Training Ground.
Boom!
The collision of Chakra blew up the sand and stones of the entire training ground.
In the training ground, an orange and a black figure attacked each other, making another dull sound.
Naruto said, rubbing his slightly numb hands, "No more, Sasuke, your Activation Imprint is a bit of a cheap trick."
Sasuke pouted, a little dissatisfied, and said, "Why don't you say your Chakra volume and recovery ability are even more cheating?"
Naruto said with a seemingly troubled but actually boastful tone, "This is natural for me, there's no helping it."
Sasuke's lips twitched. Naruto looked extremely punchable.
"It seems my disciples are still so energetic." A lazy voice sounded. Shinji was squatting on a branch, smiling as he spoke.
"Sensei!"
"Sensei! You're back!"
Naruto and the others ran over, standing under the tree and looking at Shinji.
Shinji stood up and jumped off the branch, rubbing Naruto's head as he asked, "Yes, but what were Naruto and Sasuke doing just now?"
Naruto said with a chuckle, his head being rubbed, "Sasuke wanted to test the Activation Imprint, integrating it into Eternal Fist."
Shinji said with a light laugh, "Not bad, having ideas is a good thing."
He guessed that Sasuke wanted to use the breathing technique to reduce the consumption of the activation imprint.
Shinji asked Sasuke, "How did it turn out?"
Sasuke nodded with satisfaction. "It's alright, I just feel like I'm not used to it yet."
The consumption of the Activation Imprint was indeed reduced, but it was difficult to combine it with the breathing technique.
Shinji said with a smile, "That's still good. Strength doesn't just increase all at once."
Having experienced this period of explosive growth, Naruto and the others had actually reached a critical point. Next, it would be a matter of growth over time.
Naruto asked curiously, "By the way, sensei, what was your mission this time?"
Shinji's mission this time had taken a bit longer. Usually, it would only take a few days to go back and forth. This time, it had been almost half a month.
Shinji spread his hands, explaining, "It was an S-rank mission, so it took a bit longer."
"Eh! An S-rank mission!" Naruto felt it was incredibly impressive.
"What exactly was the mission, can you tell us, sensei?" Sasuke was on the side, with an expectant expression.
Although Shikamaru and the others didn't speak, Shinji could see their anticipation.
He rubbed his chin. As long as he didn't reveal the location, there wouldn't be any problem. Moreover, it was also necessary to let these disciples know the dangers of the Ninja World, lest they graduate as naive rookies who don't understand the world.
Shinji led them to sit under the tree, and as Shinji narrated, the disciples sitting beside him were all stunned.
After all, whether it was the immortal body or some cult, for them, it was something they had never heard or seen before.
As Shinji finished speaking, Naruto pounded the ground fiercely. "These people are really too much."
For Naruto, becoming a ninja was to protect others. And Takase, whom Shinji mentioned, was acting as he pleased by virtue of his Chunin status.
Sasuke was thinking about how to deal with such a troublesome enemy. After thinking for a while, he shook his head.
Absolutely avoid bloodshed while maintaining distance and mobility. Then find a way to disrupt the ritual. However, these basics were all based on strength.
Still not strong enough...
Shinji irritably patted Sasuke's head and slowly said, "I told you this just to let you know the complexity of the Ninja World. The system of power is diverse, don't be too narrow-minded."
"Yes, sensei." Sasuke answered.
Shinji had always used a question-and-answer method to make them put themselves in the situation and think about how to solve it. So, for a moment, he had gotten used to it.
Shikamaru clasped his hands behind his head, leaning against the big tree behind him.
"There is no such thing as heaven and hell, is there?"
This was a person with extremely strong psychological quality, almost a perverted perfectionist, whom Shikamaru encountered when using the shinkirou pearl. Or rather, purely in terms of intellect, this person was a genius monster.
Even he fell into a disadvantage when he met him, often being played with.
That person's manipulation of human nature made Shikamaru feel like he wasn't facing a human being.
If there was a drawback, it was that he was too confident and occasionally mumbled some words.
The sentence Shikamaru just said was what that genius monster had said.
In some ways, Shikamaru seemed to have understood the meaning of these words.
For ordinary people who encountered this cult, this world was hell. But for him and Naruto, who lived in Konoha, this world was actually not that bad.
"So troublesome..."
Shikamaru stopped his thoughts in time. It seemed that if he continued to think, it would not be good for him.
Shinji naturally heard Shikamaru's words but did not answer.
This kid would solve it himself, and although Shikamaru seemed passive and lazy on the surface, pursuing an ordinary life, that was only because he hadn't encountered anything he cared about.
His contradictory personality traits, to be honest, made people feel more at ease.
Naruto asked Shinji with a slightly cunning look, "Shinji-sensei, what is that Sage Mode you mentioned?"
During the promotion test recorded by Mimi last time, Shinji's state was really cool. And it seemed that after using it, he would get a huge enhancement.
"You are not yet qualified to learn it." Shinji said irritably, tapping Naruto's forehead with his finger.
"Ow!" Naruto covered his forehead in pain.
"Sensei, I'm just curious, because it feels different from our usual training methods."
Shinji said lightly, "It is indeed different. It uses an energy called Senjutsu Chakra, and this ability is currently not suitable for you to learn."
Naruto and the others had not yet fully matured. Their control over Chakra was not perfect, and Mimi's ancestral land assessment.
Although Shinji passed it easily, it didn't mean it was easy.
At least, he would have to wait until Naruto's thoughts matured and he dared to face his dark side.
Only then would Shinji consider teaching them. At that time, it would also mean that they had truly grown up.
"Alright, let's continue training."
Shinji clapped his hands and said to his disciples, "If today's training can end early, I'll take you to the barbecue restaurant."
"Yay!"
"I want meat!"
"Shikamaru, Sasuke, hurry up!"
Upon hearing this, Naruto and Choji immediately pulled Shikamaru and Sasuke to their feet.