Night had fallen.
After saying goodbye to Tsunade, Hanekawa returned home.
Following an afternoon of training, he had successfully grasped the basics of the Body Flicker Technique.
[D-Rank Ninjutsu Trait: Body Flicker Technique.]
[Trigger Condition: Successfully perform this technique.]
[Effect: The technique i...
In the dark, sealed space, Uzumaki Kushina used her chakra to write words midair.
Not far away, inside a large cage, two enormous eyes stared unblinkingly.
At first, the Nine-Tails didn’t want to look.
You can’t just tell me to look, and I do it. What about my dignity as the strongest tailed beast?
But lon...
“Rin, don’t laugh—this time it’s true!”
As Hanekawa stepped into the classroom, he heard Obito Uchiha’s voice.
“What’s true?”
Kakashi Hatake walked up casually, asking as if uninterested.
Thanks to Hanekawa’s explanations on the way, Kakashi had mostly resolved his inner turmoil about Sakum...
Morning.
Hanekawa stood outside with his eyes closed.
After a moment, his body trembled slightly, and lightning danced across him.
He kept it up until he could no longer sustain it, then released his chakra.
Hanekawa exhaled deeply.
After so much training, his C-rank skill entry, Lightning Release: Chak...
Room 77, Konoha Hospital.
A tense and critical surgery was underway.
The patient on the operating table was Hyūga Hizashi, the younger brother of Hyūga Hiashi, the clan head. In the future, Hizashi would have a son named Hyūga Neji.
During a mission in the Land of Wind, Hizashi encountered puppet masters from Suna...
"What did you wish for?" Tsunade asked casually as she sliced the cake.
"Can you say birthday wishes out loud?" Hanekawa blinked, then asked, "Won’t it stop working if I say it?"
"Why wouldn’t you be able to say it?" Tsunade handed him the first slice of cake and said, "I don’t believe in that kind of thing."
"...
"Hanekawa!"
Kurenai Yuhi asked in surprise, "Why are you back so early today?"
"I'm here to train with you."
Hanekawa patted her head and said.
"Then let's go!"
Kurenai happily grabbed his hand and started pulling him outside.
Girls grow up so fast.
Yuhi Shinku sighed and followed them out...
Dusk fell.
Hanekawa stopped his training and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
After having lunch at Uzumaki Kushina's place, he returned home with Tsunade and spent the entire afternoon training.
Taking a deep breath, Hanekawa walked into the house and collapsed onto the sofa, exhausted.
Tsunade hadn’t sta...
Hanekawa naturally wouldn't rush forward to court death.
With his small frame, he wasn’t even enough to fill the Nine-Tails' teeth gap.
However, judging from Uzumaki Kushina’s situation, she hadn’t fully transformed into the Tailed Beast state but only entered a partial transformation, and with just five tails.
Time flew by.
Two and a half years passed in the blink of an eye.
Under the scorching sun, Heaven Dou City was bustling with life. In the city’s tallest teahouse, a spacious and well-ventilated spot offered a panoramic view.
Leaning against the outer railing, Qian Renjue, dressed in a white embroidered robe, sipped...
Qian Renjue stared at Bibi Dong before him, his expression a mix of confusion and disbelief.
“Mom, what are you doing?!”
“Isn’t it obvious?”
Bibi Dong tilted her head with a charming smile, alternately rolling up her sleeves. Her tone was gentle as she said, “I’m helping my son wash his feet.”
...
"Yes~ Mom just can't fall asleep," Bibi Dong responded to Qian Renjue's question, sitting cross-legged on the bed with a wistful expression.
She leaned forward slightly, resting her elbow on her knee and propping her face on her hand. Her purple eyes glimmered as they lingered on her two children.
With a warm smile, she sai...
"Heh, that's right," Zhu Zhuyun sneered.
"You're absolutely correct. So what if I've conspired with them?!"
"Don't think I don't know."
Her head hung low, delicate fists tightly clenched. The emotions she had suppressed to their limits now surged uncontrollably, seeking release.
Lifting her shadowed eyes, ...
Inside the room.
Dai Weisi had finally quieted down.
His hair was disheveled, his body still trembling, drenched in cold sweat.
The room was silent except for Dai Weisi's heavy breathing.
Qian Renjue rested his elbow on Zhu Zhuyun’s shoulder, watching Dai Weisi with a bored expression.
A faint, elegan...
“Hmm~ so this is the taste of peace?”
In the early morning, a beam of piercing sunlight slipped through the gap in the curtains, landing squarely on a handsome, slumbering face. Uchiha Gin, who had just engaged in an intense battle of endurance the previous night, was awakened by the noisy clamor outside. Stretching his hand t...
