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  The two Leaf ninja were on their way back to the vilge. Watg Daichi find the root of the woman's illness and create a treatment so quickly still amazed Kakashi. It was yet another remihat the boy was the apprentice of one of the Sannin.

  "How did you diagnose her dition so quickly?" The Jonin asked out of curiosity.

  Daichi had a small smirk when he heard the question. "My mediinjutsu teiques are far more precise and thh than everyone else's. The only one who could match my skills or have eveer proficy is Lady Tsuhe sed I sed her body, I khere were fn particles inside her. Those particles are almost impossible to detect by anyone else. It's why the other medics failed tnize what was wrong with her. And during my s I found that her veins started clogging up first and her chakra system was being attacked after. That narrowed down the cause and the rest… Well, you saw."

  Kakashi nodded and looked ahead. 'People dedicate their whole lives to learn and bee profit in a certain field. But this kid… To him, it was as if learning Mediinjutsu was just a side project…'

  The man still remembered the day he met the boy and the discussion he had with the Hokage after. 'An immeasurable talent with a rapid growth rate… He could very well bee kage level in a few years if he keeps going at this rate.'

  The duo moved through the trees without stopping. They didn't enter aance or bandits orip. Several hours ter they reached the vilge gates and notified their arrival at the gate guards.

  —-

  Hiruzen was listening to the missioails. Kakashi recalled everything that happened and quickly gave an oral report.

  Ohe Jonin was dohe kage nodded his head in approval. "I see. So that's how it went huh. Well done Daichi. You've pleted the mission and you saved someone's life. Tsunade would be proud."

  Daichi smiled and gave a short bow. He received the quest pletion notification and soowo of them left the Hokage's office.

  [Quest 'Delivery Mission to Tonika Vilge' pleted.]

  [Rewards:]

  [7000 Exp.]

  [1050 Exp.]

  [Reputation slightly increases with people of Tonika Vilge.]

  [You have leveled up.]

  'Yes. Level 51. I o plete high ranking missions and increase my experience… I also o think about the dungeon I want to enter.'

  As Daichi was making pns Kakashi spoke.

  "Take a day off to rest. The day after tomorrow, meet me at the training ground at 7am. We'll go over some battle tactid team formations." Kakashi said those words and the sed vanished in a puff of smoke.

  'So military tactid strategies huh. Hmm… I'm looking forward to it.'

  Daichi headed bae and spent the remainder of the day just enjoying himself. He visited Naruto and the gang the day and spent some time with his friends catg up.

  —-

  It was almost 10am and Daichi's senses picked up the st of his teacher entering the forest. He opened his eyes and stopped his meditation when Kakashi got near.

  "So what are we doing today?" Daichi asked the man.

  "You're not even curious as to why I'm te?" The Jonin looked at the kid.

  "Nope." Daichi shook his head a a straight face.

  Kakashi sighed seeing his student's ckluster response. 'Maybe this will be more fun with my eam.'

  He decided to get down to business. "The academy gives their students survival, evasioand escape training. You've been away from the academy for two years but I'm sure Lady Tsunade has taught you these lessons during your time with her."

  "Yeah." Daiodded. "The curriculum I received during those two years were even more prehensive and advahaandard ones given in the academy. I Learned about survival teiques, recovery methods, rescue teiques and various signals." He tinued.

  The Jonin nodded. 'So Lord Hokage wao make sure he was ready huh.'

  "Today yoing to learn team formation training and military tactics. I'm going to teach you some general form of warfare. Now these are things you only learn when you bee a in or during wartime but circumstances have forced our hands." The Jonin looked at Daichi and khe boy took the situation seriously.

  Daichi knew what Kakashi meant. Powerful people had taken an i in him and he o be prepared.

  Kakashi and Daichi sat down and the Jonin began his lesson with Daichi paying close attention.

  "Like I said, there are several forms of warfare. The first is exploiting the weather. The tactical use of weather as a force multiplier has influenced many battles throughout history. Using the terrain to our advantage also falls into this category."

  At this, Daichi thought about the 'Sasuke vs Itachi' battle. The way Sasuke used fire to create a lightning cloud and used its power to use one of the stro lightning attacks.

  Kakashi tinued. " es forced tration. It's the practice of trating a military force against a portion of an enemy force."

  "To take out high profile targets or important bases right?"

  "Yes. Only wheand to gain something signifit of value would we employ such a tactic." Kakashi recalled the missions he pleted during the st war.

  "Now es night bat. As the name suggests it is bat that takes pce during the night."

  "But it would have tactical advantages and disadvao both attacker and defender wouldn't it.?" Daichi questioned.

  "Yes. If we employ such a tactic without proper information on the enemy, then we could be the ones in trouble. And night bat requires more preparation than bat during the day. One o have all their senses on high alert during such a battle."

  "The is Reaissahe mission to obtain information on the enemy by aiohods. In such a mission one would o find out the activities and resources of the enemy, their routes, potential and eveeical, hydrographid even the geographical characteristics of their location."

