Takumi was utterly speechless!
It seems…
With this [Cold Face] talent, his brain probably doesn't entertain thoughts of pursuing anyone.
After all, he really can't imagine characters like Itachi, Deva Path, or Ulquiorra pursuing anyone...
[After being rejected by you, Ino wasn't disappointed; instead, she became even more excited.]
"…"
[Three days later, the Academy conducted Genin team assignments. Due to your exceptional talent and shocking strength, you were assigned to Team 7.]
[However, during reporting, you didn't show up before Kakashi.]
[Instead, you went to the Sandaime Hokage's office and told him you didn't want to participate in any team assignments or associate with anyone.]
"Starting to take a different path now?"
Takumi rested his chin on his hand.
Indeed, for his current self, being in a team is definitely less useful than working alone.
After all, the current Naruto, Sasuke, and the others are far below his strength level.
To put it bluntly, they'd just be dead weight.
Besides, with his solitary personality, how could he possibly team up?
There simply couldn't be any teamwork.
[Hiruzen was surprised by your proposal, but ultimately agreed to your request.]
[He invited you to the underground prison of Konoha's Anbu, where prisoners captured from other villages were held.]
["Choose any two and defeat them, and you will be granted the rank of Chunin."]
[This was the condition Hiruzen set, because only by becoming a Chunin could you skip the team formation process and directly participate in village missions as a shinobi.]
[You pointed at two Kumogakure's Shinobi who looked very fierce, threw two full-power punches, and instantly obliterated them.]
[Seeing the corpses with all their bones broken, Hiruzen, along with countless Anbu's Shinobi, were utterly shocked.]
[Everyone unanimously agreed that you had surpassed Sasuke and Neji, becoming Konoha's number one genius!]
"…"
Reading this, that one word popped into Takumi's mind again.
'Talent!'
'As expected, in the Shinobi World, talent is too important!'
Effort determines the lower limit, talent determines the upper limit.
However…
The upper limit determined by talent is probably a million times higher than the lower limit!
An ordinary person, if not highly talented, even if they strive their entire life, will at most be an average Chunin, just like his previous self.
But those from high-talent clans, like the Uchiha, the Senju.
Their descendants are basically born already surpassing most people...
This black Fist Emperor talent, according to Takumi's estimate, might be the strongest single fist aside from Saitama's punch.
No Saiyan energy, no Cosmo, magic, Haki... no boosts from other skills…
His fist, if its potential is fully developed, might really only be slightly weaker than Saitama's punch!
[You successfully advanced to Chunin and began accepting village missions.]
[Hiruzen, cherishing your talent, intended to nurture you properly, so the missions he gave you were progressive.]
[On your first day as a Chunin, you were responsible for eliminating over a dozen bandits hiding in the mountains outside Konoha.]
[You gladly went. Of course, you completed all your missions alone.]
[That very night, you reached the target location.]
[You entered the camp and began the slaughter.]
[You killed all the enemies. Each one had their bones shattered by your blows. You looted their money, bringing a small portion back to the village and hiding most of it in your home.]
[The next day, you opened an unofficial bank account outside and deposited the money, a full 300,000 ryo.]
[In the following week, with Hiruzen's help, you began learning some basic Ninjutsu.]
[Two of three basic technique, Transformation Technique, Body Replacement Technique... these trash Ninjutsu, while not powerful, could still be useful at critical times.]
[After a month of training, you had the skills of an Elite Chunin.]
[Your speed, agility, and combat skills had made significant progress.]
[It was then you realized that to become a true powerhouse, you couldn't rely solely on fists, you also needed movement techniques.]
[So, in your spare time, you began diligently training in various combat techniques.]
[All to allow your fists to exert their maximum power.]
[In the third month, you received your second mission.]
[Go to the border of Konoha to suppress a group of rebels, approximately 30 in number.]
[After a week of travel, you reached the destination.]
[However, you then discovered you had been tricked. The number of enemies wasn't 30, but 300!]
[In that instant, you realized this was a trap set by Hiruzen. Not necessarily to kill you, but to train you.]
[Fighting 300 people in an unexpected situation!]
[This battle was very difficult for you. You were wounded in multiple places and almost died.]
[But you still completed the mission, annihilating all 300 people.]
[And you understood one more thing: the battlefield is often more complex than imagined, especially in close combat. You must possess a large amount of combat techniques and experience.]
[For the first time, you felt your techniques were insufficient. For the first time, you felt you needed to become stronger.]
[A week later, you returned to the village. When your battered body appeared in the Hokage's Office, Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura... were all stunned.]
[Because they knew this was the test Hiruzen gave you. Dealing with 300 people alone was an almost impossible task.]
[They had all bet you wouldn't return, but you actually came back!]
[Hiruzen was both shocked and overjoyed. Your performance made him feel you were someone worth nurturing.]
[You felt very surprised, because you remembered reading so many Naruto fanfictions in your previous life that portrayed the Sandaime Hokage negatively, but now, you actually found him alright.]
[After some consideration and testing, you found that Hiruzen didn't intend to use you falsely.]
[You figured you could gain quite a bit of benefit from the Sandaime Hokage, so you chose to cooperate with him.]
[You fabricated a reason, linking Orochimaru with the rebel group, letting him know about Orochimaru's impending invasion of Konoha.]
[You then fabricated another reason, saying that on your way back to the village, you discovered the Yondaime Kazekage's corpse in the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, so you suspected Orochimaru might be impersonating the Yondaime Kazekage.]
[Your intelligence greatly stimulated Hiruzen. He trusted you even more and decided to teach you more combat techniques.]
[Under Hiruzen's guidance, you trained diligently.]
[Besides combat movement techniques, you also trained your fist techniques.]
[Your strength grew visibly day by day.]
[One month later, the Chunin Exams were held as scheduled.]
[Because you had provided intelligence beforehand, the moment Orochimaru stepped into Konoha, he was intercepted. Together with Jiraiya, Kakashi, Asuma, and other Konoha's elites, he was killed.]
[Hiruzen was impressed by your incredible foresight, as you had accurately predicted that Orochimaru would indeed be impersonating the Yondaime Kazekage.]
[Yakushi Kabuto, Kidomaru, and other subordinates of Orochimaru were utterly dumbfounded.]
[They never dreamed that the Konoha Crush Plan would end before it even began.]
[Kabuto and the others immediately fled Konoha. Hiruzen did not issue a pursuit order, as he felt they posed no threat.]
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