Karin's Growth

After comforting Hinata and Ino and telling them to train with peace of mind for the next month, Ryosuke sent them home.

In fact, Ryosuke also felt quite uncomfortable.

Before graduation, the three of them were together almost every day.

Ryosuke and Hinata often trained together, while Ino would sit by and watch.

After graduation, because of being in different teams, there was no way to be together every day.

But they would meet each other every two or three days, have a meal, go shopping and so on.

But now, they wouldn't be able to see each other for a month.

Ryosuke was actually quite reluctant.

But he didn't want to make it difficult for Hinata and Ino.

He didn't want them to have conflicts with their parents because of him, and it was only a month anyway.

He just has to be patient and let time pass.

In the next few days

Ryosuke took Karin to the No. 4 training ground to train during the day.

He told her to climb trees and tread on water.

After Karin became proficient in those stuff, he asked her to learn some ninjutsu.

Ryosuke had tested Karin's Chakra affinity. She had affinity to water and earth Chakra nature transformations.

So, most of the ninjutsus that he had handed over to Karin were Water release.

Next, he gave her some defensive Earth release ninjutsus.

For example, the mainstream Earth wall Technique.

Half a month later, Karin had rapidly grown stronger.

It only took her two days to learn the basic skills of climbing trees and treading on water.

Afterwards, she basically learned a ninjutsu in four days.

After half a month, Karin had learned two Water release and one Earth release.

Compared with half a month ago, her strength had undergone earth-shaking changes.

In fact, Karin didn't lack Chakra.

As a member of the Uzumaki clan, Karin's Chakra reserve was several times more than that of an ordinary Elite Jōnin.

Although it was not as exaggerated as that of Naruto, she still had a lot of Chakra.

With the support of such a large amount of Chakra, using some C-rank or even B-rank ninjutsu could not be easier for Karin.

In the first half of the month, Ryosuke mainly helped Karin train her ninjutsu.

In the next half month, he arranged a training routine with main focus on ninjutsu and a secondary focus Taijutsu for Karin.

After all, a ninja might not know ninjutsu but they must know close quarters combat.

Even ninjutsu-type ninjas prepare for situations that require close combat.

Because Ryosuke uses a sword, Karin also wanted to learn swordsmanship from him.

So, Ryosuke taught her the Konoha-ryu swordsmanship.

Konoha-ryu swordsmanship is a series of swordsmanship moves summed up by the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama.

It draws inspiration from a lot of samurai moves from the samurai era.

Combined with a ninja's Chakra, it can exert a strong power.

In fact, the samurai of this era are no longer consideted pure samurais.

They actually also use Chakra.

It is not wrong to say that they are in fact ninjas who focus on swordsmanship.

Therefore, during this period, there was inevitably some intersections between samurais and ninjas.

When it comes to swordsmanship, among the five hidden villages, one has to look at Konoha.

Kirigakure's seven swordsmen are also renowned but that's not because of how powerful their swordsmanship is.

It was simply because of those seven special swords.

If you want to talk about swordsmanship, Konoha is second to none.

After all, their swordsmanship was something that had been created by Senju Tobirama.

There is a saying in the ninja world.

If it is made by Senju Tobirama, it must be a treasure.

But Senju Hashirama generally interprets this sentence a little differently.

"Anything created by Senju Tobirama must be forbidden."

Almost all the ninjutsus created by Senju Tobirama, except Water release are Forbidden Techniques.

Almost 99% of the ninjutsu in Konoha's Scroll of Seals came from Senju Tobirama.

The rest were some sealing techniques brought back from the Uzumaki Clan.

For example, reaper death seal.

The day before the third official test of the Chūnin exam.

Ryosuke left Konoha with the accomplished Karin.

He left with Karin with the Flying Thunder God Technique, so no one knew about their departure.

After leaving Konoha, Ryosuke took Karin straight to Kusagakure.

It took about half a day for the two finally arrive near Kusagakure.

"I will protect you in secret. What you have to do is to pick up the sword and kill everyone you see."

Ryosuke said to Karin in front of him.

Karin nodded seriously.

After a month of training, her whole temperament had changed greatly.

A month ago, no matter how hard Karin tried to pretend to be strong, she always looked like a poor injured little beast.

But now, Karin radiated with confidence.

The humble and weak shadow could no longer be seen on her body.

Within a month, Karin had experienced earth-shaking changes.

And all of this was under the personal teaching of Ryosuke.

So, Ryosuke feel a little proud.

"Go."

Ryosuke nodded to Karin.

"I will definitely not disappoint Ryosuke-kun!" Karin said seriously.

Then she turned around and took the sword.

She quickly went towards Kusagakure.

A month ago, except for Chakra, Karin was only at the level of a Genin.

Then after a month of teaching under Ryosuke, she was now not inferior to any Chūnin in terms of strength.

The reason why her strength had improved so much was because of Karin's good foundation and her willingness to endure hardships.

Otherwise, if it were another person, even if they trained for a few more months, they would not have made great progress like Karin.