That damn system gave him absolutely no chance to take shortcuts.
"Damn it! Fine — if I'm going to train disciples, then I'll train all of them into Kage-level… even beyond Kage-level!"
Fushigakure had only just been established.
The only complete building was the Fushikage Building, and the surrounding area was still being expanded. Building a village as large as Konoha was impossible to finish in a short time.
In the meeting room, Mizuki called everyone over.
Fushigakure's first full assembly meeting!
"Today, Fushigakure has just been founded. The entire village is only the nine of us. If a large group of enemies invades, it's fine while I'm here — but if I'm not, then with your current strength, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep the village safe."
Zabuza's strength wasn't weak, but it was impossible for him alone to protect the village.
The rest were all Genin. They could handle ordinary ninjas, but dealing with Jōnin would be far from easy.
"So your strength must be improved. Today, I'm going to teach you a new chakra-extraction method. I call it the Advanced Chakra Extraction Method. Once you master it, your chakra refinement speed will increase a hundredfold. Your chakra capacity will also grow rapidly. Chakra is the foundation of a ninja's combat. The more chakra you have, the stronger your combat power will naturally become."
Mizuki's words shocked everyone.
"A hundredfold increase — how can there be such a chakra extraction method? Isn't it some kind of forbidden technique that harms the body?" Zabuza asked.
Mizuki smiled, "It's real, and there are no side effects. You'll know once you try it."
In truth, Naruto and Gaara didn't care that much about chakra quantity. As Jinchūriki, their chakra reserves were already huge — the kind that was hard to ever run out of.
But for everyone else, it was extremely important.
Take Sasuke, for example. In the anime, when he fought Naruto for the first time at the Valley of the End, he relied on the Curse Mark to keep spamming ninjutsu and ultimately defeated Naruto. Without the Curse Mark, he wouldn't have dared to burn through chakra like that. So he also badly needed more chakra.
Mizuki taught the Advanced Chakra Extraction Method in detail. Most people learned it in one go — after all, they already had the basics.
The advanced method was simply an improved version of the standard chakra-extraction method, so everyone accepted it quickly.
Only Naruto, that idiot, needed three tries before he finally got it. His combat instincts weren't bad, but his ability to understand things in study was truly terrible. Especially anything involving text — it was torture for him.
After they learned it, everyone refined chakra on the spot. Blue light rose from each of their bodies, and the chakra fluctuations were extremely obvious. Naruto, in particular, looked like he was wearing a blue coat.
"It really did increase a hundredfold. Thank you, Lord Fushikage!" Zabuza stood up and thanked him.
Naruto, meanwhile, complained loudly, "Master Mizuki, if you had this kind of chakra extraction method, why didn't you teach us earlier?"
Mizuki smiled, "It's not too late to learn now. Besides, Naruto, you already have a lot of chakra — whether you learn it or not doesn't really matter."
Sasuke cursed, "Idiot. How can this kind of secret method be taught to just anyone? Before, we were Konoha ninjas. If you taught it to us, wouldn't that old Third have found out?"
When Hiruzen was mentioned, Naruto fell silent.
Actually, he didn't hate that old man that much. When he heard he had been killed by Mizuki, he didn't react strongly. No satisfaction, no pity. It was like Hiruzen had become an irrelevant passerby to him.
Mizuki said, "You all need to train hard. Daisuke, Sai, and Shin — the three of you have relatively low chakra reserves. In the coming days, focus solely on refining chakra. Zabuza, I don't know you that well. Based on your understanding of yourself, what do you think would improve your strength?"
Zabuza thought for a moment, then answered, "What I'm best at is silent killing techniques paired with the Kubikiribōchō. If my blade techniques could improve further, my strength would rise immediately."
Mizuki nodded and took out a scroll, "This is Konoha-style swordsmanship: Dance of the Crescent Moon — a secret sword art of the Tsukikage clan. The sword is light and convenient, completely different from the Kubikiribōchō. But both are weapon techniques — there may be common ground. Study it, and you might gain something."
Zabuza accepted it and thanked him.
Next was Haku.
"Haku, I can't really guide you in Ice Release, your Kekkei Genkai. But your taijutsu is weak. When I have time, I'll teach you a taijutsu style that's enough to make up for that weakness."
Mizuki decided to pass the complete Tai Chi (Mien Chuen) returned by the system to him.
"Sasuke, in the coming days, focus on improving your chakra control. Once you meet the standard, I'll teach you Body Flicker and Phantom Body Switch."
Sasuke nodded. He had wanted to learn Phantom Body Switch for a long time, since that day Mizuki killed the Anbu in front of him.
"Gaara, you can control sand. Your offense and defense are both strong, but your attacks lack flexibility. Against agile enemies, you'll be at a huge disadvantage."
