"Yes, Teacher!"
Yuhi Kurenai, Hyuga Satomi, and Chishima Ichihiko noticed that Uchiha Yoichi seemed angry, so they hurried to the riverside to prepare for their water-walking training.
They definitely didn't want to spend another year in the Ninja Academy; it would be too embarrassing.
Plop!
Chishima Ichihiko fell right in, and although Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Satomi fared a bit better, their feet gradually began to sink into the water.
"Think about your weight and slowly increase the amount of chakra output."
With Uchiha Yoichi's reminder, Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Satomi gradually mastered the technique of walking on water. One practiced the Gentle Fist, the other an Illusion Technique, both requiring a certain degree of chakra control.
After the two girls learned the water-walking technique, Uchiha Yoichi sent them to clean up the river trash.
Left alone, Chishima Ichihiko felt even more ashamed, feeling as though he was holding the team back. However, Uchiha Yoichi noticed what he was thinking and reminded him not to rush, to control the chakra slowly.
In this way, Chishima Ichihiko fell into the water over a dozen times before he slowly managed to stand on the water's surface.
Ninja Academy students at this time were of a much higher caliber than those in peacetime, and even though they graduated three years earlier, they were still more outstanding than the Genin who passed the Clone Jutsu in peaceful times.
Although war pressure was a factor, the Ninja Academy simulated battle scenarios for students, which naturally improved their abilities under pressure.
Chishima Ichihiko, having learned to walk on water, went to help Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Satomi clean up the river trash.
Two hours later, the three of them finally completed this D-Class task, although Chishima Ichihiko was distracted once and fell into the sewage ditch with a splash.
Ever since then, he dared not get distracted again.
After completing the task, Uchiha Yoichi called Yuhi Kurenai and the others over to announce, "Today's task is done. Chishima Ichihiko, tonight when you go back, master the tree-climbing technique, the principle is the same as water-walking, perhaps even simpler. Let the chakra adhere according to your weight."
"Yes, Teacher Yoichi."
Uchiha Yoichi continued, "Here, I'll give you a personal task. If any one of you completes it, you'll receive a reward of one million Ryo."
Upon hearing this, all three were shocked, even Hyuga Satomi, although she was from the Hyuga Clan, she belonged to the Branch Family and had never seen so much money.
On the contrary, her father passed away when she was very young, and apart from the clan's stipend, her family's expenses were covered by her mother working as a servant for the Main Family.
"Starting now, you can launch any kind of surprise attack on me, whether it's Gentle Fist, Illusion Techniques, or Ninja Tools throwing, anytime you manage to injure me even a little bit, you'll earn one million Ryo...."
Bang!
Hyuga Satomi's fist was caught by Uchiha Yoichi, who continued, "Just like Hyuga Satomi now, you can be unexpected. You can even use poison;
But don't rush into it. I suggest you wait until tomorrow when I'm using a Shadow Clone, you'll be more successful then. Alright, that's it for today. Gather at the Hokage Building at eight tomorrow."
After saying that, Uchiha Yoichi used Instant Body Jutsu to leave.
After he left, Yuhi Kurenai's red pupils revealed a hint of weakness as she said, "Our instructor is a madman; it seems the days ahead won't be easy...."
"I don't think so. Teacher Yoichi just wants us to grow quickly, but it will indeed be exhausting in the future."
Hyuga Satomi speculated with her white pupils. Earlier, her sudden punch was a spur-of-the-moment thought, and although she used her full strength, Teacher Yoichi easily caught her fist.
"Teacher Yoichi seems to be quite famous in the village. I'll inquire about it when I get back."
"Uh...."
Chishima Ichihiko raised his hand with a bitter expression, "If there's nothing else, I'll head home to take a bath and change clothes..."
Today, he had the worst of it. If he hadn't shut his mouth before falling into the water, he might have accidentally swallowed a mouthful.
"Ah, I need to freshen up too; I nearly fell into the water just now."
Yuhi Kurenai suddenly remembered that her feet had stepped into the dirty water, and she quickly wanted to go home to bathe.
