Hokage, no one knows better than me how to cultivate talent.

Chapter 106 Sasuke and Naruto Prepare to Imitate Rock Lee

"Naruto-kun, I checked several times just now, and Shusui-sensei isn't here, so you can eat without worry." Hinata's voice was soft; she hadn't quite recovered yet.

"No, I still can't eat it." Naruto shook his head, his attitude very firm.

He was afraid of implicating Hinata.

"Youth is about sharing!" Seeing this, Xiao Li's eyes welled up with tears again. He walked over to Naruto, picked up a few pieces of meat without a word, and put them into Naruto's lunchbox. Then, tilting his head, he asked, "Did Teacher Shusui just say that others aren't allowed to give you food?"

"It seems... I don't think so?" Naruto thought for a moment and said uncertainly.

"That settles it!" Little Li gave a thumbs up, revealing a set of gleaming teeth. "If we're really caught, we'll just get punished together!"

Naruto had always felt that Rock Lee's behavior and usual actions made him seem like he had some kind of mental problem.

I never expected him to be so smart, and even willing to be punished with me.

"Lee..." Naruto stood up and looked at him with deep affection.

"Naruto..." Lee looked at Naruto with excitement.

The two hugged each other instantly and then started crying with joy.

Hinata froze, her chopsticks hanging in mid-air.

How come...the two of them are hugging?

Sasuke saw that the two of them had put food on Naruto's plate, hesitated for a moment, and then prepared to join in.

But what happened next made him immediately dismiss the idea and think that neither of the two people were quite right in the head.

It's better for him to stay away.

As afternoon training began, Sasuke approached Shusui and asked, "Shusui-sensei, can I learn the Shadow Clone Technique now?"

Although the breathing techniques that Master Shusui taught him could increase his training speed, he felt that taijutsu was far less easy to learn than ninjutsu. Moreover, he could use the Shadow Clone Technique to accelerate his continuous breathing technique.

When Sasuke was learning the theory of the Shadow Clone Technique, he was very envious of it and asked Shusui about it once, but Shusui refused on the grounds that he did not have enough chakra.

During this period, he felt that his chakra had increased by nearly a third compared to before. Just now, he saw Naruto release so many clones. If he didn't speed up his training, he might lose in the final practical exam.

Qiu Shui was pleased that the person was ambitious.

He checked Sasuke's chakra; it had reached 2,300.

So he immediately demonstrated the Shadow Clone Technique to Sasuke, and then took out a small booklet on which he clearly wrote down the training method and precautions for the Shadow Clone Technique, and handed it to Sasuke.

"Thank you, Akisui-sensei." Sasuke took the booklet and bowed deeply.

[You have gifted a Shadow Clone Technique training manual for Uchiha Sasuke, a high-quality talent with a level 2 relationship.]

[The high-quality talent deeply moved Uchiha Sasuke, triggering a twenty-fold critical hit.]

[Reward received - 200 Chakra]

Qiu Shui frowned slightly as she looked at the reward that popped up in front of her.

This is the first time he has received such a low reward using the Gift Critical Strike skill.

He began to ponder where the problem lay.

Qiu Shui thought back and realized that he had explained the Shadow Clone Technique to Sasuke in great detail. The contents of the manual were exactly the same as the one Naruto had received, so the quality was definitely guaranteed.

He felt it was very likely because giving the same ninjutsu multiple times would lower the quality of the reward.

To verify this idea, Shusui gave Hinata an identical Shadow Clone Technique manual the next day.

As expected, he only received a reward of fifty chakra points.

Qiu Shui wasn't too disappointed, since the system certainly wouldn't let him exploit such a loophole.

That afternoon, Akisui had Hinata perform a demonstration of Gentle Fist and Eight Trigrams Palm.

He discovered that Hinata could unleash thirty-two palm strikes, but after the eighth strike, the flow became very disjointed.

Qiushui began to teach Hinata using the Bagua Sixty-Four Palms learning method he had obtained as a reward last time.

Hinata felt that Shusui-sensei was really amazing; she was able to deduce the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms after only watching Shusui demonstrate it once.

This reminded her of her cousin Neji, who was hailed as a genius. During their fight, Neji deduced the remaining palm techniques directly from the Bagua Palm she used.

Moreover, Master Shusui was even stronger; he only watched it once, while Neji's cousin took several months.

Shusui was unaware of Hinata's thoughts. He instructed Hinata to use Baguazhang in every battle from then on.

"Shusui-sensei, you said you'd teach me a powerful ninjutsu this month. Can you teach me now?" Naruto asked as he walked up to Shusui.

If Naruto hadn't reminded him, Shusui would have almost forgotten about it.

"The ninjutsu I'm going to teach you is called Wind Release: Great Breakthrough. Watch carefully, and I'll demonstrate it for you," Qiushui said.

Qiushui walked up to the forest, gathered his chakra in his throat, and then suddenly exhaled a gust of wind. Wherever the wind passed, the grass on the ground was blown away, and the trees in front of him were snapped in two.

