"All right, come inside."
Only when he saw that Itachi had truly taken his words to heart did Jin Uchiha's lips curl slightly.
They entered the Courtyard one after the other, and he casually asked, "Itachi, have you eaten?"
"Yes, Teacher." Itachi nodded. "We can start training right away."
Jin Uchiha rolled his eyes.
This time, though, he did not lecture him again. As long as Itachi did not wring his body dry or push it past its limits, he could do whatever he liked.
Jin's Courtyard was not large.
But at this stage, he had never intended to teach Itachi any ninjutsu anyway. Basic taijutsu training was enough.
There was no need to make a special trip to the training grounds.
First up was the horse stance.
In roughly fifteen minutes, Itachi had settled into a perfectly steady horse stance.
Jin had to admit that a ninja's physical abilities were leagues ahead of an ordinary person's.
Ordinary people in his previous life could not hold the stance properly without a week of practice. Itachi had nailed it in a little over ten minutes.
And that was saying something.
The Uchiha's strength lay in their Sharingan. Their taijutsu hardly amounted to much in the wider shinobi world.
Had it been Might Duy or his son, they probably would not have needed even two minutes.
Tsk!
Jin Uchiha sighed inwardly before speaking.
"I know you don't understand."
"To put your mind at ease about this training, keep holding that stance while I explain."
"In my theory, the body is the foundation."
"The stronger your body, the more chakra you can extract, and the more options you have when facing an enemy."
"The horse stance won't make you strong overnight. But if you stick with it every day, you'll improve steadily without