440 Chapter 40

Title: Training Arc Begins

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It took an entire week for all the injured Genins to get back to their feets.

Special ones like Sasuke recovered quickly, Tenten took some time and as for the remaining that mattered, they didn't really need to rest.

Neji and Naruto didn't really exert themselves to the point of injury. Masaru too. As for Temari and the others, they also didn't need much medical attention.

"So you've gotten the hand signs needed for the chidori?" I asked the raven haired Sasuke who had his arms crossed across his chest.

"Hn. I just need a little bit of control and refinement to get it usable in a month's time." Came Sasuke's well veiled and subtle arrogant reply.

"I see, and you Tenten, do you know why you're here?" I asked the civilian weapon-mistress but she shook her head.

"Guy-sensei said he had nothing to teach me during his month and I should come meet you if I want to get stronger...and here I am."

"So you want to get stronger?" I asked and she nodded.

"I've always wanted to be as strong as Tsunade of the Sannin."

"Oh? Why so?" I asked curiously and that proved to have been the wrong move as she began to pour out all of Tsunade's achievements which took a while five minutes of our time.

"Unfortunately, I'm not that talented in medical Ninjutsu so I can't follow in her footsteps." She said sadly.

"But she's strong. Very strong. Why didn't you follow that footstep?" I asked and she shrugged. "I don't know how. I've done the best I could do but I guess I'm not just talented enough."

"Oh... Alright, I'll take it that you two are interested in becoming stronger than your current selfs right?" I asked and they both nodded.

"Um, Sensei?"

"Yeah?" I answered and turned to look at Haruta who was fidgeting behind me.

"Aren't you going to train us too?" She asked and Takashi and Masaru nodded.

"Yeah, and I don't see Naruto here either." Sasuke chimed in.

"First off, you three don't need this training. You're already Chunin material. I'll recommend you three to the Hanakage. You three just need to find your own fighting style and stick to it." I said to my students before turning to Sasuke.

"As for Naruto, he's already being taught by someone very strong. He might actually surprise you in the coming exams." I said while stroking his ego.

"Humph, I'll just have to train harder don't I?" He snorted and looked to the side, but I noticed a fiery light flash across his eyes

"Then that's good." I said and turned to my students. "Be good in my absence. This isn't our Village, remember that, everything you need is in this hotel."

After saying that, I disappeared, pulling Sasuke and Tenten along with me.

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In a hub within a pocket dimension I had created a couple years back in this life, I stood before a huge screen as I inputted some codes necessary in creating a full dive immersion training space for the two.

"Alright, Sasuke, stand on that elevated surface over there." I said pointing to a small cylindrical platform by the side.

Sasuke, despite this abrupt change in location as well as the new sight in front of him, nodded and went on to stand on the platform.

As soon as he did, his entire body was scanned as a comprehensive detail of his status appeared on the screen.

"That's enough, your turn Tenten,"

"Um, where are we currently?" She asked, looking all fidgety .

"My private training space, now stop dilly dallying and go stand on the platform." I said with a smile after which she nodded and did as told.

After her status was copied, I then proceeded to create ten thousand copies of both Sasuke and Tenten.

For the ten thousand copies of Sasuke, I armed them with various weapons such as Kunais, shurikens, daggers, swords, Chidori and finally the various possible transformations of the chidori.

For Tenten I went ahead and armed them all with the various Weapons I have ever seen in this Shinobi world.

Ranging from Kunai, shurikens, small and large ones, dagger, swords, normal and variant sized swords, Senbons, naginata, sickles, fans, chakra conducive blades, paper bomb, ax, arrows and many more.

When I was done creating, I turned to the duo and said. "Now kids, what I've just done is create a whole space just for your training process."

"Training?"

"Yup."

"I thought you'd be teaching us personally," Tenten asked.

"Huh? And why will I do that? Isn't it much more interesting to learn from practical experience?" I asked back.

"Now this space was created by me some time back. I initially did it to cultivate my killing intent. The largest number of opponents you can fight in there is 100,000."

Clicking a particular key on my keyboard a screen popped out with names and achievements after the names.

In the first place was: Tengoku Shun: 100,000 Enemies -27 days.

In second place: Uchiha Shisui: 92,000 Enemies 37 days.

In third place: Uchiha Itachi: 90,000 Enemies 35 days.

In fourth place: Uchiha Izumi: 87,000 Enemies 40 days.

In fifth place: Inuzuka Hana: 80,000 Enemies 47 days.

On seeing a certain name on the list, Sasuke's Sharingan flared as his face instantly became expressionless.

"Who are those?" Tenten asked.

"Those are the only people privileged enough to enter this place. And that is their records. You only have 100 trials before you're kicked out of the space."

"A hundred trials?"

"Yup. You can only be killed a hundred times. After your Hundredth death, you'll be kicked out of the space."

"We'll die!?" She shrieked and took several steps back Which caused me to roll my eyes at her.

"How can you wish to follow in Tsunade's footsteps if youre so scared of death? I'll have you know that she participated in three wars and came out alive."

"Th-that's..."

"How do we get out names on the board?" Sasuke asked, interrupting her and I smiled.

"Simple, go against yourself a hundred thousand times..."

"But..?" He asked and I smiled even wider and said.

"They'd be an ever evolving version of your current self."

"Huh?" Came Tenten's confused voice.

"The you that I recorded with that platform will continue to evolve into a better version of yourself the more you kill them." I replied.

"I'll have to kill myself?"

"You can always choose to change the face you'll be seeing, but I'll advise against that."

"Why?" Sasuke asked

"Because that way, you can be sure you're always surpassing yourself." Came my reply.

