Itō Yuying? Tobirama Senju looked at the various figures in his hand. "Making such a splash just after starting school-what an interesting kid. Yishui, what do you think of this child?" Xinchang Yishui said, "Lord Hokage, Yuying gives the impression of being mature and steady. He doesn't like to talk and doesn't have many friends. Only Might Duy is close to him. Also, although he seems friendly on the surface, he's very proud at heart." After hearing this, Tobirama Senju nodded. "Mm, I understand. Go back to your work."
"Yes," Xinchang Yishui answered and left. Holding the documents, Tobirama Senju gazed silently at the sunset outside the window.
Ever since the incident in which his wooden kunai had pierced a rock, Itō Yuying had become something of a minor celebrity. Every break, a group of elementary school students gathered around that rock, pointing at it. Exclamations such as "That's amazing!" and "So strong!" rose from them from time to time.
During class, Xinchang Yishui said, "To help us better understand the gaps in our abilities, the upper grades will hold comparative training next month. We'll go and observe to learn from others' combat experience and enrich our own. Lord Second Hokage will be there too." The entire class cheered loudly. Even Uchiha Hanyue and Hyuga Yeyang looked excited. As for Might Duy, it went without saying-he screamed until his voice was almost hoarse. Itō Yuying was speechless.
After school, Itō Yuying went to the training ground he had cleared himself and began exercising. Every day without fail, he ran, did push-ups, and ran while dragging a rock. Now he had added energy training as well. He planned to learn the Destructo Disc first. It was Krillin's signature move and was extremely powerful.
Itō Yuying moved his legs half a step to either side and raised his right hand. He closed his eyes, recalled Krillin's movements, and began working out how to do it. But by evening, he had still made no progress and could only head home dejectedly. Not long after he left, a masked ninja leaped into the spot where he had been training, stayed for a while, then left in bewilderment.
In the Hokage's office building, Tobirama Senju asked, "You're saying that after school, he raised one hand toward the sky and held that pose for four hours?" "Yes, Lord Hokage." Tobirama Senju rubbed his chin with one hand. Could it be some special way of forming hand seals? No, that doesn't make sense either. He hasn't developed any chakra at all. While Tobirama Senju frowned in thought, our protagonist was also frowning in thought. Why won't it work? What's wrong? Am I using my energy incorrectly? Unable to find a breakthrough, he stopped dwelling on it. Damn it, I'm going to sleep.
The next day, seeing how gloomy Itō Yuying looked, Might Duy asked, "What's wrong? Why can't I feel the spirit of youth from you today?" Itō Yuying rolled his eyes and said listlessly, "Mm, I've hit a bottleneck with a new technique I'm working on. It's really frustrating." Itō Yuying hid nothing from Might Duy. He remained listless all day.
Even Xinchang Yishui noticed and asked, "Yuying, what's wrong? Are you sick? You look so tired." Itō Yuying answered listlessly, "It's nothing, Teacher Yishui. I'm just feeling a little unwell." He had casually made up an excuse.
"Oh, should you go to the hospital, then?" "No need. I'll be fine after a little rest." "Oh." After hearing Itō Yuying's answer, Xinchang Yishui said nothing more about it. "Then don't attend this afternoon's lessons. Rest in the classroom for a while," he said.
"All right. Thank you, Teacher," Itō Yuying said. He lay over his desk, thinking about how to master the Destructo Disc. Just then, a voice reached him. "What's wrong? Are you sick?" Itō Yuying turned around curiously. It was Uchiha Hanyue. "Well, well, well. Since when did our class's prickly boy learn to care about others?" "Wh-who said I care about you? I only asked because I want to spar with you."
"Y-you'd better not get the wrong idea," Uchiha Hanyue said, his face red. Itō Yuying watched him put on an indifferent expression. The Uchiha clan aren't all arrogant people who think they're the greatest in the world and look down on everyone else. He's still a little prickly, but he's pretty interesting too. Itō Yuying replied, "I'm fine, just feeling a little unwell. I'll be all right after some sleep. Thanks."
