The next morning, Haruki put his writing aside for the time being. After breakfast, he went to the Fourth Training Ground.
This was the time he had agreed to train with Might Guy.
The purpose of making money was to make himself stronger, he wouldn't lose sight of the bigger picture.
"Morning, Guy." As soon as he arrived at the training ground, Haruki saw Guy already training.
Then, he nonchalantly circled around Guy, collecting the three white cards on the ground.
After doing all this, he plopped down on the ground with a "thud" and started doing push-ups with Guy.
Guy was used to Haruki's strange behavior, and after a casual greeting, he silently continued his training.
"System, bring up the system panel."
Doing one-armed push-ups with ease, Haruki checked his stats.
He had been too lazy to look at his stats these past few days because he hadn't gotten any cards, but he didn't expect to be so lucky today, getting three white cards all at once.
[Host: Haruki]
[Strength: 25]
[Speed: 25]
[Constitution: 22]
[Spirit: 25]
[Chakra: 1010]
[Talent: Space Talent LV3]
[Skills: Shurikenjutsu Basics LV2, Basic Taijutsu LV3, Chakra Control Technique LV1, Great Fireball Technique LV5, Leaf Whirlwind LV4]
"Whew, not bad, strength and constitution have increased, even chakra has improved. But I have too few techniques."
It's one thing to only have one jutsu, but it's a Great Fireball Technique that can't even burn anything to death, it's ridiculous!
Time flew by during the training, and in the blink of an eye, Haruki had completed 500 push-ups, a 5km run, and 1,000 squats.
The sky had already darkened, and judging by the time, Kushina's dinner should be almost ready. Haruki greeted Guy, "Guy, I'm going!"
"Okay, I'm heading home too, see you tomorrow."
As he spoke, Guy walked away upside down, his house was on the other side of the training ground.
Watching Guy leave in that way, Haruki couldn't help but sigh, "He's really dedicated! No wonder he became so strong later."
Seeing the sky getting darker, Haruki didn't linger any longer, he stepped into the forest and ran towards home.
He had walked this path many times and was very familiar with it.
After the first time, he knew he wasn't the protagonist, and he never thought anyone would try to assassinate him here.
But the slap in the face often came so quickly.
"Whoosh!"
Not far from the exit, a shuriken, gleaming with a dark light, easily recognizable for its sharpness, pierced towards Haruki's throat.
"Pfft!"
The sound of flesh being pierced echoed. At the critical moment, Haruki, relying on his excellent reflexes, dodged the attack, avoiding the vital spot. So, the shuriken pierced his shoulder.
"Hmph!" A childish roar rang out. Ignoring the pain, Haruki kicked the attacker in the abdomen, using the force to fly backwards.
Landing, he immediately left the spot, running towards an open area.
"Konoha brat, you actually dodged my attack, not bad."
As if he had Haruki completely figured out, the attacker no longer hid his figure, appearing openly in front of Haruki.
A donkey face with a hooked nose, two green bean-sized eyes, and a night-gown, he looked like no good at all.
He mentally cursed a few times, but when he spoke, it came out as, "Who are you? From which village?"
As he spoke, Haruki's gaze was subtly observing. This place was too far from the center of Konoha, even if there was backup, it wouldn't arrive so quickly.
As for Minato, he wouldn't even know about this.
It would be fine if nothing happened, but the wound on his shoulder was now bleeding profusely.
A preliminary estimate, if this continued for five minutes, he would lose too much blood. In ten minutes, he wouldn't even need anyone else to do it, he would bleed to death!
"Heh, do you think I'll tell you? Or are you trying to stall for time? But I think you'll be the one who can't hold on longer!"
The man in black showed a look of disdain, looking at Haruki as if he were an idiot.
The previous fight had made almost no sound, the possibility of Konoha noticing was less than one percent.
And this little brat in front of him was probably just a student at the Ninja Academy, not even an enemy. Plus, his injury, the man in black wasn't worried at all.
"The villains in my novels, at this point, wouldn't they all reveal their identities and give the protagonist time to prepare? Why isn't this guy following the script!"
Haruki mentally complained, but his heart sank.
Because the other person seemed casual, but his position blocked Haruki's escape route.
"It's about time to send you on your way!" As soon as he finished speaking, the man in black charged towards Haruki at lightning speed.
Although he wasn't as fast as Kakashi or Might Guy, he was still more than half as fast.
"Damn it, I'll give it my all!"
Gritting his teeth, Haruki endured the pain in his shoulder and began to form hand seals.
The reason the man in black didn't use jutsu was because he was afraid of making too much noise and alerting Konoha.
Based on his previous performance, Haruki estimated that he was an elite Chunin, there was no way he could escape.
So now he could only use jutsu, make enough noise to attract Konoha's attention, and then escape.
Although the pain in his shoulder kept affecting Haruki, the only jutsu he knew, the Great Fireball Technique, wasn't difficult.
Before the man in black charged, Haruki successfully formed hand seals in front of him: "Fire Release - Great Fireball Technique!"
In the blink of an eye, a basketball-sized fireball erupted from Haruki's mouth, heading straight for the man in black.
But Haruki didn't even look, he started forming hand seals again.
He couldn't defeat the man in black simply because he had too few jutsu, if they really fought based on chakra, the man in black was no match!
A mere Great Fireball Technique, I can fire a hundred of them!
"Whew—! Whew—! Whew—!"
One fireball after another flew towards the man in black, forcing him to retreat repeatedly.
"Good thing he's not a Jonin, otherwise, with one Body Flicker Technique, I wouldn't even be able to form hand seals!"
After forcing the man in black back, Haruki finally breathed a sigh of relief, but his movements didn't stop.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Violent explosions echoed, although not loud, they were enough to attract Konoha's attention.
At least it was enough to attract Might Guy's attention, who was not far away. Haruki also breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, he had to be careful of the other guy going crazy!
"Damn it!" The man in black cursed angrily, he knew he couldn't hide anymore.
"Earth Release - Earth Wall!"
"Boom!"
A wall of earth suddenly rose, blocking three of Haruki's Great Fireballs.
"Earth Release - Earth Dragon Bullet!"
Behind the wall, the man in black twisted his fingers frantically, a yellowish-brown dragon, ferociously charged towards Haruki.
"Die!"
Seizing the moment when the man in black revealed himself, Haruki launched the Great Fireball he had prepared, aiming straight for the man's face.
Seeing the approaching fireball, the man in black wanted to dodge, but the Earth Dragon Bullet he was about to unleash prevented him from doing so.
"Boom!"
The explosion echoed. The Great Fireball slammed into the man's head, instantly rendering him unconscious.
But Haruki didn't feel any joy, because the Earth Dragon Bullet the man in black had unleashed was only a meter away from him!
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