- You too, Ryo-sensei? - The long-haired girl asked with a sly squint.
- More than most," he grinned back, taking a tray of drinks from the waitress and handing them out to the students, "and if you live up to my expectations, some of these secrets will be yours.
- Yes, Sensei! We will not fail! - The kunoichi straightened up, eyes wide and literally glowing with the readiness to run and justify.
Right now.
- Then go ahead and train taijutsu," I directed my suddenly revitalized charges and decided to boost their enthusiasm, "and if you get in shape to start training my complex within a month, you'll be rewarded with a pretty big prize.
- A cool and killer jutsu? - Asuna asked cheerfully, literally glowing.
- Almost," I replied evasively, grinning to myself, "you won't be able to pull off anything really killer with your chakra reserves, but you won't be disappointed, I'll give you that! Now let's go practice!
Having created a couple of clones, I sent them off with the hopeful students and with a slightly tired sigh I leaned back on the bench, slowly sipping the slightly cooled, fragrant tea.
- Yours? - Cesa's carcass landing next to him was no surprise - he'd had the opportunity to learn the chakra hue of his cousin's partner more than once.
- Well, whose else would it be? - I mockingly raised an eyebrow at the shinobi who had already overtaken me in size.
If earlier we could still compete with each other, then now the fat man with his two full meters was the undisputed leader, and this was not the limit for Akamichi - I had seen more than once two and a half meters taller than me, twice as wide and a hundred kilograms heavier.
- I heard they gave you the most untalented ones, didn't they? - Akamichi's heir looked at me sympathetically.
- If Senju were still teaching at the academy, even such average kunoichi would make strong genin with a decent chance of promotion in five years, but I'd have to do it.
- Why don't you want to give up the team? - Choza asked, humming in agreement at my remark.
- Are you kidding? Then you don't know how long to wait for the next one - you know the practice on this matter, - I grinned, - it's still good that two girls are ready to work until exhaustion, just to get a chance for a better life than the lubricant for the enemy kunai during the next mess.
- You'll be in your twenties and it'll be the right time to train a team than now," shrugged my neighbor, "I'm not going to start raising genins until three years from now.
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