Chapter 287: Getting Started

Chapter 287: Getting Started

Besides Chiko Tomoe successfully being promoted to Elite Jonin, another person related to Ishiro was also promoted: Akio Wada. Akio was a true genius; he was the top student of their year, and his talent was not comparable to a dead-last like Chiko.

Therefore, although Akio was two years younger than Chiko, he became an Elite Jonin only a month or so after her.

According to Akio himself, his promotion this time was mainly influenced by the battle between the several Kage-level individuals in the Village Hidden in the Rain, especially Ishiro's brilliant Sage Art. Those varied, continuous Sage Arts, with power no less than A-rank, had too great an impact on Akio.

In addition, the combat style of Nagato's six puppets also showed Akio what geniuses outside the village were like. After calming his mentality, Akio easily completed his promotion.

Kawakita and Chiko were not the main guidance targets for Ishiro as a supervising teacher now. They were, after all, already powerhouses capable of holding their own. As for Akio Wada, he needed even less of Ishiro's attention; he wasn't even Ishiro's formal disciple.

Ishiro's main focus for guidance now was on the trio of Riori Uzumaki, Akino Atsumi, and Kiyoshi Ishizawa. It had been three months since the three were taken as disciples by Ishiro. In these three months, their basic training had not stopped, and with the effect of the meals Ishiro gave them, the foundation of the three had been significantly improved.

Especially Riori Uzumaki. Spurred on by her two teammates, after another month, she finally completed the basic training of chakra control: tree climbing.

Looking at Riori, who had finally reached the top of the tree, standing upside down on it and constantly wiping away tears, moved by her own efforts, the corner of Ishiro's mouth twitched.

However, having finally learned tree climbing, Riori's chakra control could be considered to have reached an entry level. So Ishiro called the little girl down and then began to teach her her first ninjutsu.

"Riori, do you know the Clone Jutsu?" The jutsu Ishiro asked about was the one from the three basic academy techniques. Ishiro knew the little girl didn't know a single ninjutsu; he just wanted to ask if she had tried after learning chakra control.

But the little girl clearly didn't have that kind of intelligence. The thing she feared most was practicing ninjutsu; spending much more time than others, yet being completely unable to cast a single one.

Looking at Riori who was about to cry, Ishiro rubbed the spot between his eyebrows and said, "You couldn't cast it before because your chakra control was insufficient. Now that you've learned tree climbing, why don't you give it a try?"

Riori blinked her teary eyes, then looked at Akino and Kiyoshi. Seeing both of them nod at her, she also summoned her courage and prepared to try.

"Clone Jutsu!" Fortunately, the little girl still remembered the hand seals for the Clone Jutsu.

"Poof." After a puff of smoke, a Riori Uzumaki identical to the original appeared.

"Eh?" Riori was a bit dazed. It took a good while for her to react. "I succeeded! I succeeded!"

Riori circled around her clone, touching it here, pinching it there.

Finally, with a "poof," the clone disappeared. Only then did Riori react. Turning her head, she found Ishiro and the other two looking at her as if she were a fool.

Riori's face turned red. Fortunately, she still remembered Ishiro's question from just now and quickly replied, "Teacher Ishiro, I've learned the Clone Jutsu!"

Ishiro sighed and said, "I saw. Next, I'm going to teach you a solid clone jutsu, the Shadow Clone Technique. The Shadow Clone has real strength and can help you in battle. The Shadow Clone can also use the ninjutsu you can use... hmm, that's useless for you, since you don't know any ninjutsu."

Riori felt a little wronged; she had clearly just learned a ninjutsu.

Ishiro carefully explained the hand seals for the Shadow Clone and the details of how to circulate chakra to Riori.

Riori was a bit confused listening, but fortunately, Ishiro was prepared and directly created a Shadow Clone to lead her in practice.

Looking at Riori practicing hand seals with his Shadow Clone, Ishiro breathed a sigh of relief. Then he looked at Kiyoshi Ishizawa. This disciple was the easiest to teach. Just give him a few Water Release ninjutsu and let him tinker on his own.

Ishiro took out another ninjutsu scroll and handed it to Kiyoshi, then paid him no more mind.

Finally, there was Akino Atsumi. The little girl had finally learned the basic sealing jutsu. Ishiro planned to have her start coming into contact with space-time ninjutsu.

In terms of space-time ninjutsu, no one in Iwagakure could teach Akino, so Ishiro didn't know how to guide her either and could only research it with her.

Ishiro took out the scrolls Minato had given to Kakashi and Iwashi respectively and handed them to Akino.

"Akino, this is the unique skill that Konoha's Fourth Hokage, the Yellow Flash, was once famous for in the ninja world: the Flying Thunder God Technique."

Hearing this, Akino's whole body trembled. She could never have imagined that Ishiro would take out a ninjutsu of this level. The hand she had extended was immediately withdrawn. She didn't dare to take it; she felt she was not worthy of learning a ninjutsu of this level.

