"Yechen, you can actually walk on water!"
Ito Miyuki had noticed what Yechen was doing after all.
"What? What?" Ever curious, Abe Rō came over, scratched his head, and made an exaggerated face.
"Oh my god, Yechen, how did you do that?"
Yechen hid nothing from them and taught the two of them how to control their chakra.
But no matter how many times they tried, they couldn't do it. Either their feet plunged into the water, or they fell over.
Fortunately, the water only reached their ankles, so even falling in was harmless.
"Why can't I do it? I'm the man who's going to become Hokage!"
"Tch, a man? You're just a little brat who talks big," Ito Miyuki grumbled in frustration.
She had already given up on being their boss and was working hard to keep up with Yechen. Only now did she realize how enormous the gap between them was. She couldn't even manage something as simple as water walking.
"Stop trying, both of you. This isn't how you should train your chakra control," Nakagawa Ichirō reminded them, unable to watch any longer.
"Why?" Abe Rō asked, puzzled.
"Isn't that how Yechen trained?"
"Do you think you're a genius like him?"
Realizing he had misspoken and might damage his students' confidence, Nakagawa Ichirō hurriedly corrected himself.
"Everyone's circumstances are different. Yechen can do it because he has abundant chakra. If you can't, you need to start with something simpler."
Yechen felt a little embarrassed by those words. How could he not know his own aptitude? If he really were a genius, why hadn't he even been able to awaken his Sharingan before?
"Mr. Nakagawa, how should we train, then?" Ito Miyuki asked.
"Finish the mission first. After that, I'll take you somewhere."
As soon as Nakagawa Ichirō finished speaking, Abe Rō eagerly replied, "You're the best, sir!"
With that, he perked up. Gone was his earlier listlessness as he swept through the entire river channel like a whirlwind.
"Picking it up, picking it up, picking it up... Sir, the mission's complete!"
The other three stared in disbelief. It wasn't that the boy was lazy-he simply hadn't been given any motivation.
Look at him. He had done all three people's work by himself in no time.
After they turned in the mission and collected their payment, their team leader took a portion of it. This was an unwritten rule. Otherwise, how could a Jonin spare so much time to teach them?
Afterward, Nakagawa Ichirō took the three of them to a secluded grove. The method he taught them involved concentrating chakra to climb trees.
Perhaps spurred on by Yechen, the other two trained especially hard.
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
The Uchiha Clan Compound.
Late that night, Yechen finished his last training exercise and collapsed onto his bed.
His Three Body Technique had finally reached its threshold and was about to advance to the next tier.
Ding! Congratulations, host. You have trained the Three Body Technique to the maximum beginner level. It has evolved into the Advanced Three Body Technique. Advanced Three Body Technique: Clone Technique has evolved into Myriad Forms Clone. Transformation Technique has evolved into Thousand Faces Illusion Technique. Substitution Technique has evolved into Void Flash Shield Technique. Myriad Forms Clone: Uses the surrounding environment to create a Myriad Forms Clone. Compared to ordinary clones, it has greater physical substance and can act independently. It can share some perceptions and possesses a portion of the caster's combat power. Upon dispersing, it also provides feedback and situational analysis. Level 1 Myriad Forms Clone possesses 1% of the caster's combat power.
"That little? It seems even worse than a Shadow Clone. But it can level up, so it should be pretty good later."
Yechen immediately formed hand seals and used shadow matter to summon a Shadow Clone.
Its bearing and appearance were identical to his own.
"Big brother, what did you summon me for?"
The Shadow Clone sat down, picked up the teapot, and poured himself a cup of water. Then he took a pastry and bit into it.
Yechen gaped. "Isn't this a bit much? You can actually think for yourself and even eat?"
"Boss, what's so strange about that? If I eat, that means you've eaten too."
"Release!"
With a poof, the Shadow Clone dispersed, and a pastry with a bite taken out of it fell from the air.
Yechen immediately felt a sensation, as though he had eaten the pastry himself.
"This is insane. Even taste gets transmitted! Doesn't that mean I can use Myriad Forms Clones to train from now on?"
Yechen thought of Naruto, who had used Shadow Clones to train in secret techniques. Of course he could do the same.
With this help, he wouldn't have to work so hard anymore. "Hehe..."
The only pity was that a level 1 Myriad Forms Clone could only summon one active clone. He would have to level it up!
Thousand Faces Illusion Technique: Not only perfectly copies a target's appearance, voice, and aura, including chakra and spiritual energy fluctuations, but can also imitate some basic abilities and combat habits.
"This ability is pretty good. Even if I turned into Madara Uchiha, as long as I didn't actually fight, probably no one would be able to tell. It's much better than the Transformation Technique."
Void Flash Shield Technique: No longer relies on external substitute objects. Instead, it instantly distorts the space around the caster to perform a short-range spatial jump and evade damage. Its greater speed allows it to catch opponents off guard. Level 1 Void Flash Evasion Technique: Allows spatial jumps within a one-meter radius.
"Isn't this just the Body Flicker Technique? Still, it seems much more powerful. At the very least, this skill can level up. Spatial jumps... I can use it if I need to escape in the future."
With a thought, Yechen appeared a meter to his left. Although he wasn't proficient yet, he had really done it.
The energy cost was low, too, at only five points. His proficiency hadn't increased, though. That made sense. If proficiency were still as easy to raise as before, he would become invincible in no time.
Still, with the Advanced Three Body Technique as his trump card, even if he went to war in the future, protecting himself shouldn't be a problem as long as he stayed careful.