Chapter 288: Teaching in Konoha, the System Says I

The Uchiha clan's current situation was rather awkward.

With Danzo Shimura pressing from the outside and the hardliners from within, Fugaku found his position as clan head to be an exhausting one.

But in all fairness, Fugaku did not want to go to war with the Hidden Leaf Village, as the odds of losing were far too high.

If Tsunade became Hokage and could help the Uchiha clan escape their current predicament, they would naturally have no need to revolt.

Of course, it would be best if someone from the Uchiha clan could hold a position in the village's high command or obtain the qualifications to be a Hokage candidate.

"Come and eat!"

Mikoto Uchiha walked out from the kitchen, carrying dishes.

Behind her were Sasuke, holding chopsticks, and Itachi, carrying bowls.

"Please."

Fugaku said politely.

In his eyes, Kitazawa's status had shifted from a mere ninja academy teacher to that of Tsunade's representative.

The meal was enjoyed by both host and guest.

Kitazawa was basking in Tsunade's reflected glory.

Yet, he truly was her half-student; he wasn't lying.

And looking at the situation, it seemed certain that he would eventually become Tsunade's full student.

As he was leaving, Mikoto pressed a scroll into Kitazawa's hand.

She didn't say what it was, only that it was a token of gratitude for helping Sasuke awaken his Sharingan.

After leaving the Uchiha compound, Kitazawa opened the scroll.

As he had expected, it was a ninjutsu scroll, but not for Fire Release—it was Wind Release.

Sasuke had seen him use Wind Release ninjutsu, so it was only natural for Mikoto to know he possessed the wind affinity.

Kitazawa took a look and his expression turned strange.

The scroll contained Wind Release techniques that Danzo Shimura had used; there were six in total.

Two of them, Kitazawa had already learned: Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere and Wind Release: Great Vacuum Sphere.

The remaining four were Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves, Wind Shuriken, and Wind Release: Vacuum Blade.

"Is this meant to disgust Danzo Shimura?"

Kitazawa couldn't help but laugh.

Of course, that was likely just a side benefit.

Regardless of the Sharingan, the Uchiha clan could have obtained these Wind Release techniques through normal channels anyway.

After all, they had bled and fought for the Hidden Leaf Village.

"A Wind Release gift package? Not bad at all."

Kitazawa stroked his chin, thinking to himself.

Mastering these six Wind Release techniques was enough to qualify one as a Wind Release jonin.

In truth, the number of ninjutsu a jonin could master wasn't actually that high.

Being able to skillfully use seven or eight techniques of a single nature was enough to handle most situations.

【Itachi have accepted a gift from Sasuke Uchiha's mother, Mikoto Uchiha. As a genius, Itachi naturally cannot let it go to waste.】

【Current Task: Learn four Wind Release ninjutsu within the second semester.】

【Task Reward: Proficient-level Wind Release chakra nature transformation.】

【Do Itachi accept?】

The sudden appearance of the task left Kitazawa stunned for a moment.

After reading it, he could only say: what a great system!

Kitazawa already possessed proficient-level Yin and Yang release chakra nature transformations; there was no need to elaborate on the value of a proficient-level Wind Release transformation.

Without a doubt, it was a treasure.

Kitazawa suddenly thought of the Rasengan.

With a proficient-level Wind Release chakra nature transformation, he could attempt to create the Wind Style: Rasengan and the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.

Especially the latter—an S-rank Wind Release ninjutsu with immense destructive power.

Upon its first appearance, at only 50% completion, it had destroyed two of Kakuzu's hearts.

The only thing that puzzled Kitazawa was the timeframe.

Why within the second semester?

Kitazawa stroked his chin.

Could it be because of the genjutsu task?

The task to learn five genjutsu had a deadline of the summer break.

The system was actually quite considerate, worrying that he wouldn't be able to finish them.

Kitazawa felt it didn't really matter.

Based on his understanding of this dim-witted system, as long as the fourth Wind Release technique was learned within the second semester, the task would be completed.

