Chapter 409: Teaching According to Aptitude
Konohamaru and his friends fought a battle in the afternoon of their arrival on the eastern front, another at night, and continued fighting the next morning.
The high-intensity battles quickly stripped them of their rookie mentality, and their mental state was completely different from before.
The three witnessed a clash of gods.
"Iruka-sensei, is that giant monster the Wood Golem Jutsu?!" Konohamaru knew of Wood Release, but he had no concept of specific jutsu like the Wood Golem or Wood Dragon.
Now, seeing the forty-meter-tall giant brandishing a greatsword, fighting two against one, and beating the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails into a retreat, he was stunned.
In a battle like this, how much of a role could his hard-practiced Rasengan play?
"Is that really a ninjutsu?" Watching the Wood Golem punch the Two-Tails and kick the Eight-Tails, Udon and Moegi's mouths hung open, their ability to think completely gone.
This battle was just a probe; both sides had committed few troops. Ino knocked down the Eight-Tails with one punch, then lifted the behemoth and threw it like trash at the Two-Tails, making the Two-Tails yowl.
After the battle, Ino and Tsunade held a meeting to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy, then she came to find the three.
As the team leader of Team Ino, she offered some words of comfort and very bluntly stated, what should you do when you encounter a strong enemy you can't beat? Run! There's no shame in running; don't ever try to stand your ground and die.
Iruka listened from the side, feeling that these words did not conform to the Will of Fire, but he was of low rank and had no room to interject.
Ino sent the three away and spoke to Iruka alone about Naruto.
Wanting Naruto to learn the Flying Thunder God was definitely the most difficult mission in the sixty-plus years since the founding of Konoha. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it an SSS-rank mission. This matter couldn't be left to her alone to handle; you guys can't get away with it either.
"I suspect that Master Minato probably wants Naruto to have more ninjutsu knowledge and life-saving means. Whether he actually masters the Flying Thunder God is not important. But, we must put one hundred percent of our effort into this. Iruka-sensei, when I left the village, I drew up a study plan for Naruto. Now I need you to urge him from time to time."
Hearing that she was to teach Naruto the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, Iruka was also stunned.
Good heavens, Naruto failed the Clone Jutsu back then, and now you're directly moving on to such a high-difficulty ninjutsu? Are you out of your minds?
Ino had a strong sense of contract. Since she had taken Jiraiya's spirit water, she had to be conscientious. If he couldn't learn it, that was Naruto's problem. Whether she taught him or not was her problem.
The Body Flicker Technique was already at the entry-level; the rest was just hard practice.
His perception was still not good enough. She broke down the perception part of the Flying Thunder God into nine stages and listed twelve training methods. Naruto didn't need to understand the principles; his body just had to remember. Ashura and the Yang-Kurama would help with this.
She also wrote down the general outline of the Flying Thunder God. Worried that there might be characters Naruto didn't recognize, she even marked the pronunciations, making Naruto memorize it by rote.
Naruto would probably be willing to practice the Body Flicker and perception skills; he had nothing else to do anyway. But memorization? NO! The thing Naruto hated most was memorization.
In this regard, Ino, Jiraiya, and Kakashi combined were not as effective as Iruka.
As long as Iruka wrote back from time to time to urge him, even if he was one hundred and twenty percent unwilling in his heart, Naruto would force himself to memorize.
Ino said, "Chunin Iruka, this is a mission assigned to you by the village. Please be sure to supervise Naruto's learning progress. This matter is very important."
You've already assigned the mission, what else can I say? Iruka could only accept this task.
The eastern front wasn't fighting every day. After two days of fierce attacks, they would rest for two days.
When Ino had time, she would call Konohamaru and his friends over for a lesson.
The three didn't have a stat panel to level up, but the basic idea of being a ninja was the same.
"Endurance" and "Wisdom" were both very important, even the foundation of the foundation. When everyone's physical fitness was about the same, the higher these two values were, the farther one could go in the future.
Ino had received a higher education in her previous life and knew the importance of theory. She explained her understanding of ninjutsu to the three of them.
Konohamaru really liked this teaching method because the Third Hokage had taught him like this before he passed away. It was just that the Third was too busy and had died too early, so many concepts were only vaguely instilled in him. Now, Ino was consolidating his previous knowledge and expanding it to a deeper level. Konohamaru listened with great excitement, always taking copious notes and then reviewing and studying them privately.
Knowing that his teacher was the new generation's Yellow Flash, Konohamaru was self-aware enough not to mention the Flying Thunder God, concentrating on practicing his Rasengan instead.
Ino was very satisfied with this. Being down-to-earth was good. It was hard to say whether Konohamaru could become the Eighth Hokage in the future, but looking at his learning enthusiasm, becoming an elite jonin was no problem.
Chakra nature transformation, chakra shape transformation, genjutsu, sealing jutsu, medical ninjutsu—Ino had dabbled in many fields. Even her taijutsu was not weak. She explained each category in depth.
"Teacher, if I focus on one discipline, would it... would it be more suitable for me?" Udon had the lowest status in the trio.
Konohamaru had a "village chief grandfather." Although he was a dead grandfather, his legacy remained. According to the saying "a teacher is like a father," Tsunade was the Third's disciple, and Ino was Tsunade's disciple. It wouldn't be a problem for her to call the Third "grandpa." Ino and Konohamaru's relationship was very close.
Moegi had the bloodline of a branch family of the Senju clan, and her parents could claim kinship with Tsunade. She was also a connected person.
Only Udon was brought along for the ride.
Ino replied, "Of course. Any skill, when raised to its limit, is incredibly powerful. For example, Teacher Might Guy on the western front. When it comes to ninjutsu, genjutsu, or sealing jutsu, he is definitely not my match. But his taijutsu is unparalleled in this world. Even I would have to temporarily avoid his edge if I faced him."
Her tone changed. "The same goes for genjutsu and sealing jutsu. But you are still young and can't be sure what you are good at. My suggestion is to learn a little of everything, then determine your talent, and then specialize in one."
Besides the regular lessons.
Ino also had to give Moegi private lessons.
This was a solemn request from her parents to both Tsunade and Ino. For both sentimental and logical reasons, they couldn't be perfunctory.
Moegi Kazamatsuri's maternal grandfather was Hashirama Senju's youngest son, Tsunade's youngest uncle. This blood relationship was very close.
To teach her Grass Release, Shizune woke Ino up from her bed at six-thirty in the morning.
"Still sleeping? Aren't you supposed to teach Moegi today? Stop sleeping, wake up!"
Shizune woke Ino up, then went to wake Tsunade.
Tsunade had supposedly worked overtime last night, but had actually dumped her official duties on Shikamaru and went to drink on the side.
She had slept on her desk all night, and now when she woke up, there were still faint ink marks on her cheek.
"Lady Tsunade, wake up! Tonton, bring a towel!"
"Ino, stop sleeping! Tonton, go get a basin of water!"
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