Kamimusubi

The newcomer was short and stocky.

He had a big nose.

Small eyes.

A little mustache grew on his chin.

"Mr. Daihoku?!"

Morino Ibiki called out the other party's name.

Funano Daihoku.

The homeroom teacher of Hyuga Sho and Morino Ibiki.

Wearing a vest, he stood behind the woman.

Funano Daihoku looked a head shorter than the woman.

He was holding a wallet.

"Hehe..."

The woman was first startled that someone had suddenly appeared behind her.

I caught this black-clad brat, only for someone else to catch me from behind... What an annoying set of nesting dolls.

Then she smiled.

"Thank you."

She put the wallet back into her pocket.

The woman started walking.

As she passed Funano Daihoku, she said, "Calling women 'women' the moment you open your mouth... You'll never find a girlfriend like that~~"

"..."

Funano Daihoku stared at her back, his face expressionless.

Only after she had completely disappeared...

did Funano Daihoku suddenly vanish with a bang, a cloud of smoke rising.

His height of 1.6 meters returned to the appearance of Hyuga Sho.

"Hyuga Sho?!"

Morino Ibiki was startled.

He had never expected that the one who had come to his rescue wasn't the real Funano Daihoku.

It was Hyuga Sho, who had intimidated and scared her away with nothing more than an E-rank Transformation Technique!!!

"Our homeroom teacher, Funano Daihoku, is a Chunin. He wears the vest symbolizing a Chunin, Special Jonin, or Jonin... But perhaps she didn't know that Mr. Daihoku was a Chunin. Maybe she mistook him for a Jonin! What a brilliant idea..."

With cold sweat still running down his forehead, Morino Ibiki sincerely praised Hyuga Sho's intelligence.

That strategy had been absolutely perfect!!

Hyuga Sho definitely possessed a ninja's mind!

"Are you still planning to follow her?"

Hyuga Sho accepted Morino Ibiki's praise.

He asked expressionlessly.

"Yes."

Morino Ibiki nodded firmly.

"I'm a Konoha person, and I'll become a Konoha Ninja as well. It's my dream to protect the village as an interrogation and torture specialist. Even if I might die, there are things that must be done..."

"Is that so? Then good luck."

Hyuga Sho glanced at the place where the woman had disappeared and remained silent for a long time.

More than ten minutes later.

Hyuga Sho and Morino Ibiki sat on the steps of a convenience store.

Hyuga Sho handed him a cup of juice.

Morino Ibiki thanked him.

"No need. Pay up."

Hyuga Sho held out his hand and asked Morino Ibiki for the money.

Morino Ibiki: "..."

A moment later.

Morino Ibiki took a sip of his drink and raised his head to look at the sky. "I've decided... I'm going to keep following that woman."

He rubbed his fists and palms, ready to show what he could do.

"Although that woman used forged documents to fool the Police Force, I don't believe she can escape my investigation! Hey... Where are you going?"

Morino Ibiki looked in confusion at Hyuga Sho, who had risen to his feet.

"I'm going back to train. If you get any results, come find me at the Hyuga Clan's settlement."

Hyuga Sho walked away, leaving Morino Ibiki alone.

Hyuga Sho was still thinking about that woman.

Her appearance signaled one thing.

What Morino Ibiki had said might all be true.

Two more days passed.

The Ninja Academy opened.

During those two days, Hyuga Sho trained while keeping an eye out for any unusual movements in the Hyuga Clan's settlement.

In the end, he found nothing during either of those two days.

Not only did Morino Ibiki fail to show up, the woman didn't appear either.

"Has anyone seen our classmate, Morino Ibiki?"

In class.

Homeroom teacher Funano Daihoku swept his gaze around the classroom and noticed that Morino Ibiki hadn't come to class.

He hadn't come in the morning.

He hadn't come at noon either.

As Hyuga Sho picked at Hyuga Natsu's Heart Bento, he thought that Morino Ibiki might have already been killed by that woman.

Afternoon... evening...

The second day, then the third.

Morino Ibiki still didn't come to school.

He had probably really died.

Thursday evening.

After finishing his training, Hyuga Sho exhaled a breath of stale air.

[Doka Degree: 11%]

After several days of practice.

Hyuga Sho had mastered the Leaf Whirlwind, causing his Doka Degree to stop increasing.

Based on his previous experience.

If he wanted his Doka Degree to increase again.

He would have to defeat a powerful enemy.

Or learn another Taijutsu, ninjutsu, or perhaps even genjutsu.

Hyuga Sho sat down cross-legged.

He glanced outside.

The setting sun was giving off its final traces of afterglow.

Clearly, it wasn't time for dinner yet.

"..."

He closed his eyes and immersed his mind in his sea of consciousness.

A vast scene appeared before his eyes.

The starry universe, the constellations.

Hyuga Sho stood within it, as if the entire universe were under his control.

A few days ago.

The issue with the Chakra Paper had caused Hyuga Sho some concern.

Unlike an Ordinary Person, who possessed one nature.

Hyuga Sho was so talented that he didn't even possess a single nature.

"Perhaps I should try opening an Evolution Chart. Maybe I'll obtain a Chakra Nature that way."

Thinking this, Hyuga Sho watched constellation charts drift past his eyes one after another.

Which constellation should he choose?

Hyuga Sho had actually decided long ago.

The fewer constellations there were, the lower the power of the Evolution Chart after it was completed.

Conversely, the greater its power.

But the cultivation difficulty would inevitably be higher.

Should he achieve it quickly, or climb slowly?

"Four... There are four Evolution Charts that fit my criteria."

Hyuga Sho placed the four constellation Evolution Charts before him.

"Kamimusubi, Mitamusubi, Take-Mikazuchi, and Sugawara no Michizane. As expected... Judging by the number of constellations, I should choose either 'Kamimusubi' or 'Mitamusubi'..."

Once Kamimusubi was mastered, it would be First in Slaughter.

Once Mitamusubi was mastered, it would be First in Speed.

Extreme Speed was certainly an advantage, and it was excellent for escaping as well. But... there would always be battles in this world that couldn't be avoided.

Because of what had happened in his previous life, when he was attacked by a nuclear missile...

Hyuga Sho settled on the Evolution Chart that was First in Slaughter.

[Open the "Kamimusubi" Evolution Route?]

"Yes!"

Following Hyuga Sho's answer.

The other constellation Evolution Charts vanished instantly.

The vast sea of stars expanded before his eyes.

A moment later, the Kamimusubi Evolution Chart lit up.

It finally allowed Hyuga Sho to see the Full Picture.

"This is..."

Hyuga Sho's eyes suddenly widened.

After arriving in this world, his heart, which had remained as still as an ancient well, finally rippled.

"It's practically... tailor-made for me! Choice determines destiny... As expected, destiny is in one's own hands!!"

Hyuga Sho clenched his fists, a fiery light blazing in his eyes.