Kyōichi, Konoha’s Life Mentor

"Kyōichi-san..."

After leaving the Hokage Tower, Kyōichi was about to check the system panel - the meeting had just ended, and he had heard the notification sound but hadn't had time to look.

However.

Before he could, he heard someone calling him from behind.

That voice...

Namikaze Minato?

Kyōichi turned around and indeed saw the golden-haired Namikaze Minato walking towards him.

"Minato-senpai, do you have any instructions for me?"

Currently, Minato wasn't yet the Fourth Hokage.

However, after the Battle of Kikyo Mountain, he had begun to build some reputation in Konoha, quite different from newly promoted jōnin like Kyōichi.

"I wanted to ask you why basic medical training should be included in the training content? Medical ninjutsu is vast and profound, even jōnin probably don't know much about it."

Minato was somewhat puzzled.

Konoha's medical system was the most complete in the ninja world, yet even they couldn't assign a medical ninja to every team because the requirements for medical ninja were too high!

Especially in four-person teams, the medical ninja not only had to save people but also prevent themselves from being targeted by enemies.

Therefore.

He didn't understand why they should include medical knowledge training in just one month.

Such a short time would hardly have any effect.

However.

He felt Kyōichi must have his reasons.

"Minato-senpai, I don't mean to turn them into medical ninja, but rather to teach them some basic medical knowledge, like bandaging, using medicine to stop bleeding, and so on."

Kyōichi explained.

He had noticed before.

While Konoha's medical ninja system was very powerful, the best in the ninja world, there were still some significant problems during war - too much dependence on medical ninja.

Without a medical ninja, they couldn't treat injuries?

Emergency treatment could sometimes save a ninja's life!

"Indeed, many genin don't know these things."

Minato pondered carefully.

Among Konoha's ninja, only some experienced ones knew these skills. Such valuable battlefield experience hadn't been widely shared, which was truly regrettable.

It should be promoted!

His doubts disappeared, and he became increasingly impressed with Kyōichi, saying sincerely: "Kyōichi-san is truly a genius. I heard you were amazing at teaching and very skilled as well, but I didn't expect you to have knowledge of medicine too."

"it's just some trivial knowledge."

Kyōichi wasn't being modest.

His medical knowledge came from the system, besides the Healing Sage Art, it was just basic content.

This was indeed just a little knowledge.

"Kyōichi-san, do you have any advice about Four-man teams? To be honest, Lord Hokage has asked me to lead a team, but I have no experience."

Minato scratched his head.

This was what he really wanted to ask.

Kyōichi was like him, both very young jōnin, but the other was very knowledgeable about education.

Minato felt he could communicate better with someone young.

"Our village's four-man team system is already very mature. I'm just a newly promoted jōnin myself, and tomorrow I still need to meet my three new subordinates... If we divide by combat style, I think there should be one for frontal assault, one skilled at infiltration and assassination, and one for support."

"Frontal, infiltration, support?"

Namikaze Minato fell into deep thought.

Very fitting!

Every ninja team in Konoha was divided according to this pattern, just that no one had specifically summarized it in these terms before.

"Indeed, even the Ino-Shika-Chō combination actually follows this pattern."

It's just that.

The "infiltration" position in Ino-Shika-Chō was rather special.

Minato figured it out and became increasingly impressed with Kyōichi - though very young, he understood things better than jōnin with many years of experience.

Having such a genius was truly a blessing for Konoha!

Afterwards, Minato and Kyōichi discussed ninjutsu, especially the Body Flicker Technique.

Both were masters of the Body Flicker.

However.

Their understanding was clearly different.

Namikaze Minato's Body Flicker emphasized speed, while Kyōichi had gradually developed a style similar to Shisui's - fast and unpredictable.

Different styles, different techniques.

After their exchange, both were very satisfied.

The only issue was.

Minato felt he had gained too much. He had asked Kyōichi so many things, and had originally planned to repay the favor by giving guidance on the Body Flicker Technique...

Unexpectedly, Kyōichi was also a Body Flicker master, with understanding no less than his own.

This was awkward.

Kyōichi wasn't concerned about this.

You reap what you sow - just by giving guidance to Namikaze Minato, he could earn some rewards.

Indeed, his guess was proven correct.

Back home, after checking the rewards, Kyōichi's smile nearly split his face.

His Body Flicker proficiency had reached the maximum, and he had gained understanding of Wind chakra knowledge.

Not bad!

Of course, these were just minor gains.

The key was another reward.

[Completed 'Graduation Training' teaching.]

[Evaluation: Excellent!]

[Rewards:

1. Wind Release: Rasenshuriken

2. Leaf Style: Willow

3. Four Symbols Seal

Host may choose two out of three.]

Another choose-two-out-of-three.

Kyōichi wished he could have them all, but unfortunately, he had to give up one.

And this was already with an "Excellent" evaluation.

Otherwise, it would have been even more difficult to decide.

Actually, there was no need to consider.

Among these three, he decisively eliminated the first one, since he didn't have Sage Mode, making that item's practicality low.

Moreover.

He understood how to practice the Rasengan and the Rasenshuriken.

With Sage Mode, he could practice it himself at worst!

Looking at the other two...

Leaf Style: Willow, an S-rank genjutsu sword technique, unique in the world.

The Four Symbols Seal's effect wasn't as great.

However.

Compared to the completely useless Rasenshuriken, at least this came with sealing technique knowledge.

[Successfully claimed.]

Got them!

Kyōichi carefully absorbed the knowledge, mastering these two S-rank techniques in an instant.

After all, they were system gifts.

No need for much contemplation to quickly master them, but the partial sealing knowledge that came with the Four Symbols Seal gave him a slight headache.

The amount was too large!

Just one Four Symbols Seal involved so many formulas, it was hard to imagine how much time and effort it would take to self-learn.

But the effects were also obvious -

With sealing techniques, he wouldn't need to be too afraid when encountering jinchūriki.

"Next is swordsmanship..."

Kyōichi's swordsmanship knowledge mainly came from his grandmother's "inherited" sword technique notes, which mainly contained swordsmanship and theoretical content.

Leaf Style: Willow was an example of theory transformed into practice.

It was very powerful even used directly.

However.

The essence of Leaf Style: Willow was combining genjutsu with swordsmanship. How could it be simplified into simpler movements that could be integrated into other techniques?

For example, the Iaido slash!

Even if it could only make the opponent falter for a moment, that would be enough when combined with the Iaido slash, but modifying it to this extent required some accumulation of genjutsu knowledge.

His current knowledge accumulation was far from enough.

Overall, the research value of Leaf Style: Willow far exceeded its practical value, but even its current practicality was very high, especially in group battles, where its effectiveness would definitely not be weak.

Kyōichi had a rough idea.

This round of improvements was quite good, filling the gaps in his swordsmanship, making him more confident about leading a team in battle.