Before long, Bai Yue had obtained three Ninjutsu scrolls from Aunt Hanako.
Without a doubt, the three scrolls recorded the incredibly useful Substitution Technique, Body Flicker Technique, and Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Bai Yue immediately began studying the three techniques.
The first technique Bai Yue set aside was the Body Flicker Technique. It was useful, but after studying it, Bai Yue felt it was merely a transitional technique for the early stages.
By attaching Chakra to the legs and then using an explosive Chakra-like method, it drastically increased one's speed. It was somewhat similar to the burst movement of Soru from the Six Powers.
Then came the Shadow Clone Jutsu. There was no need to say much about this technique—it was practically the pinnacle of support-type Ninjutsu! The only thing stronger than the Shadow Clone Jutsu was probably 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, whether tree stumps, small animals, or even clones. Then, when needed, those objects would be transformed, while the user either transformed themselves or used the Body Flicker Technique to escape.
(Making a major change here: from now on, the Substitution Technique will be a form of misdirection based on the principles of the Transformation Jutsu. Since I only changed it here, Substitution Technique information may still appear later on. Please forgive me, everyone!)
Of course, it had major limitations. For instance, the chosen objects had to be prepared in advance with the corresponding Spells to allow instantaneous transformation. Secondly, the distance between the two could not be too great.
The number could not be too high either, usually only two or three, and they generally had to be prepared beforehand. If one's Chakra control was strong enough, they could also make them during battle, provided the enemy did not interfere.
It had severe limitations and sounded rather complicated, but it was simple to learn. Otherwise, it would not have become one of the foundational Three Body Techniques.
It was completely useless. I should just keep grinding my Flying Thunder God.
Still, the other two techniques were worth studying properly. There was no need to say much about the Shadow Clone Jutsu, while the Body Flicker Technique was one of the rare movement skills. Even after learning the Flying Thunder God, it would still be useful.
Time to grind!
Night fell. Bai Yue, who had been practicing the Flying Thunder God so intently that he had forgotten food and sleep, was suddenly interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Who would come looking for me at this hour?" Bai Yue frowned, then put down the hand that had been drawing Spells and rose to leave the Research Lab.
He first activated his Byakugan to inspect the person knocking outside.
"Hm?! Anko and Hyuga Goruryu? Heh, Anko fell asleep again!" The people outside caught Bai Yue off guard, and he helplessly opened the door.
"Uncle Goruryu, what's going on?"
"Young Master, this little girl broke into the clan grounds at night. We discovered and subdued her while on patrol." Hyuga Goruryu failed to notice Bai Yue's expression full of black lines and continued, "Since she can be considered your friend, please decide what should be done."
"Trouble Uncle Goruryu to send her to Konoha Hospital, and give her a few extra injections of anesthetic while you're at it!" Bai Yue waved a hand, truly too lazy to deal with this crazy woman.
"Yes!"
"Wait—"
"Young Master, do you have any other instructions?"
"It's nothing. I'm checking the Curse Mark." With that, Bai Yue placed his hand on the Curse Mark of Heaven on Anko's neck.
After capturing another portion of Jugo Cells, Bai Yue smiled faintly. "All right, there are no other issues for now. I'll leave the rest to 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 inside her by Orochimaru were good stuff.
There were certain side effects, but overall, the benefits outweighed the drawbacks.
Besides, Bai Yue had already figured out the situation.
There were two main reasons. First, Jugo Cells had inherent flaws in how they autonomously absorbed 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 with the Sharingan's "extremity," the Byakugan's "balance" did not provide much of a boost to mental strength.
Bai Yue's Byakugan had only improved under the effects of Perfect Blood, which had also enhanced his mental strength. Otherwise, the side effects would not have been limited to mere impulsiveness and irritability.
Once he leveled up and underwent several more evolutions to make up for the flaws, the problem would naturally be resolved.
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 Senjutsu Chakra would surely become 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 help Perfect Blood work better!"
Bai Yue slept comfortably, but over at Konoha Hospital, Kurenai Yuhi was nearly furious to death!
She had truly never expected Anko to do something as stupid as breaking into the Hyuga Clan grounds at night!
"Miss Kurenai Yuhi, we shall take our leave!" After offering a greeting, Hyuga Goruryu departed.
Only Anko, sleeping peacefully, and the irritable Kurenai Yuhi remained!
Kurenai Yuhi clenched her fists, badly wanting to punch this 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!" What a headache! A truly massive headache!
"But Bai Yue really is a good person. He's completely different from the Hyuga Main Family members everyone talks about as being hated by people and dogs alike!" The more troubled Kurenai Yuhi became, the more grateful she felt toward Bai Yue.
She knew that if it had been another member of the Hyuga Main Family, Anko would probably already be dead as a dog.
Of course, if Bai Yue had not intervened and thoroughly sealed the Curse Mark of Heaven, Anko would not have come looking for him either.
"I'll go talk to Bai Yue tomorrow. I really don't know how to persuade Anko to stop!" Helplessly rubbing her temples, Kurenai Yuhi sat down 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, feeling thoroughly refreshed!
After washing up in high spirits, Bai Yue made his way to the dining table with practiced ease.
On the table was a carefully prepared breakfast from Hyuga Hanako.
"Thanks for your hard work, Aunt Hanako." After inviting Aunt Hanako to eat with him, Bai Yue dug in heartily.
"Young Master—"
"Hm? What is it?" Bai Yue looked blankly at Hyuga Bun, who had suddenly appeared at the doorway.
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