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The Uchiha Clan was unpopular in the village, and they had been wiped out six years ago. Sasuke was weak too, so Hinata had truly never seen a Sharingan.

"Um... um..." Hinata's cheeks suddenly reddened. "Thank you, Kaede."

"I'm also very grateful that you took such good care of me in the past," Kitahara Kaede recited flatly.

"Then go start training."

"I'll give you some support," Kitahara Kaede said.

Hm?

Hinata tilted her cute little head. What did she mean by support?

But she obediently went to the training ground, took up a stance, and began performing the Gentle Fist Sixty-Four Palms she had learned.

Gentle Fist was a very unique form of Taijutsu.

It could directly seal the body's acupuncture points, disrupting the enemy's Chakra system, or directly destroy it.

Although Kitahara Kaede did not think much of it, she still showed it some respect.

Hinata found it rather strenuous to perform an entire set of strikes... but Kaede was watching her now.

She could not embarrass herself like this.

Hinata gave it everything she had.

"The... sixty-third palm..."

"Sixty-Four Palms—"

After throwing the final palm, Hinata realized that it had actually gone more smoothly than ever before.

"I think I can do it..." Hinata was astonished.

She hurriedly turned around in delight.

Then she suddenly froze.

"Hmph, and you're satisfied with just that?"

Before her stood a girl who looked extremely similar to her, but wore an excessively bold black fishnet outfit.

The other girl wore only fishnet clothing with a small cape draped over it, leaving her cute little belly exposed.

She was also wearing shorts.

Her outfit was incredibly daring!

Hinata was shocked!

"This is Tsukuyomi Space. I created your inverted self," Kitahara Kaede said.

"She is two levels stronger than you, Hinata. If you can defeat her, you can take another step forward," Kitahara Kaede explained.

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"Eight Trigrams... Forty-Eight Palms!"

"Eight Trigrams... Sixty-Three Palms!"

Within Kitahara Kaede's Tsukuyomi Space, little Hinata was fighting her inverted self, Black Hinata.

When practicing Taijutsu, training alone was very troublesome.

But Black Hinata, created by Kitahara Kaede using the authority of Tsukuyomi, solved that problem.

She had created her based on Hinata's own strength.

Then she adjusted Black Hinata's abilities. Although she had only told Hinata that Black Hinata was 1.2 times stronger than her, by now, she had already adjusted Black Hinata's strength to 1.5 times Hinata's.

Hinata was gradually growing stronger without realizing it.

But that was clearly not enough.

"Hinata."

Kitahara Kaede called her over. "I'll teach you a way to improve your efficiency."

After bringing her over, Kitahara Kaede placed one hand on her shoulder.

"This is..."

Hinata fluttered her eyelashes lightly, then understood.

A powerful stream of Chakra flooded into her body and wrapped around her.

"I'm transferring some Chakra to you."

Kitahara Kaede said, "The method I'm teaching you requires a large amount of Chakra."

"Um..." Hinata seemed somewhat hesitant. "Would this harm you in any way?"

"This is an illusion world," Kitahara Kaede said. "So everything can be changed with a thought from me."

As if to prove it, Kitahara Kaede glanced ahead, and daytime instantly turned into night.

She was like a god within this Tsukuyomi Space.

Only after hearing her say that did Hinata relax.

What Kitahara Kaede taught her was the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Using clones to train simultaneously, creating as many Shadow Clones as possible, then gaining all their experience together—this was the fastest way to improve.

It was also through this method that Naruto and Sasuke had made such explosive progress.

After Kakashi returned to the village, he seemed to be preparing to promote this learning method to the Third Hokage.

But Kitahara Kaede did not think the Third Hokage would agree to popularize the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.

However.

Within Tsukuyomi Space... this method of giving Hinata more experience was extremely practical.

After all, no matter what happened, she could blame it on [Genjutsu].

And she had just lied. Setting aside the fact that Tsukuyomi was a Genjutsu that required a huge amount of Chakra to cast, even the Chakra she had just given Hinata came from her own reserves.

But that amount was no loss to her, so it could be ignored.

Then...

Let's begin.

Kitahara Kaede lightly moved her fingers, and the number of Black Hinatas instantly reached 2,000.

"This..."

Hinata was stunned.

"Since they're sparring partners, the more of them there are, the better, right?"

Kitahara Kaede said.

