Chapter 4: Ninja Academy (Edited)

Naito looked conflicted, he was grateful that Kushina was willing to go to such lengths for him despite having no talent in Ninjutsu, but being under protection just doesn't sit well with him. With a pained look on his face, Naito returned to his room, clearly restless. With nothing better to do, he went back to training.

One hundred and twenty-six... One hundred and twenty-seven!

...

Two hundred and thirty-one ... two hundred and thirty-two!

As he silently counted his push-ups, his body was already drenched in sweat.

The floor was soaked with sweat, and a water stain appeared.

His arms were slowly becoming heavier and stiffer, it seemed like they could no longer support his body and he would fall over in moments.

But, as tired as he was, remembering his mediocre past life, his accident and that the Second Ninja World War was coming. He could not accept being weak.

His arms were numb and he could barely feel them.

He now relied on his willpower to squeeze every ounce of strength out of his body, and thus forcibly break through the limits of his body.

Last time, Naito only did two hundred and seventy-six push-ups.

But this time, Naito gritted his teeth and insisted on reaching three hundred and twenty, completing the small target successfully.

However, his arms were already losing strength.

He insisted on doing three hundred and fifty, but in the end fell at three hundred and forty-five.

Unable to continue, he crashed to the ground, panting violently.

This time, Naito did much more than last time.

It could be considered as breaking the limits of the body once.

"Ha... ha... ha... ha... Very good. The next goal should be to increase the training by at least a hundred. Without such hard training, it's impossible to obtain the power that Might Guy had in the anime," Naito said while panting.

Although his arms were stiff and he couldn't feel them, there was no depression in Naito's eyes, on the contrary, he became more determined.

After a short rest, he struggled to his feet and began to squat down.

"I'll do a hundred more squats than last time," Naito said.

Repeating his movements, not only to reach the set goal but to surpass it.

After setting a goal, Naito didn't even realize how much he was sweating. The puddle was getting bigger.

And the end result was that Naito did one hundred and seventy squats more than the previous time, and surpassed the set target.

Mustering up his last bit of strength, he dragged his body to his bed and immediately fell asleep.

Despite doing such extreme training during the night, he could still recover with a good night's sleep. After all, this world is full of characters who could perform superhuman feats, even if Naito would find it hard to mold chakra and use Ninjutsu, his chakra circulation would still strengthen his body to withstand such torturous training.

....

The next day, Naito woke up feeling no wear and tear from yesterday's training.

Clenching his fist and feeling his improved strength, Naito couldn't help but mutter with a hint of joy on his face, "It seems that after breaking the two limits yesterday, my body has gotten a little stronger."

'It would be nice if I could break my limits every day,' Naito thought to himself as he stepped out and walked towards his training area.

It could have been the result of eating the devil fruit, perhaps his new Kekkei Genkai was playing a role in giving positive feedback from his arduous training.

His new power was limited by the amount of strength possessed by his physical body.

"Let's try the skill again this time" thought Naito.

He could barely suppress his excitement, then he clenched his fist and flexed his arm. The white halo surrounded his fist.

Buzz!!!

As his fist flew and hit its target, a slightly brighter white light appeared, then suddenly exploded into the air.

Naito punched the air, but it seemed to be hitting a mirror.

Crack!

The space where he hit his fist suddenly had cracks in it as if it were a fragile broken mirror. The cracks were thin, but he knew he had more power than before....

Naito withdrew his fist, showing a hint of satisfaction, "Indeed, the damage caused increased."

Now it seemed that his fist should be able to parry melee attacks, but it wouldn't be able to parry short swords or shurikens with a change of chakra nature attached to it.

What left Naito feeling a bit unsatisfied was the fact that his shock power did not extend far enough, only a meter at most. Of course, the range would also increase as his physical body became stronger.

For now, his shock power would only be effective in close combat. so Naito still had no long range attacks.

An idea occurred to Naito. He pulled out a kunai from his bag and held it up. The kunai suddenly had a layer of white light, immediately after, he threw it at a distant tree.

Crack!

Nailed to a tree, the white light surrounding the kunai disappeared as small white cracks formed around the area where it penetrated.

Crack! Crack!

The tree then shook as the surface layer of the trunk cracked.

"Trying to use shock power in this way seems to lessen some of the damage caused, but no matter, it's enough for now," Naito said as he smiled.

"In the future I could combine my chakra nature with the shock power, improving its penetrating power" thought Naito as he approached the tree and took out the kunai.

He observed the effect of his attack. Being satisfied, he nodded and went in the direction of the Ninja Academy, muttering, "Today, there is a one-on-one combat test, I can't train too much, I must conserve my strength."

Then, after eating, Naito headed to the Ninja Academy.

The Ninja Academy was founded by Senju Tobirama out of military necessity, to nurture the next generation of ninja and create a standardized ninja force, but only ten years have passed since the founding of the Ninja Academy, so many things were not as perfect as shown in the anime.

During this period, the Senju Clan had just begun to decline and was not completely extinct.

The Uchiha Clan, on the other hand, was in a prosperous stage.

As for the Hyuga Clan, they can only step aside for now.

Currently, the number of students in the Ninja Academy was still low compared to the anime, as not many civilian families enroll their children in the Ninja Academy. One exception was the Uchiha Clan, they were still strong with many members. However, for the civilian families in the village, they can only step aside and admire the prestigious clans.

As soon as he entered the classroom, Naito saw Kushina greeting him, "Naito, you're here."

She is probably the only one who would greet him.

Other students either ignored him completely, or looked at him with slight disdain and then turned their heads indifferently.

"Yes," Naito said as he smiled at the redhead.

He went to sit in his place while Kushina, still looking at him, asked, "I gave you an ointment last night, did you bring it?"

"Ugh... Did I forget?"

"Why are you so careless, how are you going to treat yourself later if you got hurt," Kushina said angrily while pouting.

"..." Naito was silently getting annoyed.

Argh.

Why does she think I'll end up injured?

She really doesn't have any confidence in me, does she?