Konoha, Barrier Development Team.
Whoosh, whoosh~
The special Kunai surrounding the entire area were swiftly retrieved by Satoru's Barrier Squad.
"That's it for today. Go home and eat. We'll pick this up next week."
Satoru said to the three people.
"Yes, Captain," Hyuga Iron Eye respectfully replied.
After a month of working together, the barrier Ninjutsu proficiency displayed by Satoru made the professional Barrier Team feel ashamed.
As elites who had been specifically trained by Konoha since childhood, their foundation in barrier Ninjutsu was not as strong as Satoru, who had joined halfway.
Initially, although Satoru had a deep understanding of barrier techniques, there were many things he didn't know and had to ask them for guidance.
But every day, they would discover Satoru's immense progress. The development of barrier techniques also became more refined, practically advancing a stage each day.
At the same time, they greatly admired the barrier Ninjutsu created by Satoru, the Inverted Golden Bell Barrier.
In their hearts, once this barrier was scaled up, if they encountered a ferocious demon like the Nine-Tailed again, as long as someone could keep it out, it would prevent the opponent from causing destruction.
It was simply a divine tool for dealing with such situations.
Satoru nodded at them, checked the time, and it was almost time.
...
The work of the Barrier Team did not take up too much of Satoru's time.
He only spent two days a week with the Barrier Team.
Most of his time was spent handling his duties as the Analysis Team leader.
Going to work, leaving work, going home to eat, and daily training—that was his routine.
He had already mastered the Darkness Technique two weeks ago.
It was as he thought, with a slight difference.
The Darkness Technique was not a Genjutsu that only targeted vision; it was a large-scale Genjutsu, and Ninja within its range would all fall victim.
In other words, once this technique was cast, all enemies' vision would plunge into darkness.
And it was a continuous casting; even if you disrupted your Chakra, you would be hit by the Genjutsu again in the next instant.
It could only be dispelled by completely keeping the caster's Chakra out or by killing the caster.
For example, Uchiha's Susanoo, by completely enveloping oneself, could break this Genjutsu.
"It's little Ino's birthday today. What gift should I buy? Hmm, I'll give her a special figurine."
Satoru smiled, thinking of what he considered to be the coolest gift.
He was indeed a genius.
...
Ninja School.
"Iruka Sensei is here! Quick, sit down!"
"Ah, I can't take it anymore! I'm going to complain about Iruka Sensei using Ninjutsu on students!"
"It's useless. I told my dad, and he even supported Iruka Sensei."
"Damn it, Iruka Sensei developed such a Ninjutsu. It's too despicable!"
"I heard his teacher taught him."
"Just wait. The dream of becoming Hokage is for you guys. My dream has now changed to beating up Iruka Sensei and his teacher."
"Me too."
In the second-grade classroom, upon hearing that the class was Iruka Sensei's, the normally noisy little brats immediately returned to their seats obediently.
They even quickly shut their mouths.
They looked very serious about studying.
Even the arrogant young man from the Uchiha Clan and the noble from the Hyuga Clan felt as uncomfortable as if they had eaten something foul.
They had suffered undue torment.
Tap, tap, tap!
Iruka walked in from outside the door, holding books and wearing a friendly smile on his face.
Seeing all the students obediently studying and not making any noise, he nodded in satisfaction.
"As expected of me, even Ebisu-senpai couldn't make the students obey, but I got it done as soon as I arrived."
Iruka felt that his teaching at the school was destined.
His dreams, abilities, and personality were all born for teaching.
Suddenly,
He saw a young Uchiha raising his hand and thought he had a question.
"Uchiha Tong, do you have a question?
I've already told you that you should go to the restroom during break time, not suddenly decide during class!"
Uchiha Tong: "Sensei, I just wanted to ask who your teacher is. To be able to teach such a great Sensei like you, he must be an amazing Ninja, right?"
The other students pricked up their ears at his words.
They had wanted to know this for a long time, for a week.
Did they know how they had spent the past week?
Except for the top students, the mischievous ones had all been disciplined.
In the entire class, only a few students who diligently studied had not been affected.
But they had also heard that Iruka's Ninjutsu was terrifying, so they had no intention of being troublemakers.
"Good, Uchiha Tong, that's a good question. Everyone should learn from him.
This is one of the ways to extract information: don't ask directly, ask indirectly."
It wasn't about going to the restroom, and he also praised himself, so Iruka was very satisfied with Uchiha Tong's question.
It seemed that under his urging, everyone was studying well!
"Sensei, tell us, who is your teacher? I swear, when I grow up, I'll beat him up."
Uchiha Tong stopped pretending and asked directly.
Iruka said with a smile, "You're brave. He's a Jonin, you know. Are you sure you want to beat him up?"
"I'll be a Jonin too in the future, and I have a Sharingan. I'll beat him to a pulp."
Uchiha Tong clenched his fists, gritting his teeth.
Growing up in the Uchiha Clan since childhood, when had he ever tasted such a disgusting flavour? In his heart, the person who developed this technique was only slightly less hateful than someone who insulted the Uchiha.
The Hyuga boy sitting next to him nodded, rarely standing on the same front as a Uchiha.
Not just them, but the entire class felt the same.
"His name is Satoru. He's currently the leader of the Analysis Team. If you're capable, remember to hit him a few extra times.
Consider it from me."
Iruka encouraged them.
That would be a very happy occasion.
Iruka Sensei's words confused the students.
No, we want to beat him up, Why are you counting yourself in?
Besides,
Shouldn't we beat you up first, Sensei?
Of course, at seven years old, they already had their little schemes. They only asked for Satoru's name.
They didn't say anything more about wanting to beat up Iruka.
"Alright, Satoru, huh? Just wait until I grow up and see how I beat him up.
First, I'll steal his Ninjutsu, then feed it back to him."
Uchiha Tong was full of fighting spirit.
And the Byakugan of the Hyuga boy next to him also rippled.
Some were smart, and some were cleverly smart.
Some were already prepared to gather information on Satoru, then use their advantage as children, pretending to be cute, approaching him, and then giving him a sudden punch.
If they didn't land a punch, they felt uncomfortable inside.
"Alright, that's enough chitchat. Next is math class.
Listen carefully, or you won't be able to beat my teacher, and you'll also get a taste of my Fire of Eight Fragrances.
But I'm generous, you can choose the flavour."
As soon as Iruka said this, all the students' faces darkened, and they dared not say anything more.
The desire to beat him up grew even stronger in their hearts.