Satoshi did try not to chuckles at Shun’s reddening face as he knew that would just further accent it and for the most part he managed to do that but had she managed to sneak a look at him she would have been able to see the amusement lining his face. He didn’t overdo it and quickly smoothed his face back to a cooler expression due to wanting her to remain focused.
His shadow dutifully kept mimicking the commands her chakra was giving but the nara was starting to notice lag in the output on top of the visual exhaustion the girl was starting to show already. This probably would be the last intensive exercise for this session. Though imparting knowledge and doing more theoretical focused training could take over for a bit before they did simpler exercise again in a short while till the end.
Nodding his head to show he approved of her reasoning Satoshi would add on.
"You are correct and that could certainly work. Of course you need to set up the passage way in an inconspicuous way as possible. As some sort of failed means of attack or something of that vein so the opponent wouldn’t expect it but yes not a bad strategy to employ. You are also right that there is good synergy with earth natured techniques in fact that was why the second element I learned was the earth one instead of say wind to augment my fire nature that I already knew how to use.”It was good that Shun was grasping the concepts he was trying to explain so well, it was also reinforcing that she at least had a good head on her shoulders and could think through things. Well it was easy to do so with no danger involved and just thinking when noting at stake but things would clear up after she graduated.
This time though Satoshi did chuckle at the misfortune the academy student was displaying. Though there was the slight problem that he hadn’t taken into account that she might not know what exactly iron sand was. The chuunin was quick to rectify that thought by explaining it.
"Well iron sand is not actually sand with iron mixed in but grains of iron in such large quantities that it looks like sand. It’s a clan ability related to magnetism that allows the members form that clan to freely control metals or substances that can be magnetized.”Even if without knowing this extra information that might have influenced her answer the younger nara had responded quite well. Things probably wouldn’t have gone exactly as she planned due the fact thing never went exactly as planned though she did realize she needed to take them off the platform which was a good deduction. Satoshi voiced as much.
"Not a bad strategy that was only hampered but just not knowing what exactly iron sand is but that was on me. Now of course iron sand itself is really sturdy and if he managed to surround himself with it the opponent would be able to weather the blow quite well. The plan could have also factored more how the floating iron balls would be moving and at just what speed.”"The forest would have certainly helped to hamper them but they could have easily been able to interrupt you somewhat and make it harder to pull off what you intended. There is of course the human element of what if your opponent didn’t decide to enter the forest even if he was annoyed at you because of the explosion. That’s is also easily fixed by just having the opponent in front of you and analyzing them instead of only my words.”Satoshi did close the distance between them until he was close enough to ruffle her hair. It was in a way to show that she had indeed done good but also to try and embarrasses her a bit because he thought it would be amusing to do so.
"You can drop the shadow manipulation for now and take a breather. Also again not a bad deduction you probably wouldn’t have done too bad against the opponent I had to face in the chuunin exams. I also planned and managed to get him off his platform at the time. Now since you are resting your body though then we’ll have to focus on the mental aspect a bit more then right?”It was a rhetorical question of course more so to tease Shun than anything else, Satoshi was starting to get into that aspect of teaching someone, he could just feel it. That was also why he gave her a bit of time to process it before giving her another scenario.
"Now for this one we are getting a bit trickier and I’ll leave you with more freedom. You are facing against two opponents in a clearing and both of them are weapon users. You are all of equal speed and have reinforcements coming soon. You know the same jutsu as you did in the previous question and have the same equipment. What will you do in that situation, will you try to take them out before their reinforcements come, retreat to meet with your reinforcement or think of something different.” This one was a bit more open ended because it was more focused on how exactly Shun would react in a sort of mission scenario that and he was enjoying himself coming up this sort of things at the moment. He wouldn’t prolong it too much though so as she wouldn’t get bored, in fact this was probably one of the last question of this sort he would probably ask.
SA:
Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]
After exploring his innate sensory abilities and thanks to his perfect chakra control Satoshi was able to unlock the Kagura Shingan. This ability allows him to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. His able to achieve this effect by focusing and opening his mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost Satoshi is able to keep it active passively at all times (Range is 15km) and increase the range even more with the use of the jutsu(25km). The ability also extends to telling when a person is lying from the fluctuations in a person's chakra made from dishonest emotions or detecting if someone, including him, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, Satoshi can perceive its location and movement with great detail allowing him to track the movements of even those that are faster than him.
Nara Shun 
