Cultivation

Hyuga Matsuba stepped outside and returned to the training ground.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Hyuga Matsuba spread his hands and activated a new ninjutsu.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, a clone identical to Hyuga Matsuba appeared, standing behind him.

"You go study the Six Powers, and you go look at the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and find a way to compress the technique." Hyuga Matsuba gave his orders.

The Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack couldn't be activated without the Kekkei Mōra, but the Kekkei Mōra was formed by fusing seven different types of chakra.

At his current level, achieving that was difficult, so he had to compress his techniques first, or he wouldn't be able to learn it.

Hyuga Matsuba didn't idle either; he kept training to build up his physical strength and tried to see the power of the Glint-Glint Fruit.

Summoned clones could speed up training, but they only improved proficiency with ninjutsu; they had no effect on physical conditioning.

The Glint-Glint Fruit only worked on the user, not on clones—this was a result Hyuga Matsuba had confirmed through practice.

"Good thing I knew a bit about this before, and I have Kizaru's techniques to reference. Figuring out the Glint-Glint Fruit thoroughly is still pretty simple."

Now, the left half of Hyuga Matsuba's body kept emitting light, but turning his whole body into that would take time to learn and improve.

But Hyuga Matsuba felt that after a while, he would fully grasp this technique. In this Naruto World, he'd have almost no rivals.

Because in Hyuga Matsuba's mind, Truth-Seeking Orbs and Yin-Yang Release seemed able to counter this technique, but he wasn't sure if chakra-derived skills could do the same.

And the special effects of the Rinnegan should also be able to restrain this jutsu.

At this point, if the retired Madara Uchiha didn't show up to attack Hyuga Matsuba, then this skill had no natural counter.

After activating the Glint-Glint Fruit, Hyuga Matsuba realized that using chakra could also awaken the Glint-Glint Fruit—this was truly an unexpected gain.

"Laser!"

A beam of intense light burst forward, smashing through many large trees before finally striking a rock.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the massive stone instantly shattered into gravel.

"Wow, this effect is really good—even the Rasengan can't compare!" Hyuga Matsuba nodded in satisfaction at the sight before him.

If Hyuga Matsuba could gather more light rays together, the effect would be even more remarkable.

"If Kizaru came to this place, what level would he be?" Hyuga Matsuba speculated quietly.

But Hyuga Matsuba couldn't say for sure. Thinking it over carefully, his strength probably wasn't weak at all—definitely stronger than some jonin.

Kizaru's strength far surpassed the Third Hokage. This wasn't deliberately saying the Naruto World's abilities were weak or the Pirate World's were strong.

Kizaru was one of the most powerful figures in the Pirate World. The ones who could fight him might be just a few of the Four Emperors, but they could barely tie with Kizaru; beating him was uncertain.

All things considered, Hyuga Matsuba felt that old man Whitebeard was on the same level as Madara Uchiha without the Rinnegan—five stars—and Garp and the others were about the same.

If you went higher, it might be comparable to Hashirama Senju with his other ninjutsu, but definitely not beyond that.

After this analysis, the Pirate World really had quite a few tough characters. Excluding a few god-tier ones, just looking at raw strength, the Naruto World absolutely couldn't beat the Pirate World.

After a morning of practice, Hyuga Matsuba was now exhausted. He lay on the grass and rested for a while before he could get up.

Then he recalled his clones and felt tired all over again, but Hyuga Matsuba endured it. He had only summoned two, so it wasn't too draining.

After resting a bit, Hyuga Matsuba took out the food he'd brought from home, including the cans he'd gotten from the system last time. After setting up lunch, he pulled a kunai from his bag.

Hyuga Matsuba spun it a couple of times and threw the blade. His hand strength was now immense, and he didn't expect the kunai to have such power the moment it left his hand—it flew a long distance and stabbed a wild chicken.

Too lazy to run over, Hyuga Matsuba activated his Tenseigan and used its gravitational manipulation to pull the prey to him. He cleaned the chicken, set up a fire, and started roasting it.

Since Hyuga Matsuba was short on money, he often used this method to treat himself to meat. Gradually, his outdoor cooking skills were almost catching up to a professional's.

After filling his stomach, the afternoon physical training began again. This time, Hyuga Matsuba split off more clones and assigned each of them tasks.

Having thoroughly figured out the Glint-Glint Fruit, Hyuga Matsuba planned to continue developing his physical strength.

After a few warm-up exercises, Hyuga Matsuba found a very thick tree and decided to use it as a punching target. He punched hard, making the trunk tremble.

This wooden post had been broken many times before, and it even bore the imprint of Hyuga Matsuba's fists. Some parts were already smashed, with wood chips flying out. The base of the post was also battered and kicked to pieces.

Hyuga Matsuba's hands were bleeding from the force, and sweat had soaked his clothes, but he didn't plan to stop.

If you want to gain something, you have to pay first. Success is reserved for those who are prepared. Hyuga Matsuba thought that saying was right—sunshine always comes after the rain.

After a day of exhaustion, the sun was about to set again. Hyuga Matsuba recalled his clones and felt a wave of fatigue, both physical and mental. He limped toward home.

The setting sun cast its slanting rays on Hyuga Matsuba's face. No matter how tired he was, his back remained straight, and his small figure slowly moved under the evening light.

Through gritted teeth, Hyuga Matsuba finally made it to the home he longed for. Though today's exhaustion was beyond usual, the satisfaction and joy in his heart were indescribable.

Hyuga Matsuba looked at his hands. They had been covered in wounds during the afternoon training, but now there wasn't a single injury left—all thanks to his Sage Body.

However, there were quite a few people with Sage Bodies, but as for someone who could heal this fast, only one name came to Hyuga Matsuba's mind: Tsunade's grandfather, Hashirama Senju.

Hyuga Matsuba suddenly remembered someone from long ago, named Ashura Otsutsuki. Though he wasn't very clear on that person's abilities, they probably weren't far off.

After stretching a bit, Hyuga Matsuba bathed, changed clothes, and went to bed to rest. He still needed time to think about some things.

Hyuga Matsuba's mind was full of ways to obtain ninjutsu. For now, he could only buy a variety of techniques from the system shop, but their prices were too high, and Hyuga Matsuba's Exchange Points weren't nearly enough.

Other transmigrators could create their own things, but Hyuga Matsuba wasn't that clever.

He had already reached a certain level, but he didn't want to stop there. He wanted even greater progress.

"While the Hyuga Clan doesn't have any prohibitions on ninjutsu—meaning the Hyuga Clan can use it, and further implying that the clan likely already has some ready-made techniques!"

"But how am I supposed to obtain the clan's ninjutsu?" Hyuga Matsuba continued his reasoning.

"Wait, I've grown up this big and no one in the clan has taught me any other techniques. Could it be they think I'm unworthy, so they won't even bother teaching me?"

Hyuga Matsuba was furious at this thought.

He even considered creating a few techniques himself, but unfortunately, Hyuga Matsuba hadn't reached that level yet. If he could cobble together those incredibly complex ninjutsu, it would be a miracle.

After pondering for a long time, Hyuga Matsuba only felt a headache. It seemed he had truly hit a dead end. Eventually, he just gave up. Never mind—ninjutsu wasn't the most important thing to him right now.

Hyuga Matsuba stopped lying in bed. He still needed to increase his chakra reserves; this was now his daily mandatory task.

After an hour of effort, his chakra reached a satisfactory amount. Only then did Hyuga Matsuba go to sleep.