towards the young woman wearing a luxurious lavender kimono not far away. It was his mother Oda(Hyuga)Kicho.
"Mom is big... ah!"
Before Doichi could finish speaking, Kicho flicked his forehead with his finger, and a red mark appeared on his forehead. He screamed in pain on the spot.
"How many times have I told you to call me mom?"
Kicho looked down at his child, smiled and spoke.
"... Got it, Mom."
Doichi gave a squeaky cry, and couldn't help but blush and glance away, as if he felt that such a 'call' was very embarrassing.
"That's right, we are mother and son, there is no need to be so unfamiliar in terms of titles."
Kicho rubbed Doichi's little head, his eyes filled with love.
Doichi really couldn't stand it anymore, so he quickly took two steps back to avoid Kicho's clutches of 'torturing' his head.
Although he knew this was Kicho's way of caring for him, he found it troublesome.
So far, he didn't know how many times he had been teased, and the other person didn't look like a mother at all.
"We haven't seen each other for more than two months. Does Doichi already hate mom?"
"No, I just don't like having my hair messed up."
Seeing Kicho's gesture of covering up his face and crying, Doichi felt helpless and had no choice but to cough and change the subject:
"Mom, did you just come back?"
"Well, this is a gift I brought back for you. How do you like it? It's cute, isn't it? This is a special training uniform. Put it on and show it to mom."
Kicho, like magic, took out a piece of clothing suitable for a little boy from behind.
Doichi took one look and his head was immediately filled with black lines.
This is a fluffy training suit, white and green, with horns on the head and a long tail trailing behind, full of childlike style.
What kind of training clothes is this? It's clearly a dinosaur doll suit.
He knew that as a mother, Kicho would not be able to give him any serious gifts.
Not just this time, the gifts I usually receive are also full of unclear meanings.
For example, the roly-poly doll cannot get up after falling;
Ninja shoes that make you slip if you put them on;
When the time comes, glass marbles will be fired to wake people up as an alarm clock.
There is no gift that he thinks is normal.
Especially the alarm clock that fired marbles, he caught it and threw it in the trash that day.
However, looking at Kicho's expectant eyes, Doichi knew that he couldn't escape.
"I know, I will wear it at night. Now I have to practice and don't have time."
Doichi replied weakly, just think of it as satisfying his mother's bad taste, and he would just endure it and get over it.
"How old are you, why are you so anxious to practice? Besides, in my mother's opinion, your foundation is already very good."
Seeing Doichi's serious look, Kicho gave up the idea of continuing to tease him and began to pay attention to Doichi's spiritual practice.
Different from the era she lived in in the past, children of four or five years old now do not have to go to the battlefield. With Doichi now over four years old, in her opinion, there is no need to be so anxious about practicing. It is enough to simply exercise physical strength and lay a good foundation.
As for the advanced stage, that is something that should be considered after entering school.
Precisely because she had been exposed to rain in the past, she did not want to spread Warring States Era's bad habits to her children.
What she and Yayoi want is successor who can shoulder the responsibility of the country, not a tool for killing.
"But I'm over four years old now, and I can only run five hundred laps on the playground..."
Doichi said a little urgently.
"..."
Kicho choked.
You know, the playground track she drew on the training ground is a standard length of 400 meters.
Running five hundred laps equals two hundred kilometers.
When she was as old as Doichi, she had to work hard to finish not only two hundred kilometers, but even one hundred kilometers.
This is because Doichi has not undergone a lot of exercise and has grown naturally as his body grows.
I have to say that this son's physical strength is monster level.
Most ninjas, at this age, would be considered excellent if they could run fifty kilometers in one go. When they grow up, Taijutsu will definitely not be weak in this category.
"Doichi, if your words get out, it would be a bit too hurtful. Besides, being exposed to spiritual practice too early is not necessarily a good thing, especially the kind of practice that involves constantly squeezing physical energy."
Kicho touched Doichi's head and spoke seriously.
