The Monkey King's gaze was fixed on the staff in Satoru's hand; he seemed to have something to say.
"Looks like you've already absorbed my father's chakra. You could say you saved him. The Staff of Indestructible Diamond, which my father turned into, you can keep," Enma said.
"Staff of Indestructible Diamond... Sounds pretty good," Satoru looked at the staff in his hand and asked: "Your father's chakra has already merged with me. Is this staff like his dead body?"
"Not at all. Don't forget, my father is immortal and indestructible," the Monkey King pulled out a huge scroll, unrolled it, and Satoru realized it was a summoning scroll.
"This is the summoning contract between the Sarutobi clan and us, the Monkey Clan. Now I hope you'll sign one with me too. It'll make it easier for you to come here in the future, and during battles with others, you can use the Summoning Technique anytime to call me for help," It was clear the Monkey King was very grateful to Satoru for his actions. Without the young Uchiha taming the maddened Previous Monkey King, the Water Curtain Cave on the Mount of Flowers and Fruit might have suffered too.
"Excellent! I'm all for it!" Satoru planned to return in the future to absorb the remaining chakra. Signing the contract now would make it much easier to get here.
The young man saw many names on the scroll—Hiruzen Sarutobi, Sarutobi Sasuke... Satoru was the first non-Sarutobi clan member to sign it.
"Leave your handprint here," the Monkey King said, sounding like a diligent clerk.
After placing his handprint, Satoru felt his connection to the entire Mount of Flowers and Fruit and the Water Curtain Cave strengthen.
"Alright, time to go back. Too much time has passed," the young Uchiha looked at Enma and asked: "How do I get back to Konoha?"
"Very simple. Just put your hand on my back, and I'll transport you," the Monkey King replied.
Satoru did so. He placed his hand on Enma's back, and in the next instant, his vision went dark. A second later, he was in the Hokage's office in Konoha.
The Third Hokage sat in his chair.
"Everything settled?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked.
"Yes, huge thanks to Satoru this time. Now he can summon me too. Old man, I'll head back for now," the Monkey King didn't linger.
The village leader noticed the staff in Satoru's hand and immediately asked:
"Is that staff what the Previous Monkey King turned into? You should be able to shrink it and carry it with you."
Satoru found no better place for the staff, shrank it, and tucked it behind his ear.
The scene felt very familiar, like he'd seen it somewhere before.
"Old man, I saw Sarutobi Sasuke," Satoru said.
"Really? I can feel you've changed a bit... Come on, tell me..."
The Third Hokage loved hearing Satoru's stories. The young man told him everything that happened. The village leader looked at the diamond mark on Satoru's forehead and asked:
"I see. That mark on your forehead is the Yin Seal? The ability to store a massive amount of chakra... truly amazing."
After chatting with the Third Hokage, Satoru returned to the Ninja Academy. His students were a constant headache, and he'd firmly decided these kids should graduate early.
"Well, the graduation exam is coming up soon. How's your preparation?" Back at school, Satoru immediately asked about the students' progress.
"We've mostly mastered everything. Many can climb trees, handle the three basic techniques well. Theory and combat practice are still weak," Might Guy reported enthusiastically.
"Alright, those who mastered tree climbing, raise your hands!" Satoru saw over ninety percent of the kids raise their hands. That meant they'd all seriously practiced chakra control.
Of course, ten percent hadn't mastered tree climbing. Satoru noticed Obito Uchiha among them.
"Obito, what's wrong?" the young instructor asked.
"I... I was helping an old lady cross the street..." Obito said very seriously, and it was unclear if it was true.
"Those who mastered tree climbing, go train the three basic techniques. The rest, follow me," Satoru took the stragglers to the training ground. It used to be empty, but Satoru had asked Yoshime to create a small grove here for tree-climbing practice.
"Use chakra to stick to the trees with your feet. Can't you do it?" he asked.
Many kids were shy to answer, but Satoru wasn't about to abandon them.
"You're not stupid at all. On the contrary, you have more right to be ninja than others because I see potential in you."
"You have more chakra in your bodies than others, so controlling it is harder. That's normal."
Satoru quickly reignited hope in these kids' hearts.
"Now I'll teach you personally. Don't think about anything, just do as I say. I'm sure you'll succeed," Satoru explained chakra control seriously and in detail, then demonstrated several times. Now nearly all the kids understood.
The young Uchiha watched every child. Some used too much chakra, leaving dents in the trees.
Others used too little, losing grip and falling.
Satoru did his utmost to teach this group, and they felt his effort. Progress was slow, but visible to the naked eye.
While Satoru taught chakra control here, his shadow clone elsewhere taught theory.
"There are methods to memorize all this. Look, read, think, visualize..." Satoru used various methods to help kids remember theory. Talented ones picked it up fast. The shadow clone repeated material to cement it in their minds.
Theoretical progress was good, like tree climbing. Kids who mastered both trained the three basics.
Cloning Technique, Body Replacement Technique, Transformation Technique—good chakra control made them easy. Tree-climbing kids performed the basics perfectly. Soon Satoru shifted focus to combat practice students.
The strong naturally wanted to spar for points.
Satoru noticed Kakashi among them. Hatake clearly aimed for early graduation too.