Rika (59.5%)
Sukuna (51.1%)
Choso (33%)
Land God (58.8%)
Hanami (15%)
Haruki had already activated five Cursed Spirits, among which Rika, Sukuna, and Land God had all reached Jonin level.
However, he estimated that Rika and Sukuna's strength should be greater than an ordinary Jonin. Otherwise, Sukuna wouldn't have killed Sunagakure ninjas as easily as cutting watermelons.
He remembered that the system had also said that Cursed Spirits formed from special emotional values were stronger than ordinary Cursed Spirits.
He was looking forward to Sukuna's strength after reaching 100%.
Among the current five Cursed Spirits, if ranked by strength, it should be Sukuna first, Rika second, Land God third, Choso fourth, and Hanami fifth.
Hanami's strength was at the bottom because its current rank was too low. Although Hanami's rank was low, as a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Hanami's potential was high.
If they were at the same rank, then the strength ranking would change.
In addition to the five Cursed Spirits' ranks increasing, Haruki's own abilities had also greatly improved.
With a Heavenly Restriction Physique, his physical conditioning in the future would be twice as effective.
Tomorrow, he would look for crows in the village and inject Cursed Energy into their bodies. He would make the crows his monitors installed in various corners of Amegakure.
Haruki closed his eyes and contentedly fell into a dream.
5 AM.
Haruki got up, washed up, and went out. He looked dazed.
'System, did I really sleep?'
'I feel like I just lied down?'
[Host, you slept from 9 PM last night until 5 AM today, you've already had eight hours of sleep.]
Haruki: "…"
Is that so? Then why did he still feel so sleepy?
'No!'
Haruki corrected the System in his mind, 'Children need to maintain twelve hours of adequate sleep.'
[…]
[Host, you are already 23 years old.]
Haruki held out his hand. 'My body is only eight years old.'
[Host, then why don't you go reason with Hanzo?]
'Let's not.'
One must know when to yield and when to stand firm. Haruki still wanted to extract emotional value from Hanzo.
...
The heavy night sky of Amegakure pressed down on Haruki. It wasn't even dawn yet, and he had to start training. He was even more miserable than students in in his previous life.
In the familiar training ground, Hanzo's figure had already appeared in his sight.
So early?
Haruki thought he had gotten up early, but he didn't expect there to be an even earlier bird.
Besides Hanzo, many ninjas were already training on the training ground.
Had this group of ninjas evolved past the need for sleep?
Haruki entered work mode. He accelerated his pace towards Hanzo, a look of guilt on his face. "Sensei, I'm late."
Hanzo said sternly, "Don't let it happen again."
Haruki nodded quickly.
"Start training."
Hanzo swept a glance at the training ground and said to Haruki, "Run around the training ground. You cannot stop until I tell you to."
He wanted to first figure out Haruki's physical limit.
Suzaku only knew that Haruki had great talent in ninjutsu learning, but knew nothing about Haruki's stamina.
Hanzo was not a fool who only valued ninjutsu. He was very clear about how important physicality, which was often overlooked by ninjas, truly was.
Even though he had mastered various ninjutsu and powerful poisons, he had never stopped doing physical exercises.
As his student, Haruki naturally had to possess a powerful body like him.
"Yes!" Haruki nodded.
He also wanted to experience Toji's Heavenly Restriction Physique.
Toji was forced into a contract by the world from birth, sacrificing all his Cursed Energy in exchange for the ultimate peak of human physical strength.
You ask why Haruki, who possessed a Heavenly Restriction Physique, didn't need to sacrifice Cursed Energy?
Of course, it was because Haruki had the system, a cheat.
If Haruki also needed to sacrifice Cursed Energy to use Heavenly Restriction, then what would he need the system for?
What's more, not having Chakra was already a disadvantage. If he didn't even have Cursed Energy, what would he collect emotional value for?
The Heavenly Restriction Physique brought superhuman senses, extreme muscle strength, and speed.
Not only that, but the body's self-healing speed after injury was also extraordinary, and his stamina was like a bottomless pit.
Since activating the Heavenly Restriction, Haruki hadn't felt any change in his body. Today's physical training was a good opportunity for him to test it out.
Inside the training ground, Haruki was running in regular circles. Hanzo stood still, his gaze following Haruki's movements.
One lap, two laps, three laps…
Ten laps, eleven laps, twelve laps…
As the number of laps continuously increased, Haruki didn't feel any change in his body. He felt no fatigue at all.
At this moment, Haruki finally realized the horror of Heavenly Restriction.
He had exercised with Jiraiya in the seaside wooden house. Back then, his stamina was good, but it was nowhere near this level.
One hundred laps, two hundred laps, three hundred laps…
Sweat appeared on Haruki's forehead.
Hanzo: "…"
This was not normal.
The Amegakure ninjas on the training ground all stopped their training. They stood aside, staring dumbfounded at Haruki, who was still running laps.
"How many laps?"
"Three hundred twenty-eight laps…"
"How many laps can you run?"
"Two hundred eighty-seven laps."
"…"
Haruki's breathing became ragged.
Sweat continuously dripped from his forehead, and he felt tired, but stronger than the fatigue was excitement.
He still wanted to keep running, run desperately, run until he died.
Heavenly Restriction?
No!
Haruki thought it should be renamed – Permanent Stimulant.
The more tired he got, the more excited he became.
However, Haruki still stopped.
Because he was hungry.
Although his body didn't feel tired, the heavy sweating and excessive consumption made him extremely thirsty and hungry, in urgent need of replenishment.
"How many laps?"
The surrounding Amegakure ninjas asked blankly.
"Four hundred and one laps…"
The Amegakure ninja next to him answered just as blankly.
"Reached your limit?"
Hanzo looked at Haruki, who had stopped in front of him.
Haruki shook his head, exceptionally honest, "Not tired, but hungry and thirsty."
Hanzo: "…"
Haruki meant that if he had food and drink, he could continue running?
Hanzo felt there was no need to test further.
Haruki was a natural ninja. With an ultimate physique and extremely great ninjutsu talent, he was destined to become a powerful ninja renowned throughout the Ninja World.
"Next, we will begin taijutsu training." Hanzo did not give Haruki any time to rest.
In the short two minutes Haruki had stopped, he felt his body's strength had completely recovered.
"…"
This was too overpowered!
Haruki looked at Hanzo and nodded. "Yes!"
A hint of satisfaction quickly flashed in Hanzo's stern eyes.
Haruki's resilience made him pleased. Haruki was becoming more and more like his former self.
[Ding!]
[System detected Hanzo's Nostalgia Value +500.]
[Ding!]
[Your Cursed Spirit Choso's rank has increased to 33.5%.]
Haruki estimated that Hanzo was once again giving himself too much credit.
One hour later.
"Hoo… huff…"
Sweat flowed like a stream continuously from Haruki's forehead and temples, into the corners of his eyes, and then dripped from his chin onto the ground, like a localized light rain.
Ever since Hanzo knew his stamina was good, the intensity of his training sharply increased.
Hanzo abandoned conventional exercises and instead used sparring to train Haruki's reaction speed and enhance his combat experience.
After each sparring session, he would teach Haruki combat techniques and have him apply them in the next sparring session.
If he didn't have the Heavenly Restriction, Haruki estimated he would have been beaten to death by Hanzo on the training ground. Even if he wasn't beaten to death, he would have died from exhaustion.