The weather was nice today, the sky was clear, but I had to stay in the classroom and listen to some boring lessons, and the students were a little wilted.

The wooden classroom door opened, and Mr. Araki stepped onto the podium.

Seeing that it was Mr. Araki who came to class, the whole class was a little surprised.

"You also met Sugimoto-sensei yesterday. After that, Mr. Sugimoto and I took turns in class. My classes are hands-on, and Mr. Sugimoto is in charge of teaching cultural classes. Knocking on the podium, Araki continued, "I was very dissatisfied with the last test. Mistakes aside, your physical fitness is not good, and the speed is too slow. You can't even run for your life, if you go to war, none of you will survive! ”

"No matter what the technique, you need to have a good body to be effective. In this class, nothing else will be taught, and from now on, all students will go to the No. 3 exercise field for a run. ”

"Run until noon, and you can go back. There is no need to attend classes in the afternoon. ”

Although Araki didn't have the students expecting, teaching some cool and fun tricks in class and making them run all morning walks was a bit boring. However, most students are happy to be able to go out and participate in activities rather than staying in the classroom.

After all, it is an energetic age, and it prefers to run around.

On the drill field, Araki shook his head as he watched the students running around, and flashed to the center of the field to demonstrate how to run.

After running back and forth at a slow pace in the classic ninja fashion, making sure that every student could see clearly, he stopped and said, "You may be very uncomfortable running like this at first, but this is a necessary ability for every ninja, and it is the standard way of movement for ninjas. ”

Leaning his upper body and squatting, he gestured to the hands placed next to him, Araki said: "The hands are tilted behind the back to make it easier to grasp and use the ninja equipment, and the upper body tilt not only reduces the area that may be hit, but also makes the pace more explosive." But without the aid of swinging your hands, and your upper body is tilted violently, your balance is required when running. ”

"Don't feel that this level of demand is too difficult. Fighting in high-speed sports requires a higher balance of the body! This way of marching will improve your balance and lay the foundation for learning to fight at high speeds. ”

"Start training now!"

Having learned this footwork, Aoyagi doesn't find it difficult to run all morning. And just as he was about to start running, he was stopped by Araki.

"Hayakawa Aoyagi, you come with me. Other students, don't be lazy! I asked Mr. Sugimoto to supervise me. ”

Chisato Oe was the first to look around, and soon found Sugimotsuki standing on a branch next to the exercise ground, so he could only start running honestly with a bitter face.

Araki takes Aoyagi to a remote corner of the campus. Looking at Araki's stopped, Aoyagi was a little excited, not knowing what ninjutsu he could learn?

"What I'm going to teach you is not so much ninjutsu as a set of ninja techniques, about how to hide yourself." Facing Aoyagi, Araki's face was serious, "Ninja, stealth actions are common. Fighting head-on is just a strategy. If you can accomplish your goals in secret, you don't have to go through a lot of effort. And the level of concealment ability is the key to whether a ninja can act stealthily. ”

"The art of concealment, in simple terms, is to restrain all kinds of breaths that may leak oneself, including chakra fluctuations, smells, sounds, body shapes, and so on. Broadly speaking, there are two different methods: body control and ninjutsu masking. Body control is the foundation, while ninjutsu masking is complementary and advanced. Teach you what your body controls first, and then teach you ninjutsu to mask your breath later. ”

Although he was a little surprised and a little disappointed that he couldn't learn ninjutsu for the time being, it sounded like Araki-sensei seemed to be very good at the way of concealment, and he was able to learn a lot from him, so Aoyagi maintained his calm and continued to listen to the lecture.

"Now, you go and hide in the forest, and I'll come for you." Araki pointed diagonally to the woods behind him.

Aoyagi, who was still looking forward to explaining, was a little stunned, "Huh? ”

Araki was a little dissatisfied with Aoyagi's stunned appearance, and glared, "Why don't you go quickly?!" ”

Aoyagi ran and quickly bypassed Araki and burrowed into the woods.

Araki stood outside the woods and waited, thinking about his thoughts.

Originally, I just thought that I would just teach my students a simple ninjutsu. But this little ghost is willing to risk his life to save his companions, which is a seedling worth cultivating. And he did himself a favor. And his ability to conceal and investigate, I also hope that someone can inherit it, and since I have encountered it, it is also a good choice to teach him.

Autumn has been here for some time, and there is a shallow layer of fallen leaves on the woodland, and when you step on it, there will be a rustling sound.

Aoyagi ran as he searched for a suitable hiding place.

It is too easy to find it simply hidden behind a large tree, and the shading is not good enough. However, lurking in the bushes is not conducive to movement, and the branches and leaves are swaying when they move, which is too conspicuous.

It is best to find a place that is both remote and completely surrounded by large trees and bushes, and the inside is not visible from the outside, and the best place to hide is to hide.

Deliberately drilling into a remote and densely planted place, Aoyagi ran for a while, and finally found a suitable place.

Although not completely enclosed, the only gap next to the trunk is just right for peeking into the outside world, and the bushes that are more than half a human (adult) tall can completely block Aoyagi's shape, which is just enough.

Aoyagi half-crouched behind the bushes, slowed his breathing, minimized his movements, and waited quietly.

Time passed, but Araki still hadn't appeared. Aoyagi muttered in his heart, what's the matter, shouldn't he find me soon?

After waiting for a while, there was still no movement, only a few insects and birds echoed around, and the forest seemed even quieter. Aoyagi was a little out of breath, moved his body slightly, leaned into the trunk of the tree, and slowly looked out.

Smack~ Suddenly a hand pressed on the top of his head, Aoyagi only felt that his heartbeat missed a beat, his scalp was numb, and a chill spread from the top of his head to his whole body, and he hit him hard.

What's going on?!

When he looked back, it was Mr. Araki.

"Teacher, don't show up like this!" Aoyagi's emotions are a little out of control.

The fright is gone, reason returns, and sure enough, at this time, who else will appear except Araki Sprouts?

"......" is really just a little ghost, and he looks like he has matured, but he still can't hold his breath.

Diverting the subject, Araki said, "Do you know how many mistakes you just made? ”

Distracted, Aoyagi asked, "How many mistakes did I make?" ”