The first rays of dawn had barely kissed the sky when Ishiki forced himself upright.Every muscle in his body screamed from yesterday's brutality, Saitama's hellish regimen in a world that wasn't built for it:
100 push-ups.
100 sit-ups.
100 squats.
A 10 km run.
He'd completed it anyway.
His bones ached. His joints burned. His body begged for mercy.
He answered by grabbing the Doctor's Kit.
A soft green light washed over him.
"Diagnosis: Severe muscular fatigue. Minor micro-tears. Condition: WEAK."
Two items dispensed:
A Red Pill for body reinforcement
A Blue Pill for chakra recovery
He swallowed the red pill first.
A warm, growing pressure filled his limbs, like molten metal seeping into fragile muscle fibres, strengthening them. The fatigue evaporated, replaced by a deep, instinctual vitality.
Then came the blue pill. Chakra rushed through his network like a spring river breaking through winter ice.
Ishiki stretched, feeling brand-new.
"Perfect."
With tools like this, his path was clear, accelerated growth, beyond what this era believed possible.
Sitting cross-legged, Ishiki reviewed his future:
1. Physical Path
Continue Saitama Training until his body adapted completely.Then,Weighted clothing, custom-made using chakra seals, to increase resistance constantly.
If he could train like this for a year…He could easily stand beside Hashirama and Madara in raw physical strength.
2. Ninjutsu Path
He lacked elemental affinity, but that didn't matter.
He had gadgets.
Using the Genius Helmet, he would:
Master the Three Basic Jutsu to perfection
Advance Substitution into instantaneous evasion
Upgrade Transformation into a combat-level disguise
Perfect Multi Shadow Clone for massive-scale learning
Refine Body Flicker into near teleportation
And eventually,
Mystical Palm for healing
Rasengan for destruction
A balanced path of life and death.
3. Gadget Path
His weapon,Mugen (Infinity Lasso + Denkomaru)was the ultimate mid-range defence and offence tool.
Today, he would refine it.
Excitement surged through him.
After bathing and demolishing breakfast at the Chief's house, Ishiki headed toward the Naka River.
The moment he stepped into the clearing,
SHING! SHING! SHING!
A cluster of shuriken sliced toward him with lethal accuracy.
Mugen reacted before he could blink.
The crimson rope shot forward, deflecting every projectile.One of the shuriken burst,with a puff of smoke.
Out stepped Izuna Uchiha, eyes burning with determination.
Before Ishiki could greet him, Izuna's fingers blurred into hand signs.
"Katon: Ryūka no Jutsu!"(Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!)
A dragon-shaped torrent of flames roared toward Ishiki.
Mugen pulsed.
Rope exploded outward, cocooning Ishiki in a dense, glowing shell.
The flames engulfed him.
Izuna landed lightly, waiting for screaming,
But when the smoke cleared, Ishiki stood unharmed. The rope coiled neatly back to his wrist.
Izuna's shock flickered, but Uchiha resolve returned instantly.He charged.
But Ishiki wasn't dealing with one child prodigy today.
SWISH!
From the blind spot behind him, Tobirama erupted from the shadows, kunai poised for a silent kill.
But Mugen moved first.
The rope shot out like a serpent,Entangling Tobirama's legs,Then lifted him upside-down with force.
And before Izuna reached Ishiki,
WHAM!
Mugen hurled Tobirama into Izuna like an angry mother throwing two children together.
Both boys crashed into the dirt, unconscious.
Ishiki sighed.
"Too enthusiastic… but at least they came prepared."
He used the Doctor's Kit:
"Diagnosis: Mild concussion. Temporary unconsciousness. Safe."
A small restorative drink appeared.He gave each boy a sip.
Peace returned.
Now, it was time for his training.
He caught a small fish from the river.A delicate thing, perfect for medical practice.
He put on the Genius Helmet.
Instantly, glowing diagrams of the fish's organs appeared, floating above his hands.
He began channelling the tiniest threads of chakra, green healing light, into the fish's fragile body.
Maintain heartbeat.Regulate warmth.Stabilise life.
Hours passed.Sweat dripped.His chakra control sharpened like a needle.
A headache throbbed behind his skull, the helmet's warning sign.
He stopped before he fainted.
The Doctor's Kit treated his mental fatigue instantly.
The Rasengan Step1:
Now came real difficulty.
He retrieved a water balloon.
Activated the Genius Helmet.
Wind diagrams and chakra vectors danced over his palm.
He pushed chakra into the balloon, fast rotation,
Faster,
POP!!!
Water exploded everywhere, drenching him, the trees, and the unconscious bodies of Izuna and Tobirama.
Ishiki blinked, stunned and dripping.
"…that's progress."