During the day, Shinji was guiding Sasuke's training in the courtyard.
He called it guidance, but a one-sided beating was a more accurate description.
"What's with these feeble punches? Are you trying to make your enemy pity you?"
Shinji casually caught the fist Sasuke had thrown with all his strength, then couldn't help yawning.
Sasuke gritted his teeth and immediately flipped into a backward kick, only for Shinji to block it easily.
"Not enough strength, not enough speed, and now you're not even using your brain. Looks like your talent for taijutsu only puts you at the level of an ordinary genius. Forget it. That's not your path anyway. Show me the results of your recent training."
After throwing Sasuke away for who knew how many times, Shinji decisively ended the taijutsu instruction.
After all, no matter how hard Sasuke worked, his taijutsu could never reach the top of the pyramid. Never mind comparing him to powerhouses like the Raikage or Guy-even Killer B, Rock Lee, and others could easily beat him to a pulp.
So there was no need to force it. Good enough would do.
By now, Sasuke also seemed to have realized that he wasn't cut out to be an all-rounder. He didn't have Itachi's terrifying talent.
If he kept pouring time and effort into every area, he might only end up mediocre.
So he immediately calmed himself, took several deep breaths, and drew the Kusanagi Sword.
He hadn't drawn his weapon to prove how brilliant his swordsmanship was, but simply to bring out the Kusanagi Sword's power and its amplification of Lightning Release!
"Chidori Blade!"
Sasuke channeled lightning-natured chakra into the blade, and lightning immediately lit up the Kusanagi Sword.
This lightning could increase the weapon's lethality, leaving any opponent it pierced paralyzed and unable to