After another five days, Might Guy still couldn't find that so-called feeling.
On Wednesday during training, Might Guy, Shisui, and Obito gathered to discuss the cultivation of the Breathing Technique.
"Guy, you can also imagine the feeling of eating ramen, a wave of heat entering your stomach," Obito tried to pass on his successful experience to Might Guy.
"Guy, just refer to Obito's words, but stick to what Teacher Mokgetsu taught, even though it's all about breathing techniques, there should still be a big difference," Shisui said.
If the two breathing techniques were similar, Mokgetsu would surely have taught them just one, no need to go through the trouble of separate cultivation.
"Yeah, Teacher Mokgetsu said my current progress is normal, and Breath of Rock is a bit more difficult than the breathing technique you guys are cultivating," Might Guy nodded and answered.
His mentality was actually good, it had only been ten days after all.
When Might Guy was learning Clone Jutsu, he couldn't manage to create an identical and active clone by the end of second grade.
That took almost three years, and he never said he would quit, ten days is nothing.
Even if it took a thousand days and he still hadn't learned it, as long as Mokgetsu didn't say to cultivate something else, he would keep on going, believing that persistent effort would definitely lead to success.
Because he was recognized as a hard-working genius by Mokgetsu!
"Hehe, well Guy, you better work hard. I won't hold back just because your breathing technique is a bit harder during the combat test in three days," Obito laughed.
The summer training was nearing its end; when training concluded on Friday, this summer special training would end, with the final combat test scheduled for Saturday.
Even if the breathing technique wasn't fully mastered yet, it still would enhance strength. Just with one advanced breathing technique, Might Guy would definitely not be his match.
No need for tactics like Clone Jutsu, just win with sheer strength.
"Haha, youth should be all about going all out in battle," Might Guy flashed his shiny white teeth and gave a thumbs-up to Obito.
If Obito went easy on him, Might Guy wouldn't be happy, as he believed that fighting with all one's might was true youth.
After finishing the afternoon training, Might Guy returned home.
Might Duy, seeing Might Guy covered in sweat, laughed heartily, "Guy, you worked hard today to get stronger!"
"Wait at home, I'll go buy some meat to cook for you. Can't be short on meat when you're growing."
"Just buy some cheap vegetables, right? We might be running short on money at home," Might Guy couldn't help but say.
Might Duy was just a Genin, and without anyone willing to form a team, even D-Class Missions weren't always available, making it hard to earn money.
Though Might Guy didn't know his father's exact work situation, he knew the family wasn't well off.
"That's not something for you to worry about, Guy, you just need to train hard," Might Duy smiled and gave him a thumbs-up.
With that, Might Duy went out to buy groceries.
Might Guy thought for a while and decided to follow.
If there really wasn't enough money, he'd step in and persuade Might Duy to buy cheaper vegetables.
Might Guy followed Might Duy all the way to the marketplace.
At the marketplace, Might Duy went straight to the butcher's shop.
"Boss, how much is the meat per jin?" Might Duy asked.
The butcher looked up at Might Duy and replied, "One hundred ryo per jin."
Then the butcher picked up a knife and asked, "How many jins do you want?"
Instead of saying how much he wanted to buy, Might Duy haggled, "Boss, it's already evening, your meat isn't fresh anymore, one hundred ryo is too expensive."
"I'll make it a bit cheaper for you, ninety-seven ryo per jin," the butcher thought for a moment and said.
"Only three ryo cheaper is too little, I'll check other shops," Might Duy acted as if he was about to leave.
"Alright, alright, I'll make it even cheaper, ninety-three ryo per jin, how about that?" the butcher hurriedly stopped him.
"Eighty ryo per jin," Might Duy shook his head and said.
"Dropping twenty ryo at once, that's a bit too much," the butcher showed a reluctant expression.
Might Duy immediately turned and pretended to leave again.
"Okay, okay, eighty ryo per jin it is, any cheaper and I'm losing money," the butcher stopped him again.
"Alright then, give me forty ryo worth of meat," Might Duy said with a victorious smile.
"Only forty ryo worth?" The butcher paused in his meat-cutting action.
"Never seen a penny-pinching ninja like you," the butcher couldn't help but ridicule, considering ninjas usually had big appetites and usually bought at least a few jins.
"Thanks for the compliment!" Might Duy gave the butcher a thumbs-up and smiled.
"An eternal Genin is always an eternal Genin, wasting so much time and only buying forty ryo worth of meat," two passing ninjas disdainfully remarked.
"Who would want to hire him for missions?" one slender and tall ninja laughed.
"Even if he's bad at everything, his behavior is still so odd, if I was commissioning a mission, I wouldn't hire someone like him," the chubbier ninja nodded.
Faced with their belittlement, Might Duy just smiled and gave them a thumbs-up, then headed home to make dinner for his son.
Might Duy didn't care, but Might Guy, who had been hiding, was already getting angry.
He remembered three years ago when Might Duy was similarly mocked on the street, and the then furious Might Guy followed to vent for his father, only to end up getting beaten because he wasn't strong enough. It was Kakashi who happened to pass by and saved him.
Confronted with such a situation again, Might Guy wasn't sure he could beat those two Official Ninjas, nor whether Kakashi would appear again, but he knew he absolutely had to act.
Because of the forty ryo meat Might Duy bought, he himself would certainly not eat a single bite and let Might Guy eat it all.
Having a father who raised him this way, Might Guy couldn't tolerate others' disdain and insults toward him.
Might Guy followed the two ninjas who mocked Might Duy out of the market, onto a street.
"Three sentences," Might Guy said to the two ninjas with a cold face.
The slender ninja turned around in confusion, seeing Might Guy wearing the same tight attire as Might Duy, and said:
"Kid, what's with this three sentences stuff, are you really father and son, both so weird."
"This kid seems to be in the Ninja Academy, he seems to be a dunce," the chubby ninja laughed.
"It matches, doesn't it? An eternal Genin and a dunce son," both laughed heartily.
"I've set a rule for myself, if someone insults my father, I must give them five punches; you just added two more sentences, now it's five sentences," Might Guy held up five fingers and said.
"Kid, get lost while I'm in a good mood, hitting for every word, do you have that strength?" the slender ninja said disdainfully.
How dare a kid who hadn't graduated speak so arrogantly to them, Official Ninjas.
Might Guy chose to answer with his fists.