Two Months of Growth

Time passed by, and the classroom gradually filled with students.

Yagyu, sitting at the back of the classroom, also saw the other nine strong kids.

As expected, he was assigned to the same class as Naruto and the others.

No surprises there!

Because in this new semester at the ninja school, there was only one class.

Yes, they were the students of this generation.

Although Konoha was large, not everyone was willing or qualified to become a ninja, even among children of the same age.

Out of a hundred people admitted, maybe eighty would actually join, but it was already impressive if fifty of them could persevere.

Yes, the entrance exam was not the end of the challenges.

Extracting chakra was not an easy task, and not everyone could do it so quickly.

Chakra was the perfect fusion of spiritual and physical energy, creating a unique form of energy.

When they entered the school, the students were tested for their aptitude in chakra extraction, and then the school teachers provided specialized training to meet the requirements.

In this classroom, more than half of the students still didn't have chakra.

After all, this was the real world, and life wasn't as rosy as in anime.

The classroom gradually filled with students, and Iruka, the teacher for this generation, made his appearance. He introduced himself and organized everyone to attend the entrance ceremony.

On the training field, the Third Hokage spoke to the new students about the Will of Fire in Konoha.

Listening to the classic line, "Wherever there is the dance of leaves, fire will burn. The shadow of fire will illuminate the village, and new leaves will sprout," Yagyu keenly felt the excitement that surrounded his peers.

Indeed, it was a phrase that could stir up passion.

It easily enhanced the sense of belonging for orphans and children towards Konoha.

However, Yagyu was not among them.

Putting aside his mature mental age, the world of the Hokage was the darkest among the Three Great Manga Worlds in terms of politics.

The elderly Third Hokage, who had lost the "Will of a Shinobi," rooted in darkness and coveted the position of the Hokage, while Danzo planned to annihilate the Uchiha clan next year, known as the strongest clan in the ninja world.

The era of peace was both the worst and the best.

The downside was the absence of war, which made it difficult for students to graduate at a young age as prodigies.

The upside was that even if someone became a top student, they wouldn't be targeted by Danzo lurking in the shadows unless they possessed a special bloodline limit.

After activating the Ultimate Inheritance System, Yagyu had already made plans for the next six years.

Sneaky development!

With an experience gain of 0.02% per day, it would amount to 7.3% in a year and 43.8% in six years.

Unlocking nearly half of his progress would make him unquestionably superior to his peers at that time.

Thinking of this, a glimmer of determination flashed in Yagyu's red eyes.

The morning was for book distribution, with no classes scheduled.

After receiving the books, Yagyu followed his classmates and left the classroom.

Eager to go home and practice swordsmanship, he declined the enthusiastic invitations of other children his age. He walked out of the school gate, leaving disappointed gazes behind.

Back home, Yagyu hurriedly changed into training attire and entered the dojo, holding a bamboo sword, ready to start his daily sword practice.

A thousand strikes might not seem like much, but the posture and movements needed to be precise. The system

wouldn't count any mistakes made, and the weight of the bamboo sword was too heavy for a six-year-old child. To ensure the health of his arms, Yagyu controlled himself, taking about ten seconds for each swing. After several dozen strikes, he would take a short break.

After completing the task, he would enter his spiritual world to gain insight. After gaining insight, he would continue to practice until he absorbed all the knowledge and experience. Only then would the session be considered complete.

Afterward, he would extract chakra.

Usually, this amount of time wouldn't be a problem.

However, upon entering the ninja school, classes would occupy the mornings and afternoons, leaving only the time during lunch and evenings. Clearly, it wasn't enough.

So, Yagyu fought against every second.

He also had a premonition that the [1000 Sword Strikes] task was just the beginning, and the system wouldn't make it so easy for him.

And indeed, Yagyu's intuition was correct.

Performing a thousand sword strikes with standard posture and movements was indeed a difficult task for a beginner in kenjutsu.

But once he got used to it and his body developed, performing a thousand sword strikes became effortless.

So, 19 days later, exactly two months after Yagyu acquired the system, the content of his daily task changed.

[2000 Sword Strikes].

The quantity doubled.

However, this task didn't put much pressure on Yagyu.

In these 19 days, his template of "Hawk Eye" had unlocked up to 1.32% proficiency.

As the unlocking progress increased, the scenes in his spiritual world remained focused on Hawk Eye's sword practice and battles, but those battles had already progressed from childish skirmishes to duels with teenage swordsmen.

In Yagyu's spiritual world, Hawk Eye was no longer a beginner in kenjutsu but a genius swordsman who had defeated sixteen-year-old opponents.

Thanks to the insights and assimilation in his spiritual world, Yagyu's grasp of swordsmanship, within just two months, transformed from a clueless outsider to an incredibly skilled prodigy swordsman.

Every swing of the sword in daily tasks flowed naturally and smoothly.

There was no need for deliberate control; each strike was textbook-perfect.

What used to take two to three hours to complete with the sword was gradually shortening every day, to the point where no rest was needed anymore, and it could be finished within an hour.

Even with the doubled number of tasks now, Yagyu spent only five seconds for each sword swing, and it took just over two hours to complete them.

The improvement in swordsmanship made Yagyu's demeanor more confident, and his comprehension and perception were greatly enhanced.

The best proof was that he could see the flaws of the senior students practicing on the training field through the window.

Even in his mind, subconscious thoughts arose about how to decipher and achieve victory.

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I am trying to translate this novel properly but if you sometimes see knife in place of sword don't get confused. The original other uses knife so I try to rename this and other techniques to proper English name in Naruto.

(PS: To prevent unnecessary misunderstandings and doubts, the writer here explains the difference between "jian" and "dao" (sword and knife).

Apart from our country, other countries do not actually make a distinction between swords and knives. Many countries consider knives as swords, and Japan is one of them. For example, Saber in Fate is a knight of the sword, but its English translation can be either military sword or rapier.

So, please don't question in the comments why the protagonist uses a knife but refers to himself as a swordsman, and similar topics.)