Anko's Night Raid

Before long, Bai Yue obtained three Ninjutsu scrolls from Aunt Hanako.

Without a doubt, the three scrolls recorded the extremely useful Substitution Technique, Body Flicker Technique, and Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Bai Yue immediately began studying the three techniques.

The first one Bai Yue set aside was the Body Flicker Technique. It was useful, but after studying it, Bai Yue felt that it was merely a transitional technique for the early stages.

By attaching Chakra to one's legs and then using a method similar to detonating Chakra, one could drastically increase one's speed. It was somewhat like the explosive movement of Soru from the Navy Six Powers.

Then there was the Shadow Clone Jutsu. There was no need to say much about this technique—it was the pinnacle of support-type Ninjutsu! The only technique that was probably stronger than the Shadow Clone Jutsu was the Forbidden Jutsu—Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.

When it came to the final Substitution Technique, Bai Yue gave it a brief read before giving up!

His guess had been wrong!

In a sense, the Substitution Technique was a special application of the Transformation Jutsu.

One had to prepare certain objects in advance—tree stumps, small animals, even clones would do. When needed, those objects would be transformed, while the user either transformed themselves or used the Body Flicker Technique to flee.

(This part has been heavily revised. From now on, the Substitution Technique will be a kind of misdirection based on the principles of the Transformation Jutsu. Since only this part was changed, information about the Substitution Technique may still appear later on. Please forgive me, Big Shots!)

Of course, its limitations were also significant. For example, specific items needed to have the corresponding formulas prepared in advance to enable instant transformation. Furthermore, the distance between the two could not be too great.

There also could not be too many of them, usually only two or three, and they generally had to be prepared beforehand. If one's Chakra control was strong enough, they could also be created temporarily during battle—provided the enemy did not interfere.

It had major limitations and sounded rather complicated, but it was simple and easy to learn. Otherwise, it would not have become one of the foundational Three Body Techniques.

It was fucking useless. I'd better keep grinding my Flying Thunder God.

Still, the other two techniques were worth studying properly. There was no need to mention the Shadow Clone Jutsu, while the Body Flicker Technique was a rare mobility skill. Even after mastering the Flying Thunder God, the Body Flicker Technique could still be useful.

Time to grind!

That night, Bai Yue, who had been tirelessly practicing the Flying Thunder God, was suddenly interrupted by a knock at the door.

"Who would come looking for me at a time like this?" Bai Yue frowned, then put down the hand that had been inscribing formulas and rose to leave the Research Lab.

He first activated his Byakugan to inspect the person knocking outside.

"Hm?! Anko and Hyuga Goruryu? Tsk, tsk. Anko fell asleep again!" Bai Yue was stunned by the people outside, then helplessly opened the door.

"Uncle Goruryu, what is going on?"

"Young Master, this little girl broke into the clan land at night. We discovered and subdued her while on patrol." Hyuga Goruryu did not notice the black lines covering Bai Yue's face and continued, "Since she can be considered your friend, we ask you to decide what should be done."

"Please send her to Konoha Hospital, Uncle Goruryu, and give her a few more anesthetic injections while you're at it!" Bai Yue waved his hand, truly too lazy to deal with that crazy woman.

"Yes!"

"Wait—"

"Young Master, do you have any other instructions?"

"No, I'm just checking on the Curse Mark." With that, Bai Yue placed his hand on the Curse Mark of Heaven on Anko's neck.

After collecting another portion of Jugo Cells, Bai Yue smiled faintly. "All right, there are no other problems for now. I'll leave the rest to you, Uncle Goruryu."

"Yes!"

After watching Hyuga Goruryu take Anko away, Bai Yue nodded in satisfaction. Although Mitaraishi Anko was a little lacking in the brains department, the Jugo Cells sealed within her by Orochimaru were good stuff.

Though they came with certain side effects, the benefits outweighed the drawbacks overall.

Besides, Bai Yue had now figured out the situation.

There were two main reasons. First, Jugo Cells had inherent flaws when autonomously absorbing Natural Energy.

Second, the user's mental strength was insufficient.

The Byakugan was not the Sharingan. The Sharingan belonged to Yin Release, but the Byakugan was neither Yin Release nor Yang Release—or perhaps it was both Yin Release and Yang Release.

Compared to the Sharingan's "extremity," the Byakugan's "balance" did not provide much of a boost to mental strength.

Only because Bai Yue's Byakugan had improved under the effects of Perfect Blood had his mental strength improved as well. Otherwise, the side effects would not have been limited to impulsiveness and irritability.

Once its level increased and it evolved several times to make up for its flaws, the problem would naturally be solved.

Without the slightest hesitation, Bai Yue directly fused Jugo's cells into his body and waited for Perfect Blood to absorb them completely.

"Although Perfect Blood's absorption, fusion, and evolution do not care about quantity—even a single cell is enough as material—the greater the quantity, the faster the evolution."

With even more Jugo Cells, Perfect Blood's evolution of Sage Chakra would surely be faster as well!

After closing the door, Bai Yue decided to pause his Flying Thunder God training for the night. "Sleep, sleep. Good sleep should let Perfect Blood work better!"

Bai Yue slept comfortably, but over at Konoha Hospital, Kurenai Yuhi was nearly furious to death!

She truly had not expected Anko to do something as stupid as sneak into the Hyuga Clan at night!

"Miss Kurenai Yuhi, we shall take our leave!" After offering a greeting, Hyuga Goruryu departed.

That left behind only the peacefully sleeping Anko and the furious Kurenai Yuhi!

Kurenai Yuhi clenched her fists, wanting to punch that idiot to death!

But in the end, she merely let out a deep sigh.

"Anko, Anko! Why are you still so immature?" Kurenai Yuhi muttered to herself.

For a moment, Kurenai Yuhi did not know what to do!

She could not stop Anko from going crazy, nor did she know whether she should report this to Hokage-sama.

"You've really given me a difficult problem!" Her head hurt! It truly hurt!

"Still, Bai Yue is really a good person. He is completely different from the rumored Hyuga Main Family, whom everyone loathes!" The more troubled Kurenai Yuhi became, the more grateful she was to Bai Yue.

She knew that if it had been any other member of the Hyuga Main Family, Anko would probably already be dead as a dog.

Of course, if Bai Yue had not interfered and thoroughly sealed the Curse Mark of Heaven, Anko would not have come looking for him either.

"I'll go discuss it with Bai Yue tomorrow. I truly don't know how to persuade Anko to stop!" Helplessly rubbing her temples, Kurenai Yuhi sat directly beside the hospital bed.

Resting her chin on one hand, Kurenai Yuhi closed her eyes to rest and waited quietly for the sun to rise.

The night passed without incident.

Bai Yue stretched lazily and felt refreshed all over!

After washing up with high spirits, Bai Yue made his way to the dining table as usual.

The table was covered with a breakfast Hyuga Hanako had carefully prepared.

"Thanks for your hard work, Aunt Hanako." After inviting Aunt Hanako to eat with him, Bai Yue began devouring the meal.

"Young Master—"

"Hm? What is it?" Bai Yue looked blankly at Hyuga Bun, who had suddenly appeared at the doorway.