Starting with the troublemakers of Konoha, the pressure extends throughout the entire ninja world.

Time flies.

Summer vacation is coming to an end in the blink of an eye.

Since Tsunade took Nono as her apprentice, Aoba has rarely seen that girl.

He leaves early and returns late every day, either learning medical skills from Tsunade or running around Konoha Hospital.

Sometimes I don't even have time to make breakfast.

However, Qingyu is still able to eat breakfast on time every morning.

Because Minato took the initiative to take over the cooking.

Anyway, before Aoba and Yakushi Nono came, Minato Namikaze lived alone.

So living alone is perfectly fine.

Qingyu told him he didn't need to make his own breakfast; he didn't want to eat breakfast at all on his day off.

I ate it before simply because Nono kept urging me to eat it.

Even when he gets annoyed by your nagging, he'll still stand by the bed with teary eyes.

He muttered to himself, "Could it be that my cooking is bad?"

He had no choice but to surrender.

Now that it's Minato's turn, Aoba still dreams of sleeping in a little longer.

Then Minato arrived with his new torture devices.

Every morning, I prick him with that hedgehog head; it works better than any alarm clock.

Minato specifically mentioned it during breakfast.

"Shall we spar together today? I've gained some new insights into those two ninjutsu techniques."

Those two ninjutsu were Earth Release: Mind Decapitation Technique and Earth Submersion Technique, which Aoba taught him.

Minato initially tried to refuse, saying that it was against the rules not to be family or master and disciple, but his eyes betrayed his refusal.

Learning new ninjutsu will allow you to distance yourself from your classmates and get one step closer to becoming Hokage.

Most importantly, he didn't want Qingyu to distance himself from him.

He understood the principle that if you are slow at one step, you will be slow at every step.

"Some things, if you don't weigh them, they're nothing; but if you do, they're a ton," Qingyu comforted him.

Besides, it's just a few low-level ninjutsu, so teaching them is fine.

Can't we investigate him?

He is now personally recognized by Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi as the successor to the Will of Fire!

He's a child with the thinking abilities of a Naruto!

"No practice today. Summer vacation is almost over, and I need to make some plans."

"...Okay." Minato immediately wilted like a deflated eggplant.

"You're just putting on an act for me."

"I don't take pressure." Qingyu stood up.

Minato stuck out his tongue: "You've been seen through, haven't you, Kana!"

"Ghana."

After saying goodbye to Minato, Aoba left alone and headed deep into the Konoha Forest.

Qingyu arrived at a waterfall.

The sound of water entered my ears before the visuals.

Qingyu stood by the pool, staring at the white ribbon that had crashed down from the cliff top, the stones beneath her feet covered with slippery moss.

He has already spent half of his summer vacation soaking under this waterfall.

After a long period of research into the system, Qingyu figured out one thing.

Name: Qingyu

[Currently possesses ninjutsu]

Three-Body Technique (Rank E): Beginner, Proficiency 25/60

Instantaneous Movement Technique (Rank D): Beginner, 14/100

Chakra Scalpel (Grade A): Beginner, 3/1000

Rasengan (Rank A): Fragments, 846/1000

Palm Healing Technique (Rank A): Fragments, 5/1000

Super Strength (Rank B): Fragments, 5/600

Flying Thunder God Technique (S-rank): Fragments, 8/2000

Spatial Awareness Talent: Fragment, 46/500

Shadow Imitation Technique (Rank C, Secret): Approximately 10/300 fragments

Shadow Stitching Technique (Rank B): Fragments, 3/600

Earth Release: Mindful Decapitation Technique (Rank D): Beginner, 50/60

Earth Escape: Submarine Navigation (Rank C): Proficient, 200/500

[Current Attributes]

Chakra Control: Proficient (227/500)

Vitality: Intermediate (269/500)

Medical Ninjutsu Talent: Beginner (20/60)

Wind Release Chakra: Beginner (15/60)

Fire Release Chakra: Beginner (3/60)

Yin-attribute Chakra: Beginner (4/60)

[Remaining pressure: 537]

S-rank ninjutsu, such as the Flying Thunder God Technique, requires not only immense effort but also corresponding spatial talent.

