Chapter 16: Training Plan

First was precise chakra control, but Natsuwari currently didn't know how to continue training this. He had quickly mastered both tree climbing and water walking before.

It should be said that from the beginning, Natsuwari's chakra control had exceeded the requirements of these two exercises. What he needed was to train it into an instinct, not requiring extra attention to control.

This was an accumulation of quantity. Natsuwari could train it step by step later, but he really didn't know how to proceed with further control at the moment, so he could only put it aside for now.

As for chakra shape transformation, Natsuwari was still in the stage of sensing the connection with the condensed chakra. It had to be said that without the guidance of hand seals, it wasn't easy to directly condense and control chakra outside the body.

Fortunately, Natsuwari's current chakra amount was still small, and the extracted chakra wasn't much, so the difficulty of control was naturally reduced. Currently, Natsuwari had already sensed some connection and could slightly control it.

However, there was still some distance from being able to control its shape.

Although both were chakra control, one was internal control, where Natsuwari felt that chakra was like an obedient child, allowing him to manipulate it into various forms. The reason he couldn't progress further was simply that he lacked a teacher's guidance and didn't know the path forward.

However, the other, external control, was like a wild child that had left the body and wanted to break free from his control. Now, Natsuwari had barely regained some control, but it was still impossible to make it as obedient as it was inside the body.

What Natsuwari needed to do now was another thing, the prerequisite for Sage Mode.

Of course, Natsuwari didn't know how to absorb natural energy, but he knew the prerequisites from Naruto's learning in the original work.

First was physical and mental stillness. Only in this state was it possible to sense natural energy.

Of course, even if Natsuwari sensed natural energy, he would absolutely not absorb it. Without the toad's cane watching over him, he would turn into stone and be done for.

But for Natsuwari, thinking about these things was useless because he couldn't even achieve stillness at the moment.

Physical stillness could barely be achieved. Although he still felt like countless ants were crawling on him, he could endure it.

However, mental stillness, how could Natsuwari, a modern person, achieve that? This kind of stillness was probably an exclusive buff for those with a pure heart.

As a modern person, Natsuwari's thoughts simply couldn't stop. Even if he wanted to empty his mind, he would still inadvertently think about things.

There was only one possibility for Natsuwari to achieve a state of stillness, and that was when he was completely asleep and sleeping soundly without dreaming!

The problem was that the stillness required for Sage Mode wasn't a state of sleep.

Therefore, Natsuwari couldn't even achieve the prerequisite for learning Sage Mode, but Sage Mode was something he had to learn.

After all, the resistance of those freaks later on to ordinary ninjutsu was off the charts. Without Sage Mode, if he wanted to deal enough damage, he could only train in taijutsu.

However, in terms of taijutsu, Natsuwari felt that even if he trained to death, he wouldn't be able to surpass Guy at that time. Taijutsu really required bit-by-bit accumulation. Did Natsuwari have that much time?

And even Guy could only unleash that one kick, and his leg bone was broken. What could Natsuwari, whose taijutsu was inferior to Guy's, do? Give up?

So, if he wanted to contribute, Sage Mode was a jutsu that Natsuwari had to learn. But he had been struggling for a long time and still couldn't enter the state of stillness. However, over time, he had also figured out some methods.

It could be said that it was a method that wasn't really a method.

He couldn't empty his mind under normal circumstances, but when a man was in that, ahem... sage mode or rather, a state of mental clarity after certain activities, there would be far fewer messy thoughts.

Of course, Natsuwari wouldn't do that. After all, he was still so young. Not to mention whether he had the ability, doing that at this age... was he even human...?

The most important thing was that it would affect his physical development, which was unacceptable to Natsuwari.

But although he couldn't accept it, it still gave Natsuwari some inspiration. When he trained to the point of extreme fatigue, he wouldn't have the energy to think about those messy things. That was also a way.

Natsuwari did just that. As for the effect, well, it was definitely useful. But at this time, the amount of Natsuwari's mental energy became a side effect. Even though his body was extremely tired, his mind was still very active.

But it was still much better than at the beginning, so Natsuwari persisted. Now, after a few years, he felt that he was still a bit off, still unable to completely empty his mind.

During the free time after extracurricular training, Natsuwari, dragging his tired body, tried again. As usual, he felt that he was close but still couldn't break through the final step.

In the eyes of others, Natsuwari was just sitting there asleep. In reality, even though he hadn't reached that state of stillness, his perception had qualitatively improved. When someone wanted to touch him, he could detect it in advance and just stare at them without saying a word, making them feel creepy. So they wouldn't dare to do it again next time.

Therefore, the impression Natsuwari left on others was that he was also quite lazy, similar to Shikamaru, or even lazier. After all, Shikamaru at least needed to lie down to sleep, but Natsuwari could fall asleep just sitting there, neither needing to lie down nor lean on the desk!

Natsuwari naturally wouldn't care what others thought. Although he couldn't completely calm down, it was still very useful for meditation, and meditation was very helpful for learning chakra shape transformation later.

After using his remaining chakra to practice chakra shape transformation, the day's classes were almost over.

At this time, Natsuwari would go home for dinner. After dinner and digesting for a while, he would recover some chakra and then go spar with Rock Lee. The recovered chakra could be used for the Three Body Techniques.

Natsuwari's arrangements were quite interconnected. With such effort and planning, it was inevitable that he would improve quickly.

However, others didn't know about Natsuwari's plan. So when he did this, it was seen as slacking off. After a few days, Iruka, seeing Natsuwari like this all the time, finally couldn't sit still anymore and approached him.

"Natsuwari, you can't be so lazy anymore. Since you have such great talent, you should work harder and not waste it!" Iruka said with great heartache.

Iruka's words made Natsuwari a little confused. He was slacking off? When did he ever slack off!?

Natsuwari felt that at his current age, he might not be the most hardworking one, but he definitely surpassed 99.9% of people his age!

(End of Chapter)