Great Void Immortal

A knock sounded at the door.

"Teacher, I'm here."

"Come in."

The Third Hokage was processing documents when he smiled upon seeing Hinata enter.

"Teacher, my father asked me to bring this."

Hinata handed the gift box in her hand to the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage opened it and saw a can of tea inside. He was very happy.

Hinata was confused. Did all old people like tea?

She had brewed tea a few times before, but she could never get the amount of tea leaves right, and the tea she made was always bitter.

To alleviate the bitterness, she added several spoonfuls of sugar. It was sweet, but the taste was... a bit like the herbal medicine she drank when her throat was inflamed.

Sweet yet bitter, bitter yet sweet, with a flavor that lingered.

After that, she almost never brewed tea again.

"Ahem~ Hinata, how is your strength now?"

The Third Hokage put the tea away.

"Hmm, my father can't beat me."

Hinata thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth.

The Third Hokage: "..."

"In that case, is there anything you want to learn? I can teach you."

It could be said that within Konoha, the Third Hokage knew almost all the ninjutsu that existed, except for a very few forbidden jutsu.

This meant that no matter what chakra nature his disciple had, he could teach them ninjutsu of different natures.

"Something to learn? Uh... I want to learn everything."

With her Great Void Sword Qi hitting a bottleneck, Hinata was interested in everything right now.

Moreover, there were many valuable things to learn from ninjutsu that had been passed down for thousands of years in the Shinobi World.

Hinata had already mastered sealing jutsu to a high degree, surpassing most people in this world, but she still felt there was room for improvement.

This was because her sealing jutsu was only an upgrade from the most basic sealing jutsu, along with what she had learned in the Ninja Academy over the years.

However, she had never learned advanced sealing jutsu like Adamantine Sealing Chains or the Eight Trigrams Seal, nor did she have a way to learn them.

Besides sealing jutsu, what Hinata was most interested in was the most overpowered ninjutsu in the Shinobi World: Impure World Reincarnation.

But she couldn't focus solely on advanced ninjutsu; she couldn't ignore low-level ninjutsu either, as inspiration often came from inconspicuous minor jutsu.

Therefore, she wanted to learn everything!

"...So, what are your chakra natures?"

Hearing this, Hinata smiled mysteriously.

"As for this, Teacher, don't be surprised!"

Surprised? What was there to be surprised about? Was Hinata going to have all chakra natures?

"Teacher, I don't have chakra in my body. Instead, I possess another kind of power, which I call True Qi."

The Third Hokage's eyes narrowed. An energy different from chakra? "True Qi?"

"Yes."

"When I was very young, I could sense the energy in the surrounding space. Out of curiosity, I absorbed this energy."

"Over the years, I have been able to absorb the surrounding energy into my body and refine it into my own power."

"I've experimented, and the True Qi I refine is more convenient than chakra and has greater destructive power."

A flame appeared at the tip of Hinata's index finger, swirling as her finger moved.

Then, to the Third Hokage's stunned gaze, the flame at her fingertips turned into water, then into crackling electricity, and finally, the dust in the entire office gathered into a ball at Hinata's fingertip.

Hinata then threw it out the window.

The Third Hokage finally closed his mouth, which had unknowingly fallen open, and tried to maintain a normal tone. "The energy you're talking about should be Nature Energy."

The Third Hokage thought of his disciple Jiraiya and Mount Myōboku.

He naturally knew about Nature Energy and Immortals. His foolish disciple was still searching for the Child of Prophecy mentioned by the Immortals of Mount Myōboku.

Wait... Child of Prophecy!

The Third Hokage suddenly wondered if Hinata might be the Child of Prophecy.

After all, he knew that not just anyone could sense Nature Energy. Even if they could sense it, if they dared to absorb it carelessly... they would turn into stone.

And even if they didn't turn to stone, merging Nature Energy was a huge challenge.

But now, before him, someone who could sense Nature Energy from a very young age, absorb it, and refine it into her own... True Qi, without chakra, was something that made him, the Third Hokage, call Hinata--

--Child of Destiny!

Speaking of which, since the Child of Destiny has appeared in Konoha... it just goes to show that Konoha is indeed where destiny lies!

Also... should he call back that foolish disciple of his? Now that the "Child of Destiny" has appeared in Konoha, there's no need for him to wander around outside; it's quite dangerous.

"Those who can absorb and utilize Nature Energy are generally called Immortals by people."

At this point, the Third Hokage's eye twitched. He had already foreseen that within three years, under his tutelage, Hinata's strength would surpass his own...

"...Cough, you're no exception."

"So, have you decided on your current title?"

"Right, one of my disciples, Jiraiya of the Sannin, is known as the Toad Immortal."

Although compared to you, his status as an Immortal is a bit... weak.

"Hmm~ This is a bit..." Hinata, however, was seriously contemplating her Immortal title. "Let's call it..."

"...Great Void Immortal."

Third Hokage: "..."

The Third Hokage looked speechlessly at Hinata, who had a serious expression. I just mentioned it casually.

But Hinata was truly serious. After all, saying the title "Great Void Immortal" out loud would immediately elevate her status.

Most importantly, what if Hinata became famous in the future and someone else gave her a strange title?

"Cough, since you can already utilize Nature Energy, there's very little I can teach you. However, your senior disciple Jiraiya can teach you even better. I'll call him back right away. He'll definitely be very happy when he hears about your situation."

The Third Hokage was also very happy. After all, Hinata's ability to utilize Nature Energy was an unexpected joy.

This could be said to be a significant boost to Konoha's foundation with Hinata's appearance.

And Jiraiya's return was also something to be happy about. He hadn't seen that disciple in a long time.

Speaking of which, should he also bring Tsunade back?

As for the reason... how about saying he's critically ill and can't hold on much longer?

After learning about Hinata's strength and understanding what her presence meant for Konoha, the burden that had been weighing on the Third Hokage's shoulders lightened, and his personality became more carefree.

He even came up with the idea of using his critical illness as a reason to trick... cough, bring Tsunade back, this unreliable reason.

Of course, this reason was just a fleeting thought.

The real reason was that the outside world was becoming increasingly dangerous, and he was worried about Tsunade and Jiraiya's safety while they were out.