"But?"
"But, This itself doesn't define you in S-rank, Ninja fights are bound to be complex, factors like elemental advantage and ambush, steal abilities, environment, companions, hidden cards, attitude during fights etc might seem insignificant, but when brought together could make even an Elite Jounin defeat an S-rank, so you shouldn't get arrogant, even a genin can Kill an unconscious Kage" Guy decided to lecture Sora.
Sora found himself being given a lecture by Guy of all people.
He hadn't expected this even in his dreams.
He had to for the next hour not only heal his disciples but also listen to Guy's lecture.
'Does everyone think that I am gullible? Why do adults like to give me lectures? Do they think I am a kid or something?' Sora pouted internally but didn't show this on his face.
Well, despite saying it like that, Sora didn't protest much. Especially when Guy started giving information about such instances happening in history and even in the last decade.
Soon, Guy was done with his lecture.
Sora was baffled. 'I didn't think that Guy-sensei could give a Lecture for nearly an hour.' If somebody said that Kakashi didn't like Icha-Icha tactics, Sora would choose to believe that rather than what he witnessed today.
'Maybe, Kakashi-sensei also has a youthful side?' Sora suddenly had this thought and shivered involuntarily.
Guy shot him a confused gaze, but Sora shook his head and changed the topic.
"Is there an SS rank or something?" Sora suddenly asked the question on his mind.
Despite not being 8 years old, he have reached S-rank if not became its gatekeeper.
"Hmm, technically no as only a few people reach this level" Guy shook his head.
He indirectly said that not even this early.
Most of the kids Sora's age haven't even learned how to properly utilize their chakra properly and Sora had already reached the level most will not hope to even reach.
This would be enough to shatter most of the people's motivation.
But, Sora's talent and situation are out of the norm.
He had not only gotten a system to increase his stats, especially intelligence and luck initially.
But also got access to a lot of knowledge and had been diligent and abused Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Despite on average having 30 Shadow clones in the last 3 years since he started his journey( average meaning like earlier when he was between 6-7 his limit was at most 20 Shadow clones, saying that it is 30 means that it has increased significantly in last year 7+)
This number might not be as ridiculous as Naruto's number, which would be more ridiculous now, but each Shadow clone has Sora's intelligence.
Even if Sora had not Uzumaki reserves or Shadow Clone Jutsu, he would have reached at least Special Jounin level if not Jounin by now one way or another with just his intelligence.
His luck allows him to give him opportunities that are unlikely to happen either outside or just during training, things like sudden ideas for new jutsu or quickly helping him learn a technique with a lesser number of tries, than normal.
With his intelligence, just one successful attempt could increase the chances of replicating that technique.
Similarly, what happened during this battle with his new variant of Rasengan, some of the credit is given to his luck too.
However, that is still not comparable to Sasuke or Naruto's luck, the difference is how Sora makes use of the opportunities he gets.
Due to the ridiculous requirements to increase his stats from the system, Sora's interaction with it has reduced to almost null in the last 2 years.
"Anyway, Lord Second have devised a method to compare threats of each S-rank so that each could be assessed and compared, because it is important to do that in a war, and it is still updated throughout the years by the Hokage, so you should ask Lady Tsunade when you return to village," Guy said to him and Sora nodded.
'I didn't know that Guy-sensei knows things like that, Appearances indeed could be deceiving" Sora internally made a note of this, so that it doesn't happen in the future.
"Anyway, I am done with these guys, they should be waking after a deep sleep, I will make food in the morning, let's sleep" Sora looked at the surroundings which were nearly dark.
"Very well, I will do the guard duty," Guy said.
"No need, I will create a perimeter with Fuinjutsu, plus my earth clones will do some of their own things too," Sora said and weaved hand seals and created earth clones.
At this point, his chakra was 10 per cent of his capacity, so he decided to go to sleep directly while summoning a bed.
And lying down on his bed without even changing his clothes.
Well, they never were uncomfortable due to fuinjutsu seals and were always at an "optimal" level.
'S-rank huh, didn't think I would reach this level this soon, I wonder when I will reach the level of Pervy Sage' Sora thought while reviewing his current combat system and where he could improve next with the most gains.
Sora's eyes opened suddenly.
'It's morning already' He thought while looking at Guy-sensei doing one-handed pushups.
Even without seeing it clearly, he could feel a weight seal on him.
'Damn, I really need to find ways to break my limits more often, my progress would be even more fast' Sora wondered while slowly getting out of bed and stretching.
He saw Lee beside Guy-sensei who was doing pushups with one finger.
He also was using a kind of seal which was increasing his weight.
"Morning" Sora softly said, despite the sun not rose yet.
He sealed the bed and things he had summoned last night back into his seal.
"Morning Sora! Thank you for the spar and healing us yesterday" Lee loudly said while increasing the speed of his pushups.
"I should thank you guys, I was able to create a new technique in the spar" Sora smiled while bringing out his utensils to cook.
He didn't have to brush his teeth due to seals present to do that.
Same for taking a bath.
"Oh, you can cook?" Lee asked surprised
"Hehe, I could cook a feast if I want to" Sora due to being an orphan knew how to live alone.
But his cooking skills due to his intelligence were amplified.
During the 3 months with Ino-Shika-Cho on the mission, his cooking skills reached to new heights.
He had learned from the best.
It was none other than Shikamaru.
Yup, It came to him as shocking, but Shikamaru can not only cook but is one of the best cooks in the whole of Konoha.
Even Ino and Choji were shocked when they ate Shikamaru's food as they didn't know the lazy head could cook.
He said that he had learned from his father and his mother made him practice due to him lazing around all day.
Soon, Sora was done with cooking the food and the aroma woke Neji and Tenten.
Sora summoned a large table to accommodate 5 people.
Ninjas generally had a larger appetite, especially a Taijutsu-focused team, so Sora made food according to that.
"Damn, I could already taste the food from its smell," Tenten said while looking at the food.
"Hehe, let's dive in" Sora giggled, it's always nice for his cooking to be praised.
People on the table started to eat the food and praised Sora for the taste.
Even the prideful Neji praised him, the food was that good.
"About that last rasengan, That was fast..." Neji during the food started.
"I created that variant on the spot, but still I was surprised that you could use Vaccum Palms with Eight Trigrams" Sora was genuinely baffled when had seen that application.
It was due to his sparring partner being none other than a Hyuga.
"Yeah, I created that last year, I always thought that having a wide area jutsu would be nice, after learning 128 Palms, I was able to incorporate that and made it deadly," Neji said while looking back at how he created that technique.
"Don't be discouraged you guys, especially that last variant of Rasengan, That alone would put Sora at S-rank, despite that you guys fought brilliantly, not only your teamwork was nearly flawless, but your individual prowess also has come a long way" Guy said proudly.
This does seem to uplift everyone's spirit.
Tenten blushed because she realized why the teamwork was "nearly flawless" and not "flawless". It was her fault which led to her becoming unconscious due to her poor landing when Neji threw her away.
They completed their breakfast.
"Now, I would like to tell you about our mission," Guy said, garnering everyone's attention.
"Our Goal this time is Orochimaru"
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