Civilians in Konoha, forging their own paths

While eating barbecue, Kurama Heiji took the three little ones to conduct a post-battle review and learn from their experience.

"The three of you can talk about your feelings after today's battle!" Kurama Heiji took a sip of tea and said.

"Let me go first!" Kurama Feiyun said first.

"I didn't perform well this time and held everyone back. Although I used illusion, it didn't work and I was caught by the opportunity to bounce it back." Kurama Feiyun pinched the corner of his clothes and apologized to Dihuangwan and Inuzuka Ye.

Kurama Heiji said directly, "Feiyun, don't underestimate yourself. The reason why your illusion didn't work this time is because your opponent is me, a master of illusion who is much higher than you. Your mistake was that you used illusion carelessly when facing a ninja of the same level as you, and was directly countered. You had no room for resistance!"

'What you should have done was to be alert and prepared before I used the illusion, ready to support and help your companions to solve the illusion at any time. This is why Ye was eliminated. After you were knocked to the ground by the rebound illusion, Dihuangwan and Ye's attention was on you, ignoring the little guy Ranmaru. I used shuriken to prevent Dihuangwan from getting close to you. The most important goal was to take down Ranmaru. A small illusion was enough, and then I used the opportunity of fighting with Dihuangwan. I was afraid that you would always focus on me.'

"When Dihuangmaru used the Water Style Water Shock Wave for the first time, I left a shadow clone in the woods and transformed into Ranmaru, taking down Ya at the critical moment!" Kurama Heiji said.

"It's all my fault. I was not aware enough during the battle and basically played no role." Inuzuka Yoru sighed.

"Ye, your problem is indeed the biggest!" Kurama Heiji said bluntly.

After hearing this, Inuzuka Ye couldn't help but lower his head and almost cried. Kurama Feiyun and Dihuangwan hurried to comfort him.

"Ye, don't blame me for being blunt. Your offensive methods are limited. Although they are powerful, your speed is not an advantage. Your hit rate is too low, and you get carried away easily."

"You must first learn to control yourself. The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and all kinds of unexpected things will happen. Whether it comes from the enemy or your own side, you must keep a cool head. Otherwise, on the battlefield, a moment of distraction will delay the opportunity or even cost you your life!" Kurama Heiji said.

"Your advantage is that you have a certain degree of perception, but you haven't developed it enough. Otherwise, you should have discovered the existence of my shadow clone in the woods. And the hit rate of the secret technique of Yatongya is too low. You should be the backup. After Feiyun casts illusion to restrict the opponent, you can kill him with one strike."

The three little ones listened to Kurama Heiji's words and felt that they made sense. Dihuangwan also felt that he benefited a lot after listening to them and was worthy of being Konoha's elite jonin.

"Dihuangwan, you are the strongest among the three of you, and your performance this time is also the best. I want to hear your feelings about this battle first!" Kurama Heiji said to Dihuangwan, and then took another sip of tea. He looked unfathomable, which made Dihuangwan's face full of black lines.

However, Dihuangwan also responded, "I arranged the tactics before this battle, which has a lot of loopholes. There is still a big difference between actual combat and theory. As for combat, my water escape is the strongest means, but I only know water rush wave and water array wall. Water array wall is a defensive ninjutsu, which is useless today. The actual damage of the offensive ninjutsu water rush wave is low. It is okay to fight against low-level ninjas, but it is completely ineffective against a jonin like the teacher. I have to continue to increase my ninjutsu reserves, especially individual attack ninjutsu."

"You've covered it all. You were born to be a ninja!" Kurama Heiji said with emotion.

"After all, you haven't come into contact with actual combat yet. Being able to formulate a battle plan in advance and successfully implement part of it during combat is already very good among the graduates. Most graduates fight alone during the assessment battles without any coordination." Kurama Heiji said.

Of course not. In the anime timeline, even Naruto and his team 7 fought on their own during the assessment and had no idea how to cooperate. They only gradually accumulated experience in cooperation in subsequent missions.

From this point of view, Dihuangwan's class 11 does have some advantages over other classes.

"As for the ninjutsu reserve you mentioned, it is indeed a problem. Most ninjas learn ninjutsu from the simplest to the most difficult. There are some water-style ninjutsu that are not difficult, but have good single-target power. You know Water Shock Wave and Water Array Wall, why didn't you learn the less difficult water-style ninjutsu first?" Kurama Heiji asked. "Water Shock Wave will only be lethal if you practice it to a very proficient level. The rest are mostly used to disperse the enemy formation and separate the battlefield in group battles."

"My water ninjutsu scroll was left by my father. My father was only a Chunin, not very talented, so he only left me the scrolls of Water Shock Wave and Water Array Wall. I have never touched other water ninjutsu," Dihuangwan replied.

"Is that so? My clan has a collection of water ninjutsu scrolls. Of course, they are all common water ninjutsu. Come back to me and pick a few to learn from!" Kurama Heiji said.

Dihuangwan immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Kurama Heiji, "Thank you, Mr. Heiji! Thank you very much!"

Ninjutsu scrolls are the foundation of a ninja's life. Except for the three body techniques, other ninjutsu, even the most common ones, need to be exchanged for military merits. Some advanced ninjutsu or secret techniques cannot be obtained by ordinary ninjas without paying an equal price. Therefore, Kurama Heiji opened the water ninjutsu scroll to Dihuangmaru. In addition to his special relationship with his daughter, he also really loves talent.

"Next, we have the direction for you to improve. Feiyun, you need to continue to strengthen your training in illusion and illusion resistance. In future battles, your role is very important. Position yourself as the first mover and assistant. Ye, you need to strengthen your perception ability and try to improve the speed of Yatongya. As a perception ninja and deputy attacker, Dihuangwan, you have the strongest strength and rich means. Continue to strengthen your training in water escape ninjutsu. As a team commander and main attacker, the true strength of Team 11 will be reflected!" Kurama Heiji said.

After hearing this, Dihuangwan was sincerely impressed. With just one battle, he was able to point out the strengths and weaknesses of the three of them as well as the improvement measures. Kurama Heiji was worthy of being their mentor.

He stood up again and bowed deeply to Kurama Heiji, "Thank you, teacher!" Inuzuka Yoru and Kurama Hiyun also bowed deeply, and the little guy Ranmaru also barked twice to express his gratitude.

"After you go back, digest this battle experience and be prepared. Three days later, I will take you out of the village to carry out the mission and let you see the real ninja world!"