- Uh, sensei," Hoshi hesitated a bit, hurriedly shuffling her feet to keep up with the tall guy, "why are you explaining everything so thoroughly?
- Did you pay attention? Good girl! - Nara squinted his eyes in a smile and stroked her head.
The little kunoichi pitched forward, enjoying the unsophisticated caress.
- The point is that you need not only to train your body and develop keirakukei, but also to learn to think, to understand the reasons for other people's actions and to be able to calculate the background of the events that happened, - explained the jonin, - it will help you in your future career, and especially - how to avoid pitfalls in the village itself, just by accidentally stomping on someone's corns. Shinobi are sharp and resentful people, they can remember and then take revenge at the most inopportune moment. Clansmen are backed by the power and influence of the clan, but ordinary fighters have few people to lean on in case of conflict, and it is not only personal strength that matters, but also a well working brain. Again, I am the second candidate for the head of Nara, if something happens to the first one, and I myself have quite a decent political weight as the only practicing master of seals for the whole village and second degree irienin, so there will be intrigues around inevitably and you need to move your brains properly to not get under the crush or to report to me in time. I don't like the whole kitchen myself, but what can I do?
Hoshi looked back at her partner, a little dumbfounded by the details that had been revealed, and it looked like the training that was to come was going to be a little more difficult than even the darkest of expectations, in a good way.
***
As I looked at the trio of shmuckoddies (little bugs) that lined up at the appointed time at training ground number fifty-two, dressed in sturdy two-piece blue training suits, I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face at the sight of their serious faces. Or rather, attempts to portray it, that's why I smiled - well, just like my daughter, who makes exactly the same face when she does something and tries to seem serious.
- I see you got there in time - well done! - praised the smiling students.
In fact, it's not so easy to find the right site, because they are scattered around the outskirts of Konoha almost without any plan - where there was a free space away from residential areas, there and made, and the plan is only on the first floor of the Hokage Tower, where you still need to think to look. Or ask more experienced comrades, who have yet to be caught.
- Since I have an idea about your abilities only from the accompanying papers, which are not very informative on anything but grades for the subjects, then first I'll check the most important way for shinobi - taijutsu, - I explained to the girls catching my every word, - after that you'll sweep the iron and we'll move on to checking your physical form. Understood?
- Hai, Ryo-sensei!
After some deliberation, I decided to chew on almost every requirement of my students during the training - this way I will not only raise the general knowledge of the team, but also show the expediency of my requirements for better effort and dedication. After all, a person always works better if he or she understands the usefulness of his or her work than if he or she just stupidly performs the necessary actions without a common understanding of the goal.
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