After mastering the Fire-Nature Chakra Ultimate Transformation and finalizing his concept for the Tongtian path, a new day dawned at the Konoha Ninja Academy.
Today, Iruka-sensei began teaching the class the basics of Konoha-style Taijutsu.
The Academy Field
"Everyone, watch carefully, " Iruka said as he stepped to the center of the training ground. His movements slowed down, demonstrating each technique clearly—one stance, one strike, one breath—so the students could memorize the proper form.
When the demonstration was done, Iruka clapped his hands. "Line up and practice! "
Most of the civilian students earnestly copied the motions, while those from shinobi clans—Sasuke, Shikamaru, and the others—already had prior experience. As for Naruto… well, he hardly needed this lesson at all.
Two weeks later, during sparring drills, Iruka had them face off in combat training.
By the end of the session, Sasuke took second place, and, of course, Naruto took first.
No one in class could match his reflexes or raw physical strength.
Beyond the Classroom
Privately, Naruto was aware that his monstrous body was the perfect foundation for Taijutsu. To refine himself further, he decided to train in close combat on his own.
And what came to mind? The Hakuda techniques from Bleach.
As every Shinigami knew, the four fundamentals—Swordsmanship, Flash Step, Kido, and Hakuda—were the essence of battle. Hakuda was unarmed combat, pure martial arts at its deadliest form.
What Naruto remembered most vividly were the moves used by the First Division Captain, Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni— during his battle against the Arrancar, he'd unleashed Hakuda Ichikotsu and Hakuda Nikotsu. The first punch alone could pulverize an Arrancar; the second, a double strike, doubled that destructive force.
You recall the Hakuda techniques from Bleach and merge them with your own monstrous physique. You attain enlightenment! You have created Max-Level Hakuda Ichikotsu and Hakuda Nikotsu!
Max-Level Hakuda: You now possess the unarmed combat experience of a thousand years. Your body itself is the ultimate weapon.
In an instant, Naruto felt his body respond. Muscle memory rewired itself; every fiber, tendon, and joint seemed to awaken. He could now feel exactly how to draw out power from his body—how to make himself the most lethal living weapon.
To imagine it—Yamamoto's Hakuda represented millennia of refinement. Even the distilled knowledge alone was enough to make an ordinary man the world's strongest brawler. So what kind of monster would that make someone like Naruto, whose chakra and physique already surpassed human limits?
He couldn't even begin to guess.
With a low exhale, Naruto flexed. Muscles rippled; veins stood out like cords of steel. The air cracked.
He could tell now—before, he'd been using about ninety percent of his body's full potential. With Max-Level Hakuda, he could exceed one hundred and twenty percent output.
That was the terror of true mastery.
He threw a punch, then a kick—fluid and precise. Each strike tore through the air with a booming pop. Those were literal shockwaves.
So this is full synergy between my body and the Six Treasures Thief Technique, Naruto thought. Could my raw power now rival Tsunade's monstrous strength?
The idea sparked another thought— If he combined Hakuda with Tsunade's monstrous strength technique, what would happen?
You contemplate Tsunade's monstrous strength. Combined with your supreme chakra control, you attain enlightenment! You have derived the technique — Monstrous Strength!
Monstrous Strength: By focusing chakra with pinpoint precision into your fists and limbs, you can unleash devastating physical power far beyond human limits.
Naruto grinned and immediately infused his fists and legs with chakra. Then—
BOOM!
One stomp on the ground sent shockwaves across the sealing space, water erupting in towering waves. Inside his cage, Kurama was nearly knocked flat.
The fox glared furiously. This brat never stopped tearing up the place! How was a fox supposed to enjoy a quiet anime marathon like this? !
But then Kurama froze. That technique—he recognized it instantly.
It was the same terrifying Monstrous Strength used by the First Hokage himself.
"This kid…" Kurama stared, dumbfounded. "What kind of freak are you! ?"
He could see it clearly—Naruto was using the exact method once employed by Hashirama Senju.
At this point, nothing about Naruto surprised him anymore. The boy's power already defied imagination. What Kurama truly wondered now was:
When the Third Hokage and those scheming old fools finally see the real Naruto… what will their faces look like?
The thought made the Nine-Tails smirk in anticipation.
Naruto, unaware of the fox's inner musings, focused wholly on training. After mastering Max-Level Hakuda and Monstrous Strength, he continued to devote himself to Taijutsu refinement.
With his inhuman physique, there was still plenty of potential to unlock.
He knew of Konoha's strongest Taijutsu art — the Eight Gates Technique. It was a forbidden art passed down through the Might family. Might Guy could open it because of his father, and Rock Lee, Guy's disciple, inherited it as well.
If Naruto became Guy's student, he could learn it too… but was it really worth shaving his head into a bowl cut just for that?
No, thanks. He'd leave that particular destiny to Guy and Lee — the "Proud Blue Beasts of Konoha. "
Still, Naruto wasn't out of ideas. One day, inspiration struck like lightning.
He had mastered both Kido (spiritual arts) and Hakuda (physical combat). And in Bleach, there existed a discipline that perfectly merged the two — the art of instantaneous, fluid motion between worlds.
It was called—
Shunpo.
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