The three then each headed home. Although Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Satomi didn't have it as bad as Chishima Ichihiko, their feet had stepped into the sewage ditch. If they didn't get clean, they would feel like a thousand ants were crawling all over them.
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After submitting the task at the Hokage Building, Uchiha Yoichi also collected the team's reward.
Five thousand Ryo, not much. Split among four, each would get a little over a thousand, enough for twenty bowls of ramen; but he didn't need it as he wasn't interested in this small sum.
Uchiha Yoichi had no intention of keeping this money to himself; he planned to give it to them when they accepted their next task.
On his way back to the clan grounds, he happened to pass by a ramen shop where he ran into Namikaze Minato's team coming out.
Namikaze Minato greeted him, asking, "Mr. Yoichi, have you already tested the team?"
"Team 8 doesn't need testing."
Uchiha Yoichi replied calmly before saying farewell and leaving, "I have things to do, I'm heading back, Namikaze Jonin, Kakashi."
He said this and walked away without looking back, leaving Namikaze Minato, who had wanted to talk about Kushina and Uzumaki Minami, in a slightly awkward situation.
After he left, Nohara Rin asked, "Obito, was that the senior we saw when visiting your clan grounds? What...?"
She originally wanted to ask why he didn't greet Obito, but Nohara Rin suddenly thought that asking could make Obito uncomfortable, so she didn't continue.
"That's him. He doesn't greet people much in the clan, and people don't speak well of him."
Uchiha Obito shook his head. He had met Uchiha Yoichi a few times in the clan, but neither he nor the others had ever greeted him.
"I've been to your clan grounds, and I think Mr. Yoichi is quite well-received in your clan."
Kakashi said to Obito, not arguing but genuinely seeing many Uchiha Clan Members greet Uchiha Yoichi when they saw him, not like Obito described.
At this time, Namikaze Minato waved to them, advising, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. We're done for today, prepare to take on tasks tomorrow."
He somewhat understood the internal disputes in the Uchiha Clan between the Peace Faction and Martial Arts Faction. Obito, with his personality, clearly interacted more with the Uchiha of the Peace Faction and naturally didn't associate much with Uchiha Yoichi.
In the evening, all newly graduated Genin returned home, as no one was sent back to spend another year in the Ninja Academy due to the impending war.
Those graduates who didn't meet their Instructor Jonin's standards wouldn't return to the school to waste resources but would instead join the Ninja Corps to grow in another way.
Yuhi Family.
"Kurenai, dinner's ready."
As a single father, Yuhi Shinku was definitely a qualified stay-at-home dad, waiting for his daughter to come downstairs for dinner after preparing the meal.
Once Yuhi Kurenai came down, she sat at the dinner table, but her hair was still wet.
Yuhi Shinku asked curiously, "Kurenai, why are you taking a bath as soon as you get back?"
Yuhi Kurenai complained, "We encountered a very... strict Instructor Jonin. After introductions, we were tasked with completing a mission and had to learn to walk on water within an hour, or else we would end up in the sewage ditch..."
Yuhi Shinku asked, "Kurenai, who is your Instructor Jonin?"
Yuhi Kurenai's pupils shifted as she said, "His name is Uchiha Yoichi. He even said the three of us can attack him anytime, and if we can injure him, we earn a million Ryo."
"Ah, it's him..."
Yuhi Shinku nodded upon hearing the name, then continued to tell Yuhi Kurenai, "Kurenai, Uchiha Yoichi is a true genius, his abilities might even surpass mine; you should be able to learn a lot from him, so make the most of it."
His strongest skills lay in Illusion Techniques, yet in front of the Uchiha, practitioners of illusion are innately inferior.
Plus, the reputation of Konoha Lightning Fang was quite prominent, and as for the previous rumors of him killing a teammate, Yuhi Shinku wouldn't believe them. If they were true, the Third Generation Hokage would never have allowed Uchiha Yoichi to become an instructor Jonin.
Thus, having his daughter learn under Uchiha Yoichi was beneficial and harmless.