Talent...

Sora left the Hokage office very satisfied with the harvest. Then he went to the registration center to report his promotion.

" Are you the newly promoted special Jonin?" asked the staff of the registration center.

" Yes. I am here to take my special Jonin clothes," said Sora.

The staff was very surprised and their mouth opened wide open. Although they received the news that a shinobi was promoted to special Jonin, they didn't expect such a young boy to arrive.

The staff took out the special Jonin clothes and handed them to Sora.

The staff curious asked," How old are you?"

" Eight and half a years old "

After answering the question, Sora also left the registration center.

The staff watched him leave, and then looked at the name in the newly promoted Jonin list and started talking frantically about it with others.

After a few days, more and more people knew about it. Especially that the Hokage personally promoted him. After a while, the feat of Sora defeating two Jonins was also spread throughout the village.

Due to this, villagers knew a new civilian genius has risen besides Minato Namikaze.

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Under the starry sky, Sora closed the doors of the apartment and wandered around the village to take a break from training.

When he was walking along the lively streets of the Konoha, he spotted a familiar figure.

At the same time, the figure also spotted him, the two looked at each other.

In the tea shop...

While drinking the tea, Aoi said," I heard you were promoted to Jonin?"

"Well, just a special jonin. I am sure you will also be promoted quickly,"

Sora was not lying after all if he remembered correctly, a chunin exam will be held soon. Aoi is very strong and can probably overwhelm the majority of genins.

Aoi didn't respond but muttered in a small voice." Is it truly possible to catch up to him ?"

Aoi is also a genius of the Hyuga clan. She awakened her Byakugan at an early age. She is proud of her clan and talent but the pride was shattered like a mirror when she met Sora.

In every spar, she was defeated by Sora with ease. Perhaps due to her young age, the defeat left a huge mark in her heart. So, she constantly burned her talent as a material, practicing desperately to catch up to him and to live up to the expectation of her clan.

She didn't give up but turned her despair into motivation, it's just that the feelings in her heart gradually began to deteriorate as she faced an insurmountable mountain like Sora.

She believed that as long as she worked harder than him, she will eventually surpass him but the cruel reality struck again.

The world is very big, with billions of people as a base, it is not surprising what kind of monsters are born. Some work harder than ordinary people, work harder than hardworking people, have more talent than talented people and Aoi met one such monster.

She fell into the vicious cycle of doubting herself. If she could not surpass him, she will always be overshadowed by the dazzling light he emits. She didn't want to admit that she has no talent compared to the real genius, she didn't want to admit that in her whole life she will be the lesser one.

When he walked farther and farther than her she couldn't help but despair and have thoughts about giving up. The widening distance between them made her disheartened.

Sora looked at her, hearing her whisper and understanding her situation he also sighed.

People with great talent will eventually devour everything when they use this talent, whether it is enemies or friends.

Sora could see that Aoi regarded himself as a goal to surpass but he has already surpassed her by a large margin to the point she could not even see his back.

Humans form an invisible bond with each other so while Aoi is usually cold, after all, they have been together for over a year as a teammate, he could not just watch as she fell into despair.

With her head down and eyes blackening, Aoi looked at the cup of tea seeing her reflection.

" Don't be discouraged, if I believe anyone can surpass me it must be you." encouraged Sora and spoke softly to soothe the girl.

"Really?"

"You have an advantage that few people have. You have a goal and a target so you will become much stronger than now. Moreover, the Aoi I know is proud with her head held up high and would not give up due to small setbacks."

When people are in despair, what others need is such support and encouragement. Not to mention unconditional encouragement from those close to you.

Aoi lifted her head as her eyes brightened. She is not the type of person to cry about her misfortune. Her heart again blazed with life as her goal was again refirmed.

" I have not fallen to the point I need your encouragement but thank you."

Under the shining moonlight, the black-haired girl showed a bright smile that could even rival the moon.

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Sora turned the light off the apartment. Under the dim light of the apartment, several books, scrolls, notes can be seen.

Everyone thinks that genius is easy and can do anything easily. But it never occurred to them that geniuses may need to work harder than ordinary people to develop their talents that are different from ordinary people. In order to burn their talents to the extreme, to leave up to the expectations of others, to pursue their own goals, geniuses constantly burn themselves as materials.

This is true for Sora as well, he might seem to achieve his strength very easily due to the virtue of his genius but his hard work and sweat play a major part to gain his strength.

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A/N: An early chapter today. Please leave a review if possible about the book ~ ( ^ O ^ ) ~.