Before long, time slipped away again. The golden sunlight and warmth started to change gradually. Orange leaves tumbled to the ground and as night enveloped everything, the lingering summer heat began to fade, signaling the arrival of a new season.
4 months had been soothing and peaceful within Konoha including Yoichi and his friends.
In September, Yoichi earned both Gold and Prismatic Tickets from the system's support. The birthday had been quite a happy yet low-key one along with his three friends.
As for Naoko and her family, they hadn't arrived but Yoichi could actually understand their dilemma.
Out of sight, out of mind.
By October, Orochimaru felt a little quieter than the rest of their birthdays while Jiraiya's birthday in November became a hot topic, recklessly inviting even bystanders which earned the helpless expression of the three.
During these times, Yoichi's growth went like a rocket and ascended into a newer state with intermittent rest between relaxation along with focus on his Martial Arts Path.
[Heavenly Demon Posture: (Perfection) 123/1000] (+64)
[Mountain Crushing Fist: (Great Success) 45/500] (+51)
[Lightning Spear Thrust: (Great Success) 28/500] (+44)
[Phantom Steps: (Great Success) 86/500] (+78)
[Secret Technique: Face Changing (Small Success) 84/300] (+69)
[Tickets: 1 Prismatic, 1 Gold, 5 Silver.]
The two techniques finally achieved Great Success. In such consecutive breakthroughs, the refined muscles in his upper limbs became compact and the tensility was extremely enhanced.
Like a mix of a fortified steel bar and a rubber, capable of exerting even better potent punches without hurting him as a significant consequence.
Moreover, his callous hands were exceptionally improved. The intrinsic and extrinsic groups within his finger muscles exponentially gained a huge boost in malleability as well as force, effectively trained to even carry his own weight in a ridiculous two-finger handstand.
Overall, the punch force with two upgrades increased from 520 jins to an overwhelming 850 jins, or about 510. Yoichi's half-ton average punch force was enough to kill in such a normal acceleration.
And if someone took the full brunt of it, RIP.
Thanks to his advancements, Yoichi's height was approximately 4'4 Inches or 132 CM, resembling the average height of an 8-year-old child.
For weight, he had over 75 LBS from eating tons of food and burning these nutritious fuels into potential energy, providing him with a terrific constitution all year long.
With both genetics and hard work, Yoichi's countenance felt like a unique type of good-looking child. Though numerous imperfections had dwelled intact, Yoichi's temperament bore a resemblance to a steadfast and relaxed guy, even with a messy appearance.
"Should we graduate now? I assume we have completely memorized all of these lessons..." Tsunade grumbled, even more bored as time passed by.
Now in the classroom, Yoichi held up his chin before his head heedlessly bobbed up and down.
The previous agreement with the 4 of them had ended. In truth, it has been a sizably protracted period of training and development. But after that much time spent on training, all of them were inclined to graduate from Ninja Academy without any hesitation left.
Of course, with exceptional talents and brimming energy to prove their best, who would want to be stuck in the Academy for far too long?
"I agree," Orochimaru replied.
"Seconded!" Jiraiya's cheerful tone rang.
Three of them have satisfactorily fulfilled the training with enormous improvements even though they were still a little bit far away from the Muscle Tempering Realm.
"What do you say, Yoichi? I think we should inform our instructors after this class." Tsunade stated, staring at Yoichi's absent-minded condition.
"What can I even say? You all have decided... I'm in." Yoichi shrugged.
What Yoichi has been thinking all this time was Hiruzen's decision whether the three-man cell would continue and leave him all behind or not.
I'm sorry guys... But I want to explore the world. Maybe I'll take infiltration missions or assassination missions all by myself to leave this place.
Yoichi glanced at them and let out a soft sigh. From the looks of it, his plan felt preposterous but from his stance, there's no such thing as soft missions that would be easy in this current era.
The First Great Shinobi War had just ended only 2 years ago and several malicious people like crooked bandits or thugs were rampantly devastating the neighboring towns across the Land of Fire.
Furthermore, all major villages were still recuperating both economically and in workforce, bearing a great plan forming into Yoichi's sharp intellect.
I'll have to ask Kohaku-sama to protect me once I'm out for a mission. I'm feeling that there is something wrong with those three in the F4. I mean, there's gotta be a scheme to remove me out of the equation, right?
Without a doubt, Yoichi discerned the alarming quietness in the Konoha officials since those whom he deemed to be belligerent and reckless stayed silent for an insane amount of time.
"Come on! Let's go!"
Pulling his hands, Tsunade broke Yoichi's contemplative mind. Jiraiya and Orochimaru followed suit with a hint of expectation written in their faces.
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...
...
"Did you hear that? Yoichi along with Tsunade and his friends is requesting to graduate early!"
"Where did you get that news?! I'm so conflicted right now..."
"Me too, man. Those guys are truly special! We're stuck here while the 4 of them went up without knowing it!"
The rumors spread like wildfires, blazing across the academy. From word of mouth and other forms of contact, the news even reached the outside bystanders who were baffled before all of them comprehended the reality.
Those 4 children were extraordinary, leaving any peers or other children in the dust. Soon enough, all of the citizens of Konoha could witness them carve their path into the Shinobi World.
"Hokage-sama. Are you really going to teach those 3 children?" One of the ANBU operatives raised a question.
"Why not? The 3 of them were truly talented. Moreover, it is time for me to teach the future generations with my adequate knowledge in Ninjutsu and other forms of survival experience."
"Being all day here in this seat all day long, isn't that a little bit of a trouble?"
Entertaining the ANBU's confusion, Hiruzen responded with a glimmer of hope. Upon hearing the Hokage's logical words, the skeptic ANBU nodded before he continued,
"But what about Uchiha Yoichi? What will you do about him?"
Hiruzen fell silent, thinking.
For some obvious reasons, the relationship between him and Yoichi became somewhat out of balance.
Sure, the child was like the 3.
Talented, cunning, and hard-working child.
But his noticeable dislike towards the Konoha Officials including him felt a little bit unreasonable in Hiruzen's eyes.
That level of indifference and sheer audacity to ignore higher-ups was too much yet Hiruzen couldn't do anything about it.
"I'll consider it later on. For now, I'll see what I can do in the current state. You may now leave."
Waving his hand, Hiruzen smoothly dismissed the ANBU.
This matter about Yoichi required further review and consideration.
Hiruzen's eyes went straight to the 4 papers above his desk. The pictures of Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Yoichi were plastered on the report.
*Bang!*
In a continuous loud smack, Hiruzen approved the graduation documents using his seal of authorization. After that, he stood up and looked at the magnificent grandeur of Konoha.
I really don't know what to do with this child. Perhaps I need to talk with him to personally figure out his thought process and his plans.
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(Current Progress)
[Realm: Muscle Tempering Realm]
[Heavenly Demon Posture: (Perfection) 123/1000]
[Mountain Crushing Fist: (Great Success) 45/500]
[Lightning Spear Thrust: (Great Success) 28/500]
[Phantom Steps: (Great Success) 86/500]
[Secret Technique: Face Changing (Small Success) 84/300]
[Tickets: 1 Prismatic, 1 Gold, 5 Silver.]
[Attributes]
「Charm: 11」
「Soul Power: 16」
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