All-Purpose Three Jutsu

Of course, Anko certainly had talent. Otherwise, Orochimaru would not have taken her as his disciple.

The reason she only ended up with the title of Special Jonin in the future was entirely because she had been dragged down by the initial version of the Curse Mark of Heaven, while also refusing to accept the boosts it brought her.

If not for the Curse Mark of Heaven, the two of them should have been on equal footing. Anko might even have been a little stronger.

But unfortunately, Anko had now been given the Curse Mark of Heaven.

Thus, an opponent who should have been evenly matched was now being crushed by Kurenai Yuhi in every respect.

Just then—

Two figures appeared and began attacking Anko without a word.

"Uncle Goruryu, please show mercy!" Seeing his guards appear, Bai Yue hurriedly called out.

Hyuga Goruryu was a Jonin! If he got serious, he could beat Anko to a pulp in minutes, not to mention that this was now a righteous three-on-one!

If they fought for real, Anko would be impressive if she could last even a minute against the three of them working together!

At that, Kurenai Yuhi finally let out a breath of relief.

She had truly been afraid that Bai Yue's guards would simply beat Anko to death!

Since Anko had initiated the attack, even if the Hyuga Clan killed her, the Hokage himself would not be able to blame them.

"Yes!" Hyuga Goruryu immediately answered. As Bai Yue's temporary guard, he knew that Kurenai Yuhi, Mitaraishi Anko, and the others had a fairly good relationship with Bai Yue.

Now that Bai Yue had personally pleaded for her, Hyuga Goruryu was not so cold-blooded that he would kill his young master's friend.

"Gentle Fist Style: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!" A barrage of palm strikes rained down, and Anko dropped straight into unconsciousness.

"..." Bai Yue stared blankly. Looking at Hyuga Goruryu, who had come to his side with an innocent expression that practically screamed "dutiful service," he covered his face with one hand and said helplessly, "Uncle Goruryu, didn't I tell you to show mercy?"

Was that really necessary? Knocking her out would have been enough, yet he had actually used a technique!

Still, fortunately, he had indeed held back. Otherwise, Anko would already have become a dead Anko.

"I'll have to trouble Sister Hong to take Sister Anko to the hospital for a checkup. Just tell me how much the medical expenses are." After first giving Hyuga Goruryu a look, Bai Yue stepped forward and spoke to the even more helpless Kurenai.

"Bai Yue, I'm really sorry!" Kurenai Yuhi was practically going mad!

How many times had this been now?!

Before, it had been manageable—she had only been an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire. But today! She had nearly become an accomplice in an attack on the Hyuga Main Family!

Were I and the Hyuga Main Family naturally incompatible, or did Anko just keep causing me trouble?!

"I'm fine. It's just that Sister Anko needs to adjust her mindset properly. Continuing to obsess over the rogue ninja Orochimaru is not a good thing in the end," Bai Yue said gently. "Even if the village approves her application and truly lets Sister Anko go look for Orochimaru, with her strength, Orochimaru would probably kill her outright."

Anyone could say pretty words. Bai Yue did not believe that Orochimaru could truly kill his own disciple, even if he had completely lost his humanity. So long as Anko still possessed the traits of Resurrection Coins, Orochimaru would not kill her.

"Mm! I understand! Sorry for causing you trouble!" Kurenai Yuhi was deeply moved!

Bai Yue really was such a good child! Gentle and sensible, with such outstanding talent!

Even after being attacked by Anko, he was still worrying about Anko's situation!

"Goodbye, Sister Hong!" After saying goodbye to Kurenai Yuhi, Bai Yue left.

On the way back, Bai Yue's thoughts suddenly wandered, and he inexplicably began considering whether Orochimaru actually had any humanity...

Frowning as he thought, Bai Yue eventually reached a conclusion.

Orochimaru was truly hard to judge...

He had murdered his teacher, a traditional specialty of the Hokage lineage.

By Bai Yue's standards, that was unquestionably an unforgivable crime!

Yet for some reason, it also gave him the feeling that the killing had been deserved.

It was a very strange feeling.

Forget it, forget it! Why was he thinking about all this pointless nonsense?!

Orochimaru was not going to give him Living Corpse Reincarnation anyway. He should think about something else...

"Bai Yue—" The moment he arrived home, Old Master, who seemed to be perpetually stationed in the Central Hall, called out to him!

"What is it, Grandpa?"

"When the Ninja Academy opens this time, you're going to attend," Old Master said calmly.

"I'm not interested in playing house!" Bai Yue refused without hesitation!

What kind of joke was that? Why would he attend the Ninja Academy? There were no plot characters among people his age!

Besides, he was not some plot-character fanatic! Was he supposed to follow everyone around just to take a look?!

Having come to a world like the Ninja World, where power rested in one's own hands, instead of thinking about immortality and becoming a god and ancestor, he was supposed to go chase celebrities? That was insane!

Just because he occasionally hung around with Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, and the others did not mean he absolutely had to mingle with plot characters.

He only wanted to obtain the Eight Inner Gates from Might Guy! His connection with Kurenai Yuhi and the others had merely developed as a side effect.

One could even say—

If Old Master had not absolutely forbidden him from learning a mutually destructive Forbidden Jutsu like the Eight Inner Gates, then even if he had encountered Emperor Kai, he would only have sighed in admiration and would never have shamelessly tried to befriend him.

He had become Minato Namikaze's disciple for the foundations and resources of the Hokage lineage!

If Kushina had not treated him so well, Bai Yue would never have considered getting involved even on Nine-Tails' Night.

"You must go!" Old Master said in a tone that allowed no refusal. "After all, you are the Fourth Hokage's disciple. Even if it's only for show, you still have to register at the Ninja Academy."

"Fine..." After thinking for only a moment, Bai Yue agreed. Since it was merely a performance that he was not allowed to refuse, he might as well accept it.

Besides, having a Shadow Clone attend school in his place was not particularly troublesome.

"But Grandpa, I'm not interested in playing house, so I want to learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Then I can have a Shadow Clone attend school in my place." Bai Yue directly stated his plan.

"Fine!" Old Master agreed at once.

Rather than having his obedient grandson attend school, it would be better to send a Shadow Clone.

For one thing, Bai Yue's safety would be guaranteed. For another, it was only for show anyway, so having the proper attitude was enough.

Besides, with Bai Yue's talent, going to the Ninja Academy to play house would truly be a waste of his abilities.

"And the Body Flicker Technique and Substitution Technique." Bai Yue suddenly thought of something and spoke with blazing eyes.

All this time, Bai Yue had suffered from a blind spot. If the matter of having a Shadow Clone attend school had not reminded him of the Substitution Technique and Body Flicker Technique, he might never have remembered them!

He had little interest in most Ninjutsu, but he was very interested in these three All-Purpose Three Jutsu: the Shadow Clone Jutsu, Substitution Technique, and Body Flicker Technique.

Especially the Substitution Technique!

Bai Yue had always felt that even if the Substitution Technique was not connected to Space-Time Ninjutsu, it definitely had some relation to it!