Mud splashes on the training ground.
Kaguya Kei was kicked away by Matt Kai again, plowing long marks on the ground. Just as he was about to get up, the severe pain in his right arm made him groan - the bones were dislocated in the impact. But he didn't have time to adjust, Rock Lee had already stepped forward.
"Youth! Just never give up!" Li's roar was accompanied by a heavy punch.
Kyu's brother, Kaguya Ken, roared and rushed from the side, with sharp bone spurs popping out from his fingers. Li ducked to avoid it, tripped Jian down with a sweeping kick, and then came up triumphantly, pressing Jian into the mud with gentle but tenacious strength.
"Your body is strong, but your mind is too chaotic!" Kai gave a thumbs up, his teeth shining, "You must use 'hot blood' to control it!"
Kei and Jian struggled angrily. They were born warriors, and the only words in their dictionary were killing and being killed. This "hot-blooded" slogan, which was almost child's play, was a great insult to them.
Naruto stood on the sidelines, watching this one-sided "lesson". Kaguya Clan's resilience was amazing, and Kei's dislocated joints reset with a "click" under the squeeze of the muscles. But their physical fitness was not infinite. Kai and Li's training methods were extremely vicious - they were not defeating their opponents, but using endless, high-intensity confrontation to drain the last bit of energy from each other.
"Come again!" Gui roared and rushed towards Li again.
Li did not dodge and faced him head-on. The punches and kicks of the two were so fast that they could not be seen. Gui's attacks were brutal and deadly, while Li's defense was airtight. Gradually, Gui found that his movements had slowed down, but Li's speed remained as usual.
"Concentrate! Feel the power flowing in your body!" Li shouted while blocking.
Kei was angered by this "preaching" and his offensive became more and more frenzied.
Naruto knows that the critical moment has arrived. The wildness must be replaced by Order. He does not expect Kai and Li to influence the two Berserker with "love and peace". What he needs is to use a stronger will to crush their pride.
Jian tried to attack Kai from behind. Without looking back, Kai grabbed Jian's wrist with his backhand and used his strength to throw him towards Kei. The two collided and rolled into a ball.
"Too slow! Your 'youth' is still sleeping!"
Kei and Ken lay in the mud, gasping for air. They had never been so embarrassed. Every cell in their bodies was screaming, but strangely, the bloodthirsty impulse that had been tormenting them seemed to have weakened. Instead, there was an emptiness after exhaustion.
Li walked up to them and stretched out his hand. "Is it painful? That's right! This is proof of becoming stronger!"
Kei stared at the hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally opened it. "We don't need mercy."
"This is not pity, this is the friendship of 'youth'!" Kai rushed over with tears in his eyes, "It's so touching! Li!"
Naruto shook his head. These two living treasures.
But he had to admit that this almost paranoid enthusiasm was sometimes more effective than cold orders.
The other students of Schola Progenium originally stood in the distance, watching Kaguya Brothers's frustration with a sense of awe and gloating. But as the training progressed, the expressions on their faces changed.
They saw Kei and Jian being knocked down again and again and getting up again and again. They saw these two monsters, under the "torture" of Kai and Li, their movements gradually became more precise and effective.
A student with a civilian background was so tired that he fell to his knees after completing a set of extreme sprints. His companions pulled him up. "Don't lie down! Think of those two white-haired lunatics!"
"Burn... youth?" the student shouted tentatively.
"Yes! Burn!"
Soon, this slogan spread on the training ground. It was a bit joking at first, but as they shouted, it became a rhythm and became the motivation to support them in breaking through their limits.
Naruto Looking at this scene, the stone in my heart fell to the ground.
Over the next two months, the training ground completely changed.
Kei and Ken were no longer simple beasts. They used their bone spurs more sparingly and their attacks were more deceptive. During a sparring session, Ken even used a temporary armor constructed of bones to withstand a heavy kick from Lee and successfully counterattacked.
Kai and Li were ecstatic. They had never seen a student with such "youthful" potential.
"They are geniuses! Naruto-kun! They are geniuses of Taijutsu!" Kai reported to Naruto excitedly.
Naruto just nodded. He preferred the title of warrior to the title of genius.
The students have changed even more. They are tanned and their eyes are resolute. The cold obedience is gone, replaced by a kind of fiery cohesion. They run in unison and fight without fear of death.
When Kai and Li applied for long-term retention, Naruto approved without hesitation.
"One more thing, Naruto-kun." Kai took out a package with some trepidation, "In order to commend the students for their 'youth', we have prepared a gift for them..."
Fifty-two sets of brand new, green tights.
The training ground fell into dead silence. The students looked at the pile of clothes, their faces turned green. Kei and Ken's expressions seemed to kill people.
"This is... a symbol of glory." Li said seriously.
Naruto looked at those students and joked in his heart, if they can even accept this "shame", then their loyalty will be indestructible.
Naruto walked forward, picked up a tights, and shook it. "Put it on and try it on."
The students looked at each other.
They started to change clothes.
After Kei put on the tights, he stretched his muscles and found that the elasticity of the tights was surprisingly good and did not affect the battle at all. He snorted and said nothing more. Seeing this, the others also dressed up.
"Very good." Naruto looked at this "green army", "But, Teacher Li and Kai, they only wear them during graduation ceremonies and major operations. Daily Life training is exempted."
The students breathed a sigh of relief.
Naruto turned around and left the training ground. He gave them face and maintained the instructor's authority.
***
Passing through Forest of Death, the damp and rotten smell in the air was gradually replaced by another smell: hot metal, pungent flux, and a faint smell of ozone.
First Arsenal.
There is no tranquility during the day here, only the never-ending sound of forging and the roar of steam.
Naruto walked into the main factory building. Yamato In the huge frame built with Wood Release, the craftsmen were as busy as ants on a hot pot. Their clothes were ragged, their faces were stained with oil, but their eyes were frighteningly bright.
"Master Commissar!" Ancient Iron clan leader rushed over, half of his beard was burnt, "You're just in time! Come on, come and see!"
He pulled Naruto to a closely guarded workbench.
"We succeeded! We really succeeded!" Ancient Iron's voice was trembling, with a kind of fanaticism like a pilgrim.
On the workbench, there is a Naruto weapon that is familiar but has a novel twist. It has a black metal matte finish, complex pipelines and heat sinks are exposed, and the core is inlaid with an unknown blue crystal - that is the purified Chakra Metal.
Ancient Iron took a deep breath, as if introducing his own child, "According to your drawings, we have overcome the problem of materials. We can use Lightning Release chakra as the core driver to stimulate compressed gunpowder and special projectiles. This is what you named...'Bolter'."