Thoughts and Classmates

This world isn't without ways to recover quickly. Tsunade's Creation Rebirth, the Uzumaki Clan's vitality, and the First Hokage's Sage Body all represent extremely strong recovery abilities.

So, BUG-level recovery like super-regeneration isn't entirely inexplicable. Perhaps a backup plan could be made...

"The ominous, evil power of the Hollow Mask is strangely similar to this world's Tailed Beast Chakra..."

After thinking for a moment, Yoichi took out the black and white, rather grotesque [Hollow Mask] from his pearl space and examined it in his hand. "After that, the Hollow Mask couldn't be used anymore. Did the 'Hollow' power within it run out?"

"I wonder if Tailed Beast Chakra could drive it... Tsk, too far-fetched..."

"I need to find a way to increase my chakra reserves. This body is too weak..."

"That's feasible. In the Naruto world, there are ways to improve one's constitution. First Hokage Cells... Natural Energy... Flesh Regeneration Secret Technique. These should all be possible..."

"But where do I find them? Orochimaru should have First Hokage Cells... Natural Energy is linked to Sage Arts, so the Three Great Sage Locations... The Flesh Regeneration Secret Technique should be with Shinnō... None of them are easy..."

"Forget it, I'll take it slow for now... Just write it down. When I'm strong enough, I'll consider these things..."

Shaking his head, Yoichi put the notebook recording various things back in his pocket. On closer inspection, there were quite a few things to do.

But at this stage, he wasn't strong enough, so many ideas could only exist in his mind and couldn't be put into practice.

Yoichi wasn't in a hurry. He would take his time. The Fourth Hokage had just taken office, and there was a long period of peace for Yoichi to accumulate strength.

After his chakra had recovered enough, Yoichi carefully left the Forest of Death.

Half an hour after Yoichi left, a man wearing a white kimono, with long black hair falling to his waist, skin as pale as a patient, with golden vertical pupils, purple eye shadow, and an incomparably sinister appearance, appeared in the place where Yoichi had just been. His long tongue flicked like a snake, and he used it to wash his face...

If Yoichi were still here and saw this person, he would definitely twitch his lips and curse his bad luck!

Because the person who came was none other than Orochimaru, one of the Konoha Sannin!

Orochimaru looked in the direction Yoichi had left, washed his face again with his long tongue, sensed the chakra fluctuations spreading around, a strange smile on his lips, and a hoarse voice came out: "How interesting, a Hyuga Branch Family member? This chakra fluctuation... an ominous, evil aura, somewhat like Tailed Beast Chakra, but also different..."

"Is he researching something? This unseen chakra fluctuation, is it to break the Caged Bird Curse Mark? Or something else... It really makes me curious... A Hyuga Branch Family!"

Orochimaru's eyes flickered, he chuckled hoarsely, and his figure slowly disappeared into the shadows of the trees.

Yoichi didn't know that he had been targeted by Orochimaru. At this time, he had left the Forest of Death and returned to the village.

At this time, the Fourth Hokage's inauguration ceremony had ended. Minato Namikaze took over the Hokage Cloak and the Hokage Vestments, which represented the highest power, from the Third Hokage, and became the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village under the gaze of all the villagers!

Yoichi wasn't very interested in the inauguration ceremony.

At noon, Yoichi was a little hungry and wondered if he should go eat a bowl of ramen.

But halfway there, a familiar voice came from the side: "Yo, Yoichi, you're back in the village too?"

Yoichi turned his head to look. A young man wearing a green jumpsuit, with a bowl cut and thick eyebrows, showed a big smile when he saw him and greeted him with a thumbs up...

This person was none other than Might Guy, who almost kicked out the ending in the original story!

Because they were about the same age and had graduated from the Ninja Academy around the same time, Yoichi and Might Guy were considered classmates, and their friendship was pretty good.

It could be said that the classmates who graduated around this time had pretty good relationships.

Seeing Guy, Yoichi also greeted him with a smile: "It's Guy. I just got back from the front lines."

"That's perfect. Kakashi, Asuma, Genma Shiranui, and Kurenai are all at the barbecue restaurant. They went to your house earlier, but you weren't there. Now that we've met, want to go together?" Guy showed a mouthful of white teeth and suggested with a smile.

