Chapter 45: Tobirama Senju’s Teachings

From that day on, Mochizuki Hui began his training under the guidance of Tobirama Senju.

There was no denying that Tobirama was a truly versatile shinobi, a master of ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, and kenjutsu. There was nothing he wasn't proficient in. Under his instruction, Mochizuki Hui's strength increased rapidly, though due to his physical limitations, his growth wasn't overly extreme.

Even so, Mochizuki Hui was advancing quite rapidly under Tobirama's guidance.

In the 17th year of Konoha, Mochizuki Hui was seven years old.

That year, with the war recently concluded, the post-war responsibilities were immense. Sometimes Tobirama didn't even have enough time for shadow clones, so his teaching focused mainly on the basics, building a solid foundation for Mochizuki Hui throughout the year.

In the 18th year of Konoha, after a year of planned development, the village began to grow in an orderly manner. While there were still many village matters to address, Tobirama had more time to teach Mochizuki Hui.

That year, Tobirama primarily focused on teaching swordsmanship and taijutsu. In just one year, Mochizuki Hui's proficiency in both areas reached the level of a special jonin.

In the 19th year of Konoha, Tobirama began teaching Mochizuki Hui in-depth knowledge about the nature of energy and techniques. He nurtured Mochizuki Hui's ability to analyze and utilize energy, imparting knowledge on how to create jutsu.

Tobirama guided Mochizuki Hui to explore his mysterious inner energy and to develop techniques unique to him. This was crucial because, after multiple analyses, Tobirama had understood that the essence of the energy within Mochizuki Hui was light.

In Tobirama's view, the energy of light held tremendous potential. If used correctly, it could rival or even surpass chakra. However, because light energy and chakra were entirely different systems, and only Mochizuki Hui could control this light energy, Tobirama couldn't directly create jutsu based on it.

Instead, he passed on his experience in developing techniques, guiding Mochizuki Hui to build his own system of training.

Thus, in the 19th year of Konoha, Mochizuki Hui spent the entire year studying vast amounts of knowledge.

In the 20th year of Konoha, after a year of study, Tobirama had Mochizuki Hui begin creating his own techniques. He instructed Mochizuki Hui to write down the intended effects, advantages, disadvantages, principles, applications, technical difficulties, ways to overcome those difficulties, and the stages of development for each jutsu.

After Tobirama reviewed these plans, Mochizuki Hui could start practising.

During the creation process, Tobirama kept a close watch, ready to intervene if anything went wrong. Thus, Mochizuki Hui spent this year experimenting with jutsu creation while constantly refining his ideas.

By the end of the year, Mochizuki Hui had created several useful techniques, which greatly satisfied Tobirama.

Then, Tobirama shifted his focus into training Mochizuki Hui.

He began nurturing Mochizuki Hui's political awareness, leadership skills, and his ability to view situations strategically. He trained him to think about the future of the ninja world, the direction of shinobi, and how the village should develop—all necessary qualities for a future Hokage.

This left Mochizuki Hui speechless. He was only ten years old, and Tobirama was already making him think about such matters. It seemed far too early.

Thus, Mochizuki Hui played his trump card.

"Grandpa Tobirama, I think… I can extract chakra now."

That day, Mochizuki Hui excitedly barged into the Hokage's office. As he spoke, he demonstrated by extracting chakra from his body. With a hand seal, he created a shadow clone.

Tobirama was dumbfounded. He stared at Mochizuki Hui's shadow clone, sensing the chakra flowing within him, and nearly exploded.

He thought, I spent three years teaching you how to establish a light energy system, and now that you've made some progress, you're telling me you can extract chakra?

For a moment, Tobirama was overwhelmed by frustration, but soon, that emotion was replaced with excitement.

The fact that Mochizuki Hui could now use chakra meant that his potential for growth had increased significantly compared to before. He could now learn many of Tobirama's forbidden techniques, allowing his strength to skyrocket.

"How did you manage to extract chakra all of a sudden? Does it conflict with the light energy in your body?" Tobirama asked, cautious but thrilled. He needed to understand Mochizuki Hui's situation fully to ensure there was no dangerous conflict between the two energies inside his body.

"I'm not really sure," Mochizuki Hui replied, scratching his head. "I was just bored and decided to try extracting chakra using the usual method. Before I knew it, I succeeded!"

Tobirama: "…"

He was at a loss for words. Such an absurd thing had happened—how could this be?

As a result, Mochizuki Hui found himself in an unexpected predicament.

His initial reason for revealing that he could extract chakra was to avoid being taught "the basic qualities of a Hokage." He had hoped to use the excuse of learning and developing ninjutsu to dodge the political lessons.

But Tobirama turned the tables on him, reasoning, "Learning ninjutsu is simple, and you already have the mindset for creating jutsu. You can do both."

He then presented Mochizuki Hui with a tightly packed schedule, detailing tasks from morning until night.

With great satisfaction, Tobirama handed the schedule to Mochizuki Hui and said, "Perfect. Not a single minute is wasted. From now on, you'll follow this schedule."

Holding the schedule and seeing the overwhelming number of tasks, Mochizuki Hui was dumbfounded.

I was so foolish. So foolish.

I should never have revealed I could extract chakra. It would've been better to secretly study ninjutsu as a hidden ace. It's not like I couldn't access the Scroll of Seals.

Why did I make such a stupid mistake?

Mochizuki Hui lamented silently, tears welling up in his heart.

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