Back to training

Kenji appeared and quickly greeted the group: "Good morning, you are as excited as always."

Dazen noticed that even though he was smiling, Kenji seemed a little more apathetic than he normally was.

Kenji then continued: "Sorry for missing without warning yesterday, because of yesterday's events I was very busy with clan matters so I couldn't come."

Hideki and Ayume hurriedly replied, "No problem, sensei."

Kenji then looked towards Dazen: "It's good that you were discharged Dazen, how is the condition of your body, do you think you can handle the training?"

Dazen then quickly replied, "I'm completely recovered, so I won't have any problems with training."

Kenji nodded and said: "Well, before starting training now that Dazen has returned, I want to tell you something, in about two months Konoha will hold the chunin exam and I intend to enroll you in it."

The news did not surprise the group, they already expected that they would participate in the chunin exam this time.

Ayume, Hideki and Dazen celebrated, the first one said excitedly: "Finally, the chunin exam will be easy for us, we managed to win against two jounin."

Kenji laughed and said: "I'm quite confident in you and of course in terms of strength I don't think you faced any problems, but remember that being a ninja isn't just about strength and the chunin exam will evaluate you in several aspects."

Dazen of course was aware of the evaluation parameters of the chunin exam, but Hideki and Ayume didn't know and were a little confused, Hideki then asked: "What other aspects do they evaluate sensei?"

Kenji just smiled and replied: "You'll have to figure that out on your own, but don't worry, I'm confident that the three of you passed the chunin exam without too many problems."

The three nodded and then Kenji made two clones and quickly guided the three to their training locations to continue with individual training.

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Dazen followed Kenji to a more distant location and then turned and said: "Well I think this will work, you told me you used the lightning speed jutsu during the fight, how did it feel?"

Dazen quickly responded: "The pain is almost unbearable, but the speed gain is incredible, I managed to fight on equal terms with the Kumo jounin even if for a short time, but at times I felt like I couldn't react properly."

Kenji nodded, already waiting for Dazen's response: "This is expected, the pain is because you have not yet completely mastered the jutsu, when you master it you will no longer have this problem, as for your slow reaction your reflexes cannot keep up with the sudden increase in speed so it is necessary use the 'instant reaction' jutsu to be able to use this speed efficiently."

Dazen nodded he understood this point, but the instant reaction jutsu was quite dangerous as it involved using lightning-type chakra to stimulate the brain, thus increasing the user's ability to react, but any mistake could be fatal.

Kenji saw Dazen thoughtful and smiled: "Don't worry, you'll soon be able to learn this jutsu, you just need to improve your control over lightning chakra a little, you're not far from meeting the minimum requirements to start training it."

Dazen nodded, Kenji then continued: "Well now use the 'lightning speed' jutsu I think you will be in for a surprise using it now."

Hearing Kenji's request, Dazen became curious and then began to make 'Lightning Style: Lightning Speed' hand signs, almost immediately one could notice some small electrical sparks surrounding Dazen's body as he looked at his hands with a confused face.

Seeing the confusion on Dazen's face, Kenji quickly spoke: "These little sparks show that you haven't completely mastered the jutsu yet, once you mastered it, they didn't appear anymore, so how does it feel now?"

Dazen then replied, "I still feel some pain, but it's much better than before, I think I can fight for at least 20 minutes now."

Kenji nodded and said: "Well it is expected that you went through a very dangerous situation, but you were able to use this jutsu to fight and survive, in life-or-death situations our body is capable of overcoming some limits, because of this your body was able to adapt faster electricity."

Dazen understood this point, Kenji then continued: "It won't take much longer for you to master this jutsu, as soon as you master it, we will begin training for the 'Instant Reaction' jutsu."

 Dazen nodded and so the training began.

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After training Dazen went straight to his house before long he arrived and went straight towards the bathroom to take a shower, soon after he came out of the shower with wet hair as he thought: 'Kenji-sensei really doesn't take it easy even though I have just got out of the hospital.'

'But today I had a good surprise, I didn't expect to improve so much in the use of the 'Instant Speed' jutsu, I think the best way to improve strength is to actually fight.'

After the fight against the Kumo jounin, Dazen was unable to train, but still the improvement in jutsu control in those days had surpassed that of an entire month of training.

Dazen got dressed and lay down on the bed as he thought: 'It's a shame that I can't get into this kind of fight every time after all it's too dangerous, any mistake and I'm dead.'

'Well, there's nothing I can do about that, for me daily training is much better and safer, now the chunin exam is very close and I probably won't have any problems passing and being promoted to chunin.'

'This way I will have access to Konoha's Rank B jutsu and among them is the 'Shadow Clones' jutsu, when I learn how to use it it will help a lot in my training, despite not being able to use the clones in the same way as the Naruto who simply abused the clones I think it won't be a problem to use one or two clones to train, this will help a lot in mastering jutsus and also in training fuuinjutsu.'

During these months Dazen had not stopped studying the basics of fuuinjutsu, but he had not yet started practicing seals due to lack of time, which is why the 'Shadow Clones' jutsu would be very useful for him.

'When I become chunin I also want to train another chakra nature and there is still the training to master rasegan... I don't think I will have much free time in the future.' Dazen laughed as he thought about his future training, probably only Guy would train more. than him.

Dazen then took out one of his fuuinjutsu books and began to study.