The Adventurous Gamer Ninja - Daichi Hekima [Vol. 01]

Chapter 193 - Nature training: Water

A lone Genin sat in the middle of the lake flowing through training ground three and was meditating. There were several birds sitting on his shoulders and legs and letting out small chirps. But their noises didn't distract the child. He had now been sitting there for over five days. The Genin neither ate nor slept as he formed a deep and vast connection with the water element.

Several meters away, the boy's teacher stood and looked at the child. The silver haired Jonin had a stoic face as he looked at his student. 'Its almost six days now. He hasn't moved an inch from that spot. His concentration and will is certainly amazing.'

At that moment Kakashi sensed another presence joining him.

Kensei walked up to Kakashi and stood near the tree lines. He watched his adopted grandson train the Change in Chakra nature of Water. He remembered what Daichi said to him before coming to the training ground.

"Hey Gramps, I'll be spending the next few weeks improving my Water Nature chakra skills. I've hit a block and I have an idea as to how to get past it, but I'll need time. So I'm gonna take a couple weeks off. I've already informed sensei." Daichi said to his grandpa before leaving the house.

"What are you going to do?"

At Kensei's question the boy smiled. "I think meditation is the key to solving my problem."

The old veteran ninja merely nodded. "Good luck."

He was proud of the man Daichi was becoming. "If he succeeds, he'll have achieved what only a handful of people in the world have accomplished." The old man said in a small voice.

"His growth is unprecedented. To learn the third step in just a few months. It's insane. I don't think even Minato sensei could have accomplished something like that." The Jonin commented without taking his eyes off the boy.

Kensei smirked and spoke. "He will only learn it right now but he won't be able to master it in such a short time. That level of proficiency still requires months of dedicated training. But his progress is still impressive nonetheless."

The two men didn't say anything else and just watched the boy. As they stood for several minutes they suddenly noticed a change happening in the water flow around the boy.

'He's coming out of his meditation. Did he succeed?' That was the question on both of their minds.

A few seconds later they both felt a massive rise in the boy's chakra.

'What's going on?'

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Daichi was in a deep meditative state. He completed the first phase of the third step but felt as if he was stuck and couldn't move further. He could quickly extract water from plants and the ground but it was not quick enough and he needed to concentrate quite a bit to achieve the feat.

And thus after reading several books and notes, Daichi decided to meditate. He found that the calm river flowing through the middle of his training ground would be ideal. Even though six days is a short time, for Daichi it may as well have been weeks.

While he meditated he began examining the water flowing under him. He contemplated the temperature, movements and weight of the water. He imagined it as a part of his body. What it felt like to be the water. He spent every second pondering the existence of this life giving element and tried to understand it.

Days passed with Daichi making slow progress but on the dawn of the sixth day Daichi finally had a great understanding of water nature.

[Due to having a brief enlightenment, you have obtained +1 WIS]