And he was indeed quite busy this summer, having to learn both genjutsu and medical ninjutsu.

Time marched steadily forward through his training.

The third week of summer break.

August arrived, and while the temperature dropped slightly, it remained scorching hot.

Kitazawa, as usual, ate breakfast and headed to the ninja academy.

On the surface of the artificial lake, a group of Naruto Uzumakis in green spandex walked back and forth.

One had to admit, the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu was truly monstrous.

Because of the Nine-Tails' interference, Naruto's chakra control was abysmal.

But quantity led to a qualitative change.

Naruto's dozens of shadow clones had spent two weeks working hard at water-walking, which had actually improved his chakra control quite a bit.

It was a pity he was still so young; if he were in his teens like in the original story, he could have produced hundreds or thousands of shadow clones.

Kitazawa stroked his chin.

There were two ways to solve Naruto's chakra control problem.

One was sealing jutsu.

The other was for Naruto to reach a reconciliation with the Nine-Tails.

But the first method wouldn't work.

Because the reason the Nine-Tails was able to interfere was that Minato Namikaze had intended it.

He hadn't sealed the Nine-Tails completely, intentionally leaving a gap so that Naruto could gradually control the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Otherwise, with the insight and strength of people like Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya, they would have long since stepped in to reinforce the seal.

In the original story, it was precisely through the second method that Naruto successfully mastered the Nine-Tails' chakra.

But that was something that happened gradually after graduation, still six or seven years—or perhaps a decade—away.

Kitazawa could try to get Naruto to make contact with the Nine-Tails early.

But he still lacked the qualifications.

Although Kitazawa was deeply trusted by Hiruzen Sarutobi, he was ultimately not part of the village's high command.

Once he officially became Tsunade's student, he could give it a try.

It would be best if he could trigger a related task.

If he could, the task reward would likely be chakra.

And chakra was exactly what he lacked most right now.

"Naruto, come here."

Kitazawa called out loudly.

"Kitazawa-sensei, are Itachi looking for me?"

"Don't push! Let me go first!"

"Hey! I'm the original, Kitazawa-sensei is looking for me!"

A swarm of Narutos rushed over, surrounding him.

"Kitazawa-sensei, what's the matter?"

Naruto pushed past his shadow clones and ran to the front.

"Water-walking training ends here."

Kitazawa looked at him and said, "I'm going to teach Itachi the Rasengan now."

"That's great!"

Naruto exclaimed with excitement upon hearing this.

"Finally, I don't have to walk on water anymore!"

"Falling into the water every day meant my youth couldn't burn bright!"

"Kitazawa-sensei, I'll go first, my youth is the strongest!"

"It's obviously me who's stronger!"

Naruto's shadow clones, just like him, wouldn't stop chattering.

Kitazawa couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

Why did shadow clones have to retain their own consciousness?

"Quiet!"

Kitazawa raised his hand and said, "Itachi'll all learn together."

"Did Itachi hear that? Stop arguing and listen to Kitazawa-sensei!"

Naruto hurriedly maintained order.

"The training for the Rasengan is divided into three stages. Let's start with the first stage."

Kitazawa opened his storage scroll and took out water-filled balloons he had prepared in advance. "Naruto, pass these out."

"One for each person, line up!"

It took Naruto three minutes to distribute the balloons.

"Gather chakra in your palm and slowly input it into the balloon, making the water move until the balloon bursts."

Kitazawa gripped a balloon, channeled his chakra, and the balloon burst instantly. "This is the first stage of training."

"Sounds pretty simple."

Naruto scratched his head and said.

"Watch me!"

"Youth is an explosion!"

"I'm definitely the first Naruto to make the balloon burst!"

Without waiting for the original to speak, Naruto's shadow clones all began to attempt it.

Kitazawa watched for a while and discovered that not a single one of them had even entered the door.

Learning it so many years earlier than in the original story was indeed very difficult.

Fortunately, there was still plenty of time.