Hearing this, Uchiha Hanyue raised his proud head. "Mm. Get some rest, then." He turned and left.
After school, Itō Yuying returned to the training ground and began practicing the Destructo Disc. But he still made no progress. Once again, he stood in the same spot for four hours without coming up with any ideas. Ugh, this is so frustrating.
Four days passed in the same way, with no progress. Listening to the report, Tobirama Senju asked, "Has he been standing motionless like this these past few days?" "Yes, Lord Hokage." Tobirama Senju nodded. "Keep observing him." "Yes." "Itō Yuying, I hope you'll give me a few surprises," Tobirama Senju said, the corners of his mouth rising slightly.
Itō Yuying came here again. "Sigh... It's already been four days. Keep at it." He assumed that pose again and began training, directing the energy in his body toward his raised arm. Golden rings of lightning appeared around his arm, continuously gathering toward his palm. Above his palm, the faint outline of a disc with jagged teeth appeared.
Itō Yuying smiled. Am I about to succeed? But a moment later, the disc-shaped Destructo Disc vanished. He smiled bitterly. Still no good? He checked the time. It was already eight in the evening. I have to get this done today, or I definitely won't be able to sleep. He took a deep breath and kept trying.
In the distance, the Anbu ninja murmured, "Is he about to succeed?" He watched with even greater anticipation. Itō Yuying closed his eyes and began sensing. There was no problem with the energy moving from inside his body to his arm, so the problem lay in the combination of the energy forming the Destructo Disc and the external energy. Once again, he gathered energy in his arm and began sensing the energy outside him. Just then, he sensed a current of energy around him gathering toward the faint Destructo Disc, but it dissipated as soon as it reached the disc. What's going on? Could I be supplying too little energy to hold that energy in place?
He increased his energy output again. "Aah... Aah..." he shouted, pouring all his energy into his right arm. He finally understood why people in Dragon Ball shouted when unleashing energy attacks. They had to shout, or they couldn't exert their strength.
By then, all of Itō Yuying's energy was in his right hand. He felt completely drained and was about to faint, but he persisted. Just then, the Destructo Disc grew several shades deeper, and the surrounding energy rapidly poured into it. A buzzing, humming current of air interspersed with golden lightning spun rapidly around the Destructo Disc. "Ah, it worked!" He prepared to test its effects. Looking at the small hill not far away, he smiled slightly and hurled it toward the hill with a whoosh. With a hum, the Destructo Disc vanished before his eyes. All he saw was the small hill in the distance being sliced in half. Its force undiminished, it continued flying forward and cut through all the trees ahead. "It worked! Hahaha!" Itō Yuying burst out laughing, then fainted.
The Anbu ninja stared, dumbfounded, his eyes nearly bulging enough to push his mask off. Th-this is unbelievable. What kind of technique is this, to have such power? Developing an S-rank ninjutsu at such a young age-he's a true genius. Not daring to linger, he hurried toward the Hokage's office.
After hearing the report, Tobirama Senju abruptly stood. Even someone as consistently calm as he was could not remain composed upon hearing such news. He's still only a child! After a moment of shock, he said, "Come on. Let's take a look together." "Yes." The two arrived at the place the Destructo Disc had devastated and saw the hill-sized boulder. Its cut was extremely smooth. Following the boulder's smooth surface with his gaze, Tobirama Senju looked ahead at the severed trees and could not help marveling at what a powerful technique it was. He was so astonished that he could not recover for a long while. "What a genius," Tobirama Senju praised. "It seems we all underestimated this child. To cause so much damage without chakra-it looks like I need to have a good talk with him." Then he turned, looked at the unconscious Itō Yuying, and said, "Take him to the hospital. Bring him to me when he wakes up." "Yes," the Anbu ninja answered. Watching the two depart, Tobirama Senju could not help smiling. "It seems Konoha has another genius ninja." Then he vanished from the spot.
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