"Teacher Yagyu, my mission is complete."
Minazuki Ao had caught enough fish and ran over to Yagyu to report.
Yagyu nodded. "Go turn in the mission at the Mizukage building yourself. The rest of the time is yours to do as you please."
Ao left, but not long after, she returned.
Yagyu asked with some surprise, "Why did you come back?"
Ao stared at Yagyu. "Teacher Yagyu, shouldn't you teach me some real skills now?"
"Those two learned useful abilities from you, but I haven't learned anything. That's unfair."
Yagyu laughed in spite of himself and said casually, "What a cunning little girl!"
"So, what do you want to learn? Water Style, Fire Style, Lightning Style, Earth Style, Wind Style, Yin Style, Yang Style... these..."
Ao stared at Yagyu with burning eyes, asking impatiently, "Can I learn any of those?"
Yagyu smiled mysteriously and said triumphantly, "I basically don't know any of them."
Ao: "..."
Seeing the look of disbelief on Ao's face, Yagyu said smugly, "Surprised?"
"Don't be! You have to understand, I was originally just a commoner."
"As a commoner, how could I have access to many advanced ninjutsu?"
"My strength comes from my unique abilities, and I can't teach those abilities to you."
Hearing Yagyu's explanation, Ao instantly deflated.
"As the daughter of the Minazuki clan leader, I think you should understand, right?"
"Ninjas like you from ninja clans should really be learning the ninjutsu passed down in your families for generations."
"Because your clan has undergone hundreds, even thousands of years of inheritance, they figured out the ninjutsu you need long ago."
"So you should go home and study, instead of coming to learn from me."
Yagyu spoke casually, picking up his teacup for a sip.
Whether it was a Kekkei Genkai clan or a hidden technique clan, clan members basically learned the ninjutsu inherited within their families.
For example, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio in the original story—even though their instructor was Sarutobi Asuma, they all learned their clan's hidden techniques.
Another example was Kurenai Yuhi's three students—Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame. None of these students from ninja clans learned Kurenai's genjutsu.
Ao looked disappointed.
She understood what Yagyu was saying, but Yagyu's power gave her other ideas.
Facing a powerhouse of Yagyu's level, it was normal to want to get something good out of him.
Glancing at the disappointed Ao, Yagyu said helplessly, "If you really want ninjutsu... state your request!"
"Although I haven't mastered any powerful elemental jutsu, my reputation is quite useful. I can go to the Mizukage and ask for a few jutsu for you."
"But I don't think you'll need them. As a ninja who has awakened the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, what you should be learning most is Ice Release ninjutsu."
Ao perked up and nodded. "Teacher Yagyu, you're right. I should be learning Ice Release. You don't need to go to Lord Mizukage to ask for ninjutsu for me."
"The reason I wanted you to teach me skills is because of your strength, not anything else."
"I thought since you're so strong, the abilities you've mastered must be very powerful too, which is why I had that idea."
Yagyu said lazily, "I can't teach you my best abilities. As for others... how about Taijutsu?"
Ao got interested. "Taijutsu?"
Regardless of the type of ninja, Taijutsu was a compulsory course.
One didn't need to be a Taijutsu master like Might Guy, but one at least needed the ability to fight in close combat.
Yagyu nodded. "That's right! I have a very powerful Taijutsu style here, consisting mainly of six techniques."
"As long as you fully master and integrate these six skills, you can go anywhere in the ninja world, and basically no one will be able to do anything to you."
Ao said excitedly, "That strong? I want to learn it."
Yagyu nodded and said very teasingly, "This Taijutsu style still needs a bit of refining. I'll teach you in a while."
Executing the Rokushiki (Navy Six Styles) required a powerful physical constitution as a foundation.
According to official lore, Rokushiki is a martial art that surpasses human physical limits.
However, there is a difference between the Naruto world and the One Piece world.
In the One Piece world, people can break through conventional limits and surpass their physical potential through training.
But in the Naruto world, no matter how much an ordinary person trains, they cannot break the human limit.
Specific reference: Might Guy.
Training his muscles for decades, without opening the Eight Gates, he only possessed the strength of a peak human.
But this didn't mean people in the Naruto world couldn't practice Rokushiki. Might Guy illustrated the point well enough.
Although his base physical fitness was only at the peak human level, once the Eight Gates were opened, he could warp space with his strikes.
Simply put, if your physical fitness isn't enough, use chakra to make up for it!
Tsunade's base physical strength wasn't overwhelmingly powerful, yet her Taijutsu skills were among the best in the ninja world.
This was because she utilized chakra, specifically the Chakra Enhanced Strength technique.
As long as chakra was added as a support when performing the Rokushiki (Navy Six Styles), users could execute these techniques even without surpassing human physical limits.
However, one problem remained unsolved: how exactly to use chakra for support.
"I'll go back and ask Tsunade!"
Yagyu thought for a moment, then took a book out of a storage scroll and began to read.
...
Evening, Yagyu's home.
With the change in Yagyu's status, his home had transformed from a dilapidated house into a luxurious villa.
Inside the villa, a beautiful blonde woman was drinking sake. Seeing Yagyu return, she grumpily threw a newspaper at him.
"Let me go back!"
Tsunade shouted with a look of displeasure.
"Reason?"
Yagyu caught the newspaper and asked slowly.
Tsunade complained,
"See for yourself! You people in Kirigakure have no honor; you launched an attack on an ally of the Land of Fire."
Yagyu opened the newspaper and indeed saw the news of Kirigakure attacking an ally of the Land of Fire.
"Couldn't hold back anymore?"
Yagyu looked thoughtful.
It wasn't the best time for Kirigakure to enter the war, but they made a move anyway.
Either the lower-ranking ninjas were eager for battle, and suppressing them would do more harm than good, or friction had arisen again between the civilian and clan ninjas within the forces, necessitating a war to divert the conflict.
Yagyu pondered for a moment, then smiled freely.
"Who cares! It doesn't affect me much anyway."