'What an amazing kekkei genkai!! Kurenai ruined Hinata's potential. But that is how it was for most shinobi....'
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Reko looked at Hinata using her kekkei genkai with slight envy and pity. The kekkei genkai that an alien himself praised for its purity could not even reach the Kage level of strength. Part of it was attributed to the bearer's personality but the Jonin sensei also played a major role in it.
'If I had it, then I would have checked Kurenai's reaction.'
'She has got a sexy butt and thighs.'
Reko recalled the weird look in Kurenai's eyes, he was curious about her honest reaction to something that sensual. Was she enjoying it? Was she shocked? He would have known if he had a see through ability.
'Isn't she also in relationship at this point?'
By this time she was already in relationship with Asuma or maybe not. Reko was not entirely sure but he knew that Kurenai was pregnant with Asuma's child before the pain arc.
Perhaps that was the reason for her not speaking about the matter.
"They are quite good already, no doubt Chunin level."
Reko praised Kurenai's Genins in front of her. The role they played in patrolling was evident, allowing Reko and Kurenai to ease up with duties on their side.
"Aren't they? They have been training really hard."
Kurenai seemed really proud of her Genins. She remembered how the chunin exams had left them motivated to train harder.
Kiba, Shino and even the shy girl Hinata had opened up after that incident, all of them were training hard to get stronger.
"Now that you mention it, your physical stats, your chakra is already Jonin level. I am curious how you did not make to Jonin rank already?"
Kurenai seemed genuinely curious as she asked Reko. Normally, shinobis were held back by limitations of their body. Even a prodigy like Kakashi was troubled by the lack of chakra reserves.
But Reko seemed to be different. His chakra reserves were obviously huge, allowing even Kurenai to sense it. Being a Senju, Reko was blessed with a gifted physique. Kurenai seemed curious as to why Reko was still a Chunin even though he was capable of killing a Jonin.
"I was trying to create a personalized jutsu, a speciality for my next rank."
Reko gave an ambiguous but satisfying answer. Not really minding the question, he himself wanted to be promoted to the next rank, hoping to get access to more knowledge.
But then again, it would a slow arduous process. He needed to get to Jonin level, then mid Jonin, then on Kakashi's level before being able to see the real powerful jutsu.
"Figured as much! Otherwise, you already seem capable enough."
'Is he really that strong? I have not seen him fight..'
Even though Kurenai doubted Reko's real strength, it was true that he killed a Jonin alone. She was getting insecure, feeling slightly inferior to a young Chunin.
She was happy enough to get into Jonin rank before finding that there were still rankings in the Jonin level shinobis. Unfortunately, she ranked among the low level Jonins.
This meant that two to three elite Chunin would be able to defeat her. She also lacked destructive power as her specialisation lay in genjutsu. Though, her strategic mind and Jonin level taijutsu was a plus but not something that other Jonins lacked.
'I was wondering if she would mention that incident.'
'She seems to be wanting to..'
Reko looked at Kurenai's expression. She appeared to want to talk more but decided against it.
Once again, they resumed the patrolling, unable to leave it all on the Genins.
As Reko kept looking around, he kept channeling his chakra to charge his kekkei genkai.
He had considered his options and with his new Senju physique it was an obvious choice to make.
Reko decided that he would begin to charge his kekkei genkai as that was the best method for him to refine and fine tune his chakra control while also preparing a slot to use his kekkei genkai at the same time.
Although, the major motivation behind his actions was to avoid wasting his Jonin level charge. He did not want to waste the Jonin slot to learn a low level but necessary jutsu.
Reko had wanted to continue his training in Earth nature chakra transformation but having the thought that he would have to waste the Jonin charge made him change his priority.
Already familiar with channeling and storing chakra into his kekkei genkai, Reko started anew, this time with greater amount because of his faster recovery.
The stream of chakra he channelled was thick and continuous.
'The clones have not dissipated yet. I am hoping they would last until I reach home.' While searching around, Reko did not forget that he had made clones which were training in his place.
And the number was not low, it was four clones, his last time was two clones and that gave him a nightmare.
Reko did not want to experience the side effects of the excessive memories while travelling back to the village. But this did not cause him to ignore the details on his patrolling.
He could see the trio of Genins coming in his direction.
"There's is a bear in the east. A strong foe but he has not noticed us as of now."
The look on Hinata's face looked to be asking if they needed to take care of the beast while it was unaware of their presence. Her Byakugan had good range and the traces left by the bear had made her cautious, allowing her to track the bear without alerting it.
"We can finish it on our own! Just me, and Akamaru."
Kiba was excited to finally see the hope for battle. He immediately requested for Kurenai to allow him to deal with the beast, confident in his strength.
"There's no need to kill the beast. It has marked it's territory and doesn't go out of it."
Shino joined in the conversation, his words seemed to be pointing out that there was no need for useless trouble.
The beast, though powerful, did not seem to get out of the limited area. At least that's what his bugs had conveyed.
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