"Good morning, Fuling."
Haruki walked into the courtyard, rubbing his freshly dried hair, and greeted Fuling.
Kushina, who was beside her, immediately pouted and complained discontentedly, "Teacher, what about me?"
"What about you? I'm teaching Fuling basic Chakra training. What're you doing here, anyway?"
Haruki remained unmoved. He glanced at her and waved his hand. "Get going where you should."
Hearing this, Kushina widened her eyes.
Her young heart was deeply wounded.
Did he forget his old apprentice just because he had a new one?
"Um... where's Teacher Tsunade?"
Fuling stepped forward and tugged at Kushina's little hand, then remembered something she didn't understand.
She clearly recalled that Tsunade was supposed to teach her yesterday. Why was it Haruki instead?
It didn't really make a difference, though. There's no difference anyway.
"Oh, she's got something to do."
Haruki shrugged. Tsunade was still in bed, fast asleep.
"I'll teach you today. Your basics are poor, but your Chakra is good. So what you need most now is control training."
Fuling was already seventeen, the same age as Mikoto. Since she was from the Uzumaki Clan, even without deliberate training, her Chakra increased naturally, and its total amount far exceeded that of her peers.
Haruki looked at a cherry tree in the courtyard.
Just as he was about to give a demonstration, Kushina quickly climbed up the tree.
Haruki smiled and said, "Fuling, your first training is to attach Chakra to the soles of your feet and climb this tree."
"Okay, teacher."
While memorizing [Medical Ninjutsu] in the past few days, Fuling had also gained enough knowledge about Chakra.
She walked up to the tree.
"Sister, catch me."
Kushina's mischievous nature came out again. She jumped down and was caught by Fuling in a princess - carry position.
Then she talked about some small techniques.
It was obvious that she enjoyed the feeling of being a teacher.
Haruki looked at his two apprentices with gentle eyes. Girls' friendships always developed quickly.
After trying a few times, Fuling successfully learned to climb the tree.
Haruki nodded slightly. She had good talent.
He then asked Kushina to teach her to walk on water.
Walking on water was relatively more difficult.
Fortunately, Kushina was there to watch over her. Otherwise, Fuling would have changed several sets of clothes.
But after a few minutes, Fuling had no trouble walking on water.
Seeing this, Haruki taught her Shadow Clone Jutsu.
The Uzumaki Clan was naturally suitable for learning this [Ninjutsu].
Moreover, it was a very reasonable cheat to quickly catch up on the progress.
After two hours of study, Fuling successfully used this [Ninjutsu], and two identical clones appeared.
"Kushina, don't you want to be a teacher?"
Haruki pointed at Fuling's main body and said, "You teach her Sealing Technique. The other two clones come with me."
Kushina perked up, put away her smile, and said very seriously, "Okay, teacher."
After the other two clones followed Haruki to the other side of the courtyard.
A smile reappeared on her face. She looked at Fuling and said with a bit of mischief, "Quick, call me teacher!"
Haruki didn't pay attention to Kushina. Otherwise, he would definitely have noticed that this girl had also picked up his bad habits.
He looked at the two Fuling in front of him and said, "The one on the left will learn the Medical Ninjutsu, and the one on the right will continue with Chakra training."
The Fuling on the left nodded and went to one side to start learning the Medical Ninjutsu.
The one on the right stayed where she was, waiting for Haruki's instructions.
"You wasted a few years in Kusagakure, so your Chakra growth has been slow. You need to make up for it as soon as possible."
When it came to Chakra training, Haruki thought of Kakashi's fruit - cutting exercise.
However, he practiced swordsmanship and Chakra control at the same time.
Fuling didn't need to do so.
Her future role was to be a Medical Ninja and a sealing ninja.
The most important thing was control.
Suddenly, Haruki thought of "A Happy Union of Gold and Jade". He used the Flying Thunder God Technique to make a trip and brought back more than a dozen jade stones.
"Your task is to carve according to the patterns in the manual."
He handed the manual and the jade stones to Fuling and said with a smile, "These jade stones are very expensive. If you break them, you'll be in trouble."
Knowing her personality, Haruki intimidated his obedient apprentice before leaving.
Pressure makes motivation.
And Tsunade finally got up.
She glanced around the courtyard.
Three Fuling were practicing hard.
"You've taken over my job."
Tsunade had just taken a bath. Haruki smelled the fragrance before he even got close.
Hearing her words, he smiled and said, "It's just the basics. For her to become a proper Medical Ninja, she'll still need your help."
Tsunade thought about it and realized it was true.
In fact, Haruki was far inferior to Tsunade in teaching the Medical Ninjutsu.
Haruki put his arm around Tsunade's waist and picked her up.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing?"
Tsunade immediately panicked.
"Nothing, just talking about business."
Haruki carried her into the living room and sat down on the sofa.
"How was your conversation with the major ninja clans these days?"
As he asked, he poured a cup of tea.
Tsunade was slightly taken aback. So it was really about business.
She snorted softly and started talking about the contacts.
The well - known ninja clans in Konoha Village.
Except for the disappeared Senju Clan, the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan didn't need to be contacted to confirm their stances.
After all, they had a close relationship with Haruki.
Mikoto was the Clan Leader of the Uchiha Clan. All kinds of measures, the Mangekyo Sharingan, and the Wood Release were all because of Haruki.
The Hyuga Clan had been warned by Haruki and was good at taking sides.
In the original work, the Hyuga Clan was actually showing signs of decline, with too few Jonin in the clan.
Haruki always suspected that Hiashi Hyuga was behind the incident where Naruto Uzumaki saved Hinata Hyuga from being bullied.
Normally, it's highly coincidental that a daughter of the Hyuga main family and the Clan Leader could be bullied and just happened to be seen by the Jinchuriki of the Nine - Tailed Fox.
The two ninja clans represented by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tanzo Shimura also didn't need to be contacted.
Because they couldn't be recruited by Haruki and Tsunade.
The remaining ninja clans were the Nara Clan, the Akimichi Clan, the Yamanaka Clan, the Aburame Clan, and the Inuzuka Clan.
Among them, the Ino–Shika–Cho clans had always been staunch supporters of the Hokage.
In the original work, we can tell from the fact that Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed his son Asuma Sarutobi as the leader of the young Ino–Shika–Cho trio.
The Ino–Shika–Cho trio can be regarded as core forces.
The Aburame clan and the Inuzuka Clan don't have strong preferences. They don't really care who becomes the Hokage.
As for smaller clans, such as the Yuhi, Mitarashi, and Kurama, because of their weak strength, they have no influence on the selection of the Hokage.
Overall, due to Hiruzen Sarutobi's good strategies, he received quite high support from civilians and small ninja clans.
However, one should see the essence through the phenomenon.
Haruki knew that most of them only supported the position of Hokage rather than Hiruzen Sarutobi himself.
It doesn't really matter who becomes the Hokage.
After talking with Tsunade, he visited each clan individually.
Whether it was for Tsunade to become the Hokage or for the subsequent reforms, Haruki had to win them over and form an alliance.
Maybe others thought it was difficult, but Haruki thought it was fairly simple.
It was nothing more than using both kindness and coercion.