Konoha: Sage Body

A month later, in the evening, in the training area of ​​the Senju clan in the eastern forest.

Kirito and Kawaki were in the middle of their daily sparring practice.

At this time, Kirito was under siege by a large number of Kawaki's shadow clone.

Utilizing the huge amount of chakra to make multiple shadow clone to encircle the enemy, these were the usual tricks that Kawaki had been using since he had learned the multiple shadow clone technique.

" Wake up, Kirito, watch me flatten you this time."

More than a dozen Kawaki shouted in unison, then surrounded them from all sides.

Seeing this, Kirito's eyes kept scanning in all directions, and while he saw his opponent's movements clearly and dodged, his arms and legs attacked continuously, hitting each Kawaki with precision and sending them all flying.

Although the shadow clone has a solid body and has a super strong hard to recognize, but the strength compared to the main body is still greatly inferior, and resistance is very low.

Kawaki's body is good, but both strength and speed attributes are currently inferior to Kirito.

As a result, a large number of Kawaki's shadow clone had turned into white smoke and disappeared in the process of being sent flying.

Kawaki, who was mixed in with a large number of shadow clone, did not care about this, and secretly made a seal, preparing to release a jutsu to attack Kirito.

Using the cover of his shadow clone to perform Ninjutsu, this is also Kawaki's usual move.

Not only that, in addition to his main body forming seals, some of his shadow clone were also forming seals, using this to confuse and prevent Kirito to discover his main body.

Kirito couldn't find Kawaki's main body for a while, so he had to eliminate Kawaki's shadow clone as much as possible.

He performed his seals just as quickly, and did so much faster than Kawaki.

But Kawaki's shadow clone wouldn't let him have his way, as part of them continued to charge up for melee combat, while the other chose to throw their shuriken.

Kirito had to stop and take out his kunai to deflect the incoming shuriken as well as kicking Kawaki's shadow clone out of the way as they rushed up.

At this point, Kawaki and some of his shadow clone successfully completed their seals.

Water Release - Heavenly Weeping!

A large number of water needles instantly shot out from the mouths of Kawaki and his shadow clone, instantly turning Kirito into a hedgehog.

"Boom~".

A piece of wood was left in its place.

"Damn, this guy's substitution jutsu release is still that fast, where did he hide."

Seeing this, Kawaki and his shadow clone looked around with a disgruntled expression, searching for Kirito.

"Ah, there he is."

Soon, a shadow clone spotted Kirito hiding behind a large tree nearby.

Kawaki and the other shadow clone immediately looked, but what they saw was not only Kirito, but also a large number of electric balloons glowing with electricity.

Lightning Release - Lightning Ball!

After nearly two months of time spent practicing, Kirito had finally cultivated the nature of the lightning attribute chakra and learned the only Lightning Ninjutsu in his hands, Lightning Release - Lightning Ball.

"Crap, everyone run."

Seeing this, Kawaki knew that it was too late to make a seal and exclaimed.

Among the five elements of ninjutsu, Lightning Release is the ninjutsu with the fastest attack speed, when Kawaki shouted out, some of the shadow clone had already been hit by the electric balloon, and had turned into white smoke and disappeared.

A few moments later, all of Kawaki's shadow clone on the field had been eliminated, but Kawaki was nowhere to be seen.

Kirito jumped down from the tree and looked around vigilantly in case Kawaki made a sneak attack.

But in the next moment, two hands suddenly reached out from the ground and grabbed Kirito's feet, and then Kirito's entire body was plunged into the ground, revealing only a head on the outside.

Earth Release - Double Suicide Decapitation Jutsu!

"Hey, this is my newly learned jutsu, so how is it?"

Kawaki jumped out of the ground and aimed his kunai at Kirito with a smirk.

"Not bad oh, you actually mastered a new chakra nature in private."

Kirito marveled.

Then, he smiled mysteriously at Kawaki and said, "But aren't you getting cocky too soon."

"What do you mean?"

Kawaki was instantly on guard before the Kirito in front of him turned into a cloud of white smoke and disappeared.

Obviously, the Kirito just now was nothing more than a shadow clone.

"Not good."

Seeing this, Kawaki instantly realized that something was wrong and hurriedly left his spot, only to find that he actually couldn't move.

A sealing jutsu had actually appeared on the ground beneath him.

Sealing jutsu - One Series Light Formation.

"It's me who won, Kawaki."

As Kawaki was bound by the One Series Light Formation, Kirito immediately appeared and put a Kunai on Kawaki's neck.