Gaara nodded. He thought of how, during Konoha's Chūnin Exams, Rock Lee's high-speed movement had left him unable to react.
"Also, your sand is afraid of water. When sand meets water, it becomes heavy. That increases the difficulty of controlling it. This weakness needs to be overcome. In the coming days, think of a way to overcome those two weaknesses yourself. I don't understand sand control well, so I won't offer specific suggestions."
After finishing with Gaara, Mizuki's gaze shifted to Naruto.
"Ah, ah, finally it's my turn! Master Mizuki, hurry and guide me too. I want to get stronger!"
Mizuki smiled, "As for you… we'll talk about it in a few days."
Naruto immediately became unhappy, "Why? Everyone has a direction now, but I don't. That's not fair!"
Mizuki said, "Orochimaru planted the Five Elements Seal on your abdomen. It made your chakra unstable and out of control — you even need two hands just to use the Rasengan. So even if I tell you how to train right now, it would be useless."
Naruto frowned, "Then what do we do?"
"Don't worry. In the next few days, I'll make time to learn the Five Elements Seal and help you remove it. Then I'll guide your training. It won't take long — just a few days."
Naruto was still unhappy, "Then I'll have nothing to do these few days! Everyone else is training, and I'll be doing nothing. That's boring."
Mizuki smiled, "No. I have a mission for you!"
The meeting ended. Everyone dispersed to find places to train. Only Naruto stayed behind.
"Master Mizuki, what mission?"
Mizuki asked, "Naruto, do you know how to gamble?"
Naruto immediately said, "Of course not! I remember the ninja's three prohibitions. We were tested on them all the time at the academy. First: don't squander money. Second: no alcohol before eighteen. Third: no going to red-light districts before eighteen. Gambling violates the first rule."
Mizuki smiled, "Oh please. Those 'three prohibitions' are just lies to trick kids. Truly powerful ninjas never care about that stuff."
Naruto's eyes lit up, "Really?"
"Of course. Why would I lie to you? Come on — I'll teach you gambling."
Naruto asked curiously, "But what does that have to do with the mission you mentioned?"
Mizuki said, "Of course it's related. The mission is for you to go into a casino… and lose money."
"Lose money? Why?"
Isn't gambling supposed to be for winning? Why lose?
Naruto didn't understand!
"There's no why. It's a mission — just do what I say."
Next, Mizuki started teaching Naruto gambling, and the boy quickly learned it.
To be honest, Naruto was surprisingly talented at gambling.
"I'm giving you this ring. It has one cubic meter of storage space. I put ten million ryō inside. Your mission is to find casinos and lose all ten million ryō within three days."
Naruto was kicked out of Fushigakure and sent to the capital of the Land of Birds.
"Making me gamble, and I'm only allowed to lose… what does that even mean? Could it be that Master Mizuki has so much money he can't use it all, so he's using this method to give it away?"
After thinking it over, that was the only explanation that made sense.
Mizuki sent a shadow clone to protect Naruto in secret. The Land of Birds wasn't a closed-off country. Merchants from many countries came and went here, and there were certainly plenty of spies from other nations too.
He appearing in the Land of Birds with Naruto and Sasuke had likely already been reported back to Konoha, so it was necessary to be cautious.
"With a shadow clone protecting him, Naruto won't have any problems. Now, it's time to learn the Five Elements Seal."
He hadn't learned it before because the conditions weren't sufficient. The Five Elements Seal — five elements, as the name implied — required mastery of five chakra natures: water, earth, fire, wind, and lightning.
Before obtaining the Rinnegan, Mizuki only had wind and earth chakra natures. But after getting the Rinnegan, his chakra natures became water, earth, fire, wind, lightning, and yang — six in total. With the five elements complete, he could now learn the Five Elements Seal.
Once he learned the Five Elements Seal, he would naturally also master the Five Elements Unsealing Technique.
He took out the Five Elements Seal training scroll and began studying it carefully.
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Meanwhile, Naruto arrived in the capital of the Land of Birds, found a casino, and after entering, started losing money like crazy.
It was as if the gambling world of the Land of Birds had welcomed spring. Two fat sheep had appeared in the casinos, and everyone was winning until they were numb. The news even spread to other countries at astonishing speed, and large numbers of gamblers came flocking over.
Tsunade also heard about the existence of another "fat sheep", grew curious, and told Shizune to go ask around.
Soon, Shizune brought back information.
"That blond kid from Fushigakure? He lost five million ryō in one night?"
Tsunade's eyes widened. How to put it… she was jealous. Five million ryō was enough for her to lose for several days.
"A kid actually has that much money… hmm…" Tsunade propped her chin with a hand and started thinking.
Shizune's eyelid twitched, "Lady Tsunade, what are you thinking about now?"
Tsunade said, "Shizune, we're out of money now. How about I borrow a few million ryō from that kid?"
"No. Absolutely not!"
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