“Izuna, eat slower—nobody’s competing with you~”
Madara Uchiha looked at his younger brother, who was wolfing down his food, with a pained expression. The once-vibrant, jet-black hair that used to stand high now clung lifelessly to his scalp. His previously youthful, collagen-rich face was now sallow and gaunt.
He loo...
“Boom!~”
In the training ground, two figures were sparring at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye. The shockwaves from their clashes stirred up clouds of dust, forcing the spectators nearby to shield their faces.
“This is impossible! How could he learn it so quickly?!”
As someone with a keen underst...
When Hyūga Sōusuke placed his large hand on the acupuncture point of Uchiha Gin's chest, a trace of confusion appeared in his pale eyes.
Logically, any competent ninja would instinctively avoid or resist when someone closed in unexpectedly. Yet, this curly-haired, lazy-looking man before him didn’t react at all—not even to ...
Hanekawa removed his clothes and sat in the bathtub.
Warmth enveloped him, and aside from that, nothing unusual happened.
Hanekawa let out a quiet sigh of relief.
He had imagined the medicinal bath would be like those described in martial arts fantasy novels—agonizingly painful—but it turned out to be no differen...
The four left the Konoha Memorial Stone.
Along the way, Jiraiya and Orochimaru continued bickering, to the point where the atmosphere itself seemed worn down by their squabble.
Hanekawa noticed that their dynamic was strikingly similar to that of Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha.
"You two go to the barbecue restaurant fir...
So childish.
Hanekawa sighed helplessly.
But as he subconsciously looked up, he found that he couldn’t see Tsunade’s face.
The swaying shadow of her figure loomed over him.
“Got it now?”
Tsunade stopped her teasing and looked at him.
“Got it,” Hanekawa replied obediently. “Sensei, I...
"Today's class ends here. Don't forget to do your homework after you get home."
Echiro picked up his textbook and turned to leave.
"Ah! School's over!"
"Yay!"
"Let's go play games!"
The classroom instantly erupted in cheers.
Yūhi Kurenai ignored the noise, grabbed her school bag, and ran over to sta...
After leaving the Hokage's office, Sakumo Hatake let out a sigh.
Scolded again.
He walked silently down the street, lost in thought.
What’s the most important thing for a ninja?
According to the ninja code, it’s the mission.
But Sakumo couldn’t bring himself to abandon his comrades for the sake of a m...
In the clearing outside Tsunade’s house, Hanekawa leapt into the air, performing a perfect high jump.
Sarutobi Asuma watched, puzzled.
Does this kind of training really help?
“Why aren’t you training?” Hanekawa turned to him and asked.
“I don’t need this kind of training,” Asuma hesitated before ...
Today was the registration day—no classes, just an opening ceremony.
Once again, Hanekawa saw the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Compared to the graduation ceremony, Hiruzen was even more long-winded this time, talking for three whole hours.
At first, because of the Third Hokage’s immense reputation, the group o...
"What a lively scene."
Nohara Rin glanced around and sighed in amazement.
The road was packed with students heading to the ninja academy, both returning upperclassmen and new freshmen.
"We’re second years now. When the first-year students see us, shouldn’t they call us senpai?"
Kurenai Yuhi’s eyes lit up as she ...
“Rin! I’m here!”
Uchiha Obito excitedly dashed to the door of Nohara Rin’s house.
Today was the first day of the new semester, marking the start of their second year.
He had woken up extra early, all to ensure that the first person Rin would see in the new school year was him.
For Obito, the first day ...
Danger!
Hanekawa immediately declared his loyalty: “There’s only one teacher in my heart.”
Tsunade’s killing intent vanished instantly.
Arms crossed, she thought to herself, This little brat knows how to behave.
“Tsunade seems to like Hanekawa a lot,” Kushina Uzumaki teased with a sly glance.
Hanekawa arrived at Tsunade’s house but didn’t knock right away. Instead, he pulled out the scroll Tsuchibashi had given him.
Lightning Release: Chakra Activation—it sounded simple, but execution was far more complicated.
After reading through it, Hanekawa noticed a problem:
He was too young. His body hadn’t ...
“Watch closely,” Tsunade said as she formed seals at a deliberate pace.
Boar → Dog → Bird → Monkey → Ram!
Summoning Technique!
After completing the seals, Tsunade pressed her palm onto the ground.
Tadpole-like patterns spread outward, followed by a puff of white smoke that quickly dissipated.