Kaida woke up the day after having a great sleep. Traveling for so long while maintaining vigince had taken a toll on him mentally, so the rest was mueeded. Normally, he would have taken a day off today as well, but...

  'Being an Uchiha, and still, my weakest point is the number of jutsu I know. For some reason, this feels insulting. Even Kakashi, who isn't even an Uchiha, was able to copy a thousand jutsu, and I know so few. Now that I have the optio’s focus on learning some before leaving to rescue some poor fellows,' he thought ao the hall after pleting his m duties.

  “Good m, brother!” Naruto shouted, seeing Kaida ing out of his room. He was the st oo wake up; everyone else was already present.

  The rest were enjoying tea, while Naruto was drinking milk.

  “Hello, brood m, Aunt,” Kaida Naruto and theed the others, also nodding at Yomi.

  “So, how was your sleep?” Shisui asked.

  “It was so great that I wao sleep much longer, but we don’t always get what we wish for,” Kaida replied.

  “Why? If you wanted, you could sleep some more,” Yomi suggested.

  “I could have, but not now. Yesterday, we went to meet the head, and he pointed out how limited my jutsu list is. Being an Uchiha, I even have su easy solution to this problem, and he helped me with it. He gave me one million tribution points to learn some jutsu, and I’m pnning to start learning them from now on,” Kaida expined.

  “You just came back from such a long journey, and now you want to start training again? Kaida, there’s a world outside of training as well! Since you came back after so long, take some rest first. Or better, go py outside like a normal kid for some time with Yomi. Fod’s sake, you’re just ten,” Hae said, her tone slightly angry.

  Kaida uood what Hae was trying to say. Meeting Yomi after nearly two months and immediately diving into training wasn’t the best way to treat a frie alone a girlfriend. But it wasn’t as though he hadn’t thought about it.

  “Yeah, Aunt, I will take a break—but not today. After learning some jutsu today, I’ll be free, and then I take all the rest I want,” Kaida replied with a smile.

  “This isn’t an excuse, right?” Hae asked.

  “Of course not, Aunt. I’ll even take Yomi and Naruto out tomorrow to py,” Kaida assured her.

  “Yay! I’ll call my friends to meet you too!” Naruto shouted joyfully.

  “Okay then,” Hae relented.

  ...

  After drinking tea and discussing a few things, the family ate breakfast together. Kenta joihem, having his food delivered. Being in the wild aing raw meat for so long, any food prepared with care and teique was Kenta’s favorite—let alone food from a restaurant in the Uchiha district.

  The Uchiha were among the most demanding people, so the shops in their district were some of the best to meet their needs. This applied to the restaurants as well.

  After everyone had eaten, they went about their respective tasks. Shisui returo the Hokage’s office to resume duty as an Anbu ninja. Hae went to the bathhouse.

  She erhaps the busiest in the family. Aside from managing the bathhouse, she was als on expanding the business—opening shops he bathhouse, acquiring permissions from the d the vilge, and preparing for the stadium. This was not work a single person could manage alone. Luckily, as Kaida mentioned yesterday, they were riow, so Hae po employ people to help her.

  Yomi went to the Yamanaka . She was close to being promoted to in and o learn more than what the academy had taught so far. Few people had the strength to bypass these requirements. Those individuals participated in the in exams, while others had to gh the more mundane process of learning, mastering various fields, and proving their strength before passing a general test held twice a year.

  Thanks to Isao’s training, Yomi had already met the strength requirements and exceeded them in areas like reflexes and sensing. Now, she just o learn the essential knowledge every in required—like team ma during missions and war. For a civilian ninja without affiliation or a kekkei genkai, being a in at ten was a major achievement, and Yomi was excited. She went to her seo collect book reendations or find them in the library.

  Meanwhile, Naruto went to py with his friends, leaving Kaida aa alone in the house.

  “So, yoing to be on your own, buddy. Take care of the house till we e back,” Kaida said, pattia’s head.

  “Guah,” Kenta replied with a low growl, also patting his chest as if to say, ‘Leave it to me.’

  ...

  “Hello, how may I help you?” the receptionist asked, looking at Kaida standing before her. Kaida passed a golden o her.

  “I want to learn these jutsu. you please tell me when I start?” he asked.

  The receptionist was momentarily stunned by the golden cheque. It was something one would receive after pleting a high-end S-rank mission, and the boy in front of her wasn’t even an adult. Then she remembered an order she’d received about a boy who went to Kumogakure with Itachi for the in exams.

  “Are you Kaida?” she asked to firm.

  “Yeah,” Kaida replied.

  “I’ll be happy to assist you.” Following the head’s orders, the receptionist diligently searched for the best instructors listed for younger geions. After reviewing several files, she turned back to Kaida.

  “We have three options for yht now: Iron Skin Jutsu, Great Breakthrough Jutsu, and Rotating Shuriken Jutsu. For the others, you’ll o post a request, but don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll receive responses soon—especially after your test achievement for the ,” she expined.

  “Three to start with is enough. I schedule all of them for today?” Kaida asked.

  “All of them?”

  “Yeah,” Kaida replied, slightly shy at her rea.

  “Well, it’s your choice, but remember—they’ll only teach you for one day. If you’re uo learsu within that time, they’re not obligated to tieag,” she warrying to prevent him from wasting tribution points.

  “I know. I just want to see if it’s possible to learn multiple jutsu in one day. In the worst case, I’ll learn to be more cautious,” Kaida said with a smile.

  “If that’s what you want, who am I tue? Here are the instructors. Normally, I’d introduce you to your sensei, but sihis is a unique request, you’ll o meet them yourself and present this letter. Remember—they’ll only teach you until 10 PM,” the receptionist repeated the warning.

  “I uand. Also, please don’t post any requests for tomorrow. I’ll let you know after today’s training,” Kaida said.

  “Absolutely. Just inform me of your preferences, and I’ll hahe rest,” she replied.

  ‘This new receptionist is good,’ Kaida thought as he left.