In the afternoon, it was almost time for dinner and the day was almost over.

Mizuki checked Sakura Haruno's progress and found it was about the same as he expected. He didn't mention how much she could understand, but at least Sakura had a vague idea that she should be able to start basic training after tomorrow.

"If you have time, why not do some more chakra control training at home, like this?"

As Shuimu spoke, he stretched out his right hand, and a ball of chakra appeared in the palm of his hand, which was then controlled by Shuimu to form various shapes, like abstract animal images, running horses, roaring tigers, and so on.

“There’s also this.”

Then he opened his palms wide, and each of his five fingers formed a chakra blade, which he waved as his fingers shook.

"Finally, there is this."

Finally, Mizuki put his hands together, then separated them. A thin thread of chakra appeared between his two palms, floating continuously.

The miraculous control left Haruno Sakura dumbfounded; "Can chakra reach this level?" The girl, who had always been proud of her excellent chakra control, suddenly felt that her pride was a joke.

"It's actually not that difficult. As long as you practice more, it's not difficult to do it. If conditions permit, I will teach you other things in the future. Now these are just for you to practice when you have free time at home. This is just the basics. In the future, you will know what a ninja can do."

Without having seen the great explosion of combat power three years later, it is impossible to imagine how those ninjutsu that only appeared in myths were born, and what kind of devastating power they possessed. Even a month later, these Genin who came into being could see what the ultimate weapon of the ninja world, the Jinchūriki, was.

"These are just the basics? What are advanced ninjutsu like?"

"You know how to use a lot of ninjutsu, but you don't use them well enough. You're not a physical monster like Naruto, nor do you have his huge chakra squandering. You're not as gifted as Sasuke, and you don't have the Sharingan. Chakra control is the key to your future. Everything is inseparable from it."

"I see. Thank you, Mr. Mizuki."

"Don't be polite. It's time for you to go. Your friends are waiting anxiously." Mizuki gestured to the blonde girl Yamanaka Ino who was in the corner outside the store, looking over here from time to time, pretending to be disdainful and as if she just happened to pass by.

"It's Ino, why is she here?" Sakura saw Ino waiting for her at a glance, "Then I'll leave first, see you tomorrow."

"goodbye."

Watching Haruno Sakura leave, Shuimu said to an empty corner: "Everyone has left, but you still don't come out. What are you thinking about?"

"Don't I just want to not disturb you while you're teaching?" I saw ripples in the corner and a figure appeared. It was my fiancée Chie Tsubaki.

"Why don't you just come in? You're sneaking around like that. I don't know what you want to do."

Xiaochun didn't answer after hearing this. She walked up to Shuimu, took his arm, and prepared to go home.

"You seem to really like being a teacher. I haven't seen you so happy in a long time."

Mizuki was stunned when he heard this: "Really? I just accepted Kakashi's favor and am returning the favor."

"But you've never been so attentive when teaching me ninjutsu?"

"Eh? No way." This is not jealousy, Mizuki comforted himself, "You are not a Chunin, so of course I can't teach you every detail like I do for Genin. Isn't this also teaching students in accordance with their aptitude? Let's not talk about this for now, I'll give you this~"

Shuimu took out a pink flower from his bosom and handed it to Xiaochun. Xiaochun took it and smiled. Seeing his fiancée smile, Shuimu breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is not a rose, it's a hybrid rose."

"Huh? No way, they are all red flowers, they look similar, and they all have thorns..." I couldn't imagine why the flowers that looked exactly the same could be of different varieties.

"But I like this one too." Xiaochun said with a smile.

"As long as I like it, as long as I like it~" Shuimu wiped the cold sweat unconsciously.

On the other side, Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino were walking side by side in silence in a depressing atmosphere.

"Why aren't you talking? Is there something you want to talk to me about?" Haruno Sakura asked first.

"I~" Yamanaka Ino hesitated, "I heard that you were working in a nearby flower shop, and I wondered if it was in the shop opened by Mizuki teacher's family, so I came to take a look."

"Well, thank you for coming to see me," Sakura replied with a smile.

"Didn't you enter the third round of the Chunin Exam? I heard that the Genin who entered the third round had teachers to do targeted special training to improve their strength. Why are you the only one working in a flower shop? Doesn't your team leader care about you?" Ino seemed a little indignant. "Even if Sasuke is excellent and Naruto is not weak, they shouldn't ignore you."

"You misunderstood, Ino," Sakura explained, "Kakashi-sensei didn't have time, so he asked Mizuki-sensei to guide me. And it was my own request. Helping in the store is just a side job."

"That's good, but the others are all trained by the jonin instructors, and Mizuki-sensei~" His pessimistic attitude was evident, "I don't want the person who defeated me to lose so badly in front of everyone."

"You're worrying too much, Ino. Mizuki teacher is also a knowledgeable ninja. These two days I finally understood the gap between Genin and Chunin. The difference in knowledge is simply incredible. No wonder the Chunin exam is so difficult." Poor Sakura had no idea how unreliable it was to measure other ninjas by Mizuki's knowledge.

"Is that so? I'm relieved then." Ino said, "But don't think you're better than me just because you beat me once. I will definitely beat you back next time."

Sakura smiled and said, "You were unlucky this time. You were too badly injured, so I won unfairly. But Kakashi-sensei said that luck is also a part of strength."

"You won't be lucky every time. I will definitely beat you next time."

"Next time, all I have to do is become stronger than you. I will still defeat you." Sakura said firmly.

"Just keep your mouth shut."

There was another silence.

"Well, Mr. Mizuki is pretty nice to you." Ino asked tentatively.

"Don't worry, although Mr. Mizuki is rude, he is unexpectedly a good person."

"Yes, yes, I know that too. Mr. Mizuki is still a bit confused. He can't even tell the difference between a rose, a rose, and a Chinese rose. But he's surprisingly easy to talk to."

Shuimu, who was still thinking about how to establish his authority as a teacher, didn't realize that his awkward personality had already been clearly understood by others.