"Mr. Kosuke's Quirk might not seem impressive right now, but if he train his entire body to transform into rice cakes, there's a lot of potential for creative uses!"

  "Oh? Even if there's more rice cake, isn't it still just rice cake?" Edgeshot replied without looking back, leading the way as he darted nimbly through the tree trunks.

  "Of course, rice cakes are still rice cakes, but if used cleverly, they have some incredible effects!"

  "For example? Horactical applications you think ht now?" Edgeshot asked curiously, gng briefly at Kaminari, intrigued by his fiden Abe's potential.

  "Let's start with the basics," Kaminari began, his tone growing more enthusiastic. "Shape-shifting, immunity to physical attacks, splitting the body apart, even using it for ste."

  Kaminari then unched into an expnation, refereng teiques inspired by 'Katakuri' and the 'Mochi Moo Mi' from his favorite manga.

  "The unique properties of rice cake aren't limited to being sticky. It stretch, expand, and morph, increasing the effective range of attacks by several times!"

  "And with its high stiess, even if the user isn't as strong as their oppo, they pletely immobilize them."

  "As for offensive capabilities, ohe oppo is restrained, finishing them off is easy. For instance, just seal their mouth and h rice cake—or worse, stuff it in and watch them suffocate."

  Kaminari smirked slightly at the thought, but Edgeshot didn't notice.

  "But the tricks don't have to be plicated. A few effit ones are more than enough. For instance, splitting the rice cake into multiple pancake-like discs for rapid strikes against the target."

  "Or transf your arms into rice cakes, ing them around a polearm, and spinning it at high speed for a devastating thrust attack—a move I like to call 'Rice Cake Pounding.'"

  "And that's just the beginning..."

  Kaminari tinued for nearly twenty minutes, eborating on various bat applications, all inspired by Katakuri's teiques. By the time he finished, Edgeshot looked genuinely surprised.

  "This kid... he should teach at U.A. High School. He'd make a great instructor in bat teiques," Edgeshot mused silently, impressed by how quickly Kaminari had thought up these ideas.

  Meanwhile Kosuke was deep in thought, abs every word Kaminari said like a sponge.

  "So... I really bee that strong?" he muttered to himself, his expression a mixture of hope and disbelief. "But is it too te for me? I'm already so old… I still train my Quirk?" This doubt lingered in his heart, even as determination began to bloom.

  Eventually, the group reached the edge of Aokigahara Forest, where a small police outpost stood.

  "I've brought another one, Edgeshot," said a lean, dark-skinned police officer as he approached the group.

  Edgeshot nodded calmly. "He's all yours."

  "Uood!"

  The officer returo his desk and began typing rapidly on the puter. His efficy made it clear that he was experienced with this sort of task.

  "Abe Kosuke, don't give up on yourself again. Remember, the one who ughs st is the true winner," Kaminari enced, smiling warmly.

  "I won't!" Kosuke replied with vi, his demeanor surprising both Kaminari and Edgeshot.

  "Maybe it's the kind of epiphany that es after a brush with death," Edgeshot thought, though he didn't dwell on it. Over the years, he'd saved many people, few of whom he ever saw again.

  "Kaminari, could I get your taformation?" Kosuke suddenly asked, catg Kaminari off guard. After a moment of thought, Kaminari nodded.

  "Sure, but on one dition—when you surpass your limits, e find me and tell me that you've won."

  "Yes!" Kosuke shouted, determination radiating from his voice.

  Edgeshot couldn't help but think, "It feels like Kaminari's teag him how to bee a vilin..."

  But he let it slide. After all, Kaminari wasn't someone like All Might who'd give long, preachy lectures.

  "It's all set. We'll take him from here and make sure he gets home safely," the officer said.

  "Alright." Edgeshot turned and headed for the exit. Kaminari said a quick goodbye to Abe Kosuke before following.

  "Kaminari-san, thank you fiving me a sed ce at life!" Kosuke called after him.

  "From now on... I'll climb to the top, no matter what it takes!" he vowed silently, a fire burning in his eyes.

  From this moment, the old Kosuke had truly died.

  ---

  As they walked away, Edgeshot began expining the pn to Kaminari.

  "For the few days, I'll teach you how to move through the forest during patrols. Observe carefully and learhing you ."

  "By the final day, I expect you to plete a patrol on your own."

  Kaminari's face lit up with excitement. The opportunity to learn these practical skills was invaluable to him.

  "Don't worry! I won't sck off!"

  "Good."

  Edgeshot then began leading Kaminari through his assigned patrol route, demonstrating everything step by step. He didn't just teach forest navigation or survival teiques—he also covered advanced skills like ambushing, trag, and intercepting targets. The breadth of knowledge left Kaminari both amazed and thrilled.

  When Edgeshot pulled out a few shurikens and annouhat he'd teach him the basics of shuriken teiques that evening, Kaminari could barely tain his excitement.

  "If I master throwing shurikens like Uchiha Itachi, I could create a lightning-enhanced version of his attacks!" Kaminari thought, his mind rag.

  He eagerly began asking Edgeshot about the possibility of replig the advanced shuriken teiques he'd seen in Naruto.

  "You're saying you want to make shurikens collide mid-air to ge trajectory?"

  "Or throw them from blind spots to hit a moving target?"

  "Or create a teique where the shurikens are pletely unavoidable?"

  Edgeshot was momentarily stuhese ideas sounded ridiculous, but the more he thought about them, the more pusible they seemed.

  " you do it?" Kaminari asked, his eyes wide with anticipation.

  "Uh..." Edgeshot scratched his head awkwardly. "I've ried anything like that before."

  For a moment, he felt embarrassed. After all his years of practig ninjutsu, he hadn't even sidered these possibilities.

  "Maybe I should've asked my master about this back when he was alive," Edgeshot thought, suddenly feeling the urge to revisit his old training.

  But for now, he o mahe eager boy in front of him.

  "Alright, I'll… look into it," Edgeshot said, slightly flustered.

  Kaminari grinned. "If you do it, then I'll definitely learn it!"

  Edgeshot sighed inwardly. "I've been training for years, and now I feel like I haven't even scratched the surface of shuriken teiques. What a failure."

  Determio rise to the challenge, Edgeshot resolved to delve deeper into shuriken teiques ohey returned.

  "Let's start with the basics for tonight."