Warring States Era's ninjas mostly have serious physical dangers.
Squeezing the body too early will lead to a sharp decline in life span. Some ninjas even become seriously ill at a young age.
Although most ninjas will not survive the day of natural death, it is enough to show how barbaric and brutal the methods of training ninjas by Warring States Era major ninja clans are.
"Wouldn't I be able to practice after that?"
Doichi asked, raising his head.
"That's not the case. You just need to exercise your physical strength and lay a good foundation. When you enter school at the age of six, that's when you really show your strength."
In the eyes of Kicho, Doichi does not need to rush to become stronger at this time. For the time being, he only needs to improve his physical ability step by step.
Physical strength, which can be roughly summarized as physical energy, is not only the basis of Taijutsu, but also one of the key elements for extracting high-intensity Chakra.
Many ninjas lack Chakra because their physical energy is not enough, and then they overstress their physical strength during battles and refine Chakra that exceeds their physical limits, leading to death.
Since your child has physical advantages, you should maximize his advantages.
It's just that you can't be hasty in this process. Physical energy training is always a grind. Before starting, you must pay more attention to your body's health, and don't overdo it.
Doichi seemed to understand but nodded.
Kicho is very satisfied with Doichi's attitude of listening to advice. He believes that with her careful training and Land of Night's abundant resources, in eleven or twelve years, he will be able to match or even surpass her mother.
She is looking forward to the heights this child can reach in the future.
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Land of Night 19 years in September.(Konoha 10 years)
Time flies by like a flash, and four years pass by in a flash.
The international situation of Ninja World, subject to the effectiveness of the peace agreement signed by Five Kage, has generally become peaceful.
The development of big and small countries is no longer through war and foreign plunder, but through peaceful exchanges.
Coupled with the baby boom, the population of various countries has rarely increased at the same time. The birth of a huge population means an increase in the labor force, which is an unimaginable and valuable asset for many countries.
Among the countries with the baby boom, led by Land of Fire and Land of Night, the population growth trend is the most fierce.
Especially Land of Fire, which has fertile land and a large population. With the joint efforts of Hokage and Land of Fire Daimyo, this country has exerted a strong vitality unmatched by other countries.
Population, commerce, or the development of ninja villages have been unanimously recognized by other countries and have become the recognized flag and benchmark for all countries.
Based on this foundation, this year's Land of Fire Hidden Leaf Village, following the Samurai Tournament held by Land of Night a few years ago, began to invite ninja villages from all over the world to jointly hold a Joint Chunin Exams.
In response to this invitation, many countries responded with approval and expressed their willingness to participate in this Joint Chunin Ninja Exams.
In fact, after Land of Night held Samurai Tournament, some countries wanted to imitate similar things and apply them to ninjas.
But considering that Hidden Leaf Village is the 'leader' of the ninjas, before Konoha takes action, even if they have any plans, they can only hold it secretly.
Now Konoha invites countries to host Joint Chunin Ninja Exams, which can only be said to be expected.
Ninja villages in many countries hope to demonstrate their country's strong heritage in this joint examination, thereby attracting more sponsorship and investment.
Therefore, they sent out a group of the most elite Genin in the village to participate in this fight between the dragon and the tiger.
However, unlike other countries that are paying attention to Chunin Ninja Exams, Yayoi is focusing on another landmark event.
That is Hashirama Senju's eldest granddaughter - Tsunade, who was born last month.
(At the age of four, five hundred laps on the playground is not an exaggeration. In the comics, when Kai was five years old, he felt guilty for not being able to run five hundred laps on the playground. Even if Kai, who was five years old, could not run five hundred laps, he probably still had three or four hundred laps, otherwise it would not be self-blame.
In addition, Kai's "crane tail" was reflected in Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, which caused him to fail the Ninja Academy. Therefore, when Konoha Ninja Academy expanded its enrollment, Kai successfully entered Ninja Academy, probably because his Taijutsu foundation was so good that it was a special admission.)