“Yes, tree climbing.
But not ordinary tree climbing.
You have to climb without using your hands.”
“What?
Without using our hands!” On the training ground, Naruto and the other two were stunned by Kakashi’s requirement.
“Then how are we supposed to do it?” Sakura immediately asked.
“Just watch.
I’ll demonstrate it for you!” Kakashi said before personally demonstrating.
He found a large tree and simply walked straight up it.
“Amazing!” Naruto shouted.
“He climbed straight up using only his feet!” Sakura couldn’t help murmuring.
Seeing this, Sasuke also began to feel eager to give it a try.
“Hmm!
It’s roughly this feeling!” Kakashi walked onto a tree branch and then stood upside down while speaking to Naruto and the others.
“Concentrate your chakra on the soles of your feet and make them adhere to the tree trunk.
As long as you can control your chakra flexibly, you can do it.
Once you’ve mastered this, you can continue the training on the surface of the water until you can adapt to all kinds of terrain!”
“Wait, Kakashi-sensei, why does doing this make us stronger?” Sakura asked, voicing the question in Sasuke’s mind.
“That brings us to the important part.
The first purpose of this training is to make the chakra you’ve refined usable wherever it’s needed, reducing unnecessary consumption.” Kakashi glanced at Sakura’s confused expression and continued, “Of course, the amount of chakra used for tree climbing is extremely precise, and it’s being concentrated on the soles of the feet, which are said to be the most difficult place to gather chakra.
In other words, once you master this kind of control, you can learn any technique.
The second purpose is maintaining the chakra you’ve refined.
ninja normally train their chakra control during battle, and under those circumstances, controlling and maintaining chakra becomes even more difficult.” Seeing the three of them eager to try, Kakashi stopped lecturing.
“Alright.
No matter how much I explain, you won’t be able to master it immediately, so you’ll have to let your bodies memorize the feeling instead.” After saying this, Kakashi took three kunai from his ninja tool pouch and threw them in front of the three of them.
“First, use your own strength to climb as high as you can, then carve a mark there with your kunai.
After that, work hard to climb even higher and carve another mark.
You won’t be able to walk up the tree like this from the beginning, so start by using a running approach to gradually get used to it.
Understood?”
Naruto glanced at Kakashi, who was showing off up there, and couldn’t help silently mourning for the humiliation that was about to come his way.
‘Kakashi, you probably don’t realize that among the three people standing before you, one of them can already skillfully climb trees and walk on water, while another only needs a little training to master this technique!’ He thought about it, but didn’t let anything show on his face.
“Kakashi-sensei, isn’t this training a piece of cake?
I feel like I’ve already got it!” Naruto shouted at Kakashi.
“Stop talking nonsense.
If you’ve mastered it, prove it with your actions!” Kakashi jumped down from the tree and looked expressionlessly at Naruto, who was trying to show off.
“Alright, here I go!” Naruto pulled out his kunai and charged forward.
‘This dead-last!
He isn’t even properly gathering his chakra. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
How could he possibly succeed?’ Sasuke thought disdainfully.
Then he watched with his own eyes as Naruto climbed all the way to the top of the tree in one go before slowly walking back down.
“…”
Sasuke’s eyes turned red at the sight, and a single tomoe appeared in each eye.
‘How is this possible!
Didn’t that guy say it was difficult?
Was he lying?!’ Unwilling to believe it, Sasuke didn’t even wait for Naruto to return to the group.
He immediately pulled out his kunai, found a large tree, and charged toward it.
‘Hey, hey!
Isn’t this a little much?
You just got beaten by someone who’s slightly stronger than you, and you immediately activated the Sharingan?
That’s an excessive power-up!’ Naruto secretly complained after noticing Sasuke’s awakened eyes.
Then he couldn’t help envying those beautiful eyes.
‘The ability isn’t important.
The key is that they’re cool!
Put on a pair of colored contacts and no one can resist!
