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After purchasing the ninja tools and obtaining the training method, everything was ready. Shin first slept for a while. Under the time acceleration, he woke up about two and a half hours later in the real world, ate a meal, and then headed to his usual training spot.
Shin's usual training spot was located in the back mountains of Hidden Leaf, a place where many people usually trained. However, it was already night, and it was quiet and empty.
Under the moonlight,
Shin began his arduous training.
The Eight Inner Gates, to achieve results, relied solely on arduous training. There were no shortcuts, no fanciful permanent gate openings, no reverse training... those were basically nonsense and impossible to actually implement.
...
Four hours passed.
Shin had taken off his weights at some point and was resting against a rock. His clothes were clearly soaked with sweat, as if he had just been pulled out of water.
Training the Eight Inner Gates was far more arduous than usual ninjutsu or taijutsu training. Although Shin had the ability of time acceleration, it only accelerated his time relative to the outside world; there were no shortcuts to be taken in the training process itself.
"Phew..."
This was his seventh break, and although his body had mostly recovered, Shin still leaned there, unwilling to stand up.
Four hours, under three-times time acceleration, was equivalent to twelve hours.
"Almost done. I'll go back to sleep and continue later."
Shin felt mentally fatigued and gave up on continuing. He stood up, gathered the weights he had taken off, and prepared to go back to rest.
But at that moment, he suddenly froze, stopped what he was doing, put the weights back aside, and pricked up his ears.
Rustle, rustle...
He could vaguely hear sounds coming from the forest.
It seemed like someone was moving through the trees.
It was already late at night, and encountering a living person in the forest at this hour was usually not a good sign. Shin frowned slightly, his expression gradually becoming wary.
Although he didn't know who it was, he didn't want to meet them. From the sounds, their movement seemed to be coming towards him, and they would pass right by.
"Phew..."
Shin judged the other party's position, circled the rock halfway to the back, thinking this angle should allow him to avoid them.
The rustling footsteps from the forest swept past from one side and gradually disappeared into the distance. It seemed they hadn't noticed him and had hurried past.
However.
Almost the instant the footsteps disappeared into the distance, several silver flashes suddenly flickered in the night sky, accompanied by the sound of cutting through the air. Seven or eight shuriken accurately fell towards Shin's hiding spot, blocking all possible escape routes for Shin.
"Damn it!"
Shin cursed under his breath. The chakra blade he had already held in his right hand moved with a few backhand flicks, deflecting the rapidly incoming shuriken. At the same time, he leaped onto the top of the rock and looked in the direction from which the shuriken had flown.
In that direction, he could clearly see a figure. The moonlight illuminated their forehead protector. Although the symbol on it wasn't Hidden Leaf's, Shin was still very familiar with it.
Mist Village!
A ninja from the Hidden Mist Village!
"So it's just a brat..."
Hayate Gekko looked at Shin, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. The next moment, he rushed towards Shin, drawing a short sword and slashing at him.
He was a scout from the Hidden Mist Village, an elite Chunin with sensory abilities. He had spent some effort infiltrating the Land of Fire, intending to try and infiltrate Hidden Leaf, but then he sensed Shin's presence.
At first, he was startled, thinking he had been ambushed, but after careful sensing, he found that there was only Shin, and his chakra fluctuations were not strong. So, after a moment's thought, he decisively used a clone to continue making footsteps to attract attention and then launched a surprise attack on Shin.
Shin blocking his attack surprised him slightly, but when he saw that Shin was a ten-year-old brat, he slightly relaxed and decisively made his move.
Must be fast!
It was very close to Hidden Leaf, and a large or prolonged battle would be very dangerous. He had to quickly eliminate Shin and then attempt to infiltrate.
"The area near the village isn't safe anymore."
"Looks like I can't train here at night anymore."
Looking at Hayate Gekko, who showed no intention of communicating and immediately revealed killing intent, thoughts flashed through Shin's mind as he swung his ninja blade, White Light, to block.
