"Once you graduate from the Academy and become a true Shinobi, you will naturally have to complete various missions at regular intervals."
"And at least half of those missions will be about exterminating chakra beasts unless you become a part of a few very specific teams like the Sealing Squad, Barrier Team, Sensing Squad, ANBU Infiltration and Assassination Team, etc."
"So, you must drill every piece of information about Chakra Beasts into your mind."
"Otherwise, in one of those missions, you might just depart to the Pure Land without even knowing how you died."
It had already been three days since the young children joined the Academy.
So, the homeroom teacher of class 1-S, Kamishiro Kirito, thought it was about time for these kids to start understanding the horror of Chakra Beasts.
And that was exactly what he was doing.
"So, let's talk about the Chakra Beasts today."
"Of course, I know that many of you probably already have a basic understanding of Chakra Beasts."
"Your clans have probably taught you about these abominations."
"And you also have books filled with information on different kinds of Chakra Beasts."
Kamishiro Kirito paused for a while, scanned the class, and then warned the students.
"But I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation of our world."
"After all, you have all grown up under the village's protection."
"Believe me. If you underestimate the Chakra Beasts and think that a few rounds of Ninjutsu can kill them, you will die before reaching adulthood."
"To make sure that you don't die like retards, I will drill everything you need to know about these Chakra Beasts to your very bones."
"How to identify them, how to keep yourself safe while fighting them, how to find their weakness, how to finish them off in the most efficient manner, and how to not die—I will teach you every single one of these aspects within these five years."
"But before that, let's talk about what every Ninja needs to know about the Chakra Beasts in general."
The instructor Kirito stopped talking, drank a glassful of water, and began introducing Chakra Beasts to the students.
After all, they were still young kids.
Except for a few prominent clans like Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga, most clans probably didn't even tell their clan children anything significant about Chakra Beasts yet.
At best, these kids just knew that Chakra Beasts are scary animals and Ninjas hunt them to keep the village safe.
Plus, the civilian kids might not even know what exactly Chakra Beasts are.
So, it was only natural for the Academy to train the future Shinobi to deal with the Chakra Beasts.
That was why Kamishiro Kirito was talking about Chakra Beasts.
Otsutsuki Seimei was also paying attention to the lessons.
Even though he was aware of Chakra Beasts and read a lot about them, he spent most of his time training and learning standard Shinobi tactics.
Sure, he was quite capable of dealing with an enemy Shinobi.
But he had no combat experience against the Chakra Beasts.
'What Kirito-sensei is saying is exactly what Father mentioned.'
'These Chakra Beasts are a huge pain in the ass. At least 50% of missions in the future would involve exterminating them.'
'Even if I take assassination or escort missions, I am bound to face Chakra Beasts on my way.'
'When I transmigrated here, I thought I would only need to worry about the enemy Shinobi and the horned Otsutsuki invader bastards.'
'But this goddamn world is also filled with these chakra monsters.'
'What the f*ck did you do grandmother(Otsutsuki Kaguya)?'
'No no no! You were sealed.'
'So, it's definitely my original father, Otsutsuki Homura, and his brother, the goat-bearded old Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo's fault.'
'That goat-bearded bastard and his sons were the reason for all this mess.'
'I understand sharing chakra with humans.'
'But why do you also have to mess up and share them with animals?'
'Were the tailed beasts and cultivating messed-up sons not enough?'
'What an absolute bastard.'
After mentally cursing his original father and uncle for a while, Seimei focused his attention on his instructor again.
As for Uchiha Reina?
She was living her second life. Anything her current instructor knew, she also knew.
What her teacher didn't know, she also knows!
She was a 600+ years old half-step Transcendent for god's sake!
So, she just pretended to pay attention.
Of course, their sensei, Kamishiro Kirito, had no clue.
As a responsible adult and dutiful teacher, he continued to talk about Chakra Beasts.
(A/N: I am just wondering, what the dutiful, filial son of Kaguya, Black Zetsu, is doing right now!)
"Chakra Beasts are simply plants and animal creatures that grew immensely powerful with the blessing of Chakra."
"The chakra made their bodies tougher. Their strength is off the charts. And they are agile as heck too."
"Plus, Chakra Beasts of Danger Rank C or above can use innate skills powered by their constitution and chakra. These skills make them very, very dangerous."
"For example, Suiko, a Chakra Beast with an average danger rank of C, has water-related skills as powerful as top-tier C-rank Water Release Ninjutsu."
"It can take out an average Chunin easily if we show even a bit of carelessness."
"Fortunately, they can't learn or develop new Ninjutsu or skills."
"They only rely on their superior physique and innate skills to kill their opponents, making their actions easier to predict and defend against."
Yes. These beasts may have powerful innate skills, but they can't learn a new skill unless they somehow evolve.
Plus, most Chakra Beasts only have affinity with one or two elements.
And they can only use the skills related to those elements.
What's more, 99% of the Chakra Beasts of the same species have similar innate skills, making it easier for Shinobi to devise plans and kill them.
After all, if capable Shinobi know their enemy's weaknesses and prepare well, they can always find a way to kill their opponents.
"Fortunately, most Chakra Beasts don't have much intelligence."
"Unless you encounter an AA or S-rank Chakra Beast, you don't have to worry about battle strategy and foul play."
"Well, not that they need that. Even I might die if I face a complete idiot S-rank Chakra Beast. Let alone facing a smart one."
Kirito stopped for a moment, took out a piece of paper, and slapped it on the blackboard.
The content of the paper crawled to the blackboard and suddenly enlarged, becoming large enough for the students to easily see what was written on that piece of paper.
"To avoid unnecessary casualties, our ancestors created a Danger Ranking scale for the Chakra Beasts."
"This helps us understand the strength a Shinobi must have to successfully eliminate the Chakra Beasts of a certain Danger Rating."
"So, take a look at this chart carefully. By the way, your first-year book, "An Introduction to the Chakra Beast," also has this info."
As his words fell, students looked at the content of the blackboard.
Chakra Beast Danger Rating and Combat Power Required to Safely Exterminate Them:
Danger Rating: E — Average Third-year Academy Students can safely eliminate them.
Danger Rating: D — Average Genin can safely eliminate them.
Danger Rating: C — Average Chunin can safely eliminate them.
Danger Rating: B — Special Jonin and average Full-fledged Jonin can safely eliminate them.
Danger Rating: A — Needs at least 2 Jonin or one Elite Jonin to safely eliminate them.
Danger Rating: AA — Top Elite Jonin or S-rank (Quasi-Kage) Ninja can safely eliminate them.
Danger Rating S — A Kage-level Shinobi can safely eliminate them.
*Apart from them, there are also SS and SSS-class Chakra Beasts roaming this world. They rarely show up. Any Shinobi below Kage-level combat power must immediately run away and report to the village upon encountering them.*
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