Three days passed, and his exhaustion set in.
The side effects of using soldier pills were severe. Fortunately, it was only temporary fatigue and had no long-term effects. He went straight to sleep without setting an alarm.
When he woke up, he looked at the clock and thought,
“Oh, it’s 8:10 AM. Wait, I went to sleep at 4:30 PM yesterday. So I slept for over 15 hours? Ugh, I was really that tired! And I’m starving now!”
After brushing his teeth and cleaning up, he grabbed a few ration bars and ate them.
Despite being three hours late, he did his morning exercises and then decided to go to “BBQ Q” for lunch.
He took the day off today and continued training the next day.
It took another three days for the amount of Chakra within his fists to double again. He thought to himself,
“Wow, how strong are my punches now? I need to find a boulder to test it out.”
He punched the boulder, and many cracks appeared on it, but Feng Zheng was screaming internally.
“Holy crap! That f*cking hurt!”
After a while, he checked his fist and thought,
“Wow, there are no visible injuries. Although it hurt a lot, it didn't cause any bleeding or damage. Just some minor scrapes. It seems I've really gotten stronger!”
Over the next 15 days, he increased the amount of Chakra he could infuse into his kunai and made the Chakra sharper.
Although simply infusing Wind Chakra into it made it very powerful, he also had to mold the Chakra into a thin edge, aligning it with the edge of the kunai, to achieve maximum effect.
By the end of his vacation, his kunai could penetrate three 4-meter-wide boulders and was stuck in the fourth boulder.
And the attack range of his kunai increased by fifteen centimeters due to the Chakra flow.
However, he noticed that once he was able to increase the amount of Chakra infused into the kunai and make it sharper, the condition of his kunai began to deteriorate.
Two days before the vacation ended, the kunai he was practicing with broke.
He sighed and thought,
“Hmm, this is a kunai I picked up in the forest. I wonder if a new kunai would last longer. I guess I’ll need to buy some kunai later. I should also check the prices of Chakra weapons.”
The day before school started, he went to Konoha's best weapon shop to look for Chakra weapons.
He didn't use a transformation this time, just went in as a weapon enthusiast.
The reason was that Feng Zheng wanted to show his interest in weapons, and the Restaurant Owner was a retired Ninja whose Chakra level was almost twice that of Genshu.
However, the prices shocked him. He thought to himself,
“What the hell? A small Chakra blade costs 2 million ryo? Ugh, why didn't Kakuzu steal Asuma's Chakra blades! Although they don't use Chakra blades, the books say in detail that the cheapest one costs 7.5 million ryo!”
The weapon prices deterred him, and he thought,
“Damn it, what should I do? The cost is too high. If I focus on Sealing Technique and sell a lot of Sealing scrolls, maybe I could earn that much in a year or two, but it would attract a lot of attention, not to mention Chakra weapons have to be custom-made.”
“So trying to acquire it through a random disguise probably won't work. And such a large purchase would definitely attract the Village's attention. If I wait until I can earn money by doing missions, I doubt I'll earn that much until I can do Rank A Missions. And that's a long time from now!”
He thought again, and then an idea struck him.
“That's right, I can choose to ask Hiruzen for it as a reward. This year, I'll train extensively in the twin-sword style. I'll even show off my training and demonstrate how interested I am in swords. And Genshu knows my affinity is Wind. So they'll understand my hints.”
However, there were two main problems. The first was that almost everyone would know about it. The second was whether Hiruzen would really reward Feng Zheng with something so valuable!
He thought for a while longer.
“Oh, never mind. I can bypass the first problem by having Hiruzen hold onto my sword. I'll ask him for the sword when I'm confident I can fight Jonin.”
“As for the second, if he refuses, then I'll ask him for smaller Chakra blades or something. Even though he spouts a lot of nonsense about the will of fire, it should be interesting to see him refuse a child twice!”
“Unfortunately, I've cultivated a rather mature and slightly nervous image. So if he refuses me twice, I still can't throw a tantrum.”
“However, if he says no twice despite my years of enduring his brainwashing speeches, I will definitely retaliate. If he refuses, in the future I will fund Naruto's pranks, providing him with various Sealing Jutsu. Then I can enjoy watching the chaos he creates in Konoha Village.”
Thinking of this, he laughed like a villain. If Hiruzen knew Feng Zheng's thoughts, he would probably shiver!
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The next day, the fourth year of school began.
Since he hadn't paid attention to the graduation exam and wanted to gather some information, he decided to go to school early.
He arrived in class at 7:45 AM.
Upon arrival, he saw 24 children already there. There were also 3 new faces.
He looked around the classroom and did not see Senju Teru, Uchiha Rai, and Shimura Shin in the class.
Then he walked over to Hyuga Hodaka, sat next to him, and asked,
“Good morning, how was the graduation exam?”
At first, he was in a bad mood because he didn't pass the exam. But after reacting, he looked at Feng Zheng in disbelief.
“You don't know?”
Feng Zheng shook his head. Hyuga Hodaka continued,
“Have you been living in the mountains?”
Feng Zheng said,
“No, I live at the foot of the mountain.”
Hyuga Hodaka looked at him expressionlessly. Feng Zheng asked again,
“So are you going to talk today?”
Hyuga Hodaka showed a sad expression and replied,
“I didn't pass. Only Senju Teru, Shimura Shin, and Uchiha Rai passed.”
Feng Zheng had expected this and nodded.
Then he asked about the exam. Hyuga Hodaka briefly recounted what happened during the graduation exam.
Although Feng Zheng already knew this might happen, he still marveled at the fact that those three could perform Rank C Ninjutsu. He thought to himself,
“Ah, there are still great benefits to being born into a top family or having a crazy old man backing you.”
Feng Zheng then asked if the three of them had formed a Genin squad. But Hyuga Hodaka replied,
“No, Senju Teru and Uchiha Rai are in a squad with people a year older than them. But I don't know where Shimura Shin went, I haven't heard from him since the exam.”
Feng Zheng thought to himself,
“I see. I guess Danzo recruited him into Root. But what surprises me is why he didn't take Shimura Shin when he was three or four years old.”
Then he asked again,
“What's the situation with the three new classmates?”
Hyuga Hodaka replied disdainfully,
“I don't know.”