Indeed, under normal circumstances, even if Ishiro was their supervising teacher, he could only teach them some C-rank ninjutsu. If it were B-rank, it would generally be something Ishiro himself had obtained from ninjas of other countries.

But the Flying Thunder God was definitely not C-rank or B-rank; it was at least A-rank. And even if Akino hadn't seen much of the world, she could guess that the Flying Thunder God should be S-rank.

For a ninja like her, who hadn't even reached the strength of a normal Genin, to train in an S-rank ninjutsu was too incredible. Akino thought that Ishiro, the Tsuchikage, was giving her special treatment, but she didn't want to drag Ishiro down.

Looking at Akino, who was also moved to the point of almost shedding tears, Ishiro sighed. "A disciple who is too dumb is not good, but one who thinks too much is also hard to lead."

"Don't overthink it. This is not the complete Flying Thunder God Technique. Whether you can learn the Flying Thunder God Technique with these two scrolls is still uncertain."

"In addition, haven't you always been curious about what talent of yours I took a fancy to? I'll tell you now, it's your talent for space-time ninjutsu. You might be the only ninja in Iwagakure who can understand these two scrolls."

"So, to put it nicely, I will be studying these two scrolls with you later. But actually, you will be the one studying, and then you will tell me your insights, and I will help you analyze whether your ideas are correct. This teacher of yours will be of little help in your process of learning the Flying Thunder God."

"Understand?" Ishiro asked at last.

"Understood," Akino said softly, magically holding back the tears in her eyes. Then she took the two scrolls.

As per Ishiro's request, she first opened the scroll Minato had given to Kakashi.

This scroll was used to test for the aptitude to learn the Flying Thunder God. Ishiro and the other high-level officials couldn't understand what Minato had written at all. They recognized every character, but when put together, they didn't recognize them.

Akino opened it and said, "Is this the content of that exam?"

Ishiro nodded and said, "Yes. It was that exam that tested and found that you have a talent in this area. Others couldn't even understand what the question was asking."

Akino, while reading, began to explain to Ishiro her understanding of these words.

To be honest, under Akino's explanation, Ishiro was still listening in a fog. If not for his foundation in physics from his previous life, and if not for having seen the original story and some scenes of the Flying Thunder God's application, Ishiro estimated he might not have understood at all.

However, whether he understood it or not was completely unimportant. The key was that Akino could really understand it.

After Akino finished explaining, Ishiro signaled for her to start looking at the other scroll. The scroll Minato had given to Iwashi was one that could truly be trained with.

It was just that even Ishiro couldn't be sure if the content of this scroll was complete.

This time, Akino looked much more strained, no longer as easy as before. After a long while, she finally read through the scroll once.

Then, under Ishiro's expectant gaze, Akino said somewhat embarrassedly, "Teacher Ishiro, I didn't fully understand it. I still need to think about it carefully."

Ishiro breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she didn't directly say she couldn't understand it and didn't know how to train, that was good. So he said, "No problem. The village already has a backup of this scroll. This one is yours. Look at it for as long as you want. But, can you judge whether this scroll is complete?"

Akino thought for a moment and said, "It should be considered so. The things written on it can be used to train space-time ninjutsu, but it might not be the Flying Thunder God Technique that Teacher mentioned."

"How should I put it... the jutsu recorded on this scroll should be one used to teleport objects. But if one's talent is not enough, they might not be able to teleport themselves."

Ishiro was stunned. "So that's how it is." No wonder Iwashi and the others needed three people to cast it together; it turned out one person's power was not enough.

At this time, Akino added, "Teacher Ishiro, the Fourth Hokage should have a type of kunai engraved with the Flying Thunder God. Does our village have this kind of thing?"

Ishiro said, "We do. I almost forgot about this."

As he spoke, Ishiro took out more than a dozen special kunai.

"These are all Minato's special kunai. We obtained more than thirty in total. Feel free to experiment. It doesn't matter if they get damaged."

"This Flying Thunder God Technique was actually invented by Konoha's Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. The Second Hokage should have also left behind a Flying Thunder God marker, but the village doesn't have it."

"The village is currently negotiating with the Cloud. I don't know if the Cloud is willing to trade this thing with us. If we obtain the Second Hokage's marker, I will also bring it to you."

"But even if we trade for it, the quantity won't be large. Be careful when researching."

"Yes," Akino nodded and said, "Teacher Ishiro, I will study space-time ninjutsu diligently."

Ishiro ruffled Akino's head and said, "It's okay if you can't learn it. Teacher hopes that you can organize a set of theories related to space-time ninjutsu. The village is currently a blank in this area. If you can fill this blank, that's enough."

"Our goal is not to learn space-time ninjutsu, but to find a way to restrict it. Otherwise, if another ninja who can use space-time ninjutsu appears in Konoha, we still won't have a way to deal with them."

"Have confidence in yourself. Without you, even though the village obtained these two scrolls, they would be useless. So no matter what level of research you can achieve, it's a gain for the village," Ishiro said, ruffling the little girl's head to encourage her.

Akino nodded and then responded with a heavy "Yes."

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