I’m endorsing the Uchiha brand.’
“Bang…” After the smoke cleared, it turned out that Sasuke had fallen after only taking a few steps up the tree.
Unwilling to give up, Sasuke carefully gathered his chakra before charging up again.
This time, he climbed higher, but after taking a few more steps, the tree trunk was once again broken apart by his chakra.
Helplessly, Sasuke jumped back down.
‘Sasuke!’ Sakura, who was standing behind him, couldn’t help worrying about him.
“I didn’t expect maintaining a certain amount of chakra to be this difficult.
If the chakra is too strong, it’ll be repelled, but if it’s too weak, it won’t generate enough suction!
So this guy…” One of Sasuke’s eyes had already developed into a two-tomoe Sharingan, while the other was also spinning rapidly.
Without drawing attention to himself, Sasuke glanced at Naruto with his Sharingan.
“Has the gap between him and me already become this huge?” He couldn’t help clenching his fists.
‘That’s just excessive…’ Naruto was already too tired to complain.
‘Although I knew Naruto was talented, and he even created his own Taijutsu, Tai Chi Palm, based on the Gentle Fist, I didn’t expect the gap between him and Sasuke to already be this large.
But now that Sasuke has awakened the Sharingan, he’ll probably catch up soon.’ Kakashi glanced at Sasuke and couldn’t help sighing.
‘This child’s problems run deep.
Uchiha Itachi, perhaps?’
While the three of them were lost in their own thoughts, Sakura had already climbed up a large tree.
Standing at the top, Sakura called down to the three of them, “It’s not as difficult as Kakashi-sensei made it sound!”
Looks like there are quite a few monsters among this year’s graduates.’ Kakashi marveled when he saw Sakura effortlessly reach the top of the tree.
‘Even Sakura has done it?
Damn it.’ Sasuke gritted his teeth and charged upward once again.
“Sakura, you’re amazing too!
Just what I’d expect from my teammate!” Naruto gave Sakura a thumbs-up and praised her.
‘I want Sasuke’s approval more!
Why does this always happen?’ Sakura, standing at the top of the tree, was speechless.
=_= She then silently encouraged Sasuke from up there.
‘Come on, Sasuke!
Even Naruto can do it.
You can definitely do it too.’
“I didn’t expect two of you to already be able to do it.
Looking at this, the Uchiha clan isn’t as impressive as I imagined,” Kakashi said, deliberately provoking Sasuke.
Sasuke raised his head and stared at Kakashi.
The tomoe in his eyes began spinning even faster, until both eyes finally became two-tomoe Sharingan.
‘As expected of the last surviving member of the Uchiha.
What talent…’ Kakashi thought for a moment before looking at Sasuke’s two-tomoe Sharingan.
“Well, looks like I’ll have to teach you a simpler method after all.
I originally thought I wouldn’t need to.”
Hearing this, Sasuke stared fixedly at Kakashi, waiting for him to continue.
“Naruto, climb the tree one more time.
Sasuke, use your Sharingan to carefully observe Naruto’s feet,” Kakashi instructed.
“Yes, Kakashi-sensei.” Naruto glanced at Kakashi before beginning to climb the tree.
‘He wants to use the Sharingan to copy the flow of chakra, doesn’t he?
But he’ll still have to train afterward.
After all, this needs to become a bodily instinct, not something he can simply copy.’
‘How does this guy know about the Sharingan?’ Sasuke was shocked when he heard the term, but wisely didn’t ask.
Instead, he followed Kakashi’s instructions and watched Naruto.
‘So this is the path of chakra circulation?
I see!
But how does Kakashi-sensei know about the Sharingan’s abilities?’ Sasuke wondered.
However, he didn’t say anything.
After copying the chakra’s circulation, he began repeatedly practicing, hoping to completely master this special tree-climbing skill as soon as possible.
Once Naruto came down, Kakashi took Naruto and Sakura to the riverbank and began the next stage of their training.
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