"What are you looking at!" Watching Uchiha Yoruki leave, Kushina finally comes to her senses and mutters.
Last time she forces herself to fight with Uchiha Yoruki, she feels the gap between the former and Minato. It is not because she is not talented enough, but compared to these two people, Kushina has been in the ninja school for too short a time.
Her recent growth rate even exceeds that of Mikoto in the past, and even Minato is shocked.
"Kushina, good morning!" She walks into the classroom, and what comes into view is Minato's face with a gentle smile.
The little face that is originally full of resentment instantly turns slightly red, but Kushina, who has a gradually familiar relationship with Minato and Mikoto recently, is not as shy as before.
"Well, good morning to you too." Kushina replies.
Minato still smiles and asks, "You came really early today." It has been almost a year since the start of school. Minato is the first one to come to the classroom every day, and he is used to it, and the second one is Mikoto.
However, because of the training, he comes much earlier than usual. Uchiha Yoruki might have come so early to wait for him, but Kushina also comes so early. The reason why he considers these things is because he sees the unreasonable joy in Kushina's eyes.
Under that joy, what is covered is loneliness. He is originally going to ask Kushina how the holiday is, but thinking that she is followed by the Anbu, he knows that she is not free.
It is not difficult to understand why Kushina comes to the ninja school early after the holiday, because she wants to get rid of being alone as soon as possible.
"Hehe." Kushina responds to Minato with a smile that she thinks is perfect.
But what she doesn't know is that the boy in front of her has already seen through the loneliness in her eyes.
Even more, she doesn't know that he secretly makes up his mind to let her get rid of this state of supervision.
Minato doesn't care what Kushina's identity is. He only knows that her happiness is his own happiness.
Minato does not continue the topic. Kushina returns to her seat. From time to time, she glances at Minato from the corner of her eyes. Her young face is flushed with a cute blush.
Until a familiar voice breaks the atmosphere.
"You two, you are here so early." Mikoto is the third to enter the classroom. When she sees Minato and Kushina sitting in their seats, she smiles.
The two say good morning to her respectively. Mikoto returns to her seat and gets together with Kushina to chat.
Girls' chats do not need to be about specific topics.
After a day's class, Minato sees Mikoto and Kushina off, puts his schoolbag back home, and begins to do the rest of the training for the day.
Under the dim sky, he shuttles through the streets on the edge of Konoha, and looks around vigilantly, because Jiraiya-sensei says that from time to time, he would come to create obstacles for him.
When he finishes the twenty laps today, it is already dark.
After a short rest, Minato returns home and follows Jiraiya's rules to make a simple dinner.
Living alone, he naturally knows some cooking skills, although not very good.
After dinner, it is still early, and Minato doesn't plan to rest like this.
After he cleans up the dishes, he returns to his room and begins to practice hand seals.
In the days that follow, Minato continues to practice this seemingly simple practice.
As Jiraiya says that day, he occasionally causes him some trouble, and he is not limited to hidden weapons such as shuriken and stones. Sometimes he even summons some larger summoned beasts to block Minato's way.
Those summoned beasts also have extraordinary strength, but their physical sensitivity is slightly worse. This is Jiraiya's original intention, which could cause obstacles to Minato, but also give him the opportunity to complete his practice.
Under various obstacles, Minato's practice becomes smoother and smoother. His adaptation speed often amazes Jiraiya, especially the growth of his reflexes.
Just like this, a year passes!
In the streets on the edge of Konoha, Minato's figure quickly passes by. If you only look at it with your eyes, you can only catch a residual image.
Whoosh!
When Minato turns the corner to the next street, several black afterimages come towards him, aiming at his vital points.
This kind of attack is impossible for ordinary people to react to, let alone dodge. A faint smile appears on his face, which has become more sunny and handsome after a year.
He also takes out a few shurikens. They are not props used for practice in the ninja school, but real shurikens.
He "recovers" them from Jiraiya-sensei.
Ding ding!
Minato shoots those shurikens, just in time to knock down all the shurikens that are flying towards him, and he rushes forward without slowing down.
"Good."
Jiraiya praises in secret. He does not teach Minato any shurikenjutsu. What he uses at this time is the skills that he learns from the battle with Uchiha Yoruki at that time, which belongs to the Uchiha clan.
Although that is not all of Uchiha's shurikenjutsu, Jiraiya also does not expect that Minato makes such great progress in shurikenjutsu in this year.
As for his speed, it is incomparable to ordinary Chunin. Even following him in secret is not as easy as before.
The speed of this kid's progress is amazing!
In a year, he only lets him practice the basics. In addition to summoning, he does not teach him any ninjutsu.
As expected, Minato also brings his best speed to the extreme. He tries to block Minato's way, but Minato is able to avoid it and even counterattack.
Minato's current strength has surpassed those teachers in the ninja school, but he does not show it.
Jiraiya wonders what Shirota-sensei and others would think if they knew that they are surpassed by an eight-year-old child?
Konoha's seventh training ground.
Today is a day off. After completing today's training, Minato comes here. Jiraiya is already waiting for him in the training ground.
But Minato knows that it is still just a shadow clone, not the real teacher.
"Sensei, today I must defeat your shadow clone!"
Minato bows slowly, and when he raises his eyes, his azure blue pupils are already filled with fighting spirit that is inconsistent with his usual gentle appearance.
Swish!
The next moment, Minato's figure turns into a yellow flash and takes the initiative to attack!
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