Kakashi, leaning on a cane, strolled on the tree trunk. Since the tree trunk was perpendicular to the ground, Kakashi's body was parallel to the ground at this time. It seemed that he had overcome gravity and was walking step by step towards the treetop.
"No way!" Sakura felt extremely incredulous.
"The trick is to control the Chakra on the soles of your feet well. You can even do something like this." Kakashi, leaning on a cane, looked like a patient, but he continuously performed various difficult moves and even walked onto the branch in an inverted posture.
"Look!" Kakashi was like a bat hanging upside down on the branch at this time. His feet were firmly stuck to the branch. Keeping his feet up and head down, he said, "You three can just try and see who can reach the highest point."
"Considering that this is your first time practicing this content, it's impossible for you to be as calm and relaxed as me. You're allowed to have a running start. Let's see how high you can rush."
"Ah—" Naruto let out a deep shout and took on the challenge first. After a running start, he leaped onto the tree trunk and then pushed off with his feet forcefully. But after only taking three steps, he fell down.
This stimulated Sasuke's competitive spirit. After a running start, he leaped onto the tree trunk and successfully took fifteen steps on the tree. Finally, he still fell down. Sasuke made a beautiful somersault and landed in a safe posture without even a single hair out of place.
"Ah—" Sakura shouted, "Sasuke-kun, that somersault of yours just now was so cool!"
Naruto and Sasuke looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Sakura was already sitting upright on the treetop. Sakura's current position was on the tree more than fifty meters above the ground. She was waving and greeting Naruto and Sasuke proudly.
"Wow." Kakashi exclaimed, "Sakura has amazing talent in Chakra manipulation."
"You two." Kakashi said in a contemptuous tone, "One of you says he wants to be the Hokage, and the other is still a descendant of the Uchiha clan. Now you're both lagging behind a girl."
Naruto showed a helpless expression and thought to himself: Teacher Kakashi, your reverse psychology won't work on me...
Sasuke looked extremely unconvinced. His eyes were firm, and his expression seemed to be saying that he must surpass Sakura, surpass everyone, and do his best.
"Well, I'll go back and rest first. Come on, you guys." Kakashi had somehow come down from the tree, which even startled Naruto. He looked like a patient, but he could still appear and disappear mysteriously.
Naruto sighed inwardly: Sure enough, he's Kakashi. Even when he looks like a sick cat, we can't afford to underestimate him.
After practicing for a while, Sakura felt bored. This training was too easy for her and almost had no difficulty, so Sakura also left.
Sasuke was out of breath. He secretly glanced at Naruto and found that Naruto had hardly made any progress and still could only take three steps on the tree trunk.
Sasuke looked up at the tree he was using for training. He had successfully taken forty - two steps on the tree trunk, far ahead of Naruto.
"Humph." Sasuke sneered and thought: Although Naruto far surpasses me in combat awareness, he is far inferior to me in Chakra control.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto suddenly used the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Suddenly, a row of ten Narutos appeared, and nine of them were shadow clones.
"Ah—" "Ah—" "Ah—"
Ten Narutos each found a tree out of ten trees and were all frantically training. While walking on the tree trunks, Naruto kept shouting, "Ahhh—"
Sasuke stared with wide eyes, unable to believe what he was seeing. Did one really need to use clones during training? It was really beyond belief.
After the training was almost over, Naruto dispelled the Kage Clone Jutsu. Immediately, a wave of fatigue washed over him. Unable to hold on, Naruto slumped to the ground instantly.
Gritting his teeth, Naruto stood up and charged forward again, dashing towards the towering tree. He leaped onto the tree trunk and walked on it as if on flat ground, taking twenty - six steps in total.
"What!" Sasuke exclaimed in shock and even forgot that he was also in the middle of training.
Naruto felt it was not enough. He continued to form hand seals and said, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
This time, Naruto created nineteen shadow clones. Including his real body, there were a total of twenty Narutos on the field. These twenty Narutos each found a tree to train on, and once again, there was a bustling training scene.
Under Sasuke's stunned gaze, the twenty Narutos, including the clones, were working hard. When Naruto dispelled the Kage Clone Jutsu, this time he collapsed right on the ground. The fatigue was so overwhelming that Naruto's eyelids almost closed.
Under Sasuke's gaze, Naruto stubbornly stood up and charged forward again, successfully walking forty - one steps on the tree trunk.
Sasuke felt a great deal of pressure. He really didn't expect Naruto to have such an ability to accelerate the training progress through shadow clones.
Sasuke finally understood Naruto's intention. The clones created by the Kage Clone Jutsu had physical forms and seemed to be able to participate in the training together. After dispelling the Kage Clone Jutsu, the experience gained by the clones during training could return to the real body.
Sasuke swallowed hard. He felt that he really needed the Kage Clone Jutsu. If he could learn it, he could multiply his training results and improve his strength earlier to kill that man with his own hands.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto used the Shadow Clone Jutsu again, this time directly creating twenty - nine shadow clones.
"Naruto!" Sasuke suddenly called out Naruto's name. First, he glanced at Naruto, then shyly turned his head away, looking as if he had something to say but hesitated.
"Sasuke? Did you call me?" Naruto asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"
"Um..." Sasuke stammered, "Can you teach... teach me..."
"Sasuke, this really isn't like you," Naruto said with a big smile, "When did you become so hesitant."
Sasuke felt a rush of blood to his head and forced himself to suppress his anger. He shouted, "Can you teach me the Kage Clone Jutsu!"
"..." Naruto was stunned and remained silent for a long time.
"If you don't wanna teach me, just forget it," Sasuke turned around and planned to continue training alone.
"Hahaha—" Naruto burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face.
Sasuke was extremely annoyed and thought to himself: Naruto is really too much. He has won Teacher Kakashi's recognition and has strong combat skills. If you don't want to teach me, why are you still laughing at me? Damn Naruto.
"Sasuke.
Naruto stopped Sasuke and said seriously, "I'll teach you."
Sasuke was taken aback. He thought he might have misheard...
"Sasuke, come here," Naruto said. "Kage Clone Jutsu is a Kinjutsu in Konoha, but it's actually not that difficult. I can teach you all about it. But how many clones you can create largely depends on your personal constitution. I'm kind of special. I can create dozens, or even hundreds, of Kage clones."
Just then, Sasuke closed his eyes and a smile spread across his lips.
Sasuke mused: Naruto isn't that tough to get along with after all...