Civilian Naruto: Becoming invincible from the Eight Gates

"A real immortal?" Suzumiya Musashi pondered over this sentence, wondering in his heart whether it was true or the slug was just bragging.

"Will it be more powerful?"

"That's not necessarily true." The slug said, "It will sound better if you tell it to others."

Suzumiya Musashi: “…”

"Alright, slug. Just teach me the second stage of training."

"Well then, Musashi-kun." The slug felt a little regretful. It had been a long time since it had felt such a strong desire to share.

Clean the stone pit and refill the slug with white liquid.

Suzumiya Musashi: "Isn't this the same as before?"

The slug said, "Musashi-kun, it's still different."

“This time, you don’t have to jump in.”

Suzumiya Musashi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Musashi-kun, next, I will teach you the secret meditation technique of the Wet Bone Forest."

"You need to use meditation to sense the natural energy on the side."

Suzumiya Musashi pointed to the white liquid in the stone pit and asked, "What is the use of this?"

The slug said, "There is a rich natural energy that I injected here. It is a hundred times richer than the energy in nature. It will make your perception training easier."

"Musashi-kun, as before, don't wear tight clothes, it will reduce your perception. Wear loose clothes, or it's best not to wear anything."

"I see."

Suzumiya Musashi calmed down and began to learn the slug's meditation technique.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

Ten days later, the sun set in the west.

Suzumiya Musashi was shirtless, sitting cross-legged on the edge of the stone pit with his eyes slightly closed.

It seemed as if everything was silent, with only a gentle breeze between heaven and earth.

Time passed little by little.

Finally, Suzumiya Musashi opened his eyes, looked at the slug in front of him with a probing look, and said frustratedly: "It still doesn't work."

He had been practicing the meditation technique taught to him by the slug for ten days.

In ten days, he didn't make any progress at all.

The natural energy that had caused him so much pain not long ago was no longer there, and he could not sense it at all.

The clear turbid liquid was right in the stone pit in front of him, but in his spiritual perception, he could only sense nothingness.

"Slug, it's been ten days and I still can't feel anything. Is there any hope for me?"

Slug: “Hehe…”

"Musashi-kun, don't be discouraged. Training is not an easy thing."

Suzumiya Musashi is not afraid of difficulties, what he worries about is seeing no hope.

"How long did the first Hokage take?"

"This..." The slug pondered and said, "Musashi-kun, don't be discouraged. Training is your own business."

Suzumiya Musashi: "(;?_?)"

Slug: "However, there is still a rough deadline. With the help of meditation and rich natural energy, if you still can't sense anything after more than a month, then basically... you can take a break."

The slug's voice was still soft, but Suzumiya Musashi understood what he meant. If he still couldn't sense it in a month, there would be basically no hope.

Unable to sense the natural energy, he couldn't continue the training that followed. He had no choice but to continue to persevere.

In this way, another half month passed.

That night, after the sun set, Suzumiya Musashi opened his eyes.

Rejecting the slug's kind comfort, he put on his clothes and returned to his residence in a somewhat depressed mood.

Uzumaki Karin, who was exercising, saw him, hurriedly finished the last set of movements, and then followed him.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

"Training is not going well?"

Suzumiya Musashi shook his head: "It's okay."

Even though she said it was okay, how could Uzumaki Karin not feel the depressed mood?

"If you're unhappy, just say it."

"Whatever happens, I'll be with you."

"When practicing, it's inevitable to encounter some minor problems. It's okay even if you encounter difficulties."

"Brother, you are so powerful. Even if you only rely on the Eight Gates and Sealing Techniques, there are few people in the ninja world who can be your opponent."

"Let's practice together. When the time comes, you and I will join forces. Who in the ninja world can be our opponent?"

Suzumiya Musashi looked at Uzumaki Karin trying hard to make him happy, and said with a comforting smile: "Okay."

"Some minor problems with training. I'm not that fragile, brother."

"That's what you said~ You're not allowed to worry alone!" said Uzumaki Karin.

She also knew that she couldn't say too much about this kind of thing, so she talked about other things, trying to divert Suzumiya Musashi's attention.

"By the way, brother, Tiantian has been acting a little strange these past few days."

Suzumiya Musashi turned his head sharply: "What's wrong with Tenten?"

"It's nothing." Uzumaki Karin said, "It's just that since she signed a lot of ninja beasts that day, her training state seems to have changed."

"During these days, she never complained of being tired. Sometimes, even when I was resting, she was still practicing."

"Is that so?" Suzumiya Musashi was puzzled.

Nothing happened, why did Tiantian's condition change so much?

He stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."

"Yeah." Uzumaki Karin reminded him from behind: "Don't say I told you that!"

……

When Suzumiya Musashi found Tenten, the latter had stopped practicing and sat on a lawn to rest with sweat all over his forehead.

During the break, she took out a notebook from her arms, and while recovering her strength, she watched the story carefully. She was so engrossed that she didn't even notice that Suzumiya Musashi had arrived.

"day by day."

"Ah!~" Tiantian was startled, and then quickly stuffed the notes into his arms.

When Suzumiya Musashi saw this, he also became confused.

You know, Tiantian has become accustomed to his sudden appearances. Logically, she shouldn't be so nervous, right?

"Tiantian, you don't seem to be in a good state recently. What's wrong? Talk to the teacher?"

“No…no…” Tiantian avoided his gaze.

"What? What are you hiding from the teacher?" Suzumiya Musashi pretended to be unhappy.

Tiantian lowered his head: "No."

Suzumiya Musashi sat next to Tenten and said, "Practice is something that cannot be rushed."

"Your training state these days is a little off. You're more active than Karin every day."

"Tell the truth, teacher, what happened?"

"No way... I just..." He hesitated every day.

"Just what?"

Under Suzumiya Musashi's concerned gaze, Tenten finally spoke.

"Nothing, I just suddenly want to practice hard."

Suzumiya Musashi: "Suddenly thought of it? Why?"

Tiantian looked a little depressed, and said, "I just suddenly felt that I have been living too comfortably every day."

“Sometimes, even though I have tried my best to practice, I still can’t help but want to be lazy.”

"My cultivation has always depended on you, Sensei."

Suzumiya Musashi asked curiously: "I am your teacher, who else can you rely on if not me?"

"That's not the case." Tiantian shook his head and said, "Even if he is a teacher, there is no teacher like this."

"You are the one who takes care of everything related to cultivation for me. Even the spirit beasts rely on the teacher."

Suzumiya Musashi was even more confused.

Aren’t all teachers like this?

Just like parents, they have been paving the way for their children's future since they were young. They always say that they expect the other party to take care of them in their old age and let them enjoy happiness early.

In the end, the children are working and getting married, but the parents are still worrying about buying a house, a car and raising the children.

As for enjoying happiness? Maybe you won't enjoy anything until the day you die.