Time fast-forwards, exercises, exercises, and part-time jobs, and Aoyagi repeats a simple and boring life. Nishida and Amamiya would occasionally take him to play, adding (feeding) a lot of luster (dog food) to his life. The days went by like this, and Aoyagi was completely accustomed to this kind of life, and when he tore off the calendar of June 30, he realized that it was July of the following year, and there were only two months left before entering school.

When you go to ninja school, you will have a lot of time to spend in school. In order to ensure enough time for practice, I had to reduce the time I worked part-time.

Well, let's talk to the store manager about it tonight.

After the morning exercise, Aoyagi bought some vegetables and went home to cook.

At noon, Aoyagi turned on the stove, put the pot on the shelf, heated the oil, threw in the shiitake mushrooms, stir-fried for half a minute, and when the aroma began to drift away, add the meat slices, break them up with a spatula, and stir-fry. When he saw that the color of the meat slice turned white, he put the cut dish in it.

As soon as the dish was put into the pot, the crackling sound immediately became louder, Aoyagi turned up the flame, and began to stir-fry, seeing that the vegetable leaves became softer and the sound became smaller, Aoyagi sprinkled a little salt and soy sauce, and continued to stir-fry. When the aroma is strong, stop the heat and put the roasted greens on a plate.

At this time, the rice was also steamed. Aoyagi brought the stir-fried meat and rice with shiitake mushrooms and vegetables to the table.

After the meal and rest, Aoyagi went to the courtyard and practiced extracting chakra while running.

After successfully extracting the chakra, Aoyagi tries to extract the chakra in the mental space, but fails. Maybe it's because there is only spiritual energy in the space, and there is a lack of physical energy and chakra factor. So Aoyagi put all the chakra-related cultivation in the real world.

Therefore, Aoyagi continued to exercise during the day, and spent the afternoon learning the basics of the scroll and practicing chakra extraction and control. At night, in the spiritual space, students practice shuriken throwing skills and other skills.

The tips recorded in the scroll are a good way to guide the mind and make the process easier for people to understand and easy to use. After a long period of practice (perhaps this is the transformation process of making the chakra factor spread all over the body), Aoyagi no longer needs to use these small techniques (deliberately imagining the formation of air currents), and can extract chakra with the movement of his mind.

Therefore, according to the practice method in the scroll, he recently began to carry out the practice of stabilizing the extraction of chakra, controlling the flow of chakra, and controlling the amount of extraction during the operation, and through many exercises, the extraction of chakra became a natural reaction, reducing the impact of the extraction of chakra on the action. After that, he plans to practice the training techniques of Chakra's control in the plot - climbing trees and treading water.

Originally, after learning chakra extraction, Aoyagi wanted to learn ninjutsu. After all, ninjutsu is a feature of the Hokage world. There aren't many ninjas who don't know ninjutsu.

However, after carefully reading the relevant scrolls, Aoyagi understood that the foundation is the most important, and with a good foundation of controlling chakra, it will be much easier to learn ninjutsu later, so there is no need to rush it.

Time passed quickly during the practice, and when Aoyagi was feeling well, the alarm went off.

It's time to go to work.

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After a busy day at the store, Aoyagi approached the store manager and said, "Manager, I'm going to go to ninja school in September." At that time, I may not be able to come to work as often. ”

The store manager looked at Aoyagi expressionlessly: "Then when will you be able to come over?" ”

Well, it's really the store manager, and his expression hasn't changed much.

"It should only be available on Sunday and Saturday."

"Then after you go to school, you will come over to help on the day of the sun and the day of the earth." Rarely, the store manager frowned, his expression seemed to be a little hesitant, but he quickly regained facial paralysis, "You want to be a ninja." ”

"Yes, my parents are ninjas, and I want to be a ninja like them." Aoyagi lied, who would believe it if he said that a crisis that could destroy the world would break out in the future?

