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"I'm back."
Back home, Kaoru Uchiha was busy in the kitchen.
Casually dropping the scroll on the coffee table, Manoshi's entire body collapsed on the sofa, out of breath.
"Manoshi-kun, wait a moment. Lunch will be ready soon."
The girl's voice came from the kitchen.
"What have you been doing today? I can tell by the sound of your voice that you're tired."
"Well, I've been working out this morning with a new friend in taijutsu, and the intensity was a bit high."
Unceasingly setting goals beyond their limits and striving to do their best for this goal, the way the Might father and son exercise, was such.
Therefore, once his muscles relaxed from their active state, they would lose the strength to move, just like Manoshi's current state.
"Speaking of which, you should know them too, right? Might Duy, father, and son. After all, are Genin like you."
Kaoru Uchiha came out of the kitchen with a plate and found the name familiar.
"Is that the uncle with the thick eyebrows and green tights? Every day is shouting about youth or something. Obviously, he's already old, but he could still do some hard work."
The young girl recalled, giving Manoshi a clearer picture of his taijutsu teacher, Might Duy.
He was really a weird one.
"That should be him. Although Uncle Duy is a bit strange, his taijutsu is powerful. Mmm, it smells good."
Smelling the scent of food, Manoshi, though tired, still supported his body to get up.
"Do you want me to feed you?"
Kaoru Uchiha, who had set the meal on the table, asked with concern when she saw that he was struggling to get up.
"No, please don't spoil me to that level."
"Haha."
Setting up the meal, Kaoru came over and helped Manoshi walk to the table.
"You shouldn't let people fool you. If Uncle Duy was that strong, why is he still a Genin? "
"Because he can't use genjutsu. The downside of only practicing taijutsu is this."
In this era, pure taijutsu wasn't recognized. Although, as Chūnin and Special Jōnin class of shinobis, limited by the amount of chakra, very few aggressive jutsu could be released.
However, if one couldn't master jutsu, the shinobi would suffer when performing many tasks above Chūnin class.
Excluding the Kumo village's famous jutsu - Lightning Release Chakra Mode. However, the most famous taijutsu user, Lady Tsunade, was praised more for her superb medical ninjutsu than for her taijutsu.
"Not everyone has the same access to quality jutsu resources from a young age as we do, and so many clansmen to talk to and ask for advice."
Even war orphans had a better start than civilians with no background.
"Manoshi-kun, let's eat first."
Kaoru Uchiha was helpless and added some dishes to her brother's bowl. He always did this since he was a child, forgetting to eat once he was talking about a topic that interested him.
"Speaking of which, the Chūnin exams are starting again soon."
Because of Might Duy, the young girl was reminded of the Chūnin examination, which was postponed to a month later because of the war.
"Is Kaoru-san going to sign up?"
Manoshi swallowed the food in his mouth and asked curiously.
If she were going to take it, this would be the fourth time the young girl had registered for the Chūnin exam. He thought the other party had resigned herself to her fate.
"Of course, I don't want to be a Genin all my life."
If there was room for improvement, what shinobi would choose to be a Genin for life?
What's more, Kaoru Uchiha always had the desire to become strong.
"During Manoshi-kun's absence, I've been practicing hard!"
The young girl clenched her fist in front of her eyes and waved it, looking very confident in her own strength.
"Go for it!"
Manoshi finished the last bite of rice and rubbed his stomach with a contented sigh.
"Then it's my turn to take care of Kaoru-san. From tomorrow onwards, I'll be responsible for cooking!"
"Pfft, you can forget about cooking."
Kaoru Uchiha laughed at the thought of Manoshi lying on the sofa, unwilling to move.
"I have never seen you cook since you were a child. I don't want to be poisoned by you."
Manoshi could cook, of course. But when he was a child, he was more eager to increase his strength.
It was hard to relax when the clan's annihilation was hanging over his head.
It was different now. At least Manoshi had a pseudo-Kage level strength and felt that even if he couldn't prevent the night of the clan's annihilation, he could keep his closest people alive.
There was a big change in his mentality.
"Kaoru-san, are you going on a mission this afternoon, or do you want to practice?"
After eating and refueling, Manoshi had regained a bit of energy and helped Kaoru Uchiha clear the table while making small talk.
"Practice. Manoshi-kun, do you need my help with anything? "
"I'm going to teach my students jutsu in the afternoon. Would you like to meet my students together?"
"Alas, when did you get a student? Boy or girl?"
'I think Kaoru-san's point of focus is too strange,' Manoshi thought in his heart.
"Some adopted orphans from the battlefield. They had only reached the level of refining chakra."
He gestured with his hand around his waist and found a suitable height, "They're both only small beans, around this tall."
"Really? Then let me teach them!"
Kaoru Uchiha had stars in her eyes, acting as if she was a veteran teacher.
However, it was true that Kaoru Uchiha, who liked children, took care of the children in the family several years ago and was experienced.
After washing all the dishes, the two of them took a nap and went out together.
Armed with a dozen chakra test papers bought from a ninja store, Manoshi and Kaoru Uchiha arrived at the orphanage's main gate.
"Sensei!"
Urushi, who was playing ninja games with a group of children in the yard, saw Manoshi and quickly ran over.
"You're Urushi, right? I am your sensei's sister, Kaoru Uchiha. I'll give you a gift if you call me Oneesan! "
On the way, Manoshi had already described the characteristics of the two students to the girl, and the outgoing one was clearly not Kabuto Yakushi.
"Oneesan!"
Urushi spoke without hesitation.
"A gift for you."
"Thank you, Oneesan!"
Taking the kunai from Kaoru Uchiha's hand, which was already covered with blemishes, Urushi held it in both hands as if he had acquired a precious treasure.
"Yoroi Akadō, Misumi Tsurugi, look! This is a gift from my sensei's sister!"
'Hmm,' Manoshi felt that these names sounded like they came from the same collection as Kabuto's.
Seeing that it was someone Urushi knew, other children also gathered around to look at the kunai in Urushi's hand with envious eyes even though it was so dull that they couldn't even cut their fingers with it.
Seeing so many children gathered around, Kaoru Uchiha poked the teenager beside her awkwardly.
She didn't think there would be so many children in the orphanage, and she only prepared two gifts.
Fortunately, Manoshi had prepared these children's 'gifts' just in time to use them.
"Ahem." He cleared his throat and attracted the children's attention. "In fact, I prepared gifts for everyone." Manoshi took the dozen chakra test papers out of his bag.
"This is called a chakra test paper, which can detect a person's chakra attribute as long as chakra is injected into it. For example, suppose there is a lightning attribute, the test paper will wrinkle up. In that case, water attribute will make the test paper wet, wind attribute will cut the test paper in half, earth attribute will make the test paper turn into powder, and for fire attribute, it will naturally make the test paper burn."
"Woah--!"
Amidst the children's excitement, he handed all the test papers to Urushi and instructed him to distribute them in quantities of two per person, and Manoshi continued.
"However, there is another big prerequisite for using this test paper. That is, to have chakra. Urushi, would you like to show them the method of refining chakra?"