Pupet Master in Konoha

A ninja's physical aptitude is related to two aspects.

The first is natural physical talent, but in the ninja world, there isn't much of a gap in this regard between humans.

What really plays a decisive role is the body activation phenomenon triggered by chakra.

This activation can increase strength, speed, and even endurance.

This is why a young ninja like Obito, who hasn't fully grown yet, can easily run across walls or defeat regular adults.

Even Senju Hashirama, known as the God of Ninjas, owes his incredible endurance to chakra.

It can be seen in how he prepared to commit suicide with a kunai to convince Uchiha Madara and how he was covered in bruises at the end of the battle at the Valley of the End.

When chakra is intentionally limited or exhausted, Hashirama's physical condition is actually not much better than that of regular ninjas.

It's easy to see that the level of activation depends on the amount of chakra in a person's body.

Therefore, in addition to having a large amount of chakra, a ninja with good physical fitness must also have a well-developed meridian system.

The meridian system is like a highway for chakra.

As long as the main meridian trunk is stronger and the branches more numerous, chakra can reach every cell without obstacles, thus further improving the activation level.

The reason why the Eight Gates can change fate against the will of nature and surpass the human body's limits is that it temporarily increases the body's activation level by unlocking the eight centers in the meridians that limit the amount of chakra, forcing more chakra to flow through the meridians faster.

Of course, the price is that practitioners must undergo unimaginable, arduous training every day for ten years to endure the damage caused by the flow of large amounts of chakra through the meridians.

Unfortunately, Hideki's chakra volume and meridian system are mediocre.

Even if he wanted to learn the Eight Gates, he doesn't meet the basic physical aptitude requirements.

So, Hideki had no choice but to find another path and begin from different directions.

What inspired him was the Seven-Day Breathing Method, which can also increase the activation level.

This secret technique was created the future Sunagakure leader in the original work. It's said that by inhaling a large amount of oxygen, the body's activity improves, resulting in power similar to the Eight Gates.

But this isn't the world of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—just inhaling oxygen can't achieve this effect.

Thus, Hideki reasoned that was actually intentionally blending chakra with oxygen and transferring it to various body cells with the help of the respiratory system.

Only then can it overcome the limitations of the meridian system and grant strength and speed beyond human limits.

With reference to this principle, Hideki developed the so-called Chakra Breathing Method.

It's easy to see that the upper limit of chakra transmission through the respiratory system isn't as good as using the specialized high-speed channel of the meridian system.

Even in the original work developed his activity and became unsustainable.

However, this method is safer and simpler, which suits Hideki, who only wants to compensate for his weaknesses.

And with his brainstorming technique, Hideki believes he can keep improving the method and elevate it to a higher level in the future.

It's just that, Hideki prefer to work together and perfect this technique by collecting large amounts of data.

Now he has completed the first phase of development and is preparing to find students to run workshops once it opens.

What worries him is that, even though the difficulty is lower than the Eight Gates, practicing this breathing method is still quite painful, and students may not be able to persist.

Coincidentally, Obito asked Hideki for advice on how to practice the high-level Fireball Technique.

Hideki had an idea and decided to teach him this method beforehand, taking advantage of the situation.

The Fireball Technique could be used as a carrot to dangle in front of Obito's eyes, motivating him to endure these painful training sessions.

Once Obito succeeds and everyone sees such improvements, many will come to Hideki asking for the chance to train.

By then, Hideki will have many data points to improve the method.

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Days Later - Workshop Opening Day

Asuma had been doubting his life recently.

Since the points system was officially implemented, he had noticed that many students were working hard to earn points every day.

What they often wanted to redeem was the highest level reward: personal guidance from the Hokage.

It seemed that by redeeming this reward, the Hokage might take them on as disciples like Lord Jiraiya, and they could eventually ascend to the position of Hokage...

This made Asuma feel inexplicably embarrassed.

Because although his father, the Hokage, was very busy, he could still find time to guide Asuma a few times a month.

Unexpectedly, the treatment Asuma had gotten used to was actually the reward that everyone dreams of...

And this made Asuma start to doubt himself.

Could it be that he didn't have as much talent as he thought? He had just spent hundreds more Kriptons than others to achieve his current strength...

Now, the only thing that gave him some confidence, aside from his skills in setting up stalls, was his learning at the toy workshop.

Although he had only been to the workshop once, Asuma already mastered the use of chakra knives and quickly caught up with the rest of the team.

This made him feel relieved and reassured about his talent.

But Asuma spent half an hour today making an exquisite fifth-level Rubik's Cube, ready to give it to Kurenai as a gift.

Before doing that, he decided to show it to Hideki to reaffirm his talent through the teacher's praise.

But when he searched around, he couldn't find Hideki.

After asking the know-it-all Mr. Ebisu, Asuma learned that Hideki was working in his private study next door.

Unable to wait any longer, Asuma decided to go directly.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw the teacher standing in front of a machine, apparently debugging something.

"Master, look at the magic I made..."

Asuma stepped forward to speak.

But midway through his sentence, the words got stuck in his throat, and he couldn't continue.

Because as he walked forward, he saw the teacher throwing a large piece of wood into the feeding port of the machine.

As a result, when he got closer, the machine's tracks sent countless small wooden pieces flowing like water, which then fell into the nearby wooden box.

Asuma quickly recognized that these were not just pieces used to make the Rubik's Cube, but the quality was even better than what he had made!

Looking at the parts of the Rubik's Cube that suddenly piled up into a small mountain, Asuma looked at the cube in his hand and suddenly felt a sense of boredom...

He left the study in desperation, leaving Hideki slightly confused.

In fact, Asuma had heard that many factories were starting to use machines to produce goods.

But he hadn't expected that his teacher's toy workshop would also have such a machine.

What was the point of his efforts at this moment?

Asuma felt depressed and didn't want to go back to the workshop, so he left the orphanage.

Then he saw two unfamiliar children fighting on the grass nearby.

One of them was wearing green stockings, and the other wore a strange black helmet. They didn't seem like normal people.

At that moment, the boy in green suddenly ran up and gave a thumbs-up invitation:

"Hey, I know you, you're Hokage-sama's son!"

"Do you want to have a youth showdown with us?"

After saying that, he smiled, showing his bright white teeth.

Asuma remembered.

Isn't this guy the same Metkai, who's only good at physical arts? He seems to have graduated, so why is he here?

However, he was in a bad mood and didn't bother to study him carefully. He just shook his head to decline.

"Dai, ignore this guy, let's hurry up."

At that moment, the boy with the black helmet also approached.

Although his voice was muffled and hard to distinguish, Asuma seemed to recognize him by the tone, so he angrily asked:

"Who are you? Why are you wearing that strange helmet and sneaking around?"

The boy wearing the helmet is, of course, Obito.

In fact, he had never really liked Asuma, who always acted like "I'm Hokage's son and I'm miserable."

Now, wearing Darth Vader's helmet, he was even bolder, so he spoke in a deep tone:

"I am your father…"

Paji—

The days of self-doubt and pointless craftsmanship had caused Asuma to repress many emotions.

And the small provocation from Obito seemed to be the last straw, causing a sudden short circuit in his brain, and he punched Obito straight in the face...

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