Training, Begin!!

" Training, Begin!! " ( 修業、始め!! , Shugyō, Hajime!! , Viz: Let the Training Begin!!) is chapter 316 of the original Naruto manga.

## Summary [ ]

Kakashi and Yamato explain the different nature transformations to Naruto and how his nature, Wind Release , has the greatest offensive capabilities. In order to master wind, Naruto and hundreds of shadow clones must learn how to slice leaves with chakra , something they slowly begin to progress with. Meanwhile, Asuma plays shōgi with Shikamaru and they begin relating the various pieces to positions within Konoha . After Asuma makes an uncharacteristic move, sacrificing a knight to protect the king, Shikamaru suggests that the knight represents ninja like them while the king represent the Hokage . Asuma tells him that he has the identity of the king wrong, and that he'll learn someday.