Read More and Use Your Brain More

Facing Sasuke's challenge, Naruto didn't refuse.

Apart from once beating up those three childish brats who bullied Hinata, he had never had a serious fight with anyone.

Sasuke, on the other hand, came from the Uchiha family and was usually taught by his parents and older brother. His taijutsu level should be quite good, making him a decent opponent.

Then, the battle began, and Naruto realized he had overestimated Sasuke.

Although Sasuke had good combat experience, without activating his Sharingan, his physical fitness and chakra reserves were far inferior to Naruto, who trained hard every day.

In the intense taijutsu battle, Sasuke's chakra and stamina quickly bottomed out, while Naruto's breathing didn't even falter.

Apart from initially gaining a slight advantage, Sasuke was suppressed by Naruto throughout the entire fight.

In the end, the battle concluded with Naruto punching Sasuke in the stomach, knocking him out and achieving his first victory.

Although Naruto held back in that final punch, it still made Sasuke gag for a while.

Faced with this situation, Sasuke was naturally very unwilling. He was a genius from the elite Uchiha clan, so how could he be defeated by an ordinary commoner child?

After resting for a while, he challenged Naruto again.

Of course, the result was no different. In the end, Sasuke was still knocked out. Moreover, because Naruto began to apply more of his usual taijutsu experience to actual combat, he lost even faster.

Sasuke was not someone who gave up easily. Failure made his fighting spirit even higher, and he challenged Naruto again and again.

Naruto had no reason to refuse a sparring partner who offered himself up.

Then, Sasuke was beaten up all day.

Except for eating, resting, and recovering his strength, he never stopped!

At dusk, the two ended their training.

Today, Naruto didn't make grilled fish. Instead, he cooked a pot of fish soup with wild vegetables and roasted the three wild rabbits he had caught.

The two sat by the fire eating dinner, each holding a rabbit and devouring it.

At this moment, Naruto was fine except for being a little dirty, but Sasuke's fair and handsome face had become a little unsightly, covered with bruises from being beaten.

Of course, even after being beaten like this, Sasuke wasn't angry with Naruto.

The reason being, this was the consequence of him actively challenging Naruto but lacking the strength.

This result stimulated Sasuke's fighting spirit, which in turn generated stronger motivation for training.

"Although it hurts a bit, I can clearly feel that my taijutsu has improved a lot," Sasuke said to Naruto, who was sitting next to him, while eating heartily.

The pressure from Naruto stimulated Sasuke's potential, making his movements in taijutsu battles more and more flexible, and even allowing him to perform many wonderful maneuvers that he would never have thought of normally.

"I also feel like I've gained a lot," Naruto replied with a smile.

Then, his eyes darted around, and Naruto added, "I heard that your Uchiha clan is very strong with shuriken. Teach me how to practice shuriken tomorrow, and in return, I'll teach you a training trick."

"Okay."

Sasuke didn't think much and agreed directly.

Today, they had only engaged in taijutsu battles. Naruto hadn't used Shadow Clones and Wind Release Ninjutsu, otherwise Sasuke would have lost even more miserably.

Clearly, despite being around the same age and not practicing anything particularly special, the other person's overall strength far surpassed his own. This must be due to some special training techniques.

Seeing Sasuke agree, Naruto didn't play coy. After finishing his food, he wiped his hands and began to explain in detail to Sasuke.

"I don't know if you've noticed, but when you fought me in taijutsu, after each failure, you'd rest briefly to recover your stamina and then rush back to challenge me."

Hearing Naruto's words, Sasuke thought for a moment, and it seemed that was indeed the case.

Then he retorted, "Is there something wrong with that? Whether it's taijutsu, ninjutsu, or combat experience, isn't it all about turning it into a bodily instinct through repeated practice and real combat, so that one's strength can be improved?

The facts have also proven that this principle is correct. Both your and my taijutsu have improved in this process."

This principle was taught to Sasuke by his father, Fugaku, and it was also the training method used by the vast majority of ninjas.

Naruto nodded and said, "You're right, diligence is the most basic condition for success, and I'm not questioning that."

"What I want to say is that you haven't learned to consciously summarize and reflect on things. Instead, you're relying on subconscious instincts to summarize and reflect, just like with the taijutsu earlier."

"Although your taijutsu will improve through diligent practice, if you specifically summarize the strengths and weaknesses of your taijutsu during the practice process and find the essence of taijutsu training,

and then improve it, discarding the dross and preserving the essence, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Thinking and summarizing may seem like a waste of time for taijutsu training, but the increased efficiency can completely make up for the time consumed by thinking.

This principle can be applied not only to taijutsu training but also to ninjutsu training.

Take this Wind Style: Great Breakthrough as an example. According to professional data statistics, apart from those who can't learn it at all, it generally takes an average Genin one month to master this ninjutsu, and even those with high ninjutsu talent need at least three days.

But I can learn it after carefully thinking about the activation principle of this ninjutsu, even after practicing it only once. This is the result of thinking and summarizing."

As he spoke, Naruto formed the seals for Wind Style: Great Breakthrough with a speed that Sasuke could barely see, and then spewed a gust of wind towards the sky to strengthen the persuasiveness of his words.

After a pause, Naruto finally concluded, "In short, use your brain more."

Intelligence, apart from innate factors, is largely accumulated through acquired training and learning.

At this moment, Sasuke fell into deep thought.

He remembered when his father had recently taught him to practice Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu. When he first practiced it after learning it, he only managed to spit out a small flame.

But his brother Itachi, also practicing for the first time, could spit out a large fireball with a diameter of several meters in one go.

The difference between them, apart from explaining it with talent for practicing ninjutsu, is probably that Naruto's talk about thinking and summarizing to find the essence of ninjutsu is the biggest reason.

And in Sasuke's understanding, his brother Itachi is indeed a person who likes to think.

Combining his own experiences and observations to analyze Naruto's words, he increasingly felt that it made sense and began to sincerely agree with the idea of thinking more and summarizing the essence of things.

However, he still didn't know how to implement this idea.

Facing Sasuke's expectant gaze, Naruto smiled and uttered three words: "Read more books."

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