Konoha 41 years.
School time really flies by. In the blink of an eye, Asahi has been studying in the ninja school for three years.
Three years have passed, and of course Asahi has grown from a five-year-old kid to an eight-year-old kid.
Yamamoto might not be strong, but he's a good teacher. Under his guidance, Asahi's strength had improved rapidly in the past three years.
Although Asahi had not experienced actual combat yet (against genuine enemies), and he doesn't know exactly how strong he was, but every time he competes with Yamamoto, judging from Yamamoto's increasingly serious attitude, Asahi's strength was improving rapidly every day.
In terms of ninjutsu, Yamamoto once conducted a chakra attribute test for him. After learning that Asahi's chakra attributes was earth attribute, Yamamoto also taught Asahi a few simple but useful ninjutsu. However, Yamamoto could not teach Asahi those powerful earth-style ninjutsu.
After all, Yamamoto himself was only a chuunin, and he shouldn't have too many ninjutsu in his possession. More importantly, Yamamoto taught some of his own understanding of ninjutsu and basic knowledge such as the application of chakra.
Being able to learn a few simple and practical techniques, Asahi was already very satisfied. Without the teachings of Yamamoto, Asahi believed that he would be no different from the civilian students in the ninja school at this moment. He would only know how to use the simple three basic ninjutsu taught in the academy, and he would only be used as cannon fodder on the battlefield in the future.
Although Asahi was not an elite now, his survivability was at least much higher than those of the same time as him.
In the past two years, the situation in the ninja world had become increasingly chaotic, and conflicts between villages have continued to escalate. Although the major countries have not officially opened fire, frictions often occur between major countries and small countries.
According to Asahi's calculation of the timeline, in another year or two, the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure would be killed by the Sasori of the Red Sand and his body would be taken away by him to turn him into a human puppet. Sunagakure, which had lost its Kazekage, pointed its finger at Konoha, saying that Konoha sent people to assassinate the Third Kazekage, which triggered a war and kicked off the Third Great Ninja War.
Perhaps the senior officials of Sunagakure themselves knew that it was simply impossible for Konoha to assassinate the Third Kazekage in the Land of Wind.
But whether it's Chiyo's hatred for Konoha, or the village of Sunagakure that desperately needed to establish its authority after losing its Kazekage, or even Rasa who wanted to use a war to gain fame and become the Fourth Kazekage, all of them needed this war.
Lying on the bed, Asahi was constantly planning his future path in his mind.
If he chooses to continue his academy-life and graduate normally in two years, Asahi could at least train with peace of mind for two more years to enhance his strength.
But if a war breaks out between Konoha and Sunagakure in two years just as he predicted, Asahi, who had just graduated from the ninja academy, would inevitably be pushed onto the battlefield. At that time, Asahi, who would have no experience against the enemy and has not even seen blood, would definitely not have any ability to survive.
In a war, even simple tasks such as escorting supplies could lead to death.
If he graduates early, he would lose a lot of training time due to missions, but if he could be assigned a Jonin captain to lead the team, he would definitely learn a lot from the Jonin captain.
Especially the experience of fighting against the enemy while keeping his life on the line. Although these experiences might seem illusory, they would be of great help to Asahi to survive in future battles.
And the most important point was that, now Asahi had nothing to learn in the ninja academy, or even from Yamamoto, Asahi urgently needed to find a Jonin to guide him.
"Sigh"
Thinking of this, Asahi finally made up his mind. Although basic training was very important, the situation in the ninja world would not give him this time.
The Third Great Ninja War was about to break out. Asahi must enrich himself and improve his strength as much as possible. Only in this way could he survive the war.
In terms of guiding him, Yamamoto was no longer suitable, with this thought he fell asleep.
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The next day, Asahi got up early. After arriving at the ninja academy, he did not enter his class, but went to Yamamoto's office.
"Yamamoto-sensei, I want to apply for early graduation. Is it possible?" Asahi asked softly.
"What? You want to apply for graduation?" Yamamoto was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said to Asahi, "Asahi, with your current level, although you could no longer learn anything in the ninja school, but now, the outside situation is very chaotic, and ninjas who go out to do missions are being killed and injured every day. Why don't you study in the ninja school for a couple more years, and after two years, you would have grown up and be grouped with the students of the same class?"
"Sensei, I have made up my mind, please agree." Asahi said seriously.
"This..." Yamamoto hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed, "Okay, I will make a report on your application for graduation. If the superiors agree, I will arrange your graduation exam. But after school these days, you have to come for some more actual combat training with me to improve your combat experience against the enemy."
"Thank you, Yamamoto-sensei!" Asahi said gratefully, "Then I'll leave everything to Yamamoto-sensei."
Not everyone could predict that the war was coming, and Asahi could not tell anyone that Sunagakure would launch a war against Konoha in the next one or two years. What Asahi could do now was to enhance his strength and increase his survival chance against the future enemies.
After school, Asahi and Yamamoto came to the woods behind Hokage Rock and got into a fighting stance.
"Yamamoto-sensei, I am looking for your guidance!" Asahi took out a kunai and assumed a basic fighting posture.
"Okay! Let's begin!" At the same time as he spoke, Yamamoto threw a kunai without any prior indication.
'Damn! Why is this guy so shameless today? A chunin in his twenties actually launched a surprise attack against a kid who is not even a ninja.'
Though he was complaining in his mind, his reaction was not slow. He also threw a kunai with his left hand and rushed forward at the same time.
*Ding*
There was a sound of metal clashing, and at the same time, Asahi had already rushed in front of Yamamoto, holding the kunai in his right hand and slashing it fiercely, but Yamamoto easily avoided it by turning sideways.
Asahi bent his left knee and slammed into Yamamoto's lower abdomen. As a result, he held him up with his hands, and then threw Asahi out.
'The physical strength is not comparable at all. It seems that Yamamoto-sensei is completely serious today.' Asahi thought to himself.
"Asahi, I won't hold back in the spars against you these days. You too have to be completely serious." Yamamoto said with a serious expression.
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