"You are both Konoha's future, and you're both young. You should spend more time interacting in the future!" Sarutobi Biwako said.
"Sure!" Minato nodded, looked at Hyuga Ningyuan, and said, "My home is the fourth house in the second district. If you run into any problems with your studies, come find me. We can discuss them together!"
He did not say, "I'll teach you," but rather, "We can discuss them together."
Hyuga Ningyuan nodded heavily, inwardly sighing.
Some people's intelligence and emotional intelligence really were innate. Others could not learn them.
He truly did intend to befriend Namikaze Minato. After all, Konoha's Little Sun was someone anyone would want as a friend.
Moreover, he came from the Hyuga Clan, with a less-than-ideal background. Unlike Minato, whose family background was spotless, he would most likely never get the chance to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique. He could only place his hopes on Minato.
Minato had once passed down the Flying Thunder God Technique, though few people had mastered it. If his relationship with Minato became close enough, perhaps he would have an opportunity to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique in the future.
Besides the Flying Thunder God, there was also Sealing Jutsu. How could he undo the Caged Bird Seal without knowing Sealing Jutsu?
He could certainly deduce it himself, but why go to all that trouble if he could learn a ready-made version?
Although he could also obtain Sealing Jutsu from Tsunade, Ningyuan had watched The Wandering Earth. He understood the value of saturated rescue efforts.
He had always made multiple preparations for everything.
"My food is ready. Lady Biwako, I'll be leaving first!" Seeing the owner approach, Minato quickly rose to his feet.
"Alright, go on and get busy!" Biwako said with a smile.
"Big Brother Minato, can I come play with you this afternoon?" Hyuga Ningyuan called out.
Minato froze for a moment, then the corners of his lips curled up. "Of course. You're more than welcome."
"Do you like him very much?" Biwako asked as she watched Minato's retreating figure.
"Mm, he's very handsome!" Hyuga Ningyuan replied with a grin.
Biwako smiled as well, feeling that she had truly been overthinking things.
Children's likes and dislikes were simple. Wanting to be friends with someone because they looked good and approachable was perfectly normal.
"You can play, but don't forget your studies because of it!" Biwako reminded him.
"Mm-hm!" Hyuga Ningyuan felt rather speechless. Why was it that even after transmigrating, he still could not escape being urged to study by adults?
Come to think of it, he had not only finished the medical book she gave him, but had thoroughly mastered it. Reading more would merely waste time.
But he could not simply refuse to go.
He might as well study the skill Object Control. It was a blue skill, after all, and it felt like there was plenty of potential left to uncover.
That afternoon, still in Sarutobi Biwako's office, Hyuga Ningyuan fiddled with the medical book in his hands as he considered what sort of technique to develop.
First, it had to be related to paper, because books were the only things he could currently get his hands on.
Paper Release Secret Technique?
That could work. As long as he infused Chakra into paper, he could control it.
He would even have a common topic with Konan in the future.
Paper Person Secret Technique?
He pulled out a small notebook, tore out a round-headed, round-bodied little paper man, and infused it with Qi.
Sarutobi Biwako watched the scene without paying it much attention.
It would have been stranger if a child could sit still without moving. Daydreaming and playing with things was normal!
"Although it has a human shape, it doesn't have any of the functions a human should have. It's just a human-shaped piece of paper!" Hyuga Ningyuan shook his head. This did not match his expectations.
What he wanted was a paper person that could scout and eavesdrop.
"Could it be unable to scout because the paper person has no eyes?" Hyuga Ningyuan thought about it, then used a brush to draw eyes on the paper.
But the result was still no good.
"I can sense most things on the paper. There's no reason I shouldn't be able to sense the light received by it. The paper person has a far larger surface area than an eye. Theoretically, the world sensed through the paper person should be clearer than what my eyes see..."
So the question was, why could he not sense it?
"When humans perceive light, it passes through the pupil and projects onto the retina, eventually forming an image. Could it be because the light isn't forming an image on the paper person?" Hyuga Ningyuan thought it over. That should be the reason.
Paper was made from wood fibers. This material both absorbed and reflected light, scattering it through diffuse reflection.
If he wanted to gather useful information from that mass of chaotic light, the human brain would absolutely not be enough. He would need a quantum computer.
So, he needed to create an environment similar to an eye on the paper person.
That environment was not complicated. It was merely Pinhole Imaging. He only needed to make a Black Box, leave a small hole in it, and create a smooth surface at the other end to receive the image.
In that case, a flat sheet of paper would not work. Even modern society could not make a lens as thin as paper. Hyuga Ningyuan could not imagine how a piece of paper only 0.1 millimeters thick could form a Black Box with a pinhole.
Unless he knew spatial compression technology.
"Then forget the human shape. I'll use the form of a Paper Airplane instead." There were countless ways to fold a Paper Airplane. Leaving a small hole in its belly would be incredibly easy.
As for the smooth projection surface, that was simple too. He could use high-quality Coated Paper, like advertising paper.
In just a moment, Hyuga Ningyuan folded such a Paper Airplane.
He inserted a one-square-centimeter piece of Image Paper, then used the tip of his pen to poke a small hole into the opposite side.
This way, light from outside would pass through the hole and project onto the Image Paper. Hyuga Ningyuan could then perceive the image through the Object Control technique.
A Paper Release Reconnaissance Secret Technique developed from Object Control had just been born!
"Creating a ninjutsu isn't that hard. I didn't even activate Brain Overclocking!"
He infused Qi and sensed the blurry image projected onto the Paper Airplane. It was probably only around 4,800 pixels?
Although there was still much room for improvement, the technique was complete in the end.
As for the direction of improvement...
"The pinhole could be replaced with a Glass Lens, and the material of the Image Paper could be optimized. That would produce a clearer image, perhaps even one comparable to a modern camera. But would I really need to buy lenses specifically just to make a Paper Airplane?"
Hyuga Ningyuan shook his head, having thought of a solution.
Earth Release, or Water Release.
Water droplets could form images as well, though the results would not be as good as glass.
The main components of optical glass were rare-earth compounds. Rare earth was still earth, so it should fall within the scope of Earth Release.
Therefore, if he developed Earth Release a little, he might be able to directly mold lenses onto the paper with Earth Release. That would solve the imaging problem of this Paper Airplane.
The imaging problem was solved, but the paper problem remained. Having to fold one on the spot every time he used this technique would be such a hassle.
He could only make use of existing paper now, but he did not know how to make paper himself. Konan did.
"Come to think of it, paper is made of wood fibers. Does that make Paper Release a branch of Wood Release?" Hyuga Ningyuan thought.
He was cultivating immortality now, following the path of the Qi Sea and meridians. It was still possible for him to develop Wood Nature Chakra. Perhaps he could even develop Paper Release.
Then he could learn Sealing Jutsu and make Explosive Tags, fold them into Paper Airplanes, and use those planes as both reconnaissance aircraft and bombers. Perfect!
Before Hyuga Ningyuan transmigrated, modern warfare had already developed to the point of using drones loaded with bombs for aerial attacks.
A drone and its bomb cost only 2,000 yuan, yet they could trade for a tank worth five million dollars.
Explosive Tags in the ninja world were even cheaper. The lowest-quality Explosive Tag cost only 100 ryō.
If he got lucky and 100 ryō could kill a Jonin, that would be absolutely perfect!
"Develop elemental ninjutsu!" Hyuga Ningyuan, who believed in the unity of knowledge and action, wasted no time and got straight to work!
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