In the forest behind Konoha, two children are doing physical training, while an adult sits leisurely in a tree, giving them instructions.
"Senju Senyu, did you not eat? Why are you running so slowly? Even Kushina, a girl, runs faster than you. How can you be so shameless? If you can't handle it, just get out of here and go home. Stop embarrassing me!" Tianqi sat on a tree eating watermelon and pointed at Senyu running below, cursing loudly.
Qianyu, who was drenched in sweat, did not retort. He had long been used to this kind of lecturing over the past six months. Although he did not say anything on the surface, he was constantly complaining in his heart.
That damned guy! Kushina was only strapped with 15 pounds of weight, of course she was fast. I was strapped with 50 pounds of weight, how the hell am I fast? You're just standing in the tree talking without any sense of the consequences. You damned old gossip!
"Senju Senyu, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Let me tell you, it's useless. Kushina is a girl, and she's half a year younger than you. It's understandable that she's lighter. If you can't even complete twenty laps around the back mountain with this weight, I advise you to get lost. I don't take in trash here!" Tianqi threw down the watermelon rind in his hand and followed Senyu, unleashing another barrage of insults. He had gone through the same thing back then, and he knew exactly what Senyu was thinking. She was probably cursing him out right now, but Tianqi didn't care.
As for Kushina Uzumaki, to be honest, he didn't want to teach her. However, she came with Chiyu, and it wouldn't do to leave her bored on the sidelines. So, Tianqi simply gave her some training. Although he gave her some training, Tianqi did not accept her as his disciple. His standards for accepting disciples were very high. He didn't accept just anyone, not even the mother of the protagonist in the original work.
Seeing Qianyu running slowly without saying a word, Tianqi smiled and continued his attack, "Qianyu, I can walk faster than you run! Are you just standing there with your head down, stomping on ants? How could I have taken on such a useless disciple? It's a disgrace!"
"I'm not a piece of trash!" Qianyu retorted loudly. He could tolerate being called trash once or twice, but after being called that for five and a half years old, he finally couldn't take it anymore.
"If you're not trash, then who is? You can't even run 15 laps out of 20. If you can't even finish this much training, what's wrong with calling you trash? I think you should stop calling yourself Thousand Hands Thousand Feather and start calling yourself Trash Thousand Feather. That would suit you better!" Tianqi mocked Thousand Feather again. Running so slowly during physical training would not improve his stamina enough. After all, the greatest improvement would be achieved by quickly squeezing out all of his stamina.
"I told you I'm not a piece of trash!" Qianyu glared fiercely at her master as she ran.
"Don't talk nonsense to me. If you're not a piece of trash, then increase your speed. Running so slowly, you deserve to be looked down upon by me!" Tian Qi glanced at Qian Yu with disdain, constantly saying things to provoke him.
"You just wait!" Qian Yu glared at Tian Qi and sped off forward.
Watching Qianyu run forward, Tianqi stopped and nodded in satisfaction, laughing and scolding, "You brat, I can't handle you anymore. It's true that reverse psychology works. Five-year-olds can't resist this."
Tianqi then found a place to sit down at the finish line and quietly waited for the two to finish their training. Watching them cross the finish line again and again, Tianqi nodded in satisfaction.
"After six months of training from me, Chiba has already reached the strength of an elite genin. It's quite impressive that she has this level of strength at the age of five. Kushina Uzumaki is a genius from the Land of Whirlpools. Although she is not as good as Chiba, she has also reached the level of a genin, which is quite good among her peers."
Meanwhile, on the other side of Konoha Village, a blond-haired child was undergoing rigorous training. That's right, this person is Minato Namikaze, the future Fourth Hokage. It has to be said that there was a reason why he became the Fourth Hokage. While others were resting and playing, he was undergoing arduous training.
A great man once said that genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. Although that 1% inspiration is very important, it does not affect the effort of perspiration. Effort does not guarantee success, but those who do not try will definitely not succeed. This is why Tianqi trains Qianyu so hard.
He can't protect Qianyu forever. One day, the eagle will have to leave its parents and spread its wings, but before that, Tianqi needs to give it full wings.
Soon, Kushina Uzumaki, carrying a 15-pound weight, completed 20 laps of physical training and reached the finish line.
"Come on, Kushina, have a glass of lightly salted water to replenish your energy!" Tianqi handed Kushina a glass of salt water with a smile on his face.
"Thank you!" After taking a couple of sips of the salt water, Kushina Uzumaki looked at Tianqi with some curiosity and asked, "Uncle Sani, why are you training Senba-nii so hard? Is there some special reason?"
"There's no special reason. To survive in this war-torn world, you need to be strong, and to be strong, you need to train hard. I just want him to have the ability to protect himself!" Tian Qi said calmly.
Tianqi truly had no intention of making Qianyu an unparalleled powerhouse. As long as he had the strength to protect himself, that would be enough. The future would only get better, and the dawn of peace would slowly descend upon this continent. Saving the world was not something Qianyu needed to do; he could just live a peaceful life. As for those heaven-defying obstacles, Tianqi's true form would remove them for him.
"To protect yourself? I think Chiyu is already very strong. Apart from that blond guy, no one in the class can beat him in more than a few moves. How can he not protect himself?" Kushina asked with a puzzled look. She didn't have much of a concept of strength. She felt that Chiyu was pretty strong because he was the number one in the class.
"Hahaha, what kind of ability to protect himself is that? With his current strength, he'd be cannon fodder on the ninja battlefield. He's far from being able to protect himself!" Hearing Kushina's words, Tianqi laughed. Children are children; they don't really have a concept of the battlefield or strength.
However, upon hearing Kushina mention the blond-haired guy, Tianqi became slightly interested. The blond-haired guy must be Minato Namikaze. With Fugaku Uchiha, the two Hyuga brothers, Kushina Uzumaki, and Minato Namikaze, a new era is slowly beginning. How interesting.
After chatting with Kushina Uzumaki for a while, Chiba also staggered through the task of running twenty laps with weights. He collapsed as soon as he reached the finish line, and Tianqi caught him in time.
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