Seeing Kushina being chased by genin, Ye Zi had no expression on his face. He had never thought about stepping forward. The first time he stood up was just aroused memories of the past, and he took the initiative based on ideological impulse. After that, he bullied his classmates. Kushina's behavior was indifferent. In fact, the male classmates who went to find trouble with Kushuna always got the best of them, so this time they even asked helpers who had become genin.
But these have nothing to do with him... If people want to protect themselves, they can only rely on themselves.
After glancing in the direction of those people, Ye Zi continued to walk forward. The direction he walked was opposite to the direction in which Kushina chose to escape.
Minato, who was hiding in the tree, looked at Ye Zi who was leaving with a look of thought in his eyes. Over the past six months, he seemed to have a certain understanding of Ye Zi, although they had only spoken a few words to each other so far.
"What kind of person are you..."
Minato withdrew his gaze, used his strength under his feet, and jumped to the trunk of another tree. He jumped and rushed towards the direction where Kushina was escaping. When he arrived, he happened to see Kushina's hair being covered by Matsushita held it with his hands, while Kushina endured the pain and walked forward like crazy, completely ignoring the bright red hair that stretched and cracked in Matsuda's hands.
"I... hate this hair too, but it's still part of my body!"
Kushina turned around, gritted her teeth, and glared at Matsushita, who looked at the broken hair in his hand slightly blankly.
Minato, who was hiding in the tree, watched this scene silently. This was the power of this girl, which was different from Ye Zi's power...
Then...what does my strength come from?
...
After returning to the house, there was still no sign of Orochimaru. It had been seven or eight months since he had stayed in the village, but he had seen Orochimaru no more than twenty times. Every time he wanted to ask Orochimaru about chakra, he always failed. He was forced back by the fatigue on Orochimaru's face.
The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, and the more things he has to bear. As the Hokage's apprentice and one of the three Sannin, during the period after the second war, Orochimaru seemed to have been executing the task without stopping.
This man's eyes fell on the position called Hokage, and he worked hard for it.
The huge house seemed empty and deserted because it was too big, but it was also the only place where Orochimaru could truly rest. How could Ye Zi speak when he was so tired.
When Ye Zi returned to the house, he first changed into casual clothes, then started to make a simple meal and ate it by himself.
Although the meals are simple, the portions are quite sufficient.
Not long after, Ye Zi quickly cleared away the food. After cleaning up, he picked up his ninja tools and came to the yard. The old tree was still there, but it became a target.
puff!
Throw it casually and hit the target.
One, two, three...
I practiced for more than an hour, and not once did I fall outside the target. This is the result of half a year of life-long training. The stability is excellent. The only shortcoming is that the strength is not as strong as an adult, and the disadvantage it brings is the speed. , but this is not a big problem. As the body grows, the strength will naturally increase.
After practicing throwing shuriken, Ye Zi started regular physical exercise.
Push-ups, sit-ups, stone dumbbells…
He would force himself to perform any exercise that was helpful to enhance his physical fitness. After each exercise, he needed to eat another meal to recover from his tired body, but he could not rely on food to relieve mental fatigue. recover.
After finishing his routine physical exercise, Ye Zi took a shower to wash away the sweat from his body, and then went into the kitchen to prepare meals. It was like this every day, and the cycle continued, and he didn't know when there would be changes.
Half a year is neither long nor short...
But in this half year alone, Ye Zi has been thinking about the world on the other side all the time, and he has always forced himself to deliberately forget the role of time. He kept reminding himself that in the past half year here, there was another world on the other side. Definitely only a few minutes would pass on one side.
He can't eat hot tofu if he's in a hurry, and he knows this very well.
After finishing a table of meals, Ye Zi raised his weak arms and took a big mouthful of rice. After eating half of it, the pain all over his body slowly subsided.
Ye Zi could not understand the special characteristics of his body, but this did not prevent him from using it. It was this characteristic that allowed him to persist step by step.
At best... the energy brought by the food to the body is not enough to make all the aches and pains all over the body disappear, but it has also weakened by 60 to 70%, allowing Ye Zi to sleep peacefully later.
Snapped…
While Ye Zi was eating, a slight sound suddenly came from the entrance.
"Um?"
Ye Zi stopped holding the food, raised his head slightly, and said to himself: "Is Orochimaru back?"
He put down his chopsticks, got up and walked towards the entrance. When he arrived at the entrance, he happened to see Orochimaru changing his shoes.
"You're back." Ye Zi looked at Orochimaru, who had his back turned to him.
Orochimaru nodded. After changing his shoes, he raised his head and seemed to smell the fragrance coming from the restaurant. He suddenly asked: "Is there any food left?"
"One more thing. If it's not enough, I'll help you get some more." Ye Zi said.
Orochimaru glanced at him and said calmly: "No need."
After that, he walked straight towards the restaurant.
Ye Zi did not follow Orochimaru to the restaurant, but instead went to the kitchen to help Orochimaru get a pair of dishes and chopsticks. When he arrived at the restaurant, Orochimaru did not change his clothes and sat quietly at the table.
Ye Zi took the bowl, refilled the rice and gave it to Orochimaru, who naturally took the bowl and chopsticks and started eating without hesitation.
Since there were not many dishes left, Ye Zi finished the food in his bowl without using his chopsticks.
Orochimaru glanced at Ye Zi without any trace and ate in silence.
A few minutes later, there was not even a scrap of soup left on the table, and everything was eaten. It was obvious that Orochimaru's stomach was not as calm as it appeared.
I have never thought about what it would be like to add another person to such a deserted family, but now it seems that it is okay.
Orochimaru put down the bowl and chopsticks and looked at Ye Zi, who had already looked at Orochimaru when Orochimaru ate the last grain of rice.
"Orochimaru, teach me how to concentrate chakra."
Tonight, Ye Zi couldn't hold it any longer and offered to let Orochimaru teach him how to condense chakra.
"The school will teach you." Orochimaru said calmly, his voice as hoarse as ever.
"I want to learn now." Ye Zi said firmly.
Orochimaru had a strange look in his eyes. He knew all about Ye Zi's performance in the ninja school and the hard training every day. He could also detect Ye Zi's strong desire to control chakra. But Ye Zi held back every time, and this time he suddenly brought it up, there must be a reason.
As for the reason, he didn't want to know.
"Chakra has been condensed in your body." Orochimaru looked at Ye Zi and said calmly.