Time moved forward...
Anbu operative Yamato, under orders from the Third Hokage, came to see if Shinju could train in Wood Release.
Night.
He scaled the wall of Shinju's courtyard.
To his surprise, he discovered that in the dead of night, Shinju was still practicing shuriken throwing...
The Third Hokage had mentioned before that this boy had remarkable talent.
And now Yamato saw—this boy wasn't just gifted, he was driven!
He couldn't help but admire it in his heart.
A person blessed by the heavens and willing to work hard... such a one was bound to become a pillar of Konohagakure in the future!
So, he decided to watch a bit longer.
But he never expected to witness Shinju's heaven-defying learning ability!
At first, Shinju's shuriken couldn't even graze the wooden post!
Yet after just a couple of tries, he was hitting the bullseye dead-on!
And after experimenting a little more...
Midair throws, ricocheting shuriken off each other to strike the target, weaving footwork into his throws—none of it was a problem for him!
More importantly...
The kid even tried to combine the Clone Technique with shuriken throwing!
And the key thing?
He succeeded!
This young Shinju, self-taught, had just mastered the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique—the very one the Third Hokage himself had invented back in the day!
And all of this... happened within just a few minutes!
Yamato's jaw nearly hit the ground!
Just as his worldview was collapsing and he was about to hurry back to report to the Hokage...
Shinju spotted him!
And so—
That night, Yamato not only witnessed Shinju's terrifying talent and insight...
He also became Shinju's first punching bag since crossing into this world!
The moment Shinju noticed him, he instantly summoned over a hundred Shadow Clones with a terrifying burst of chakra!
Before Yamato could even explain, all the clones swarmed him!
Of course, Shinju was still just an Academy student with little real combat experience, so his clones were easy to deal with.
Yamato quickly dispatched the ones grappling him.
However...
When he looked back at Shinju—
The kid was holding a Rasengan in his hand!
∑(°Д°)
That was the Rasengan!
An A-rank ninjutsu developed by the Fourth Hokage himself!
Its principle was to gather chakra into the hand, have it swirl in irregular patterns while being compressed, forming a sphere of chakra to smash into the opponent!
And as far as Yamato knew, only the Fourth Hokage and Jiraiya-sama could use it!
The Fourth was long dead, and Jiraiya-sama was always away wandering the world...
So where on earth had this kid learned the Rasengan?!
Yamato didn't even have time to process his shock before Shinju charged at him, Rasengan blazing in hand!
Thankfully...
He was an Anbu, a veteran of countless battles, with combat instincts honed razor-sharp. With agile footwork, he slipped past Shinju's attack.
...
"Whoosh!—"
The Rasengan slammed into the ground not far from Yamato!
The violent chakra force gouged out a massive crater over ten meters wide right there in Shinju's yard!
And this was with Shinju deliberately controlling the blast when he saw the attack miss!
The Rasengan missed, and Shinju clenched his teeth.
He had another epiphany.
What if... he combined the Rasengan with the form of a shuriken?
That would increase its power and range, maximizing its margin for error!
But with pure, non-elemental chakra, that was hard to pull off.
He'd have to combine it with an elemental nature...
Let's try Wind Release first!
Shinju was a man of action—once he thought of it, he moved.
Raising his right hand high, he gathered chakra into his palm!
He shaped it into a shuriken form, imbuing it with Wind Release chakra!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"
In moments, a vast, roaring mass of chakra had taken the form of a gigantic wind demon shuriken in his raised hand!
From a dozen meters away, Yamato could see every detail clearly.
What the hell is this kid pulling now?!
That overwhelming chakra volume... that unsettling chakra fluctuation...
Was he trying to kill him?!
"You've got it wrong, I'm from the Third—"
Yamato tried to explain quickly.
But with the roar of chakra in his ears, Shinju couldn't hear a word.
The next moment, Shinju hurled the Wind Release shuriken!
"Whoosh!—"
It flew at blistering speed, reaching Yamato's former position in the blink of an eye!
Luckily, Yamato had been wary of this crazy kid from the start. The moment he saw Shinju's jutsu about to complete, he had already sprinted far away.
The shuriken struck the ground—
"BOOM!!!—"
Violent wind-natured chakra exploded instantly!
Even though Shinju had tried to restrain it, the blast still obliterated his own house!
And left a crater over a hundred meters wide in its place!!
Elsewhere...
By the time the blast went off, Yamato had run over a hundred meters away!
But he still wasn't spared—needle-like wind chakra grazed him, stabbing into his skin with searing pain!
Yamato: (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)
These days, taking on a student was just too much trouble—he hadn't even introduced himself before getting beaten up!
The massive commotion quickly drew the Konoha patrol unit.
It also woke the Third Hokage from his sleep.
When the Third arrived at the scene, the first thing he saw was the massive, hundred-meter crater where Shinju's house had been!
"You did this?"
The Third's accusing gaze landed on Yamato, lying on a stretcher nearby.
Yamato: ꈨຶꎁꈨຶ
I just got my butt kicked, and now the old man suspects me...
"It wasn't me," Yamato said, looking deeply wronged.
"Then who was it?!"
The normally kind and gentle Third Hokage was furious—this had crossed a line!
Who could unleash such a devastating jutsu inside the village?!
Thankfully, Shinju's home was in a sparsely populated area, or the consequences would have been unthinkable!
The patrol unit fell silent under the Third's angry questioning.
Yamato covered his face on the stretcher, wishing he could crawl into a hole.
The culprit, Shinju, lowered his head and stepped forward.
"I..."
He spoke weakly.
Then he stood there, ready to accept whatever came next.
Knowing the Third's usual kindness, Shinju could tell—this time, he had really messed up!
"Don't be silly, Shinju."
The Third waved it off.
"I know you're upset about your house being destroyed. Don't worry—Grandpa Hokage will make sure the real culprit is caught!"
"What I mean is... I was the culprit. I made that crater."
Shinju spoke honestly, though still sounding aggrieved.
The Third Hokage: ヽ( ຶ▮ ຶ)ﾉ!!!
"What did you just say?!"
Shinju immediately noticed the sharp rise in Grandpa Hokage's voice—he was really angry now!
So he ducked his head even lower and mumbled, "I... I said, I made that crater."
Silence.
Gulp—
The Third swallowed hard.
His sharp gaze swept over the patrol unit, finally resting on Yamato.
Yamato understood the Hokage's doubt, covering his face and giving a small nod.
Being beaten to this state by a kid who hadn't even graduated the Academy yet...
No face left to show.
The Third ignored Yamato's shame—once he had confirmation, all his focus shifted to Shinju.
This kid's a genius!
A damn, undeniable genius!
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