Izumi, What Design Do You Want Tattooed on Your Body?

A few days later, in a personal laboratory.

Inside the quiet room, Neji flipped through the borrowed Sealing Jutsu texts while taking notes.

Several figures stood beside him as well—the clones created using the Shadow Clone Jutsu he had obtained from Might Guy.

The clones produced by his own system integrated smoothly with the technique, and they had inherited Phantom Explosion's passive ability as well.

"These Sealing Jutsu are quite remarkable. Compared to ninjutsu, these are far more valuable."

The more Neji learned about Sealing Jutsu, the more he felt that, in Naruto, ninjutsu was not all that important. It was merely a means of attack.

Sealing Jutsu, on the other hand, was immensely powerful. Anything ninjutsu could not solve, Sealing Jutsu could.

An enemy who could not be defeated or destroyed? Seal them!

It could be called the strongest method.

It was also rather shameless. No matter what, just seal them and be done with it.

He rubbed the bridge of his nose and dispelled the Shadow Clones.

As a series of pops rang out, the clones' memories returned to him, making Neji frown slightly.

"This really is a little hard to get used to. The feeling of memories being forcibly crammed in is swelling and dry, far too crude."

Back then, he had not immediately learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu. First, his Chakra had been needed to nurture those cloned Byakugan.

Second, Shadow Clones could not replace physical training. His main body was already exhausted from pushing himself to the limit.

Add one more straw, and he might collapse. That would not be worth it.

Now that his Chakra reserves had increased and he had some to spare, he could finally begin cheating.

"I've already clearly observed the connections between the acupoints used by the tattoos through the Byakugan."

"All that's left is to put it into practice. This can wait; there's no rush."

He pressed a hand on his notebook. Researching these things was simple enough; he could finish it whenever he wanted.

Once he solved the problem of forcibly controlling the Eight Gates' Chakra, all that remained was Medical Ninjutsu.

Whether he could combine Medical Ninjutsu with Sealing Jutsu to create something capable of continuous healing would depend on the materials Tsunade had left behind.

Still, he already had a general idea. He simply wanted better results.

Creation Rebirth was a ninjutsu, but the Hundred Healings Jutsu was based on the Yin Seal.

"Come to think of it, the Yin Seal can use fine Chakra control to achieve instant healing, strengthen attacks, and increase speed."

"A skilled user can even use the Chakra within the Strength of a Hundred Seal, with low output and fine control, to preserve their youthful appearance, improve bodily functions, and keep their body at its peak condition."

"I really want the Yin Seal's materials. Unfortunately, there's nothing about it here."

It was a real pity. Whether it was the Sealing Jutsu materials or the documents Tsunade had left behind, none of what he could access contained them.

There were quite a few scraps of peripheral information, but they were not enough for him to deduce it.

With some regret, Neji put everything away, left the quiet room, and entered the Training Room.

Within the spacious Training Room, a beautiful figure was training.

Her graceful movements and fierce attacks were pleasing to watch, especially at the lovely age of seventeen.

As she completed her final move, Uchiha Izumi landed. Her briefly paused posture was displayed to perfection beneath her ninja attire.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

The applause immediately made Uchiha Izumi notice Neji standing by the doorway.

"Neji, when did you get here?"

Neji tossed her a towel from nearby. She caught it and wiped the sweat from her face.

"Just now, but I did get to watch part of it. Your strength has improved quite nicely."

Uchiha Izumi wiped away the sweat on her face. Her cheeks, flushed red from training, looked especially delicate.

"No matter how strong I get, weren't you the one who taught me? I still can't beat you."

Thinking of her sparring matches with Neji, his endless methods had fallen upon her like a raging storm.

It could be said that aside from the first two years, when she could still defeat Neji, every spar afterward had been nothing but Neji toying with her. She had no room to resist at all.

"Want to spar now?"

A smile appeared at the corner of Neji's lips. It had been several days since he had To Harvest her experience, and he had recently devoted all his time to research.

Izumi immediately crossed her arms protectively over her chest and hurriedly shook her head.

"No need. Every time I fight you, I end up lying on the ground for ages before I recover. My whole body gets sore and numb."

"Your body is incredibly hard too, like an iron pillar. I can't hurt you at all!"

Neji fell silent. In truth, Uchiha Izumi was very strong, roughly at the level of a jonin.

An ordinary jonin would have little chance of winning against her, especially with those Three Tomoe Sharingan.

However, when he fought Izumi, he had no need to hold back. That hardness like an iron pillar she spoke of—

It was the enhancement of Armament Haki. With no need to conceal his strength, coupled with the skills of the DNF Qi Gong Master, he could easily crush her.

That was why Uchiha Izumi complained every time. Not seeking her out these past few days had let her breathe a huge sigh of relief.

"I really don't get it. It feels soft when I touch it, not hard at all, yet it becomes so hard in battle."

Uchiha Izumi pinched Neji's forearm. It felt perfectly normal, nothing like the hardness it had during battle.

She truly could not understand why even a kunai could not pierce it once they started fighting.

"Fine. Try cultivating the Eight Gates during this period. With your physique, it should be easy. After all, I raised you with my own hands."

"Once you succeed, I'll use the tattoo I've been researching on you first. What design do you like?"

A tattoo?

Uchiha Izumi immediately thought of what Neji had been researching lately, and she could not help but start imagining it.

The redness had not yet faded from her face when it deepened again.

"Do... do I really have to get tattooed?"

"Yes!"

Neji pulled over a chart of the body's acupoints and pointed at it.

"From your shoulders to your abdomen, there are roughly dozens of acupoints that need to be covered, front and back. So think about what kind of design you want to use to cover them."

Izumi's gaze followed Neji's hand downward. These acupoints covered nearly her entire upper body.

This...

Izumi's eyes immediately filled with shyness, yet Neji seemed completely unaware as he continued.

"This is only the initial stage. Later on, even your limbs may need tattoos as well. Only then can the maximum effect be achieved."

"However, I'm optimizing it. When they're not in use, these tattoos won't show. They'll only emerge when Chakra is used."

It was actually like when Tsunade released the Yin Seal and fought at full strength, with those black markings covering her entire body.

Here, Neji would use tattoos as a substitute, and the result might be a little more refined.

However, they had no storage effect. For now, they could only make the body more agile and speed up recovery.

Izumi took a deep breath. "I understand, but I haven't decided what I want tattooed yet. Can I decide after I succeed in cultivating it?"

"Of course. I still need to solve a small problem first, but by the time you succeed, it should already be resolved."

Neji looked at the acupoint chart, nodding and shaking his head repeatedly without giving it much thought.

Instead, he was considering how to achieve the greatest effect—how to use the body's acupoints to create a form of Sealing Jutsu and optimize it.

"Then I'll leave it to you!"

The figure in Izumi's heart had completely vanished.

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