"Itachi.... how old was he when he made that achievement?" Sasuke asked and I answered.

"Just 12 right around your age, I think..."

"Itachi? Who's that?"

"No one you should concern yourself with as of now." I answered.

Due to various reasons, Itachi's name wasn't as notorious as it was supposed to be in the original timeline. Although he was famous for being a clan killer, Danzo and Hiruzen didn't make it widely known throughout the village.

As such, a normal civilian such as Tenten didn't really know of his infamy.

"Now, before you enter, there's something I would like to teach you." I said and moved towards a training dummy by the side.

"Tenten, you're a civilian. Normally, you'd assume you'd be less talented than the clan kids. That's true, but one thing the clan kids don't have is...Choice."

"They don't choose their Bloodline, they don't choose their chakra natures, they don't choose their fighting styles, they don't choose most of the things you get to choose from."

"They have everything set out for them. You, on the other hand, are full of potential simply because you have that Choice."

"I did a little research on your family and found that your father runs a blacksmith store?" I asked and she nodded.

"That's how you got exposed to the multiple Weapons you carry around, isn't it?" I asked and she nodded.

"Then that's good. What I want from you after this Training, is a kunoichi who will be hailed as a Weapon Grand-mistress in the future."

"Weapon Grand-mistress?"

"Yup. An expert in the field of every weapon." I answered.

"But it's already hard enough to train one weapon to perfection." Tenten said sullenly.

"That is right. I assume your father told you that?" She nodded.

"And he's right. But you're different. However , do you have a particular weapon you love more than the other?"

I asked and she looked contemplative for a moment before shaking her head.

"And that is what makes you different. You love them all don't you?" She nodded and I continued. "That is what is necessary in training in this field."

"A Shinobi who sees a sword sees a weapon used to kill, but what do you see?" I asked as I pulled out a sword out of the many swords hanging on the walls of the Training area.

"It's a beautifully crafted sword, no indentation whatsoever with an edge so sharp that it could probably cut through stone itself." She answered as she felt up the Sword.

"Astute observation." I praised and took back the sword and handed it to Sasuke. "Try cutting this dummy." I said.

He took the sword, shrugged and slashed at the dummy, leaving only a dent on it.

"Hm. Now watch this." I said and took out a pencil and slashed at the dummy, perfectly cutting it in half.

"Wha-!"

"How!?"

Came Sasuke's and Tenten's confused voices.

"That is what I called Intent. The sword intends to be specific."

"Every action has an intent to it. You should have all heard of the most notorious one... The killing intent."

As I said that, they suddenly had looks of realization at what I meant by Intent.

"Any normal person will see a sword as a weapon, but any experienced swordsman would see anything, as a sword. That is the realm of intent." Saying that, I slashed once more with my palm and the already cut dummy was further divided into two.

"This is the realm of Intent. Now Tenten, I need you to reach a realm whereby you're intimately connected to all of your weapons. No matter which one, a Kunai, a senbon, a sword, an ax, or even a spear. I need you to reach a realm where you can transition from one weapon to another without missing a heart beat."

"Let it become second nature to you." I said and turned to the screen and continued. "In there, you'll meet various versions of yourself, well trained in the various Weapons they wield."

"Defeat them, but don't just defeat them, learn from them. Watch them, observe them, their moves, how they move their hands and feet before and after every attack."

"Then attempt to replicate them and incorporate those movements into your own. Only you can then decide how far you want to go as a kunoichi. Whether the future generation will look up to you, or whether you'll be like the many kunoichi who faded into obscurity due to being inferior."

As I finished my passionate speech, I could already see a fire burning in her eyes as she looked at me. 'That's good. All that's left is to see how much she'd grow after this short period. I really hope her life doesn't end up as sad as it was in the original timeline.'

"Um, Shun-Nii..."

"Hmm?" I turned and looked at Sasuke who was demanding my attention.

"What about me?" He asked shyly

"What about you?" I asked back with a confused expression. "And what are you doing being all.shy? You've been trained by both Izumi, Shusui, Hana, and me. What more do you want me to say to you?"

"Put this on and get your ass in there..." I said and handed him a pair of glasses with a huff. "And don't get out of there if you don't surpass your brother. Else, I'm not letting you go find him."

"Eh..?" Was all he could say, unfortunately, as I already logged him into the space as soon as he put on the glasses.

After watching his unconscious body in the ground for a few seconds, I turned to Tenten. "You too girl, or do you want me to do it for you?"

Shaking her head, she put on the glasses and also slipped into unconsciousness.

Unlike Sasuke though, I didn't let her body fall to the ground as I held it telekinetically before also raising Sasuke's and floating them to an already prepared bed for the both of them.

'Alright, the spiritual growth is already in place, can't let their physical bodies lag behind now, can we?' I thought as I initiated a gravity suppression on their bodies.

After that, I attached a little pipe towards their upper spine. This would provide adequate nutrition to their bodies, preventing them from dying from malnutrition with the amount of time they'd be spending there.

I gotta say, I really am a genius.

This little pocket dimension had all that was necessary in training any elite in any world, be it the Japan Anime versions, or the Chinese Manhwa Versions.

In as much as I can recreate them mentally, I can make them a reality.

The gadgets lying around are just there to prevent others from mistaking me to be some type of God...which I am, but still.

In a couple years, even scientists would be able to understand the science behind all these gadgets here. I just made them a little earlier.

'Well now, I look forward to seeing how much you'd grow after this short Timeskip. Naruto already has his Cheat Code, I just hope I can make you catch up real quick.' I thought as I left the room.