#129 - Hyuga Ginka visits
"I'm back."
Mikoto nodded.
As usual, tonight is the time for a secret gathering.
"It's getting late, I'll head back first. I'll treat this time."
After chatting for an hour, Mikoto paid the bill and took her leave.
Kushina was left sitting there alone, feeling bored.
Her social circle currently consists of just three people.
Minato did introduce his three students to Kushina, but she wasn't very familiar with them.
She sat there blankly for a while, then went home.
…………
Kiyoshi's house.
Back home, Kiyoshi took out an ordinary katana and began training, trying to inject "Wind" Release chakra into it.
He had already entrusted someone to reforge his previous ninja sword with the cat ninja clan.
The request was to add more chakra metal to the ninja sword and to embed the red stone in the tsuba (handguard).
Kiyoshi had squeezed 500,000 ryo from the Land of Demons, and directly used almost 400,000 ryo to invest in a new ninja sword.
Once the war breaks out, there won't be much time to send weapons for maintenance.
So Kiyoshi wanted to increase the strength of the ninja sword as much as possible in one go, to prevent it from being damaged too quickly.
Buzz...
An ear-piercing cutting sound began to linger around Kiyoshi's katana, and Kiyoshi tried hard to maintain the balance on it.
As he expected, he obtained a "Trainee Wind Release Ninja" entry, currently at 5% progress.
Kiyoshi's learning ability is now much faster than before.
Even learning a C-rank ninjutsu that he doesn't know from scratch wouldn't take much time.
"Wind Release, besides cutting, should also be able to increase my speed."
Kiyoshi thought to himself.
Currently, he only knows the ordinary "Body Flicker Technique", and at most, he can make his speed faster by stimulating his body cells with Lightning Release chakra.
Now that he has Wind Release, this speed can continue to increase.
Wind Release chakra can form a layer of "compressed airflow" to wrap the body, reducing the coefficient of friction between the body and the air through high-speed airflow, achieving the effect of reducing air resistance.
As the sun began to set, Kiyoshi was already covered in sweat.
He didn't know how many days and nights he had continued such training.
Since coming to Konoha, Kiyoshi has spent most of his time in training.
Unless Kiyoshi can kick the Six Paths and punch Isshiki, he will stop and rest more.
At this time, a new green entry appeared in front of Kiyoshi.
"You have obtained the entry: [Fatigue Resistance (Green)]."
[Entry: Fatigue Resistance (Green).]
[Achievement Requirements: Repeat multiple tedious training sessions to establish a subconscious habit.]
[Progress: 1%.]
[Effect: Your muscle memory can optimize the efficiency of movements, reduce unnecessary energy consumption, increase endurance in long-term battles, and your fatigue is reduced by 20%.]
[Note: Subsequent advancement is possible.]
"Endurance, I just don't know how it's calculated with stamina."
Kiyoshi wiped his sweat, took off his chain armor, revealing his strong upper body.
He already had a [Muscle Memory (White)], which increased muscle memory by 10% compared to ordinary people.
But it cannot wash away incorrect muscle memory.
Many of the body's movements and exertion methods are incorrect, such as simple running, squatting, etc., but it is not usually noticeable.
Once it goes on for many years, it will form hidden injuries.
The new green entry reducing fatigue by 20% is secondary, what is important is that the preceding text says "muscle memory can optimize the efficiency of movements".
Kiyoshi opened the entry panel and found that the previous [Muscle Memory (White)] had turned gray and locked.
It seems that in addition to synthesizing and advancing, green entries can also be advanced based on his behavior.
In the future, one day, the effect of the entry may not require the brain to think, and various parts of the body can directly respond to stimuli through conditioned reflexes, maximizing the speed of movement and reaction ability.
This is a bit like Ultra Instinct.
Kiyoshi closed the entry panel.
Sometimes the speed of instinctive reaction far exceeds consciousness because it does not need to be thought about at all.
In this way, Kiyoshi can react immediately if someone is attacking.
His ability to protect himself is greatly improved.
Knock knock.
Just as Kiyoshi wanted to continue training for a while, he found someone knocking on the door.
Kiyoshi gave the white snake a look, and the white snake immediately understood, quickly crawled over, and skillfully opened the door with its tail.
"Snake!"