  "Man, that's a lot of things. The ces of getting caught during such a mission are high." Daichi spoke. He knew he would one day be sent on a mission like that but with his cloak he wasn't all that worried.

  "Yes. It's aremely dangerous mission. We're talking about spying in hostile territory with ehat have who knows what abilities. It is why most reaissance missions sist of Hyuga d Aburame shinobi. Sihey spy on enemies from a le. They will also be aided by someone who's good in close bat."

  Daiodded his head. He had read several books on strategies so he already had an idea as to what Kakashi was talking about. 'Listening and reading about this stuff is entirely different from experiend actually doing it. I o traiactics during my dungeon run.'

  Giving Daichi a basic idea Kakashi moved on to the opiow these are some of the general tactics used. There are much more but for now this should do… we move on to standard warfare maneuvers."

  "You're talking about peion of the enemy ter, defeack, single and double envelopment, Feigned retreat and deyed approach." Daichi remembered the teiques used by Kensei during his time in the war.

  Kakashi was surprised. Information like that wasn't easily avaible to ninjas below in rank. "You know about that?"

  The boy nodded his head. "Old man Keold me about the various strategies he used during the war." Daichi recalled that day.

  Fshback.

  Daichi and Kensei were having a Shogi match.

  "The only way to get smarter is if you py a smarter oppo. And Shogi is the perfect tool to help with that. It will help you in ing up with strategies to get out of tight situations." Kensei said as he moved his pie the board.

  Daichi moved his pied spoke. "In war it won't be just me fighting. I may be part of a rge team-"

  "Or you may be the one leading a team. Either way you'll no doubt find yourself in a difficult situation. It's not a matter of if, only when." Kensei said as a matter of fact.

  "So how do I prepare?... How did you do it? I'm sure you've led a team or two in your time. What kind of strategies did you use?" Daichi asked his grandfather.

  "Hmm… Well. In a war there are several maneuvers one use to overe the enemy forces. The first is 'Peion of the ter'. We exploit a gap in the enemy line and go directly to the enemy's and or base of operations. There are two ways to aplish this. you take a guess as to how?"

  At Kensei's question Daichi thought about how he would do such a thing. "We separate the enemy forces and use a reserve to exploit the gap. Or we attack their ot with overwhelming force."

  Kensei smiled as he heard that answer. "Precisely. Just like this." He moved his Shogi pied captured Daichi's piece.

  "Damn it." Daichi cursed and looked at the board. His grandfather had forced him to trate his pieces to two locations and thereby creating a path directly to one of the more valuable pieces. Daichi looked at the se and his eyes widened as he uood what happened. 'His battle senses and wisdom are incredible.'

  "We use in ninjas and Special Jonin to hold the line while our elite forces smash down the ots and tinue forward exploiting the gap." Kensei spoke as if from experience.

  Daiodded and took every word to heart. Kensei tinued.

  "Now the is Defeack. We establish a strong defensive line and attack the enemy. But this strategy has a problem. A prolonged defetle bee too passive and it could ultimately lead to our defeat ahs. If you are in such a situation, try to ge the tides or escape. Those are the two options."

  "I uand grandpa."

  "Now for single envelopmeack with a strong fnk. Holding the front line while the enemy gets demolished from the rear."

  "What happens if there is someoremely strong behind the weak front." Daichi asked.

  "If that's the case, it might prevent our allies from successfully pleting the maneuver. Or it could eve in total failure. But it only happens in the case of a strong enemy present." Kensei said to the boy. The moment he moved his pied ehe match.

  "Checkmate." Said Kensei with a smile, capturing Daichi's king. "Yettier. You sted much lohis time." The old man plimehe boy.

  "But I still have a long way to go." Daichi grumbled.

  "Patience Daichi. It is a virtue."

  "What are the other maneuvers used?" Daichi was more than curious now. He wao know the different kinds of strategies to outsmart his enemies.

  Kensei leaned bad replied. "Well, the is Feigned retreat. The frontal forces fake a retreat f the eo chase us."

  "Drawing them out in pursuit and then attag them. Is that what yetting at?" From the very name of the teique Daichi had an idea as to what it entailed.

  The old veteran ninja nodded his head. "Yes. We attack with a strong force at the location of our choosing. But in some cases the Feigned retreat may devolve into a real one… Now the final one is Deyed approach. We wear down the enemy with a minor ford then un attack with a majority. In this case there will be unavoidable sacrifices."

  "Is there any way to minimize the casualty?" Daichi asked.

  "Information is key. Information on the enemy strength, the number and Rank and we also o be prepared for the ued. Utilizing this information and arranging our forces accly, we reduce the number of deaths to our forces."

  "I see…"

  Fshbad.

  "So you have an uanding of the teiques used in war. Good. Seems we skip that part."

  Kakashi began moving on with the opic. Team formations.