Li Anshi shook his head, went to a tree and sat cross-legged, and said to the three of them: "Come, come, everyone sit down first and calm your minds."
"Yes, Master."
After the three of them respectfully bowed to Li Anshi, they sat down scattered in front of him.
"Before your minds are calm, let me first tell you about the Little Li Flying Dagger."
"Like you, I am also a commoner ninja from Konoha Village."
"However, unlike you who graduated early in your third year, I was part of the first batch of students at the Ninja Academy, and I stayed there for a full six years."
"Furthermore, during the graduation exam, I also became the first ninja in the academy's history who failed to pass the graduation exam."
"Ah, I get it, so Master you're that legendary…"
Li Anshi had just spoken to this point when Sagawa slapped her own head, almost blurting out the title the Ninja Academy teachers had for Li Anshi.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Kondo threw himself onto Sagawa, one hand clamping over her mouth, pushing the rest of her words back down.
"Haha, haha, Master, my apologies, you continue, continue…"
Afterward, Kondo shot Sagawa a fierce glare: "You idiot, Yui, think about it, with Master Li's abilities, how could he possibly fail the Ninja Academy's graduation exam?"
"That must be a person the Ninja Academy teachers made up to deceive us, hoping we would train hard."
Seeing Kondo and Sagawa's actions, Li Anshi was also stunned for a moment.
Then, Li Anshi understood.
As the first student in the academy's history who failed to pass the graduation exam, Li Anshi was undoubtedly a "prop" used by the Ninja Academy teachers to motivate students to train hard.
Things like "If you don't work hard now, then in the future you'll end up like that person, wasting six years in the academy and not even being able to pass the graduation exam."
One had to know, for the Ninja Academy's normal graduation exam, one only needed to successfully perform the Three Basic Jutsu to have an eighty percent chance of passing.
For the remaining twenty percent, as long as you weren't completely ignorant of the content taught in the cultural classes, the examining teachers would not deliberately make things difficult for you.
Therefore, in the minds of the Ninja Academy students, Li Anshi, who hadn't even passed the graduation exam, was probably a "failure" who had muddled through six years at the academy without training.
As for the fact that Li Anshi couldn't perform ninjutsu due to his chakra issues, this fact was deliberately ignored by everyone.
What a joke, could a ninja who couldn't perform ninjutsu even exist in this world?
Even if they did, if you can't perform ninjutsu, what kind of ninja are you?
"Haha, I didn't expect my reputation at the Ninja Academy to be so great that even you all know of it."
"However, Kondo, you were wrong about that."
"Although I don't know how the academy teachers talk about me to the students, I indeed failed to pass the Ninja Academy's graduation exam."
"And when I was in class, I was also the dead-last."
In the Ninja Academy's usual tests, the score percentage for cultural classes was very small, while the percentage for ninjutsu and combat was very large.
Li Anshi's grades in cultural studies and combat were not weak.
Unfortunately, his grade in ninjutsu class was always zero.
Therefore, in every comprehensive evaluation, Li Anshi was always the one at the bottom.
"Wow…"
To Li Anshi's surprise, when he said he was the dead-last in his class, not only was there no dejection on the faces of Sagawa and the others, they actually became more excited.
"Master, you are so cool."
Looking at the three of them dancing with excitement, Li Anshi was stunned for a moment, then he also smiled.
He had forgotten that these three subordinates of his were also the dead-lasts who had been cast aside by the Chunin squad leaders.
For him to go from a "failure" who hadn't passed the graduation exam to a legendary figure who could pressure the Cloud Village with his power alone in just three years, and even gain a title like "Little Li Flying Dagger," was the best motivation for these three dead-lasts.
"I was originally going to say something to help you regain a calm state of mind."
"But now it seems I've accomplished the opposite."
Li Anshi shook his head, "Since that's the case, let's start learning now."
"In any case, successfully mastering the Little Li Flying Dagger is not something that can be done overnight."
"Hahaha, long live Master!"
Hearing Li Anshi's words, the three of them shouted in joyful surprise.
