Just as the entire shinobi world was in a tense, war-preparing atmosphere...
Uzumaki Jun still lay lazily on the grass, letting out a helpless sigh. "As expected..."
He glanced at the three little ones chasing each other nearby...
A toad, a snake, and a slug...
"The Three Great Sage Regions haven't appeared yet, and Sage Arts haven't appeared either."
Uzumaki Jun gazed bewildered at the night sky. Regarding the military training in Lan no Sato, he hadn't been too harsh, only conducting simple physical training.
Currently, Lan no Sato had sufficient food supplies...
Potatoes and sweet potatoes...
Although the nutrition might not be sufficient, it was enough to let everyone eat their fill.
Therefore...
Simple physical training could still be carried out.
As for sword techniques...
Jun planned to teach them later. After all, if their physical fitness hadn't caught up, in a world without supernatural power, any move was inferior to a strong body...
"Hey, you two, stop fighting." Watching the toad and the white snake starting up again nearby, Uzumaki Jun sighed helplessly and shouted. "Otherwise, the Three Great Sage Regions will be short two."
One for barbecuing, one for stewing...
"Come over here, all of you."
This toad, probably because it got bitten by the white snake accidentally, had been at odds with the white snake ever since Chimiko saved it...
Anyway...
These two weaklings were truly evenly matched.
That afternoon, after Chimiko saved the toad, she originally planned to chop up the white snake to nourish herself, but...
The white snake actually begged for mercy with 'hiss hiss' sounds.
Chimiko's heart softened, she picked up the white snake, intending to put it in a cloth bag and go back to ask Grandpa Kōta how to cook it.
Fortunately, Jun stopped her.
Otherwise...
How awful would 'Two Great Sage Regions' sound?
And the slug...
It just watched quietly from the side as the white snake bit the toad, seemingly not afraid at all that it had almost been eaten by the toad.
After Uzumaki Jun discovered this, adhering to the principle of 'better safe than sorry', he decided to just gather all three Sage Regions together.
Anyway...
Now Chimiko had become the master of these three little ones.
"As expected," Uzumaki Jun sighed and muttered, "This Chimiko is definitely not an ordinary person in the future."
She's the master of the Three Great Sage Regions.
Why had he never heard of her before?
Looking at the three well-behaved kids in front of him, he sighed helplessly inside...
There was no trace of natural energy within their bodies.
That meant...
They hadn't grown into their complete forms yet.
"No wonder the system didn't detect them..." Uzumaki Jun narrowed his eyes, staring at the future masters of the Three Great Sage Regions, and murmured, "So that's the reason."
If he became the teacher of the masters of the Three Great Sage Regions, then...
After returning, wouldn't there be hope for a 5A-level geological park?
After all, he was reasonable. If they disagreed, he definitely wouldn't openly and forcibly seize it...
"Sit over here." Uzumaki Jun put on a stern face and shouted at the three little ones. "Be good and cultivate immortality for me."
And also see...
Could their respective Sage Modes directly absorb natural energy?
"Ahem."
He fake-coughed twice, switching to a strict teacher expression...
"Listen to me carefully."
Recently, because he needed to research natural energy, he had revisited the Sage Modes of the Three Great Sage Regions in depth.
The previous feeling of 'I can talk about it, but I can't write the theory' had transformed into being able to both explain and write the theory. It was no longer just the Sage Mode granted by the system, but...
The Sage Mode he had learned himself.
So, teaching these three little weaklings was simply too easy.
"Sage Mode is primarily achieved through a one-to-one ratio of natural energy and chakra..." Speaking up to this point, Uzumaki Jun sighed inwardly...
There was no chakra now.
He hesitated...
"It's mainly about sensing the natural energy around you, slowly controlling it, and guiding it into your body..."
Anyway, these were just three little ones. Since that's the case...
Just try pure natural energy.
However...
Only Gamaru fell into deep thought, while the other two...
Just looked at him with confused expressions.
Uzumaki Jun helplessly held his forehead and muttered, "Such illiterates."
Because of the education during this period, Gamaru could already simply understand what he said. But the White Scale Small Snake and the slug...
Hadn't received any education yet.
So...
"Slap."
The White Scale Small Snake discontentedly flicked its tail at Gamaru, who was deep in thought...
Why are you the only one so outstanding?
Seeing this made Uzumaki Jun's forehead bulge with a vein, ready to wield the teacher's disciplinary rod...
How could there be such a bad student?
You don't want to learn yourself, and you disturb others who are studying seriously.
Look at the slug beside you. Even though it doesn't understand my words, it still watches Gamaru think seriously, as if trying to discover something from it.
Indeed...
This is a good student.
Uzumaki Jun sighed with emotion inwardly, then pulled Gamaru and the White Scale Small Snake apart with a dark expression on his face.
These two are truly sworn enemies.
Even after he pulled them apart, they still stuck their tongues out at each other.
"Listen attentively, otherwise..." Uzumaki Jun narrowed his eyes at them and said, "I'll skin you both and stew you."
He just didn't know if there would still be Three Great Sage Regions in the future if he skinned them all.
"Swish."
Hearing Uzumaki Jun's words, the two little ones immediately sat up straight and looked at him seriously.
As for the slug...
Even though it was almost eaten by Gamaru before, it didn't get angry. It always remained this calm and peaceful.
"This place is a location with excellent Feng Shui, filled with rich natural energy." Uzumaki Jun once again put on the teacher's demeanor, looking at the three elementary school students, and said seriously, "I believe you should be able to sense it."
However...
The three little ones still looked at Uzumaki Jun with confused expressions, as if saying...
We don't.
"What a bunch of blockheads." Uzumaki Jun helplessly held his forehead. Sure enough...
Becoming the teacher of the Three Great Sage Regions wasn't that simple. It was easier to just become their master like Chimiko.
"Calm your hearts and minds, pacify your inner selves." Uzumaki Jun sighed and said, "See if you can sense the strange energy around you."
"This energy is full of uncertainty and danger. It's not easy to master."
"So, at the beginning, you can only try a little bit. Don't be too greedy. Otherwise, if you turn into stone or become a pervert, I won't be able to save you."
As soon as he finished speaking...
Gamaru fell into deep thought again...
As for the two poor students beside him, they once again looked at Gamaru with confused expressions, but...
The White Scale Small Snake's tail kept twitching towards Gamaru, as if it wanted to flick him.
Uzumaki Jun glared at it fiercely. What are you doing?
You, a poor student, still want to disturb others thinking about problems?
If you don't hand in your homework, believe me, I'll skin you and make snake soup.
Then...
He looked at Gamaru with anticipation. If...
It could succeed, then he would have a chance to break the seal and return.
However...
"Ribbit..."
Gamaru snapped out of it, tilting its head to look at Uzumaki Jun, seeming not to understand.
Just as Uzumaki Jun was about to ask, 'If you don't understand, then what were you thinking about?'...
With a "slap" sound...
Gamaru flicked its tongue directly onto the White Scale Big Snake's face...
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