Clang, clang, clang!
Shin's ninja blade, White Light, clashed with Hayate Gekko's short sword in the night, sparks flying and metal clanging.
In an instant, the two exchanged over a dozen blows. Hayate Gekko, who had initially been full of killing intent, was now surprised after these dozen blows, because the brat in front of him was not as easy to deal with as he had expected.
"Silver-haired brat... using a chakra short blade... could it be the son of the White Fang mentioned in the intel...?"
A sharp glint flashed in Hayate Gekko's eyes.
It must be right!
Kakashi Hatake's genius was well-known in Hidden Leaf, and he was undoubtedly on their Hidden Mist Village's assassination list, because no one wanted to see another White Fang of Hidden Leaf appear!
Killing this brat would be a great achievement. Even if he didn't gather any intelligence, he could directly return to the village!
Compared to taking huge risks to infiltrate Hidden Leaf, killing a brat was undoubtedly a much better option, and he had already been discovered by Shin, so he couldn't infiltrate Hidden Leaf without killing Shin.
Whoosh!!
Thinking of this, Hayate Gekko's killing intent surged. Without hesitation, after one clash, he used the momentum to leap backward, bit his short sword, and quickly formed hand seals.
"Ninjutsu! Hiding in Mist Jutsu!"
"Wind Style! Violent Wind Jutsu!"
Before the white mist could spread, Shin, as if predicting it, almost simultaneously released a Wind Style jutsu. A strong gust of wind instantly blew the mist, which hadn't yet spread, in all directions. Although it still obscured some vision, the impact was greatly reduced.
Hayate Gekko frowned slightly, but still charged at Shin through the mist.
"..."
For Shin, this was his first true combat experience, a real life-threatening battle. An ordinary person might have been intimidated and performed at less than half their usual strength, but at this moment, Shin was extremely calm.
The reason was simple: on one hand, he had confirmed the opponent's strength, and on the other hand, in the three-times speed state, everything in front of him was slowed down by three times, including Hayate Gekko's movements.
The blade of Shin's ninja sword, White Fang, glowed faintly.
"Hatake Style - Void!"
Looking at Hayate Gekko, who was attacking through the faint mist, a cold light flashed in Shin's eyes, and he instantly unleashed his previously held-back speed to its limit.
In Hayate Gekko's eyes, Shin seemed to move with an almost bizarre speed, his chakra short blade appearing to leave afterimages as he slashed towards him.
Hayate Gekko's face changed.
How could he be so fast!
This thought flashed through Hayate Gekko's mind, but at this moment, there was no time for other thoughts. Facing Shin's almost terrifying speed, he could only put all his effort into swinging his short sword to meet the attack.
Clang!
Hayate Gekko's short sword barely managed to parry the blade of Shin's White Light just before it struck, emitting a clang.
"Blocked it..."
This thought flashed through Hayate Gekko's mind, but it only existed for an instant. His entire body froze in place, a hint of disbelief flashing in his eyes.
He saw.
A clear line of blood, running along the very center of his Hidden Mist forehead protector, extended from his forehead all the way to the back of his head.
His short sword blocked the physical blade, but he hadn't anticipated that the attack range of Shin's slash wasn't limited to the blade itself; there was also a foot-long void slash extending from the blade!
This was...
The Hatake Style Kenjutsu, famous throughout the ninja world!
Countless ninjas died from this jutsu in the Second Great Ninja War, and even knowing its effect, it was still difficult to parry!
In the last moment before his consciousness faded, Hayate Gekko recalled the fear that countless ninjas had been dominated by that Chakra Blade White Fang in those years.
He had never expected that a brat like Shin would have already mastered the unique secret jutsu that had once shocked the ninja world, the White Fang of Hidden Leaf's blade style!
Silently.
Hayate Gekko swayed, and his body fell downwards.
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