Ninja Academy classroom.
"Rock Lee, if you can't use ninjutsu, you absolutely can't even become a ninja, let alone an outstanding one.
Give it up," a classmate said.
"Exactly. If you can't use ninjutsu, how are you supposed to fight others?
Everyone knows Taijutsu. You're just missing so many methods that others have."
"Hahaha, Rock Lee is too naïve."
"Only a genius like Neji can become an outstanding ninja."
Hearing Rock Lee's question, the students all spoke up.
They were not mocking him; there was simply no suspense.
As ninjas, if you knew Taijutsu, others knew it too. Yet they had so many more methods than you did—the gap was far too great.
"Naïve. Fate that has already been decided will not change because of your thoughts."
Hyuga Neji scorned his idea.
Those who could become outstanding ninjas were destined to do so.
Someone like Rock Lee, whose chakra control was too poor, was fated to lack the talent to become a ninja.
Just like his father, who had been born a little later and was therefore destined to become a sacrificial substitute.
Destined. Everything was destined.
Rock Lee ignored his classmates and looked seriously at Tobitake Tonbo.
He wanted an answer from him.
"Haha, that's a good question, Rock Lee. Can someone who cannot use ninjutsu become a ninja?
The answer is yes."
Tobitake Tonbo smiled.
Looking at Rock Lee's face, before he had gotten the bowl cut, he somewhat resembled the protagonist of that Cooking Master Boy anime Tobitake Tonbo had watched in his previous life.
"Teacher, you're lying. We've never heard of anyone becoming an outstanding ninja through Taijutsu alone."
"Yeah, Teacher, you're lying."
Most of the students did not believe him.
Only Rock Lee's eyes gradually brightened as he waited to hear his teacher's views.
Hyuga