Torifu pushed open the school gate and walked in. The ninja patrolling the courtyard saw it was Torifu and immediately bowed in salute. He waved his hand. "You don't need to worry about me. I'm just looking around."
The school director, Sarutobi Suiga, saw Torifu from upstairs and immediately came down. "Well, if it isn't Torifu! What brings you to the school? Did Hokage-sama give you a mission?"
Torifu smiled. "No, Suiga-sensei. I just have a lot of free time recently and would like to take on a disciple."
Suiga was very happy to hear this. "That's great. I wonder which child has caught your eye?"
Torifu scratched his head awkwardly. "I haven't found one yet. I just wanted to come to the school and look around to see if anyone fits."
Suiga nodded. "Alright, then I'll take you around to each grade and see if there's anyone you like."
Torifu waved his hand. "Only the six-year-olds are fine. I prefer the 'raising a disciple' kind of thing."
"I understand, I understand. You're learning from Hashirama-sama, right? He chose you when you were six."
"Haha, exactly, exactly. Let's go."
The Ninja Academy building had already been renovated. After all, Konoha had no war at the moment and had also confiscated all of Kumogakure's assets, so it was rich. As a result, all the important facilities in the village were renovated. Even the Hokage building was now new.
Torifu hadn't been inside the school since it was rebuilt, so he naturally didn't know the class schedules. He could only let Suiga-sensei guide him.
"Let's just look through the windows and not disturb the children's class."
Torifu naturally agreed. A six-year-old's concentration was not very good. If they were disturbed, the entire day's class would be for nothing, as they wouldn't be able to concentrate at all.
As they walked by, looking at the children, although they were all lively and adorable, none of them made Torifu's eyes light up. It wasn't until Suiga took Torifu to the last class. This class was a mid-tier class in the entire grade.
Torifu immediately noticed a girl. She was wearing a small pink outfit and a pair of glasses. She looked a little out of place in the entire class.
"Suiga-sensei, is that child the daughter of the Aburame clan head?"
Suiga nodded. "Yes. Her talent is very good, but she cannot learn the clan's secret techniques."
This statement made Torifu confused. The Aburame clan's secret techniques couldn't even be learned by the clan head's daughter? What kind of logic was this? Seeing Torifu's expression, Suiga knew he had misunderstood and quickly explained.
"It's not that she isn't allowed to learn it; she simply can't. She was born with an allergy to the Kikaichū that the Aburame clan cultivated. The first time she came into contact with them when she was very young, she almost died."
"This..." Torifu was a little dumbfounded. An Aburame clan ninja being allergic to Kikaichū? Then she could only practice regular Ninjutsu? This might be the first one in the Aburame clan's history.
But Suiga wasn't done talking. "Although she's allergic to the Kikaichū, she has a very strong ability to tame moths and similar insects. She can make them all very obedient." He then added, "Unfortunately, the Aburame clan isn't good at controlling butterflies and moths, so she can only learn normal Ninjutsu."
After listening to this, Torifu thought it wasn't a big problem. If the Aburame clan wasn't good at controlling moths and butterflies, then she could just develop that path on her own. But without Torifu's help, the possibility of her succeeding was very slim.
"She's the one. I'm very interested in her talent. I might be able to help her."
Suiga was overjoyed when he heard this. "Really? That's great! I also really like this child's positive and cheerful personality. I think the Aburame clan head would be very happy if you could teach her."
Torifu shook his head. "That's not certain yet. I'll go to the Aburame clan and ask. After all, her parents have to agree for me to take her on as a disciple."
Suiga nodded. "Yes. Then you go ahead. I won't tell her about this."
"Okay."
After saying goodbye to Suiga, Torifu rushed to the Aburame clan without stopping. Due to his Chakra Concealment Technique, the Aburame clan's relationship with Torifu was not bad, and he hoped they would give him face this time.
"Torifu-sama, what brings you here?"
The clan member guarding the gate was actually very excited to see Torifu, but their clan was just naturally like this. No matter how excited they were, their words would always come out flat. Luckily, Torifu understood them.
"Yes. I have something I need to talk to your clan head about today."
"Please, come in. The clan head is in the courtyard."
Torifu nodded. "Thank you."
After entering the courtyard, it was still filled with the buzzing sounds of insects. Torifu had already grown numb to this. After all, when he watched the anime, the Aburame clan's insects were just a black mass of unknown objects. But now, he was actually facing real, legitimate insects. The first time he came to the Aburame clan, it truly made him nauseous for a long time. But after visiting many times, he had gotten used to it and had passively become not afraid of insects anymore.
"Genshin-Nii-san, I have something I need to talk to you about."
Aburame Genshin, who was fiddling with his insects, stopped what he was doing when he heard Torifu's voice. "It's Torifu. You haven't been here in a while. What's on your mind today?"
Torifu smiled. "Hehe, Big Brother Genshin, it's like this..." Torifu told Genshin about his desire to find a disciple at the Ninja Academy. He even told Genshin about the Kikaichū allergy that Suiga had mentioned.
"Oh, Torifu. This has always been a pain in my heart. My daughter, the clan head's daughter, can't even practice the clan's secret techniques. This is truly... Oh!"
Torifu patted Genshin's back. "Nii-san, don't be so sad. I heard from Suiga-sensei that she has a talent for moths and butterflies?"
Genshin nodded. "Yes. This child has been able to easily control butterflies and moths since she was very young. She can even command them with just simple communication, without needing chakra."
Torifu thought this was truly a talent. She didn't even need chakra to command them. Was she a natural born 'insect empress'? "Unfortunately, our Aburame clan isn't good at commanding butterflies and moths. Otherwise, she could have carried on this path and made it flourish."
Torifu patted Genshin's shoulder. "Nii-san, I would like to take her on as my disciple. What do you think?"
This statement made Genshin a little dazed. Torifu's talent and strength were already on par with the Hokage. Why would he want to take on his daughter as his disciple when she couldn't even practice the clan's secret techniques?
Seeing Genshin's hesitation, Torifu said, "Nii-san, I see something in her personality. Even though she can't practice the clan's secret techniques, she hasn't given up. That's a very rare quality."