Kyōichi, Konoha’s Life Mentor

Over the next few days, Kyōichi exercised every day.

Jōnin?

Just a title.

To survive in chaotic times, the most important aspect was strength, not these empty titles.

Kyōichi understood this clearly.

Of course.

He had trained and learned from Might Duy and Might Guy, gaining quite a bit, but mostly in taijutsu - like Leaf Strong Whirlwind and Reverse Lotus.

But these weren't what Kyōichi needed most, they were just extras.

He needed to expand his capabilities!

Just conserving wasn't enough - how long would that take?

Waiting for opportunities to come around by themselves would take forever.

Kyōichi pondered while running.

He needed to take initiative!

After thinking for a long time, he felt he should start with the problem children.

Hatake Kakashi!

As luck would have it, he encountered him just then.

"..."

Kakashi sat by the river, throwing away the White Light Chakra Sabre.

Seeing Kyōichi pass by, he glanced at him for a few seconds, then quickly got up, ran to retrieve the short sabre, and gripped it in his hand before continuing to stare at the river.

The next moment.

A gust of wind passed, and Kanda Kyōichi appeared behind him.

The Body Flicker Technique was fast!

Though Kakashi had seen it before, he didn't understand why Kanda Kyōichi had used it to come here.

Kakashi turned to stare at him, silent.

"What are you looking at?"

"???"

Kakashi was completely confused, not understanding Kyōichi's meaning.

"I see you're confused, so i want to beat you up."

Kyōichi's tone was very serious.

But.

The next second, he sat down beside Kakashi and said, "Still thinking about sabre techniques? In my opinion, I need a sabre, you need to throw away your sabre, we each get what we need."

"I won't give up!"

Kakashi said decisively.

"That's not what i saw just now, wasn't your throwing pose quite cool?"

As he spoke.

Kyōichi swiftly pulled the White Light sabre from Kakashi's hand. The sabre danced in his hands, and the next moment, light blue chakra flowed into the sabre, condensing around the sabre.

Then.

The light blue became more concentrated, finally turning deep blue.

slash!

Swoosh~

The sound of cutting air resounded, light flashed, and the ground split with a deep groove.

"Nice sabre!"

Kyōichi couldn't help but praise.

As expected of the White Light Chara sabre.

This sabre was most compatible with lightning chakra, but water chakra could be barely used as well. Combined with the "high pressure" technique Kyōichi learned from Water Severing Wave, one slash had considerable power.

"..."

Kakashi was speechless.

Isn't this sabre mine?

Why does this guy seem to handle it better than me!

"Here you go."

Kyōichi threw the sabre back.

Kakashi caught the sabre and suddenly struck at Kyōichi.

The speed was fast.

However.

At the moment of contact, the person before him turned into a piece of wood.

Substitution Technique?

Although Kakashi hadn't used full force, and had even held back at the last moment, attacking with the back of the blade so even if he had hit Kyōichi it wouldn't have hurt.

At such close range, he could still dodge with the Substitution Technique!

"Your speed is fast, but your attacks are too obvious."

Kyōichi smiled.

The current Kakashi wasn't weak, but he was indeed somewhat inexperienced in various aspects, very different from the future Kakashi who had experienced many things and trained in ANBU.

"Hmph, I won't give up the sabre, and someday, I will defeat you!"

Kakashi sheathed his sabre and left.

He had found his direction.

As Kyōichi said, since he wouldn't give up the sword, he should find ways to improve.

Right now, he knew a bit of everything but wasn't expert in anything.

It was time to choose a direction!

Since he didn't want to talk more, Kyōichi also felt too lazy to argue today, he was just passing by and wanted to tease the problem child a bit.

Facts proved.

Problem children were truly difficult to handle.

Shisui and Asuma understood with just a hint, but this kid was so stubborn, even now still...

[Completed 'Development Direction' teaching.]

[Evaluation: Excellent!]

[Reward: Iaido.]

Hm?

Reward?

Misunderstanding resolved!

Kyōichi couldn't help but smile.

This kid was just being tough, he had already accepted his teaching but was still playing hard to get.

Good thing the system was there!

Seeing the reward, Kyōichi was even happier.

Iaido.

Mifune's proud sword technique.

In essence, it was just a sword drawing technique!

But this was the best reward he'd received recently.

The key was.

Mifune had his own beliefs about not training ninjutsu or chakra, so in his hands, Iaido was just a sword drawing technique, but Kyōichi didn't have such principles.

Chakra and such.

If it could be used, he'd definitely use it!

System rewards didn't need much practice.

"Too bad I don't have a good sword, when will the Seven Ninja Swordsmen invade Konoha? Oh right, Sword Of The Thunder God should still be with the Third, i wonder if I could borrow it to use."

Kyōichi pondered for a moment and felt there might be a way.

It was just sitting there anyway.

better to let him use it instead.

If not...

He could exchange it for the Seven Heavenly Breaths technique.

After figuring it out, Kyōichi got up and went directly to the Third's Hokage Tower.

When he arrived, Hiruzen Sarutobi was looking at the early graduation materials sent from the academy.

"Shisui, Asuma, who else would be good?"

Nohara Rin?

Wasn't quite suitable.

Nohara Rin had solid theoretical knowledge and extremely strong chakra control, she was a good candidate for medical ninjutsu, not very suitable to pair with Shisui and Asuma.

He flipped through repeatedly, looked for a long time, then sensed someone coming.

The main person had arrived.

"Lord Hokage!"

"Ah, Kyōichi, sit down. I was just about to find you to talk, didn't expect you to come. After being promoted to jōnin, are you willing to be a jonin sensei?"

The Third smiled broadly.

After paying respects, Kyōichi sat down and answered, "Of course I'm willing."

"You've taught those students before, Shisui and Asuma really want to join your team, they both have very good grades, if you don't have any objections we'll settle it, who do you think would be good for the third position?"

The Third had picked out the candidates.

Mainly two people.

Nohara Rin and Yūhi Kurenai.

"Kurenai. Rin is more suitable to be trained as a medical ninja. Although I know some medical ninjutsu, my skills aren't strong, and she might not be able to coordinate as well with Shisui and Asuma."

Kyōichi answered without much thought.

Additionally.

That lovesick Obito had been sticking to Rin since academy, obito's kindness wasn't unrelated to Rin's influence, the Third's side definitely wouldn't want to separate them.

"Same as what I thought."

The Third nodded slightly, no longer hesitating, and wrote down Yūhi Kurenai's name.

After writing, he asked again: "You didn't come for the team matter, right?"

"Yes, Lord Hokage. I've been practicing sword techniques, and recently felt I've found some direction, but I lack a suitable chakra weapon... I heard Lord Second left behind a personal weapon?"

Kyōichi felt a bit embarrassed saying this at the end.

Openly asking for benefits.

Too shameless!

"Uh, there is such a weapon, my sensei used it before, but that sword might not be suitable for you."

The Third immediately understood Kyōichi's meaning.

"It's fine, I just want to borrow it temporarily, I'll return it to the village when I find something suitable, and I can exchange it for a secret technique I developed."