"Now, first take out the daggers I gave you yesterday."
"Yes, Master."
The three of them immediately took the daggers out of their ninja tool pouches.
In order not to let the daggers get worn down, the three had already cleared out all the kunai and shuriken from their tool pouches yesterday, leaving a separate compartment just to store the daggers.
"The training of the secret flying dagger technique is divided by me into three stages."
"The first stage is the dagger-throwing technique."
"The second stage is spiritual perception."
"The third stage is the core of the secret flying dagger technique."
"What you can train in now is the first stage of the secret flying dagger technique, the dagger-throwing technique."
"Before learning the dagger-throwing technique, you must have a deep understanding of the flying dagger."
"The flying dagger is three inches and seven-tenths long, handleless with a ring…"
Next, Li Anshi explained some key points of throwing the dagger to the three of them, and only then did he have them begin to practice.
Because at the Ninja Academy, the teachers had taught a bit about throwing ninja tools, and they had also practiced with kunai and shuriken.
So, when practicing throwing the flying daggers, they could be considered to have some foundation.
After giving the three some more guidance on their technique, Li Anshi left each of them with ten flying daggers to practice with and then departed.
As for whether the three of them could master the Little Li Flying Dagger, Li Anshi had no certainty in his heart.
After all, even though Li Anshi possessed Li Xunhuan's memories of training with the flying dagger, he had not yet truly cultivated "his own" flying dagger.
However, even if the three of them couldn't master the Little Li Flying Dagger, just the throwing technique alone would give them a formidable means of attack.
If the three of them completely mastered the dagger-throwing technique, killing a Genin instantly would not be a problem, and they would pose a significant threat to an average Chunin.
Once they completed the second stage of perception training, then within the effective attack range of the daggers, Clone Jutsu, Substitution Jutsu, and Genjutsu would not be able to deceive their perception, making them nearly invincible at the Chunin level.
At the same time, at this stage, the speed of the daggers would be greatly increased.
Even a powerhouse who had reached the Jonin level might be killed by the daggers if they were not prepared.
The third stage was the stage Li Anshi could only use with the aid of Li Xunhuan's memories.
Killing the rampaging Two-Tails Jinchuriki, severely wounding the Third Raikage, and critically injuring the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Blue B, leaving him with only a breath of life, were all done using the ability of this stage.
Three days later, the emissary from the Cloud Village arrived, delivered the first batch of so-called "humanitarian aid" supplies to the camp, and left with the truce agreement signed by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Afterward, the ninjas of this camp were gathered together to listen to a speech from the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Everyone, I imagine you have all heard some news."
"Here, I want to tell you all that the news you have heard is all true!"
"Under the deterrence of Konoha's 'Little Li Flying Dagger,' the Cloud ultimately chose to sign a truce agreement with Konoha."
Since the Cloud side was being tactful, Hiruzen Sarutobi was not going to expose them.
After all, the Cloud side had only paid one year's worth of "humanitarian aid"; Konoha still had nearly three hundred million Ryo with the Cloud.
If Hiruzen Sarutobi called the Cloud's "humanitarian aid" war reparations, what if the Cloud went back on their word and refused to pay?
Would Konoha dare to wage war against the Cloud?
As the ninja village created by the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, Konoha was the strongest of the five great ninja villages in terms of comprehensive strength.
The other four great ninja villages were all wary of Konoha.
Once Konoha initiated a war against a certain ninja village without reason, the other ninja villages would also start a war with Konoha.
No one liked to see an expansionist Konoha.
This included the Daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire.
The Daimyo and nobles controlled the power and economy of this world.
Compared to just the ninjas, the Daimyo and nobles had a much broader perspective and knew how to maintain their rule.
They did not want any turmoil in this world.
A little over a decade ago, the appearance of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had given the Daimyo and nobles a great scare.
Fortunately, ninjas were just ninjas.
Their perspective had great limitations.
After Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha established Konoha, the Daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire immediately increased the volume of missions assigned to Konoha Village, making Konoha appear prosperous and preventing Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha from directly overthrowing the state power.
