radicalducati Chapter 6 Going to School
Chapter 6 Going to School
Two years have passed since the Caged Bird Seal was inscribed on Hyuga Kanan, who is now six years old and about to be sent to the Ninja Academy.
In the Hyuga clan's ancestral courtyard.
Hyuga Kanan sat leisurely cross-legged under a tree, tossing aside the scroll he had just finished reading. It was a basic training method for Hyuga Gentle Fist, which had been taken from the Hyuga clan's collection room and given to him for free.
There was absolutely no one around; he was now completely abandoned.
His father was originally going to come and give him some guidance, but the Gentle Fist of the Hyuga clan was just a fancy move to him, completely harmless. This made his father, who was supposed to be his instructor, completely disappointed in him and stopped spending time teaching him, giving up on him as his son.
The reason is simple: for the past two years, he has been quietly cultivating the Taoist Body Refining Technique and the Taoist Spirit Nourishing Technique, completely abandoning the extraction of chakra. The chakra converted from the Byakugan was also obliterated and dispersed by him using his soul power.
Without the support of chakra, Gentle Fist is just an ordinary set of fist techniques. What power can a child's physical strength possibly have? Even though Hyuga Kanan has been practicing the Taoist Body Refining Technique for the past two years, his physical strength is only about the same as that of a 15 or 6-year-old boy. In the eyes of the Hyuga clan, this level of strength is completely insignificant.
Taoist cultivation methods emphasize self-cultivation, training the unity of one's essence, energy, and spirit, and merging with nature to achieve harmony between humanity and nature. Only after reaching the Innate Realm can one mobilize the power of heaven and earth, making even minor techniques seem like Sage Arts from the Naruto world. However, before reaching the Innate Realm, the process is entirely about adapting to the energy of the natural environment, resulting in a stronger and healthier body, but without the ability to use various escaping techniques or powerful physical attacks like ninjas.
Under these circumstances, Hyuga Kaku was initially convinced that he had no talent to become a ninja and wanted to exile him to a civilian area like an ordinary person. However, after his wife's persistent pleas, he decided to let him try going to the ninja academy.
Tomorrow is the start of the new enrollment season for the Konoha Ninja Academy. Thanks to her mother's earnest pleas, Hyuga Kanan has not given up on the idea of going to the ninja academy.
He initially thought going to the ninja academy would be a complete waste of his training time, but seeing his mother's expectant eyes, he decided to go and see for himself. Judging from the Hyuga clan's collection of ninjutsu, these techniques were entirely created by the Sage of Six Paths channeling his spiritual energy into the ninjas' bodies, using their physical energy to draw upon the energy of heaven and earth.
However, Hyuga Kanan was still very curious about the principles and methods of ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, such as the Shadow Clone Technique, the Flying Thunder God Technique, and the Impure World Reincarnation.
Today is the day for Konoha Ninja Academy to recruit new students. I set off for the academy early in the morning, seeing crowds of people thronging the road.
Hyuga Kanan stood beside his mother, who had come specifically to care for him today because he hadn't been able to attend to his father. Looking at the crowd before him, he was somewhat speechless. Did they really want to become the Sage of Six Paths' "leeks" (a metaphor for being exploited)?
This was Hyuga Kanan's first time leaving the Hyuga clan's territory; he usually trained diligently within the clan compound. Looking around at the Konoha environment and its people, it seemed like a small, bustling modern town. Following his mother to the registration office, he saw many members of distinct Konoha ninja clans. Those clear clan characteristics allowed anyone familiar with Konoha ninjas to immediately identify their clan.
For example, the Akimichi clan, whose members are chubby even at a young age; the Nara clan, whose members have their hair tied up like pineapples; and the Yamanaka clan, whose members all have golden ponytails.
There's no way around it; these people's appearances are just too striking. Anyone who knows anything about the Konoha clans knows that this is the famous "Ino-Shika-Cho" trio of Konoha.
What's particularly eye-catching is the fair-skinned, blond-haired young man registering all by himself, stating his name as Minato Namikaze.
Hyuga Kanan's eyes darted around, drawn to the name. Namikaze Minato, a commoner, had later mastered space-time ninjutsu. In any world, those who could understand the laws of space and time were no ordinary beings; those were advanced cosmic laws, not easily learned or comprehended. Even he himself had to reach the Refinement of Spirit stage to learn the laws of space, preparing for his own attempt to shatter the void.
After completing the registration, Hinata Kanan waved goodbye to her mother and entered the school with her other classmates.
Watching a group of noisy children discussing and waiting for the opening ceremony to begin on the playground with excitement, trepidation, and nervousness, Hinata Kanan felt very calm, even a little impatient.
The ninja academy would be of no help to me at all, and would only waste a lot of my time. I would never come across the ninjutsu that I wanted to learn. But thinking of my mother’s expectant eyes, I had no confidence to refuse.
Moreover, the ninja academy is a six-year program, and it would be a waste of six years to be in a place that is completely useless to me. Just thinking about it makes me feel like I'm losing out.
"As the leaves dance in the air, the fire burns fiercely. The flames will continue to illuminate the village. As old leaves fall, they become nutrients for new leaves to sprout. You are the new leaves of the village, and I believe you will become new leaves, continuing to shelter the tender buds from the wind and rain..."
Standing on the podium, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, with a serious expression, was preaching the Will of Fire to a group of little kids below the stage.
Hyuga Kanan looked around at the other kids, who were listening intently to the Second Hokage's speech, some even with tears in their eyes. Hyuga Kanan turned to look at the Second Hokage on the stage, his mind wandering.
This guy was truly extraordinary, capable of developing all sorts of different and incredible ninjutsu, which speaks volumes about his talent. If it weren't for the Sage of Six Paths as the mastermind behind it all, and without his own training methods, his achievements might have been far greater, even surpassing those of the First Hokage, who was known as the God of Shinobi.
The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, was very strong, but that strength came from chakra. As a vessel for Ashura's chakra, his power wasn't something he developed himself. Therefore, in the Naruto world, strength isn't a reflection of talent, but rather the amount of willpower within the chakra bestowed upon you by the Sage of Six Paths.
The twisted environment of the Naruto world, where schools specifically train teenagers to go to the battlefield to kill and commit arson, is truly disheartening.
However, there will always be people in this world who are willing to do anything to pursue peace.
Unfortunately, the very existence of chakra destined this world to be without peace. The Sage of Six Paths could not bring peace to this world; it was a scheme for him to increase his power, not something that could truly bring peace to the world.
With the end of the speech, the opening ceremony came to a successful close. Hinata Kanan also snapped out of her reverie and followed the crowd on the playground back to her assigned class. She found a seat in the last row by the window and sat down, watching the noisy chatter of her classmates and acquaintances.
The classroom fell silent the moment a middle-aged teacher in a green vest entered. After a brief self-introduction, the students began to introduce themselves and get to know each other.
Hinata Kanan watched as the self-introductions began, starting with the first person, listing their likes, skills, dreams, and so on, one after another.
A faint sense of pity lingered in my heart; I wondered how many of these people would survive.