[Although injured, you did not give up.]
[Because of your extremely high talent, your training results were very obvious. For the six-person stone-throwing training, you only took two days to adapt and dodge perfectly.]
[Then seven people, also only two days.]
[Eight people, still two days.]
[Only when it reached ten people did you take more time, but still only four days.]
[You trained all the way until you could dodge twenty people's stone-throwing training before Sandaime Raikage ended the stone-throwing phase.]
[But, to temper you, he gave you no time to catch your breath, immediately starting the more dangerous shuriken dodging training.]
[For safety's sake, Sandaime Raikage initially only assigned ten people to throw shuriken.]
'Damn, and this is called 'for safety's sake'?'
'Starting with ten people throwing shuriken at you, that's treatment reserved for Uchiha Madara!'
Takumi couldn't help but complained in his heart.
'Truly the simple and rugged Kumogakure!'
'They're really bold enough!'
'Who has ever heard of starting with 10 burly men taking turns throwing shuriken at a 4-year-old boy?'
[Because shuriken are faster and more dangerous,]
[Sandaime Raikage only wanted to train you, not kill you.]
[So the angles weren't very tricky, and they didn't aim for blind spots like the eyes, throat, or back of the neck.]
"…"
"Thank you so much."
[At first, your body couldn't quite keep up with the shuriken's speed.]
[But as training progressed, your physical fitness gradually improved.]
[Soon, you could handle with ease the shuriken from ten people.]
[The number of shuriken throwers gradually increased.]
'Go for it!'
Takumi clenched his fists.
He watched as the little Takumi in the simulation was covered in cuts.
Those were all marks left by shuriken he failed to dodge.
Yet Sandaime Raikage only provided simple treatment before continuing the training.
He gave the little Takumi no rest time at all.
[When you could dodge shuriken thrown by twenty people, the training entered the next stage.]
[The person training with you became your second brother, Killer B.]
[Killer B is skilled with swords and created the Eight Swords Style, capable of using up to eight swords simultaneously.]
[But dodging swords is very difficult. No matter how sharp a shuriken is, it's just a thrown object.]
[But being cut with a sword personally is different.]
[Besides the sword's faster speed, it's also because swords are close-combat tools, leaving you less time to dodge.]
[Initially, Killer B only used one wooden sword.]
[His physical fitness is much better than yours, which meant his attack speed was much faster than you imagined.]
[Stabbing, slashing, lifting, chopping… all actions performed smoothly and effortlessly.]
[In the first few days, you found it very hard to dodge Killer B's full-power attacks and were often beaten black and blue.]
[And Killer B laughed at this time: "Bakayaro! I finally hit you for the first time in 4 years! Konoyaro!"]
[However, with continuous training, your dodging ability also constantly improved.]
[Your physical fitness improved bit by bit. Although the rate of improvement couldn't match Killer B's, it could support you in performing more dodging movements.]
[It took two months of effort for you to perfectly avoid all of Killer B's attacks using one sword.]
[However, when he brought out a second sword, it immediately sent you back to square one.]
Looking at the little Takumi covered in bruises, all proof of being struck by the wooden swords, yet even so, the little Takumi never once complained of hardship, Takumi felt the little Takumi's perseverance was astonishing.
It can be said that the little Takumi understood his own situation.
Unable to bring himself to kill, the little Takumi knew that only by training his dodging talent to the extreme could he possibly survive in this chaotic world.
Takumi gritted his teeth, deeply moved by the little Takumi.
[Training to dodge two swords simultaneously lasted for several months.]
[During these months, you were hit no less than hundreds of times every day.]
[There wasn't a single patch of skin on your body that was unharmed.]
[But you gritted your teeth and persevered.]
[This level of perseverance, even Sandaime Raikage nodded in approval.]
["Perhaps his natural talent isn't high, but his perseverance is something you should learn from." Sandaime Raikage said to his other two sons.]
[But whether it was A watching from the side or Killer B personally training you, their feeling towards you could only be described as shocked.]
[Because in this world, a four-year-old child who could simultaneously dodge Killer B's two swords hadn't been born yet!]
[His continuous two-sword style attacks couldn't even be handled by an average Jonin, let alone you.]
[They acknowledged you deep down, even though they still found your idea of not killing and only dodging too strange.]
From initial disapproval to current acknowledgment, the little Takumi paid no small price.
Takumi saw all of this, and felt very pleased.
[Training with the third sword also lasted for several months.]
[It was also from this time that Sandaime Raikage felt shocked. He hadn't expected you to really pull through. So, he began emphasizing your training in Nin-Taijutsu and Lightning Release.]
["The Lightning Release Armor is our signature technique. You must learn it no matter what, and it will help your talent." Sandaime Raikage said thus.]
[Thus, your daily training became even more arduous. The time available for eating and sleeping was less than six hours per day.]
[Under such arduous training, it only took you 4 months to perfectly dodge Killer B's attacks with four swords.]
Lightning Release Armor!
It could be called the Raikage's exclusive Nin-Taijutsu.
Possessing both power and speed, it is extremely strong in one-on-one combat!
[As time increased.]
[Five swords, six swords...]
[Finally, when you were seven years old, you successfully dodged all of Killer B's attacks using eight swords.]
[And you initially mastered the Lightning Release Armor.]
After bitterness comes sweetness... such thing didn't arrive.
Takumi shook his head helplessly.
Although to some extent, the little Takumi's dodging ability was already very powerful,
It was clearly still far from the limit!
[To continue stimulating your talent, Sandaime Raikage specially built a Trap Tower for you.]
[Pit traps, animal traps, swinging pendulums, hidden arrows, ground spikes, rolling stones...]
[It was filled with countless highly lethal traps. The most crucial thing was the environment inside was very complex, filled with various traps and attacks, unlike dodging sword slashes which was relatively singular. An ordinary person could be torn to pieces with the slightest carelessness.]
[And the young you needed to go from the top floor all the way to the bottom.]
[The Trap Tower had five floors in total.]
[At first, you couldn't even break through the top floor.]
[If it weren't for the protection of the Lightning Release Armor, you would likely have been seriously injured.]
[But even with the Lightning Release Armor, your injuries were not light.]