Chapter 16

After Haruno Sakura left, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke began taking off their clothes, preparing to enter the water for fishing.

"You seem to forget that I asked you to stand on the water's surface and fish, not dive in," said their instructor.

"That's impossible! How can anyone stand on water? It's not scientific!" protested Naruto.

Sasuke frowned, "Even though controlling chakra allows standing on water, it's too difficult for us now."

Izumi suddenly realized, "During our mission to the Water Country, we just learned chakra climbing."

Izumi couldn't help but smack his own head. "I messed up the timeline, but it's not something important."

Since he already said it, Izumi decided not to retract his words. He then looked sternly at Sasuke, "Do you think I just want you to fish and not explore bird nests or catch wild rabbits?"

Sasuke, trembling, bowed to Izumi and headed straight to the lake.

Naruto, puzzled by Sasuke's sudden enthusiasm, followed suit, as they were rivals, and Naruto aimed to surpass Sasuke.

"Ding! Uchiha Sasuke's favorability +1! Current favorability: 66 points!"

"Ding! Hatake Kakashi's favorability +1! Current favorability: 80 points! Can now sign in!"

"Damn, I'm also being evaluated!" Izumi thought.

Favorability doesn't increase randomly; it's through signing in or gaining the other's recognition. Izumi's favorability with Kakashi increased after teaching them to swim.

Izumi decided not to expose Kakashi and began practicing chakra control. After weeks, his chakra significantly improved, and he could now perform three powerful strikes with the Windmill Shuriken Jutsu.

Izumi considered trying other jutsu he had learned. Meanwhile, Sasuke managed to stand on water, but Naruto struggled.

Sasuke, irritated, shouted, "Stay away, don't disturb me!"

Several attempts by Sasuke were ruined by Naruto's ripples, causing Sasuke to fall.

"You're amazing, Sasuke! Teach me. Look, I caught a big fish!" Naruto laughed, splashing water on Sasuke's face.

"You idiot!"

Amidst laughter, Inuzuka Kiba and his dog, Akamaru, appeared with two other figures.

Izumi's eyes lit up: Team 8 – Kiba, Shino, and Hinata!

Despite expecting to interact with other classes later, reality proved otherwise.

"Check!"

"Ding! Inuzuka Kiba! Favorability: 50 points! Can sign in!"

"Ding! 50 points unlocked: Body Flicker Technique!"

"60 points unlocked: Quadruped Technique!"

"70 points unlocked: Shadow Clone Technique!"

"80 points unlocked: Communication!"

"90 points unlocked: Enhanced Smell!"

"100 points unlocked: Akamaru! Acquire Inuzuka Kiba as your companion dog! Activate unlimited signing (every 7 days)!"

"Ding! Aburame Shino! Favorability: 50 points! Can sign in!"

"50 points unlocked: Body Flicker Technique!"

"60 points unlocked: Insect Summoning!"

"70 points unlocked: Insect Clone!"

"80 points unlocked: Insect Cocoon!"

"90 points unlocked: Insect Ball!"

"100 points unlocked: Insect Typhoon! Play with insects together with Aburame Shino! Activate unlimited signing (every 7 days)!"

"Ding! Hyuga Hinata! Favorability: 50 points! Can sign in!"

"50 points unlocked: Gentle Fist!"

"60 points unlocked: Eight Trigrams Empty Palm!"

"70 points unlocked: Twin Lion Fists!"

"80 points unlocked: Thirty-Two Palms!"

"90 points unlocked: Sixty-Four Palms!"

"100 points unlocked: Byakugan! Gain Hinata's innocent heart! Activate unlimited signing (every 7 days)!"

Izumi shivered at the thought of insects but was satisfied with Hinata's abilities.

"Sign in for Kiba, Shino, and Hinata!"

"Ding! Kiba signed in successfully! Acquired Substitution Technique! Favorability +5!"

"Ding! Due to obtaining the Substitution Technique, lower-level Substitution Technique experience increased to upper-level!"

"Ding! Shino signed in successfully! Acquired Chakra Manipulation! Favorability +5!"

"Ding! Due to obtaining Chakra Manipulation, lower-level Chakra Manipulation experience increased to upper-level!"

"Ding! Hinata signed in successfully! Acquired Gentle Fist! Favorability +5!"

"Ding! Due to obtaining Gentle Fist, lower-level Gentle Fist experience increased to upper-level!"

Izumi was pleased; these were familiar abilities, and there were no strange surprises this time.

Now that he had interacted with Hinata, Izumi aimed to increase her favorability.

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