"That's amazing!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly.

Looking at the mess before him, he felt that the power and scale of the Wind Release: Gale Palm technique he had learned before were far greater than anything else.

"This is my training method for the Wind Release: Great Breakthrough ninjutsu, along with some important points." Shusui took out a booklet from his person, wrote down the contents on the spot, and handed it to Naruto.

"Thank you, Akisui-sensei." Naruto took the booklet, thanked him sincerely, and immediately ran to the large rock to sit down and read it.

[You have gifted Naruto Uzumaki, a high-quality talent with a level 3 relationship, a C-rank ninjutsu training manual.]

[Naruto was deeply moved by the high-quality talent, triggering a 30x critical hit.]

[Reward Obtained - Wind Attribute Cultivation Nature Change (Intermediate)]

A large number of memories of intermediate-level wind attribute cultivation techniques instantly flooded Qiu Shui's mind.

"Lee, what time did you arrive at the training ground on Saturday and Sunday mornings?" Sasuke couldn't help but ask Lee, who was warming up.

Last week, he deliberately arrived at the training ground half an hour early, at 6:30, only to find that Xiao Li had already arrived.

For the next two weeks, he arrived two hours earlier each time, and today he even arrived at 4:30, but Xiao Li still arrived before him.

"It's 4 o'clock on Saturdays and Sundays," Xiao Li said.

Sasuke thought for a moment and realized that he should be able to get up at four o'clock every day to train.

In order not to fall behind others, he decided to arrive at the training ground at four o'clock sharp starting tomorrow.

"Good morning, Lee." Naruto arrived at the training ground at 7:30 in the morning and saw Lee, who was covered in sweat from training, and raised his hand to greet him.

"Good morning... Naruto." Lee was doing a handstand push-up when he heard this. He raised his head, supported himself with his left hand, and gave a thumbs-up with his right hand in response.

"Lee, every time I come here you look like you've been training for a long time. When did you come here?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Four o'clock in the morning," Xiao Li said slowly.

Naruto was completely stunned.

I never expected Xiao Li to arrive so early.

"Lee, can your body handle doing this every day?" Naruto asked.

"I've been getting up at four o'clock every morning to train since I was eight years old. It's become a habit. And now, after training every day, Teacher Qiushui helps me recover my strength, so it's no problem at all," Xiao Li said.

Naruto couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

I thought he had already worked hard enough by practicing the Three Bodies Technique at home until dawn in the past few years and by practicing kunai throwing with pebbles in the forest. But now it seems that he is still far behind Xiao Li.

"Lee, when did Sasuke arrive?" Naruto asked, noticing Sasuke running in the distance.

"Sasuke arrived at 4:30 this morning," Lee said.

A strong sense of crisis welled up in Naruto's heart.

Although he has now mastered the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, he can only release a maximum of three hundred clones at a time, and after releasing them all, he will lose his ability to fight due to excessive chakra consumption.

In the last monthly exam, Sasuke was able to chase and attack him using that Great Fire Dragon Technique.

Through his studies, he learned that only Water Release can counter Fire Release, while Wind Release will actually enhance the power of Fire Release.

His Wind Release: Gale Palm had absolutely no effect on the fire dragon.

Moreover, Sasuke has now also learned the Shadow Clone Technique.

Naruto couldn't help but think that if Sasuke created a dozen or so clones and released a dozen or so Great Fire Dragons, he would have no chance of defeating Sasuke with his Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Wind Release: Gale Palm.

He remembered that his teacher, Shusui, had said that people without the corresponding chakra attribute could still learn ninjutsu of other attributes. The downside was that the learning speed was relatively slow, and the chakra consumed when using them was much more than that of ninjas with matching attributes.

But the final exams are in two days, and he simply doesn't have enough time to cram for Water Release ninjutsu.

Naruto could only silently pray that if he encountered Sasuke, the latter wouldn't unleash too many fire dragons.

At the same time, he secretly made up his mind: starting tomorrow, he would get up at four o'clock every morning to train.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Qiu Shui arrived at the third training ground on time.

After more than half a month of intensive practice with numerous questions, the students' scores have improved significantly.

Naruto's average score reached 80 points, while Sasuke and Hinata both scored a solid 90 points.

The one who made the most progress was Xiao Li, who jumped from single digits to 65 points.

After completing the exam, the practical test begins.

Hinata versus Naruto, Sasuke versus Rock Lee.

After a period of consistent daily training sparring with Naruto, Hinata's fighting style has subtly changed.

Instead of focusing on proactive defense as before, she took advantage of her strengths from the very beginning and decisively engaged Naruto in close combat.

Naruto wasn't just getting beaten up by Sasuke for nothing during this time; his taijutsu has improved considerably.

In terms of ordinary hand-to-hand combat, the two are actually evenly matched.

However, when Hinata used Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm, Naruto immediately sensed something was wrong.

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