Ninja School.
Inuzuka Kiba, with a smile on his face, held a Shuriken, looking at the target with immense confidence.
Even good students like Sasuke looked at him.
Within a month, everyone knew that Inuzuka Kiba was a diligent and excellent student.
His grades were tied for first place in the entire grade, just like Uchiha Sasuke.
He just wasn't as handsome as Sasuke, so he didn't attract the attention of girls.
But it didn't matter.
He had attracted the attention of boys.
This was a man whose grades could rival the Uchiha genius.
Who knew what kind of results he would achieve in his first Shuriken practical?
If he failed,
Then he wouldn't be able to be tied with Sasuke in the next practical class.
"Watch closely, I'm a man who's going to become Hokage."
Kiba bared his teeth, his nose twitching, utilising the Inuzuka family's ability: a sense of smell tens of thousands of times greater than an ordinary person.
Several Shuriken collided in mid-air.
Just as the students were disappointed, thinking Kiba was bad at practicals, the Shuriken, however, hit the target simultaneously from different directions.
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This manoeuvre stunned everyone present.
Including Iruka.
Even with his Chunin abilities, he couldn't perform such a manoeuvre.
"Sensei's teaching ability has improved again!"
Ever since he became a teacher, Iruka knew how difficult Satoru was.
Teaching students was truly torture.
Things that he felt were simple, students needed to review and explain repeatedly, which was a torment for a teacher.
Kiba had been taught by Satoru, he knew that, but he didn't expect that even a child of a few years old could be taught so well.
It seemed he should visit Sensei's home when he had time to learn from him.
"Iruka, when you become a teacher, don't think that just because you've experienced everything in your student days,
You can teach them well. When people grow up, the ability and process of learning in childhood have already been integrated into their bodies.
When educating students, it's easy to encounter cognitive biases.
Things that you can understand at a glance and feel are simple, students need constant explanation and review.
Looking down on the young, they are not necessarily inferior to the old.
Looking at the young from an adult perspective, you may not necessarily be able to see through a child's thinking.
If you can't see through it, you will analyse many things incorrectly in your teaching."
Sensei Satoru had once told him this, and now he had comprehended much.
Therefore, he admired Sensei's teaching ability even more.
However, there was one thing he would not forgive Sensei for: introducing a partner to Ibara but not to him, how infuriating.
The thought of Ibara Keisen occasionally bringing Anko to show off in front of him made his teeth itch with hatred.
Although she was currently just a girlfriend, it was painful to have a teammate who had something he didn't.
Even though he wanted to dedicate the rest of his life to the profession of a teacher.
His thoughts were only for a moment.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Sasuke, seeing Kiba's technique, widened his pupils.
"Uchiha Shuriken Jutsu?"
Wasn't this technique only possible for Uchiha clan members who possessed the Sharingan?
He had always thought so.
His brother had also said so, which was why he yearned for the power of the Sharingan and wanted to awaken it.
But,
What was going on with Kiba in front of him?
He didn't have the Sharingan either?
Sasuke looked carefully; Kiba indeed did not have the Sharingan.
"Eh? How is that possible?" Naruto's mouth was wide open.
"So strong."
Beside Naruto, a boy wearing sunglasses and high-street clothing said.
"Hey, when did you get here?" Naruto was startled.
There was no one there just now!
"I've been standing here the whole time. Sure enough, you don't notice me either, how disheartening..." Shino Aburame kept mumbling.
As if talking to himself.
Naruto felt someone chanting in his ear and quickly covered his ears.
Kiba wiped his nose, very satisfied with the result, and slowly walked back to the team.
This move was a technique he had created himself.
He was going to be Hokage in the future, how could he not have a cool move?
It just strained his nose a bit.
"How did you do that?"
As soon as he returned to the team, Uchiha Sasuke walked up and asked.
He was itching with curiosity now; if it could be done without the Sharingan, learning it would surely gain his father's approval.
"Why, you want to learn it? That's not allowed. This is my self-created technique.
I can't easily teach it to others, unless you become my subordinate."
Inuzuka Kiba grinned.
Woof~
Akamaru also laughed.
Sasuke frowned and extended five fingers: "I'll treat you to barbecue for five days, and you and Akamaru can eat until you're full."
"Five days?
Barbecue?"
Kiba remembered the barbecue Sensei Satoru treated him to after every training session and licked his lips.
After a month of school, he hadn't had a big meal in a long time.
His mother wouldn't let him.
His sister was working and studying at Konoha Hospital, taking care of other people's injured Summoning Beasts.
He looked at Sasuke.
He found his eyes very serious.
Kiba really couldn't refuse, and it wasn't about the barbecue.
"I agree, but there's no way you can learn it."
"Don't worry about that, just teach me. I believe in my talent."
Sasuke was very confident; he had never encountered difficulties in learning, and this time was no exception.
...
After school.
A certain forest in the back mountains.
"Watch closely. This technique uses your nose to distinguish the scent of the target and the Shuriken.
Then, 'whoosh,' according to the direction and reaction of the scent,
And then using formulas like mechanics, aerodynamics, and Shuriken mass based on parabolas,
Calculate the trajectory, and you can do it."
Inuzuka Kiba explained his secret and then demonstrated it again with a Shuriken.
Indeed,
The Shuriken seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand, sticking into the circles drawn on the tree.
"Scent?" Uchiha Sasuke instantly felt like he had lost out big time.
"Yes, scent. As long as you concentrate the Chakra in your nose,
You can distinguish different scents." Inuzuka Kiba pointed to his nose and Akamaru's nose.
Woof~
"Scents have trajectories, which is why we can smell them.
As long as you train intentionally, you can distinguish many things.
Coupled with subjects like mathematics and physics, you can do many things that you couldn't normally do."
This was what he learned from Sensei Satoru.
The use of the Shuriken was something he developed based on this.
Just as Sensei said, what he taught was very important foundations for Ninja, and by combining these foundations, one could unleash unimaginable power.
"Physics, mathematics... these are things learned in higher grades, right?"
Sasuke was speechless.
He knew he had been tricked and lost five days of barbecue.
This classmate was even more formidable than he had thought.
He had originally thought his school grades were his limit, but it turned out to be only the school's limit.
No,
He must work even harder when he returns.
He couldn't disappoint his father and brother.
He had to ask his brother for tutoring to surpass Inuzuka Kiba first.
"I've taught you everything I need to. Remember to treat me to five days of barbecue, hehe!" Inuzuka Kiba didn't care what he was thinking, he was excited about the barbecue.
"You'll get it."
Sasuke could only keep it in mind.
The pressure was even greater; he hadn't even surpassed a classmate of the same grade, how could he surpass his brother?