In the courtyard, not far from the pond, Tenten and Neji Hyuga used a few bricks to quickly build a crude stove. They set a pot on top and lit firewood beneath it. Tenten tossed beef into the pot and was about to put the lid on when Neji stopped her, casually adding some seasonings before letting her cover it.
Tenten did not really understand cooking. She thought that as long as she threw the beef into the pot and covered it, opening the lid later would reveal delicious meat.
As the pot cooked, Tenten used grass to lure the buffalo calf behind her and let it lie down to graze. She leaned back against it comfortably, stretched her limbs, pressed the soles of her feet together, and placed her hands on her ankles. Her bright eyes turned toward Neji. "Neji, Neji... Teach me how to jump so far between trees. The thing you mentioned, extracting Chakra."
Seeing that the beef would not be done anytime soon, Neji turned to Tenten and nodded. "Before extracting Chakra, you need to understand its true nature."
"Mm-hmm." Tenten nodded with wide eyes.
"Moo..." The buffalo calf, uncomfortable from having Tenten lean against it while it grazed, let out a moo. Tenten hurriedly patted its head a few times. The calf lowered its head and continued eating grass indignantly. "Don't interrupt Neji, Little Buffalo."
The calf was a black water buffalo.
"Chakra did not originate from this planet," Neji said slowly.
He did not want Tenten to know only one fragment of it. He wanted her to view the Shinobi World from a broader perspective, laying the foundation for her understanding of this world.
"Planet?" Tenten froze. What was a planet?
"You can think of our planet as the land beneath our feet, merely