Chapter 24: Сhapter 24
Contrary to my expectations, over the next two months I never managed to clash with Hugo again. And this is despite the fact that sparring in the classroom took place almost daily, and I clearly towered over most of my classmates in this field. There were, of course, a couple of twins from Inuzuka, who made me sweat a lot during training, but even they had already started losing to me in four out of five sparring sessions by this point…
But our combat training teacher still did not seek to put me up against the undisputed leader of the entire fourth year – Neji Hugo. I think the point here was that our last sparring got a little out of control, and if it weren't for my stamina and regeneration, I would have had a good chance to lie in the hospital for several weeks after the injuries I received then ... for which the teacher himself, it seems, has already been given a poke. So he did not seek to pit me against Hugo anymore…
But I wanted to fight him again. And not even for the sake of some imaginary revenge, I was not interested in this, especially since I found the very idea of revenge on a ten-year-old boy somewhat amusing. But to test my skills in sparring with him, I would really not mind… Over the past two months, I have improved healthily in these very skills. Still, Iruka personally handled my training, and it was already bearing fruit. Although my skills were not something special in the Shinobi environment right now, but I had already learned how to swing my fists really well. My current class will unanimously confirm this…
But I have not only improved my Taijutsu technique, no, my physical form has also improved, and the control of the chakra has increased so well during this time. Constant mental stress accelerated the production of the Yin component of my chakra, which eventually allowed me to control this very chakra a little better. And other loads and workouts somehow imperceptibly, but still significantly, affected my control… Although, my control was still not enough to perform the techniques.
My illusory clone still didn't come out perfect, and the Hange technique of reincarnation, which I only recently started working on, still didn't give in to me... It turned out to be too hard for me to use some tonketsu on my back and shoulders, because of the technique so far, I turned out to be too unstable… But I'm working on it, starting to slowly train to release the chakra in general from all the tonketsu I have. Which in itself was a good control training, and the chakrasystem only developed faster this way.
In general, yes, even if my control was not enough for the perfect performance of academic techniques, but I learned to strengthen my body more than passably. And therefore, I had some hopes to still give a couple of savory slaps to the white-eyed asshole ... and Neji himself was very much not averse to clashing with me again during sparring. Before the usual fight, he, you see, did not want to descend, fearing to disgrace the honor of the clan… But on occasion, he has already promised to break all my bones.
And he even had quite obvious reasons for that... one ridiculously embarrassed and timid reason that at some point decided to visit me in my new class. Yes, I still maintained an established contact with Hinata, despite all my workload, periodically visiting the girl and my last class. Yes, and I was still protecting her from hooligans, otherwise some blockheads suddenly became emboldened, losing sight of me… But the girl still seems to have had too little of my attention.
So she started visiting me at some point in my new class, which incredibly infuriated Neji himself… He, as far as I could tell from the bandages on his forehead, had already received his side branch seal. And therefore, at any appearance of Hintau, Tom had to radically change his behavior, so as not to let Kami offend Hinata-hime… And the need to show such servility at the academy literally drove the little asshole crazy.
He was already full of poison, as soon as Hinata disappeared from his field of vision… Well, of course, then he's all such a cool genius of his course, and then a simple servant of his cousin. The kid was wildly infuriated by this whole situation, which is why he slowly began to snap at me – the reason for the appearance of Hinata in his school life. Although, as the girl herself explained to me, Neji was always nice and polite to her, which is why the little girl herself even loved this ... little hypocrite.
The stupid child did not understand the true feelings of his relative, although he coped with their concealment very badly. Any adult, after observing the relationship of this couple, would quickly understand that the older brother strongly dislikes his cousin, even if he is forced not to show it, most likely because of the parents' order… Which is very sad, but I was not going to get into these family squabbles ... Until Neji crossed a certain line, the boundaries of which I myself could not fully appreciate, I was not going to get into them.
But in case of anything, I'm still ready to pile on the arrogant genius of the Hugo clan… I even roughly understood exactly how his technique works. Especially for the sake of this, I combed the library for a few days for information about the anatomy of shinobi and general techniques on weak points on the human body ... I think now, with some practice and luck, I myself would be able to repeat the blow of Neji that sent me into a knockout last time.
At least now I knew exactly where to go… And at that time, as far as I understood, Neji did not use the proprietary technique of his clan, or used some of its analogues without using the chakra ... If it were otherwise, I would have gotten much stronger. Iruka told me something about the fighting style of Hyuga, that they knocked out tonketsu with their attacks, forcing the chakra to involuntarily go outside. A very unpleasant wound, which can harm the entire chakrosystem as a whole.
Although, my thoughts are not united by one Neji. I tried to develop in a versatile way and not fixate on this boy, preparing in a few months to take exams for the entire fourth year and the first half of the fifth year… In order to transfer to the fifth year of the Shinobi Academy after these very few months… And so far, I have kept within my own schedule of preparation for these exams. Of course, I had to cram quite a lot, but now I have somehow got used to it.
Well, with practical skills, Iruka-sensei helps me in every way, helping in general in everything that I would not ask for ... And I was not going to miss this opportunity, loading my personal trainer to the fullest so that he would help me in practicing Taijutsu and Kenjutsu. And in general, at some point he became my second teacher in combat training, which, as it turned out, was the most problematic subject for me… Yes, the hardest thing for me was to keep up with my peers in terms of combat skills and physical condition.
Despite my really unique body and the biju sealed in me, I still couldn't keep up with the older guys a little… They were corny older and bigger, which greatly affected the overall physical strength. Because of this, at first it was really difficult for me, and only with the help of Iruka I managed to somehow straighten out the situation ... Although Iruka himself was already thinking of enrolling in the Irenin courses. Too often they have seen my fists torn off in blood and other minor injuries…
In general, yes, I was hoping to pass all the exams necessary for transfer to the next grade in three months, putting all my strength into this… And I don't give a damn about Hugo and their crazies. I was going to become a genin as soon as possible, while getting a full-fledged mentor… I will definitely be able to beat out a truly legendary shadow clone technique for myself from him… Although, for a start, I should still get used to simpler techniques.
But this is the tenth case. I was already developing at a very, very rapid pace. And my control is now not much inferior to the same fifth-year students, yet my constant training in this field has not been in vain for me. And the ability to immerse myself in meditation helps me a lot, allowing me to develop my skills in chakra management much faster than other Shinobi… Well, even Iruka-sensei, having learned about my way to cheat a little, decided to master such a useful skill as meditation. Well, let's wish the mind good luck, because so far he's not very good at it…
It's me in our duo who plays the role of a genius, adopting more and more skills with amazing speed. Iruka, on the other hand, remained a fairly mediocre shinobi with average control and a small amount of chakra… And no, I'm not praising myself from scratch, and I'm not going to engage in excessive self-praise. It's just that from the height of my experience, I can see perfectly well that my current subject of study is completely abnormal.
Even an adult wouldn't be able to withstand something like this… What can we say about local children and teenagers, who, although they were engaged in their training, and in general they grew up a little earlier, but still spent too much time on all sorts of nonsense. While here and there I already begin to remind myself of some kind of maniac possessed by his own power. Although, I don't seem to feel like this very maniac…
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