Chapter 17 A Realization

I lost, I can't believe it I went into the tournament thinking nothing could touch me and I lost, it's hard to even think about it, and the worst of it all is that I'm doing double training, I'm probably in what of Takeda's other rooms right now, the rooms painted a light shade of blue with a chandelier looking light in the middle.

"I guess shinobi get paid pretty well"

I walk outside the room and don't see Takeda in my line of sight so I decide to explore the house before going to the backyard where he most likely was, there were around 7 rooms in total most of them were normal but there were 2 that interested me, one of them was what seemed to be a steam room I'm not sure of the exact purpose but whatever, the other one interested me because it was locked just the thought of what the old man was hiding away was enough to excite me.

"I guess this exploration took my thoughts away from the loss, lets go to the backyard"

I make my way to the backyard and when Takeda sees me he speaks.

"You took your time"

What exactly does he want me to say.

"Yah"

"You lost, I'm not disappointed though, I knew you would lose"

What type of person trains their student to the point of exhaustion for a week and expects them to lose.

"How long have you thought I would lose?"

"Since the end of the 3rd round, I saw Kannna and what he could do and decided you would lose"

I can't be too mad anymore his reasoning kinda makes sense, I have one question left though.

"What's next?"

This question had flooded my mind since reincarnating in this world, what am I gonna do? of course, I understand the natural progression of shinobi, ninja academy, exam for the next rank, but that's not all there is, in years coming many people could destroy the average shinobi with very little effort.

that's the reason for my wanting to start training early, but I'm starting to doubt if I can really do it, I'm a mob with no special cheats nor bloodlines, in a world where bloodlines and talent determine everything I'm not sure if I can become strong enough to protect myself.

I should probably repress these thoughts until I let them out in an unhealthy way in a few years, like a real man.

Takeda looks like he's about to answer my question.

"Well I guess there are two ways we could go about it, you could enroll in the academy at the normal age of 5 or 6, leaving you with less time to practice the tessen, therefore more time to learn special techniques and chakra from me"

that's a decent option but I'm not sure if I'm ready to interact with the main cast.

"or you could start at the age of 8 or 9, by 7 you should have the basics of the tessen which means you have around a year or 2 to practice with chakra, so you lose out on some chakra control, but you'll be proficient in a weapon and have some special techniques from a special jonin, plus ill be fully focused on you, the choice is yours"

I don't want to deal with the Konoha nine just yet, and special techniques, of course, the lack of chakra controls gonna hurt but when you've mastered the basics of a weapon it gonna give a benefit that surpasses the risk.

so the answer seems pretty obvious

"I want to train with you until 9"

"Ok then the real training starts now"

Wait the training before wasn't real, what exactly have I signed myself up for.

It's getting dark so I decided to just stay with Takeda for the night, I hope my parents don't mind too much.

Mom Pov:

Today my child has not come home, I fear for his safety I know I shouldn't have left him with that man.