As she spoke, Hinata was immediately swallowed up by Black Hinatas who clearly had the same face as her, yet gave her an entirely different feeling.

No one knew how much time had passed within Tsukuyomi Space, ranked third among Genjutsu, but outside... only an instant had passed. Only one second.

And now, that second was over.

"Mm!"

Hinata, whose body had stiffened in the library, suddenly trembled.

An unbelievable aura surged violently from her body, then spread outward.

Observing Kitahara Kaede (^_-)

Hashirama Senju: Interesting. That Hyuga Clan girl's aura is completely different now.

Hashirama Senju: Only one second has passed.

Hashirama Senju: Her Taijutsu strength should already be close to that Chakra-depleted Kakashi.

Hashirama Senju: Oh, no, perhaps she's even stronger than Kakashi. That little Kitahara Kaede is truly generous when it comes to her girls.

Hashirama Senju: Who knows how long she spent in that Tsukuyomi Space. It definitely wasn't just one month.

Brother of Hashirama Senju: Of course. After all, it is a skill of our Uchiha Clan.

Brother of Hashirama Senju: What a pity. If I had thought of using Tsukuyomi as a training ground back then, my strength definitely could have improved further.

Brother of Hashirama Senju: It's all Tobirama Senju's fault. I had only just awakened my Mangekyo and hadn't even had time to adapt before you killed me! I missed my chance to become the strongest because of that!

Tobirama Senju: ...

Brother of Hashirama Senju: Hey, Tobirama, I'm talking about you! If you had killed me a little later, perhaps history would have changed!

Tobirama Senju: ...

Brother of Hashirama Senju: Every time this comes up, you play dead.

Brother of Hashirama Senju: Just keep bullying me. If my big brother Madara Uchiha joins, he'll definitely avenge me!

Unmarriageable Older Single Woman: Speaking of which, Lord Izuna, is your brother Madara Uchiha really that strong?

Mei Terumi was very curious.

Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Madara Uchiha were all figures close to legend.

Mei Terumi had been intimidated by Tobirama, so she understood that the Five Kage of her era were simply not on the same level as the First and Second Hokage.

So, remembering that Might Guy, who had joined the group earlier, had been given the title The Man Recognized by Madara Uchiha, she was very curious.

Of course, she found herself becoming increasingly at ease in this group as well.

She gave herself a mental thumbs-up for her trip to the Land of Waves. If she had not connected with Kitahara Kaede back then, she would have missed out on so much now.

Just look.

Instantly training a Genin's Taijutsu from nothing to the equivalent of several Kakashis in one second... was that something an ordinary person could do?

So, impulsively clinging to Kitahara Kaede's thigh back then had truly been the right decision.

Mei Terumi felt at ease, so she began gossiping.

Brother of Hashirama Senju: Of course! My brother Madara Uchiha is the strongest! He has never been defeated, except by Hashirama Senju.

Hashirama Senju: Well, well... Izuna, you don't have to call me by my full name.

Hashirama Senju: You can call me Brother Hashirama.

Tobirama Senju: Big Brother! Who exactly is your little brother here?!

While everyone was making a fuss in the group, they noticed an Anbu member entering the library.

This Anbu member first looked at Hinata somewhat warily, then turned to Kitahara Kaede.

"The Third Hokage requests your presence."

He sounded quite respectful.

That was only natural. After all... the Anbu were directly subordinate to the Third Hokage, and as the inheritor of the Will of Fire, he had taken special care of Kitahara Kaede ever since discovering that she had awakened Wood Release, hoping she would inherit the Will of Fire.

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Kitahara Kaede closed the door, then followed the Anbu member who had come to notify her toward the Third Hokage's office building.

Kitahara Kaede had a legitimate identity in Hidden Leaf Village, and the key higher-ups of Hidden Leaf Village also knew that she was a Wood Release test subject. Thus, she encountered no obstruction on the way to the Hokage Building.

"Then I can only accompany you this far."

The Anbu member who had delivered the notice spoke.

Another Anbu member stood in front of him.

It seemed they were handing over responsibility.

Hidden Leaf Village had three enforcement departments: the Konoha Military Police, Danzo's Root Organization, and the Anbu directly subordinate to the Hokage.

However, the Konoha Military Police had disappeared along with the Uchiha Clan's extermination, while Danzo's Root merely used the pretense of being an Anbu preparatory division to deceive people into joining everywhere, so they were not here.