As Kakashi's control over the Sharingan grew stronger, he also felt the enormous power contained in it. When he encountered an enemy he could not defeat, it was undoubtedly the trump card for a comeback.

Hearing Kakashi's words, Sasuke's expression immediately darkened. The meaning was very clear. As long as it wasn't a life-and-death duel, Kakashi was undoubtedly stronger. But what did his miserable appearance mean?

"But why do I feel that Mizuki-sensei is more difficult to deal with?"

When fighting Kakashi, he could still fight back and forth for a while, but he felt very frustrated in the hands of Mizuki, and was completely played around by him. If Mizuki had put in a lot of effort, Sasuke could still be a little relieved, but Mizuki, who was at ease, obviously didn't use much effort to knock him down, the gap between them was too big.

Facing Sasuke's somewhat suspicious look, Kakashi explained seriously: "The reason is very simple. The gap in combat experience between you and Mr. Mizuki is too big. The difference in tactical style made you at a loss, and you fell into your opponent's calculations from the beginning. With your strength, you should not have lost so badly, but you were crushed in intelligence and combat wisdom, resulting in you going further and further on the path set by the enemy before you could show anything, and finally suffered a complete defeat."

What Kakashi didn't tell Sasuke was that Mizuki had already given Sasuke a lot of face. The last move was indeed very exciting. He unexpectedly found Mizuki's body, and then used Chidori to fight a decisive battle, reversing a lot of disadvantages. But in fact, did Mizuki really have no other way to deal with it? Kakashi thought that there was probably. It was just that in order to maintain the quality of training, Mizuki, who had always used conventional means, deliberately created a scene where even if it was not a high-level ninjutsu, as long as the tactics were appropriate, he could easily defeat Sasuke. In order to enhance the persuasiveness, Mizuki also took great pains, and this favor was really worth it.

"Yeah." Sasuke was not a fool, so he naturally knew what Kakashi meant. It was just that Sasuke had never taken similar words to heart before. "That is to say, the combat experience that I gained from sparring with teacher Kakashi is ineffective on teacher Mizuki!"

"There were some things I told you before that you wouldn't listen to, but now you probably understand a little bit, so I'll tell you some of the real secrets of ninjas."

Kakashi said seriously, "The division of ninja ranks into Genin, Chunin and Jonin is not only based on the difference in strength, but also on other important factors."

"At the Genin stage, or even in the ninja school, we are all rough diamonds waiting to be polished. Basics are what we teachers value most, and we don't care much about Genin's secrets and secrets. How much sense of accomplishment do you have when you beat a group of novices who only know basic physical skills and throwing shurikens with your Sharingan?"

Sasuke shook his head and said nothing.

"Your current strength is not much different from that of an ordinary Chunin. It's not wrong to pursue some powerful ninjutsu and improve your strength in a hurry. But don't put the cart before the horse. Without a sufficient foundation, you can't use these ninjutsu well. This time, you must have experienced it very clearly in the battle with Mizuki teacher."

Although Sasuke was a little reluctant, he still had to nod in agreement.

"When you reach the Chunin stage, it is a critical period for the previous foundation to be fully developed. The more solid the foundation of the Genin is, the shorter the Chunin period will be. When you can find your own characteristics and fighting style, or your strength is strong enough to accurately control your bloodline limit and secret techniques, you are not far from becoming a Jonin."

"Jonin?" Sasuke couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"When you reach the level of a jonin, I think you don't need any guidance. Find your own path and walk on it unswervingly."

Although he was a little impatient, the fact was in front of him. The ninjutsu that he was proud of was easily broken. Did the opponent use two or three ninjutsu? The illusion was one, which was so simple that even he might be able to use it, but he just couldn't break it. And the chakra shield, well, this is a powerful original ninjutsu, just an application of chakra form change, the principle is not profound, anyone can try it, but the effect is far different, which also reflects Mizuki's superior chakra control. What made Sasuke even more embarrassed was that this technique was only used twice, once he was captured, and the other time he made his life-threatening trump card - Chidori return in vain. And the shadow clone technique, he had seen it many times on Naruto, but when Mizuki used it, the power was completely different, and there were also small tricks to control the distribution of chakra, combined with the induction tactics, so that he was exhausted and couldn't deal with it at all.

"What do you think of Mizuki-sensei's shadow clone, Kakashi-sensei?"

Sasuke couldn't help but ask enthusiastically. I have ways to solve illusions. There are many secret techniques that cooperate with the Sharingan in my family heritage. I just haven't studied it before. The personal style of the chakra shield is too obvious and not suitable for me, but Mizuki's little trick of controlling the chakra amount of the shadow clone is really enviable.

"Well," Kakashi answered helplessly, "Many of Mizuki-sensei's techniques are easy to learn but difficult to master. You are familiar with Sakura, so you must have heard her talk about them. Many of them require extremely high chakra control. The actual learning threshold is not low, and I don't know this technique either..."

He said, looking at Sasuke who looked disappointed, and then continued.

"As far as I know, there are few who are better than Mizuki in attainment and research on shadow clones. Although I can't control and distribute the shadow clone's chakra, I do have a little trick. I can transform the lightning attribute chakra into the shadow clone. After it is broken, it will turn into a powerful lightning explosion attack, which is also a good method."

"That sounds great, can I learn it?"

"Practice Chidori and Chidori Style first. It will be helpful for you to learn this technique."

Kakashi Hatake, who is known as the "Konoha Technician", is not only good at copying, but his original Lightning Release Ninjutsu is also quite powerful. It is not a problem for him to take out a few of his own to satisfy Uchiha Sasuke's desire to learn.

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The weather was good the next day, a good day for a long trip. Although Mizuki knew this day would come, he still felt a little regretful. Last night, as if they had made an appointment long ago, several elite jonin stayed in the village, called a few people, including Jiraiya, and had a great meal at the famous high-end snack bar in Konoha Village - Yakiniku Q. Jiraiya, who was rarely generous, took the bill happily. With a drunken look, he took the bill to Tsunade to pay for it, but was punched out. Everyone had a good laugh.

The last night party before leaving the village can be regarded as a handover of mission. Jiraiya protected the village through the most dangerous period. From now on, it will be up to the new generation of senior ninja to maintain Konoha's face.

Mizuki, feeling somewhat emotional, watched the white-haired Jiraiya and Uzumaki Naruto walk out of Konoha Village. On the Hokage Rock in the distance, Tsunade's statue was almost finished.