The moment the door opened, a white snake came into view, and Hyuga Ginka was startled by this sudden sight, and subconsciously took a step back, with a trace of panic flashing across her face.
Seeing this, Hyuga Natsu behind her quickly lowered her head, trying to suppress the smile at the corner of her mouth.
When she came to Kiyoshi's house last time, she had seen this snake on the low table, and she was already prepared in her heart.
"Madam Ginka, that is Kiyoshi-kun's summoned beast."
Soon, Hyuga Natsu recovered the expression on her face and explained to Hyuga Ginka.
Hearing this, Hyuga Ginka calmed down and looked along the white snake's figure.
She saw the white snake slowly crawling into the house after opening the door, stopping at the corridor between the inner room and the yard, biting a piece of raw meat, its movements skilled and natural.
"Sure enough, it's a domesticated summoned beast..."
Hyuga Ginka thought to herself, then reorganized her appearance and stepped into the house.
With her footsteps, Kiyoshi's figure gradually became clearer.
He was standing in the center of the courtyard, his upper body naked, sweat dripping down his solid muscle lines, shimmering in the sunlight.
His chest rose and fell slightly with his breath, and the muscle lines on his arms were distinct.
Kiyoshi's figure was strong but not bulky, and every muscle seemed to be carefully carved, full of beauty.
Each piece was in the right place, neither large nor small, nor arranged unevenly.
Hyuga Ginka's eyes stayed on Kiyoshi's body for a moment, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised.
She didn't expect that Kiyoshi, whom she had never really met, would have such a strong physique.
Then... Hyuga Ginka shifted her gaze.
She is a woman who has a fiancé.
Staring at others will spread gossip, especially in the feudal and rigid Hyuga clan.
"So it's Madam Ginka visiting, please come inside and sit down."
Kiyoshi was naked on his upper body, and his lower body was a pair of loose trousers, which made him look very slender.
He is already a head taller than his peers.
With his Lightning Release body training method, it is impossible for muscle deformation caused by incorrect exertion in traditional training to occur.
Moreover, the talent of the Yotsuki clan also allows Kiyoshi to have a talent for fitness.
He belongs to the kind that even if he is not a ninja, he can go to the ordinary world to be a male actor to make a living.
"...Yes."
Hyuga Ginka and Hyuga Natsu walked into the inner room.
They politely took off their shoes and went in wearing white socks.
"Please have some tea."
Kiyoshi used a tea bag he got from the shrine maiden. During the days of treating the daimyo, Kiyoshi took some things away for various reasons.
Including a whole set of tea sets.
"Yes, thank you."
Hyuga Ginka politely accepted the tea.
She knelt in front of the low table, maintaining good noblewoman etiquette.
Hyuga Natsu stood behind her.
Kiyoshi put down the second cup of tea and motioned for Hyuga Natsu to come and take it.
Hyuga Natsu looked at Hyuga Ginka, and after finding that there was no objection, she knelt beside Hyuga Ginka and took the tea.
"Kiyoshi and Natsu are classmates, right."
Hyuga Ginka smiled.
First, she played the emotional card of Kiyoshi and Hyuga Natsu being classmates.
"That's right."
Kiyoshi nodded, sitting cross-legged opposite Hyuga Natsu and Hyuga Ginka.
There was only a low table between the two.
Kiyoshi is not used to kneeling, he prefers to sit cross-legged, or sit on a stool.
"This is the gift we brought."
Hyuga Ginka gave a look.
Hyuga Natsu put the pastries she was carrying on Kiyoshi's body.
"A small token of our appreciation."
Kiyoshi nodded slightly.
Hyuga Ginka couldn't figure out Kiyoshi's attitude and tentatively said:
"I think we had some misunderstandings in the past, Natsu should have said that too."
"Misunderstanding, um... Hyuga Natsu-kun said that through her efforts, we have resolved the misunderstanding."
"Ah ha, I see."
Hyuga Ginka looked like she had suddenly realized something.
It seems that Hyuga Natsu is still good, not as stupid as other branch families.
But she didn't feel that Hyuga Natsu had grasped the hem of her skirt tightly, and a bad memory flashed in her heart, and her expression changed slightly.
No monthly tickets, I don't even have the mood to update 10k words a day, so tired, I'll update 5k and rest.
