Looking at the dark-faced, burly man with his arms crossed, quietly watching them – their homeroom teacher, Nishimura-sensei – Tatsumi was not flustered in the slightest.
He slowly stated his opinions and views.
"Nishimura-sensei, don't you think that cultivating an excellent ninja requires a lot of resources?"
Nishimura said nothing, waiting motionlessly for Tatsumi to continue.
Perhaps satisfied with Uncle Nishimura's attitude, Tatsumi smiled and continued.
"What exactly is a ninja, what should a ninja's combat style be, and how can one eliminate their enemies as quickly as possible?"
Uncle Nishimura remained silent.
"How can a ninja minimize consumption during combat, and what approach maximizes the chances of winning? Do you even know these things?"
Uncle Nishimura continued to remain silent.
Tatsumi nodded in satisfaction, even waving his hand excitedly as he spoke, "When facing enemies, what kind of ninjutsu and tactics should we ninjas adopt?"
"These things are very important! We need to figure them out, and it's not something you can understand after studying at the Ninja Academy for a few days."
"Do you understand what I'm saying?" Tatsumi squinted.
Uncle Nishimura remained silent.
Tatsumi grew somewhat impatient.
"Ultimately, ninjas study at the Ninja Academy with the ultimate goal of developing for combat. Combat is the driving force behind a ninja's growth. This will not change, whether it's during the Warring States period or now."
Uncle Nishimura remained silent.
"Well, of course, me saying this doesn't mean I personally enjoy fighting. Combat does produce many negative effects."
"However, even if it's a foolish act, we can still learn a lot from it. So, with this in mind, I think we should peacefully accept these negative losses – I've said so much, surely the teacher can understand us a little bit now."
As Tatsumi finished speaking, Uncle Nishimura finally opened his mouth.
"Tatsumi, I understand what you're trying to say. You are right, fighting between ninjas does allow us to grow, you're not wrong about that…"
"But—"
Uncle Nishimura lowered his arms and said to them all, word by word.
"—But, that's not a reason for you to destroy the training ground at will!"
Uncle Nishimura pointed to the training ground. It was a complete mess. Due to the battle, the ground was cracked, and there were traces of fire release everywhere. The original white walls had turned black.
"Damn it!"
Amidst Uncle Nishimura's cold words, Tatsumi and the others shed tears of regret.
After the battle, due to the commotion being too large, they were caught by Nishimura-sensei before they could escape the scene of the crime.
"Then, teacher, why don't you think about it this way," Nawaki continued.
"What is it, Nawaki? I don't have time to listen to your boring nonsense."
"Think about the Valley of the End battle back then. My grandfather destroyed the terrain. And now? It's a famous tourist attraction in the Land of Fire."
"The tourism revenue every year makes my eyes red. Maybe this place will become a tourist attraction in the future."
"Boy, that's a dangerous idea," Uncle Nishimura squinted.
"Alright. You guys clean this up now. I'll reapply to the school for repairs. And of course, that includes your punishment!"
After Uncle Nishimura finished speaking, he left coolly.
Leaving only Tatsumi and the others to clean up the training ground.
Tatsumi saw that Minato looked a little upset, so he patted him on the shoulder.
"Minato, don't take such small things to heart.
Don't listen to Uncle Nishimura's alarmist talk."
"He's just a chunin, a country bumpkin who hasn't seen the world. A few earth release techniques can repair the training ground. At worst, I'll go with you to apologize to the teacher after we finish cleaning up. As for the punishment—"
"—It's okay, I have people above me!" Tatsumi gave Minato a reassuring look.
"Okay." Minato nodded, not knowing if it was because he heard that Tatsumi had people above him, but he felt much better now.
"But, now that I think about it, that toad light, it should take at least a genin's worth of chakra, how did you summon it now?" Tatsumi asked in confusion.
Minato's chakra reserves were actually not particularly outstanding among his peers. After all, he was just a commoner without any bloodline limits.
Tatsumi suddenly remembered something.
"Hmm? Did you successfully research that scroll, Minato?"
"That's right." Minato scratched his head, then rolled up his sleeves to show Tatsumi the sealing scrolls tied to both sides of his arm.
Because the system opened a sealing attribute for Tatsumi in the second grade.
So, Tatsumi tried adding some sealing techniques to himself.
Later, Mito Uzumaki met Tatsumi a few times. She discovered that Tatsumi was very interested in sealing techniques, so she taught him some simple sealing technique knowledge and scrolls.
Later, Tatsumi wondered if he could develop some scrolls that could store chakra. This way, he could use them when he lacked chakra.
However, Tatsumi later felt it was a bit useless and gave up on the research.
He didn't expect that Minato would build on his foundation and develop it himself with this knowledge.
"Sigh, you're really a genius."
"....."
Tatsumi knew that Minato later improved the Flying Thunder God Technique. The Flying Thunder God Technique involved sealing knowledge. Minato should be very talented in sealing techniques.
So, Tatsumi gave him some things.
He just didn't expect Minato to be so talented in sealing techniques.
Completely different from him, a fake who relied on adding attributes.
"No, I just added a few more transcription seals to your foundation. Now it can only store a small amount of chakra." Minato scratched his head and smiled shyly.
"So where are you in your research now?"
Minato thought for a while and said, "You know, the material and capacity of the sealing scroll will limit the total amount of chakra stored. So, with my current ability, if we assume my chakra amount is 1, this scroll can only store 1.5 chakra."
Tatsumi nodded.
"If you're interested, we can study it together later. We should be able to increase the capacity a bit more. Anyway, the cost is just ordinary sealing scrolls bought from the ninja tool shop, just a slight modification is enough," Minato said.
"It's okay, it's okay." Tatsumi waved his hand, indicating that Minato didn't need to be too anxious.
Tatsumi felt a little emotional. He didn't expect Minato to develop a strong interest in sealing techniques and the like at such a young age.
Worthy of being the man who later improved the Flying Thunder God Technique.
However, this also showed that, from now on, Minato might no longer be the object of Tatsumi's guidance in sealing, but rather, the two had completely entered a stage of equal exchange.
Some people are like this. As long as they can obtain some resources, they can quickly show their own brilliance.
Tatsumi was momentarily emotional, suddenly feeling like he had raised Minato.
He suddenly patted Minato on the shoulder, "I'll go buy some oranges, you stay here and don't move."
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