The squads that Habara could join, to put it nicely, were not core Konoha teams. Their members mainly consisted of ninjas like Habara, who were not born in Konoha but came to Konoha for various reasons. This was Konoha's way of accepting them.
However, based on the management perspective of a country's military power, there was nothing wrong with this approach from Konoha's standpoint.
At the same time, Konoha couldn't use a team composed entirely of foreign ninjas. Therefore, such teams also needed to include ninjas who were truly born in Konoha. However, how could ninjas who were truly powerful, belonged to Konoha's core forces, and had a certain status and strength join such a team?
So another source of squad members was Konoha's civilian ninjas, even exceptionally young civilian ninjas.
There was nothing wrong with this system, but in practice, problems often arose.
That Captain Hayasegawa didn't need to be mentioned. In a word, he was not a Konoha ninja, but a cowardly and incompetent ninja, so his death was just his death. After learning about his actions, Konoha wouldn't invest much energy in investigating the cause of his death. What was there to investigate about such a person?
However, what about the other young people who died because of this improper command? Similarly, death was just death.
Because he had received specific orders, Habara was temporarily unable to leave Konoha.
A few days after the investigation ended, Habara was still staying in the previous inn. And if he wasn't mistaken, at certain specific times of the day, he would be monitored by Konoha ninjas...
This was normal. With the entire squad wiped out and only one person returning, the village had reason to suspect whether this survivor had become an enemy spy. In fact, Habara felt that Konoha's actions regarding this matter were much gentler than imagined. They hadn't taken any coercive measures against him... Okay, this was him overestimating himself a bit.
To take a step back, even if Habara had become a spy for another ninja village, what large-scale damage could he cause to Konoha with his marginal status? What a joke.
Therefore, Konoha only needed to ensure that he wouldn't run away.
Because his mood was a little low, Habara didn't rush to train anything. He rested well in the inn for three days. During this period, most of the time he was in a daze, a small amount of time he was sleeping, and in a very small amount of time, he carefully reflected on the previous battle, and at the same time figured out what he should do next and how to do it.
To summarize Habara's current abilities, it was actually very easy to describe. Leaving aside those flashy appearances, he had only two abilities: first, metal control, and second, natural energy application.
Through the previous battle, Habara discovered a problem, that is, his speed mode and power mode could not be used simultaneously, because when he used the high-speed Lightning Release mode, the main flow of natural energy was to the meridian system; and when he used the Blood Release power mode, the main flow of natural energy was to the body's muscle tissue.
This situation limited the exertion of his combat power.
Habara used the benchmark he had previously determined to evaluate himself, to slightly determine what level his combat power was at this time.
"Ninjutsu," given that Habara could already use high-level, high-attack, high-defense, wide-range "Magnet Release" ninjutsu, getting an 8 should be no problem.
"Taijutsu" a 4, "Genjutsu" a 3, there was no need to say more about this.
In terms of "Strength" and "Speed," if counting peak data, Habara could get full marks in both of these.
First, Habara was an amateur expert in electromagnetic force. Second, he also possessed high-intensity energy to exert this power. Therefore, his absolute speed was very fast. The problem was only in practicality.
To give a not-so-appropriate example, such as the last battle, if he had a 100-meter sprint race with those four Kirigakure enemies, he would definitely win. But if it was an obstacle course, the situation would be completely different... Habara had agility problems, but it wasn't just an agility problem, after all, he was a person who failed taijutsu.
"Seals," "Stamina," "Intelligence." For the first two, Habara could at most get a passing score of 6. Anyway, he basically didn't form seals, and his chakra level was also ordinary. As for "Intelligence," he very modestly gave himself 8 points, after all, he knew all kinds of information about the ninja world, and his combat IQ would be displayed in a cheating way.
The remaining "Dexterity" and "Secret." Although Habara's own chakra level was ordinary, adding natural energy and mastering "folding compression," his instantaneous explosive power had far exceeded that of ordinary ninjas. However, because he wasn't using pure Sage Mode, based on this imperfection, Habara rated himself a 9.
Finally, considering the metal control ability and natural energy application ability that Habara mastered, he could also very modestly get a 9.
Finally, looking at it comprehensively, although Habara didn't get a "+" representing invincibility in a single item, at this stage, he had already scored 73 out of 100 points. With a slight weighting, his conventional combat power could be given an 800.
If he went all out, his combat power would definitely exceed one Kakashi. (referencing Kakashi's power level as a benchmark)
And this combat power assessment was a comprehensive evaluation. After all, serious specialization made Habara a ninja with very obvious strengths and weaknesses... If only considering attack power, Habara was no longer a person that could be summarized by a small concept like one Kakashi.
And his next direction of enhancement was also very clear, that is, to achieve the simultaneous and balanced use of speed mode and power mode.
However, this matter wasn't urgent. After all, Habara was currently in a "psychological reconstruction period," so it was understandable to be a little lazy... At this time, his feelings were actually not easy to describe, but if he had to say it, it was a bit like a complex state of "clearly not getting anything, but feeling like he had lost everything."
However, after three days of doing nothing in the inn room, Habara finally felt a little bored, so he decided to go out for a walk and take a stroll.
Konoha looked as usual. After wandering aimlessly through the streets and alleys, Habara finally sat on a bench on the side of a small square.
Today the weather was very clear, and the warm sunlight could be projected down without obstruction, making the area around the ground warm. Several cats strolled around with lazy steps, as if they could never cross this small square... The fact was also like this, because they didn't walk a few steps before they directly lay on the ground and began to doze.
Were these creatures like this in any world?
Habara couldn't help but shake his head, and then showed an understanding smile.
For some reason, his mood suddenly brightened.
Perhaps there really was such a truth in this world...
The only thing that can heal a person's depression is someone else's pet.