[Konoha Ninja Academy]
The elite class and the regular class were two completely different concepts.
Without those boring and useless academic courses, their schedules were packed to the brim.
Rengoku stood with his arms crossed, watching Uchiha Kyuji train the kids' physical abilities.
Beside him stood Kurama Yakumo. Because her body was weak, she couldn't participate in physical training at all.
"Principal, will I be able to train in the future too?"
Rengoku nodded slightly, "Right now, just keep a cheerful mood. Once your Spirit Nurturing is finished, you can start training."
Yakumo's face lit up with joy. After all, she had thought she could never become a ninja.
She never expected Rengoku to say her talent was extremely high.
"I really wish I could join them right now," Yakumo said longingly.
Rengoku smiled, "Your genjutsu talent is actually your greatest strength.
"For them to learn genjutsu in the future, they might need ten times the time you would."
"This kind of basic training, you can make up for it later just fine."
"If you like drawing, you can draw for fun."
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Inside the field, after warming up, everyone had different training content.
No matter what development path they took in the future, chakra control was something they all had to do.
Shino moved quickly over the water's surface, stepping on it while simultaneously practicing ninja tool throwing. Training his ability to divide attention.
Neji was sparring with Kimimaro.
Their fighting styles could be described as two extremes.
Neji's was full of patterns and structure, while Kimimaro's leaned almost entirely toward spontaneity.
Through many battles, Neji had discovered various shortcomings in himself and improved rapidly.
Kimimaro's progress was relatively smaller.
So every time he defeated Neji, Kyuji or Rengoku would give Kimimaro some extra special training.
Naruto, Sasuke, Karin, Gaara, Hotaru, and Hinata were all refining chakra to practice tree climbing.
Among them, Sasuke, Karin, and Gaara had the best results.
Gaara spoke the least usually, but his chakra control was astonishing.
On his very first tree climb, he reached the highest branches.
"Wow, Gaara climbs so fast," Karin said admiringly from the middle.
Sasuke had already felt a bit competitive toward Gaara, and being provoked like that made him lose his footing and fall straight down.
Gaara lifted a hand, and the sand on the ground formed a soft cushion to catch Sasuke.
Sasuke blinked blankly before coming to his senses, his face flushing red as he stood up, "…Thanks!"
Gaara only nodded without saying anything.
Karin, halfway up, flipped down from the tree.
Rengoku had told her to work within her limits. After all, sealing techniques required precision.
She had to know exactly how high she could climb.
"Sasuke! I climbed higher than you!", Karin said, hands on hips, looking smug.
Sasuke saw that she had climbed two meters higher than him and felt a bit embarrassed.
"Hmph! I just slipped up for a moment."
He turned his head toward Naruto. Naruto was doing even worse, only managing three meters, with Hotaru one meter higher than him.
Crack!
Naruto stepped too hard again and fell from around three meters.
'Damn it, why can't I climb higher?'
Naruto frowned and thought for a moment, then got ready to try again.
"Naruto, don't rush to climb. Calm yourself first, and watch how others do it," Rengoku called out.
Naruto scratched his head, but he still listened to Rengoku, "Got it, Principal."
He looked at the least noticeable Hinata. Without making a sound, she had already climbed six meters.
Naruto walked under Hinata's tree. It wasn't that tall, and he watched with his own eyes as she was about to reach the top.
"You're amazing, Hinata!", Naruto shouted loudly.
Hinata's heart skipped a beat. Hearing Naruto's voice made her legs go weak, and she fell straight down.
Naruto was startled and instinctively caught her, the two of them rolled across the ground.
His head spun, and when he came to, his nose hurt sharply.
The first thing he did was pull Hinata up, "Hinata, are you okay?"
Hinata's face was crimson, shy as always.
But when she saw Naruto's face covered in blood, she panicked, "Naruto, are you okay?"
Naruto touched his nose and only then realized he had a nosebleed.
"Principal, Naruto's hurt!", Hotaru quickly ran over to call Rengoku.
Rengoku nodded, waved to Kyuji that there was no need to interfere, and then walked slowly over to Naruto.
Hinata, a bit flustered, said, "Naruto, I'm sorry."
"Ah, no, it's fine, it's fine. It's my fault for startling you and making you fall," Naruto rubbed his nose. The bleeding had already stopped, though his bloodstained face looked a bit scary.
Rengoku glanced at Naruto's nose, then at Hinata.
"Hinata, Naruto's recovery is very fast. You don't have to worry too much. Take him to wash up."
"Yes, I understand, Principal," Once Naruto was hurt, Hinata's shyness was thrown to the back of her mind.
She led him to the edge of the training field to clean up.
"Shishou, is Naruto okay?", Sasuke slipped over to Rengoku and asked.
Rengoku chuckled, "He's the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki. Forget a nosebleed, even if his nasal bone was broken, it would heal on its own."
"Huh?", This was Sasuke's first time learning that Naruto had such strong recovery ability.
But Sasuke shook his head, "Then I'm still better than him."
Rengoku reached out and rapped him on the head, "His problem is that he has too much chakra, so he can't control it well.
"Yours is that you don't have enough chakra. Two different things."
"Does Naruto have more chakra than our Uchiha clan?", Sasuke clearly lacked knowledge in this area.
Rengoku smiled, "The Uzumaki clan's chakra is greater than our Uchiha clan's."
"What?", Sasuke frowned, clearly unhappy with the answer.
Rengoku looked toward Naruto, who had finished cleaning up and was walking over, and said to Sasuke, "Whether someone is strong isn't just about chakra."
"Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, battle requires overall judgment."
"Even if the enemy you meet in the future never uses ninjutsu, that doesn't mean they're weak."
For example, right now, Kimimaro and Neji could defeat Sasuke without using ninjutsu.
"At this stage, your Sharingan can only be a support tool, improving yourself overall is the most important thing."
Sasuke nodded thoughtfully, "I understand, Shishou."
Rengoku nodded, then waved Naruto and Hinata over.
"Principal." ×2
Rengoku said to Naruto, "Your chakra amount is too high. Every time you fall, it's because you used too much chakra, reduce the amount you use."
"Keep your mind calm and natural."
"Thanks, Principal. I get it now," Naruto said gratefully.
'So that's why, no wonder the more chakra I used, the faster I fell.'
"As for you, Hinata."
"You're too introverted. As ninjas, we must always be ready for unexpected situations."
"So… Naruto, you're to disturb her at any time to train her focus."
"Huh?", Naruto froze, then quickly said, "Don't worry, Principal, leave it to me!"
"Huh?", Hinata never expected Rengoku to give Naruto such a task.
Her face flushed red, "Principal… I… I…"
A faint, almost hidden smile tugged at Rengoku's lips, "Then it's happily decided."
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