Chapter 108: Yue Yan's Teaching
Hearing this, Itachi nodded. After Hayate Gekkō coughed twice, he also signaled that he was okay.
Shisui nodded, tightened his grip on the Kunai in his hand, took up a stance, and when he opened his eyes again, there were two blood - red tomoe in his Sharingan.
Seeing this, Yue Yan, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Wow! Not only did Shisui activate his Sharingan at this moment, but it was also the two - tomoe Sharingan. His genius is obvious.
"I'm coming."
After Shisui said that, his figure dashed out instantly. At the same time, he used the Clone Jutsu. After reaching Xiaolan's back, he stabbed down fiercely with the Kunai.
However, such a straightforward attack could never harm Xiaolan. Just as Xiaolan stretched out her claws to seize Shisui's arm, the claws went through him.
Was this the Clone Jutsu?
Thinking this way, Xiaolan dodged the attacks of the two Shisuis.
This move was how Shisui gained fame for his Body Flicker Technique. Relying on the combination of illusion, Body Flicker Technique, and Clone Jutsu, as the clones were merely intangible phantoms, this move could confuse the opponent and catch them off guard.
However, the essence of this move was Shisui's illusion that made it impossible for the enemy to distinguish between the real body and the clones. As long as it was an illusion, Xiaolan could break it quite easily.
Xiaolan closed her eyes and used Aura Power to sense the surroundings. The four or five Shisui clones were reduced to just one real Shisui.
Shisui, unaware of Xiaolan's sensing ability, sent two clones to approach and confuse her, while he and Hayate Gekkō attacked Xiaolan from the side and the back respectively.
At the same time, Itachi's hands moved so fast that they left afterimages. In a very short time, he used the most powerful ninjutsu he could currently use.
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
With her eyes closed, when Xiaolan sensed that Shisui and Hayate Gekkō were about to attack, she instantly turned around. In the disbelieving stares of Shisui and Hayate Gekkō, she grabbed their wrists and the backs of their blades, one on the left and the other on the right. Then, she tapped the ground with her toes and immediately jumped out of the attack range of the Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique. Then, she exerted force with her wrists and slammed Shisui and Hayate Gekkō into Itachi Uchiha.
Since the Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique blocked the view and the attack was too sudden, Itachi Uchiha was knocked down by Shisui and Hayate Gekkō and ended up being a human cushion.
After the three kids got up, Yue Yan clapped his hands and announced that the assessment was over.
Upon hearing this, the three kids were a bit down. After all, they hadn't managed to land a single attack on Xiaolan from beginning to end. This was a bit of a blow to them, who were always regarded as geniuses by the adults around them.
Seeing this, Yue Yan shrugged.
"What? Feeling down? It's just one failure. There's no need for that."
Although Yue Yan said so, the three kids still couldn't cheer up. After all, Shisui was a well - recognized genius of the Uchiha Clan, Itachi Uchiha was a quick - learning genius in ninjutsu, and Hayate Gekkō was a young genius who had mastered the family - inherited sword jutsu. Being crushed by the opponent in the battle was really a bit pathetic.
"This is the first lesson I'll give you. Don't think you can be complacent just because you're called geniuses. Only those geniuses who grow into powerful individuals can truly be called geniuses. Those who die before growing up are at most just a named extra."
After saying that, Yue Yan looked at Xiaolan.
"Xiaolan, I didn't expect you to be so gentle this time."
Hearing this, Xiaolan couldn't help rolling his eyes in annoyance.
"Damn!"
"Uh..."
Yue Yan, who could fully understand what Xiaolan meant, knew he was saying he didn't want to pick on kids. It seemed that just taking that sentence literally was enough.
After saying that, Xiaolan ignored Yue Yan, canceled the Summoning Technique, and went back to the original place to train.
Seeing this, Yue Yan shrugged and didn't care.
After hearing what Yue Yan said just now, the three kids regained their spirits and decided to train harder in the future.
Seeing this scene, Yue Yan nodded in satisfaction.
"Now, teacher will take you to do a mission."
After arriving at the mission hall, Yue Yan randomly picked up a mission to clean up the river garbage, then led the three kids to the mission location.
"Do you know what the mission is?"
The three kids, holding trash tongs and carrying trash baskets on their backs, nodded and were about to start picking up trash, but were stopped by Yue Yan.
"You three all have good foundations. Although this is just a lowest - level trash - picking mission, as your teacher, I have to teach you something. You should all know the technique of attaching chakra to your feet and standing on the water."
Yue Yan attached chakra to his feet and walked on the water. Then he stomped his foot, and in the next instant, the trash attached with chakra flew up.
"This is what I'm going to teach you: use the purest chakra to wrap the trash, which is to train your chakra control ability."
After saying that, Yue Yan sat down by the river and took out a medical book to read.
"Let me remind you. If you don't want to get covered in the sludge at the bottom of the river, it's best to add chakra little by little."
After hearing this, the three kids thought for a moment, then walked onto the river and started trying the technique taught by Yue Yan.
Climbing trees and walking on water are the simplest ways to train chakra control ability, but in Yue Yan's opinion, it's not enough. After all, not everyone has an endless supply of chakra like himself and someone called 'That Kid'. How much chakra one can effectively use in ninjutsu can increase the margin of error in battles.
Although they had Yue Yan's reminder, the three kids, who were training like this for the first time, still inevitably got splashed with the sludge at the bottom of the river.
Smelling the stench on their bodies, Shisui and the other two didn't look happy, but for the sake of training, they had to endure it. Anyway, there was no rush for time.
It was nearly dusk when Shisui and the other two finally managed to learn it and cleaned up the garbage in the river.
Smelling the stench on the three of them and ignoring the resentful looks in their little eyes, Yue Yan kept some distance from them.
"Originally, I planned to take you to eat something after completing the mission. But now, it seems better to take you to get cleaned up first. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't have much of an appetite."
Just like that, Yue Yan walked ahead, followed by the three kids covered in mud and being pointed at by passers-by.
Although the skills taught by Yue Yan were very useful, why did it feel so frustrating?
When they arrived at the Konoha Hot Springs, after taking a bath and soaking for a while, Yue Yan took them to have ramen.
After the meal, they each went back to their own homes.
When Fugaku saw the somewhat exhausted Itachi and Shisui, he couldn't help but feel a bit intrigued. After listening to their experiences of the day, the corner of his mouth twitched.
They could have trained in a cleaner way, but Yue Yan chose such a revolting method.
Although the results were quite impressive. Motivated by the stinky mud, their learning progress was astonishing. But...
For a moment, Fugaku didn't know what to say.
Not only Fugaku, but also Hayate Gekkō's Mother and Father thought so.
For some time after that, Yue Yan kept taking the three kids on similar missions to help them better polish their basics.
After making sure that they had mastered enough skills, Yue Yan took on a mission to exterminate bandits, planning to let the three of them see some blood.
This time, Yue Yan wouldn't be as negligent as Hizashi Hyuga. Before the three kids took action, he first used Senji perception and the electric grid to check if there were any bandits that the three kids couldn't deal with. Fortunately, the special situation Yue Yan had encountered was just an isolated case. All these bandits this time were ordinary people who hadn't mastered chakra.
When the three kids returned covered in the bandits' blood, they all fell silent. After all, this was their first time killing someone, and they needed some time to adapt.
Just then, Yue Yan noticed Itachi's single - tomoeSharingan.