Konoha Outskirts, the sun sets.
"Burn! Youth!!"
Rock Lee was doing his 2,000th handstand push-up of the day, sweat forming a puddle under him. Matt Kay was cheering him on with tears in his eyes.
"Pah, pah, pah."
Crisp applause sounded.
Kai and Li stopped and looked back. Naruto Uzumaki stood there with an admiring look. He liked this pair of master and disciple very much.
"Oh! Isn't this Naruto!" Kai gave a thumbs up, revealing a shiny White Fang, "Are you here to feel youth too!"
Naruto ignored Kai's showmanship, and his eyes were fixed on Rock Lee.
"Li." Naruto spoke in a calm voice, "You are Konoha's hardest-working ninja."
This is not a flattery. Of course he knows that he is better than Li, but he also knows that he is taking advantage of Nine-Tails.
And Li is a commoner without any ninjutsu talent. It is true that he grew up rapidly after meeting Kai, a noble man, but this process of being discovered was also due to Li's own efforts.
"Huh? Why do you say that suddenly?"
The unexpected compliment surprised and delighted Li.
Naruto smiled and said, "It's nothing, aren't you?"
Li Su stood up straight, his eyes blazing. "Yes! I want to prove to everyone that even if you don't know Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, you can still become an amazing ninja!"
"Very good." Naruto took a step forward, "I am forming a special team. With suitable weapons, they do not need to know complicated ninjutsu, nor do they need to know advanced Genjutsu."
He stared into Rock Lee's eyes and said word by word:
"What I need is a warrior who can tear the enemy to pieces in desperate situations with only an iron will and a well-tempered body."
Kai's expression became serious. He put away his smile, and he felt an unusual heaviness from Naruto.
Naruto did not mention "Schola Progenium" or "Arsenal". He went straight to the core.
"I need instructors. Instructors who can push people to their limits and then break them."
Naruto's eyes moved back and forth between Kai and Rock Lee.
"Do you dare to take on this 'youth' challenge?"
Rock Lee's eyes suddenly brightened up astonishingly, as if there were flames burning. He assumed a fighting stance almost without hesitation.
"I'm so happy!"
On the training ground early the next morning, fifty Schola Progenium students stood up straight. In front of them were two men dressed in green, encouraging each other with the slogan "Burn! Youth!"
"Have you all seen it? These are the Taijutsu instructors from our academy! They have the Konoha strongest Taijutsu!" Naruto Uzumaki's voice spread throughout the training ground.
The students looked at each other in confusion, their eyes wandering back and forth on Rock Lee and Matt Kay, and finally landed on the two bright green tights. Their expressions were very strange.
In the crowd, Kaguya Clan's Kei and Jian had disdain written all over their faces. In their view, these two clown-like guys were not worthy of being their instructors at all. In their world, there was only killing and power, not this funny-looking "youth."
"Very good." Naruto clapped his hands and signaled everyone to quiet down, "Next, Teacher Kai and Teacher Rock Lee will tell you what the real power is."
"Youth is not a superficial appearance, but a passion from the heart! Naruto-kun, I give you full marks for this opening statement!" Matt Kay's eyes flashed with tears.
Rock Lee also nodded solemnly and gave a thumbs up to the students.
"Starting from today, you will receive the baptism called 'youth'! I will let you know that even if you don't know ninjutsu, you can still explode with power beyond the limit!"
His voice was full of enthusiasm, but the students were a little at a loss. The training they had received since childhood was to be obedient, precise, and efficient, to kill the enemy coldly, and to perform tasks silently. Now, what they have to face is this kind of "hot blood" that they have never been exposed to.
Matt Kay gave the order and the training officially began.
"Twenty kilometers of cross-country with heavy loads! The last one to arrive will have to run a hundred laps around the field!"
Without any hesitation, the students picked up their heavy bags and rushed out in unison.
But Kei and Jian stood there, motionless.
"What are you two doing?" Rock Lee frowned.
"This kind of training is very useless." Kaguya Kei's voice was smooth, "We have Kekkei Genkai, we don't need this kind of training for weaklings."
Kaguya Ken was even more direct. He produced a bone knife from his palm and pointed it at Rock Lee: "If you want us to move, you will have to defeat us."
The students stopped and looked back. They knew how strong Kaguya Brothers was and their temper.
Rock Lee was not angry, but his eyes were ignited with fire.
"Very good, this is the spirit of youth!"
Before he finished speaking, he rushed towards Kaguya Ken with lightning speed. Kaguya Ken sneered and thrust out the bone knife in his hand. But Rock Lee was faster than he thought. He kicked the bone knife away, and then whipped Kaguya Ken hard in the face with a sharp whip.
"Bang!"
Kaguya Ken's body flew out like a kite with its string broken. He didn't even see clearly how Rock Lee made his move.
When Kei saw this, a fierce light flashed in his eyes. He kicked his feet hard and his body turned into an afterimage, rushing towards Rock Lee.
"Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
Matt Kai stepped forward, sideways dodged Kaguya Kei's bone spurs, and then made a high-speed spin, sucking Kaguya Kei into his own whirlwind, and finally smashed it to the ground.
"Very strong." Kaguya Kei struggled to get up from the ground, with a hint of shock on his face, but more of excitement, "But why do you only use Taijutsu, why don't you use ninjutsu?"
"My ninja way is to defeat everything with only Taijutsu!" Matt Kai gave him a thumbs up, "You are very talented, but you lack discipline."
Gui and Jian looked at each other, and for the first time they saw the same shock in each other's eyes.
These two men actually used the power of Taijutsu to completely suppress them.
"Go and run." Naruto's voice sounded at the right time, "Go and feel what is the power beyond physical limits."
This time, Kaguya Brothers did not refute. They silently picked up their load-bearing bags, followed the team of students, and began to cross-country with heavy loads.
The training ground echoed the passionate shouts of Matt Kay and Rock Lee: "Burn! Youth!"
At first, the students felt very uncomfortable.
"It's so embarrassing. Why are you chanting such a stupid-sounding slogan?"
"Don't they feel stupid themselves?"
"I want to take a vacation..." But gradually, they became accustomed to this passionate training method.
On the training ground, cheers and sweat intertwined, and every student tried his best, but they were no longer doing it to execute orders, but for the "youth" in their hearts.