The Jonin was the first to react. He shouted at Qingliu and the others, "Are you going to attack your fellow villagers?"
Qingliu said, "Aren't you overthinking this? Look, my threads are at least thirty centimeters above him. How could they possibly touch his body?"
Only then did the Jonin realize it. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Did Lord Yuying teach you all this?"
Qingliu nodded.
At that moment, Yumengliang interjected, "Teacher Yuying isn't like other Jonin squad leaders, who are so stingy with their subordinates that they don't teach them anything all year."
The Jonin flushed a little at that. Everyone does it this way. What am I supposed to do? Besides, Lord Yuying has vast resources and nothing to fear. Ninja like us are different. Unless we find subordinates we're satisfied with, we won't teach them everything we know, he thought.
Seeing that the Jonin said nothing, the three turned around and continued on their way.
The Training Base.
Looking at the fifteen people sprawled on the ground, Itō Yuying said, "Stop playing dead. Get up, now."
Uchiha Fugaku slowly climbed to his feet. Then a scream rang out, leaving the other fourteen trembling in fear.
Itō Yuying looked at them coldly. "Hurry up. Stop playing dead. This is only the beginning. In the future, you'll suffer ten thousand times more than this."
The fifteen slowly got to their feet, none daring to look Itō Yuying in the eye.
Then came another round of agonized screams.
Jiraiya and the others gathered together and said, "Looks like those kids won't hold out much longer."
"Yeah! At least we all had ki protecting us before we started training," Tsunade said.
"These kids can only sense ki at a basic level. They haven't reached the stage where they