It was another early morning, and Konoha Village was as quiet and peaceful as a paradise. "Words * love * first * hair

Akai got up before dawn, and after simply running around the periphery of Konoha for two hundred laps to warm up, he came to a training ground he frequented.

Xiao Li stood in front of the wooden stake, hitting the potholed surface of the wooden stake one by one.

"Where did the youth in your fist go, Xiao Li?"

Ah Kai stood behind Xiao Li with a stern face, looking at his proud disciple.

Xiao Li stiffened, slowly lowered his fist, was silent for a while, and continued to hit the stake again and again...... It's not so much that he is practicing as hard as before, but that at this time he is just following the inertia of his past practice.

Wake up early, run laps, throw punches, squats, jump rope, sprints......

Constantly squeezing the strength of his body, this has long become a habit deep in Xiao Li's muscles, even if he is actually extremely confused now, he still can't control his running legs, and he can't stop his swinging fists......

"Be serious when you swing your fist!!"

Akai roared suddenly, and smashed the wooden stake in front of Xiao Li with one punch!

"......" Xiao Li looked at it blankly, lowered his head, and suddenly said, "Teacher Akai, why...... I'm not so lucky, what about having a pair of writing wheels?"

Akai was silent, looking at Xiao Li with great sadness, he raised his head, touched Xiao Li's head, and suddenly said, "Xiao Li, let me tell you...... My father's story!"

"Teacher Akai's father?" Xiao Li was surprised, and finally couldn't help but look back at Akai.

"Hmm...... That's a man I once hated so much, and finally admired from the bottom of my heart!"

Akai's eyes flashed brightly, and his mind went back to his young days, when there was once a famous Konoha Shinobi who was always by his side...... Until death.

It's not a complicated story, and Akai has been told it quickly.

An ordinary middle-aged shinobi in Konoha went from being believed by his son to doubting, admiring to disgusting, and finally protecting the child with his life......

"When you protect important people, the true power of a ninja will emerge! This is the motivation for me to work hard from that day on!" Akai's tone was sonorous and powerful, and every word was like iron.

"But Teacher Akai ......" Xiao Li listened to Akai's father's story and was deeply touched, but he still couldn't get a knot in his heart, he said awkwardly, "Didn't you tell me that hard work can surpass geniuses?"

Before Akai could answer, another voice that sounded lazy and lazy appeared-

"Hard work can surpass genius...... That's a bit too conceited, isn't it?"

Xiao Li looked in surprise at the silver-white man with messy hair who appeared on the other side, Kakashi Hagi, this Konoha technician who was regarded as an archenemy by Akai-sensei......

"Conceited?" Xiao Li asked puzzledly, how could he still be said to be conceited when he was willing to think that he was a mediocre person?

"It is natural to think that the so-called genius must not have worked hard without you...... Isn't that a conceit?" Kakashi walked over slowly, "Take the genius Sasuke in your eyes, do you know how he got through every day all these years?"

Xiao Li shook his head dumbly, looked at Akai, and then at Kakashi.

"I get up at 5 a.m. every morning, and I rush to the woods behind Konoha at 5:30 a.m. to start my daily practice...... The practice of physical arts includes the training of body, endurance, explosiveness, endurance, and coordination, the use of ninja equipment by Uchiha Ryu, the cultivation of chakra refining and controlling the ability of zhì, and the practice of fighting against someone...... These things are not a day or two, but a whole six years without a break, rain or shine!"

"Sasuke has put in a lot more effort than you think! He has spent every minute and every second outside of ninja school on his practice! I don't know how you do it, Xiao Li, but in my eyes, Sasuke's hard work over the years will definitely not be lost to anyone of his age. Just take his pair of writing wheel eyes, the writing wheel eyes of the three hook jade, that is not only something that can be possessed by talent alone, without persistent cultivation, it is impossible for him to open the ...... at a young age."

"So I'm weird. Kakashi looked at Xiao Li who was getting more and more dazed lightly, and he looked a little cold when he said this, "Why do you have to think that only by defeating a genius like Sasuke can you prove that your efforts are worthwhile! Sasuke's efforts are not lost to you at all! If he is defeated by you, who will pay for his efforts? Only your efforts can be rewarded?"

Xiao Li lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly.

Akai was a little unbearable.

Kakashi sighed, he looked up, and continued: "I think the most hit you were the one Sasuke showed at that time, right......? But did you know that Sasuke, in order to do this perfectly, has been paralyzed by his own chakra electric shock several times, and he has been lying on the ground for two hours without moving!"

"There has never been a power in this world that can be easily had......" Kakashi patted Xiao Li on the shoulder, "I don't want to say anything about genius or not, this kind of thing is decided by birth, there is no such thing as fairness or unfairness, but I can sue you...... Probably only the sentence 'You are currently the only one who can inherit Akai, the first master of Konoha physical arts, with excellent shinobi'. ”

Xiao Li looked up suddenly, and found that Kakashi had walked away, leaving Xiao Li with a back.

"Akai, I'll come to Hokage-sama later......"

Kakashi waved his hand lazily and faded away.

"Teacher Akai, I'm ......" Xiao Li looked at Akai, Akai slapped Xiao Li's shoulders with both hands, and said with a smile, "The blue beast of Konoha! This is the name I gave myself, Xiao Li, are you willing to inherit it!"

Tears filled his eyes, and Xiao Li felt the strength return to his body again.

"Well, of course!

Akai smiled and said in his heart: Thank you, Kakashi......

In the distance, Kakashi, who had already taken out the Intimacy Heaven, touched his head, stared at the dead fish with one eye, and thought faintly: I don't know if it has any effect...... Hawkers, after all, I'm also Sasuke's instructor, so I'll do my best to cause something......

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Field.

By the campfire, Jiraiya, Naruto, and Sasuke had closed their eyes and rested, and Orochimaru glanced at Naruto's shadow clone...... Specially used to watch his shadow clone when the three of them were resting.

"Heh......" Orochimaru's pale face was illuminated by the firelight, and he smiled faintly, looked at Sasuke who was sleeping lightly, and then at Naruto's body beside Sasuke......

How will the wind blow......

"What's wrong with you?" the shadow clone was wary of Orochimaru, and Naruto's memories didn't make a good impression of this guy, this was a dangerous, cunning, and troublesome guy.

Orochimaru looked at the shadow clone with interest and said, "Naruto-kun, your talent in the Flying Thunder God technique...... I'm afraid that even your father's four generations can't compare to you......"

"You don't have to worry about that...... "The shadow clone frowned, "You better sleep." ”

Orochimaru snorted faintly, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

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