At Hyuga Ningyuan's shouts, quite a few curious ninja really did come over to see what was going on.
Teuchi's little shop was not very large to begin with, and it was soon filled to capacity.
As more people gathered, Hyuga Ningyuan no longer even needed to shout. Curious ninja and residents came over on their own.
Yet Hyuga Ningyuan continued waving his arms and dancing.
Only after Teuchi had served all the ramen did he jog out. "Kid, you don't need to shout anymore. The shop is already full. I saved you a seat specially—I guarantee you'll eat your fill!"
"No rush. If I said half an hour, then half an hour," Hyuga Ningyuan said, shaking his head.
"This..." Teuchi gave him a thumbs-up. This kid was quite persistent.
That was good, though. With that kind of character, this child would surely accomplish great things in the future!
What he did not know was that Hyuga Ningyuan was taking things step by step, establishing the image of someone who loved dancing.
He could not simply decide to dance whenever he wanted. Konoha had no cultural atmosphere for it at all. Where had he encountered dancing, and why had he fallen in love with it?
The only reasonable explanation was that Hyuga Ningyuan had accidentally come into contact with dancing, then gradually grown fond of it.
Just like now, Hyuga Ningyuan was gesturing and dancing wildly, still in the budding stage of falling in love with dance.
Half an hour later, drenched in sweat, Hyuga Ningyuan stopped moving, accompanied by a crisp chime.
[Ding, you completed a dance activity. Dance Experience +15, General Experience +1. Current level: LV1 (15/100)]
"Looks like this panel follows my subjective intent. Although I was attracting customers, I subjectively believed I was dancing, so it activated the dance skill. But fifteen experience points?" Hyuga Ningyuan was somewhat surprised.
After thinking it over, he figured that he had used some techniques from [Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens] during that dance. That was why, despite being at apprentice level, he had gained so much experience.
That meant experience did not necessarily come one point at a time. If he went and studied advanced mathematics now, perhaps Math Experience would not merely be +1. It might be 1,000, directly raising it to a level comparable to his own strength.
"What kind of ramen would you like?" Teuchi asked.
"Tonkotsu Ramen!" Hyuga Ningyuan looked over the menu and ordered the most expensive option.
Before long, the Tonkotsu Ramen arrived. It even had two fried eggs on top, clearly added by Teuchi.
He was not worried that Hyuga Ningyuan would be unable to finish it.
As it happened, Hyuga Ningyuan really could finish it.
His appetite was not as outrageous as Hinata's, but eating three to five bowls would not be a problem.
That would be a little too conspicuous, though.
For staving off hunger, a normal amount of food was enough. He could figure out how to increase his intake later.
[Ding, you completed a diet activity. Diet Experience +2, General Experience +1. Current level: LV1 (4/100).]
"That is a little strange. Breakfast and the Bento only gave one experience point each, while this bowl of ramen gave two. Is it because of the nutrition?" Hyuga Ningyuan pondered. After all, both breakfast and the Bento had been vegetarian, aside from a few meatballs in the Bento.
But this ramen had two fried eggs, large chunks of pork and pork bones, and was more substantial than breakfast.
"So Diet Experience is awarded according to the amount of food and its nutritional quality, not one point per meal!" Hyuga Ningyuan understood. It seemed he should eat more meat in the future.
Still, he did not know whether diet was related to digestion. If he only improved his diet without improving digestion, that would be useless!
Digestion was not a life activity people could consciously control. At least, Hyuga Ningyuan could not do that yet, so there was no way to develop it into a skill.
Highly nutritious food in large quantities was needed not only for Diet Experience. He also needed it to cultivate Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens and activate Path Creator!
"I need money!" Hyuga Ningyuan looked at the menu posted on the wall. A bowl of Tonkotsu Ramen cost sixty ryo, seventy with egg; Seafood Ramen was fifty ryo, and Clear Ramen was forty ryo.
If he ate three bowls per meal and three meals a day, that would be 450 ryo a day, or 13,500 ryo a month.
And that was only the appetite of his five-year-old self. His expenses would only grow with time.
He did not know how much grilled meat cost, but it was definitely more expensive. Still, if he had the choice, grilled meat would be better.
After all, grilled meat was more nutritious than ramen.
But the problem was that all this food required money.
And Hyuga Ningyuan was poor. He had no money.
Thinking of the tempura diced radish he had eaten that morning, there probably was not much money at home either.
He could only rely on himself.
"Making money is possible, but it cannot delay improving my strength. Dancing can make money, but only after I become famous, and it takes too much time. Besides, I still have to attend school!"
"Writing songs, singing? I do not understand music, so I would have to start learning from scratch. Although activating Overclock Mode could shorten my study time, the problem is that there is nowhere to learn."
This was Konoha, not a modern city. There were no music training classes everywhere, and perhaps even music textbooks would be difficult to buy.
"Then, writing novels? That could work!" Writing novels only required a pen and a notebook, so the cost was extremely low.
He could also use a pen name. No one would know the novel's author was him, and naturally no one would know he had earned royalties.
That was important. If Hyuga Ningyuan openly made money, he might very well be exploited by the Hyuga Main Family.
After all, the best way to control slaves had always been economic control. To better control the Branch Family, the Hyuga Main Family would never allow the Branch Family to become economically independent.
As for whether he might write a novel that no one read and could not sell...
That was impossible!
Hyuga Ningyuan's mind was filled with classic novels from Earth. He could even activate Overclock Mode to adapt them for the local audience, or write original works. With such a massive cheat, if he still could not become a great literary master, would that not be a joke?
The only question was whether writing novels would delay his strength improvement.
The answer was no!
Because one item in Hyuga Ningyuan's training plan was Hyuga Clan Chakra training.
The Hyuga Clan's Chakra was particularly special. It could interfere with matter and linger for some time even after leaving the body.
In summary, it was somewhat like weakened Telekinetic Power.
Then, if I controlled Chakra the same way I controlled Telekinetic Power and developed my Chakra into Telekinetic Power, would that work?
Then I could use Chakra to hold a pen and write. That would also be a form of Chakra training, allowing me to cultivate and make money at the same time.
And this kind of training would not only train Chakra control. Writing novels required thought and inspiration.
It would also train mental strength and willpower.
As his willpower improved and his Chakra control grew stronger, he could advance from controlling one pen to controlling multiple pens!
When writing novels, he would control pens.
In battle, they could become throwing knives!
Or he could simply use a pen as a blade. That would look cool too!
He could also combine it with Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens, using Peacock Feather as his weapon!
"Now that I think about it, the path of literary creation has great potential too!" Hyuga Ningyuan thought to himself.
And as a transmigrator, there were always things he was dying to say.
His urge to share and complain was completely impossible to suppress!
But Konoha's environment made it impossible for him to speak openly. Otherwise, he would simply disappear.
So he might as well curse people in the manner of a literary man and vent his anger.
He could make some money while improving his cultivation, too!
Three birds with one stone!
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