"Damn it, when did you lay down the sealing jutsu?"

Kawaki asked with a defiant look on his face.

"Right when you used the Earth Release - Double Suicide Decapitation Jutsu, this sealing jutsu is very simple, I used one second to finish setting it up, honestly, if you usually listen carefully to Mito-sensei's sealing jutsu lessons, you would definitely be able to quickly notice the sealing jutsu that I hastily laid down."

Kirito said with a smile, before lifting the seal.

"Nonsense, who else but you can learn that kind of troublesome stuff that quickly, I'm not going to learn it from you."

Kawaki heard Kirito's intention to persuade him to learn sealing jutsu and decisively refused.

It's not that he, Kawaki, doesn't try hard, it's really that sealing jutsu is too difficult to learn, he really can't learn it, on the contrary, if it is Ninjutsu, he can learn it very quickly by relying on the Shadow Clone Technique.

After the two of them finished practicing against each other, Kirito began to review the battle together with Kawaki, seriously find out the mistakes that just appeared in the battle and discuss how to make up for it.

This sparring review was suggested by Mito and asked the two to do it carefully.

It was also a homework assignment, and they had to write a summary of what they had discussed and submit it every day.

Because of this, the two's sparring level improved quickly.

"Same as always. You wasted chakra by using too many shadow clones. Don't underestimate the enemy just because you learned a new technique. Hide in the dark unless you don't have enough chakra. If you were on the battlefield, the enemy would have finished you."

Kirito said nonchalantly as he pointed out the mistake Kawaki just made in the sparring match.

"There's still you, hee hee hee hee~"

Kawaki said with a smirk.

"Idiot, how can I be by your side all the time, when fighting, one must always be on guard, you have far more chakra than the others, that's your advantage, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique is tailor made for people like you who have more chakra, you have to make use of this jutsu."

Seeing that Kawaki didn't think twice about it, Kirito decisively banged him on the head to make sure he remembered it well.

It was because Kawaki in the original plot was too reckless and impatient, coupled with being gullible and careless, that he fell for the enemy's explosive tag trap.

Had Kawaki been a little more alert, he wouldn't have died.

You should know that Kawaki's teacher at the time was Orochimaru, with Orochimaru's ability, there was certainly no way that he wouldn't have noticed Kawaki's talent, and in all likelihood, he would have taught Kawaki multiple shadow clone, a suitable jutsu for Kawaki.

"I know, I know, it feels like you're even more nagging than grandma right now, don't worry about it, I'm definitely not going to die before I'm even a hokage."

Kawaki grunted as he hugged his head, then said confidently, giving Kirito a playful thumbs up.

Then, he hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Well, Kirito, with our current strength, our graduation from ninja school should be enough. Why don't we graduate early and then go crush our enemies together?"

The next moment, a fist hit him hard on the head.

"Why are you hitting me, Kirito, if you don't want to go, just don't go, you coward ..."

When Kawaki was beaten innocently, he immediately said angrily, but when he saw the overwhelming serious expression on Kirito's face and the ice-cold look in his eyes, he dared not say anything halfway through his sentence.

It was the first time he had ever seen Kirito show such a scary expression.

"Kawaki, do you know what your status is?"

Kirito said seriously.

"Of course I know, I'm the grandson of the first hokage, so I definitely can't degrade my grandfather's reputation."

Kawaki's expression became serious as well when he was asked about this, and he exclaimed.

"It seems like you understand your identity well then, have you ever thought about the consequences if you choose to graduate and go to the battlefield now?"

Kirito asked again.

Kawaki was only 6 years old, and all he could think about was just wanting to become hokage sooner, so how could he have ever thought about such a question.

He thought hard and couldn't think of any consequences that would come with his early graduation at all.

"It seems like you're really an idiot, so let me tell you, you'll act as a role model, and the hokage-sama and the others will surely publicize the fact that you graduated early and took the initiative to go to the battlefield in order to boost their morale, and when that time comes, you'll become the hero of the Konoha."

When Kirito saw that Kawaki couldn't think of anything, he solved his confusion.

Kawaki's eyes lit up when he heard that he would become the village's hero.

Becoming the hero of the village was something he had dreamed of becoming.

But Kirito's next words poured over him like a pot of cold water, leaving him cold.

"But you will definitely die, because the enemy will definitely try to kill you, the grandson of the first hokage, in order to hit our morale hard, they will send elite jonin or even many jonin to assassinate you, think about it, do you have a chance to escape from the upper ninjas with your current strength?"