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

Kurenai Yuhi shook her head, her waist-length black hair swaying gently. "It's a mission, but it's in the village." Seeing the slightly puzzled look in Akisui's eyes, she continued to explain, "The daughter of the Kurama clan chief isn't in good health. She took a leave of absence from the Ninja Academy at the beginning of this year to recuperate at home. So the clan chief approached the Third Hokage, hoping to find a tutor for her. The Kurama clan is known for its mastery of genjutsu, and I happen to be quite skilled in that area as well, so the Hokage assigned me to carry out this mission."

Qiu Shui nodded upon hearing this, the name "Kama Clan" making him thoughtful.

Although in the original work, Kurenai Yuhi's Team 8 only had three official members: Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka, she also had a student, Yakumo Kurama, who appeared in the anime TV series.

According to the anime TV, the Kurama clan was a powerful ninja clan comparable to the Uchiha clan, but due to the long-term absence of anyone awakening the purest bloodline of the clan, they gradually declined.

Kurama Yakumo awakened the Kurama clan's special genjutsu, the bloodline limit, which allows her to turn the scenes in her paintings into real ones. However, because this bloodline limit is too powerful, it causes her to frequently experience physical problems.

Although Yakumo Kurama's parents were very happy that their daughter had awakened her bloodline limit, they saw that her health was deteriorating day by day. For her safety, they made her drop out of school and return home, and spent a lot of money to hire Kurenai Yuhi, a Jonin, as her tutor.

However, Yakumo Kurama was too obsessed with being a ninja.

After being rejected time and again by her family and teacher, Kurenai Yuhi, she developed mental problems, and a monster named Ido was born inside her. In a fit of rage, Ido killed her parents.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, sensed the danger posed by the monster inside Yakumo Kurama and ordered Kurenai Yuhi to kill it. However, Kurenai had her own ideas. She opposed this approach of treating people as trouble and simply eliminating them physically. She believed that the power of communication, companionship, and emotion could heal Yakumo's inner wounds. She wanted Yakumo to understand that her existence itself was loved and needed, thus depriving the monster, composed of negative emotions, of its breeding ground and ultimately leading it to reconcile with its master or be tamed by its master's own power.

The idea is wonderful, but the process is very real.

No matter what method Kurenai Yuhi used, Yakumo Kurama's problem remained unresolved until Naruto and his group finally helped him fully recover.

The two walked out the door side by side. Kurenai turned to look at Akisui and asked, "Akisui, what are you planning to do so early?"

Qiu Shui smiled and said, "There's a student whose grades are not very good, so I was thinking of giving him some extra lessons during my day off."

A hint of surprise flashed in Kurenai's eyes, which quickly turned into admiration as she said, "You are truly a very responsible teacher."

She recalled her teachers at the ninja academy—not that they were irresponsible, but most of them adhered to the philosophy that the master could only guide you through the door, and the rest was up to you.

They don't say much unless the students ask; as for sacrificing their own rest time to provide individual tutoring, that's something they've never done before.

Upon hearing this, Qiu Shui paused slightly, turned to look at her, and said, "Being praised by such a beautiful woman like you so early in the morning has greatly improved my mood for the day."

Kurenai paused for a moment, then chuckled, turning her head away, her ears slightly burning, and softly scolded, "When did you learn to say such flattering things?"

Qiu Shui said seriously, "This isn't just trying to make me happy; it's the truth."

Kurenai's smile grew even brighter. She waved her hand and said, "I have to go now, I can't talk to you anymore."

Qiu Shui gave her a quality check while looking at her back.

Name: Kurenai Yuhi

Chakra: 8700

Quality: A

After reading it, Qiushui found that it was similar to the original story. He then turned around and headed to the school, not to attend classes, but to meet up with Naruto.

He dared not let Naruto go to the place he mentioned alone; given Naruto's poor sense of direction, he would most likely get lost.

At the school gate, Naruto Uzumaki had been waiting for a long time, glancing left and right every now and then. When he saw Akisui's figure appear not far away, he immediately ran over and excitedly asked, "Akisui-sensei, where are we going to train today? What powerful ninjutsu are you going to teach me?"

Qiu Shui liked punctual people. He smiled, patted Naruto on the shoulder, and said, "Come with me."

Filled with excitement, Naruto followed Shusui through several streets and arrived at the edge of a forest.

Qiu Shui first scanned the area but didn't find Uchiha Sasuke, which puzzled her.

Could it be that he hasn't gotten up yet?

Or perhaps this isn't his only place of cultivation, and he went to cultivate elsewhere today?

But since they were already there, and this was indeed a place for training, Qiushui didn't plan to change locations. He could just keep an eye out for the places where Uchiha Sasuke often trained next time.

Qiu Shui took out the prepared table and chair, as well as seven test papers, from the storage scroll.

Naruto felt a bad premonition and asked, "Shusui-sensei, what are you doing?"

Qiu Shui pointed to the chair and said, "Finish these papers, and I'll check your theory grades first."

Naruto was dumbfounded.

He never expected to encounter an exam after leaving school, and it was fully equipped. If it weren't for the fact that the environment was in the wild, it would be no different from a school classroom.

But since Teacher Qiushui had already prepared everything, he didn't dare say anything more and could only sit down obediently and pick up his pen.

Naruto looked at the first question.

Which of the following is a basic method for breaking an illusion? ( )

A. Biting your finger

B. Shout loudly

C. Disrupting the flow of chakra within the body (such as having teammates inject chakra, or experiencing severe pain oneself).

D. Spin around three times in place

Naruto chewed on the pen, scratching his ears and cheeks, looking utterly dejected.

Just as Naruto was doing his homework, Shusui noticed Sasuke Uchiha rushing out from the path by the river.

"So he went for physical training." Qiu Shui immediately understood when she saw his panting appearance.

Sasuke also noticed Shusui and Naruto not far away. He was a little surprised that the two of them had come together, but he didn't have any intention of going over to say hello. He rested for a while until his breathing was steady, then took out three kunai from his ninja tool pouch and used them to make contact with the targets in front of him.

"Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—"

The sound of kunai piercing the air rang out, and the three shuriken almost simultaneously struck the center of the three targets.

Naruto was drawn by the commotion and looked up in that direction, a look of confusion in his eyes.

"What's Sasuke doing here?"