I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

Chapter 9 Hinata's Talent, Yagyu's Experiment

Just like with Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha, Yagyu never spoke a single word to Hinata in the class during that year.

This girl is too shy; even Yagyu doesn't know how to befriend her.

In addition, the game system had not yet been awakened at that time, so Yagyu did not dare to get too close to Hinata.

Otherwise, who knows if word will get back to Hyuga Neji or the Hyuga clan, making them think I have some ulterior motive towards Hinata, and then they'll come over to warn or reprimand me?

It's important to know that Yagyu is not the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and has no powerful backers.

It wasn't until his cheat ability awakened, he rescued the damsel in distress once again, and he was about to be announced as the top student, that Yagyu had a new idea.

I'm now barely qualified to be friends with Hinata.

Even though he was just an ordinary citizen, he still wasn't qualified to invite Hinata out to play.

But the "pig" in the new generation of pig-deer-butterfly is qualified.

As fellow Naruto fans, Hiashi Hyuga would definitely agree to Hinata becoming friends with Ino.

Although disappointed in his eldest daughter, Hiashi Hyuga did not completely give up on Hinata.

Of the new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho, only Ino is a girl.

If Hinata and Ino become friends, it means that the Hyuga clan will become friends with the Ino-Shika-Cho trio in the future, which is a very important connection.

The fact that Ino and Hinata were walking towards them indicated that Yagyu's plan was going very smoothly, and that Hyuga Hiashi had indeed given the order to leave.

"I have successfully brought Hinata out."

Returning to Yagyu, Ino spoke with a proud expression.

"Impressive, as expected of Ino."

Yagyu gave a thumbs-up without hesitation, then looked at Hinata standing next to Ino, who was secretly watching him, and smiled, "Hello, Hinata."

Hinata met Yagyu's gaze, and instinctively lowered her head again.

But remembering what Ino had said when she left, she finally mustered the courage to raise her head and nervously look at Yagyu, saying, "Yagyu... Yagyu-kun, th... thank you!"

After finally expressing her gratitude, which was three years late and had recently become incredibly strong, Hinata felt a sudden sense of relief.

"Have you been spying on me all this time just to thank me?" Yagyu asked knowingly.

"……Um."

Hinata, feeling relieved, lowered her head shyly again.

"Okay, I accept your thanks."

With a smile, Yagyu extended an invitation: "We're about to go train, would you like to join us?"

Upon hearing this, Hinata looked up with a delighted expression: "W-is it...is that okay?"

"Of course, we would love to welcome you."

Yagyu nodded vigorously.

Having already discerned Hinata's personality, Ino put her arm around Hinata's shoulder, adopting a bossy demeanor, and said, "From now on, we're friends, Hinata."

"Nice to meet you, Hinata," Sakura said with a ladylike smile.

Looking at the friendly and enthusiastic Yagyu trio, Hinata's beautiful white eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

The sudden happiness left the girl, who had always longed for friendship but could not obtain it, somewhat at a loss.

But she also knew that she couldn't give up this opportunity.

She nodded vigorously, her voice choked with emotion: "...Yes!"

With Liu Sheng's matchmaking, three of the four young beauties became friends ahead of time.

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"Yagyu, look! I've climbed to the top of the tree!"

Arriving in the familiar woods, Ino made a point of finding the big tree covered with tiny footprints, and then couldn't wait to show off the results of her practice.

Running against gravity along the tree trunk, Ino easily reached the top of the tree, which had not yet become leafy.

"sharp!"

Looking at Ino showing off to him from the treetop, Yagyu still gave her a thumbs up without hesitation.

From constantly falling down, to now reaching the summit in one go.

It's obvious that Ino must have put in a lot of effort at home.

This shows just how competitive Ino is.

This competitive spirit is a good thing. If Ino continues to maintain it, she might not fall so far behind Sakura and Hinata as she did in the original story.

"Hinata, do you want to give it a try?"

After climbing down from the tree, Ino looked at Hinata's surprised face, made a hand seal with her hands, and said with a smile, "Gather chakra in your feet, then stick to the tree trunk and climb up. This is a technique that Yagyu taught us."

"My father said that this is a technique that even ninja academies don't teach."

"Wow...that's amazing."

Hinata was even more surprised and admired Yagyu even more.

She then nodded and said, "Hmm... I'd like to try it too."

Hinata raised her index and middle fingers with both hands, formed hand seals, and mobilized her chakra, gathering it on her feet.

Then, he walked towards the big tree.

The scenes that pierce Ino's heart and cause her immense pain are slowly revealed.

Hinata, climbing a tree for the first time, walked on the trunk as if it were flat ground, just like Sakura.

Hinata quickly arrived at the spot where Ino had just been standing.

On her very first attempt, Hinata reached the top of the tree.

Even Sakura had to try several times before she could reach the top of the tree.

"Wow...that's amazing."

This time, it was Sakura's and Ino's turn to be amazed.

Liu Sheng, however, was not surprised at all.

Of the four beauties, the one with the best talent is not Sakura, but Hinata.

Not to mention that among the four women, only Hinata possesses a bloodline limit.

Hinata, who comes from the Hyuga clan, has been practicing pressure point techniques since childhood. These are Gentle Fist techniques that inject chakra into pressure points in the human body.

This technique, like climbing a tree with your feet, is all about chakra control.

Hinata, who has practiced pressure point techniques since childhood, has a much better foundation than Sakura.

In the original Shippuden series, she also mastered medical ninjutsu and barrier techniques.

During the Three-Tails incident, among the sealing team consisting of Shizune, Sakura, Hinata, and Ino, only Ino was a hindrance.

Before Sakura became Tsunade's apprentice, Hinata was the strongest among the four beauties.

If it weren't for her personality, Hinata would definitely be a popular figure at school.

Even so, she is still among the top five in her grade.

Seeing the three girls who had mastered tree climbing in their first year, Yagyu was genuinely happy for them and finally began to implement his own plan.

He looked at Hinata and the other two girls and said with a smile, "Now that you've all learned how to climb trees, I'll teach you the Body Flicker Technique and we can practice our fighting skills together."

"Okay, okay..."

Ino immediately raised her hand and cheered, "The Body Flicker Technique! I wanted to ask you about it yesterday, Yagyu!"

"Uh-huh……"

Sakura chimed in, "Yagyu, the way you defeated Sasuke yesterday was incredibly cool."

Hinata nodded in agreement.

Judging from their expressions, the three women seemed to have overlooked the fighting techniques implied in their words.

This is also what Yagyu wanted to see.

What they saw as incidental fighting techniques were actually Yagyu's true intentions.

Because he wanted to use Hinata and the other two girls for experiments!

As long as one item drops from them, Yagyu can determine whether the 'item' dropped by monsters is completely lost or a 'copy'.

If he hadn't completely lost it, then Yagyu wouldn't have to worry about defeating someone and suddenly revealing that person's bloodline limit, leading to the person discovering they'd lost their own bloodline limit and Yagyu being suspected of having the ability to steal it.

In this way, Yagyu can act without restraint.

(End of this chapter)