After suffering a crushing defeat in a spar with Brother Shisui, Furin felt the massive gap in their strength, and her fighting spirit was thoroughly ignited.
Furin sat on a stone bench in the courtyard holding a small notebook, her brows tightly knitted and her little face full of solemnity, completely looking like someone on the verge of accomplishing something great. Her fingers clutched a pencil as she wrote frantically in the notebook, fiercely jabbing down on the period after every sentence as if she wanted to poke straight through the paper.
"Project: Furin's Operation Become Stronger"
1. Learn Ninjutsu, the more the better!
Furin drew a big circle forcefully and added a note beside it: "Must become completely fearless with Ninjutsu! Gotta learn at least ten advanced Ninjutsu techniques!"
2. Taijutsu and Genjutsu must be studied too!
Furin remembered how Shisui had effortlessly spun circles around her and silently flashed behind her, her face flushing instantly: "My Taijutsu can't be too weak, and I can't be stupidly played by Genjutsu anymore either. I am Uchiha Furin! If I don't make up for these two areas, how am I ever going to hold my head up in the clan?"
3. Improve combat experience!
"I can't beat Brother Shisui, but I can beat up plenty of other people!" Furin added a line at the bottom: "Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, Lee—weak as they are, they're at least somewhat useful."
4. Precise Chakra control!
"I can't just spew it out wildly every time; I need to learn 'preci…
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