Chapter 135

Ah, cursed Shunshin! For the umpteenth time, I crash into these stupid trees at full speed! Quickly healing my twisted nose and the bump starting to form on my forehead, I got up and shook myself off. This was the sixth attempt to master the technique of fast movement under Saya's supervision. After she fully recovered, which took about six months, I hitched her up for full-fledged training sessions in any free time, including techniques that are mainly taught to chunin and jonin.

Children under thirteen or fourteen simply don't have developed enough bodies to withstand the strain of using Shunshin, but since I have Uzumaki blood and am much stronger than many adults, convincing her to teach me turned out to be much easier. But that didn't save me from humiliating mistakes that any beginner would make, much to Saya's amusement. I suppose it looks really funny from the outside, so I'm not going to take offense, but can't you laugh a little quieter?!

Irritated, I sighed and once again formed the seals of the technique, moving a hundred meters away to an open space. Since there was nothing to crash into, I arrived at the desired location intact and unharmed. The most difficult part of Shunshin is not in its execution, but in the small requirement for the user — it's necessary to clearly visualize the entire path and the final goal of the movement.

Because the body moves at enormous speed under the influence of chakra, the eyes and brain simply don't have time to react to the obstacle that appears. That's why collisions with trees happen. It's also good that chakra-reinforced muscles dampen almost all of the impact without any problems; otherwise, getting a fracture like this would be ridiculous!

"That's it, forget it, I won't try to learn it on my own," I spat on the ground. "Kage Bunshin!"

Twenty clones appeared next to me.

"Alright, guys, let's get to work!" I issued a valuable instruction, then headed to rest near Mom, who had settled in with all the comforts on the edge of the training ground.

"Don't worry, nobody masters taijutsu on the first try," she tried to comfort me as I wearily slumped into a chair nearby. "I was only able to use Shunshin no Jutsu properly after a week of active training, and even then, I ended up in the hospital twice with broken bones. And you want to master it in one day!"

"Yeah, yeah, I know all that, but it doesn't stop me from striving for the best result, using all the possibilities, including clones," I waved off. "By the way, have you thought about my proposal?"

A couple of weeks ago, I raised the issue of starting a family business — selling seals in our own shop. Since after Mom recovered, I flatly stated that there would be no return to service, even if I had to use the knowledge of fuinjutsu to seal chakra, we needed to find some other source of income. In this case, the seal shop turned out to be the perfect solution — it doesn't give me a headache, and Saya will have something to do. Mom took a couple of weeks to think it over, which have already passed, and I wanted to know what decision was made.

"Given the shortage of fuin in the village, it's not a bad idea," she nodded, "but if you think I'll spend the whole day behind the counter, you'd better come up with something else!"

"No problem! At first, of course, I'll have to stand in, but I'll either substitute for you or do it myself, or my Kage Bunshin will," I replied happily, "and then we can find someone from the retired shinobi or someone from the clan who's willing to work."

"Fair enough," Mom agreed.

"The main thing is, do we have enough money to buy land and build the shop? Or at least to buy a loss-making place?"

Since I wasn't familiar with land prices and, furthermore, couldn't even clarify the required amounts legally, due to my young age, I had to completely rely on Saya in this matter, including as a family treasurer.

"Considering that we have just over four million ryo in total, it should be enough for construction, but just barely," Mom scratched her head thoughtfully, "and considering your soon enrollment in the shinobi academy and even fewer hours working in the hospital, we may find ourselves in a somewhat difficult financial situation until the shop is built."

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