Having rendered a great service, he was granted five days of leave after he awoke.
The rewards would come, but only after the war ended and he returned to Konoha.
As for what the rewards were, only the Hokage knew.
Five days of vacation was quite rare.
Because it was wartime, getting five days off was a complete blessing.
Konoha, this time, changed its previous style, acting decisively and swiftly, sending Ninja into the city for defense while directly attacking the Sand Ninja outside the city who had already prepared to launch a blitzkrieg.
This immediately stunned the Sand Ninja, because in their eyes, even if Konoha were to launch a large-scale attack, it would only be after they had completely occupied Kikyo Castle, as that would be the beginning of an open confrontation.
Those who prepared a blitzkrieg were hit by a blitzkrieg, suffering heavy losses, but they were not without the power to fight back.
In this war, Minato Namikaze, Konoha's brightest superstar, rose to prominence.
He alone made the Sand Ninja pay a heavy price, until Chiyo, an elder among the Sand Ninja, appeared and managed to stem Minato's brilliance, giving the retreating Sand Ninja a chance to breathe.
The title of Yellow Flash began to spread throughout the Ninja World, and the Sand Ninja were the first to issue an order stating that encountering the Yellow Flash allowed one to prioritize abandoning the mission.
As for Rasa and other strong Sand Ninja, they were personally suppressed by Jiraiya, so their performance was indeed limited.
It was also thanks to Rasa, otherwise the Sand Ninja would have suffered a complete defeat this time.
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With the front lines ablaze, what did Inoyue do during his few days of rest?
Rest was only relative.
Although he was in the main camp now, the battlefield was constantly changing, and perhaps it would be the Sand Ninja's turn to raid the camp next time.
These past few days, without having to go to the battlefield, Inoyue, after recovering, practiced his basic abilities in the forest not far from the main camp.
These were similar to the dynamic vision of the Sharingan and the ability to see through an opponent's movements.
This ability is only possessed by an Elite Jonin, and the reason Elite Jonin have such an ability is that they have all achieved it through countless trials and tribulations.
Of course, if a Uchiha awakened their Sharingan, they could also instantly gain this ability, but that falls within the realm of cheats, something ordinary people simply cannot compare to.
Inoyue broke through his physical limits during his fight with Asakura Myojin, reaching this state at that time.
It was like the 'Newtype awakening' state in Gundam, where one's eyes and hands are quick, and thoughts are agile, as if everything is under one's control.
To re-enter that state and possess this basic ability of an Elite Ninja, Inoyue needed more practice.
A state achieved by breaking through one's limits only provides an opportunity to possess that ability, so temporary gains must be diligently practiced to solidify them, which is the same principle as studying.
A large wooden frame was set up in the forest, with many small sandbags hanging vertically from it.
As soon as the mechanism was activated, these sandbags would start swinging due to impact.
This wooden frame was quite large, covering a hundred square meters.
Hundreds of sandbags swinging around were almost like Kunai being randomly thrown on a battlefield; the number was similar, but the speed was still much slower than thrown Kunai.
As the saying goes, start with the basics, and once adapted, increasing the speed will follow naturally.
What Inoyue had to do was move freely within it without being hit.
Don't underestimate these sandbags; they moved completely irregularly, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe them as unpredictable.
They tested one's reaction speed, and if one was even slightly off, they would definitely be hit badly and painfully.
Inoyue was in a miserable state right now.
Less than a quarter of an hour after rushing in, he dodged the ones in front but couldn't avoid those in the blind spots behind.
First, his back was hit, causing him to stumble, and then a sandbag in front immediately struck, directly hitting his head.
For four days, he went in no less than a hundred times, and each time he couldn't last more than ten minutes.
Almost every part of his body was hit by sandbags, leaving no good spots.
So, after completing his practice every day, he would drag his injured body to Rin Nohara for treatment, and if Rin Nohara was not there, he would go directly to the Medical Unit.
Since it was wartime, the Medical Unit was very busy.
His continuous injuries were also a nuisance to them.
To avoid consuming limited medical resources, Inoyue learned simple Medical Ninjutsu while receiving treatment.
General Medical Ninjutsu only requires high Chakra control.
Coincidentally, Chakra control was instinctive for Inoyue, so general Medical Ninjutsu was almost effortless for her.
Of course, what she lacked was medical knowledge and an understanding of human anatomy.
So, for four days, he practiced getting hit during the day and healed his injuries and crammed medical knowledge at night.
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Today was the last day, the afternoon of the fifth day.
Inoyue healed his injuries at noon and came back here.
After enduring countless hits, Inoyue reflected on his pain.
Since basic abilities couldn't be improved in a short time, he could only temporarily think of other methods.
Question: Who is the fastest person to improve?
Answer: Not the smartest person, nor the hardest working person, but the person who clearly knows their strengths and weaknesses.
Inoyue's soul was that of an adult, and in his previous life, he was considered a minor success, so he could thoroughly analyze his own strengths and weaknesses.
This allowed him to formulate corresponding countermeasures to the problem of improving his reaction ability.
The method was very simple, in his most proficient area: mental power.
When mental power is released through the eyes, it becomes the Mind's Eye Dojutsu.
But what if mental power is not released through the eyes?
What would happen if it spread directly from the body outwards?
This was similar to the 'Divine Sense' in cultivation novels, but without the eyes as a medium, direct outward release was very difficult.
First, one had to focus, then imagine mental power being released directly, in order to practice the release process.
The process was divided into four parts: standing still, closing one's eyes, emptying one's mind, and then releasing.
It always starts this way; one cannot achieve it in a single leap; so, one can only proceed step by step, little by little.
It's like the Third Young Master's Sword, mastering the ultimate sword art but unable to leave that courtyard.
Because in that courtyard, his state of mind could reach the level required to use that ultimate sword art.
Only when his state of mind was perfected, meaning he could reach that realm at any time, would the courtyard cease to exist, because wherever he went, that place would be that courtyard.
Modern skills and such might not emphasize this aspect, but in a Ninja World where one constantly fights for their life, this point is extremely important.
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Standing still and meditating for ten minutes, the first successful outward release of mental power without using the eyes felt like being enveloped in a sphere, with himself at the center of the sphere, with a radius of less than twenty centimeters.
Opening his eyes, Inoyue shot the mechanism with a Kunai, and the small sandbags on the hanger began to swing randomly.
He leaned forward, and his entire body instantly rushed into the sandbag area.
Left, right, back, right, front, with every rapid impact of a sandbag, Inoyue could instantly detect it within twenty centimeters of his body.
Even for blind spots behind him, as long as they entered this range, Inoyue could precisely sense them.
Being able to sense them, his body naturally made dodging reactions, and theoretically speaking, his speed was significantly higher than someone who relied solely on their own reaction speed to dodge.
Amidst these swaying sandbags, Inoyue at this moment was dodging with ease, and that feeling of his mind exploding instantly returned, which felt really good.
But alas!
As soon as his mind wandered, that state of mind was immediately broken, and the continuous outward release of mental power failed.
A sandbag from behind knocked Inoyue to the ground, and other sandbags swarmed him along the way.
He took more than ten hits, but it was worth it.
Although this time wasn't long, at least it proved that his direction was correct.
Continuing to practice, it wouldn't be long before his strength would increase again, and on the battlefield, only by increasing one's strength could one increase the chances of survival.
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"The application of mental power can reach such a level; it is truly magnificent!"
A voice suddenly sounded, and Inoyue, who had just crawled out of the sandbag area, hadn't even had time to get up when a pair of feet wearing combat boots appeared before his eyes.