#32 - Muscles strengthen, getting stronger and stronger (please read, PK today!)
The afternoon was a test class.
The Chunin instructor announced the rules.
The rules were simple: use shuriken to hit the thirty dummies distributed around the field in the shortest amount of time.
"Next, Uchiha Kiyoshi."
The Chunin teacher called out Kiyoshi's name.
Kiyoshi stepped forward, raised his hand, and the shuriken hit the dummy.
Regarding the shuriken throwing skill, the number of times it needed to be practiced wasn't much, Kiyoshi had already reached 88%.
Even without obtaining this skill, his shuriken throwing skills were much better than before.
Targets that were just black dots to others, Kiyoshi could see them clearly, which greatly improved his accuracy.
Thud! Thud! Thud...
After Kiyoshi hit a dummy, he started running forward.
The positions of each dummy were far apart, requiring the ninja to run and throw at the same time to minimize the time.
Before long, Kiyoshi breathed slightly.
"Nine points!"
The Chunin instructor gave Kiyoshi a score, the full score being ten.
"Your progress is very fast, Kiyoshi."
Recording the score, the Chunin instructor sighed.
Kakashi was probably the only one more talented than Kiyoshi, right?
What if Kiyoshi had entered the academy earlier?
And he also possesses the Sharingan.
After thinking for a while, the Chunin instructor shook his head.
It's just that the border has been unstable recently, and many colleagues who went on missions have returned injured.
Kiyoshi nodded slightly and returned to his position.
"Kiyoshi, your progress is so fast."
"Kiyoshi, do you have any secrets?"
It had been several months since Kiyoshi came to the Ninja Academy, and his classmates knew him, and sometimes they would talk to him.
However, Kiyoshi rarely wasted time on these people, he now wished he could split his time in half.
"Just hard work, everyone can improve quickly if they work hard."
Kiyoshi smiled and responded to these people.
The second person to test was Kakashi.
Kakashi threw shuriken expressionlessly.
He completed these in a very short time.
While Kiyoshi was still observing Kakashi's movements, wanting to steal a trick or two, a melodious voice came from beside him.
"Kiyoshi, can I talk to you?"
Nohara Rin spoke.
The purple patterns on both sides of her cheeks were very conspicuous in the sunlight.
Kiyoshi raised his eyes, looked at her calmly, and nodded.
"Kiyoshi, we've known Kakashi for longer, but why is Kakashi willing to look for Kiyoshi?"
Nohara Rin got straight to the point.
Hoping to find the answer from Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi pondered for a moment and said:
"That's because Kakashi needs something to vent his emotions and avoid the various gossips in the village. I don't think Nohara Rin knows swordsmanship, right?"
"No."
Nohara Rin lowered her head upon hearing this.
Her grades at the Ninja Academy were not bad, in the upper class, and the school would initially teach some superficial common sense of medical ninjutsu.
She learned these very well.
Even the instructor in charge of explaining medical ninjutsu at the Ninja Academy offered her an olive branch.
If she graduates, she can go to the medical team for further study and get more medical ninjutsu.
But swordsmanship... or rather, combat, she is indeed not very good at.
"Moreover, if it weren't for this, Kakashi might have problems."
"Problems? What do you mean?"
Nohara Rin looked blank, she couldn't understand Kiyoshi's words at all.
"Who knows."
Kiyoshi didn't explain any further, just turned and left.
Of course, it was a psychological problem.
This is the darkness of Konoha.
The so-called Will of Fire sounds high-sounding, but if someone abandons a mission to save a companion, they will be blamed by the whole village.
If the higher-ups praised Hatake Sakumo for his behavior of saving his companions and gave some punishment for the mission failure.
With rewards and punishments, why would Hatake Sakumo commit suicide?
As a result, the development of the matter was that no one above spoke out, and even the companions that Hatake Sakumo had saved went to blame him.
If Sarutobi Hiruzen was willing to speak out, Kiyoshi didn't think anyone would dare to blame Hatake Sakumo.
The Third Hokage has the names of Ninja Professor and Strongest Hokage.
Of course, these are titles spread by the new generation who have not seen the strength of the First Hokage.
Nohara Rin stood there, frowning.
Turning her head to look, Kakashi had completed the test and merged into the crowd.
What... should she do?
...
In the past few days, Kiyoshi spent his extra time at home practicing, preparing for early graduation.
"You have acquired the skill: [Three Body Technique (White)]."
[Skill: Three Body Technique (White).]
[Requirements: Learn "Clone Technique", "Transformation Technique", "Substitution Technique".]
[Progress: (Completed).]
[Effect: Your understanding of the Three Body Technique is beyond ordinary people, and the effect will be 5% better than ordinary people.]
[Note: Can be upgraded later.]
Kiyoshi finally completed the practice of the Three Body Technique.
The technique that ordinary people need to practice for several years was compressed by him into a few months.
Of course, this is the time required for civilian ninjas to practice.
Those ninja clans with secret techniques or bloodline limits passed down from their families will learn quickly.
Even so, Kiyoshi's practice speed is considered to be one of the fastest in the Uchiha clan.
"Upgrade skill."
Kiyoshi opened the skill panel and upgraded.
When he obtained [Water Walker (White)] and [Tree Climber (White)], an upgrade route appeared, and the required condition was the skill of the Three Body Technique.
"You have acquired a new skill [Solid Foundation (Green)]."
[Skill: Solid Foundation (Green)]
[Requirements: Reach the basic literacy required by a ninja.]
[Progress: (Completed).]
[Effect: Chakra amount increases by 20% based on the original.]
[Note: Can continue to upgrade later.]
"It's like tearing apart."
At the moment when the voice of the skill panel fell, Kiyoshi felt a pain.
Severe pain attacked every cell in Kiyoshi's body, from muscles to bones, and even every nerve, as if being forcibly stretched by external force, and then filled from the inside out.
"Chakra is a combination of spiritual energy and physical energy, which means that I will not only make progress spiritually, but also improve physically."
A thought suddenly flashed in Kiyoshi's mind, and his consciousness quickly recalled the knowledge about chakra, "That is to say, the body will become stronger."
One minute, two minutes...
Until a quarter of an hour later, the already strong body became even bigger.
Kiyoshi looked down at his hands, which were a few points thicker than before. Taking off his shirt, his muscle lines became more obvious, and his fingers became more powerful, and seemed to be more elastic and flexible than before.
He stood up straight and moved his neck.
But there are still changes in the flesh.
The height seems to have changed a bit. Kiyoshi looked down, and the pants moved up a little distance on the feet.
"I'm getting taller and taller."
Kiyoshi can still feel the pain in all the cells in his body.
But what comes with it is a sense of full power and vigor.