The Daimyo did not fear the ninjas' strength, because as long as being a ninja was a profession that survived by completing missions, they could not escape their control.
What they feared was that ninjas would suddenly have their own ideas.
The mutual hostility between the five great ninja villages was originally a result of the Daimyo's deliberate control.
They needed to use war from time to time to reduce the number of ninjas, and at the same time let the ninjas know that they controlled the economic lifeline of the ninja villages.
They only needed to cut off the missions to the ninja villages, and the ninjas would have no income and could only starve to death.
Of course, the Daimyo and nobles of the five great nations could reduce the number of missions, but they dared not truly cut off the missions to the ninja villages.
Because they were also afraid that ninjas would realize they could seize more with military force after abandoning the rules of being a ninja.
Similarly, if all the ninjas in the ninja world were unified, monopolizing the mission standards, it would also be a huge threat to the Daimyo and nobles.
Because, at that time, the Daimyo and nobles would no longer have any power in their hands to resist the ninjas.
The difference in strength between ordinary people and ninjas was simply too great.
Even a child ninja of a few years old who had just learned to refine chakra possessed strength no less than that of an adult.
A Genin could easily slaughter a dozen adult bandits.
A Chunin could single-handedly slaughter a regular army of a hundred men.
If a Jonin took action, even fully armored cavalry could not withstand the slaughter.
Moreover, ninjas were more skilled at infiltration, poisoning, and assassination.
If ninjas really made a move on the Daimyo and nobles, they would have almost no power to resist.
And the only one who could unify the entire ninja world, in the eyes of the Daimyo and nobles, was most likely Konoha.
Therefore, they could accept Konoha being the strongest ninja village, but they could not accept Konoha proactively attacking other ninja villages.
The Third Hokage did not know this.
But since Hiruzen Sarutobi originally had no intention of starting another war, it was in line with the will of the Daimyo and nobles.
"The war is over!"
"Oh!"
"Long live Lord Hokage, long live Lord Anshi, long live Konoha…"
When Hiruzen Sarutobi announced the end of the war, the ninjas in the camp instantly cheered.
Although there had been rumors since Lord Li Anshi returned three days ago that the Cloud had been subdued by Lord Anshi and had signed a truce agreement with Konoha.
But rumors were just rumors. Without confirmation from Lord Hokage, it was not certain if such news would change.
If Lord Hokage did not recognize the truce agreement signed by the Cloud and Lord Anshi and insisted on continuing to fight the Cloud to force them to sign a letter of surrender, it would not be something incomprehensible.
Now, Lord Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had announced it himself, proving its authority.
From this moment on, for Konoha, the war was over!
After the commotion, Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the Jonin and Chunin of the camp into the main tent for a meeting.
Although the war between Konoha and the Cloud was over, a portion of the ninjas had to be left to garrison this camp.
Otherwise, without sufficient understanding of the border situation, Konoha would easily be in a passive position.
After all, although Konoha had a truce with the other ninja villages, the remaining ninja villages had not yet stopped fighting among themselves.
For example, the Stone and the Cloud, the Cloud and the Sand, the Sand and the Mist, the Mist and the Stone…
The Stone and the Cloud had a direct border.
The Cloud and the Sand had fought fiercely over the water source of the Land of Rain.
The Sand and the Mist fought over a certain mine.
The Second Mizukage and the Second Tsuchikage had perished together, and the enmity between the two sides was very deep…
Konoha needed to grasp intelligence on all the major ninja villages in real-time.
Thus, the border defense could not be weak.
This way, once their own intelligence personnel entered the territory of the Land of Fire, they could receive assistance from the village's ninjas and successfully deliver the intelligence to the village.
Otherwise, if their own intelligence personnel were still being pursued by ninjas from other villages within the Land of Fire, would Konoha have any face left?
Who would be responsible for the lost intelligence?
And who would bear the lives of the ninjas who sacrificed themselves for that piece of intelligence?
Therefore, the ninja troops left to garrison the border camp, although fewer than during wartime, had to have at least three or more Jonin to hold the fort.