He can basically forget about it now.

Both the Spatial Awareness talent and directly adding points to Flying Thunder God consume too much resources.

One S-rank ninjutsu requires 2000 fragments, and one A-rank ninjutsu requires 1000 fragments.

This is practically the price of a Rubik's Cube; you might as well just rob it.

However, A-rank ninjutsu can be mastered through training, much like a chakra scalpel.

The problem is, you either need to learn how to synthesize pressure values ​​first, or you need to practice with ninjutsu scrolls.

There's nothing there, so there's nothing to learn.

The essence of the chakra scalpel is the use of chakra.

Without spatial abilities, the Flying Thunder God technique is like blindly running into a brick wall.

However, there is an A-rank ninjutsu that has an abnormally high requirement for chakra control, but it is not particularly difficult to master.

It's still the Rasengan, a ninjutsu technique without any manual input.

Among the pressure values ​​that Minato initially gave was a "Rasengan fragment".

Although it wasn't a complete fragment of ninjutsu, he had already learned its principles from the original work.

So he spent the entire summer vacation practicing repeatedly.

Chakra envelops the water, causing it to condense into a sphere in the palm of the hand, continuously compressing and rotating.

Fortunately, his chakra control was already at a proficient level; otherwise, starting from scratch to create a Rasengan would have taken who knows how long.

Failure was the norm; the water balloon would detach, break, and crash into the pool, splashing water and even splashing directly onto his face as it spun.

Each time you fail, the system will faithfully display a prompt, and your proficiency level will increase by one or two points.

Now, only the last section remains.

[Rasengan (Rank A): 846/1000]

He looked down at his reflection in the water.

Her hair was soaked and stuck to her forehead, and she had light blue circles under her eyes from half a summer vacation.

He took a deep breath.

Ninjutsu is such an inconvenient thing!

"Dark Blue, add some points."

[Do you wish to spend 154 stress points to exchange for a ninjutsu fragment?]

【Yes】

The moment the progress was broken, an unprecedented sense of stability came from my palm.

The chakra stopped overflowing out of control and instead found an anchor point in the center of the palm, and began to rotate at high speed with that anchor point as the center.

The yellowish chakra sphere hummed softly in his palm, and the chakra flow lines inside were clearly visible.

It worked!

He pressed the Rasengan onto the surface of the water.

The rapidly spinning chakra created a whirlpool on the water's surface, splashing water all over his face.

Qingyu grinned and shook the water droplets off her hands.

Ninjutsu is indeed such an inconvenient thing, except for making pills.

"I did it! Rasengan!"

The roar from the waterfall shook the entire valley.

What he didn't notice was...

Deep in the dense forest opposite the waterfall, a slender snake was coiled in the shadows of the treetops.

His vertical pupils stared unblinkingly at the boy who was leaning against the tree trunk, resting with his eyes closed.

The snake's tongue trembled slightly in the air, tasting the lingering scent of chakra.

A moment later, it silently slid down the tree trunk and disappeared into the shadows of the dense forest.

"Is this the kid who came to me begging to take me on as an apprentice?"

interesting.

Orochimaru had been observing his opponent for a long time.

When Nawaki learned that her older sister had accepted Yakushi Nonou, she did not accept Aoba.

Nawaki felt he hadn't done a good job, but Tsunade told him.

Qingyu's talent is indeed only average, but he has an extraordinary willpower and chakra nature.

Rope Tree can help him recommend someone else to collect it.

This recommendation comes from none other than [the person in question].

It's none other than the cold-blooded Orochimaru!

Aoba was unaware of this, because Orochimaru had agreed to it out of respect for Nawaki.

However, we needed to observe for a while longer, and unexpectedly, we saw something interesting during that observation.

A rapidly spinning ball in his hand—a ninjutsu technique without hand seals!

It seems Tsunade missed out on a promising talent!