After Kojiro successfully made a breakthrough in his cultivation, he left his house after taking a bath and changing his clothes.
Kojiro arrived at his usual training ground and stood in front of one of the iron stones around the training ground.
"Since I broke through to the muscle transformation realm, I should not have any problem destroying those iron stones with my fists. I should give it a try." Kojiro thought to himself.
He clenched his fist hard and punched one of the iron stones in front of him with all of his strength.
"BAAM."
"CRACK."
"THUD."
Kojiro smiled brightly after seeing that he had successfully destroyed the iron stone and turned it into rubble.
"Perfect, now my pure physical strength without using chakra is equal to 8 tigers. I think my pure physical strength is now equal to elite Jounin." Kojiro thought to himself while smirking in satisfaction; he then continued thinking.
"My chakra reserve also had increased by leaps and bounds; I think right now I have the chakra reserve of an elite Jounin." Kojiro chuckled, then sat on the ground cross-legged.
"Now, in order for me to breakthrough to the steel organ realm, there are two methods I can use. The first method is by absorbing spirit stones; I can buy these stones from the system's shop."
"However, these spirit stones are too expensive; I can't afford to buy the quantity that I need to make my breakthrough to the steel organ realm."
"So, my best option right now is to use the second method, which is refining my body using lightning." Kojiro said to himself while contemplating.
"The foundation body cultivation method manual advised to use lightning to refine the body instead of using spirit stones in cultivation because it will help the cultivator build a solid foundation." Kojiro thought deeply to himself.
"However, the problem is, there is no lightning I can use to refine my body in the land of earth; I must travel to the land of lightning to cultivate." Kojiro sighed in helplessness when he thought of this.
After 10 minutes, Kojiro made up his mind, "According to the geography classes I learned in the academy, there is a mountain called Lightning Mountain in the land of lightning. Pure lightning rains down on the mountain all the time. This mountain is the perfect place for me to cultivate, but right now I am too weak to venture to the Lightning Mountain. I need to grow stronger as a Shinobi."
"For the time being, I will focus on mastering the Shinobi arts and grow stronger as a Shinobi so I can travel safely to the Lightning Mountain."
Kojiro then stood up, unsheathed his sword, and started practicing the katas of the Tyrant sword style that he copied from the Chiba clan library.
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With Yaruichi
Yaruichi entered the Reserve Genins Department, and while she was walking, she heard someone calling out to her.
"Yaruichi, what a surprise! What are you doing here?"
Yaruichi turned her head. She saw a muscular, bearded middle-aged man. He had fair skin and sharp black eyes.
Yaruichi smiled upon seeing the man, and she then started greeting him, "Kagi, good to see you; it has been a while. I didn't know you were here."
Kagi chuckled when he heard this and walked towards Yaruichi He then said to her, "Tsuchikage sama asked me to train the kids here, so here I am."
Yaruichi's eyes lit up when she heard this and said to Kagi, "In that case, you are the perfect person to help me, Kagi."
Kagi looked at Yaruichi in amusement when he heard this and said to Yaruichi, "Well, tell me, how can I help you, Yaruichi? I awe you a lot. You saved my life countless times. This is the least I could do."
Yaruichi chuckled when she heard this, and then she said to Kagi, "I am planning on taking a Genin team. Lord Tsuchikage advised me to recruit a support type Shinobi from the Reserve Genin Department. I asked Kuske for advice, and he told me to recruit Taro Aoki into my team."
Kagi chuckled when he heard this and said to Yaruichi, "I see Kuske is as sharp as ever. Taro Kun is quite talented in Genjutsu and Shuriken jutsu. He will be a perfect support Shinobi in your team."
Yaruichi smiled when she heard this, but then she said to Kagi, "That is good to hear Kagi, but I want you to test him for me while I watch on the sidelines."
Kagi looked at Yaruichi in interest when he heard this, and he asked, "Interesting, what kind of test do you have in mind, Yaruichi?"
Yaruichi smiled when she heard Kagi's question, and she answered his question, saying, "Simple 3 vs. 3; I want to see his talent and weaknesses to evaluate him properly."
Kagi chuckled when he heard this; he nodded his head, and then he said to Yaruichi, "That fine, I will go make the preparation for your little test; wait for me at training ground 66."
Yaruichi smiled, then shunshen away from where she was standing.
Kagi then started walking away and summoning some of the reserved genins.
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After half an hour
Training ground 66
Yaruichi was sitting on a rock. She then turned her head when she sensed Kagi was coming to the training ground and saw him walking with six Genins towards the training ground.
Yaruichi gaze was on one of the Genins behind Kagi.
The Genin looked like a 12-year-old boy; he had brown spikey hair, brown eyes, fair skin, and a lean physique.
"So, this is Taro Aoi; He looks exactly like the picture in his file; his chakra reserve is not that impressive at all. I guess that's normal because he specializes in Genjutsu." Yaruichi thought to herself
When they arrived at the training ground, Kagi introduced Yaruichi to the genins, "Alright kids, let me introduce my friend to you. Her name is Yaruichi Chiba from the Chiba clan. She is an elite jounin of our village."
All the genins bowed respectfully to Yaruichi, then Kagi continued, "Yaruichi is going to pick one of you to join her Genin team. In order for her to decide which one she should choose to join her team, we will divide you into two teams, and you will fight against each other."
All the Genins were excited upon hearing this, and Kagi divided them into two teams.
After Kagi finished dividing the genins into teams, Yaruichi said to the genins, "I don't care what method you kids use to win this battle; you can use any method you want; your goal is to win this battle."
All the Genins nodded their heads respectfully to Yaruichi, and they replied to her, "Yes, mam."
After the two teams took their positions, they grabbed their shurikens and started aiming and throwing their shurikens at each other.
"CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK, CLANK."