"Kakashi and Asuma are there too? What's going on? Is that stingy Kakashi treating?" Yoichi muttered. Could it be that his teacher became the Hokage, and that stingy Kakashi was finally planning to pay up?

"Not Kakashi. That guy is very stingy. He gets higher allowances than us Chunin, but he refuses to spend money." Guy shook his head, then leaned in closer, looked around, and said cautiously: "This time, Asuma is treating. He said it's to celebrate his old man finally stepping down and giving way..."

"Uh..." Yoichi was speechless. What was Asuma doing? He couldn't understand the thoughts of a second-generation official...

Without thinking too much, Yoichi went to the barbecue restaurant with Guy.

Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, Genma Shiranui, Hayate Gekko, Kakashi, Daisei, Nami, and other classmates of similar age were all there...

Hyuga Yue was also in this batch of classmates, but she was naturally aloof and didn't like lively places, so she didn't come...

Seeing the familiar crowd, Yoichi was still very happy. He greeted the people present. These people were the classmates who had survived the battlefield.

"Yo, you came too, Yoichi. I went to your house to look for you earlier, but you weren't there. Where did you go?" Asuma also greeted Yoichi when he saw him.

Although Asuma was the Son of the Hokage, his personality wasn't arrogant. He even sometimes kept silent about his identity as the Son of the Hokage.

Yoichi didn't say too much, just smiled and said, "Just took a walk around the village."

At this time, Genma Shiranui leaned over, looked at Kakashi, then looked at Yoichi, and said with a smile, "I heard that you asked Kakashi for advice on how to learn the Chidori? How is it? Did you learn it?"

Yoichi glanced at Genma Shiranui and spread his hands. "What advice? It was just a simple exchange. His ninjutsu, Chidori, was exchanged with some of my skills as a Dojutsu Bloodline ninja."

Kakashi also heard Genma Shiranui's words, looked at Yoichi, and slightly curled his lips: "Even without your experience, with my talent, I would have figured it out sooner or later. Moreover, I have already mastered everything you gave me. You probably haven't even touched the edge of my Chidori!"

Having experienced his father's suicide and Rin and Obito's deaths in battle, Kakashi's personality had become more indifferent and withdrawn, but when facing these familiar classmates, his condition was somewhat better.

It wasn't until his teacher and his wife died in the Nine-Tails Attack that Kakashi completely shut himself off, wasted several years, his cultivation completely stagnated, and his strength even declined...

But the current Kakashi still had that kind of enterprising spirit!

"I guess I've learned it..." Yoichi just smiled and didn't explain too much.

"Chidori is an A-rank ninjutsu. Even a Jonin would have difficulty learning an A-rank ninjutsu. Yoichi, you actually learned it? It seems that I have one more opponent!" Guy didn't suspect that Yoichi was bragging. Instead, he looked at Yoichi seriously and felt that another opponent like Kakashi had appeared!

Among their classmates, only Kakashi had become a Jonin, breaking the record for the youngest age to become a Jonin. The others were still Chunin, and there wasn't even a Special Jonin!

As for the others, they didn't doubt it too much. After all, Yoichi was from the Hyuga clan. The people of that clan were very proud and disdained lying.

Back when he was at the Ninja Academy, Yoruichi's performance was mediocre, with his ninjutsu and taijutsu being quite ordinary.

However, ever since Yoruichi returned from the battlefield, many of his classmates noticed the changes in him!

The current Yoruichi no longer possessed the rigid, dull feeling that Hyuga Clan members usually had. Instead, he would actively learn other ninjutsu and taijutsu, rather than sticking solely to Gentle Fist...

It was as if he had been reborn, and his progress was extremely rapid. If this Yoruichi said he had mastered the A-rank ninjutsu Chidori, no one would doubt it!

'Could it be...?' Even Kakashi's gaze sharpened as he thought to himself. He also didn't think that Yoruichi was lying to them for the sake of his dignity.

But what did "could it be" mean?

Kakashi looked at Yoruichi. He could indeed sense that Yoruichi had changed greatly. He was like a completely different person from the Yoruichi in the Ninja Academy...

"Alright, stop dwelling on it, let's eat! Kurenai, try this..." Asuma glanced at Yoruichi and Kakashi, couldn't help but curl his lip, and then called everyone to eat, mostly trying to curry favor with Kurenai Yuhi...

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