The girls got off to a good start, though it was obvious that they were a little nervous about jumping sixty or seventy meters above the ground - it was one thing to run across the rooftops of Konoha's one- and two-story buildings. Surizawa even stumbled once and flew down from a branch, panicking and thinking of sticking, but I was on the lookout and quickly picked her up with chakra chains and put her back up.
After that incident, the young kunoichi had gotten the hang of it and was riding more confidently. Nevertheless, this way of traveling still wastes chakra, which the Genin clearly do not have as much as I would like, so every three hours I lowered the team to the ground and continued running along the road, purely on muscle power.
It was a great workout, even though by lunchtime, the girls could barely keep up and were literally soaking wet with sweat.
- Se-sensei, did you have to... ha... push like that... ha... on the first day? - Hoshi moaned, lying on the grass of a small clearing and struggling to breathe.
Her partners were in the same condition next to her.
- And you thought it would be an easy walk to the customer? - I grinned, literally radiating mockery. - Come on, no more lying around, we need to set up a parking lot for the rest of the day.
- Ryo-sensei, my legs aren't holding me up," Surizawa said sadly, "and there's no more chakra left for medical equipment.
It was the only way she could keep up with her more trained neighbors, but I only forbade chakra enhancement, not the use of iryonin skills.
- Five minutes, sensei," Asani looked at me pleadingly.
- Will you also ask the enemy to wait five minutes after an exhausting march? - I asked, raising an eyebrow questioningly.
Activating the seal with my tongue, without any seals, I gave the shrieking girls a weak stream of cold water with my mouth.
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