"En......" The manager was silent for a while, "Do you want to change jobs and become a cook?" Although you are still a child, you should have enough strength and control to practice ninja. Now the waiter is easy to find, but the kitchen assistant is hard to find. Aoi Sato is ready to leave Konoha and go back to Kyoto. I could cope with it on other days, but there were a lot of customers on the day and the day, and it was difficult to prepare the materials in time without three people. ”

Aoi Sato is another name for the cook, who has a more withdrawn personality, and Aoyagi doesn't communicate much with him. I didn't expect him to leave.

"Of course I do!"

"Then I'll teach you the knife technique during this time, starting tomorrow morning, come and learn at nine o'clock every day."

"Hi, store manager."

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The next morning, after changing into work clothes, the store manager took Aoyagi to the slaughterhouse, pointed to the bundled piglets, and said, "In order to ensure the freshness of the meat, the slaughter usually starts after the store opens." If I want to teach you knife skills in the morning, I can only practice with the little pig. You can have more food tonight. ”

"Hey!"

"I'll show you a slow-motion demonstration first, and then I'll slowly teach you all kinds of tricks."

The store manager picked up the knife, his eyes were solemn, he opened his mouth to bleed, disemboweled, cleaned the internal organs, and removed the bones without injury.

After the demonstration, the store manager said to Aoyagi: "The most important thing about this set of knife techniques inherited by my family is that it is accurate, and it cannot be deviated from one cent. And when you're precise, you have to be smooth and concise. It's still early for you, learn to be precise first. ”

Walking up to the other piglet, the store manager asked Aoyagi to pick up the knife in his own posture, and after helping Aoyagi adjust the gesture of holding the knife, the store manager said, "Hold the knife." Then he squeezed Aoyagi's hand and sent the knife down Piggy's throat.

"You remember, from this place, the pig dies quickly, not so painfully. Moreover, the throat is easy to operate, the heart is in the body, it is difficult to determine the position, and the heart is too far to operate, not to mention that it will destroy the texture of the muscles in the chest. ”

The store manager taught Aoyagi by hand, went through the process just now, and at the same time explained non-stop, pointing out how Aoyagi should use force, where to use the knife, and what points to pay attention to......

Over and over again, Aoyagi's mind was full of stuff, and more was omitted and not written down.

"I know you can't remember that much. The knife technique is practiced, not memorized, and you can remember it with more practice. After going through it, you now have the basic concept and feel. From tomorrow onwards, you will practice on your own, and I will guide you by your side. The store manager let go of his hand, and his tone was not salty or light, so that Aoyagi couldn't tell if he was satisfied with the performance he had just performed, although he didn't show anything, just being a marionette.

"Hey! Store manager. ”

Aoyagi cleaned up the slaughterhouse while the store manager stood and watched, and after a while, he suddenly spoke, startling Aoyagi.

"Makoto Masaoka and Aoi Sato are both relatives of mine, so it is only natural for me to pass on the sword technique to them."

I remember that the store manager is also surnamed Masaoka, and it turns out that both of them are relatives of the store manager.

"And you're going to be a ninja in the future, and I'm not worried about opening a shop and stealing business after you learn the knife technique."

The store manager thought to himself that when he graduated from Aoyagi Ninja School and became a ninja, he would definitely not come back to work. And at that time, his son could take over Aoyagi's work, but it was just right.

"I hope you learn it well. If ......," the store manager hesitated, "Well, don't teach it to others without permission." If you want to pass it on to others, you have to get my consent first. ”

"Thank you very much to the store manager for teaching me the knife technique!" Aoyagi bowed to the store manager, "I will try to master it, and I will not teach it without permission." ”

The store manager looked at Aoyagi calmly and didn't say anything, just asked him to continue cleaning up. I started to prepare for business.

Thanks to Aoyagi's blessing, in the days that followed, the proportion of meat in the food in the store increased. It wasn't until Aoyagi mastered the knife technique and officially helped in the kitchen that he returned to his normal level, but that's another story.